2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Viktoria Plzeň Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov Ludogorets Razgrad Copenhagen


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were played on 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Summary
The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Statistics
There were 239 goals scored in 92 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League
The final was played between Ajax and Manchester United at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden. Manchester United beat Ajax 2–0 to win their first title. With this victory, they became the fifth club – after Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea – to have won all three major European trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League
Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League
As the title holders, Sevilla qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. Winning the last three tournaments, Sevilla were unable to defend their titles after reaching the competition's knockout stage, and were eliminated by Leicester City in the round of 16.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation
A total of 188 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations were expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League (the exception being Kosovo, whose participation was not accepted in their first attempt as UEFA members). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation
The UEFA Executive Committee approved in December 2014 changes to the rewards given according to the Respect Fair Play ranking, and starting from the 2016–17 season, the three Fair Play berths were no longer allocated to the Europa League.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution
In the default access list, Sevilla enter the third qualifying round (as the seventh-placed team of the 2015–16 La Liga). However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League third qualifying round is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution, Redistribution rules
A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Teams
Notably two teams took part in the competition that were not playing in their national top division, Zürich (2nd tier) and Hibernian (2nd tier).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates
Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
The draws for the first and second qualifying round were held on 20 June 2016. The first legs were played on 28 and 30 June, and the second legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 July 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 July 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016. The first legs were played on 28 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016. The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays are 15 September, 29 September, 20 October, 3 November, 24 November, and 8 December 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Group stage
A total of 21 national associations are represented in the group stage. Astana, Celta Vigo, Dundalk, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Konyaspor, Mainz 05, Manchester United, Nice, Olympiacos, Osmanlıspor, Sassuolo, Southampton and Zorya Luhansk made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (although Celta Vigo and Olympiacos had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage and Manchester United and Olympiacos had already competed in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase after a third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 12 December 2016. The first legs were played on 16 February, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 February 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2017. The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2017. The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 April 2017. The first legs were played on 3 and 4 May, and the second legs were played on 11 May 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 24 May 2017 at Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Statistics, Squad of the season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Statistics, Player of the season
A new UEFA Europa League Player of the Season award was introduced for the 2016–17 season. Votes were cast by coaches of the 48 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players were announced on 4 August 2017. The award winner was announced and presented to during the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco on 25 August 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 15 September and ended on 9 December 2016. A total of 48 teams compete in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
The draw was held on 26 August 2016, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups play their matches at 19:00 CEST/CET, while the other six groups play their matches at 21:05 CEST/CET, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
There are other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g. Russia) do not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries. Therefore, Ukrainian clubs Shakhtar Donetsk (Pot 1) and Zorya Luhansk (Pot 4) and Russian clubs Zenit Saint Petersburg (Pot 1) and Krasnodar (Pot 3) could not be drawn into the same group.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Teams
Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They include 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Format
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 16.01):


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Groups
The matchdays are 15 September, 29 September, 20 October, 3 November, 24 November, and 8 December 2016. The match kickoff times are 19:00 and 21:05 CEST/CET, except for certain matches in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia. The match kickoff times for matchdays 5 and 6 in Turkey, and all simultaneous matches in the same group on matchday 6, were changed to 17:00 CET due to the decision of the Turkish government to use the UTC+3 time zone all year round starting from September 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage, Groups
Times up to 29 October 2016 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 16 February and ended on 24 May 2017 with the final at Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden, to decide the champions of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Times up to 25 March 2017 (round of 32 and round of 16) were CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times were CEST (UTC+2).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round and draw dates
Matches could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format
The knockout phase involves 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format
The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw was held on 12 December 2016. The first legs were played on 16 February, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 February 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw was held on 24 February 2017. The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw was held on 17 March 2017. The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw was held on 21 April 2017. The first legs were played on 3 and 4 May, and the second legs were played on 11 May 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 24 May 2017 at Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 28 June and ended on 25 August 2016. A total of 154 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Round and draw dates
Matches could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
In the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
The away goals rule would be again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other, and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
A total of 154 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round (including the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which enter the play-off round). The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 16 teams which enter in the group stage and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 96 teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016. (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with eight teams.)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Midtjylland (5) Heart of Midlothian (2) Ventspils (4) Linfield (3) Stabæk (1)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Víkingur Gøta (6) Sūduva Marijampolė (7) Cork City (8) Infonet Tallinn (9) Connah's Quay Nomads (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
HJK (2) IFK Göteborg (1) KR (3) St Patrick's Athletic (4) Levadia Tallinn (5)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
HB (7) Jeunesse Esch (6) Atlantas (9) Glenavon (8) Llandudno (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Dinamo Minsk (3) Brøndby (2) Aberdeen (1) Shamrock Rovers (5) Nõmme Kalju (4)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Fola Esch (10) RoPS (7) Valur (9) Spartaks Jūrmala (8) Trakai (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
AIK (1) Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2) Odd (3) Differdange 03 (4) Breiðablik (5)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Cliftonville (6) Jelgava (7) IFK Mariehamn (8) NSÍ Runavík (9) Bala Town (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
AEK Larnaca (1) Vojvodina (2) Dila Gori (4) Široki Brijeg (3) Domžale (5)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Shirak (6) Birkirkara (8) Lusitanos (7) Bokelj (9) Folgore (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Videoton (5) Lokomotiva (2) Rabotnički (3) Čukarički (4) Pyunik (1)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Ordabasy (6) Budućnost Podgorica (8) Zaria Bălți (7) UE Santa Coloma (9) Europa (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Neftçi Baku (4) Admira Wacker Mödling (3) Beitar Jerusalem (2) Kukësi (1) Zimbru Chișinău (5)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Rudar Pljevlja (10) Chikhura Sachkhere (7) Spartak Myjava (8) Sloboda Tuzla (9) Balzan (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Maccabi Tel Aviv (4) Debrecen (2) Gabala (3) Vaduz (1) Beroe Stara Zagora (5)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Gorica (6) Samtredia (8) Radnik Bijeljina (7) La Fiorita (9) Sileks (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Slovan Bratislava (4) Aktobe (2) Zagłębie Lubin (3) Dacia Chișinău (1)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Kapaz (5) Slavia Sofia (6) MTK Budapest (7) Partizani (8)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were played on 28 and 30 June, and the second legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 July 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Matches
2–2 on aggregate. St Patrick's Athletic won on away goals.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Matches
Partizani replaced Skënderbeu in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round and Slovan Bratislava proceeded directly to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, after Skënderbeu was excluded by UEFA for match-fixing.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 66 teams played in the second qualifying round: 18 teams which entered in this round, and the 48 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016. (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams.)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Partizan (5) Maccabi Haifa (4) Dinamo Minsk (3) Vojvodina (1) Spartak Trnava (2)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Shirak (6) St Patrick's Athletic (10) Zagłębie Lubin (7) Connah's Quay Nomads (8) Nõmme Kalju (9)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Austria Wien (5) HJK (4) MTK Budapest (1) Shakhtyor Soligorsk (3) Brøndby (2)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Gabala (8) Kukësi (7) Hibernian (6) Beroe Stara Zagora (9) Domžale (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Midtjylland (1) Grasshopper (5) Neftçi Baku (3) Osmanlıspor (4) Lokomotiva (2)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
KR (7) Vaduz (8) RoPS (6) Shkëndija (10) Zimbru Chișinău (9)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Maribor (6) Omonia (5) Slovan Bratislava (3) IFK Göteborg (4) Heart of Midlothian (2) PAS Giannina (1)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Odd (7) Piast Gliwice (9) Levski Sofia (11) Beitar Jerusalem (10) Jelgava (8) Birkirkara (12)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Maccabi Tel Aviv (4) Hajduk Split (5) Debrecen (3) Admira Wacker Mödling (1) Ventspils (2) BK Häcken (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Aberdeen (12) CSM Politehnica Iași (10) Kairat (9) Cork City (11) Kapaz (7) Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (8)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Genk (3) AEK Larnaca (2) AIK (6) Videoton (1) Strømsgodset (5) Slavia Prague (4)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Budućnost Podgorica (8) Cliftonville (12) Čukarički (7) Levadia Tallinn (9) Europa (11) SønderjyskE (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 July 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which entered in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round. The draw was held on 15 July 2016. (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the group with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Saint-Étienne (1) Maccabi Tel Aviv (2) Spartak Moscow (3) Vorskla Poltava (4) Dinamo Minsk (5)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
AEK Larnaca (6) AEK Athens (7) Vojvodina (8) Pandurii Târgu Jiu (9) Lokomotiva (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
AZ (1) Krasnodar (2) Zagłębie Lubin (3) Sassuolo (4) Rio Ave (5) Beitar Jerusalem (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Jelgava (7) Luzern (8) SønderjyskE (9) Slavia Prague (10) Birkirkara (11) PAS Giannina (12)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Lille (1) Maribor (2) Austria Wien (3) Panathinaikos (4) Nõmme Kalju (5) Hajduk Split (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Oleksandriya (7) AIK (8) Spartak Trnava (9) Osmanlıspor (10) Aberdeen (11) Gabala (12)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Genk (1) Rapid Wien (2) Hertha BSC (3) Rijeka (4) Arouca (5) Mladá Boleslav (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Shkëndija (7) İstanbul Başakşehir (8) Brøndby (9) Heracles Almelo (10) Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (11) Cork City (12)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Gent (1) Slovan Liberec (2) West Ham United (3) Midtjylland (4) HJK (5) Apollon Limassol (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Grasshopper (7) Videoton (8) Domžale (9) IFK Göteborg (10) Admira Wacker Mödling (11) Viitorul Constanța (12)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were played on 28 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The draw was held on 5 August 2016. (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Olympiacos (2) Genk (1) BATE Borisov (3) Rapid Wien (5) Midtjylland (4)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Astana (6) Arouca (8) Osmanlıspor (7) Lokomotiva (9) Trenčín (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
AZ (1) PAOK (2) Saint-Étienne (5) Slovan Liberec (3) Austria Wien (4)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Rosenborg (7) AEK Larnaca (6) Vojvodina (9) Dinamo Tbilisi (8) Beitar Jerusalem (10)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Anderlecht (1) Fenerbahçe (5) Krasnodar (3) Maribor (4) West Ham United (2) Panathinaikos (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Astra Giurgiu (11) Grasshopper (10) Brøndby (9) Slavia Prague (8) Gabala (7) Partizani (12)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Shakhtar Donetsk (1) Sparta Prague (2) Gent (4) Maccabi Tel Aviv (3) Sassuolo (5) Qarabağ (6)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Hajduk Split (12) İstanbul Başakşehir (8) Red Star Belgrade (10) IFK Göteborg (9) SønderjyskE (11) Shkëndija (7)


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Summary
The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches
3–3 on aggregate. Maccabi Tel Aviv won 4–3 on penalties.


2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Statistics
There were 626 goals scored in 263 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup
The 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 31st edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament. This was the 16th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format organized by UEFA.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup
In the final, Inter FS defeated Sporting CP to win their fourth title. Kairat Almaty defeated Ugra Yugorsk, who were the defending champions, to finish third.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Teams
A total of 52 teams from 51 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament, which was a record number of entries and included first-time entrants from Kosovo and San Marino. Each association could enter one team, the winners of their regular top domestic futsal league (or in special circumstances, the runners-up). Moreover, the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup qualified automatically as title holders, and thus their association could enter a second team.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Teams
Teams were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they entered. The top four teams (with the title holders being the automatic top seed) entered the elite round, the next 16 teams (ranked 5–20) entered the main round, and the bottom 32 teams (ranked 21–52) entered the preliminary round.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Teams
For teams entering the preliminary round or main round, they were assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw, with eight teams pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and six teams pre-selected as hosts for the main round (marked by (H) below).


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Teams
The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 7 July 2016, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Teams
Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Azerbaijan/Armenia, Kosovo/Serbia, and Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be drawn into the same group. Should any of the above teams win their preliminary round group and qualify for a main round group with a team they cannot play against, they would be swapped with the next available team in their seeding position following the alphabetical order of the groups.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Format
In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Format
In the final tournament, the four qualified teams play in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Format, Tiebreakers
In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Preliminary round
The eight group winners advanced to the main round to join the 16 teams which received byes to the main round.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Main round
The six group winners and the six group runners-up advanced to the elite round to join the four teams which received byes to the elite round.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Elite round
The draw for the elite round was held on 21 October 2016, 13:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team which received byes to the elite round, and either two group winners and one group runner-up from the main round, or one group winner and two group runners-up from the main round. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts (marked by (H) below) were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Elite round
Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same main round group could not be drawn in the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, FC Feniks (Kosovo) and Ekonomac (Serbia) could not have been drawn into the same group.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final tournament
The hosts of the final tournament was selected by UEFA from the four qualified teams, with UEFA announcing on 9 December 2016 that it would be hosted by Kairat Almaty at the Almaty Arena, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final tournament
The draw for the final tournament was held on 4 March 2017, 15:45 ALMT (UTC+6), at the Almaty Central Stadium in Almaty, during half-time of the 2017 Kazakhstan Super Cup. The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final tournament
In the final tournament, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time would be used in the third place match.


2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final tournament, Bracket
All times are CEST (UTC+2); local times, ALMT (UTC+6), are in parentheses.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 16th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 8th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
The final was held at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 1 June 2017, two days before the final of the men's tournament played at the Millennium Stadium.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
Lyon were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, and equalled Frankfurt's record of four European titles.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Expansion
The tournament was expanded such that the top 12 national associations (instead of the previous top 8) in the rankings were allowed to enter two teams in the competition.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Expansion
The change has been criticized, as it broadens the tournament but doesn't add teams from top countries. The lack of an increase in prize-money also has been criticized. For the first time the clubs receive money for flights to away games. The amount increases from €12,000 over €17,000 to €20,000 based on flight time.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation
A total of 59 teams from 47 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, which was a record number of entries. The ranking based on the UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
For the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
Scotland for the first time receive two entries in the UEFA Women's Champions League.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution
The format of the competition remains unchanged from previous years, starting from the qualifying round, which is played as mini-tournaments with four teams in each group, followed by the knockout phase starting from the round of 32, which is played as home-and-away two-legged ties except for the one-match final.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution
Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of teams in each round (qualifying round and round of 32) can not be determined until the full entry list is known. In general, the title holders, the champions of the top 12 associations, plus the runners-up of highest-ranked associations (exact number depending on the number of entries) receive a bye to the round of 32. All other teams (runners-up of lowest-ranked associations plus champions of associations starting from 13th) enter the qualifying round, with the group winners plus a maximum of two best runners-up advancing to the round of 32 to join the direct qualifiers.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution
With 59 entries for this season, the lowest-ranked 36 teams enter the qualifying round (9 groups), with only the 9 group winners advancing to the round of 32 to join the 23 direct qualifiers.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Teams
The following list the teams that qualified and entered this season's competition. Here CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up. Entries from 49 associations were possible. Three associations have no current league (Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, San Marino). Azerbaijan only has junior leagues and teams from Liechtenstein play in the Swiss leagues. Gibraltar's league is only nine-a-side for 2015/16 and Andorra's is only five-a-side. Thus they are ineligible as well. Armenia has a regular league with an 11-a-side champion crowned for autumn and summer, but hasn't registered for European competition the last years. Also Georgia and Luxembourg did not enter a team. It's the first time a club (men or women) from Kosovo enters a UEFA competition.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Round and draw dates
UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
The draw was held on 24 June 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 36 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into nine groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the nine teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 27 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
In each group, teams play against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The nine group winners advance to the round of 32 to join the 23 teams which qualified directly. The matchdays are 23, 25 and 28 August 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 1 September 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 32
The first legs were played on 5 and 6 October, and the second legs on 12 and 13 October 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 October 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 9 and 10 November, and the second legs played on 16 and 17 November 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was held on 25 November 2016, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 22 and 23 March, and the second legs on 29 and 30 March 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs on 29 April 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 1 June 2017 at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, Statistics, Squad of the season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
The 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 5 October 2016 and concluded on 1 June 2017 with the final at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, which decided the champions of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
Lyon successfully defended their title after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
Times from 30 October 2016 up to 25 March 2017 (round of 16 and quarter-finals first legs) are CET (UTC+1), all other times are CEST (UTC+2).


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
The knockout phase involved 32 teams: 23 teams which qualified directly, and the nine group winners from the qualifying round.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Qualified teams
Below are the 32 teams which participate in the knockout phase (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span).


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 1 September 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 32, Overview
The first legs were played on 5 and 6 October, and the second legs on 12 and 13 October 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 October 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16, Overview
The first legs were played on 9 and 10 November, and the second legs played on 16 and 17 November 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held on 25 November 2016, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Overview
The first legs were played on 22 and 23 March, and the second legs on 29 and 30 March 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals, Overview
The first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs on 29 April 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 1 June 2017 at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round
The 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 23, 25 and 28 August 2016. A total of 36 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide nine of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw
The draw was held on 24 June 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 36 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into nine groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the nine teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 27 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw
Based on the decision taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel at its meeting in Paris on 9 June 2016, teams from Serbia (Spartak Subotica) or Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFK 2000) would not be drawn against teams from Kosovo (Hajvalia).


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw
Below are the 36 teams which participated in the qualifying round (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span), with the nine teams which were pre-selected as hosts marked by (H).


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format
In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The nine group winners advanced to the round of 32 to join the 23 teams which qualified directly.


2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):


2016–17 UEFA Youth League
The 2016–17 UEFA Youth League was the fourth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League
Chelsea were the title holders after winning the previous two editions. However, since the UEFA Youth League title holders were not given an automatic qualifying place, and both the Chelsea senior team failed to qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and the Chelsea academy team failed to win the 2015–16 Professional U18 Development League 1, they did not qualify for this tournament to defend their title.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League
Red Bull Salzburg won their first title after defeating Benfica 2–1 in the final. This was the first occasion that the winner (or a finalist) had come through the Domestic Champions Path of the competition.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Teams
A total of 64 teams from 40 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament, with Macedonia, Republic of Ireland and Montenegro entering for the first time. They were split into two sections:


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Squads
Players had to be born on or after 1 January 1998, with a maximum of three players per team born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1997 are allowed.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 25 August 2016, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advance to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path. The matchdays are 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 30 August 2016, 13:45 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path
The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path. If the aggregate scores are level after full-time of the second leg, the away goals rule is used to decide the winner. If still tied, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path, First round
The first legs were played on 21, 27, 28, 29 September and 5 October, and the second legs were played on 19 October 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path, Second round
The first legs were played on 2, 9 and 16 November, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 30 November 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs
For the play-offs, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties played over one match. The draw was held on 12 December 2016, 14:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs
The eight play-off winners advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path. If the scores are level after full-time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played). The play-offs were played on 7 and 8 February 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
For the knockout phase (round of 16 onwards), the 16 teams were drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one match. The draw was held on 10 February 2017, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
If the scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The round of 16 matches were played on 21 and 22 February 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 7 and 8 March 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 21 April 2017 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 24 April 2017 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path
The 2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path was played from 21 September to 30 November 2016. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path
Times up to 29 October 2016 (first round) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (second round) times were CET (UTC+1).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Draw
The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path. Associations without a youth domestic champion as well as domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path were replaced by the next association in the UEFA ranking.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Draw
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 30 August 2016, 13:45 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into four groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Format
In the Domestic Champions Path, each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Format
The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, First round
The first legs were played on 21, 27, 28, 29 September and 5 October, and the second legs were played on 19 October 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Second round
The first legs were played on 2, 9 and 16 November, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 30 November 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage
The 2016–17 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) was played from 13 September to 7 December 2016. A total of 32 teams competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage, Draw
The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage, Draw
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 25 August 2016, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage, Format
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advance to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 14.03):


2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 13–14 September, 27–28 September, 18–19 October, 1–2 November, 22–23 November, and 6–7 December 2016.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage, Groups
Times up to 29 October 2016 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase
The 2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards) began on 7 February 2017 and concluded on 24 April 2017 with the final at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase
Times up to 25 March 2017 (play-offs, round of 16 and quarter-finals) are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times (semi-finals and final) are CEST (UTC+2).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the knockout phase is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format
The knockout phase involves 24 teams: 16 teams which qualify from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualify from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners):


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase is played over one match. If the scores are level after full-time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries. This restriction, if necessary, applies to the draws for the play-offs, round of 16 and quarter-finals (should such meeting be possible given that the identity of the quarter-finalists are not known at the time of the draw), where matches are hosted by one of the teams, but not to the semi-finals and final, which are played at a neutral venue.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Play-offs
The draw for the play-offs was held on 12 December 2016, 14:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The play-offs were played on 7 and 8 February 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Bracket (round of 16 onwards)
The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 10 February 2017, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Round of 16
The round of 16 matches were played on 21 and 22 February 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 7 and 8 March 2017.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 21 April 2017 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2016–17 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 24 April 2017 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2016–17 UIC Flames men's basketball team
The 2016–17 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by second-year head coach Steve McClain, played their home games at the UIC Pavilion as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 17–19, 7–11 in Horizon League play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Green Bay in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament before losing to Milwaukee in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Stony Brook and George Washington before losing in the semifinals to Coastal Carolina.


2016–17 UIC Flames men's basketball team, Previous season
The Flames finished the 2015–16 season 5–25, 3–15 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They lost in the First Round of the Horizon League Tournament to Wright State.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season
The 2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season was the second instance of the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann naming extratropical cyclones. Substantially less active than the previous season, the season succeeded the 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season and preceded the 2017–18 European windstorm season.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Background
In 2015, the Met Office and Met Éireann announced a pilot project to name storm warnings as part of the Name our Storms project for wind storms and asked the public for suggestions. The meteorological offices produced a full list of names for 2015–16, common to both the UK and Ireland. A new list of names was released on 19 September for the 2016–17 season. Names in the UK will be based on the National Severe Weather Warning Service, when a storm is assessed to have the potential for an  amber 'be prepared' or red 'take action' warning.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Seasonal summary
Comparison of strongest gusts associated with each storm in the UK and Ireland.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Angus
Storm Angus was named on 19 November, with southern and southeast England, especially along the Channel coast expected to be the greatest affected areas as the storm moves northeast on 20 November. The storm was known as "Nannette" in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, were hit with hurricane-force winds with the highest wind gusts since its 1990 record.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Angus
The south-west of England was affected with over 1,000 power outages, mostly in Devon. Residents were evacuated due to flooding near South Molton, Devon. Further flooding was reported in Braunton, Bradiford, Devon, and East Bar, Swanage, Dorset. The high winds affected train service in the south-east, ferry crossing at the Port of Dover and the Brighton 10k run.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Angus
The National Grid launched an investigation whether a ship's anchor damaged four of the eight cables of the Cross Channel high voltage interconnector during storm Angus, which would leave it only able to operate at half of its capacity until February 2017.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Angus
A 39-year-old woman was found in the sea near Folkestone and was airlifted to hospital; she later died. Russell Sherwood, aged 69, had been reported as missing on the day of the storm: a car was found upside-down in the River Ogmore with his body inside on 23 November.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Barbara
Storm Barbara was named on 20 December. Approximately 1,000 homes were without power in Northern Ireland. Part of a school roof was ripped off at Rhosgadfan near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, while hundreds of homes across Wales experienced power cuts.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Conor
Storm Conor was named three days after Barbara on 23 December with mostly amber warnings for the Northern Isles and north Caithness on Boxing Day. Hundreds of homes across Scotland and The Shetland Islands experienced power cuts.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Doris
Storm Doris was named on 21 February and impacted Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands on 23 February 2017. A gust of 94 mph (151 km/h) was recorded at Capel Curig, Wales. On its approach the storm strengthened considerably going through a process called bombogenesis, wherein the central pressure of the system fell at a very fast pace; 24 hPa (0.71 inHg) of pressure in 24 hours to 974 hPa (28.8 inHg).


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Doris
A 32-year-old woman was killed in Swindon when blown with an empty pram into the road. Another woman, a 29-year-old, died in Wolverhampton when debris fell on her in the street. A man in his 80s died in hospital on 26 February after the car he was travelling in was crushed by a falling tree. The Shropshire and Wolverhampton incidents were chronicled in the final episode of the second series of Ambulance, a BBC One documentary programme, the following October.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Doris
A girl was seriously injured when a ceiling collapsed on her at the Southwood School in Milton Keynes. On 23 February 2017, during high winds caused by Storm Doris, a Flybe plane (Flight 1284) from Edinburgh to Amsterdam crash landed on the runway at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: the rear right landing gear collapsed but  there were no injuries.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Doris
There was also snow and rain. Road, rail and air travel was disrupted and there were failures in power supply. The storm was described as a weather bomb.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms, Storm Ewan
Storm Ewan was named by Met Éireann four days after Doris on 25 February and impacted Ireland on 26 February 2017. Ewan failed to form a low pressure system and damage was limited in Ireland to strong winds on the south coast.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Season effects
This table lists all known windstorms that affected the UK and Ireland during 2016–2017. It includes their name, duration, peak recorded gust (excluding mountain stations), lowest pressure, areas affected, deaths and damage totals from the two nations. All damage figures are in 2016 pounds sterling and euros. The 2016/17 storm season was described as relatively quiet by the reinsurance broker Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting division in late February.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms named by other European meteorological services
During the 2016/17 winter 3 storms exceeded the Perils.org insured loss reporting threshold of €200 million, Egon, Thomas/Doris, and Zeus.


2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season, Storms named by other European meteorological services
(† Zeus was not named by a national meteorological agency but was widely used in French media, believed to be a misappellation of another low named by the Free University of Berlin charts.)


2016–17 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team
The 2016–17 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team  represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by first-year head coach Ryan Odom, played their home games at the Retriever Activities Center in Catonsville, Maryland as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to New Hampshire. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Fairfield, Saint Francis (PA), and Liberty before losing in the Semifinals to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.


2016–17 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Retrievers finished the 2015–16 season 7–25, 3–13 in America East play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the America East Tournament to Stony Brook.


2016–17 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 3, 2016, head coach Aki Thomas was fired. He finished at UMBC with a four-year record of 28–95. On March 30, the school hired Ryan Odom as head coach.


2016–17 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team, Preseason
UMBC was picked to finish sixth in the preseason America East poll. Jahad Thomas, Jr. was selected to the preseason All-America East team.


2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
The 2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by 15th year head coach Phil Stern, played their home games in the Retriever Activities Center as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 10–6 in America East play to finish in third place. They lost in quarterfinals of the America East Women's Tournament to Hartford. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Brown in the first round.


2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team, Media
All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.


2016–17 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team
The 2016–17 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri–Kansas City during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Kangaroos, led by fourth-year head coach Kareem Richardson, played their home games at the Municipal Auditorium as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 18–17, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Texas–Rio Grande Valley in the Quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing to New Mexico State in the Semifinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Green Bay in the First Round before losing to Wyoming in the Quarterfinals.


2016–17 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team, Previous season
The Kangaroos finished the 2015–16 season 12–19, 4–10 in WAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Utah Valley in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing to New Mexico State in the semifinals.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team
The 2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The River Hawks, led by fourth-year head coach Pat Duquette, played most of their home games at Costello Athletic Center, with five home games at the Tsongas Center. They were members of the America East Conference.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team
They finished the season 11–20, 5–11 in American East play to finish in sixth place.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team
UMass Lowell was in the fourth and final year of a transition to Division I and thus ineligible for the postseason, including the America East Tournament.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The River Hawks finished the 2015–16 season 11–18, 7–9 in America East play to finish in fifth place.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team, Preseason
UMass Lowell was picked to finish fifth in the preseason America East poll.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
The 2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks were led by second year head coach Jenerrie Harris and once again played most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games were  played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell as members of the America East Conference.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
UMass Lowell was in the fourth and final year of a transition to Division I and thus ineligible for the postseason, including the America East Tournament.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
They finished the season 3–26, 0–16 in America East play to finish in last place.


2016–17 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team, Media
All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website.


2016–17 UMass Minutemen basketball team
The 2016–17 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by ninth-year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 15–18, 4–14 A-10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 12 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they defeated Saint Joseph's in the first round before losing to St. Bonaventure in the second round.


2016–17 UMass Minutemen basketball team
On March 9, 2017, the school fired head coach Derek Kellogg after nine years and a 155–137 record. Shortly after Kellogg was fired, the school announced that Winthrop head coach Pat Kelsey had been hired as the new head coach at UMass. However, shortly before the press conference to announce his hiring, Kelsey announced he would not accept the position. On March 31, the school announced they had hired Chattanooga head coach Matt McCall.


2016–17 UMass Minutemen basketball team, Previous season
The Minutemen finished the 2015–16 season 14–18, 6–12 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They defeated Rhode Island in the second round of the A-10 Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to VCU.


2016–17 UMass Minutemen basketball team, Preseason
UMass was picked to finish 10th in the Preseason A-10 poll. Donte Clark was named to the Preseason All-Conference Third Team.


2016–17 UMass Minutewomen basketball team
The 2016–17 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by first year head coach Tory Verdi, are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 9–21, 3–14 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Saint Louis.


2016–17 UMass Minutewomen basketball team, 2016–17 media
All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games will stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA will carry Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call.


2016–17 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2016–17 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Asheville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Nick McDevitt, played their home games at Kimmel Arena as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 15–3 in Big South play to finish in a tie for the Big South regular season championship. They were upset in the Quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament by Campbell. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the First Round to UT Martin.


2016–17 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2015–16 season 22–12, 12–6 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Liberty, High Point, and Winthrop to become champions of the Big South Tournament. They received conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were lost in the First Round to the eventual National Champion Villanova.


2016–17 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time


2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team
The 2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by sixth-year head coach Wes Miller, played their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum, with two home games at Fleming Gymnasium, as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 14–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship.


2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team
As the No. 1 seed in the SoCon Tournament, they defeated The Citadel and Wofford to advance to the championship game where they lost to East Tennessee State. As a conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Syracuse.


2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2015–16 season 15–19, 10–8 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament to Furman. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Houston Baptist in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Ohio.


2016–17 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team
The 2016–17 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Wilmington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks were led by third-year head coach Kevin Keatts and played their home games at the Trask Coliseum as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in CAA play to win the regular season championship, their third consecutive championship. They defeated Delaware, William & Mary, and the College of Charleston to win the CAA Tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. As the No. 12 seed in the East region, they lost in the First Round to Virginia.


2016–17 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team
On March 17, 2017, head coach Kevin Keatts left the school to accept the head coaching position at NC State. On Apiril 3, the school hired longtime North Carolina assistant C.B. McGrath as head coach.


2016–17 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Seahawks finished the 2015–16 season 25–8, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for the CAA regular season championship with Hofstra. They won the CAA Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Duke.


2016–17 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team, Preseason
The Seahawks were picked to finish in first place in the conference's preseason poll. Chris Flemmings was named Preseason Player of the Year and Denzel Ingram was named to the CAA preseason second-team. C. J. Bryce was named an honorable mention.


2016–17 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team
The 2016–17 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by fifth year head coach Adell Harris, played their home games at the Trask Coliseum and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in CAA play to finish in a 3-way tie for eight place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to James Madison.


2016–17 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team
The 2016–17 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team will represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Rebels, led by ninth year head coach Kathy Olivier. They play their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada. They are a member of the Mountain West Conference.


2016–17 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
The 2016–17 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Rebels were led by first-year head coach Marvin Menzies. They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 11–21, 4–14 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to San Diego State.


2016–17 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Previous season
The 2015–16 Runnin' Rebels finished the 2015–16 season 18–15, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Air Force to advance to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament where they lost to Fresno State.


2016–17 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Previous season
On January 10, 2016, UNLV announced that head coach Dave Rice and the school had mutually agreed for him to step down as head coach. Associate head coach Todd Simon was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On March 28, the school announced that Chris Beard had been hired as head coach. However, less than three weeks later, Beard left UNLV to accept the head coaching position at Texas Tech. On April 16, the school hired Mavin Menzies as head coach.


2016–17 USC Trojans men's basketball team
The 2016–17 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Andy Enfield. They played their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place; their 26 victories set a program record. They defeated Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Providence in the First Four and SMU in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Baylor.


2016–17 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Trojans finished the 2015–16 season 21–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in three-way tie for sixth place. The Trojans beat UCLA in the first round before losing to Utah in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament. They received an at-large bid as a No. 8 seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament, marking the Trojans' first Tournament bid since 2011. USC lost to No. 9-seed Providence in the First Round.


2016–17 USC Trojans women's basketball team
The 2016–17 USC Trojans women's basketball team will represent University of Southern California during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fourth year head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, play their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to California.


2016–17 USC Trojans women's basketball team
On March 3, Cynthia Cooper-Duke resigns. She finished at USC with a 4-year record of 70–57.


2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team
The 2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 15th-year head coach Eddie Payne, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 7–7 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Kennesaw State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Furman.


2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team
This would be Eddie Payne's final season as head coach at USC Upstate, as he announced his retirement On October 3, 2017.


2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2015–16 season 10–22, 4–10 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the A-Sun Tournament to North Florida.


2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team
The 2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team will represent the University of South Carolina Upstate in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by twelfth year head coach Tammy George, played their games at G. B. Hodge Center and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 2–12 in A-Sun play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Stetson.


2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team, Media
All home games and conference road will be shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Non conference road games will typically be available on the opponents website.


2016–17 USHL season
The 2016–17 USHL season is the 38th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 23, 2016, to April 8, 2017. The regular season champions, the Sioux City Musketeers, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Chicago Steel, were awarded the Clark Cup.


2016–17 USHL season, Regular season, Western Conference
x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title


2016–17 USM Alger season
In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 39th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 as well as the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup.


2016–17 USM Alger season
USM Alger entered the 2016–2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015–2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until he left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June, but Amrouche resigned 3 days before the season began and was replaced by French manager Cavalli  Cavalli was later sacked because of poor results and replaced by Belgian Paul Put.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Season summary
Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Season summary
of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Season summary
The club recorded the arrival of several players like Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This bloated recruitment is partly fill the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, best assist last season, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also signed several players of the national selection of age 20, recently trained by Mohamed Mekhazni, back to the club. Two of these young people have made the trip to France, he is Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Season summary
First friendly match was against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1  goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0  Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengrina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengrina.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Season summary
After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August  punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 29 July 2016.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Transfers, In
USM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Transfers, In
The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, Mohamed Taïb, Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger.


2016–17 USM Alger season, Kit
Supplier: Adidas after that Joma, the beginning of the year 2017. Sponsor: Djezzy


2016–17 USM Bel-Abbès season
In the 2016–17 season, USM Bel Abbès competed in the Ligue 1 for the 22nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.


2016–17 USM Bel-Abbès season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016–17 USM Bel-Abbès season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2016–17 USM El Harrach season
In the 2016–17 season, USM El Harrach competed in Ligue 1 for the 33rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.


2016–17 USM El Harrach season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2016–17 USM El Harrach season, Squad list
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016–17 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by 11th-year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at the College Park Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship. In the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina before losing in the semifinals to Texas State. As a regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU and Akron before losing in the quarterfinals to Cal State Bakersfield.


2016–17 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Mavericks finished the 2015–16 season 24–11, 13–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They defeated Texas State in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing to Louisiana–Monroe. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Savannah State in the first round (the Mavericks' first ever post-season tournament win). They received a second-round bye and lost in the quarterfinals to NJIT.


2016–17 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time