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]

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 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]

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 edit

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 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]

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)   (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.[8] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[9]
  2. ^
    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]

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 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 11

Hosted by Spartak Subotica.

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

League Path edit

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
Champions Path
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
League Path
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]

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 edit

Pos Team 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 edit

Pos Team 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 edit

Pos Team 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 edit

Pos Team 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. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Barcelona +1, Bayern Munich −1.

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
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
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.

Barcelona  3–2  VfL Wolfsburg
Report
Attendance: 33,147[19]
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Statistics edit

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals[20]
1   Ewa Pajor   VfL Wolfsburg 9
2   Cloé Lacasse   Benfica 5
  Sam Kerr   Chelsea
  Stina Blackstenius   Arsenal
  Frida Maanum   Arsenal
  Asisat Oshoala   Barcelona
  Aitana Bonmatí   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

Team of the season edit

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[21]

Pos. Player Team
GK   Merle Frohms   VfL Wolfsburg
DF   Lucy Bronze   Barcelona
  Irene Paredes   Barcelona
  Mapi León   Barcelona
  Katie McCabe   Arsenal
MF   Aitana Bonmatí   Barcelona
  Lena Oberdorf   VfL Wolfsburg
  Patricia Guijarro   Barcelona
FW   Caroline Graham Hansen   Barcelona
  Alexandra Popp   VfL Wolfsburg
  Ewa Pajor   VfL Wolfsburg

Player of the season edit

Young player of the season edit

See also edit

References edit

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  14. ^ "Women's Champions League round 2 draw". UEFA. 24 June 2022.
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  17. ^ "Women's Champions League group stage draw: Holders Lyon get Arsenal and Juventus, Paris drawn with Real Madrid and Chelsea". UEFA. 3 October 2022.
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  19. ^ "Barcelona 3–2 Wolfsburg: Blaugrana comeback seals second Women's Champions League final win3". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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