The draw for the semifinal stage will take place on Friday, 15th April 2016 at around 10 GMT. The semifinal first leg will be played on 26-27 April 2016 while the second legs will take place a week later on 3-4 May 2016, with the draw taking place in Nyon, Switzerland.
Atleti and City are arguably the surprise entries after they knocked out Barca and Paris Saint-Germain respectively, but the quality on show is suitably high for the semi-final stage of Europe's biggest club competition.
Manchester City will discover on Friday whether they face an early meeting with their next manager, Pep Guardiola, in the Champions League semi-finals.
City will welcome Guardiola as Manuel Pellegrini's successor in the summer but, before then, the Spaniard could prove the last obstacle blocking them from the final of Europe's elite competition.
The surprise elimination of Guardiola's former side Barcelona means his current one, Bayern Munich, are now the clear favourites to triumph in Milan on May 28 - but his future team could have something to say about that.
City reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history with a superb victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday and now sense an unexpected opportunity to send the outgoing Pellegrini off on a glorious high.
Should City be paired with Bayern, the clash between Pellegrini, who last reached the semi-finals with Villarreal in 2006, and Guardiola, twice winner with Barca, would be an intriguing one.
Defending champions Barcelona are out after Atletico Madrid downed them in the last eight, and Diego Simone's side are joined in the semi-final draw by local rivals Real Madrid, Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and first-timers Manchester City.
Atleti and City are arguably the surprise entries after they knocked out Barca and Paris Saint-Germain respectively, but the quality on show is suitably high for the semi-final stage of Europe's biggest club competition.
Manchester City will discover on Friday whether they face an early meeting with their next manager, Pep Guardiola, in the Champions League semi-finals.
City will welcome Guardiola as Manuel Pellegrini's successor in the summer but, before then, the Spaniard could prove the last obstacle blocking them from the final of Europe's elite competition.
The surprise elimination of Guardiola's former side Barcelona means his current one, Bayern Munich, are now the clear favourites to triumph in Milan on May 28 - but his future team could have something to say about that.
City reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history with a superb victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday and now sense an unexpected opportunity to send the outgoing Pellegrini off on a glorious high.
Should City be paired with Bayern, the clash between Pellegrini, who last reached the semi-finals with Villarreal in 2006, and Guardiola, twice winner with Barca, would be an intriguing one.
Defending champions Barcelona are out after Atletico Madrid downed them in the last eight, and Diego Simone's side are joined in the semi-final draw by local rivals Real Madrid, Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and first-timers Manchester City.
