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The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League will be 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 will start on 30 July 2025 and end with the final on 22–24 May 2026.
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:
- 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.
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
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Distribution[]
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| First round | Champions path (24 teams) |
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| Second round | Champions path (28 teams) |
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| Third round | Champions path (8 teams) |
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| Quarter-finals (8 teams) |
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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).
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 Bayern Munich (1st)
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 Chelsea (1st)
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 Juventus (1st)
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| Round 2 | CH |  Rosengård (1st)
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 Fortuna Hjørring (1st)
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 Vålerenga (1st)
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 St. Pölten (1st)
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 Dinamo Minsk (1st)
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 Breiðablik (1st)
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 BIIK Shymkent (1st)
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 Crvena zvezda (1st)
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 Apollon Ladies (1st)
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 HJK (1st)
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 SFK 2000 (1st)
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 Farul Constanța (1st)
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 Mura (1st)
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| LP | Manchester United (3rd)
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Braga (3rd)
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Inter Milan (2nd)
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| BK Häcken (2nd)
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Hammarby (3rd)
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Brann (2nd)
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Austria Wien (2nd)
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Valur (2nd)
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| Round 1 | CH |  GKS Katowice (1st)
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 Gintra (1st)
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 Athlone Town (1st)
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 ABB Fomget (1st)
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 AEK Athens (1st)
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 Lanchkhuti (1st)
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 Spartak Myjava (1st)
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 Cardiff City (1st)
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 Flora (1st)
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 Cliftonville (1st)
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 Riga FC (1st)
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 Swieqi United (1st)
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 Agarista Anenii Noi (1st)
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 NSÍ Runavík (1st)
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 Pyunik (1st)
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 Lions Gibraltar (1st)
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Notes
- ^ Czech Republic (CZE): Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague have qualified as they will finish in the top two of the 2024–25 Czech Women's First League.
- ^ Germany (GER): VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga.
- ^ Netherlands (NED): FC Twente and PSV have qualified as they will finish in the top two of the 2024–25 Eredivisie (women).
- ^ Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions. The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.
- ^ Spain (ESP): Barcelona and Real Madrid have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Liga F.
- ^ Title holders (TH): Arsenal may still qualify for the league stage directly if they win the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Schedule[]
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 16 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 | 1 September 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 | 19 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
Round 1[]
Champions Path[]
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Round 2[]
Champions Path[]
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League Path[]
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Round 3[]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 11 Sep | 18 Sep | |||
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League phase[]
- Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase
See also[]
External links[]
| UEFA Women's Champions League |
| UEFA Women's Cup era, 2001–2009 |
| 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 |
| UEFA Women's Champions League era, 2009–present |
| 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 · 2025–26 |
| UEFA Women's Cup era, 2001–2009 finals |
| 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 |
| UEFA Women's Champions League era, 2009–present finals |
| 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 |
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