2015-16 UEFA Women's Champions League
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The Mapei Stadium hosted the final
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates |
Qualifying round: 11–16 August 2015 Knockout phase: 7 October 2015 – 26 May 2016 |
| Teams |
Knockout phase: 32 Total: 56 (from 47 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Lyon (3rd title)
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| Runners-up |
 Wolfsburg
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 109 |
| Goals scored | 421 (3.86 per match) |
| Attendance | 208,892 (1,916 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Ada Hegerberg (13 goals)
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The 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 15th edition of the European women's club football championship organized by UEFA, and the 7th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The final was played at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Italy on 26 May 2016, two days before the final of the men's tournament played at San Siro, Milan.
Lyon defeated Wolfsburg 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their third European title.Frankfurt were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Wolfsburg in the semi-finals.
A total of 56 teams from 47 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League. The ranking based on the UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
For the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2009–10 to 2013–14.
Spain overtook the Czech Republic in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.
Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of teams in each round can not be determined until the full entry list is known. For this season, the title holders, the champions and runners-up from associations 1–8 and the champions from associations 9–15 entered the round of 32, while the remaining teams entered the qualifying round.
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