2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League

2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
The Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo will host the final.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
30 July – 18 September 2025
Competition proper:
7 October 2025 – 23 May 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 18
Total: 74 (from 50 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored181 (3.35 per match)
Attendance209,690 (3,883 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pernille Harder
Evelyne Viens
(5 goals each)
All statistics correct as of 18 December 2025.

The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League is the 25th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 17th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It started on 30 July 2025 and will end with the final on 23 May 2026. This is the first season under a new format, which have 18 participating teams, playing six games each against different opponents in a league phase, all in a joint group.

The Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo will host the final. Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be used from the League Phase onwards.

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[1]

  • Associations 1–7 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 8–17 each have two teams qualify.
  • All other associations, if they entered, each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2025–26 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 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24.[2]

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (TH) – Additional berth for UEFA Women's Champions League title holders
Association ranking for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  France 78.333 3
2  Germany 68.999
3  Spain 68.166
4  England 59.999
5  Portugal 34.000
6  Italy 34.000
7  Sweden 24.999
8  Czech Republic 22.332 2
9  Netherlands 22.000
10  Denmark 21.750
11  Norway 21.500
12  Austria 21.250
13  Ukraine 19.000
14  Belarus 18.000
15  Iceland 17.750
16  Scotland 17.000
17  Kazakhstan 14.750
18  Switzerland 14.250 1
19  Serbia 14.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20  Albania 14.000 1
21  Cyprus 12.000
22  Belgium 12.000
23  Russia 10.250 0 [Note RUS]
24  Finland 10.000 1
25  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.000
26  Hungary 9.500
27  Romania 9.000
28  Slovenia 9.000
29  Poland 9.000
30  Croatia 8.500
31  Lithuania 8.500
32  Republic of Ireland 8.000
33  Kosovo 8.000
34  Turkey 7.500
35  Greece 7.000
36  Israel 7.000
37  Georgia 7.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38  Montenegro 7.000 1
39  Slovakia 6.500
40  Bulgaria 6.500
41  Luxembourg 6.000
42  Wales 6.000
43  Estonia 5.500
44  Northern Ireland 5.500
45  Latvia 5.500
46  Malta 5.500
47  Moldova 4.500
48  North Macedonia 4.000
49  Faroe Islands 4.000
50  Armenia 3.000
NR  Azerbaijan —
 Gibraltar — 0 DNE
 Andorra — NL
 Liechtenstein —
 San Marino —

Distribution

Provisional access list[3]
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round
First round Champions path
(21 teams)
  • 21 champions from associations 30 and 32–51
Second round Champions path
(28 teams)
  • 21 champions from associations 7–11 and 13–29 (except Russia)
  • 1 champion from association 31 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the Round 1
  • 6 mini-tournament winners from the first round
League path
(15 teams)
  • 11 runners-up from associations 6 and 8–17
  • 4 third-placed teams from associations 4–7
Third round Champions path
(8 teams)
  • 1 champion from association 12 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the Round 2 of the Champions Path
  • 7 mini-tournament winners from the second round
League path
(10 teams)
  • 2 runners-up from associations 3 and 5
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 1 runner-up from association 7 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the Round 2 of the League Path
  • 4 mini-tournament winners from the second round
League phase
(18 teams)
  • UEFA Women's Champions League title holder
  • 6 champions from associations 1–6
  • 2 runners-up from associations 1–2
  • 4 winners from the third round (Champions Path)
  • 5 winners from the third round (League Path)
Knockout phase play-offs
(8 teams)
  • 8 teams ranked 5–12 from the league phase
Quarter-finals
(8 teams)
  • 4 teams ranked 1–4 from the league phase
  • 4 winners from the knockout phase play-offs

Due to the suspension of Russia, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The champions of associations 29 (Poland) will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round (Champions Path).

As the Champions League title holders (Arsenal) qualified for the third qualifying round via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list have been made:

  • BK Häcken as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the League Path of the second qualifying round, will enter the third qualifying phase instead.

Since this season marks the inaugural edition of the UEFA Women's Europa Cup, with no title holders from previous season, the following changes to the default access list have been made:

  • St. Pölten as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the Champions Path second qualifying round, will enter the Champions Path third qualifying round.
  • Gintra as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the Champions Path first qualifying round, will enter the Champions Path second qualifying round.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH: Title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season

Two qualifying rounds, round 2 and round 3, are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
Entry round Teams
League phase Arsenal (2nd)TH Lyon (1st) Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) Bayern Munich (1st)
VfL Wolfsburg (2nd) Barcelona (1st) Chelsea (1st) Benfica (1st)
Juventus (1st)
Round 3 CH St. Pölten (1st)
LP Paris FC (3rd) Eintracht Frankfurt (3rd) Real Madrid (2nd) Atlético Madrid (3rd)
Sporting CP (2nd) BK Häcken (2nd)
Round 2 CH Rosengård (1st) Slavia Prague (1st) Twente (1st) Fortuna Hjørring (1st)
Vålerenga (1st) Vorskla Poltava (1st) Dinamo Minsk (1st) Breiðablik (1st)
Hibernian (1st) BIIK Shymkent (1st) Young Boys (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st)
Vllaznia (1st) Apollon Ladies (1st) OH Leuven (1st) HJK (1st)
SFK 2000 (1st) Ferencváros (1st) Farul Constanța (1st) Mura (1st)
GKS Katowice (1st) Gintra (1st)
LP Manchester United (3rd) Braga (3rd) Inter Milan (2nd) Roma (3rd)
Hammarby (3rd) Sparta Prague (2nd) PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Nordsjælland (2nd)
Brann (2nd) Austria Wien (2nd) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (2nd) FC Minsk (2nd)
Valur (2nd) Glasgow City (2nd) Aktobe (2nd)
Round 1 CH Agram (1st) Athlone Town (1st) Mitrovica (1st) ABB Fomget (1st)
AEK Athens (1st) Kiryat Gat (1st) Lanchkhuti (1st) Budućnost Podgorica (1st)
Spartak Myjava (1st) NSA Sofia (1st) Racing Union (1st) Cardiff City (1st)
Flora (1st) Cliftonville (1st) Riga FC (1st) Swieqi United (1st)
Agarista Anenii Noi (1st) Ljuboten (1st) NSÍ Runavík (1st) Pyunik (1st)
Neftchi Baku (1st)

Notes

  1. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions.[4] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[5]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[6]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 24 June 2025 30 July 2025 (semi-finals) 2 August 2025 (third-place play-off & final)
Second qualifying round 27 August 2025 (semi-finals) 30 August 2025 (third-place play-off & final)
Third qualifying round 31 August 2025 11 September 2025 18 September 2025
League phase Matchday 1 19 September 2025 7–8 October 2025
Matchday 2 15–16 October 2025
Matchday 3 11–12 November 2025
Matchday 4 19–20 November 2025
Matchday 5 9–10 December 2025
Matchday 6 17 December 2025
Knockout phase Knockout phase play-offs 18 December 2025 11–12 February 2026 18–19 February 2026
Quarter-finals 24–25 March 2026 1–2 April 2026
Semi-finals — 25–26 April 2026 2–3 May 2026
Final 23 May 2026 at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Champions Path

Second qualifying round

Champions Path

League Path

Third qualifying round

The first legs were played on 11 September, and the second legs were played on 18 September 2025. The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase.

Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Vålerenga 5–1 Ferencváros3–02–1
Vorskla Poltava 0–2 OH Leuven0–20–0
St. Pölten 5–2 Fortuna Hjørring3–12–1
GKS Katowice 1–8 Twente0–41–4
League Path
BK Häcken 2–3 Atlético Madrid1–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Paris FC 2–0 Austria Wien0–02–0
Brann 1–3 Manchester United1–00–3
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–5 Real Madrid1–20–3
Roma 3–2 Sporting CP1–22–0

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase
Location of teams of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase

The league phase draw for the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League took place on 19 September 2025. The 18 teams were divided into three pots of six teams. Each team faces two opponents from each of the three pots, one at home and one away.

Sweden's Damallsvenskan, despite being one of the strongest leagues in the world, will be without any Champions League teams this season for the first time in history, after BK Häcken, Hammarby IF and FC Rosengård were knocked out and sent to the Europa Cup.[7]

Table

The top four ranked teams will advance to the quarter-finals. The teams ranked from 5th to 12th will contest the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 5th to 8th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 13th to 18th will be eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Barcelona 6 5 1 0 20 3 +17 16 Advance to the quarter-finals (seeded)
2 Lyon 6 5 1 0 18 5 +13 16
3 Chelsea 6 4 2 0 20 3 +17 14
4 Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 14 13 +1 13
5 Arsenal 6 4 0 2 11 6 +5 12 Advance to the knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
6 Manchester United 6 4 0 2 7 9 −2 12
7 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 13 7 +6 11
8 Juventus 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 10
9 VfL Wolfsburg 6 3 0 3 13 10 +3 9 Advance to the knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
10 Paris FC 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8
11 Atlético Madrid 6 2 1 3 13 9 +4 7
12 OH Leuven 6 1 3 2 5 10 −5 6
13 Vålerenga 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4
14 Roma 6 1 1 4 9 19 −10 4
15 Twente 6 0 3 3 4 10 −6 3
16 Benfica 6 0 2 4 4 11 −7 2
17 Paris Saint-Germain 6 0 2 4 4 12 −8 2
18 St. Pölten 6 0 1 5 3 28 −25 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Results

Matchday 1
Home teamScoreAway team
Juventus 2–1 Benfica
Arsenal 1–2 Lyon
Barcelona 7–1 Bayern Munich
Paris FC 2–2 OH Leuven
Twente 1–1 Chelsea
Real Madrid 6–2 Roma
St. Pölten 0–6 Atlético Madrid
Manchester United 1–0 Vålerenga
VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 Paris Saint-Germain
Matchday 2
Home teamScoreAway team
Lyon 3–0 St. Pölten
Vålerenga 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Chelsea 4–0 Paris FC
Roma 0–4 Barcelona
OH Leuven 2–1 Twente
Atlético Madrid 0–1 Manchester United
Bayern Munich 2–1 Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 Real Madrid
Benfica 0–2 Arsenal
Matchday 3
Home teamScoreAway team
Roma 0–1 Vålerenga
Lyon 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Real Madrid 1–1 Paris FC
St. Pölten 0–6 Chelsea
Barcelona 3–0 OH Leuven
Bayern Munich 3–2 Arsenal
Benfica 1–1 Twente
Manchester United 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain
Atlético Madrid 1–2 Juventus
Matchday 4
Home teamScoreAway team
VfL Wolfsburg 5–2 Manchester United
Juventus 3–3 Lyon
Arsenal 2–1 Real Madrid
Vålerenga 2–2 St. Pölten
Paris FC 2–0 Benfica
Twente 0–4 Atlético Madrid
Chelsea 1–1 Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain 1–3 Bayern Munich
OH Leuven 1–1 Roma
Matchday 5
Home teamScoreAway team
St. Pölten 0–5 Juventus
Arsenal 1–0 Twente
Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 OH Leuven
Real Madrid 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Barcelona 3–1 Benfica
Vålerenga 0–1 Paris FC
Chelsea 6–0 Roma
Manchester United 0–3 Lyon
Atlético Madrid 2–2 Bayern Munich
Matchday 6
Home teamScoreAway team
Lyon 4–0 Atlético Madrid
Bayern Munich 3–0 Vålerenga
VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Chelsea
Juventus 0–1 Manchester United
Benfica 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain
Roma 6–1 St. Pölten
Twente 1–1 Real Madrid
Paris FC 0–2 Barcelona
OH Leuven 0–3 Arsenal

Knockout phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Bracket

Knockout phase play-offsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
11 Atlético Madrid
6 Manchester United Winner PO1
4 Bayern Munich
Winner QF1
10 Paris FC
Winner QF2
7 Real Madrid Winner PO2
23 May – Oslo
1 Barcelona
Winner SF1
12 OH Leuven
Winner SF2
5 Arsenal Winner PO3
3 Chelsea
Winner QF3
9 VfL Wolfsburg
Winner QF4
8 Juventus Winner PO4
2 Lyon

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 18 December 2025, 13:00 CET.[8] The first legs will be played on 11 and 12 February, and the second legs on 18 and 19 February 2026.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Madrid Match 1 Manchester United12 Feb19 Feb
Paris FC Match 2 Real Madrid11 Feb18 Feb
OH Leuven Match 3 Arsenal11 Feb18 Feb
VfL Wolfsburg Match 4 Juventus12 Feb19 Feb

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 December 2025 (after the Knockout phase play-offs draw).[8] The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 March, and the second legs on 1 and 2 April 2026.

Quarter-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winner PO1Match 1 Bayern Munich24–25 Mar1–2 Apr
Winner PO2Match 2 Barcelona24–25 Mar1–2 Apr
Winner PO3Match 3 Chelsea24–25 Mar1–2 Apr
Winner PO4Match 4 Lyon24–25 Mar1–2 Apr

Semi-finals

Teams seeded one and two will play the second leg at home if they progress to this stage. If a seeded team is beaten, the team that eliminates them takes over their seeding position.[8] The first legs will be played on 25 and 26 April, and the second legs on 2 and 3 May 2026.

Semi-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winner QF1Match 1Winner QF225–26 Apr2–3 May
Winner QF3Match 2Winner QF425–26 Apr2–3 May

Final

Main article: 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final

The final will be play on 23 May 2026 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. The winner of semi-final 1 will be designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.[9][8]

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

As of 18 December 2025[10]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Pernille Harder Bayern Munich 5
Evelyne Viens Roma
3 Alessia Russo Arsenal 4
Lineth Beerensteyn VfL Wolfsburg
Caroline Weir Real Madrid
Fiamma Atlético Madrid
Melchie Dumornay Lyon
Ewa Pajor Barcelona
9 Alba Redondo Real Madrid 3
Beth Mead Arsenal
Ada Hegerberg Lyon
Alexia Putellas Barcelona
Fridolina Rolfö Manchester United
Ella Peddemors VfL Wolfsburg
Sam Kerr Chelsea
Wendie Renard Lyon

See also

References

  1. ^ "2024/25 Women's Champions League: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 20 April 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2025/26 Provisional Access List" (PDF). UEFA. 1 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Provisional access list for the UEFA Women's Champions League and 2nd competition 2025/26" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs. However this could change depending on what happens" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ^ "2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League and new UEFA Women's Europa Cup: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Klart: Här är alla lagen i Women's Champions League". Fotbollskanalen. 18 September 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase draw, quarter-final and semi-final draw". UEFA. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  9. ^ "2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League and new UEFA Women's Europa Cup: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  10. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League – Top Scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
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