2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League is 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 is the second edition to feature a 16-team group stage.^[1]

2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Philips Stadion in Eindhoven will host the final
Tournament details
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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	177 (3.69 per match)
Attendance	264,267 (5,506 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ewa Pajor (VfL Wolfsburg) (7 goals)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 22 December 2022.

The final will be held at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the UEFA women's Association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[2][3]

• Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–16 each have 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 are given an additional entry if they do 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

For the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA Women's Association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–2017 to 2020–2021.^[4]

Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1   France 92.000 3 2   Germany 75.500 3   England 68.500 4   Spain 64.000 5   Sweden 40.500 6   Czech Republic 36.500 7   Denmark 34.500 2 8   Netherlands 30.000 9   Kazakhstan 28.500 10   Italy 26.000 11   Iceland 25.000 12   Norway 24.000 13   Scotland 23.000 14   Switzerland 23.000 15   Belarus 21.000 16   Austria 20.000 17   Russia^[Note RUS] 17.500 0 18   Cyprus 16.000 1 19   Lithuania 15.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 20   Serbia 14.500 1 21   Poland 14.500 22   Ukraine 13.000 23   Portugal 13.000 24   Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.000 25   Belgium 11.500 26   Romania 10.000 27   Albania 9.000 28   Hungary 9.000 29   Finland 8.500 30   Turkey 7.500 31   Greece 7.500 32   Slovenia 7.000 33   Croatia 7.000 34   Republic of Ireland 6.500 35   Kosovo 5.000 36   Slovakia 5.000 37   Israel 5.000

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 38   Bulgaria 4.500 1 39   Wales 4.500 40   Estonia 4.500 41   Montenegro 4.000 42   Georgia 3.000 43   Faroe Islands 3.000 44   Northern Ireland 2.000 45   Malta 1.500 46   Moldova 1.500 47   Latvia 1.000 48   North Macedonia 1.000 49   Luxembourg 1.000 50   Armenia 1.000 NR   Azerbaijan — DNE   Gibraltar —   Andorra — NL   Liechtenstein —   San Marino —

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

Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

	Path	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Round 1 (Mini-Tournament)	Champions Path (42 Teams)	42 champions from associations 8–50 (except Russia)^[Note RUS]
	League Path (16 Teams)	6 third-placed teams from associations 1–6 10 second-placed teams from associations 7–16
Round 2	Champions Path (14 Teams)	3 champions from associations 5–7	11 knockout winners of the previous round
	League Path (10 Teams)	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 Lyon)	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

Teams

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, are divided into Champions Path (CP) and League Path (LP).

CC: 2022 UEFA women's club coefficients.^[5]

Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

Entry round		Teams
GS		Lyon (1st) ^TH	VfL Wolfsburg (1st)	Chelsea (1st)	Barcelona (1st)
Round 2	CH	Rosengård (1st)	Slavia Prague (1st)	HB Køge (1st)
	LP	Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)	Bayern Munich (2nd)	Arsenal (2nd)	Real Sociedad (2nd)
		BK Häcken (2nd)	Sparta Prague (2nd)
Round 1	CH	Twente (1st)	BIIK Kazygurt (1st)	Juventus (1st)	Valur (1st)
		Brann (1st)	Rangers (1st)	Zürich (1st)	Dinamo-BGU Minsk (1st)
		St. Pölten (1st)	Apollon Limassol (1st)	Gintra (1st)	Spartak Subotica (1st)
		UKS SMS Łódź (1st)	Vorskla Poltava (Abd-1st)^[Note UKR]	Benfica (1st)	SFK 2000 (1st)
		Anderlecht (1st)	U Olimpia Cluj (1st)	Vllaznia (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)
		KuPS (1st)	ALG Spor (1st)	PAOK (1st)	Pomurje (1st)
		Split (1st)	Shelbourne (1st)	EP-COM Hajvalia (1st)	Spartak Myjava (1st)
		Kiryat Gat (1st)	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora (1st)	Swansea City (1st)	Flora (1st)
		Breznica (1st)	Lanchkhuti (1st)	KÍ (1st)	Glentoran (1st)
		Birkirkara (1st)	Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi (2nd)	Rīgas FS (1st)	Ljuboten (1st)
		Union FC (1st)	Hayasa (1st)
	LP	Paris FC (3rd)	Eintracht Frankfurt (3rd)	Manchester City (3rd)	Real Madrid (3rd)
		Kristianstads DFF (3rd)	Slovácko (3rd)	Fortuna Hjørring (2nd)	Ajax (2nd)
		Tomiris-Turan (2nd)	Roma (2nd)	Breiðablik (2nd)	Rosenborg (2nd)
		Glasgow City (2nd)	Servette (2nd)	Minsk (2nd)	Sturm Graz (2nd)

Notes

1. 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.^[6] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.^[7]
2. Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Women's League was abandoned due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (24 February 2022).^[8] 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.^[9]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[1]

Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

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^[10]	21–22 March 2023	29–30 March 2023
	Semi-finals		22–23 April 2023	29–30 April 2023
	Final		3 June 2023 at Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

Round 1

The draw for Round 1 was held on 24 June 2022.^[11] A total of 58 teams played in Round 1.

Champions Path

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

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

The draw for Round 2 was held on 1 September 2022, at 13:00 CEST.^[12][13] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 September 2022, and the second legs on 28 and 29 September 2022.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.

Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

League Path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage

The draw was held 3 October 2022 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.^[14][15]

 

 

Vllaznia

 

St. Pölten

 

Slavia

 

London

 

Lyon

 

Paris SG

 

Bayern

 

Wolfsburg

 

Juventus

 

Roma

 

Benfica

 

Barcelona

 

Real Madrid

 

Rosengård

 

Zürich

 

London teams
  Arsenal
  Chelsea

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Location of teams of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.
  Brown: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Orange: Group C;   Yellow: Group D.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	PAR	MAD	VLL
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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WOL	ROM	PÖL	PRA
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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	LYO	JUV	ZÜR
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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	MUN	BEN	ROS
1	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	29	6	+23	15^[a]	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–0	9–0	6–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15^[a]			3–1	—	2–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	2	0	4	8	21	−13	6			2–6	2–3	—	1–0
4	Rosengård	6	0	0	6	3	20	−17	0			1–4	0–4	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Barcelona +1, Bayern Munich −1.

Knockout phase

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams will play 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 will be as follows:

• In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners will be seeded, and the four group runners-up will be unseeded. The seeded teams will be drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group can not be drawn against each other.
• A draw will be also held to determine which semi-final winner will be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it will be played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final (3 June – Eindhoven)

Lyon

Chelsea

Winner of quarter-final 2

Winner of quarter-final 3

Roma

Barcelona

Winners of semi-final 2

Winners of semi-final 1

Paris Saint-Germain

VfL Wolfsburg

Winner of quarter-final 4

Winner of quarter-final 1

Bayern Munich

Arsenal

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 10 February 2023.^[16] The first legs will be played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs on 29 and 30 March 2023.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	1	Arsenal	21 Mar	29 Mar
Lyon	2	Chelsea	22 Mar	30 Mar
Roma	3	Barcelona	21 Mar	29 Mar
Paris Saint-Germain	4	VfL Wolfsburg	22 Mar	30 Mar

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 10 February 2023 (after the quarter-final draw).^[16] The first legs will be played on 22 and 23 April, and the second legs on 29 and 30 April 2023.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner of quarter-final 4	1	Winner of quarter-final 1	22/23 Apr	29/30 Apr
Winner of quarter-final 2	2	Winner of quarter-final 3	22/23 Apr	29/30 Apr

Final

Main article: 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final

The final will be played in June 2023 at 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 will be designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

18:00 CEST

Winners of semi-final 2	v	Winners of semi-final 1
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Tables updated as of 22 December 2022.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals^[17]
1	Ewa Pajor	Wolfsburg	7
2	Sam Kerr	Chelsea	5
	Cloé Lacasse	Benfica
	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
5	Caitlin Foord	Arsenal	4
	Geyse	Barcelona
	Melvine Malard	Lyon
	Valentina Giacinti	Roma
	Cristiana Girelli	Juventus
	Asisat Oshoala	Barcelona
	Frida Maanum	Arsenal
	Mariona Caldentey	Barcelona

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists^[18]
1	Guro Reiten	Chelsea	5
	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
3	Geyse	Barcelona	4
	Melvine Malard	Lyon
	Svenja Huth	Wolfsburg
	Manuela Giugliano	Roma
	Mariona Caldentey	Barcelona
	Stina Blackstenius	Arsenal
9	Georgia Stanway	Bayern Munich	3
	Kathrin Hendrich	Wolfsburg
	Frida Maanum	Arsenal

See also

• 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

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External links

• Official website
• Women's Domestic Leagues, UEFA.com