The 2016/17 UEFA Champions League begins with the draw for the first and second qualifying rounds at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 20 June 2016 and ends with the final at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 3 June 2017.

FULL SEASON CALENDAR

A country’s representation in the UEFA Champions League is determined by its UEFA coefficient ranking at the start of the previous season, which is calculated over a five-year basis. Twenty-two teams automatically enter this season’s competition in the group stage (including Sevilla as UEFA Europa League winners), with a further 56 teams taking part in qualifying.

The list below is provisional and is subject to pending legal proceedings and final confirmation from UEFA.

Group stage (draw 25 August)

Pot 1 (holders & champions of top 7 ranked nations)
Real Madrid (ESP, holders) coefficient: 176.142
Barcelona (ESP) 159.142
Leicester City (ENG) 15.256
Bayern München (GER) 163.035
Juventus (ITA) 107.087
Benfica (POR) 116.616
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 112.549
CSKA Moskva (RUS) 48.716

Other pots
Atlético Madrid (ESP) 144.142
Borussia Dortmund (GER) 110.035
Arsenal (ENG) 105.256
Sevilla (ESP) 95.642
Napoli (ITA) 90.087
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 89.035
Basel (SUI) 87.755
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 74.256
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 65.976
Lyon (FRA) 63.049
PSV Eindhoven (NED) 57.112
Sporting CP (POR) 51.616
Club Brugge (BEL) 43.000
Beşiktaş (TUR) 34.920
10 play-off winners

Play-off round (draw 5 August)

Champions route
10 third qualifying round winners

League route
Manchester City (ENG) 99.256
Porto (POR) 92.616
Villarreal (ESP) 60.142
Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 42.035
Roma (ITA) 41.587
10 third qualifying round winners

Third qualifying round (draw 15 July)

Champions route
Olympiacos (GRE) 70.940
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 44.585
Astra Giurgiu (ROU) 11.076
17 third qualifying round winners

League route
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 81.976
Ajax (NED) 58.112
Anderlecht (BEL) 54.000
Fenerbahçe (TUR) 40.920
Sparta Praha (CZE) 40.585
PAOK (GRE) 37.440
Steaua București (ROU) 36.576
Monaco (FRA) 36.549
Young Boys (SUI) 24.755
Rostov (RUS) 11.716

Second qualifying round (draw 20 June)

FC Salzburg (AUT) 42.520
Celtic (SCO) 40.460
APOEL (CYP) 35.935
BATE Borisov (BLR) 34.000
Legia Warszawa (POL) 28.000
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 25.775
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 25.625
FC København (DEN) 24.720
Qarabağ (AZE) 13.475
Rosenborg (NOR) 12.850
Astana (KAZ) 12.575
Sheriff (MDA) 10.575
Skënderbeu (ALB) 7.825*
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 7.175
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 5.875
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) 5.750
Trenčín (SVK) 5.400
Dudelange (LUX) 5.050
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) 4.925
Hapoel Beer Sheva (ISR) 4.725
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) 4.625
Vardar (MKD) 4.200
Norrköping (SWE) 3.975
Ferencváros (HUN) 3.475
Crusaders (NIR) 3.400
Zrinjski (BIH) 3.175
Dundalk (IRL) 2.590
Mladost Podgorica (MNE) 2.475
SJK Seinäjoki (FIN) 1.730
Liepāja (LVA) 1.075
4 first qualifying round winners

First qualifying round (draw 20 June)

The New Saints (WAL) 5.200
Valletta (MLT) 4.466
Flora (EST) 3.350
FC Santa Coloma (AND) 2.699
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) 1.975
Lincoln (GIB) 1.700
Alashkert (ARM) 1.325
Tre Penne (SMR) 1.316

* Skënderbeu are admitted on provisional measures pending a CAS decision. The hearing is scheduled for 5/6 July 2016.


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