2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League

2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
The Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying rounds:
4 September – 26 September 2024
Competition proper:
8 October 2024 – 24 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 71 (from 50 associations)
Final positions
Champions Arsenal (2nd title)
Runners-up Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored232 (3.8 per match)
Attendance423,726 (6,946 per match)
Top scorer(s)Clàudia Pina (Barcelona)
(10 goals)
Best player(s)Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1]
Best young playerMelchie Dumornay (Lyon)[2]

The 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 24th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 16th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the final edition to feature a 16-team group stage. The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League would automatically qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase and the 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup semi-finals.

The final was held at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal.[3]

Arsenal won the match 1–0 for their second UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League title and the first in 18 years.[4]

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]

  • Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–16 each have two teams qualify.
  • All other associations, if they entered, each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league.

An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league to enter a team. As of 2019–20, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organize a women's domestic league, with the exceptions being Andorra (1 club in Spain), Liechtenstein (3 clubs in Switzerland) and San Marino (1 club in Italy).

Association ranking

For the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2023 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23.[6]

Association ranking for 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  France 80.833 3
2  Germany 76.666
3  Spain 71.166
4  England 61.833
5  Italy 35.000
6  Sweden 26.999
7  Czech Republic 26.166 2
8  Denmark 25.750
9  Portugal 24.000
10  Netherlands 22.000
11  Norway 20.500
12  Scotland 20.500
13  Austria 20.250
14  Ukraine 20.000
15  Iceland 18.500
16  Belarus 18.500
17  Kazakhstan 18.500 1
18  Switzerland 16.250
19  Albania 14.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20  Cyprus 14.000 1
21  Serbia 14.000
22  Belgium 12.000
23  Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.500
24  Russia 14.250 0 [Note RUS]
25  Finland 11.000 1
26  Hungary 9.500
27  Poland 9.500
28  Lithuania 9.500
29  Romania 8.000
30  Croatia 8.500
31  Republic of Ireland 7.500
32  Slovenia 7.500
33  Turkey 7.500
34  Greece 7.000
35  Kosovo 7.000
36  Slovakia 6.500
37  Bulgaria 6.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38  Montenegro 6.000 1
39  Israel 5.500
40  Estonia 5.500
41  Wales 5.500
42  Georgia 5.000
43  Luxembourg 4.500
44  Northern Ireland 4.500
45  Malta 4.000
46  Latvia 3.500
47  Faroe Islands 3.000
 Armenia 3.000
 North Macedonia 3.000
 Moldova 3.000
NR  Azerbaijan —
 Gibraltar — 0 DNE
 Andorra — NL
 Liechtenstein —
 San Marino —

Distribution

Access list for 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League[7]
Path Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Round 1
(Mini-tournament) 		Champions Path
  • 43 champions from associations 8–51 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
League Path
  • 6 third-placed teams from associations 1–6
  • 10 second-placed teams from associations 7–16
Round 2 Champions Path
  • 3 champions from associations 5–7
  • 11 knockout winners of the previous round
League Path
  • 6 second-placed teams from associations 1–6
  • 4 knockout winners of the previous round
Group stage
(16 Teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 1–4 (including title holders)
  • 7 knockout winners of the Champions Path
  • 5 knockout winners of the League Path
Knockout stage
(8 Teams)
  • 4 group winners from group stage
  • 4 group runners-up from group stage

As the Champions League title holders (Barcelona) have already qualified via their domestic leagues, the following changes were made:

  • The champions of association 4 (England) enter the group stage instead of Round 2 (Champions Path).
  • The champions of association 7 (Czechia) enter Round 2 instead of Round 1 (Champions Path).

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH: Title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season

The two qualifying rounds, round 1 and round 2, are divided into Champions Path (CP) and League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
Entry round Teams
Group stage Barcelona (1st)TH Lyon (1st) Bayern Munich (1st) Chelsea (1st)
Round 2 CH Roma (1st) Hammarby (1st) Slavia Prague (1st)
LP Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) VfL Wolfsburg (2nd) Real Madrid (2nd) Manchester City (2nd)
Juventus (2nd) BK Häcken (2nd)
Round 1 CH Nordsjælland (1st) Benfica (1st) Twente (1st) Vålerenga (1st)
Celtic (1st) St. Pölten (1st) Vorskla Poltava (1st) Valur (1st)
Dinamo Minsk (1st) BIIK Shymkent (1st) Servette (1st) Vllaznia (1st)
Apollon Ladies (1st) Crvena zvezda (1st) Anderlecht (1st) SFK 2000 (1st)
KuPS (1st) Ferencváros (1st) Pogoń Szczecin (1st) Gintra (1st)
Farul Constanța (1st) Osijek (1st) Peamount United (1st) Mura (1st)
Galatasaray (1st) PAOK (1st) Mitrovica (1st) Spartak Myjava (1st)
NSA Sofia (1st) Breznica (1st) Kiryat Gat (1st) Flora (1st)
Cardiff City (1st) Lanchkhuti (1st) Racing Union (1st) Glentoran (1st)
Birkirkara (1st) SFK Rīga (1st) KÍ (1st) Agarista Anenii Noi (1st)
Ljuboten (1st) Pyunik (1st) Neftchi Baku (1st)
LP Paris FC (3rd) Eintracht Frankfurt (3rd) Atlético Madrid (3rd) Arsenal (3rd)
Fiorentina (3rd) Linköping (3rd) Sparta Prague (2nd) Brøndby (2nd)
Sporting CP (2nd) Ajax (2nd) Rosenborg (2nd) Rangers (2nd)
First Vienna FC (2nd) Kolos Kovalivka (2nd) Breiðablik (2nd) FC Minsk (2nd)

Notes

  1. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions.[8] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[9]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[5]

Schedule for 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First round 5 July 2024 4 September 2024 (semi-finals) 7 September 2024 (third-place play-off & final)
Second round 9 September 2024 18–19 September 2024 25–26 September 2024
Group stage Matchday 1 27 September 2024 8–9 October 2024
Matchday 2 16–17 October 2024
Matchday 3 12–13 November 2024
Matchday 4 20–21 November 2024
Matchday 5 11–12 December 2024
Matchday 6 17–18 December 2024
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 7 February 2025 18–19 March 2025 26–27 March 2025
Semi-finals 19–20 April 2025 26–27 April 2025
Final 24 May 2025 at Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

Round 1

A total of 59 teams played in Round 1.[10]

Champions Path

League Path

Round 2

A total of 24 teams played in Round 2. The draw took place on 9 September 2024.[11]

The first legs were played on 18, 19 and 22 September, and the second legs on 25 and 26 September 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.

Round 2
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
St. Pölten 8–0 ŽNK Mura3–05–0
Hammarby 3–2[A] Benfica1–22–0
Osijek 1–8 Twente1–40–4
Galatasaray 4–3 Slavia Prague2–22–1 (a.e.t.)
Roma 10–3 Servette3–17–2
Anderlecht 1–5 Vålerenga1–20–3
Vorskla Poltava 0–3 Celtic0–10–2
League Path
Sporting CP 2–5 Real Madrid1–21–3
Juventus 5–2 Paris Saint-Germain3–12–1
Paris FC 0–8 Manchester City0–50–3
Fiorentina 0–12 VfL Wolfsburg0–70–5
BK Häcken 1–4 Arsenal1–00–4
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Group stage

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage

The draw was held on 27 September 2024 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.[12]

Location of teams of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO WOL ROM GAL
1 Lyon 6 6 0 0 19 1 +18 18 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–0 4–1 3–0
2 VfL Wolfsburg 6 3 0 3 16 5 +11 9[a] 0–2 — 6–1 5–0
3 Roma 6 3 0 3 12 14 −2 9[a] 0–3 1–0 — 3–0
4 Galatasaray 6 0 0 6 1 28 −27 0 0–6 0–5 1–6 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Wolfsburg 3 Pts, +4 GD; Roma 3 Pts, −4 GD.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE RMA TWE CEL
1 Chelsea 6 6 0 0 19 6 +13 18 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–2 6–1 3–0
2 Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 20 7 +13 12 1–2 — 7–0 4–0
3 Twente 6 2 0 4 9 19 −10 6 1–3 2–3 — 3–0
4 Celtic 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 1–2 0–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS BAY JUV VÅL
1 Arsenal 6 5 0 1 17 9 +8 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–2 1–0 4–1
2 Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 17 6 +11 13 5–2 — 4–0 3–0
3 Juventus 6 2 0 4 4 11 −7 6 0–4 0–2 — 3–0
4 Vålerenga 6 0 1 5 3 15 −12 1 1–3 1–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR MCI HAM PÖL
1 Barcelona 6 5 0 1 26 3 +23 15[a] Advance to quarter-finals — 3–0 9–0 7–0
2 Manchester City 6 5 0 1 11 6 +5 15[a] 2–0 — 2–0 2–0
3 Hammarby 6 2 0 4 5 17 −12 6 0–3 1–2 — 2–0
4 St. Pölten 6 0 0 6 4 20 −16 0 1–4 2–3 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Barcelona 3 Pts, +1 GD; Manchester City 3 Pts, −1 GD.

Knockout phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Bracket

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 7 February 2025.[13] The first legs were played on 18 and 19 March, and the second legs on 26 and 27 March 2025.

Quarter-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 2–3 Arsenal2–00–3
Bayern Munich 1–6 Lyon0–21–4
VfL Wolfsburg 2–10 Barcelona1–41–6
Manchester City 2–3 Chelsea2–00–3

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 7 February 2025 (after the quarter-final draw).[13] The first legs were played on 19 and 20 April, and the second legs on 27 April 2025.

Semi-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Barcelona 8–2 Chelsea4–14–1
Arsenal 5–3 Lyon1–24–1

Final

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final
Arsenal 1–0 Barcelona
  • Blackstenius 74'
 Report
Attendance: 38,356[14]
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank[15] Player Team Goals
1 Clàudia Pina Barcelona 10
2 Alessia Russo Arsenal 7
Mariona Caldentey Arsenal
4 Kadidiatou Diani Lyon 6
Melchie Dumornay Lyon
Ewa Pajor Barcelona
Pernille Harder Bayern Munich
8 Kayleigh van Dooren Twente 5
Signe Bruun Real Madrid
10 Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona 4
Salma Paralluelo Barcelona
Alexandra Popp VfL Wolfsburg
Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir VfL Wolfsburg
Linda Caicedo Real Madrid

Team of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[16]

Pos. Player Team
GK Daphne van Domselaar Arsenal
DF Emily Fox Arsenal
Leah Williamson Arsenal
Mapi León Barcelona
Sandy Baltimore Chelsea
MF Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona
Patricia Guijarro Barcelona
Mariona Caldentey Arsenal
FW Melchie Dumornay Lyon
Alessia Russo Arsenal
Clàudia Pina Barcelona

Player of the season

Young player of the season

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Melchie Dumornay named 2024/25 UEFA Women's Champions League Young Player of the Season". UEFA.com. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
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  4. ^ "Women's Champions League final report: Stina Blackstenius strikes as Arsenal dethrone Barcelona". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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  8. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs. However this could change depending on what happens" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  10. ^ "2024/25 Women's Champions League entries confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Women's Champions League round 2 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2024. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Women's Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw". UEFA. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Full Time Report Final – Arsenal v Barcelona" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  15. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League – Top Scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  16. ^ "2024/25 Women's Champions League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
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