The football Champions League 2016/17 is starting. The new season of the strongest European club football competition will also have a strong Slovenian touch, as seven Slovenians will appear in the group stage, namely Jan Oblak, Kevin Kampl, Petar Stojanović, Adraž Šporar, Ažbe Jug, Miha Mevlje and Benjamin Verbič. Find out when they and their clubs will battle it out for a place in the last 16 and what the remaining 2016/17 Champions League fixtures are.
Football Champions League 2016/17 will be particularly interesting this year, as seven Slovenians will also compete in the group part of the competition, which starts today. Jan Oblak will defend the colors of Atletico Madrid, Kevin Kampl Bayer from Leverkusen, Andraž Sporar of Basel, Switzerland, Petar Stojanovic Dinamo Zagreb, Miha Mevlje Russian Rostov, Ažbe South Sporting from Lisbon and Benjamin Verbič Copenhagen, Norway.
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It will compete in the group stage of the Champions League 32 clubs. Defends the title Real Madrid, which will try to become the first club to defend the title. In last year's final, they beat city rivals Atletico. The 'royal' club will start to pave the way towards a possible title against Sporting, where he began his climb to the top Cristiano Ronaldo, who has already won the Champions League three times, namely twice with Real (2014, 2016) and once with Manchester United (2008). The English champions will be playing in the Champions League for the first time Leicester City and Russian runner-up Rostov, and some clubs are coming back that haven't tasted the delights of the Champions League for a long time - Tottenham, Besiktas, Club Brugge, Legia. The stadium will host the final on June 3, 2017 Millennium in the city Cardiff, where the Wales national rugby team plays, and occasionally the Welsh football team also plays. The stadium accepts 74,500 viewers.
Group A:
Paris St. Germain (France), Arsenal (Eng), Basel (Swiss – Andraž Sporar), Ludogorets Razgrad (Bol)
Group B:
Benfica (Por), Napoli (Ita), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukr), Besiktas (Tur)
Group C:
Barcelona (Spa), Manchester City (Ang), Borussia Mönchengladbach (Dem), Celtic Glasgow (Sko)
Group D:
Bayern Munich (Germany), Atletico Madrid (Spain – Jan Oblak), PSV Eindhoven (Niz), Rostov (Russian – Miha Mevlje)
Group E:
CSKA Moscow (Russian), Bayer Leverkusen (German – Kevin Kampl), Tottenham (Eng), Monaco (France)
Group F:
Real Madrid (Spain - defending champion), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Sporting Lisbon (Por - Ažbe South), Legia Warsaw (Pol)
Group G:
Leicester City (Ang), Porto (Por), Club Brugge (Bel), Copenhagen (Dan – Benjamin Verbič)
Group H: Juventus (Italy), Sevilla (Spain), Lyon (France), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia –Petar Stojanovic)
Fixtures - Champions League 2016/17:
- 13. to 14. September 2016: group stage, 1st round
- 27-28 September 2016: Group stage, 2nd round
- 18 to 19 October 2016 16: group stage, 3rd round
- 1 to 2 November 2016: Group stage, 4th round
- 22-23 November 2016: Group stage, 5th round
- 6 to 7 December 2016: Group stage, 6th round
- 14-15 February 2017 and 21-22 February 2017: Round of 16, first leg
- 7-8 March and 14-15 March 2017: round of 16, second leg
- 11-12 April 2017: Quarter-finals, first leg
- 18-19 April 2017: Quarter-finals, second leg
- 2-3 May 2017: Semi-Finals, First Leg
- May 9-10, 2017: Semi-Finals, Second Leg
- June 3, 2017: Final
