2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Philips Stadion in Eindhoven hosted 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)
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 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

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		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

Schedule

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

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 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.^[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.

Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

The draw was held 3 October 2022 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.^[16][17]

Vllaznia

St. Pölten

Slavia

London

Lyon

Paris SG

Bayern

Wolfsburg

Juventus

Roma

Benfica

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Rosengård

Zürich

London teams
Arsenal
Chelsea

class=notpageimage|

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

Knockout phase

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

	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

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

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

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.

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

16:00 CEST

Barcelona	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg
Guijarro 48', 50' Rolfö 70'	Report	Pajor 3' Popp 37'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 33,147^[19]

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

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

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

• Aitana Bonmatí ( Barcelona)^[1]

Young player of the season

• Lena Oberdorf ( VfL Wolfsburg)^[22]

See also

• 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

References

External links

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