UEFA Women's Champions League 2020/21

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UEFA Women's Champions League 2020/21
UEFA Women's Champions League logo
Cup winners FC Barcelona (1st title)
Beginning 4th November 2020
final May 16, 2021
Final stadium Gamla Ullevi , Gothenburg
Teams 32 (62 with qualification)
Games 60
Gates 201  (ø 3.35 per game)
Top scorer Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona), Fran Kirby (Chelsea) (6 goals each)
← UEFA Women's Champions League 2019/20
The final was played at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg .

The 2020/21 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 20th edition of the European championship competition for women's football clubs and the twelfth under this name. 62 teams from 50 countries competed for the title. The competition began with the first games of the qualifying round on November 3, 2020 and ended with the final on May 16, 2021, for which Gamla Ullevi in the second largest Swedish city ​​of Gothenburg was selected.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the qualifying round has been postponed to November and the format of this round has been changed from mini-tournaments to the simple knockout system .

The defending champions were the women of Olympique Lyon , who last won the title five times in a row and for the seventh time in total. However, they were eliminated this season in the quarter-finals against their national league rivals from Paris Saint-Germain , who in turn failed one round later to the new titleholders of FC Barcelona .

Teams

62 clubs from 50 nations took part in the 2020/21 UEFA Women's Champions League. This included the champions and runners-up of the twelve strongest nations as well as the national champions of other UEFA members. The UEFA five-year rating was used to determine the top twelve national associations . The national champions of the twelve strongest associations - including the defending champion - as well as the runners-up of the eight strongest national associations received a bye and only intervened in the sixteenth-finals in the competition. The remaining national champions and the remaining four runners-up had to first take part in a qualifying round.

mode

First, the clubs from the worst-placed associations played the participants for the main round in a qualifying round, in which 22 other clubs were added. The games from the main round up to and including the semi-finals were played in home and return matches. The team that scored more goals in both games advanced to the next round. If both teams scored the same number of goals, the number of away goals decided. If the number of away goals was the same, the second leg was extended. If both teams scored the same number of goals in extra time, the away team won due to the more away goals scored. If no goals were scored, the match was decided on penalties. The final was decided in one game. In the event of a tie, extra time followed and then, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule

round draw First leg Return leg
Qualifying round 1 October 22, 2020 3-4 November 2020
Qualifying round 2 November 6, 2020 18. – 19. November 2020
Round of 16 November 24, 2020 8th-9th December 2020 15-16 December 2020
Round of 16 February 16, 2021 3-4 March 2021 10-11. March 2021
Quarter finals March 12, 2021 23–24 March 2021 March 31 - April 1, 2021
Semifinals 24.-25. April 2021 1st – 2nd May 2021
final May 16, 2021

qualification

First round

The draw was influenced by COVID-19 travel restrictions and geographic proximity, among other things. The winners were determined in a single game. Up to five players were allowed to be replaced, and a sixth player in the event of overtime.

Result
CSKA Moscow RussiaRussia 2-0 EstoniaEstonia FC Flora Tallinn
FK Minsk BelarusBelarus 3-0 LatviaLatvia FK RFS
Spartak Subotica SerbiaSerbia 4-0 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi
ŽNK Pomurje Beltinci SloveniaSlovenia 3-0 MontenegroMontenegro ŽFK Breznica
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv UkraineUkraine 9: 0 ArmeniaArmenia FC Alashkert
Oqschetpes Kokshetau KazakhstanKazakhstan 1: 2 a.d. GeorgiaGeorgia WFC Lanchkhuti
Valur Reykjavík IcelandIceland 3-0 FinlandFinland HJK Helsinki
Vålerenga Oslo NorwayNorway 7-0 FaroeseFaroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík
Górnik Łęczna PolandPoland 4: 1 CroatiaCroatia ŽNK Split
Apollon Limassol Cyprus RepublicRepublic of cyprus 3-0 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City
Gintra Universitetas LithuaniaLithuania 4-0 SlovakiaSlovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Ferencváros Budapest HungaryHungary 6: 1 LuxembourgLuxembourg RFC Union Luxembourg
SKN St. Pölten AustriaAustria 2-0 KosovoKosovo KFF Mitrovica
FC NSA Sofia BulgariaBulgaria 3: 1 North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia FK Sasa
RSC Anderlecht BelgiumBelgium 8-0 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Linfield FC
Glasgow City FC ScotlandScotland 0: 0 n.v.
(6: 5 in good condition) 		IrelandIreland Peamount United
PAOK Thessaloniki GreeceGreece 1: 3 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon
FCU Olimpia Cluj RomaniaRomania 2: 1 MaltaMalta FC Birkirkara
KS Vllaznia Shkodra AlbaniaAlbania 3: 3 n.V.
(3: 2 in good.) 		TurkeyTurkey ALG Spor
SFK 2000 Sarajevo Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 4-0 IsraelIsrael FC Ramat Hasharon

Second round

There was a new draw for the winners of the first round. The winners of this round qualified for the knockout games.

Result
Górnik Łęczna  PolandPoland 2: 1 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of cyprus Apollon Limassol
ŽNK Pomurje Beltinci  SloveniaSlovenia 4: 1 HungaryHungary Ferencváros Budapest
FC NSA Sofia  BulgariaBulgaria 0: 7 SerbiaSerbia Spartak Subotica
Valur Reykjavík  IcelandIceland 1: 1 a.d.
(3: 4 in good condition) 		ScotlandScotland Glasgow City FC
KS Vllaznia Shkodra  AlbaniaAlbania 0: 2 BelarusBelarus FK Minsk
Gintra Universitetas  LithuaniaLithuania 0: 7 NorwayNorway  Vålerenga Oslo
RSC Anderlecht  BelgiumBelgium 1: 2 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon
SFK 2000 Sarajevo  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 0: 2 UkraineUkraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
SKN St. Pölten  AustriaAustria 1-0 RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow
FCU Olimpia Cluj  RomaniaRomania 0: 1 GeorgiaGeorgia WFC Lanchkhuti

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The ten winners of the qualification joined the 22 directly qualified teams, including the defending champion. The 16 teams with the best club coefficient in the UEFA five-year ranking were seeded in the draw, could not meet in the round of 32 and had home rights in the second leg. As the only qualifier, Glasgow City FC made it into this lottery pot 1.

From this round onwards, the games were decided on a round trip. The game was played on 9./10. and 15.-17. December.

total First leg Return leg
SKN St. Pölten AustriaAustria 3-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Zurich 2-0 1-0
Juventus Turin ItalyItaly 2: 6 FranceFrance Olympique Lyon 2: 3 0: 3
ŽNK Pomurje Beltinci SloveniaSlovenia 2: 6 DenmarkDenmark Fortuna Hjørring 0: 3 2: 3
PSV Eindhoven NetherlandsNetherlands 2: 8 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 1: 4 1: 4
WFC Lanchkhuti GeorgiaGeorgia 0:17 SwedenSweden FC Rosengård 0: 7 0:10
Spartak Subotica SerbiaSerbia 0: 7 GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 0: 5 0: 2
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv UkraineUkraine (a)2: 2 ( a ) KazakhstanKazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt 2: 1 0: 1
FK Minsk BelarusBelarus 1: 2 NorwayNorway Lillestrøm SK Kvinner 0: 2 1-0
Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC SwedenSweden 1: 5 EnglandEngland Manchester city 1: 2 0: 3
AC Florence ItalyItaly 3: 2 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Slavia Prague 2: 2 1-0
Vålerenga Oslo NorwayNorway 5: 6 n.e. DenmarkDenmark Brøndby IF - 1 1: 1 n.V.
(4: 5 in good.)
Górnik Łęczna PolandPoland 1: 8 FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain 0: 2 1: 6
Sparta Prague Czech RepublicCzech Republic 3: 1 ScotlandScotland Glasgow City FC 2: 1 1-0
Benfica Lisbon PortugalPortugal 0: 8 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 0: 5 0: 3
Ajax Amsterdam NetherlandsNetherlands 1: 6 GermanyGermany Bayern Munich 1: 3 0: 3
Servette Chenois SwitzerlandSwitzerland 2: 9 SpainSpain Atlético Madrid 2: 4 0: 5
1The games Vålerenga Oslo against Brøndby IF were canceled after a positive COVID-19 test by a Danish player and postponed to February 7 and 14, 2021. At the end of January the game in Norway was canceled without replacement and it was decided that the match would be decided in just one game on February 11 in Brøndby.

Round of 16

The draw took place on February 16, 2021. The 16 qualified teams were divided into two pots based on their UEFA coefficient; the best eight (Lyon, Barcelona, ​​Wolfsburg, Paris, Munich, Manchester, Chelsea and Rosengård) could not meet in this round, neither could members of the same national association. The hosts of the first leg were also drawn this time.

The round of 16 games were on 3/4. and 10./11. March 2021. However, due to the current pandemic situation in the Czech Republic , the clash between Prague and Paris was subsequently exchanged and postponed.

total First leg Return leg
VfL Wolfsburg GermanyGermany 4-0 NorwayNorway Lillestrøm SK Kvinner 2-0 2-0
FC Barcelona SpainSpain 9: 0 DenmarkDenmark Fortuna Hjørring 4-0 5-0
FC Rosengård SwedenSweden 4: 2 AustriaAustria SKN St. Pölten 2: 2 2-0
BIIK Kazygurt KazakhstanKazakhstan 1: 9 GermanyGermany Bayern Munich 1: 6 0: 3
Manchester city EnglandEngland 8-0 ItalyItaly AC Florence 3-0 5-0
Paris Saint-Germain FranceFrance 5: 3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague 5-0 0: 3 2
Olympique Lyon FranceFrance 5: 1 DenmarkDenmark Brøndby IF 2-0 3: 1
Chelsea FC EnglandEngland 3: 1 SpainSpain Atlético Madrid 2-0 1: 1
2PSG were unable to play for their second leg in Prague because the entire squad was quarantined for a week from March 13. The game was rated 3-0 for Prague.

Quarter finals

The games were held on March 24th and March 31st / March 1st. April, with the exception of the postponed game.

total First leg Return leg
Bayern Munich  GermanyGermany 4-0 SwedenSweden  FC Rosengård 3-0 1-0
Paris Saint-Germain  FranceFrance 2: 2 ( a ) FranceFrance  Olympique Lyon 0: 1 2: 1
FC Barcelona  SpainSpain 4: 2 EnglandEngland  Manchester city 3-0 1: 2
Chelsea FC  EnglandEngland 5: 1 GermanyGermany  VfL Wolfsburg 2: 1 3-0

Due to intra-European entry restrictions, three games were moved to a neutral location: Barcelona received Manchester in Monza , Wolfsburg and Chelsea met at both games in Budapest . The second leg between Lyon and Paris had to be postponed to April 18th due to several positive tests at the defending champion.

Semifinals

The games were played on April 25th and May 2nd.

total First leg Return leg
Paris Saint-Germain  FranceFrance 2: 3 SpainSpain  FC Barcelona 1: 1 1: 2
Bayern Munich GermanyGermany 3: 5 EnglandEngland  Chelsea FC 2: 1 1: 4

final

Chelsea FC FC Barcelona
Chelsea FC
May 16, 2021 in Gothenburg ( Gamla Ullevi )
Result: 0: 4 (0: 4)
Spectators: none
Referee: Riem Hussein ( Germany) GermanyGermany
FC Barcelona


Ann-Katrin Berger - Niamh Charles , Millie Bright , Magdalena Eriksson , Jessica Carter - Melanie Leupolz (46th Guro riding ), Sophie Ingle , Ji So-yun (73rd Erin Cuthbert ) - Fran Kirby , Pernille Harder , Samantha Kerr (73rd . Beth England ) Head coach: Emma Hayes(C)Captain of the crew
 Sandra Paños - Marta Torrejón (82nd Ana Maria Crnogorčević ), Patricia Guijarro , Maria León , Leila Ouahabi (82nd Melanie Serrano ) - Aitana Bonmati , Kheira Hamraoui , Alexia Putellas (71st Vicky Losada ) - Caroline Graham Hansen (62nd Mariona Caldentey ), Jennifer Hermoso (71st Asisat Oshoala ), Lieke Martens head coach: Lluís Cortés(C)Captain of the crew
Own goal0: 1 Leupolz (1st, own goal)
goal0: 2 Putellas (14th, penalty)
goal0: 3 Bonmati (20th)
goal0: 4 Graham Hansen (36th)
yellow cards Ingle (38.) yellow cards Ouahabi (69.)

Best goalscorers

Below are the top goalscorers of this Champions League season (including qualification). They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits and if the number of goals is the same. A "-" means that the respective player was not represented in the relevant phase of the competition.

rank Player club Gates
qualification Final round total
1 SpainSpain Jennifer Hermoso FC Barcelona - 6th 6th
EnglandEngland Fran Kirby Chelsea FC - 6th 6th
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Lieke Martens FC Barcelona - 5 5
United StatesUnited States Samantha Mewis Manchester city - 5 5
5 SerbiaSerbia Jelena Čanković FC Rosengård - 4th 4th
DenmarkDenmark Pernille Harder Chelsea FC - 4th 4th
FranceFrance Marie-Antoinette Katoto Paris Saint-Germain - 4th 4th
SloveniaSlovenia Špela Kolbl ŽNK Pomurje Beltinci 3 1 4th
GermanyGermany Sydney Lohmann FC Bayern Munich - 4th 4th
FranceFrance Melvine Malard Olympique Lyon - 4th 4th
UkraineUkraine Natiya Pantsulaya Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 4th 0 4th
SerbiaSerbia Violeta Slović Spartak Subotica 4th 0 4th
DenmarkDenmark Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen FC Rosengård - 4th 4th
NigeriaNigeria Asisat Oshoala FC Barcelona - 4th 4th

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Original date: December 18, 2020
  2. ↑ Games. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA , accessed December 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ vif-damefotball.no: Kveldens kamp mot Brøndby utgår
  4. ↑ uefa.com
  5. ↑ following the announcement by UEFA on the draw for the round of 16 at uefa.com
  6. ↑ Article PSG loses without a fight against Sparta, but will continue from March 16, 2021 at footofeminin.fr
  7. ^ Sparta Praha 3-0 Paris Saint-Germain
  8. ↑ Quarterfinals: Venues changed from March 18, 2021 at uefa.com