UEFA Champions League Last 16 Draws: All You Need To Know

The UEFA Champions League last 16 draw will hold today. Teams from the same league or that have played in the same group can't meet again at this stage. The group winner of each team is seeded and meets with the runner up of another group. 

Who can your team meet in the last 16? It's a simple question as we highlight the teams your team can meet in the last 16 then you can pray for which team you want. See after the cut...


A: Real Madrid (ESP)

Can play: PSV, Benfica, Juventus, Roma, Arsenal, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent

Qualified as: runners-up, Spain

Top scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo 11 (group stage record)

Last season: semi-finals (2-3 agg v Juventus)

Previous European Cup best: winners x 10 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966,
1998, 2000, 2002, 2014)

- Cristiano Ronaldo's season-leading 11 goals have moved him eight clear of
Lionel Messi as competition all-time top scorer on 88; Madrid got past their group
for the 19th straight year.

B: Wolfsburg (GER)

Can play: Paris, Benfica, Juventus, Roma, Arsenal, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent

Qualified as: runners-up, Germany

Top scorer: Naldo 2

Last season: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals

Previous European Cup best: first round of 16 appearances

- Wolfsburg are in the knockout phase of this competition for the first time.

C: Atlético Madrid (ESP)


Can play: Paris, PSV, Juventus, Roma, Arsenal, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent

Qualified as: third place, Spain

Top scorer: Antoine Griezmann 4

Last season: quarter-finals (0-1 agg v Real Madrid)

Previous European Cup best: runners-up (1974, 2014)

• This is Atleti's third straight group win, the Spaniards having topped their
section only once before season 2013/14.

D: Manchester City (ENG)  

Can play: Paris, PSV, Benfica, Roma, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent

Qualified as: runners-up, England

Top scorer: Raheem Sterling 3

Last season: round of 16 (1-3 agg v Barcelona)

Previous European Cup best: round of 16

• City won a group for the first time in this competition.

E: Barcelona (ESP, holders)

Can play: Paris, PSV, Benfica, Juventus, Arsenal, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent

Qualified as: holders/champions, Spain

Top scorer: Luis Suárez 5

Last season: winners (3-1 v Juventus, Berlin)

Previous European Cup best: winners x 5 (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015)

• The Blaugrana are hoping to become the first team to retain
the title in the UEFA Champions League era.

F: Bayern München (GER) 

Can play: Paris, PSV, Benfica, Juventus, Roma, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent

Qualified as: champions, Germany

Top scorer: Robert Lewandowski 7

Last season: semi-finals (3-5 agg v Bacelona)

Previous European Cup best: winners x 5 (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013)

• Bayern are now level with Manchester United on 14 group wins, behind just
Barcelona (17) and Real Madrid (15)

G: Chelsea (ENG)

Can play: Paris, PSV, Benfica, Juventus, Roma, Gent

Qualified as: champions, England

Top scorers: Willian 4

Last season: round of 16 (3-3 agg v Paris, lost on away goals)

Previous European Cup best: winners (2012)

• Chelsea have been group winners in ten of the last 13 seasons. They were
runners-up in two of the other three campaigns and missed out on the round of
16 only once – in 2012/13 when they became the first holders in the UEFA
Champions League era to fail to survive the initial group stage.

H: Zenit (RUS)

Can play: Paris, PSV, Benfica, Juventus, Roma, Arsenal

Qualified as: champions, Russia

Top scorer: Artem Dzyuba 6

Last season: group stage/UEFA Europa League quarter-finals

Previous European Cup best: round of 16 (1986, 2012, 2014)

• Zenit were one victory away from becoming only the seventh side to win all six
of their group games, before the matchday six defeat at Gent.