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2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League

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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.

DatesQualifying rounds:
4–26 September 2024
Competition proper:
8 October 2024 – 24 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 72 (from 50 associations)
ChampionsEngland Arsenal (2nd title)
Runners-upSpain Barcelona
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2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
The Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying rounds:
4–26 September 2024
Competition proper:
8 October 2024 – 24 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 72 (from 50 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Arsenal (2nd title)
Runners-upSpain 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 playerAitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1]
Best young playerMelchie 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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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
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Distribution

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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
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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

  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]

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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
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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.

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  1. 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]

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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Knockout phase

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Spain Real Madrid202
England Arsenal033
England Arsenal145
France Lyon213
Germany Bayern Munich011
24 May – Lisbon
France Lyon246
England Arsenal1
Spain Barcelona0
Germany VfL Wolfsburg112
Spain Barcelona4610
Spain Barcelona448
England Chelsea112
England Manchester City202
England Chelsea033

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.

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Quarter-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain2–3England Arsenal2–00–3
Bayern Munich Germany1–6France Lyon0–21–4
VfL Wolfsburg Germany2–10Spain Barcelona1–41–6
Manchester City England2–3England Chelsea2–00–3
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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.

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Semi-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Barcelona Spain8–2England Chelsea4–14–1
Arsenal England5–3France Lyon1–24–1
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Final

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Arsenal The Football Association1–0Royal Spanish Football Federation Barcelona
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Statistics

Top goalscorers

Team of the season

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

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Player of the season

Young player of the season

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