The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal.
German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Tyresö FF after turning a 0–2 into a 4–3 win. Wolfsburg became the third side to defend the Champions League title.
Team allocation and distribution Austria had overtaken Norway for 8th place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.
Countries were allocated places according to their UEFA league coefficient for women. Here CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, Ned 1 and Bel 1 the best placed Belgian and Dutch team in their joint league.
54 teams entered the competition, with KÍ Klaksvík retaining their record being the only team to play all editions of the UEFA Women's Cup and Women's Champions League so far.
Round of 32 Wolfsburg (CH) Potsdam (RU) Lyon (CH) Paris Saint-Germain (RU) Tyresö (CH) Malmö (RU) Zorkiy Krasnogorsk (CH) Rossiyanka (RU) Arsenal (CH) Birmingham City (RU) Torres (CH) Tavagnacco (RU) Brøndby (CH) Fortuna Hjørring (RU) Neulengbach (CH) Spratzern (RU) Barcelona (CH) Sparta Prague (CH) Lillestrøm SK (CH) Standard Liège (Bel 1) Thór/KA (CH) CSHVSM Kairat (CH) Qualifying round Babruichanka Babruisk (CH) Glasgow City (CH) Unia Racibórz (CH) Zürich (CH) Twente (Ned 1) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (CH) PK-35 Vantaa (CH) PAOK (CH) MTK (CH) Olimpia Cluj (CH) Spartak Subotica (CH) Apollon Limassol (CH) Atlético Ouriense (CH) ASA Tel Aviv University (CH) NSA Sofia (CH) SFK 2000 (CH) Raheny United (CH) Pomurje (CH) Nové Zámky (CH) Gintra Universitetas (CH) Osijek (CH) KÍ Klaksvík (CH) Cardiff City (CH) Biljanini Izvori (CH) Pärnu JK (CH) Konak Belediyesi (CH) Goliador Chişinău (CH) Crusaders Strikers (CH) Birkirkara (CH) Liepājas Metalurgs (CH) Ada (CH) Ekonomist (CH)
Round and draw dates UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.
Round Draw First leg Second leg Qualifying round 27 June 2013 8–13 August 2013 Round of 32 5 September 2013 9–10 October 2013 16–17 October 2013 Round of 16 9–10 November 2013 13–14 November 2013 Quarterfinals 21 November 2013 22–23 March 2014 29–30 March 2014 Semifinals 19–20 April 2014 26–27 April 2014 Final 22 May 2014
Qualifying round
32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot. Host countries won't be drawn together.
Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Ranking of second-placed teams To determine the two best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the round of 32, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.
Knockout phase
22 teams enter the competition in the round of 32. They are joined by ten teams from the qualifying round. Teams marked (Q) advanced from qualifying.
Seeded: Lyon Turbine Potsdam Arsenal Rossiyanka Torres Wolfsburg Brøndby LdB Malmö Sparta Praha Fortuna Hjørring Paris S-G Neulengbach Zorkiy Krasnogorsk Glasgow City (Q) Birmingham City Unia Racibórz (Q)
Unseeded: Tyresö Zürich (Q) Standard Liège Apollon Limassol (Q) Tavagnacco CSHVSM Kairat MTK (Q) Barcelona Lillestrøm SK PK-35 Vantaa (Q) Thór/KA Spratzern Twente (Q) Spartak Subotica (Q) Pärnu JK (Q) Konak Belediyesi (Q)
Bracket
Round of 32 The round of 32 and round of 16 was drawn on 5 September 2013. Teams from the same association or qualifying group could not be drawn together. Seeded teams played the second leg at home. Teams are awarded 20,000 Euro for both legs. A sum criticized to be too small by team managers, leaving teams like Arsenal who have to fly by plane with financial losses.
Round of 16
Quarter-finals An open draw for the quarterfinals and the following rounds on was held 21 November 2013. Matches were played on 22/23 and 29/30 March 2014.
Notes
Semi-finals Matches were played on 19 and 27 April 2014.
Final
Statistics The top scorer award includes the qualifying round. Milena Nikolić of Spartak Subotica won that with eleven goals.
The following statistics exclude qualifying round.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Martina Müller Wolfsburg10715'2 Christen Press Tyresö9810'3 Marta Tyresö7719'4 Conny Pohlers Wolfsburg6170' Danielle Carter Arsenal6440' Nina Burger Neulengbach6540'7 Kim Little Arsenal5360' Alexandra Popp Wolfsburg5612' Nadine Kessler Wolfsburg5734'10 Lina Magull Wolfsburg4270' Jordan Nobbs Arsenal4341' Kirsty Linnett Birmingham City4648'
References
External links Official website