UEFA Women's Champions League

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UEFA Women's Champions League
Women's Champions League logoTemplate: Infobox football competition / maintenance / logo format
Association UEFA
First edition 2001/02  (as  UEFA Women's Cup )
Teams 54-61
Title holder FranceFrance Olympique Lyon
Record winner FranceFrance Olympique Lyon (6 titles)
Record player FranceFrance Camille Abily (81 games)
Record scorer NorwayNorway Ada Hegerberg (53 goals)
Website www.uefa.com
season
UEFA Women's Cup winner
2001/02 GermanyGermany 1. FFC Frankfurt
2002/03 SwedenSweden Umeå IK
2003/04 SwedenSwedenUmeå IK  (2)
2004/05 GermanyGermany 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
2005/06 GermanyGermany1. FFC Frankfurt  (2)
2006/07 EnglandEngland Arsenal LFC
2007/08 GermanyGermany1. FFC Frankfurt  (3)
2008/09 GermanyGermany FCR 2001 Duisburg
season
UEFA Women's Champions League winners
2009/10 GermanyGermany1. FFC Turbine Potsdam  (2)
2010/11 FranceFrance Olympique Lyon
2011/12 FranceFranceOlympique Lyon  (2)
2012/13 GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg
2013/14 GermanyGermanyVfL Wolfsburg  (2)
2014/15 GermanyGermany1. FFC Frankfurt  (4)
2015/16 FranceFranceOlympique Lyon  (3)
2016/17 FranceFranceOlympique Lyon  (4)
2017/18 FranceFranceOlympique Lyon  (5)
2018/19 FranceFranceOlympique Lyon  (6)
2019/20

The UEFA Women's Champions League until the 2008-09 season UEFA Women's Cup , has been a 2001/02 be registered competition for European football - club teams of women. It is organized by UEFA and is the only European Cup competition in women's football .

The current title holder of the Women's Champions League is Olympique Lyon from France . The team won its sixth title in the 2018/19 season . From Germany the 1. FFC Frankfurt won the competition with four titles, the 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg twice each and the FCR 2001 Duisburg once.

history

The UEFA Women's Cup was introduced in 2001 as a response to the new American professional league WUSA . 33 teams took part in the premiere competition. The sometimes stark differences in performance quickly became apparent and double-digit victories were not uncommon. As expected, the teams from the traditionally strong women's football nations (Denmark, Germany, England, France, Norway, Russia, Sweden) prevailed.

UEFA Women's Cup logo

In 2004 the mode was changed. Due to the large differences in performance and the growing field of participants, a second group phase was introduced. The teams of the stronger nations only intervened in the second round.

The competition has been called the UEFA Women's Champions League since the 2009/10 season. In addition to the national champions, the eight strongest associations can also register their respective runner-up. Since last year's winner will continue to qualify automatically for the next competition, up to three participants can come from one country - for example, three German clubs in 2009/10, as FCR Duisburg won the title in the previous season. Furthermore, since the 2009/10 season the final has only consisted of one game.

Participating teams

The UEFA Women's Champions League is held annually. The competition usually starts in August with qualifications and ends in April or May with the finals. Each UEFA member association is allowed to register its national champions for the competition. In addition, the defending champion of the preseason is automatically qualified regardless of his performance in the national league. Up to the 2010/11 season, the second-placed of the eight best nations in the UEFA 5-year ranking were also able to secure a starting place in the main round (round of sixteen) through qualification. Since the 2011/12 season, the national champion and the runner-up of the eight best nations in the five-year ranking have qualified for the main round (sixteenth finals). In countries where there is no national championship, the respective cup winner takes part. An example of this was Ireland, which registered its cup winners for the competition until the national league started in 2011.

If the defending champion of the Champions League does not qualify nationally, the defending champion's association will receive an additional place for him. If he qualifies, no further participants will be reported.

Current mode

The competition currently consists of a group stage and the final round. Although the national champions of all 55 UEFA member associations are generally eligible to start, Andorra, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Montenegro and San Marino have never competed with one team, and Luxembourg and Armenia have only participated once. Due to the fluctuating participation, the number of participating teams varies from year to year.

Group stage In the group stage, the clubs from the 32 underperforming associations of UEFA play out the participants in the final round in eight groups of four teams for which of the defending champions, the champions of the higher-performing associations and the runners-up from the eight strongest associations according to the UEFA five-year women's ranking are set.

One team within each group acts as the host of the mini-tournament. When registering for the competition, the clubs can declare their interest in hosting a tournament. If more clubs apply to host a mini-tournament than there are tournaments, UEFA will decide on the host. However, if fewer clubs apply for the hosting, the remaining hosts will be determined by lottery by UEFA. During the mini-tournaments, each team plays each other once. The group winners and the two runners-up points in the eight groups qualify for the sixteenth-finals.

If two or more teams are tied at the end of the mini-tournament, the decision will be based on the following criteria:

  1. the higher score from the direct comparison
  2. the better goal difference from the direct comparison
  3. the higher number of goals scored from the direct comparison
  4. the better goal difference from all encounters
  5. the higher number of goals scored from all matches
  6. Drawing of lots

If two teams meet on the last day of the match with the same number of points, the same goal difference and the same number of goals scored, and the game between the two teams ends in a draw, a penalty shoot-out occurs immediately after the final whistle.

Final round The final round consists of the round of 32, the round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final. All rounds except for the final are played in a knockout system with a return leg. If there is a tie after the two legs , the team that has scored more away goals in this pairing wins . There is also then still a tie, the second leg will be two 15-minute extended . In the last instance, the penalty shoot-out decides . So far, however, it has only happened twice that the away goals rule had to be applied. A penalty shoot-out has only happened once. The final will be decided in one game at a neutral location - in the city since 2010 and a few days before the men's Champions League final. If there is a tie after 90 minutes, there will also be extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-outs.

background

trophy

The trophy of the UEFA Women's Cup , which was used up to and including the 2008/09 season , consisted of a twisted bronze rod resting on a stepped round base. This strand carried an acrylic glass ball on which the logo of the competition was sandblasted . The trophy - the design of which came from the Geneva- based design agency “Blue Infinity” - was 40 centimeters high and weighed eight and a half kilograms.

The current trophy was presented at the beginning of the 2009/10 season - as part of the transformation of the competition into the Women's Champions League . She is 60 centimeters high and weighs ten kilograms. The spiral-shaped handles of the cup and its body are intended to convey a vision of both the dynamism and strength of football. The winning clubs are engraved in the center of the trophy .

The original trophy used for the awards ceremony is permanently owned by UEFA; the winner will receive a full-size replica immediately after the final. If a club wins the competition three times in a row or five times in total, the original trophy becomes the property of the club.

Finances

In the two group phases, the host of the mini-tournaments receives an amount of 25,000 Swiss francs (CHF) each from the associations of the visiting teams and from their own association . The club also receives CHF 25,000 from UEFA for the referees and officials. These donations are intended to cover the costs for accommodation and meals. The respective visiting teams have to pay for their own travel to and from the tournaments. From the quarter-finals onwards, the teams involved will also receive CHF 25,000 for each home game for the referees and officials.

Punish

If a player is cautioned with a yellow card for the second time in different games , she will be banned from the next game. After this ban has expired, another ban follows after two more yellow cards. Before the final phase, all yellow cards will be struck off. If a player is sent off with a red card , she will be banned for at least one game. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body may increase the suspension if necessary.

Eligibility to play

In order to be eligible to play in the matches in the UEFA Women's Cup, the players must meet several requirements.

  1. The player must be at least 16 years old at the end of the calendar year in which a game takes place. (Example for the 2007/08 competition: a player born in the 1991 calendar year is eligible to play in all matches. A player born in the 1992 calendar year is only eligible to play in the games that take place in the 2008 calendar year).
  2. The player must be properly registered with the respective national football association.
  3. The player must be registered with UEFA by the respective national football association.

UEFA Women's Champions League in the media

Media coverage is much smaller than that of the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League . As a rule, the results in the group phases as well as in the quarter-finals and semi-finals were only mentioned as a side note in newspapers and in the teletext of the German television stations.

When two German teams faced each other in the final in 2006 , both games were broadcast live on television . During the first leg, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and Hessischer Rundfunk broadcast the match, while the second leg was shown on ZDF . Otherwise, the finals are mostly broadcast by Eurosport , and encounters with German participants are also broadcast simultaneously on public television.

In the 2008/09 UEFA Women's Cup, two German teams faced each other again in the quarter-finals: FCR 2001 Duisburg (for the first time ever in the UEFA Women's Cup) and 1. FFC Frankfurt. Here only the first leg was shown on Hessischer Rundfunk. The Duisburg women beat the defending champions in both games; thereafter, media interest also grew in Germany. The two semi-finals of FCR 2001 Duisburg against the women of Olympique Lyon were broadcast live by Eurosport (first leg in Lyon) and ARD (second leg) - a novelty in Germany.

In the 2011/12 season, three of the four semi-finals from Eurosport, ZDF and RBB were broadcast live on television.

statistics

Leaderboards

The most successful club is Olympique Lyon with six titles ahead of 1. FFC Frankfurt (four) and Umeå IK, Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg with two wins each. The Frankfurt women went down in the annals as the first winner in 2002. Umeå, Wolfsburg and - even four times - Lyon were each able to successfully defend their titles. Olympique Lyon holds another record with eight finals. Umeå is the only title holder who has won all of his games in a tournament. Up to and including 2006, the title always went to Germany or Sweden, before Arsenal LFC brought the trophy to England for the first time in 2007. France caught up with Germany in the 2010s, while a Swedish team only reached a final again in 2014. A total of seven clubs have won the cup so far.

The most successful nation in the UEFA Women's Cup is Germany with nine wins in fourteen finals. The DFB is also the only association that has different winners. So far that's four. In 2006 even two German teams faced each other in the final; This was also achieved in 2017 by the French , who are the second most successful nation with six wins in ten finals. Sweden follows in third place (two wins in seven finals). In addition to these three nations, only Denmark , England , Russia and Spain could each have a finalist.

by clubs
rank club title Final.
1 Olympique Lyon 6th 8th
2 1. FFC Frankfurt 4th 6th
3 Umeå IK 2 5
4th 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 2 4th
VfL Wolfsburg 2 4th
6th Arsenal LFC 1 1
FCR 2001 Duisburg 1 1
8th Paris Saint-Germain - 2
9 Djurgårdens IF / Älvsjö - 1
Fortuna Hjørring - 1
Zvezda 2005 Perm - 1
Tyresö FF - 1
FC Barcelona - 1
by country
rank country title Final.
1 GermanyGermany Germany 9 15th
2 FranceFrance France 6th 10
3 SwedenSweden Sweden 2 07th
4th EnglandEngland England 1 01
5 DenmarkDenmark Denmark - 01
RussiaRussia Russia - 01
SpainSpain Spain - 01

Records

Players who are still active are marked in bold.

Record goal scorers (Top 10)
rank Player Gates Club (s) by number of goals
1 NorwayNorway Ada Hegerberg 53 Olympique Lyon (49), Stabæk (2), Turbine Potsdam (2)
2 GermanyGermany Anja noon 51 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (36), FC Rosengård (12), Paris Saint-Germain (3)
3 GermanyGermany Conny Pohlers 48 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (26), VfL Wolfsburg (14), 1. FFC Frankfurt (8)
4th FranceFrance Eugénie Le Sommer 46 Olympique Lyon
BrazilBrazil Marta 46 Umeå IK damfotboll (30), FC Rosengård (9), Tyresö FF (7)
6th FranceFrance Camille Abily 43 Olympique Lyon
7th SwedenSweden Lotta Schelin 42 Olympique Lyon (41), FC Rosengård (1)
8th AustriaAustria Nina Burger 40 SV Neulengbach
9 SwedenSweden Hanna Ljungberg 39 Umeå IK damfotboll
10 GermanyGermany Inca grings 38 FCR 2001 Duisburg (34), FC Zurich Women (4)

As of August 27, 2020

Record players (top 10)
rank Player Calls Club (s) by number of appearances
1 FranceFrance Wendie Renard 87 Olympique Lyon
2 FranceFrance Camille Abily 81 Olympique Lyon (67), Montpellier HSC (14)
3 EnglandEngland Emma Byrne 77 Arsenal FC
4th GermanyGermany Alexandra Popp 76 VfL Wolfsburg (53), FCR Duisburg (23)
5 FranceFrance Eugénie Le Sommer 74 Olympique Lyon
GermanyGermany Anja noon 74 Turbine Potsdam (39), Rosengard (23), Paris SG (7), VfL Wolfsburg (5)
7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lara Dickenmann 72 Olympique Lyon (43), VfL Wolfsburg (26), FC Luzern (3)
8th FranceFrance Élodie Thomis 70 Olympique Lyon (64), Montpellier HSC (6)
9 FranceFrance Sarah Bouhaddi 67 Olympique Lyon
10 FranceFrance Louisa Nécib 66 Olympique Lyon

Status: August 27, 2020, source: Das Fußball Studio

Record players by title
rank Player title Club (s) Seasons
1 FranceFrance Sarah Bouhaddi 6th Olympique Lyon 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019
FranceFrance Eugénie Le Sommer 6th Olympique Lyon 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019
FranceFrance Wendie Renard 6th Olympique Lyon 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019
4th FranceFrance Camille Abily 5 Olympique Lyon 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018
FranceFrance Corine Franco 5 Olympique Lyon 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018
FranceFrance Amandine Henry 5 Olympique Lyon 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2018 , 2019
FranceFrance Amel Majri 5 Olympique Lyon 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019
FranceFrance Élodie Thomis 5 Olympique Lyon 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018

Highest victories in the individual competition phases

round season winner Result loser
qualification 2012/13 Apollon Limassol 21: 0 KS Ada
Round of 16 2013/14 VfL Wolfsburg 14: 0 Parnu JK
Round of 16 2011/12 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 10-0 Glasgow City FC
Quarter finals 2005/06 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 11: 1 Valur Reykjavík
Semifinals 2014/15 1. FFC Frankfurt 07-0 Brøndby IF
2015/16 Olympique Lyon 07-0 Paris Saint-Germain
Endgame 2008/09 FCR 2001 Duisburg 06-0 Zvezda 2005 Perm

Trivia

The best goal difference ever in a mini-tournament was achieved by Apollon Limassol in the 2012/13 competition with 31-0 goals. Bayern Munich scored the most goals in the 2009/10 season at 32-2. The worst goal difference had Ada Velipoje from Albania in 2012/13 and the College Sports Club from Armenia in 2001/02. After three encounters, the goal difference was both −44, although Ada Velipoje scored 2 goals (2:46 in total), while the Armenian club could not score a goal. VfL Wolfsburg achieved the highest win in an encounter with a return leg in the last sixteen in 2013/14. In the end there was a 14-0 and 13-0 success, which added up to a 27-0 success.

The runner-up of a country has won the title four times: Umeå IK (2004), FCR 2001 Duisburg (2009), VfL Wolfsburg (2013) and 1. FFC Frankfurt (2015)

Eight times a team achieved the triple of championship, cup and Champions League victory: 1. FFC Frankfurt (2002, 2008), LFC Arsenal (2007, also English league cup winner), Olympique Lyon (2012, 2016, 2017 and 2019) and VfL Wolfsburg (2013). Umeå IK (2003), 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (2005) and FCR 2001 Duisburg (2009) won a double from the UEFA Women's Cup and the national cup . 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (2010), Olympique Lyon (2011, 2018) and VfL Wolfsburg (2014) won a double from the UEFA Women's Champions League and the national championship.

The UEFA associations Andorra , Liechtenstein and San Marino have not yet sent a participant.

In the final of the UEFA Women's Cup on May 17, 2008, the Brazilian Marta von Umeå IK scored the fastest goal in European Cup history in the 1-1 first leg eleven seconds after kick-off.

In 2015 a foreign coach, the Englishman Collin Bell , was able to lead a team to the title with 1. FFC Frankfurt for the first time.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. UEFA Women's Cup - All winners. In: dfb.de. German Football Association , accessed on August 7, 2013 .
  2. ^ Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2010/11. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed August 7, 2013 .
  3. ^ Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2011/12. (PDF; 900 kB) In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed August 7, 2013 .
  4. Appendix II Regulations for the UEFA Women's Cup
  5. Article 6.09 Regulations for the UEFA Women's Cup.
  6. Article 6.10 Regulations for the UEFA Women's Cup.
  7. Information about the trophy on the official UEFA website. Retrieved from uefa.com on June 3, 2017.
  8. Articles 25.07 to 25.10 Regulations for the UEFA Women's Cup.
  9. Article 25.14 Regulations for the UEFA Women's Cup.
  10. Article 20 Regulations for the UEFA Women's Cup.
  11. Article 16 Regulations for the UEFA Women's Cup.
  12. The semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League on TV. (No longer available online.) In: framba.de. Framba.de - women's football, April 14, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved August 7, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.framba.de
  13. ^ Hegerberg equals noon goals record; uefa.com