2015–16 UEFA Champions League

The 2015-16 UEFA Champions League was the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA. It is the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

The 2016 UEFA Champions League Final was played at the San Siro in Milan, Italy. Barcelona were the defending champions but Real Madrid won the tournament in penalties over Atlético Madrid.

 Group stage 

Key to colours in group tablesTeam advanced to the Round of 16.Went to the UEFA Europa League knockout stage.

 Group A 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Real Madrid6510193+16162 Paris Saint-Germain6411121+11133 Shakhtar Donetsk6105714–734 Malmö FF6105121–203

 Group B 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Wolfsburg640296+3122 PSV Eindhoven631287+1103 Manchester United622277084 CSKA Moscow611459–44

 Group C 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Atlético Madrid6411113+8132 Benfica6312108+2103 Galatasaray6123610–454 Astana6042511–64

 Group D 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Manchester City6402128+4122 Juventus632163+3113 Sevilla6204811–364 Borussia Mönchengladbach6123812–45

 Group E 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Barcelona6420154+11142 Roma61321116–563 Bayer Leverkusen61321312+164 BATE Borisov6123512–75

 Group F 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Bayern Munich6501193+16152 Arsenal63031210+293 Olympiacos6303613–794 Dinamo Zagreb6105314–113

 Group G 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Chelsea6411133+10132 Dynamo Kyiv632184+4113 Porto631298+1104 Maccabi Tel Aviv6006116–150

 Group H 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Zenit St. Petersburg6501136+7152 Gent631287+1103 Valencia620459–464 Lyon611459–44

 Knockout stage 

 Bracket 

 Round of 16 

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 Quarter-finals 

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 Semi-finals 

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 Final 

 Statistics 
 Goalscorers 
16 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

9 goals
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Münich)

8 goals
Thomas Müller (Bayern Münich)
Luis Suárez (Barcelona)
7 goals
 Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
6 goals
Artem Dzyuba (Zenit)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

5 goals
Javier Hernández (Bayer Leverkusen)
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)
Willian (Chelsea)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain)

4 goals

Admir Mehmedi (Bayer Leverkusen)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Hulk (Zenit)
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)

3 goals

Vincent Aboubakar (Porto)
Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscou)
Felipe Pardo (Olympiakos)
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal)
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain)
Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain)
Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Danijel Miličević (Gent)
Julian Draxler (Wolfsburg)
Neymar (Barcelona)
Raúl Jiménez (Benfica)
Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético Madrid)

2 goals

Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Bayer Leverkusen)
Filip Mladenović (BATE Borisov)
Mario Götze (Bayern Münich)
Douglas Costa (Bayern Münich)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Münich)
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Münich)
Arturo Vidal (Bayern Münich)
Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona)
Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
Mesut Özil (Arsenal)
Maxime Lestienne (PSV Eindhoven)
Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven)
Álvaro Morata (Juventus)
Daniele De Rossi (Roma)
Miralem Pjanić (Roma)
Edin Džeko (Roma)
Yevhen Konopylanka (Sevilla)
Éver Banega (Sevilla)
Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray)
Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray)
André André (Porto)
Oleg Shatov (Zenit)
Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
Oscar (Chelsea)
Diego Costa (Chelsea)
Konstantinos Mitroglou (Benfica)
Jonas (Benfica)
Anderson Talisca (Benfica)
Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Raffael (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Lucas Moura (Paris Saint-Germain)
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain)
Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
Naldo (Wolfsburg)
André Schürrle (Wolfsburg)
Max Kruse (Wolfsburg)
Patrick Twumasi (Astana)
Wilfried Bony (Manchester City)
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
David Silva (Manchester City)
Fernandinho (Manchester City)
Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)
Sven Kums (Gent)
Kalifa Coulibaly (Gent)
Vitaliy Buyalskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)

1 goal

Serge Aurier (Paris Saint-Germain)
David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain)
Nacho Fernández (Real Madrid)
Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid)
Mateo Kovačić (Real Madrid)
Jesé Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Daniel Caligiuri (Wolfsburg)
Bas Dost (Wolfsburg)
Vieirinha (Wolfsburg)
Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg)
Memphis Depay (Manchester United)
Juan Mata (Manchester United)
Chris Smalling (Manchester United)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Héctor Moreno (PSV Eindhoven)
Luciano Narsingh (PSV Eindhoven)
Jürgen Locadia (PSV Eindhoven)
Davy Pröpper (PSV Eindhoven)
Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica)
Luisão (Benfica)
Mario Mandžukić (Juventus)
Simone Zaza (Juventus)
Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Stefano Sturaro (Juventus)
Paul Pogba (Juventus)
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus)
Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla)
Benoît Trémoulinas (Sevilla)
Vítolo (Sevilla)
Fernando Llorente (Sevilla)
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer Leverkusen)
Kevin Kampl (Bayer Leverkusen)
Nemanja Milunović (BATE Borisov)
Ihar Stasevich (BATE Borisov)
Mikhail Gordeichuk (BATE Borisov)
Sergi Roberto (Barcelona)
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Adriano (Barcelona)
Alessandro Florenzi (Roma)
Gervinho (Roma)
Vasilis Torosidis (Roma)
Iago Falque (Roma)
Mohamed Salah (Roma)
Josip Pivarić (Dinamo Zagreb)
Junior Fernandes (Dinamo Zagreb)
Armin Hodžić (Dinamo Zagreb)
David Alaba (Bayern Münich)
Thiago Alcántara (Bayern Münich)
Xabi Alonso (Bayern Münich)
Oleh Husyev (Dynamo Kyiv)
Júnior Moraes (Dynamo Kyiv)
Aleksandar Dragović (Dynamo Kyiv)
Derlis González (Dynamo Kyiv)
Denys Harmash (Dynamo Kyiv)
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea)
Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
João Cancelo (Valencia)
André Gomes (Valencia)
Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)
Axel Witsel (Zenit)
Danny (Zenit)
Christophe Jallet (Lyon)
Jordan Ferri (Lyon)
Maxwel Cornet (Lyon)
Thomas Matton (Gent)
Thomas Foket (Gent)
Laurent Depoitre (Gent)
Alfreð Finnbogason (Olympiakos)
Ideye Brown (Olympiakos)
Maicon (Porto)
Yacine Brahimi (Porto)
Cristian Tello (Porto)
Miguel Layún (Porto)
Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscou)
Sergey Ignashevich (CSKA Moscou)
Bilal Kısa (Galatasaray)
Ángel Correa (Atlético Madrid)
Jackson Martínez (Atlético Madrid)
Óliver Torres (Atlético Madrid)
Luciano Vietto (Atlético Madrid)
Fernando Torres (Atlético Madrid)
Yannick Carrasco (Atlético Madrid)
Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF)
Oleksandr Hladkyi (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Dentinho (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Marin Aničić (Astana)
Julian Korb (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal)

Own goals

Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) - against Manchester City
David Ospina (Arsenal) - against Olympiakos
Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk) - against Paris Saint-Germain
Hakan Balta (Galatasaray) - against Astana
Lionel Carole (Galatasaray) - against Astana
Nenad Erić (Astana) - against Galatasaray
Andreas Christensen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) - against Manchester City
Lasse Nielsen (Gent) - against Valencia
Stefan Mitrović (Gent) - against Valencia
Denys Dedechko (Astana) - against Atlético Madrid
Adil Rami (Sevilla) - against Manchester City
Aleksandar Dragović (Dynamo Kyiv) - against Chelsea
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscou) - against Wolfsburg
Josuha Guilavogui (Wolfsburg) - against Manchester United
Iván Marcano (Porto) - against Chelsea
Fernando (Manchester City) - against Real Madrid

 Hat-tricks 
 Player  For  Against  Result  Date  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid   Shakhtar Donetsk  4-0 (H)  15 September 2015  Robert Lewandowski   Bayern Munich   Dinamo Zagreb  5-0 (H)  29 September 2015  Cristiano Ronaldo4   Real Madrid   Malmö FF  8-0 (H)  8 December 2015  Karim Benzema   Real Madrid   Malmö FF  8-0 (H)  8 December 2015  Olivier Giroud   Arsenal   Olympiakos  3-0 (A)  9 December 2015  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid   VfL Wolfsburg  3-0 (H)  12 April 2016
4 Player scored four goals.

 Tournament rankings 
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 Real Madrid13931286+22302 Atlético Madrid13643178+922Eliminated in Semi-finals3 Bayern Munich128223011+19264 Manchester City126331812+621Eliminated in Quarter-finals5 Barcelona10721228+14236 Wolfsburg107031511+4217 Paris Saint-Germain10622186+12208 Benfica105231512+317Eliminated in Round of 169 Zenit St. Petersburg8503149+51510 Chelsea8413157+81311 Dynamo Kyiv833297+21212 Juventus8332109+11213 PSV Eindhoven833287+11214 Gent83141011–11015 Arsenal83051315–2916 Roma81341120–96Eliminated in the Group Stage17 Porto631298+11018 Olympiacos6303613–7919 Manchester United6222770820 Bayer Leverkusen61321312+1621 Sevilla6204811–3622 Valencia620459–4623 Galatasaray6123610–4524 Shakhtar Donetsk6105714–7325 Borussia Mönchengladbach6123812–4526 BATE Borisov6123512–7527 Lyon611459–44 CSKA Moscow611459–4429 Astana6042511–6430 Dinamo Zagreb6105314–11331 Malmö FF6105121–20332 Maccabi Tel Aviv6006116–150

 References 

Category:UEFA Champions League seasons
Category:2015–16 in European football