2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League

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 22–24 May 2026.

2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo will host the final.
Dates	30 July 2025 – 22, 23 or 24 May 2026
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo will host the final.

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.

As this season will be the first year that UEFA Women's Europa Cup are going to be played, thus no title holders from previous season existing, 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 (CP) 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		22–24 May 2026 at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Qualifying rounds

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

First qualifying round

Champions Path

Tournament 1 Hosted by Racing Union.   Semi-finals Final                 30 July     Racing Union (a.e.t.) 5   2 August   AEK Athens 3   Racing Union 2   30 July   Riga FC 1   Flora 1     Riga FC 4   Third place     2 August     AEK Athens 1     Flora 0

Tournament 2 Hosted by Spartak Myjava.   Semi-finals Final                 30 July     Agarista Anenii Noi 0   2 August   Swieqi United 5   Swieqi United 1   30 July   Spartak Myjava (a.e.t.) 2   Spartak Myjava 3     Budućnost Podgorica 0   Third place     2 August     Agarista Anenii Noi 0     Budućnost Podgorica 3

Tournament 3 Hosted by Ljuboten.   Semi-finals Final                 30 July     Ljuboten 4   2 August   NSÍ Runavík 1   Ljuboten 4   30 July   Pyunik 0   NSA Sofia 0     Pyunik 1   Third place     2 August     NSÍ Runavík 4     NSA Sofia 0

Tournament 4 Hosted in a neutral venue.   Semi-finals Final                       2 August     Kiryat Gat 1   30 July   ABB Fomget 3   ABB Fomget 2     Neftchi Baku 0

Tournament 5 Hosted by Athlone Town.   Semi-finals Final                       2 August     Agram 0   30 July   Athlone Town 3   Cardiff City 0     Athlone Town 4

Tournament 6 Hosted by Mitrovica.   Semi-finals Final                       2 August     Lanchkhuti 2   30 July   Cliftonville 1   Mitrovica 1     Cliftonville (a.e.t.) 3

Second qualifying round

Champions Path

Tournament 1 Hosted by Mura.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Mura   30 August   Spartak Myjava     27 August     BIIK Shymkent     GKS Katowice   Third place     30 August

Tournament 2 Hosted by Apollon Ladies.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Apollon Ladies   30 August   Young Boys     27 August     Fortuna Hjørring     Hibernian   Third place     30 August

Tournament 3 Hosted by OH Leuven.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     SFK 2000   30 August   OH Leuven     27 August     Rosengård     Ljuboten   Third place     30 August

Tournament 4 Hosted by Vllaznia.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Ferencváros   30 August   Racing Union     27 August     Vllaznia     Dinamo Minsk   Third place     30 August

Tournament 5 Hosted by Gintra.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Gintra   30 August   Farul Constanța     27 August     Vorskla Poltava     Lanchkhuti   Third place     30 August

Tournament 6 Hosted by Twente.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Twente   30 August   Red Star Belgrade     27 August     Breiðablik     Athlone Town   Third place     30 August

Tournament 7 Hosted by HJK.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Slavia Prague   30 August   ABB Fomget     27 August     Vålerenga     HJK   Third place     30 August

League Path

Tournament 1 Hosted by Hammarby.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Hammarby   30 August   Metalist 1925 Kharkiv     27 August     Manchester United     PSV Eindhoven   Third place     30 August

Tournament 2 Hosted by Sparta Prague.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Roma   30 August   Aktobe     27 August     Sparta Prague     Nordsjælland   Third place     30 August

Tournament 3 Hosted by Inter Milan.   Semi-finals Final                 27 August     Valur   30 August   Braga     27 August     Brann     Inter Milan   Third place     30 August

Tournament 4 Hosted by Austria Wien.   Semi-finals Final                       30 August     FC Minsk   27 August     Glasgow City     Austria Wien

Third qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
	Match 1		11 Sep	18 Sep
	Match 2		11 Sep	18 Sep
	Match 3		11 Sep	18 Sep
	Match 4		11 Sep	18 Sep
League Path
	Match 1		11 Sep	18 Sep
	Match 2		11 Sep	18 Sep
	Match 3		11 Sep	18 Sep
	Match 4		11 Sep	18 Sep
	Match 5		11 Sep	18 Sep

League phase

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

London

Lyon

PSG

Bayern

Wolfsburg

Juventus

Benfica

Barcelona

London teams
Arsenal
Chelsea

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

As of 18 May 2025, 9 out of 18 teams have qualified for the league phase:

• Arsenal
• Chelsea
• Lyon
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Bayern Munich
• Wolfsburg
• Juventus
• Benfica
• Barcelona

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Barcelona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Benfica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to the knockout phase play-offs
6	Juventus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Lyon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Paris Saint-Germain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	VfL Wolfsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 7–8 October 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Results

See also

• 2025–26 UEFA Champions League
• 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup