2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 16 February 2016 and concluded on 28 May 2016 with the final at San Siro in Milan, Italy, to decide the champions of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase.

Times up to 26 March 2016 (round of 16) were CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
Round of 16	14 December 2015, 12:00	16–17 & 23–24 February 2016	8–9 & 15–16 March 2016
Quarter-finals	18 March 2016, 12:00	5–6 April 2016	12–13 April 2016
Semi-finals	15 April 2016, 11:30	26–27 April 2016	3–4 May 2016
Final		28 May 2016 at San Siro, Milan

Format

The knockout phase involved the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played. The away goals rule would be again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time would be played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners (Seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Real Madrid	Paris Saint-Germain
B	Wolfsburg	PSV Eindhoven
C	Atlético Madrid	Benfica
D	Manchester City	Juventus
E	Barcelona	Roma
F	Bayern Munich	Arsenal
G	Chelsea	Dynamo Kyiv
H	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Gent

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

1

Paris Saint-Germain

16

Chelsea

Paris Saint-Germain

Manchester City

8

Dynamo Kyiv

9

Manchester City

Manchester City

Real Madrid

5

Gent

12

Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg

Real Madrid

4

Roma

13

Real Madrid

Real Madrid (pen.)

1 (5)

Atlético Madrid

1 (3)

6

Arsenal

11

Barcelona

Barcelona

Atlético Madrid

3

PSV Eindhoven

14

Atlético Madrid (pen.)

Atlético Madrid (a)

Bayern Munich

7

Juventus

10

Bayern Munich (aet)

Bayern Munich

Benfica

2

Benfica

15

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Round of 16

The draw was held on 14 December 2015. The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2016.

Summary

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gent	2–4	Wolfsburg	2–3	0–1
Roma	0–4	Real Madrid	0–2	0–2
Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Chelsea	2–1	2–1
Arsenal	1–5	Barcelona	0–2	1–3
Juventus	4–6	Bayern Munich	2–2	2–4 (a.e.t.)
PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (7–8 p)	Atlético Madrid	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Benfica	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	2–1
Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Manchester City	1–3	0–0

Matches

16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Chelsea	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 46,505 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
	Ibrahimović  39' Cavani  78'	Report	Mikel  45+1'

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) 20:45	Chelsea	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 37,591 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Costa  27'	Report	Rabiot  16' Ibrahimović  67'

Paris Saint-Germain won 4–2 on aggregate.

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16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) 20:45	Benfica	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 48,615 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Jonas  90+1'	Report

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) 18:00	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Benfica	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 17,688 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Hulk  69'	Report	Gaitán  85' Talisca  90+6'

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

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17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) 20:45	Gent	2–3	Wolfsburg	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent Attendance: 19,978 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Kums  80' Coulibaly  89'	Report	Draxler  44', 54' Kruse  60'

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 20:45	Wolfsburg	1–0	Gent	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 23,457 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Schürrle  74'	Report

Wolfsburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

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17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) 20:45	Roma	0–2	Real Madrid	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 55,612 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
		Report	Ronaldo  57' Jesé  86'

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 20:45	Real Madrid	2–0	Roma	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 76,654 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Ronaldo  64' Rodríguez  68'	Report

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.

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23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 20:45	Arsenal	0–2	Barcelona	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,889 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
		Report	Messi  71', 83' (pen.)

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16) 20:45	Barcelona	3–1	Arsenal	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 76,092 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Neymar  18' Suárez  65' Messi  88'	Report	Elneny  51'

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

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23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 20:45	Juventus	2–2	Bayern Munich	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 41,332 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
	Dybala  63' Sturaro  76'	Report	Müller  43' Robben  55'

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16) 20:45	Bayern Munich	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Juventus	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	Lewandowski  73' Müller  90+1' Thiago  108' Coman  110'	Report	Pogba  5' Cuadrado  28'

Bayern Munich won 6–4 on aggregate.

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24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) 20:45	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 34,948 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
		Report

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) 20:45	Atlético Madrid	0–0 (a.e.t.)	PSV Eindhoven	Vicente Calderón, Madrid Attendance: 50,135 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
		Report
		Penalties
	Griezmann Gabi Koke Saúl F. Torres Giménez Filipe Luís Juanfran	8–7	Van Ginkel Guardado Pröpper Bruma Moreno Lestienne Arias Narsingh

0–0 on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won 8–7 on penalties.

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24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) 20:45	Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Manchester City	Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 53,691 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Buyalskyi  59'	Report	Agüero  15' Silva  40' Touré  90'

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) 20:45	Manchester City	0–0	Dynamo Kyiv	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 43,630 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
		Report

Manchester City won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 18 March 2016. The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016.

Summary

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	2–3	Real Madrid	2–0	0–3
Bayern Munich	3–2	Benfica	1–0	2–2
Barcelona	2–3	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–2
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Manchester City	2–2	0–1

Matches

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 20:45	Bayern Munich	1–0	Benfica	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Vidal  2'	Report

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13) 20:45	Benfica	2–2	Bayern Munich	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 63,235 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Jiménez  27' Talisca  76'	Report	Vidal  38' Müller  52'

Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.

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5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 20:45	Barcelona	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 88,534 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Suárez  63', 74'	Report	F. Torres  25'

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13) 20:45	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Barcelona	Vicente Calderón, Madrid Attendance: 52,851 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Griezmann  36', 88' (pen.)	Report

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) 20:45	Wolfsburg	2–0	Real Madrid	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 26,400 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Rodríguez  18' (pen.) Arnold  25'	Report

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 20:45	Real Madrid	3–0	Wolfsburg	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 76,684 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Ronaldo  15', 17', 77'	Report

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Manchester City	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 47,228 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Ibrahimović  41' Rabiot  59'	Report	De Bruyne  38' Fernandinho  72'

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 20:45	Manchester City	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 53,039 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
	De Bruyne  76'	Report

Manchester City won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 15 April 2016. The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2016.

Summary

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	0–1	Real Madrid	0–0	0–1
Atlético Madrid	2–2 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–2

Matches

26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) 20:45	Manchester City	0–0	Real Madrid	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 52,221 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
		Report

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04) 20:45	Real Madrid	1–0	Manchester City	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 78,300 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Fernando  20' (o.g.)	Report

Real Madrid won 1–0 on aggregate.

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27 April 2016 (2016-04-27) 20:45	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Bayern Munich	Vicente Calderón, Madrid Attendance: 52,127 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
	Saúl  11'	Report

3 May 2016 (2016-05-03) 20:45	Bayern Munich	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Alonso  31' Lewandowski  74'	Report	Griezmann  54'

2–2 on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.

Final

Main article: 2016 UEFA Champions League Final

The final was played on 28 May 2016 at San Siro in Milan, Italy.

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28) 20:45	Real Madrid	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 71,942 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
	Ramos  15'	Report	Carrasco  79'
		Penalties
	Vázquez Marcelo Bale Ramos Ronaldo	5–3	Griezmann Gabi Saúl Juanfran

External links

• 2015–16 UEFA Champions League