2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 16 February and concluded on 28 May 2016 with the final at Stadio 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, if different, are in parentheses).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[2][3][4]

Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
Round of 16	14 December 2015, 12:00[5]	16–17 & 23–24 February 2016	8–9 & 15–16 March 2016
Quarter-finals	18 March 2016, 12:00[6]	5–6 April 2016	12–13 April 2016
Semi-finals	15 April 2016, 11:30[7]	26–27 April 2016	3–4 May 2016
Final		28 May 2016 at Stadio 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.^[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

Group	Winners (Seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Real Madrid	Paris Saint-Germain
B	VfL 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
	Paris Saint-Germain		2	2	4
	Chelsea		1	1	2
								Paris Saint-Germain		2	0	2
								Manchester City		2	1	3
	Dynamo Kyiv		1	0	1
	Manchester City		3	0	3
															Manchester City		0	0	0
															Real Madrid		0	1	1
	Gent		2	0	2
	VfL Wolfsburg		3	1	4
								VfL Wolfsburg		2	0	2
								Real Madrid		0	3	3
	Roma		0	0	0
																						28 May – Milan
	Real Madrid		2	2	4
																						Real Madrid (p)		1 (5)
																						Atlético Madrid		1 (3)
	Arsenal		0	1	1
	Barcelona		2	3	5
								Barcelona		2	0	2
								Atlético Madrid		1	2	3
	PSV Eindhoven		0	0	0 (7)
	Atlético Madrid (p)		0	0	0 (8)
															Atlético Madrid (a)		1	1	2
															Bayern Munich		0	2	2
	Juventus		2	2	4
	Bayern Munich (a.e.t.)		2	4	6
								Bayern Munich		1	2	3
								Benfica		0	2	2
	Benfica		1	2	3
	Zenit Saint Petersburg		0	1	1

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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gent	2–4	VfL 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

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)

20:45

Gent	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg
Kums 80' Coulibaly 89'	Report	Draxler 44', 54' Kruse 60'

Ghelamco Arena, Ghent

Attendance: 19,978^[9]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)

20:45

VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Gent
Schürrle 74'	Report

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 23,457^[10]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

VfL Wolfsburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

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17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)

20:45

Roma	0–2	Real Madrid
	Report	Ronaldo 57' Jesé 86'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 55,612^[11]

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)

20:45

Real Madrid	2–0	Roma
Ronaldo 64' Rodríguez 68'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 76,654^[12]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.

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16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)

20:45

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Chelsea
Ibrahimović 39' Cavani 78'	Report	Mikel 45+1'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 46,505^[13]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Chelsea	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain
Costa 27'	Report	Rabiot 16' Ibrahimović 67'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 37,591^[14]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Paris Saint-Germain won 4–2 on aggregate.

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23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Arsenal	0–2	Barcelona
	Report	Messi 71', 83' (pen.)

Emirates Stadium, London

Attendance: 59,889^[15]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)

20:45

Barcelona	3–1	Arsenal
Neymar 18' Suárez 65' Messi 88'	Report	Elneny 51'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 76,092^[16]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

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23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)

20:45

Juventus	2–2	Bayern Munich
Dybala 63' Sturaro 76'	Report	Müller 43' Robben 55'

Juventus Stadium, Turin

Attendance: 41,332^[17]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)

20:45

Bayern Munich	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Lewandowski 73' Müller 90+1' Thiago 108' Coman 110'	Report	Pogba 5' Cuadrado 28'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 70,000^[18]

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

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
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 34,948^[19]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)

20:45

Atlético Madrid	0–0 (a.e.t.)	PSV Eindhoven
	Report
Penalties
Griezmann Gabi Koke Saúl F. Torres Giménez Filipe Luís Juanfran	8–7	Van Ginkel Guardado Pröpper Bruma Moreno Lestienne Arias Narsingh

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 50,135^[20]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

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

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16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Benfica	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Jonas 90+1'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 48,615^[21]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Benfica
Hulk 69'	Report	Gaitán 85' Talisca 90+6'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 17,688^[22]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

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24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Manchester City
Buyalskyi 59'	Report	Agüero 15' Silva 40' Touré 90'

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 53,691^[23]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Manchester City	0–0	Dynamo Kyiv
	Report

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 43,630^[24]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VfL 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

6 April 2016 (2016-04-06)

20:45

VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Real Madrid
Rodriguez 18' (pen.) Arnold 25'	Report

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 26,400^[25]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)

20:45

Real Madrid	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg
Ronaldo 15', 17', 77'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 76,684^[26]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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5 April 2016 (2016-04-05)

20:45

Bayern Munich	1–0	Benfica
Vidal 2'	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 70,000^[27]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Benfica	2–2	Bayern Munich
Jiménez 27' Talisca 76'	Report	Vidal 38' Müller 52'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 63,235^[28]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.

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5 April 2016 (2016-04-05)

20:45

Barcelona	2–1	Atlético Madrid
Suárez 63', 74'	Report	F. Torres 25'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 88,534^[29]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)

20:45

Atlético Madrid	2–0	Barcelona
Griezmann 36', 88' (pen.)	Report

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 52,851^[30]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Atlético 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
Ibrahimović 41' Rabiot 59'	Report	De Bruyne 38' Fernandinho 72'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 47,228^[31]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Manchester City	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain
De Bruyne 76'	Report

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 53,039^[32]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

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. Tooltip Aggregate score	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 (19:45 UTC+1)

Manchester City	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 52,221^[33]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)

20:45

Real Madrid	1–0	Manchester City
Fernando 20' (o.g.)	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 78,300^[34]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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
Saúl 11'	Report

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 52,127^[35]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

3 May 2016 (2016-05-03)

20:45

Bayern Munich	2–1	Atlético Madrid
Alonso 31' Lewandowski 74'	Report	Griezmann 54'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 70,000^[36]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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 Stadio San Siro in Milan, Italy.^[37] The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.^[7]

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)

20:45

Real Madrid	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid
Ramos 15'	Report	Carrasco 79'
Penalties
Vázquez Marcelo Bale Ramos Ronaldo	5–3	Griezmann Gabi Saúl Juanfran

Stadio San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 71,942^[38]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Notes

1. CET (UTC+1) for matches from 5 April 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 16 March 2016.