Some great European-based players have been making the big move east this winter to join clubs in China.To mark Chinese New Year, UEFA.com lists the former UEFA Champions League talents lined up to feature in the Chinese Super League when the 2017 season begins in March. All statistics include qualifying. Meanwhile, can you answer the following questions (answers to be found below):Which three former UEFA Champions League winners are currently playing in China's top division?Which five Chinese Super League players also featured at UEFA EURO
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Champions League group stage at a glance
Group winners: Arsenal (ENG), Atlético Madrid (ESP), Barcelona (ESP), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Leicester City (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Monaco (FRA), Napoli (ITA)Group runners-up: Benfica (POR), Bayern München (GER), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Manchester City (ENG), Paris (FRA), Porto (POR), Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Sevilla (ESP) ROUND OF 16 SCHEDULETotal games: 96Total goals: 278Who makes your Team of the Year?GROUP STAGE STATISTICSMost po... UEFA.com - News
Our Champions League breakthrough team of 2016
The UEFA.com office sat down to discuss the year just gone and picked out a team of players who have broken through in the UEFA Champions League in 2016 – let us know who you think should have been included using #UCL on Twitter and Facebook.Goalkeeper: Alphonse Aréola (Paris Saint-Germain) Defender: Sergi Roberto (Barcelona)Defender: Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona)Defender: Victor Lindelöf (Benfica)Midfielder: Thomas Lemar (Monaco)Midfielder: Joshua Kim... UEFA.com - News
Who is in Monday’s live Champions League round of 16 draw?
The UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw in Nyon will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 12:00CET on Monday 12 December, with holders Real Madrid among seven former winners involved. Group winners: Arsenal (ENG), Atlético Madrid (ESP), Barcelona (ESP), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Leicester City (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Monaco (FRA), Napoli (ITA) Group runners-up: Benfica (POR), Bayern München (GER), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Manchester City (ENG), Paris (FRA), Porto (POR), Real Madrid (holders, ESP), Sevilla (ESP)Two seeding pots have been formed: one consisting of gr... UEFA.com - News
When Is UEFA Champions League Round Of 16 Draw?: Live Stream Info, Schedule
The UEFA Champions League now will break temporarily, as teams focus on their domestic pursuits for the rest of 2016. But the remaining contenders in European soccer’s elite competition will want to know what challenges they’ll face in the new year. UEFA will sort that out for them at 6 a.m. ET on Monday when it conducts the round of 16 draw. UEFA will separate the teams into two pots: one for the group winners and the other for runner-ups. Teams from the same country cannot meet in the round of 16. The first legs of the round of 16 will take place on February 14-15 and 21-22. The second legs will be on
Where does Beşiktaş rank among great Champions League comebacks?
Beşiktaş pulled off a stunning UEFA Champions League comeback to deny Benfica a first win on Turkish soil on Wednesday. The hosts were 3-0 down at half-time but stormed back to earn a Group B draw that keeps both teams' last-16 hopes intact. So where does that rank against the competition's finest recoveries? Here are five of the best.2005: AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool (Liverpool win 3-2 on pens)The most famous of them all, the original 'miracle of Istanbul'. Trailing 3-0 at the break, Rafael Benítez's side stormed back in the second half with three goals in seven minutes to set up a dramatic shoot-out triumph.
Champions League stars’ extra-European exploits
ARSENALAlexis Sánchez could find no way past club-mate David Ospina as Chile held Colombia to a 0-0 draw on Thursday but – despite heavy strapping on a thigh injury – scored twice in the space of 16 second-half minutes in Monday's 3-1 win against Uruguay. Those goals moved him on to 36 international goals, one shy of Marcelo Salas's national record. Ospina subsequently warned there was "no way to stop Messi" ahead of his side's encounter with Argentina – the Barcelona man duly beating him with a superb free-kick and setting up two more goals in a 3-0 win. Mohamed Elneny, meanwhile, featured for ... UEFA.com