2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

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2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
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The Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastián hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates Qualifying round:
7–13 August 2019
Knockout phase:
11 September 2019 – 30 August 2020
Teams Knockout phase: 32
Total: 62 (from 50 associations)
Final positions
Champions France Lyon (7th title)
Runners-up Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played 115
Goals scored 490 (4.26 per match)
Attendance 97,909 (851 per match)
Top scorer(s) Netherlands Vivianne Miedema
Nigeria Emueje Ogbiagbevha
Iceland Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir
(10 goals each)
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The 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 19th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 11th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The competition was postponed indefinitely on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[5] The final, originally scheduled to be played on 24 May 2020 at the Generali Arena in Vienna, Austria,[6] was officially postponed on 23 March 2020.[7] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the remaining matches, including the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, would be played between 21 and 30 August at San Mamés, Bilbao and Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastián in Basque Country, Spain behind closed doors, as an eight-team single-match knockout tournament, with San Sebastián hosting the final.[8][9][10]

Lyon were the defending champions, having won the previous four editions. They successfully defended their title after defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 in the final for their fifth consecutive and seventh overall title.[11] For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the competition, where it was implemented in the final.[12]

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:[13]

  • Associations 1–12 each have two teams qualify.
  • All other associations, if they enter, each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2019–20 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.

Association ranking

For the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA women's country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.[14][15]

Association ranking for 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1  Germany 83.000 2
2  France 78.000
3  England 59.000
4  Sweden 59.000
5  Spain 49.000
6  Denmark 36.500
7  Czech Republic 35.000
8  Italy 34.500
9   Switzerland 33.000
10  Russia 31.500
11  Scotland 25.500
12  Austria 25.500
13  Netherlands 25.000 1
14  Kazakhstan 24.000
15  Norway 24.000
16  Iceland 21.000
17  Poland 20.000
18  Lithuania 19.000
19  Cyprus 18.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
20  Serbia 14.500 1
21  Turkey 13.000
22  Belgium 12.500
23  Belarus 12.000
24  Romania 12.000
25  Hungary 12.000
26  Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.000
27  Portugal 10.500
28  Slovenia 10.000
29  Greece 9.500
30  Finland 9.500
31  Ukraine 9.000
32  Croatia 8.500
33  Republic of Ireland 8.500
34  Estonia 6.500
35  Israel 6.000
36  Bulgaria 5.000
37  Albania 3.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
38  Slovakia 3.500 1
39  Faroe Islands 3.000
40  Montenegro 2.000
41  Wales 2.000
42  Northern Ireland 2.000
43  Kosovo 1.000
44  Latvia 1.000
45  Moldova 0.500
46  Malta 0.500
47  [[|Macedonia]] 0.000
48  Luxembourg 0.000
49  Georgia 0.000
NR  Armenia —
 Andorra — DNE
 Azerbaijan —
 Gibraltar —
 Liechtenstein —
 San Marino —
Notes
  • TH – Additional berth for title holders
  • NR – No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)
  • DNE – Did not enter

Distribution

Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of teams entering in the qualifying round (played as mini-tournaments with four teams in each group) and knockout phase (starting from the round of 32, played as home-and-away two-legged ties except for the one-match final) cannot be determined until the full entry list is known. In general, the title holders, the champions of the top 12 associations, and the runners-up of highest-ranked associations (exact number depending on the number of entries) receive a bye to the round of 32. All other teams (runners-up of lowest-ranked associations and champions of associations starting from 13th) enter the qualifying round, with the group winners and a maximum of two best runners-up advancing to the round of 32.[16]

The following is the access list for this season.[17]

Access list for 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Qualifying round
(40 teams)
  • 38 champions from associations 13 or lower
  • 2 runners-up from associations 11–12
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 12 champions from associations 1–12 (including title holders Lyon)
  • 10 runners-up from associations 1–10
  • 10 group winners from qualifying round

Teams

A record of 62 teams from 50 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered this season's competition. Armenia are sending their first team after the first edition in 2001–02.[17]

Legend
  • TH: Title holders
  • CH: Domestic league champions
  • RU: Domestic league runners-up
Qualified teams for 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Entry round Teams
Round of 32 Germany VfL Wolfsburg (CH)[18] Germany Bayern Munich (RU)[18] France LyonTH (CH)[19] France Paris Saint-Germain (RU)[19]
England Arsenal (CH)[20] England Manchester City (RU)[20] Sweden Piteå (CH)[21] Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg (RU)[21]
Spain Atlético Madrid (CH)[22] Spain Barcelona (RU)[22] Denmark Brøndby (CH)[23] Denmark Fortuna Hjørring (RU)[23]
Czech Republic Sparta Prague (CH)[24] Czech Republic Slavia Prague (RU)[24] Italy Juventus (CH)[25] Italy Fiorentina (RU)[25]
Switzerland Zurich (CH)[26] Switzerland Lugano (RU)[27] Russia Ryazan-VDV (CH)[28] Russia Chertanovo Moscow (RU)[29]
Scotland Glasgow City (CH)[30] Austria St. Pölten (CH)[31]
Qualifying round Scotland Hibernian (RU)[30] Austria Sturm Graz (RU)[31] Netherlands Twente (CH)[32] Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt (CH)[33]
Norway LSK Kvinner (CH)[34] Iceland Breiðablik (CH)[35] Poland Górnik Łęczna (CH)[36] Lithuania Gintra Universitetas (CH)[37]
Cyprus Apollon Limassol (CH)[38] Serbia Spartak Subotica (CH)[39] Turkey Beşiktaş (CH)[40] Belgium Anderlecht (CH)[41]
Belarus FC Minsk (CH)[42] Romania Olimpia Cluj (CH)[43] Hungary Ferencváros (CH)[44] Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000 (CH)[45]
Portugal SC Braga (CH)[46] Slovenia Pomurje (CH)[47] Greece PAOK (CH)[48] Finland PK-35 Vantaa (CH)[49]
Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (CH)[50] Croatia Split (CH)[51] Republic of Ireland Wexford Youths (CH)[52] Estonia Flora (CH)[53]
Israel ASA Tel Aviv (CH)[54] Bulgaria NSA Sofia (CH)[55] Albania Vllaznia (CH)[56] Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (CH)[57]
Faroe Islands EB/Streymur/Skála (CH)[58] Montenegro Breznica Pljevlja (CH)[59] Wales Cardiff Met. (CH)[60] Northern Ireland Linfield (CH)[61]
Kosovo Mitrovica (CH)[62] Latvia Rīgas FS (CH)[63] Moldova Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi (CH)[64] Malta Birkirkara (CH)[65]
Republic of Macedonia Dragon 2014 (CH)[66] Luxembourg Bettembourg (CH)[67] Georgia (country) Tbilisi Nike (CH)[68] Armenia Alashkert (CH)[69]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[70][71][9]

The competition was postponed indefinitely on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[5] The final, originally scheduled to be played on 24 May 2020 at the Viola Park, Vienna, was officially postponed on 23 March 2020.[7] A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season,[72] with the final decision made at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 17 June 2020.[73][8]

Schedule for 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Round Draw First leg Second leg
Qualifying round 21 June 2019 7, 10 & 13 August 2019
Round of 32 16 August 2019 11–12 September 2019 25–26 September 2019
Round of 16 30 September 2019 16–17 October 2019 30–31 October 2019
Quarter-finals 8 November 2019 21–22 August 2020 at San Mamés, Bilbao and Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastián[lower-alpha 1]
Semi-finals 25–26 August 2020 at San Mamés, Bilbao and Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastián[lower-alpha 2]
Final 30 August 2020 at Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastián[lower-alpha 3]
  1. ↑ Quarter-finals originally scheduled for 24–25 March (first legs) and 1–2 April 2020 (second legs), but postponed, relocated and changed to single-leg format due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  2. ↑ Semi-final originally scheduled for 25–26 April (first legs) and 2–3 May 2020 (second legs), but postponed, relocated and changed to single-leg format due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  3. ↑ Final originally scheduled for 24 May 2020 at Viola Park, Vienna, but postponed and relocated due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

Qualifying round

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Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

The draw of the qualifying round was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 21 June 2019, 13:30 CEST.[74] The 40 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA women's club coefficients at the beginning of the season.[75] They were drawn into ten groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the ten teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 30 teams were drawn from their respective pot which are allocated according to their seeding positions.[17]

In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The ten group winners advanced to the round of 32 to join the 22 teams which received a bye. The matches were played on 7, 10 and 13 August 2019.

Group 1

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 2

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 3

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 4

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 5

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 6

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 7

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 8

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 9

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Group 10

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

Knockout phase

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Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Bracket

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Round of 32

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Quarter-finals

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Semi-finals

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Final

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Statistics

Top goalscorers

There were 490 goals scored in 115 matches, with an average of 4.26 goals per match.[76]

Goals scored in qualifying round counts toward the topscorer award.

Rank Player Team Goals
Qual. Tourn. Total
1 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema England Arsenal — 10 10
Nigeria Emueje Ogbiagbevha Belarus Minsk 6 4
Iceland Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir Iceland Breiðablik 6 4
4 Denmark Pernille Harder Germany VfL Wolfsburg — 9 9
Norway Ada Hegerberg France Lyon — 9
Netherlands Fenna Kalma Netherlands Twente 5 4
7 Canada Kayla Adamek Serbia Spartak Subotica 4 1 5
Canada Janine Beckie England Manchester City — 5
Serbia Tijana Filipović Serbia Spartak Subotica 5 0
Cyprus Krystyna Freda Cyprus Apollon Limassol 5 —
Georgia (country) Gulnara Gabelia Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt 5 0
England Rio Hardy Cyprus Apollon Limassol 5 —
France Marie-Antoinette Katoto France Paris Saint-Germain — 5
Bulgaria Velina Koshuleva Bulgaria NSA Sofia 5 —
Czech Republic Tereza Kožárová Czech Republic Slavia Praha — 5
France Eugénie Le Sommer France Lyon — 5
Serbia Tijana Matić Serbia Spartak Subotica 4 1
France Wendie Renard France Lyon — 5

Source: Soccerway[77][78]

Notes
  • — Denotes the team did not participate in this stage.

Squad of the season

The following players were named in the squad of the season by the UEFA's technical observers:[79]

Pos Player Team(s)
GK France Sarah Bouhaddi France Lyon
Chile Christiane Endler France Paris Saint-Germain
Spain Sandra Paños Spain Barcelona
DF England Lucy Bronze France Lyon
Poland Paulina Dudek France Paris Saint-Germain
Germany Kathrin Hendrich Germany Bayern Munich
Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Netherlands Dominique Janssen Germany VfL Wolfsburg
France Sakina Karchaoui France Lyon
France Wendie Renard France Lyon
MF Norway Ingrid Syrstad Engen Germany VfL Wolfsburg
France Kheira Hamraoui Spain Barcelona
Germany Svenja Huth Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Japan Saki Kumagai France Lyon
Scotland Kim Little England Arsenal
France Amel Majri France Lyon
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon
Germany Alexandra Popp Germany VfL Wolfsburg
FW France Delphine Cascarino France Lyon
France Kadidiatou Diani France Paris Saint-Germain
Norway Caroline Graham Hansen Spain Barcelona
Denmark Pernille Harder Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Spain Jennifer Hermoso Spain Barcelona
France Marie-Antoinette Katoto France Paris Saint-Germain

Players of the season

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Main articles: UEFA Club Football Awards and UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award

For the first time, positional awards were awarded in the Women's Champions League for best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward of the competition. Votes were cast for players of the season by coaches of the eight teams who participated in the final tournament in Spain, together with 20 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group who specialize in women's football. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 17 September 2020.[80] The award winners were announced and presented during the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Switzerland on 1 October 2020.

See also

Notes

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