The 2015β16 UEFA Youth League knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards) began on 9 February 2016 and concluded on 18 April 2016 with the final at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, which decided the champions of the 2015β16 UEFA Youth League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase. [1]
Times up to 26 March 2016 (play-offs, round of 16 and quarter-finals) were CET ( UTC+1), thereafter times (semi-finals and final) were CEST ( UTC+2).
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). [1] [2]
Round | Draw | Match dates |
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Play-offs | 14 December 2015, 14:00 | 9β10 February 2016 |
Round of 16 | 15 February 2016, 13:00 | 23β24 February 2016 |
Quarter-finals | 8β9 March 2016 | |
Semi-finals | 15 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon | |
Final | 18 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |
The knockout phase involved 24 teams: 16 teams which qualified from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualified from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners): [1]
Each tie in the knockout phase was played over one match. If the scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played). [1]
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
Group | Winners (enter round of 16) |
Runners-up (enter play-offs as away team) |
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A |
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B |
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C |
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D |
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E |
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F |
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G |
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H |
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Second round winners (enter play-offs as home team) |
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The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 December 2015. [3] [4] The play-offs were played on 9 and 10 February 2016.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ajax
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3β1 |
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PΕΓbram
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2β2 (5β4 p) |
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Red Bull Salzburg
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0β4 |
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Anderlecht
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2β0 |
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Celtic
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1β1 (3β4 p) |
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Elfsborg
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1β3 |
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Middlesbrough
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5β0 |
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Midtjylland
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4β4 (5β4 p) |
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Anderlecht
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Vancamp ![]() |
Report |
Middlesbrough
![]() | 5β0 |
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Cooke ![]() Pattison ![]() Jakupovic ![]() Coulson ![]() Wheatley ![]() |
Report |
PΕΓbram
![]() | 2β2 |
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ChaluΕ‘ ![]() JanuΕ‘ka ![]() |
Report |
Kuchaev ![]() Gordyushenko ![]() |
Penalties | ||
KvΔt ![]() HlavatΓ½ ![]() ChaluΕ‘ ![]() Ε rain ![]() JanuΕ‘ka ![]() |
5β4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Midtjylland
![]() | 4β4 |
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Thychosen ![]() Anderson ![]() Thomsen ![]() Damkjær ![]() |
Report |
Moreno ![]() Hernandez ![]() Mohedano ![]() Ferni ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Jürgensen ![]() Thychosen ![]() Olsen ![]() Anderson ![]() Hagelskjær ![]() |
5β4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Celtic
![]() | 1β1 |
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Aitchison ![]() |
Report |
I. MartΓnez ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Hendry ![]() Murray ![]() Archibald ![]() Lafferty ![]() McIlduff ![]() Kelleher ![]() McCart ![]() |
3β4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 15 February 2016. [13] [14]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
23 February | ||||||||||||||
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8 March | ||||||||||||||
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24 February | ||||||||||||||
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15 April β Nyon | ||||||||||||||
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24 February | ||||||||||||||
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9 March | ||||||||||||||
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24 February | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 2 (1) | |||||||||||||
18 April β Nyon | ||||||||||||||
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23 February | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
15 March | ||||||||||||||
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24 February | ||||||||||||||
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15 April β Nyon | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
23 February | ||||||||||||||
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8 March | ||||||||||||||
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23 February | ||||||||||||||
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The round of 16 matches were played on 23 and 24 February 2016.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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PSV Eindhoven
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2β2 (1β3 p) |
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PΕΓbram
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1β1 (3β5 p) |
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Anderlecht
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3β0 (awd.) |
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Lyon
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0β3 |
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Chelsea
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1β1 (5β3 p) |
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Real Madrid
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3β1 |
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Paris Saint-Germain
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1β0 |
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Barcelona
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3β1 |
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Barcelona
![]() | 3β1 |
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Chendri ![]() Lee Seung-woo ![]() AleΓ±Γ‘ ![]() |
Report |
Montes ![]() |
Chelsea
![]() | 1β1 |
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Dasilva ![]() |
Report |
Soler ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Colkett ![]() Mount ![]() Scott ![]() Palmer ![]() Abraham ![]() |
5β3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Real Madrid
![]() | 3β1 |
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Mayoral ![]() Hakimi ![]() |
Report |
Buckley-Ricketts ![]() |
Anderlecht
![]() | 3β0 Awarded |
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Report |
Gojak ![]() Brekalo ![]() |
Match originally finished 0β2 in favour of Dinamo Zagreb, but was awarded by UEFA as 3β0 win for Anderlecht due to Dinamo Zagreb fielding suspended player Matija FintiΔ. [19]
PSV Eindhoven
![]() | 2β2 |
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Bergwijn ![]() Verreth ![]() |
Report |
Marchizza ![]() Soleri ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Bergwijn ![]() Rigo ![]() Lammers ![]() Abels ![]() |
1β3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Paris Saint-Germain
![]() | 1β0 |
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Augustin ![]() |
Report |
PΕΓbram
![]() | 1β1 |
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Ayong ![]() |
Report |
Sarkic ![]() |
Penalties | ||
HolΓ½ ![]() HlavatΓ½ ![]() ChaluΕ‘ ![]() KvΔt ![]() |
3β5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The quarter-finals were played on 8, 9 and 15 March 2016.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Chelsea
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1β0 |
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Paris Saint-Germain
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3β1 |
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Anderlecht
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2β0 |
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Real Madrid
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2β0 |
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Real Madrid
![]() | 2β0 |
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Febas ![]() Salto ![]() |
Report |
Anderlecht
![]() | 2β0 |
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Vancamp ![]() Bernier ![]() |
Report |
Paris Saint-Germain
![]() | 3β1 |
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Ballo-TourΓ© ![]() MeΓ―tΓ© ![]() Nkunku ![]() |
Report |
Tumminello ![]() |
The semi-finals were played on 15 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon. [28]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Real Madrid
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1β3 |
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Chelsea
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3β0 |
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Real Madrid
![]() | 1β3 |
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Mayoral ![]() |
Report |
Hakimi ![]() Kanga ![]() Augustin ![]() |
The final was played on 18 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon. [28]
The 2015β16 UEFA Youth League knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards) began on 9 February 2016 and concluded on 18 April 2016 with the final at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, which decided the champions of the 2015β16 UEFA Youth League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase. [1]
Times up to 26 March 2016 (play-offs, round of 16 and quarter-finals) were CET ( UTC+1), thereafter times (semi-finals and final) were CEST ( UTC+2).
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). [1] [2]
Round | Draw | Match dates |
---|---|---|
Play-offs | 14 December 2015, 14:00 | 9β10 February 2016 |
Round of 16 | 15 February 2016, 13:00 | 23β24 February 2016 |
Quarter-finals | 8β9 March 2016 | |
Semi-finals | 15 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon | |
Final | 18 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon |
The knockout phase involved 24 teams: 16 teams which qualified from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualified from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners): [1]
Each tie in the knockout phase was played over one match. If the scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played). [1]
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
Group | Winners (enter round of 16) |
Runners-up (enter play-offs as away team) |
---|---|---|
A |
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B |
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C |
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D |
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E |
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F |
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G |
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H |
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Second round winners (enter play-offs as home team) |
---|
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The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 December 2015. [3] [4] The play-offs were played on 9 and 10 February 2016.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Ajax
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3β1 |
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PΕΓbram
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2β2 (5β4 p) |
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Red Bull Salzburg
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0β4 |
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Anderlecht
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2β0 |
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Celtic
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1β1 (3β4 p) |
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Elfsborg
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1β3 |
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Middlesbrough
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5β0 |
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Midtjylland
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4β4 (5β4 p) |
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Anderlecht
![]() | 2β0 |
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Vancamp ![]() |
Report |
Middlesbrough
![]() | 5β0 |
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Cooke ![]() Pattison ![]() Jakupovic ![]() Coulson ![]() Wheatley ![]() |
Report |
PΕΓbram
![]() | 2β2 |
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ChaluΕ‘ ![]() JanuΕ‘ka ![]() |
Report |
Kuchaev ![]() Gordyushenko ![]() |
Penalties | ||
KvΔt ![]() HlavatΓ½ ![]() ChaluΕ‘ ![]() Ε rain ![]() JanuΕ‘ka ![]() |
5β4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Midtjylland
![]() | 4β4 |
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---|---|---|
Thychosen ![]() Anderson ![]() Thomsen ![]() Damkjær ![]() |
Report |
Moreno ![]() Hernandez ![]() Mohedano ![]() Ferni ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Jürgensen ![]() Thychosen ![]() Olsen ![]() Anderson ![]() Hagelskjær ![]() |
5β4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Celtic
![]() | 1β1 |
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---|---|---|
Aitchison ![]() |
Report |
I. MartΓnez ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Hendry ![]() Murray ![]() Archibald ![]() Lafferty ![]() McIlduff ![]() Kelleher ![]() McCart ![]() |
3β4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 15 February 2016. [13] [14]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
23 February | ||||||||||||||
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8 March | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
15 April β Nyon | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
9 March | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (1) | |||||||||||||
18 April β Nyon | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
23 February | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
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15 March | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
15 April β Nyon | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
23 February | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
8 March | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
23 February | ||||||||||||||
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The round of 16 matches were played on 23 and 24 February 2016.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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PSV Eindhoven
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2β2 (1β3 p) |
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PΕΓbram
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1β1 (3β5 p) |
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Anderlecht
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3β0 (awd.) |
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Lyon
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0β3 |
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Chelsea
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1β1 (5β3 p) |
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Real Madrid
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3β1 |
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Paris Saint-Germain
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1β0 |
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Barcelona
![]() |
3β1 |
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Barcelona
![]() | 3β1 |
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---|---|---|
Chendri ![]() Lee Seung-woo ![]() AleΓ±Γ‘ ![]() |
Report |
Montes ![]() |
Chelsea
![]() | 1β1 |
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---|---|---|
Dasilva ![]() |
Report |
Soler ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Colkett ![]() Mount ![]() Scott ![]() Palmer ![]() Abraham ![]() |
5β3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Real Madrid
![]() | 3β1 |
![]() |
---|---|---|
Mayoral ![]() Hakimi ![]() |
Report |
Buckley-Ricketts ![]() |
Anderlecht
![]() | 3β0 Awarded |
![]() |
---|---|---|
Report |
Gojak ![]() Brekalo ![]() |
Match originally finished 0β2 in favour of Dinamo Zagreb, but was awarded by UEFA as 3β0 win for Anderlecht due to Dinamo Zagreb fielding suspended player Matija FintiΔ. [19]
PSV Eindhoven
![]() | 2β2 |
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---|---|---|
Bergwijn ![]() Verreth ![]() |
Report |
Marchizza ![]() Soleri ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Bergwijn ![]() Rigo ![]() Lammers ![]() Abels ![]() |
1β3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Paris Saint-Germain
![]() | 1β0 |
![]() |
---|---|---|
Augustin ![]() |
Report |
PΕΓbram
![]() | 1β1 |
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---|---|---|
Ayong ![]() |
Report |
Sarkic ![]() |
Penalties | ||
HolΓ½ ![]() HlavatΓ½ ![]() ChaluΕ‘ ![]() KvΔt ![]() |
3β5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The quarter-finals were played on 8, 9 and 15 March 2016.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Chelsea
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1β0 |
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Paris Saint-Germain
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3β1 |
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Anderlecht
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2β0 |
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Real Madrid
![]() |
2β0 |
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Real Madrid
![]() | 2β0 |
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---|---|---|
Febas ![]() Salto ![]() |
Report |
Anderlecht
![]() | 2β0 |
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---|---|---|
Vancamp ![]() Bernier ![]() |
Report |
Paris Saint-Germain
![]() | 3β1 |
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---|---|---|
Ballo-TourΓ© ![]() MeΓ―tΓ© ![]() Nkunku ![]() |
Report |
Tumminello ![]() |
The semi-finals were played on 15 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon. [28]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Real Madrid
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1β3 |
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Chelsea
![]() |
3β0 |
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Real Madrid
![]() | 1β3 |
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---|---|---|
Mayoral ![]() |
Report |
Hakimi ![]() Kanga ![]() Augustin ![]() |
The final was played on 18 April 2016 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon. [28]