2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
International football competition
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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 automatically qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase, the 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup semi-finals and the 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup.
4–26 September 2024
Competition proper:
8 October 2024 – 24 May 2025
Total: 72 (from 50 associations)
The Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon hosted the final | |
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| Dates | Qualifying rounds: 4–26 September 2024 Competition proper: 8 October 2024 – 24 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 72 (from 50 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Goals scored | 232 (3.8 per match) |
| Attendance | 423,726 (6,946 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Clàudia Pina (Barcelona) 10 goals |
| Best player | Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1] |
| Best young player | Melchie Dumornay (Lyon)[2] |
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The final was held at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal.[3] Arsenal won the match 1–0 against defending champions Barcelona for their second UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League title, and their first in 18 years.[4]
Association team allocation
The association ranking based on 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]
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Distribution
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| Group stage (16 Teams) |
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| Knockout stage (8 Teams) |
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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 (CH) and League Path (LP).
Notes
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[5]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| 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
Round 1
A total of 59 teams played in Round 1.[10]
Champions Path
Hosted by SFK 2000.
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Hosted by Lanchkhuti.
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Hosted by Gintra.
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Hosted by Birkirkara.
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Hosted by Twente.
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Hosted by Apollon Ladies.
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Hosted by Pogoń Szczecin.
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Hosted by Racing Union.
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Hosted by Osijek.
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Hosted by Ferencváros.
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Hosted by Farul Constanța.
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League Path
Hosted by Brøndby.
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Hosted by Linköping.
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Hosted by Arsenal.
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Hosted by Breiðablik.
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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.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| St. Pölten | 8–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| Hammarby | 3–2[A] | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Osijek | 1–8 | 1–4 | 0–4 | |
| Galatasaray | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| Roma | 10–3 | 3–1 | 7–2 | |
| Anderlecht | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
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| Sporting CP | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Juventus | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Paris FC | 0–8 | 0–5 | 0–3 | |
| Fiorentina | 0–12 | 0–7 | 0–5 | |
| BK Häcken | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–4 | |
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Group stage
The draw was held on 27 September 2024 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.[12]
Group A
- Wolfsburg 3 Pts, +4 GD; Roma 3 Pts, −4 GD.
Group B
Group C
Group D
- Barcelona 3 Pts, +1 GD; Manchester City 3 Pts, −1 GD.
Knockout phase
Bracket
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| 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| 24 May – Lisbon | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Real Madrid | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
| Bayern Munich | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–4 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2–10 | 1–4 | 1–6 | |
| Manchester City | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
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.
Final
| Arsenal | 1–0 | |
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Report |
Statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank[15] | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | ||
Team of the season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[16]
| Pos. | Player | Team |
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| GK | ||
| DF | ||
| MF | ||
| FW | ||