2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

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2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
The Philips Stadion in Eindhoven hosted the final.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying rounds:
18 August – 29 September 2022
Competition proper:
19 October 2022 – 3 June 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 71 (from 49 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-upGermany VfL Wolfsburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored211 (3.46 per match)
Attendance681,175 (11,167 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ewa Pajor (VfL Wolfsburg)
(9 goals)
Best player(s)Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1]

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

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

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

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]

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

CC: 2022 UEFA women's club coefficients.[7]

Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
Entry round Teams
GS France Lyon (1st) TH Germany VfL Wolfsburg (1st) England Chelsea (1st) Spain Barcelona (1st)
Round 2 CH Sweden Rosengård (1st) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (1st) Denmark HB Køge (1st)
LP
Paris Saint-Germain (2nd
) 		Germany Bayern Munich (2nd) England Arsenal (2nd) Spain Real Sociedad (2nd)
Sweden BK Häcken (2nd) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (2nd)
Round 1 CH Netherlands Twente (1st)
BIIK Kazygurt (1st
)
Juventus (1st
) 		Iceland Valur (1st)
Norway Brann (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st) Switzerland Zürich (1st) Belarus Dinamo-BGU Minsk (1st)
Austria St. Pölten (1st) Cyprus Apollon Limassol (1st) Lithuania Gintra (1st) Serbia Spartak Subotica (1st)
Poland UKS SMS Łódź (1st)
Vorskla Poltava (Abd-1st)[Note UKR]
 Portugal Benfica (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000 (1st)
Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Romania U Olimpia Cluj (1st) Albania Vllaznia (1st) Hungary Ferencváros (1st)
KuPS (1st
) 		Turkey ALG Spor (1st)
PAOK (1st
)
Pomurje (1st
)
Croatia Split (1st) Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (1st) Kosovo EP-COM Hajvalia (1st)
Spartak Myjava (1st
)
Israel Kiryat Gat (1st) Bulgaria Lokomotiv Stara Zagora (1st) Wales Swansea City (1st) Estonia Flora (1st)
Montenegro Breznica (1st) Georgia (country) Lanchkhuti (1st) Faroe Islands KÍ (1st) Northern Ireland Glentoran (1st)
Malta Birkirkara (1st) Moldova Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi (2nd) Latvia Rīgas FS (1st) North Macedonia Ljuboten (1st)
Luxembourg Union FC (1st) Armenia Hayasa (1st)
LP France Paris FC (3rd) Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (3rd) England Manchester City (3rd) Spain Real Madrid (3rd)
Sweden Kristianstads DFF (3rd) Czech Republic Slovácko (3rd) Denmark Fortuna Hjørring (2nd) Netherlands Ajax (2nd)
Kazakhstan Tomiris-Turan (2nd)
Roma (2nd
) 		Iceland Breiðablik (2nd) Norway Rosenborg (2nd)
Scotland Glasgow City (2nd) Switzerland Servette (2nd) Belarus Minsk (2nd) Austria 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.[8] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[9]
  2. 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

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[2]

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[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

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

Round 1

The draw for Round 1 was held on 24 June 2022.[13] A total of 58 teams played in Round 1.

Champions Path

Tournament 11

Hosted by Spartak Subotica.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
Norway Brann1
 
21 August
 
Turkey ALG Spor0
 
Norway Brann3
 
 
Serbia Spartak Subotica1
 
 
 
 

League Path

Round 2

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
Champions Path
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 2–3 Albania Vllaznia 1–1 1–2
SFK 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–10 Switzerland Zürich 0–7 0–3
Rangers Scotland 3–5 Portugal Benfica 2–3
a.e.t.
)
KuPS Finland
 2–3 Austria St. Pölten 0–1
a.e.t.
)
Valur Iceland 0–1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0–1 0–0
Brann Norway 2–4 Sweden Rosengård 1–1 1–3
HB Køge Denmark 1–3
Juventus
 1–1 0–2
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Arsenal England 3–2 Netherlands Ajax 2–2 1–0
Paris Saint-Germain France
 4–1 Sweden BK Häcken 2–1 2–0
Real Sociedad Spain 1–4 Germany Bayern Munich 0–1 1–3
Rosenborg Norway 1–5 Spain Real Madrid 0–3 1–2
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 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.[16][17]

Benfica
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Rosengård
Zürich
London teams Arsenal Chelsea
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.