2016–17 UEFA Champions League

The 2016-17 UEFA Champions League is the 62st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA. It is the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Real Madrid are the defending champions.
Qualifying.
Third round.
The losing teams in both the champions and league route go on to the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
Champions route:
The champions route is only for teams that won their country's league.
League route:
The league route is only for teams who did not win their country's league.
Play-off round.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016. The first legs will be played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs will be played on 23 and 24 August 2016.
Champions route
The champions route is only for teams that won their country's league.
League route
The league route is only for teams who did not win their country's league.
Group stage.
The draw for the group stage will be held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
These teams already qualified for the group stage (the clubs are listed by their UEFA ranking):
These teams qualified from the play-off round:
Knockout stage.
The best two teams from each of the groups in the group stage will move on to the knockout stages. The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 12 December 2016.