2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final

The 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 21st season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match was played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy on 21 May 2022,^[5][6][7] between Spanish club Barcelona and French club Lyon, a repeat of the 2019 final.

2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final

Match programme cover
Event	2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League
Barcelona Lyon 1 3
Date	21 May 2022 (2022-05-21)
Venue	Juventus Stadium, Turin
Player of the Match	Amandine Henry (Lyon)[1]
Referee	Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)[2]
Attendance	32,257[3]
Weather	Sunny 32 °C (90 °F) 43% humidity[4]
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View of the stadium during the match.

Lyon won the match 3–1 for their record-extending eighth UEFA Women's Champions League title.^[8]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Barcelona	2 (2019, 2021)
Lyon	9 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Venue

The Juventus Stadium in Turin hosted the final.

The Juventus Stadium was selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 March 2020.^[9]

The match was the first UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League final to be held in Turin, and the second in Italy after the 2016 final, held in Reggio Emilia. The match was the second UEFA club competition final to be held at the stadium, having previously hosted the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final. It was also the seventh UEFA club competition final to be held in Turin, having hosted four other UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (holding a leg in 1977, 1990, 1992 and 1993), as well as the 1984 European Super Cup.^[10]

As the host federation, FIGC later announced that the 32,257 spectators in attendance generated €290,000 in stadium revenue (ticketing + hospitality), representing the highest-revenue women's sporting event in Italy to that point.^[11]

Route to the final

Further information: 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Barcelona				Round	Lyon
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Arsenal	4–1 (H)			Matchday 1	BK Häcken	3–0 (A)
Køge	2–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Benfica	5–0 (H)
1899 Hoffenheim	4–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Bayern Munich	2–1 (H)
1899 Hoffenheim	5–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Bayern Munich	0–1 (A)
Arsenal	4–0 (A)			Matchday 5	Benfica	5–0 (A)
Køge	5–0 (H)			Matchday 6	BK Häcken	4–0 (H)
Group C winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Barcelona 6 18 2 Arsenal 6 9 3 1899 Hoffenheim 6 9 4 Køge 6 0 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Lyon 6 15 2 Bayern Munich 6 13 3 Benfica 6 4 4 BK Häcken 6 3 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	8–3	3–1 (A)	5–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	Juventus	4–3	1–2 (A)	3–1 (H)
VfL Wolfsburg	5–3	5–1 (H)	0–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	5–3	3–2 (H)	2–1 (A)

Pre-match

Finnish referee Lina Lehtovaara (right) officiated the final.

Officials

On 11 May 2022, UEFA named Finnish official Lina Lehtovaara as the referee for the final.^[12] Lehtovaara had been a FIFA referee since 2009, and was previously the fourth official in the 2010 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. She served as a fourth official at UEFA Women's Euro 2017, and was selected as a referee for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. She officiated three prior matches in the 2021–22 Women's Champions League season, with two matches in the group stage and one quarter-final leg. She was joined by Chrysoula Kourompylia of Greece and Karolin Kaivoja of Estonia as assistant referees. Czech referee Jana Adámková served as the fourth official, with her compatriot Lucie Ratajová working as the reserve assistant referee. Portuguese referees Tiago Martins and João Pinheiro worked as the VAR and assistant VAR officials, respectively, while Paolo Valeri of Italy was the support VAR.^[2]

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 20 December 2021, 13:00 CET (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

21 May 2022 (2022-05-21)

19:00 UTC+2

Barcelona	1–3	Lyon
Putellas 41'	Report	Henry 6' Hegerberg 23' Macario 33'

Juventus Stadium, Turin

Attendance: 32,257^[3]

Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Barcelona[4]

Lyon[4]

GK 1 Sandra Paños RB 8 Marta Torrejón  59' CB 2 Irene Paredes  85' CB 4 María Pilar León  33' LB 16 Fridolina Rolfö  75' CM 14 Aitana Bonmatí CM 12 Patricia Guijarro CM 11 Alexia Putellas (c) RF 7 Caroline Graham Hansen CF 10 Jennifer Hermoso  46' LF 9 Mariona Caldentey  59' Substitutes: GK 24 Gemma Font GK 30 Meritxell Muñoz DF 5 Melanie Serrano DF 15 Leila Ouahabi DF 17 Andrea Pereira MF 23 Ingrid Syrstad Engen FW 6 Clàudia Pina  75' FW 18 Ana-Maria Crnogorčević  59' FW 20 Asisat Oshoala  46' FW 22 Lieke Martens  59' Manager: Jonatan Giráldez  80'

GK 1 Christiane Endler RB 12 Ellie Carpenter  14' CB 3 Wendie Renard (c) CB 29 Griedge Mbock Bathy  81' LB 4 Selma Bacha CM 26 Lindsey Horan CM 6 Amandine Henry CM 13 Catarina Macario  64' RF 20 Delphine Cascarino  81' CF 14 Ada Hegerberg  45+3' LF 28 Melvine Malard  72' Substitutes: GK 16 Sarah Bouhaddi GK 40 Emma Holmgren DF 5 Perle Morroni  90+4'  81' DF 18 Alice Sombath DF 21 Kadeisha Buchanan  14' DF 23 Janice Cayman  81' MF 8 Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir MF 11 Damaris Egurrola MF 17 Daniëlle van de Donk FW 9 Eugénie Le Sommer  72' FW 19 Emelyne Laurent FW 25 Inès Benyahia Manager: Sonia Bompastor

Player of the Match: Amandine Henry (Lyon)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Chrysoula Kourompylia (Greece) Karolin Kaivoja (Estonia) Fourth official:[2] Jana Adámková (Czech Republic) Reserve assistant referee:[2] Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic) Video assistant referee:[2] Tiago Martins (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referee:[2] João Pinheiro (Portugal) Support video assistant referee:[2] Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Match rules[13] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Statistics

First half[14] Statistic Barcelona Lyon Goals scored 1 3 Total shots 5 9 Shots on target 2 4 Saves 1 1 Ball possession 56% 44% Corner kicks 3 1 Fouls committed 2 2 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half[14] Statistic Barcelona Lyon Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 10 4 Shots on target 1 1 Saves 1 1 Ball possession 62% 38% Corner kicks 1 0 Fouls committed 3 4 Offsides 4 0 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall[14] Statistic Barcelona Lyon Goals scored 1 3 Total shots 15 13 Shots on target 3 5 Saves 2 2 Ball possession 59% 41% Corner kicks 4 1 Fouls committed 5 6 Offsides 5 1 Yellow cards 3 3 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2021–22 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season
• 2021–22 FC Barcelona Femení season
• 2022 UEFA Champions League final
• 2022 UEFA Europa League final
• 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final
• 2022 UEFA Super Cup
• Played between same clubs:
• 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League final
• 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.