The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 16 February 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.[1]
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Round and draw dates
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2][3][4]
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.[1]
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.[8]
Qualified teams
Bracket
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.
^CET (UTC+1) for matches from 5 April 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 16 March 2016.
References
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^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Wolfsburg v Gent" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Roma v Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Real Madrid v Roma" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Arsenal v Barcelona" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Barcelona v Arsenal" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Juventus v Bayern Munich" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Bayern Munich v Juventus" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – PSV Eindhoven v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Atlético Madrid v PSV Eindhoven" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Benfica v Zenit Saint Petersburg" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Zenit Saint Petersburg v Benfica" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Dynamo Kyiv v Manchester City" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Manchester City v Dynamo Kyiv" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Wolfsburg v Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Real Madrid v Wolfsburg" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Bayern Munich v Benfica" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Benfica v Bayern Munich" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Barcelona v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Atlético Madrid v Barcelona" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Paris Saint-Germain v Manchester City" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Manchester City v Paris Saint-Germain" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 1st Leg – Manchester City v Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 2nd Leg – Real Madrid v Manchester City" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 1st Leg – Atlético Madrid v Bayern Munich" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 2nd Leg – Bayern Munich v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^"Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
