Who is in Monday's live Champions League round of 16 draw?
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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The round of 16 draw in Nyon will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 12:00CET on Monday with holders Real Madrid among seven former winners. We profile the contenders.
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The UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw in Nyon will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 12:00CET on Monday 12 December, with holders Real Madrid among seven former winners involved.
Group winners: Arsenal (Group A, ENG), Napoli (B, ITA), Barcelona (C, ESP), Atlético Madrid (D, ESP), Monaco (E, FRA), Borussia Dortmund (F, GER), Leicester City (G, ENG), Juventus (H, ITA )
Group runners-up: Paris Saint-Germain (A, FRA), Benfica (B, POR), Manchester City (C, ENG), Bayern München (D, GER), Bayer Leverkusen (E, GER), Real Madrid (F, ESP), Porto (G, POR), Sevilla (H, ESP)
- Two seeding pots have been formed: one consisting of group winners and the other of runners-up.
- No team can play a club from their group or any side from their own association.
- Seeded group winners will be away in the round of 16 first legs on 14/15 and 21/22 February, and at home in the return matches on 7/8 and 14/15 March.
- The draw for the quarter-finals will be held at 12:00CET on 17 March with the semi-final lineup drawn on 21 April, also at 12:00CET.
Group winners
A: Arsenal (ENG)
Can play: Bayern, Benfica, Leverkusen, Real Madrid, Porto, Sevilla
Qualified as: runners-up, England
Top scorer: Mesut Özil 4
Last season: round of 16
Previous European Cup best: runners-up (2006)
• Made it through the group stage for the 17th year running, also ending a five-season wait for a first place after overtaking Paris on Tuesday. Have lost their last six round of 16 ties.
B: Napoli (ITA)
Can play: Bayern, Leverkusen, Manchester City, Paris, Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla
Qualified as: runners-up, Italy
Top scorer: Dries Mertens 4
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 32
Previous European Cup best: round of 16 (2012)
• Napoli's sole previous round of 16 outing came in 2011/12.
C: Barcelona (ESP)
Can play: Bayern, Benfica, Leverkusen, Paris, Porto
Qualified as: champions, Spain
Top scorer: Lionel Messi 10
Last season: quarter-finals
Previous European Cup best: winners x 5 (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015)
• Scored 15 unanswered goals in their three home matches.
D: Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Can play: Benfica, Leverkusen, Manchester City, Paris, Porto
Qualified as: third place, Spain
Top scorer: Antoine Griezmann 3
Last season: runners-up
Previous European Cup best: runners-up (1974, 2014, 2016)
• Last term became the first team to lose on their first three final appearances.
E: Monaco (FRA)
Can play: Bayern, Benfica, Manchester City, Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla
Qualified as: third place, France/third qualifying round
Top scorer: Radamel Falcao, Thomas Lemar, Bernardo Silva 2
Last season: UEFA Europa League group stage/UEFA Champions League play-offs
Previous European Cup best: runners-up x 1 (2004)
• Have now topped their last four UEFA Champions League groups after 2014/15, 2004/05 and 2003/04.
F: Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Can play: Benfica, Manchester City, Paris, Porto, Sevilla
Qualified as: runners-up, Germany
Top scorer: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 4
Last season: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals
Previous European Cup best: winners x 1 (1997)
• Beat the UEFA Champions League record by scoring 21 goals in a group stage, one more than the previous high-water mark.
G: Leicester City (ENG)
Can play: Bayern, Benfica, Leverkusen, Paris, Real Madrid, Sevilla
Qualified as: champions, England
Top scorer: Riyad Mahrez 4
Last season: not in Europe
Previous European Cup best: debut
• Only the fifth club to win their first three UEFA Champions League group games en debut after Milan (1992/93), Paris (1994/95), Juventus (1996/97) and Málaga (2011/12).
H: Juventus (ITA)
Can play: Benfica, Bayern München, Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester City, Paris, Porto, Real Madrid
Qualified as: champions, Italy
Top scorer: Gonzalo Higuaín 3
Last season: round of 16
Previous European Cup best: winners x 2 (1985, 1996)
• Have made it through the group stage for the fourth time in five seasons.
Group runners-up
A: Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Can play: Napoli, Barcelona, Atlético, Dortmund, Leicester, Juventus
Qualified as: champions, France
Top scorer: Edinson Cavani 5
Last season: quarter-finals
Previous European Cup best: semi-finals (1995)
• Have lost in the quarter-finals for the last four campaigns.
B: Benfica (POR)
Can play: Arsenal, Barcelona, Atlético, Monaco, Dortmund, Leicester, Juventus
Qualified as: champions, Portugal
Top scorer: Eduardo Salvio 3
Last season: quarter-finals
Previous European Cup best: winners x 2 (1961, 1962)
• This is Benfica's third foray into the knockout rounds in the last 11 seasons.
C: Manchester City (ENG)
Can play: Napoli, Atlético, Monaco, Dortmund, Juventus
Qualified as: fourth place, England/play-offs
Top scorer: Sergio Agüero 6
Last season: semi-finals
Previous European Cup best: semi-finals (2016)
• In seven previous UEFA Champions League campaigns in charge of Barcelona and Bayern, City manager Josep Guardiola has never failed to reach the semis.
D: Bayern München (GER)
Can play: Arsenal, Napoli, Barcelona, Monaco, Leicester City, Juventus
Qualified as: champions, Germany
Top scorer: Robert Lewandowski 5
Last season: semi-finals
Previous European Cup best: winners x 5 (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013)
• Carlo Ancelotti is aiming to become the first coach both to win four European Cups and to lift the trophy with three different clubs (after Milan in 2003 and 2007, and Madrid in 2014).
E: Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Can play: Arsenal, Napoli, Barcelona, Atlético, Leicester, Juventus
Qualified as: third place, Germany
Top scorer: Julian Brandt, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Kevin Kampl, Javier Hernández, Admir Mehmedi, Kevin Volland, Vladlen Yurchenko 1
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 16/UEFA Champions League group stage
Previous European Cup best: runners-up (2002)
• Have lost all four of their round of 16 ties.
F: Real Madrid (ESP, holders)
Can play: Arsenal, Leicester, Juventus, Monaco, Napoli
Qualified as: UEFA Champions League winners/runners-up, Spain
Top scorer: Karim Benzema 4
Last season: winners
Previous European Cup best: winners x 11 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016)
• Successfully negotiated the group stage for the 21st year in a row.
G: Porto (POR)
Can play: Arsenal, Napoli, Barcelona, Atlético, Monaco, Dortmund, Juventus
Qualified as: third place, Portugal/play-offs
Top scorer: André Silva 5
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 32/UEFA Champions League group stage
Previous European Cup best: winners x 2 (1987, 2004)
• Having earned their first home victory in five UEFA competition fixtures on matchday four, Porto have now won their last two European matches at the Estádio do Dragão.
H: Sevilla (ESP)
Can play: Arsenal, Dortmund, Leicester, Monaco, Napoli
Qualified as: UEFA Europa League winners
Top scorer: Wissam Ben Yedder 2
Last season: UEFA Europa League winners/UEFA Champions League group stage
Previous European Cup best: quarter-finals (1958)
• By getting through their section, the Andalusians have relinquished their hold on the UEFA Europa League title after a three-season reign.
Top scorer stats are for group stage only