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2016 UEFA Champions League Final
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Event	2015–16 UEFA Champions League
Date	21 May 2016
Venue	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
UEFA Man of the Match	Harry Boks (Tottenham)
Referee	Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)
Attendance	51,000
Weather	Clear night; 10 °C (50 °F); 71% humidity
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The 2016 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2016 at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal. The match determined the winners of the 2015–16 season of the UEFA Champions League, a tournament for the top football clubs in Europe. The match was won by Tottenham Hotspur of England, who beat Spain's FC Barcelona 4–0. Harry Boks became the fourth player after Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo di Stéfano and Pierino Prati to score a hat-trick in the final of a European Cup or Champions League. The match was refereed by German referee Thorsten Kinhöfer.

Background[edit]

Tottenham

Round

Barcelona

Opponent

Result

Legs

Qualifying phase

Opponent

Result

Legs

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tottenham	6	5	1	0	22	9	+13	16
Lyon	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10
Anderlecht	6	2	2	2	13	14	−1	8
Timişoara	6	0	0	6	2	17	−17	0

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	15
Barcelona	6	4	1	1	19	6	+13	13
Olympiakos	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7
Maribor	6	0	0	6	0	23	−23	0

Opponent

Result

Legs

Knockout stage

Opponent

Result

Legs

Hertha BSC

5–3

2–3 away; 3–0 home

First knockout round

Genoa

9-5

7-1 home; 2–4 away

Feyenoord

4-2

3–0 home; 1–2 away

Quarter-finals

Sevilla

3–2

0-0 away; 2-0 home

Manchester City

4-2

2-2 home; 2-0 away

Semi-finals<

Real Madrid

4-2

2-1 home; 2–1 away

Match details[edit]

21 May 2016

20:45 CEST

Barcelona	4 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur
		Boks 10', 45+1', 50' Cardozo 79'

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Barcelona

Tottenham


BARCELONA:
GK	1	Víctor Valdés (c)
RB	21	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	87'
CB	4	Per Mertesacker
CB	3	Gerard Piqué
LB	22	Bacary Sagna
DM	24	Yaya Touré
CM	8	Andrés Iniesta	90'
CM	20	Blaise Matuidi		79'
RW	9	Bojan		18'
LW	10	Lionel Messi		79'
CF	16	Keirrison
Substitutes:
GK	23	Costel Pantilimon
DF	2	Dani Alves
DF	19	Henrique
MF	18	Diego Valeri
MF	7	Ander		79'
FW	11	Igor Pavlov		79'
FW	27	Zlatan Ibrahimović		18'
Manager:
Josep Guardiola

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GK	1	Su Tao
RB	2	Rafinha
CB	23	Holger Badstuber
CB	5	Phil Jagielka
LB	3	Gareth Bale
DM	8	Ognjen Vukojević
DM	4	Lee Cattermole	75'
AM	18	Juan Ángel Albín		65'
RW	17	Eljero Elia
LW	7	Luca Tremolada
CF	11	Harry Boks (c)
Substitutes:
GK	21	Gomes
DF	16	Chris Reid
MF	6	Tom Huddlestone
MF	14	Paulo Henrique
MF	24	Giovani dos Santos
FW	9	Oscar Cardozo		65'
FW	10	Eric van Zanten
Manager:
Dennis Wang

UEFA Man of the Match:
Harry Boks

Assistant referees:

Statistics[edit]

Overall

	Barcelona	Tottenham
Goals scored	0	4
Total shots	10	16
Shots on target	4	9
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	3	7
Fouls committed	15	9
Offsides	6	5
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	0

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