2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 22nd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 14th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the second edition to feature a 16-team group stage.[2]
The Philips Stadion in Eindhoven hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Qualifying rounds: 18 August – 29 September 2022 Competition proper: 19 October 2022 – 3 June 2023 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 71 (from 49 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Barcelona (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Goals scored | 211 (3.46 per match) |
| Attendance | 681,175 (11,167 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ewa Pajor (VfL Wolfsburg) (9 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1] |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → | |
The final was held at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League automatically qualiied for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.
Lyon were the defending champions, having won a record-extending eighth title after winning the 2022 final. They were unable to defend their title after being defeated by Chelsea in the quarter-finals.
Barcelona won their second title by defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final.[3]
Association team allocation Edit
The association ranking based on the UEFA women's Association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4][5]
- Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–16 each had two teams qualify.
- All other associations (except Russia),[Note RUS] if they entered, each have one team qualify.
- The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2022–23 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 Edit
For the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA Women's Association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–2017 to 2020–2021.[6]
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- Notes
- NR – No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)
- DNE – Did not enter
- NL – No women's domestic league
Distribution Edit
| Path | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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| Round 1 (Mini-Tournament) | Champions Path (42 Teams) |
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| League Path (16 Teams) |
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| Round 2 | Champions Path (14 Teams) |
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| League Path (10 Teams) |
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| Group Stage (16 Teams) |
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| Knockout Stage (8 Teams) |
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Teams Edit
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- TH: Title holders
- 1st, second, third: League positions of the previous season
- Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association
The two qualifying rounds, round 1 and round 2, were divided into Champions Path (CP) and League Path (LP).
CC: 2022 UEFA women's club coefficients.[7]
Notes
- ^ Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[9]
- ^ Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Women's League was abandoned due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (24 February 2022).[10] The top team of the league at the time of the abandonment (mid-season), Vorskla Poltava, were selected to play in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League by the Ukrainian Association of Football, entering round 1.[11]
Schedule Edit
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[2]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | First round | 24 June 2022 | 18 August 2022 (semi-finals) | 21 August 2022 (third-place play-off & final) |
| Second round | 1 September 2022 | 20–21 September 2022 | 28–29 September 2022 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 3 October 2022 | 19–20 October 2022 | |
| Matchday 2 | 26–27 October 2022 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 23–24 November 2022 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 7–8 December 2022 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 15–16 December 2022 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 21–22 December 2022 | |||
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 10 February 2023[12] | 21–22 March 2023 | 29–30 March 2023 |
| Semi-finals | 22–23 April 2023 | 27 April, 1 May 2023 | ||
| Final | 3 June 2023 at Philips Stadion, Eindhoven | |||
Qualifying rounds Edit
Round 1 Edit
The draw for Round 1 was held on 24 June 2022.[13] A total of 58 teams played in Round 1.
Champions Path Edit
- Tournament 1
Hosted by Pomurje.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Valur | 2 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Hayasa | 0 | |||||
| Valur | 3 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Shelbourne | 0 | |||||
| Pomurje | 0 | |||||
| Shelbourne | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Hayasa | 1 | |||||
| Pomurje | 2 | |||||
- Tournament 2
Hosted by PAOK.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| PAOK | 2 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Swansea City | 0 | |||||
| PAOK | 0 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Rangers | 4 | |||||
| Ferencváros | 1 | |||||
| Rangers | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Swansea City | 0 | |||||
| Ferencváros | 7 | |||||
- Tournament 3
Hosted by Split.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Vorskla-Kharkiv-2 | 5 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Lanchkhuti | 0 | |||||
| Vorskla-Kharkiv-2 | 2 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| BIIK Kazygurt | 0 | |||||
| BIIK Kazygurt | 5 | |||||
| Split | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Lanchkhuti | 0 | |||||
| Split | 2 | |||||
- Tournament 4
Hosted by Apollon Limassol.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Apollon Limassol | 3 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Rīgas FS | 0 | |||||
| Apollon Limassol | 0 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Zürich | 1 | |||||
| Zürich | 6 | |||||
| KÍ | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Rīgas FS (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
| KÍ | 1 | |||||
- Tournament 5
Hosted by UKS SMS Łódź.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Gintra | 0 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| KuPS | 2 | |||||
| KuPS (a.e.t.) (p) | 2 (4) | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Anderlecht | 2 (3) | |||||
| Anderlecht | 3 | |||||
| UKS SMS Łódź | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Gintra | 0 | |||||
| UKS SMS Łódź | 1 | |||||
- Tournament 6
Hosted by Juventus.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Flora | 0 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Kiryat Gat | 5 | |||||
| Kiryat Gat | 1 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Juventus | 3 | |||||
| Juventus | 4 | |||||
| Union FC | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Flora | 1 | |||||
| Union FC | 3 | |||||
- Tournament 7
Hosted by U Olimpia Cluj.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| SFK 2000 | 4 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Birkirkara | 0 | |||||
| SFK 2000 | 2 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| U Olimpia Cluj | 1 | |||||
| U Olimpia Cluj (a.e.t.) (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
| Glentoran | 0 (2) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Birkirkara | 2 | |||||
| Glentoran | 1 | |||||
- Tournament 8
Hosted by Twente.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Benfica | 9 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| EP-COM Hajvalia | 0 | |||||
| Benfica | 2 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Twente | 1 | |||||
| Twente | 13 | |||||
| Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| EP-COM Hajvalia | 7 | |||||
| Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi | 0 | |||||
- Tournament 9
Hosted by Ljuboten.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Dinamo-BGU Minsk | 5 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Lokomotiv Stara Zagora | 0 | |||||
| Dinamo-BGU Minsk | 0 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| St. Pölten | 3 | |||||
| St. Pölten | 7 | |||||
| Ljuboten | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Lokomotiv Stara Zagora | 5 | |||||
| Ljuboten | 1 | |||||
- Tournament 10
Hosted by Breznica.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Breznica | 2 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Spartak Myjava | 3 | |||||
| Spartak Myjava | 0 | |||||
| Vllaznia | 1 | |||||
- Tournament 11
Hosted by Spartak Subotica.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Brann | 1 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| ALG Spor | 0 | |||||
| Brann | 3 | |||||
| Spartak Subotica | 1 | |||||
League Path Edit
- Tournament 1
Hosted by Glasgow City.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Paris FC | 3 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Servette | 0 | |||||
| Paris FC | 0 (4) | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Roma (a.e.t.) (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
| Glasgow City | 1 | |||||
| Roma | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Servette | 1 | |||||
| Glasgow City | 0 | |||||
- Tournament 2
Hosted by Rosenborg.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| FC Minsk | 2 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Slovácko | 1 | |||||
| FC Minsk | 0 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Rosenborg | 1 | |||||
| Breiðablik | 2 | |||||
| Rosenborg | 4 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Slovácko | 0 | |||||
| Breiðablik | 3 | |||||
- Tournament 3
Hosted by Fortuna Hjørring.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Ajax | 3 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Kristianstads DFF | 1 | |||||
| Ajax | 2 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | |||||
| Fortuna Hjørring | 0 | |||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Kristianstads DFF (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Fortuna Hjørring | 2 | |||||
- Tournament 4
Hosted by Real Madrid.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Manchester City | 6 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Tomiris-Turan | 0 | |||||
| Manchester City | 0 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Real Madrid | 1 | |||||
| Real Madrid | 6 | |||||
| Sturm Graz | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Sturm Graz | 5 | |||||
| Tomiris-Turan | 1 | |||||
Round 2 Edit
The draw for Round 2 was held on 1 September 2022.[14][15] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 September 2022, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 September 2022.
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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| Vorskla Poltava | 2–3 | Vllaznia | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| SFK 2000 | 0–10 | Zürich | 0–7 | 0–3 |
| Rangers | 3–5 | Benfica | 2–3 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| KuPS | 2–3 | St. Pölten | 0–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Valur | 0–1 | Slavia Prague | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Brann | 2–4 | Rosengård | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| HB Køge | 1–3 | Juventus | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Arsenal | 3–2 | Ajax | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 4–1 | BK Häcken | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Real Sociedad | 1–4 | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Rosenborg | 1–5 | Real Madrid | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Sparta Prague | 2–6 | Roma | 1–2 | 1–4 |
Group stage Edit
The draw was held 3 October 2022 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.[16][17]
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D.
Group A Edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | PAR | MAD | VLL | |
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| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 16 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Real Madrid | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 5–1 | ||
| 4 | Vllaznia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | −27 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group B Edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | ROM | PÖL | PRA | |
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| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 14 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 13 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | St. Pölten | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 4 | 2–8 | 3–4 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C Edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | LYO | JUV | ZÜR | |
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| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 13 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | 1–5 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 4 | Zürich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | 1–9 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group D Edit
Knockout phase Edit
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
- In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, and the seeded teams hosted the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.
- A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).
Bracket Edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final (3 June – Eindhoven) | |||||||||||||
| Lyon | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||
| Chelsea (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Roma | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| VfL Wolfsburg (a.e.t.) | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals Edit
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 10 February 2023.[18] The first legs were played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 March 2023.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Bayern Munich | 1–2 | Arsenal | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Lyon | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Chelsea | 0–1 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Roma | 1–6 | Barcelona | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Semi-finals Edit
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 10 February 2023 (after the quarter-final draw).[18] The first legs were played on 22 and 23 April, and the second legs were played on 27 April and 1 May 2023.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| VfL Wolfsburg | 5–4 | Arsenal | 2–2 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Chelsea | 1–2 | Barcelona | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Final Edit
The final was played on 3 June 2023 at the Philips Stadion, Eindhoven. A draw was held on 10 February 2023 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
Statistics Edit
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers Edit
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals[20] |
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| 1 | Ewa Pajor | VfL Wolfsburg | 9 |
| 2 | Aitana Bonmatí | Barcelona | 5 |
| Stina Blackstenius | Arsenal | ||
| Sam Kerr | Chelsea | ||
| Cloé Lacasse | Benfica | ||
| Frida Maanum | Arsenal | ||
| Asisat Oshoala | Barcelona | ||
| 8 | Mariona Caldentey | Barcelona | 4 |
| Kadidiatou Diani | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Caitlin Foord | Arsenal | ||
| Geyse | Barcelona | ||
| Valentina Giacinti | Roma | ||
| Cristiana Girelli | Juventus | ||
| Patricia Guijarro | Barcelona | ||
| Melvine Malard | Lyon | ||
| Fridolina Rolfö | Barcelona |