2024/25 UEFA Women's Champions League

[amenina]

https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionslea ... 5/2001903/

Women's Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw: How it works

The top two teams from each of the four UEFA Women's Champions League groups will be involved in the draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals in Nyon, streamed at 13:00 CET on Friday 7 February.

Full draw procedure

https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/02 ... e_1_1_.pdf

Women's Champions League quarter-finalists

Group winners (seeded): Olympique Lyonnais (FRA, qualified from Group A), Chelsea FC (ENG, B), Arsenal FC (ENG, C), FC Barcelona (ESP, D)

Group runners-up (unseeded): VfL Wolfsburg (GER, A), Real Madrid CF (ESP, B), FC Bayern München (GER, C), Manchester City (ENG, D)

How the Women's Champions League quarter-final draw works

The principles of the quarter-final draw are:

Group winners must be drawn against runners-up from a different group, with no country protection.

The runners-up play the first leg at home.

The four balls containing the names of the group runners-up are placed in one bowl and the four balls containing the names of the group winners are placed in another bowl.

A ball is drawn from the bowl with the group runners-up. The team drawn is placed as the home team in the quarter-final 1 tie.

A ball is then drawn from the bowl with the group winners. The team drawn is placed as the visiting team to complete the quarter-final 1 tie.

The same procedure is repeated to designate the remaining three quarter-final ties.

If a group winner is drawn against the runners-up from the same group, the group winners are moved to be the visiting team in the next tie and another group winners are drawn to complete the current tie. Another group runners-up are then drawn to complete the next tie as the home team. Should a clash be possible when drawing the last two ties, the teams will be drawn and will be assigned to the ties.

How the Women's Champions League semi-final draw works

At this stage of the competition, no teams are seeded and there is no country protection.

The balls containing slips of paper 'Winners of quarter-final 1' to 'Winners of quarter-final 4' are placed in the central bowl and shuffled.

The first and the second ball drawn designate the first pairing of the semi-finals. In addition, the first ball drawn designates the home team for the first leg.

The same procedure is repeated to designate the second semi-final pairing.

Is there a draw for the Women's Champions League final?

A draw will also be made for administrative reasons to designate the notional 'home team for the final at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon on 24 May.

The two balls containing slips of paper 'Winners of semi-final 1' and 'Winners of semi-final 2' are placed in the central bowl and shuffled.

The first team drawn determines the home team for the final.

Women's Champions League dates: Road to Lisbon

Quarter-finals
First leg: 18/19 March
Second leg: 26/27 March

Semi-finals
First leg: 19/20 April
Second leg: 26/27 April

Final (Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon)
24 May

[amenina]

Quarter-finals
Real Madrid v Arsenal
Man City v Chelsea
Wolfsburg v Barcelona
Bayern München v Lyon

Semi-finals
Winner QF 3 v Winner QF 2
Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 4

Final
Winner Semi-Final 2 v Winner Semi-Final 1

[CaptainMeerkat]

Chelsea and Manchester City meet in 4 consecutive matches over 12/13 days!

SAT 15 MAR: League Cup Final (Derby)
18/19 MAR: Champions League QF Leg 1 (Manchester)
SUN 23 MAR: Super League (Manchester)
26/27 MAR: Champions League QF Leg 2 (London)

Could be 5 if they are drawn together in the FA Cup QF - scheduled for 8/9 March.

[SimonB]

Quarter-finals
Real Madrid v Arsenal
Man City v Chelsea
Wolfsburg v Barcelona
Bayern München v Lyon

Semi-finals
Winner QF 3 v Winner QF 2
Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 4

Final
Winner Semi-Final 2 v Winner Semi-Final 1

That's exactly the draw for Arsenal that I was hoping for, which doesn't happen very often. All 8 teams are of a high standard, so the matches should be really good from now on.

[amenina]

https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionslea ... final-dra/

Road to Lisbon: Quarter-final and semi-final ties

Quarter-final schedule

First legs:
Tuesday 18 March
Real Madrid vs Arsenal (18:45)
Bayern München vs Lyon (21:00)

Wednesday 19 March
Wolfsburg vs Barcelona (18:45)
Manchester City vs Chelsea (21:00)

Second legs:
Wednesday 26 March
Lyon vs Bayern München (18:45)
Arsenal vs Real Madrid (21:00)

Thursday 27 March
Barcelona vs Wolfsburg (18:45)
Chelsea vs Manchester City (21:00)

All times CET

Semi-finals (19/20 & 26/27 April)

1: Wolfsburg / Barcelona vs Man City / Chelsea
2: Real Madrid / Arsenal vs Bayern / Lyon

Semi-final schedule confirmed after quarter-finals complete

Final (24 May, Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon)

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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... vx13kj0z9o

Manchester City have sacked head coach Gareth Taylor just five days before the Women's League Cup final.

Former boss Nick Cushing has returned on an interim basis for the remainder of the season. City face Chelsea in the League Cup final on Saturday (12:15 GMT kick-off).

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Quarter-final first leg fixtures, 18-19 March

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Quarter-finals
First legs
Tuesday 18 March

Real Madrid 2-0 Arsenal: https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionslea ... -gunners-/

Bayern München 0-2 Lyon: https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionslea ... control-d/

[amenina]

Conditions hurt Arsenal as Wright says pitch a 'disgrace'

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 3yppyd5x1o

[SimonB]

Conditions hurt Arsenal as Wright says pitch a 'disgrace'

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 3yppyd5x1o

I agree, and was going to post something similar having watched the whole match yesterday. Real Madrid coped with the conditions better and took advantage of their fewer chances. Let us see whether Arsenal can turn this match around next Wednesday, a match that will be played on a well prepared pitch at a decent stadium instead of a ploughed field somewhere in a remote part of central Spain watched by a few passers by who went in to shelter from the rain!

[amenina]

Conditions hurt Arsenal as Wright says pitch a 'disgrace'

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 3yppyd5x1o

I agree, and was going to post something similar having watched the whole match yesterday. Real Madrid coped with the conditions better and took advantage of their fewer chances. Let us see whether Arsenal can turn this match around next Wednesday, a match that will be played on a well prepared pitch at a decent stadium instead of a ploughed field somewhere in a remote part of central Spain watched by a few passers by who went in to shelter from the rain!

I also watched the match and was quite surprised by how awful the pitch was. But as you said, no excuse for Arsenal for not being able to handle the situation and creating very few chances. On the other hand, Real just played "pump-and-dump" football, playing long balls from defense, bypassing the midfield, and trying to have their speedy forwards get into dangerous situations quickly, but give credits to them as they scored two well-taken goals (the first one benefitting from a clear defensive mistake). So let's see if Arsenal can overcome the deficit playing at the Emirates and with the crowd behind them.

[amenina]

Quarter-finals
First legs
Wednesday 19 March

Wolfsburg 1-4 Barcelona: https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionslea ... e-display/

Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea: https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionslea ... ter-final/

[SimonB]

Chelsea looking unusually under par last night, and their players admitted it in interviews afterwards. Arsenal probably wishing that they had been able to persuade Miedema to continue at the club. I didn't watch the other match but it looks like Barcelona are going to be formidable again this year. Lyon looking good again as usual.

[amenina]

Chelsea looking unusually under par last night, and their players admitted it in interviews afterwards. Arsenal probably wishing that they had been able to persuade Miedema to continue at the club. I didn't watch the other match but it looks like Barcelona are going to be formidable again this year. Lyon looking good again as usual.

I watched the other match, and to paraphrase a cliche in men's football, it was "women against girls". Barca showed how they are the dominant force in women's club football in the last five seasons, they controlled the entire match and you feel like they can score more if they want. And consider that Woflsburg are among the top eight in Europe and actually did not play that badly last night, it is quite scary.

Anyway, two QFs most likely already decided, while in the other two, the second legs in London will see the home teams try to overcome a 2-goal deficit.

[amenina]

Points earned in quarter-final first legs

Match points
ESP: 4 (29.5 -> 33.5) 2/3; Season coefficient = 11.166
ENG: 2 (47 -> 49) 3/3; Season coefficient = 16.333
FRA: 2 (23 -> 25) 1/3; Season coefficient = 8.333
GER: 0 (26.5) 2/3; Season coefficient = 8.833

Coefficient ranking to determine access list of 2026/27 season (after completion of 2024/25 UWCL group stage)

https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociatio ... ?year=2025

UWCL: UEFA Women's Champions League
UWEC: UEFA Women's Europa Cup

Rank Association (Seasons 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25) Total Teams alive

1-2: CH+RU in UWCL League Phase, N3 in UWCL League Path Q3
1 FRA (15.000 16.333 10.000 17.000 7.666) 66.666 1/3
2 ENG (17.500 9.000 13.333 8.666 15.666) 64.832 3/3
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3: CH in UWCL League Phase, RU+N3 in UWCL League Path Q3
3 ESP (15.500 13.666 13.000 11.000 9.833) 64.332 2/3
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4-5: CH in UWCL League Phase, RU in UWCL League Path Q3, N3 in UWCL League Path Q2
4 GER (16.500 14.666 14.000 7.333 8.833) 61.332 2/3
5 ITA (5.000 8.500 12.500 5.000 7.000) 38.000 0/3
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6: CH in UWCL League Phase, RU+N3 in UWCL League Path Q2
6 POR (3.000 7.000 8.000 12.000 3.000) 33.000 0/2
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7: CH in UWCL Champions Path Q2, RU+N3 in UWCL League Path Q2
7 SWE (7.500 3.666 2.833 6.500 4.166) 24.665 0/3
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8-13: CH in UWCL Champions Path Q2, RU in UWCL League Path Q2, N3 in UWEC Q1
8 NOR (5.500 2.500 3.000 8.500 3.500) 23.000 0/2
9 NED (3.000 2.500 2.500 8.000 5.000) 21.000 0/2
10 AUT (9.000 2.000 4.250 3.000 2.500) 20.750 0/2
11 CZE (7.000 2.333 3.333 4.166 2.500) 19.332 0/2
12 UKR (5.000 7.000 3.000 2.000 2.000) 19.000 0/2
13 DEN (7.000 2.750 2.000 1.500 1.500) 14.750 0/2
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14-17: CH in UWCL Champions Path Q2, RU in UWCL League Path Q2
14 SUI (3.000 2.500 2.750 3.000 3.000) 14.250 0/1
15 ALB (2.000 3.000 4.000 2.000 2.000) 13.000 0/1
16 SCO (3.000 2.000 2.000 2.500 2.500) 12.000 0/2
17 CYP (2.000 3.000 2.000 3.000 2.000) 12.000 0/1
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18-24: CH in UWCL Champions Path Q2, RU in UWEC Q1
18 ISL (2.000 3.250 2.250 2.250 2.000) 11.750 0/2
19 SRB (3.000 2.000 2.000 3.000 1.500) 11.500 0/1
20 BLR (5.000 1.500 2.000 1.500 1.250) 11.250 0/2
21 BEL (2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 3.000) 11.000 0/1
22 SVN (3.000 2.000 1.500 1.500 3.000) 11.000 0/1
23 CRO (1.000 3.000 1.500 2.000 3.000) 10.500 0/1
24 ROU (2.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2.000) 10.000 0/1
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25-28: CH in UWCL Champions Path Q2
25 BIH (2.000 1.500 3.000 1.500 2.000) 10.000 0/1
26 KAZ (3.500 1.500 1.500 1.250 2.000) 9.750 0/1
27 TUR (1.000 1.500 1.500 1.500 4.000) 9.500 0/1
28 FIN (1.000 2.000 3.000 2.000 1.500) 9.500 0/1
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29-52: CH in UWCL Champions Path Q1
29 GRE (1.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000) 9.000 0/1
30 LTU (2.000 2.000 1.000 2.000 2.000) 9.000 0/1
31 HUN (2.000 2.000 1.500 1.500 2.000) 9.000 0/1
32 RUS (2.000 1.750 1.750 1.750 1.750) 9.000 0/0
33 POL (3.000 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500) 9.000 0/1
34 GEO (3.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.500) 8.500 0/1
35 IRL (1.000 1.500 2.000 1.500 2.000) 8.000 0/1
36 MLT (1.000 1.000 1.500 2.000 2.000) 7.500 0/1
37 LUX (1.000 2.000 1.500 1.500 1.500) 7.500 0/1
38 ISR (1.000 1.000 2.000 2.000 1.000) 7.000 0/1
39 BUL (2.000 1.500 1.500 1.000 1.000) 7.000 0/1
40 KOS (1.000 1.500 1.500 1.000 1.500) 6.500 0/1
41 LVA (1.000 1.000 1.500 2.000 1.000) 6.500 0/1
42 MNE (1.000 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.000) 6.500 0/1
43 SVK (1.000 1.500 2.000 1.000 1.000) 6.500 0/1
44= EST (1.000 1.500 1.000 1.000 1.500) 6.000 0/1
44= NIR (1.000 1.500 1.000 1.000 1.500) 6.000 0/1
46 MKD (1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.500) 5.500 0/1
47 MDA (1.000 1.000 1.000 1.500 1.000) 5.500 0/1
48= FRO (1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000) 5.000 0/1
48= WAL (1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000) 5.000 0/1
50 ARM (1.000 1.000 1.000 0.000 1.000) 4.000 0/1
51 AZE (0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000) 1.000 0/1
52 GIB (0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000) 0.000 0/0