UEFA announces new Women’s Champions League format, second-tier competition

The Women’s Champions League will follow the “Swiss model” from the 2025-2026 season, while the UEFA will also launch a new second-tier competition, the UEFA announced Saturday after an Executive Committee meeting in Hamburg, Germany. “The UEFA Executive Committee approved a new format for the UEFA Women’s Champions League, consisting of an 18-team league phase with three home and three …

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Barcelona win UEFA Women’s Champions League Final 3-2 After Unbelievable Comeback

Barcelona FC are the champions of Europe after an unbelievable second-half comeback in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final against Wolfsburg. The German side was up 2-0 at half-time after Ewa Pajor scored in the 3rd and Alexandra Popp in the 37th minute, and things looked grim for Barcelona, though they had dominated possession in the first half. But five …

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Arsenal will play 5 WSL fixtures at the Emirates Stadium next season

Arsenal will play five Women’s Super League games at the Emirates Stadium next year, it was announced May 10. Should they qualify for the group stage of the Champions League, they are also committed to hosting any fixtures from that point on in the Emirates, which seats 60,704. Arsenal played three WSL fixtures in the stadium this season, setting a …

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10 years on, Wolfsburg and Arsenal play each other in front of a crowd 40 times as large

Arsenal fans (and Katie McCabe fans) may be hurting after losing to 2-3 to Wolfsburg in the semifinal of the Women’s Champion League, the second time in a row they’ve been knocked out by the European champs of 2013 and 2014. But even for the disappointed side, there’s a lot to celebrate: the match, which sold out London’s Emirates stadium, …

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