2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds
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The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds began on 6 September and ended on 18 October 2023.[1]
A total of 66 teams competed in the group stage qualifying rounds of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, which included two rounds, with 44 teams in the Champions Path and 22 teams in the League Path. The 12 winners in the round 2 (seven from Champions Path, five from League Path) advanced to the group stage, to join the four teams that entered in that round.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Teams
Champions Path
The Champions Path included all league champions which do not qualified directly for the group stage, and consisted of the following rounds:
- Round 1 (41 teams playing one-legged semi-finals, final and third place match): 41 teams entered in this round.
- Round 2 (14 teams): three teams entered in this round and eleven winners of the round 1 finals.
Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2023 UEFA club coefficients),[2] grouped by the starting rounds.
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| Winners of round 2 advance to group stage |
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League Path
The League Path included all league non-champions and consisted of the following rounds:
- Round 1 (16 teams playing one-legged semi-finals, final and third place match): 16 teams entered in this round.
- Round 2 (10 teams): six teams entered in this round and four winners of the round 1 finals.
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients),[2] grouped by the starting rounds.
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| Winners of round 2 advance to group stage |
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Format
Round 1 consisted of mini-tournaments with two semi-finals, a final and a third-place play-off hosted by one of the participating teams. If the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time would have been played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams during extra time, the tie would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Round 2 was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time would have been played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams at the end of normal time, the tie would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. An additional preliminary round consisting of two-legged home-and-away matches would have been played by the champions from the lowest-ranked associations if more than 50 associations had entered the tournament and the title holders had not qualified through league position. Since only 50 associations entered, this round was skipped.[1]
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA were not drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could have been reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[3]
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Round 1 | 30 June 2023 | 6 September 2023 (semi-finals) | 9 September 2023 (third-place play-off & final) |
| Round 2 | 15 September 2023 | 10–11 October 2023 | 18–19 October 2023 |
Round 1
Seeding
The draw for Round 1 was held on 30 June 2023.[4]
Seeding of teams for the semi-final round was based on their 2023 UEFA club coefficients,[2] with 22 seeded teams and 19 unseeded teams in the Champions Path, and eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams in the League Path. Teams were drawn into two semi-finals within each four team group and, for the groups with three teams, the team with the highest coefficient was given a bye to the final. In the semi-finals, seeded teams were considered the "home" team, while in the third-place play-offs and finals, the teams with the highest coefficients were considered the "home" team for administrative purposes. Due to political reasons, teams from the following associations could not be drawn into the same group: Kosovo / Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kosovo / Serbia; Kosovo / Russia; Ukraine / Belarus.
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Champions Path
Tournament 1
Bracket
Hosted by U Olimpia Cluj.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Ferencváros | 2 (1) | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Kiryat Gat (p) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Kiryat Gat | 0 (3) | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 U Olimpia Cluj (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
| U Olimpia Cluj | 6 | |||||
 Spartak Myjava | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Ferencváros | 7 | |||||
| Spartak Myjava | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Ferencváros | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Kiryat Gat |
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| Report |
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| Penalties | ||
| 1–3 |
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| U Olimpia Cluj | 6–2 | Spartak Myjava |
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| Report |
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Third-place play-off
Final
| U Olimpia Cluj | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Kiryat Gat |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
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4–3 |
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Tournament 2
Bracket
Hosted by SFK 2000.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Vorskla Poltava (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Flora | 3 | |||||
| Vorskla Poltava | 3 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Osijek | 0 | |||||
 SFK 2000 | 0 | |||||
| Osijek | 4 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Flora | 3 | |||||
| SFK 2000 | 5 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 3
Bracket
Hosted by Mura.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Apollon Ladies | 9 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Ljuboten | 0 | |||||
| Apollon Ladies | 3 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Samegrelo | 0 | |||||
 Mura | 0 (4) | |||||
| Samegrelo (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Ljuboten | 1 | |||||
| Mura | 7 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Apollon Ladies | 9–0 | Ljuboten |
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Report |
Third-place play-off
Final
| Apollon Ladies | 3–0 | Samegrelo |
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Report |
Tournament 4
Bracket
Hosted by HB Køge.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Spartak Subotica | 7 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 KÍ | 0 | |||||
| Spartak Subotica | 2 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 KuPS | 1 | |||||
 HB Køge | 1 | |||||
| KuPS | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| KÍ | 1 | |||||
| HB Køge | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
| Spartak Subotica | 2–1 | KuPS |
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Boaduwaa  11', 63' |
Report | Kröger 3' |
Tournament 5
Bracket
Hosted by Katowice.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Brann | 5 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora | 0 | |||||
| Brann | 3 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Anderlecht | 0 | |||||
| Anderlecht | 5 | |||||
 Katowice | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Lokomotiv Stara Zagora | 0 (1) | |||||
| Katowice (p) | 0 (3) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Anderlecht | 5–0 | Katowice |
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Report |
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 6
Bracket
Hosted by Benfica.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 BIIK Shymkent | 0 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 SFK Rīga | 1 | |||||
| SFK Rīga | 0 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Benfica | 4 | |||||
| Benfica | 8 | |||||
 Cliftonville | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| BIIK Shymkent | 4 | |||||
| Cliftonville | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
| BIIK Shymkent | 0–1 | SFK Rīga |
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| Benfica | 8–1 | Cliftonville |
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| Alidou 25' Norney  34' (o.g.)Alves 36', 73'Falcón 42'Martins 49', 55'Nogueira 76' |
Report | McGuinness 61' |
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 7
Bracket
Hosted by Vllaznia.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Valur | 2 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Fomget Gençlik | 1 | |||||
| Valur | 2 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Vllaznia | 1 | |||||
| Vllaznia | 4 | |||||
 EP-COM Hajvalia | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Fomget Gençlik | 6 | |||||
| EP-COM Hajvalia | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Valur | 2–1 | Fomget Gençlik |
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Report |
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Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 8
Bracket
Hosted by Gintra.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Glasgow City | 2 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Shelbourne | 0 | |||||
| Glasgow City | 3 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Gintra | 0 | |||||
| Gintra | 2 | |||||
 Cardiff City | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Shelbourne | 3 | |||||
| Cardiff City | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
| Shelbourne | 3–0 | Cardiff City |
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Report |
Final
Tournament 9
Bracket
Hosted by St. Pölten.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 St. Pölten | 3 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 PAOK | 0 | |||||
| PAOK | 6 | |||||
 Racing Union | 1 | |||||
Semi-final
| PAOK | 6–1 | Racing Union |
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| Report | Estevez 69' |
Final
| St. Pölten | 3–0 | PAOK |
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Report |
Tournament 10
Bracket
Hosted by Agarista Anenii Noi.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Ajax | 3 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Dinamo Minsk | 0 | |||||
| Dinamo Minsk | 9 | |||||
 Agarista Anenii Noi | 0 | |||||
Semi-final
| Dinamo Minsk | 9–0 | Agarista Anenii Noi |
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Report |
Final
Tournament 11
Bracket
Hosted by Birkirkara.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Zürich | 3 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Birkirkara | 1 | |||||
 Breznica | 0 | |||||
| Birkirkara | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Breznica | 0–1 | Birkirkara |
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| Report | García Falero 90+2' |
Final
League Path
Tournament 1
Bracket
Hosted by Twente.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Levante | 4 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Stjarnan | 0 | |||||
| Levante | 2 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Twente | 3 | |||||
| Twente | 6 | |||||
| Sturm Graz | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Stjarnan (p) | 0 (7) | |||||
| Sturm Graz | 0 (6) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Twente | 6–0 | Sturm Graz |
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Report |
Third-place play-off
| Sturm Graz | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Stjarnan |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
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6–7 |
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Final
Tournament 2
Bracket
Hosted by Eintracht Frankfurt.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Juventus | 6 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Okzhetpes | 0 | |||||
| Juventus | 1 (4) | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Eintracht Frankfurt (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | |||||
 Slovácko | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Okzhetpes | 0 | |||||
| Slovácko | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | Slovácko |
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| Prašnikar 24' |
Report |
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 3
Bracket
Hosted by Linköping.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Arsenal | 3 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
 Linköping | 0 | |||||
| Arsenal | 3 (2) | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
 Paris FC (p) | 3 (4) | |||||
| Paris FC | 4 | |||||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Linköping | 3 | |||||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Paris FC | 4–0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
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| Dufour 25', 56', 59' Korošec 72' |
Report |
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 4
Bracket
Hosted by Vålerenga.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Brøndby | 0 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Celtic | 1 | |||||
| Celtic | 2 (10) | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Vålerenga (p) | 2 (11) | |||||
| FC Minsk | 1 | |||||
| Vålerenga | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Brøndby | 2 | |||||
| FC Minsk | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Round 2
Seeding
A total of 24 teams played in Round 2. The draw took place on 15 September 2023.[59][60]
Seeding of teams was based on their 2023 UEFA club coefficients,[2] with seven seeded and unseeded teams in the Champions Path, and five seeded and unseeded teams in the League Path. Teams were drawn into two-legged-ties, where the first drawn team played the first leg at home and teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
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Summary
The first legs were played on 10 and 11 October, and the second legs on 18 October 2023.
The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Apollon Ladies |
0–11 | Benfica |
0–7 | 0–4 |
| Zürich |
0–8 | Ajax |
0–6 | 0–2 |
| Roma |
9–1 | Vorskla Poltava |
3–0 | 6–1 |
| Valur |
1–4 | St. Pölten |
0–4 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Prague |
11–0 | U Olimpia Cluj |
5–0 | 6–0 |
| Glasgow City |
0–6 | Brann |
0–4 | 0–2 |
| Spartak Subotica |
2–7 | Rosengård |
1–2 | 1–5 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| BK Häcken |
4–3 | Twente |
2–2 | 2–1 |
| Real Madrid |
5–1 | Vålerenga |
2–1 | 3–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt |
8–0 | Sparta Prague |
5–0 | 3–0 |
| Paris FC |
5–3 | VfL Wolfsburg |
3–3 | 2–0 |
| Manchester United |
2–4 | Paris Saint-Germain |
1–1 | 1–3 |
Champions Path
Benfica won 11–0 on aggregate.
Ajax won 8–0 on aggregate.
Roma won 9–1 on aggregate.
| Valur | 0–4 | St. Pölten |
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| Report |
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| St. Pölten | 0–1 | Valur |
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St. Pölten won 4–1 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 11–0 on aggregate.
Brann won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Spartak Subotica | 1–2 | Rosengård |
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| Belovan 28' |
Report |
Rosengård won 7–2 on aggregate.
League Path
BK Häcken won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Vålerenga | 0–3 | Real Madrid |
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Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 8–0 on aggregate.
Paris FC won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 1–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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| Malard 70' |
Report | Chawinga 54' |
Paris Saint-Germain won 4–2 on aggregate.
Notes
- Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[66]