2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League

The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 15th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the third edition to feature a 16-team group stage.

2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League

The San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 6 September – 19 October 2023 Competition proper: 14 November 2023 – 25 May 2024
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 70 (from 49 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (3rd title)
Runners-up	Lyon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	192 (3.15 per match)
Attendance	563,136 (9,232 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kadidiatou Diani (Lyon) (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1]
Best young player	Melchie Dumornay (Lyon)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The final was held at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain.

Barcelona were the defending champions and defended their title with a 2–0 win over Lyon in home-country venues.^[2]

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[3][4]

• Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–16 each had two teams qualify.
• All other associations, if they entered, each had one team qualify.
• The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2023–24 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 2022–23, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organized 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 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22.^[5]

Association ranking for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1  France 88.333 3 2  Germany 75.666 3  Spain 66.166 4  England 66.000 5  Sweden 34.166 6  Czech Republic 33.833 7  Italy 29.500 2 8  Denmark 27.750 9  Netherlands 24.500 10  Iceland 24.250 11  Kazakhstan 23.000 12  Norway 22.500 13  Scotland 22.000 14  Belarus 19.500 15  Ukraine 18.500 16  Austria 18.500 17  Portugal 18.000 1 18  Switzerland 17.500 19  Lithuania 15.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20  Cyprus 15.000 1 21  Russia 14.250 0 [Note RUS] 22  Serbia 14.000 1 23  Albania 12.000 24  Belgium 12.000 25  Poland 11.000 26  Finland 9.500 27  Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.500 28  Hungary 9.000 29  Romania 9.000 30  Croatia 8.500 31  Greece 8.000 32  Turkey 8.000 33  Republic of Ireland 7.500 34  Slovenia 7.000 35  Bulgaria 6.000 36  Kosovo 5.500 37  Slovakia 5.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 37  Estonia 5.500 1 39  Montenegro 5.000 40  Wales 4.500 41  Georgia 4.000 42  Israel 4.000 43  Northern Ireland 3.500 44  Luxembourg 3.000 45  Faroe Islands 3.000 46  Malta 2.500 47  Latvia 2.000 47  North Macedonia 2.000 47  Moldova 2.000 47  Armenia 2.000 0 DNE NR  Azerbaijan —  Gibraltar —  Andorra — 0 NL  Liechtenstein —  San Marino —

Distribution

Access list for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League^[6]

	Path	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Round 1 (Mini-tournament) (57 teams)	Champions path (41 teams)	41 champions from associations 8–49 (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 (24 teams)	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 Barcelona)	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

Since the Champions League title holders Barcelona have qualified via their domestic leagues, the following changes to the access list have been made:

• The champions of association 4 (England) enter the group stage instead of Round 2 (Champions Path).
• The champions of association 7 (Italy) enter Round 2 instead of Round 1 (Champions Path).

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

The two qualifying rounds, round 1 and round 2, were divided into Champions Path (CP) and League Path (LP).

UEFA women's club coefficients.^[7]

Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League

Entry round		Teams
Group stage		Barcelona (1st)TH	Lyon (1st)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Chelsea (1st)
Round 2	CP	Rosengård (1st)	Slavia Prague (1st)	Roma (1st)
	LP	Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)	Wolfsburg (2nd)	Real Madrid (2nd)	Manchester United (2nd)
		BK Häcken (2nd)	Sparta Prague (2nd)
Round 1	CP	Køge (1st)	Ajax (1st)	Valur (1st)	BIIK Shymkent (1st)
		Brann (1st)	Glasgow City (1st)	Dinamo Minsk (1st)	Vorskla Poltava (1st)
		St. Pölten (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Zürich (1st)	Gintra (1st)
		Apollon Ladies (1st)	Spartak Subotica (1st)	Vllaznia (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)
		Katowice (1st)	KuPS (1st)	SFK 2000 (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)
		U Olimpia Cluj (1st)	Osijek (1st)	PAOK (1st)	Fomget Gençlik (1st)
		Shelbourne (1st)	Mura (1st)	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora (1st)	EP-COM Hajvalia (1st)
		Spartak Myjava (1st)	Flora (1st)	Breznica (1st)	Cardiff City (1st)
		Samegrelo (1st)	Kiryat Gat (1st)	Cliftonville (1st)	Racing Union (1st)
		KÍ (1st)	Birkirkara (1st)	Agarista Anenii Noi (1st)	SFK Rīga (1st)
		Ljuboten (1st)
	LP	Paris FC (3rd)	Eintracht Frankfurt (3rd)	Levante (3rd)	Arsenal (3rd)
		Linköping (3rd)	Slovácko (3rd)	Juventus (2nd)	Brøndby (2nd)
		Twente (2nd)	Stjarnan (2nd)	Okzhetpes (2nd)	Vålerenga (2nd)
		Celtic (2nd)	FC Minsk (2nd)	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (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.^[8]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[6]

Schedule for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First round	30 June 2023	6 September 2023 (semi-finals)	9 September 2023 (third-place play-off & final)
	Second round	15 September 2023	10–11 October 2023	18–19 October 2023
Group stage	Matchday 1	20 October 2023	14–15 November 2023
	Matchday 2		22–23 November 2023
	Matchday 3		13–14 December 2023
	Matchday 4		20–21 December 2023
	Matchday 5		24–25 January 2024
	Matchday 6		30–31 January 2024
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	6 February 2024	19–20 March 2024	27–28 March 2024
	Semi-finals		20–21 April 2024	27–28 April 2024
	Final		25 May 2024 at San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

Round 1

A total of 57 teams played in Round 1.^[9]

Champions Path

Tournament 1 Hosted by U Olimpia Cluj.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Ferencváros 2 (1)   9 September   Kiryat Gat (p) 2 (3)   Kiryat Gat 0 (3)   6 September   U Olimpia Cluj (p) 0 (4)   U Olimpia Cluj 6     Spartak Myjava 2   Third place     9 September     Ferencváros 7     Spartak Myjava 0

Tournament 2 Hosted by SFK 2000.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Vorskla Poltava (a.e.t.) 4   9 September   Flora 3   Vorskla Poltava 3   6 September   Osijek 0   SFK 2000 0     Osijek 4   Third place     9 September     Flora 3     SFK 2000 5

Tournament 3 Hosted by Mura.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Apollon Ladies 9   9 September   Ljuboten 0   Apollon Ladies 3   6 September   Samegrelo 0   Mura 0 (4)     Samegrelo (p) 0 (5)   Third place     9 September     Ljuboten 1     Mura 7

Tournament 4 Hosted by Køge.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Spartak Subotica 7   9 September   KÍ 0   Spartak Subotica 2   6 September   KuPS 1   Køge 1     KuPS 2   Third place     9 September     KÍ 1     Køge 3

Tournament 5 Hosted by Katowice.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Brann 5   9 September   Lokomotiv Stara Zagora 0   Brann 3   6 September   Anderlecht 0   Anderlecht 5     Katowice 0   Third place     9 September     Lokomotiv Stara Zagora 0 (1)     Katowice (p) 0 (3)

Tournament 6 Hosted by Benfica.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     BIIK Shymkent 0   9 September   SFK Rīga 1   SFK Rīga 0   6 September   Benfica 4   Benfica 8     Cliftonville 1   Third place     9 September     BIIK Shymkent 4     Cliftonville 2

Tournament 7 Hosted by Vllaznia.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Valur 2   9 September   Fomget Gençlik 1   Valur 2   6 September   Vllaznia 1   Vllaznia 4     EP-COM Hajvalia 2   Third place     9 September     Fomget Gençlik 6     EP-COM Hajvalia 0

Tournament 8 Hosted by Gintra.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Glasgow City 2   9 September   Shelbourne 0   Glasgow City 3   6 September   Gintra 0   Gintra 2     Cardiff City 0   Third place     9 September     Shelbourne 3     Cardiff City 0

Tournament 9 Hosted by St. Pölten.   Semi-finals Final                       9 September     St. Pölten 3   6 September   PAOK 0   PAOK 6     Racing Union 1

Tournament 10 Hosted by Agarista Anenii Noi.   Semi-finals Final                       9 September     Ajax 3   6 September   Dinamo Minsk 0   Dinamo Minsk 9     Agarista Anenii Noi 0

Tournament 11 Hosted by Birkirkara.   Semi-finals Final                       9 September     Zürich 3   6 September   Birkirkara 1   Breznica 0     Birkirkara 1

League Path

Tournament 1 Hosted by Twente.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Levante 4   9 September   Stjarnan 0   Levante 2   6 September   Twente 3   Twente 6     Sturm Graz 0   Third place     9 September     Stjarnan (p) 0 (7)     Sturm Graz 0 (6)

Tournament 2 Hosted by Eintracht Frankfurt.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Juventus 6   9 September   Okzhetpes 0   Juventus 1 (4)   6 September   Eintracht Frankfurt (p) 1 (5)   Eintracht Frankfurt 1     Slovácko 0   Third place     9 September     Okzhetpes 0     Slovácko 3

Tournament 3 Hosted by Linköping.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Arsenal 3   9 September   Linköping 0   Arsenal 3 (2)   6 September   Paris FC (p) 3 (4)   Paris FC 4     Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0   Third place     9 September     Linköping 3     Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0

Tournament 4 Hosted by Vålerenga.   Semi-finals Final                 6 September     Brøndby 0   9 September   Celtic 1   Celtic 2 (10)   6 September   Vålerenga (p) 2 (11)   FC Minsk 1     Vålerenga 3   Third place     9 September     Brøndby 2     FC Minsk 1

Round 2

Seeding

A total of 24 teams played in Round 2. The draw took place on 15 September 2023.^[10][11] The first legs were played on 10 and 11 October, and the second legs on 18 October 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.

Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Ladies	0–11	Benfica	0–7	0–4
Zürich	0–8	Ajax	0–6	0–2
Roma	9–1	Vorskla Poltava	3–0	6–1
Valur	1–4	St. Pölten	0–4	1–0
Slavia Prague	11–0	U Olimpia Cluj	5–0	6–0
Glasgow City	0–6	Brann	0–4	0–2
Spartak Subotica	2–7	Rosengård	1–2	1–5

League Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BK Häcken	4–3	Twente	2–2	2–1
Real Madrid	5–1	Vålerenga	2–1	3–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	8–0	Sparta Prague	5–0	3–0
Paris FC	5–3	VfL Wolfsburg	3–3	2–0
Manchester United	2–4	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	1–3

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage

The draw was held 20 October 2023 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.^[12]

St. Pölten

Slavia

Chelsea

Lyon

Paris

Bayern

Frankfurt

Roma

Ajax

Brann

Benfica

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Häcken

Rosengård

Paris teams
Paris SG
Paris FC

Location of teams of the 2023–24 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		BAR	BEN	FRA	ROS
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	27	5	+22	16	Advance to quarter-finals		—	5–0	2–0	7–0
2	Benfica	6	2	3	1	9	12	−3	9			4–4	—	1–0	1–0
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7			1–3	1–1	—	5–0
4	Rosengård	6	0	1	5	3	23	−20	1			0–6	2–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LYO	BRA	PRA	PÖL
1	Lyon	6	4	2	0	25	5	+20	14	Advance to quarter-finals		—	3–1	2–2	2–0
2	Brann	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13			2–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Slavia Prague	6	1	2	3	3	13	−10	5			0–9	0–1	—	1–0
4	St. Pölten	6	0	1	5	2	14	−12	1			0–7	1–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PSG	AJA	BAY	ROM
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	3–1	0–1	2–1
2	Ajax	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10			2–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Bayern Munich	6	1	4	1	8	8	0	7			2–2	1–1	—	2–2
4	Roma	6	1	2	3	10	11	−1	5			1–3	3–0	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	HAC	PFC	RMA
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Advance to quarter-finals		—	0–0	4–1	2–1
2	BK Häcken	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1	11			1–3	—	0–0	2–1
3	Paris FC	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7			0–4	1–2	—	2–1
4	Real Madrid	6	0	1	5	5	10	−5	1			2–2	0–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Brann	1	1	2
	Barcelona	2	3	5
							Barcelona	0	2	2
							Chelsea	1	0	1
	Ajax	0	1	1
													25 May – Bilbao
	Chelsea	3	1	4
													Barcelona	2
													Lyon	0
	Benfica	1	1	2
	Lyon	2	4	6
							Lyon	3	2	5
							Paris Saint-Germain	2	1	3
	Häcken	1	0	1
	Paris Saint-Germain	2	3	5

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 February 2024.^[13] The first legs were played on 19 and 20 March, and the second legs on 27 and 28 March 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	2–5	Barcelona	1–2	1–3
Benfica	2–6	Lyon	1–2	1–4
Ajax	1–4	Chelsea	0–3	1–1
Häcken	1–5	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	0–3

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 6 February 2024 (after the quarter-final draw). The first legs were played on 20 April, and the second legs on 27 and 28 April 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	2–1	Chelsea	0–1	2–0
Lyon	5–3	Paris Saint-Germain	3–2	2–1

Final

Main article: 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final

The final was played on 25 May 2024 at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao. A draw was held on 6 February 2024 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)

18:00 UTC+2

Barcelona	2–0	Lyon
Bonmatí 63' Putellas 90+5'	Report

San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Attendance: 50,827^[14]

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[15]
1	Kadidiatou Diani	Lyon	8
2	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain	7
3	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona	6
	Salma Paralluelo	Barcelona
5	Marie-Yasmine Alidou	Benfica	5
	Tabitha Chawinga	Paris Saint-Germain
	Caroline Graham Hansen	Barcelona
	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon
	Sam Kerr	Chelsea
10	Sara Däbritz	Lyon	4
	Valentina Giacinti	Roma
	Manuela Giugliano	Roma
	Patricia Guijarro	Barcelona
	Rosa Kafaji	BK Häcken
	Amel Majri	Lyon

Team of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.^[16]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Christiane Endler	Lyon
DF	Lucy Bronze	Barcelona
	Irene Paredes	Barcelona
	Jess Carter	Chelsea
	Selma Bacha	Lyon
MF	Patricia Guijarro	Barcelona
	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
	Lindsey Horan	Lyon
FW	Caroline Graham Hansen	Barcelona
	Tabitha Chawinga	Paris Saint-Germain
	Kadidiatou Diani	Lyon

Player of the season

• Aitana Bonmatí ( Barcelona)^[1][17]

Young player of the season

• Melchie Dumornay ( Lyon)^[18]

See also

• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League