The 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 14th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA. The final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany. Unlike recent years in which the Women's Champions League final was held in the same week as the men's Champions League final, the two finals were separated by almost a month, as the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup starts in early June.
German side Frankfurt defeated French side Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 in the final to win a record fourth title.
Association team allocation A total of 54 teams from 46 UEFA member associations participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League. The ranking based on the UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–8 each had two teams qualify. All other associations, should they enter, each had one team qualify.
Since Wolfsburg, the winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, already qualified through their domestic league, the title holder entry was not used.
Association ranking For the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2012–13.
The Czech Republic overtook Austria for eighth place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams1 France84.50022 Germany83.1663 Sweden58.5004 Russia58.5005 England49.5006 Italy37.0007 Denmark34.5008 Czech Republic32.5009 Norway31.000110 Spain28.50011 Austria28.00012 Iceland19.00013 Kazakhstan19.00014 Netherlands17.50015 Scotland17.50016 Poland16.500RankAssociationCoeff.Teams17 Belgium16.000118 Switzerland15.50019 Romania14.00020 Finland13.00021 Ukraine13.00022 Hungary12.50023 Greece12.50024 Belarus12.50025 Cyprus12.50026 Serbia12.00027 Bosnia and Herzegovina8.50028 Republic of Ireland8.50029 Portugal8.50030 Israel8.00031 Slovakia7.50032 Slovenia7.000RankAssociationCoeff.Teams33 Bulgaria6.500134 Faroe Islands5.00035 Croatia4.50036 Lithuania4.50037 Wales3.50038 Macedonia3.00039 Turkey3.00040 Northern Ireland2.50041 Estonia2.00042 Moldova0.50043 Malta0.00044 Latvia0.00045 Montenegro0.00046 Albania0.000
Luxembourg (47th), Georgia (48th), Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, and San Marino (all no rank, as association did not enter in the five seasons used for computing coefficients) did not enter.
Teams Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team and so the exact number of teams in each round can not be determined until the full entry list is known. For this season, the champions and runners-up from associations 1–8 and the champions from associations 9–14 enter the round of 32, while the remaining teams enter the qualifying round.
The following list the teams that qualified and entered this season's competition. 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.
Round of 32 Lyon (CH) Paris Saint-Germain (RU) Wolfsburg (CH) Frankfurt (RU) Rosengård (CH) Linköping (3rd) Ryazan VDV (CH) Zvezda Perm (RU) Liverpool (CH) Bristol Academy (RU) Brescia (CH) Torres (RU) Fortuna Hjørring (CH) Brøndby (RU) Slavia Praha (CH) Sparta Praha (RU) Stabæk (CH) Barcelona (CH) Neulengbach (CH) Stjarnan (CH) BIIK Kazygurt (CH) Twente (Ned 1) Qualifying round Glasgow City (CH) Medyk Konin (CH) Standard Liège (Bel 1) Zürich (CH) Olimpia Cluj (CH) Åland United (CH) Zhytlobud Kharkiv (CH) MTK (CH) Amazones Dramas (CH) FC Minsk (CH) Apollon Limassol (CH) Spartak Subotica (CH) SFK 2000 (CH) Raheny United (CH) Atlético Ouriense (CH) ASA Tel Aviv (CH) Nové Zámky (CH) Pomurje (CH) NSA Sofia (CH) KÍ Klaksvík (CH) Osijek (CH) Gintra Universitetas (CH) Cardiff Met. (CH) Kočani (CH) Konak Belediyespor (CH) Glentoran Belfast United (CH) Pärnu JK (CH) Goliador Chişinău (CH) Hibernians (CH) Rīgas FS (CH) Vllaznia (CH) Ekonomist (CH) Faroese club KÍ has entered every past edition. Debutants are Liverpool (ENG), Brescia (ITA), Konin (POL), Amazones Dramas (GRE), FC Minsk (BLR), FC Hibernians (MLT), Rīgas (LAT) and Kočani (MKD).
Round and draw dates UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows. In contrast to previous seasons, quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on weekends.
Round Draw First leg Second leg Qualifying round 26 June 2014 9–14 August 2014 Round of 32 22 August 2014 8–9 October 2014 15–16 October 2014 Round of 16 8–9 November 2014 12–13 November 2014 Quarter-finals 19 November 2014 21–22 March 2015 28–29 March 2015 Semi-finals 18–19 April 2015 25–26 April 2015 Final 14 May 2015 at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Qualifying round
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 26 June 2014. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that each group must contain one of the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts.
In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The matchdays were 9, 11 and 14 August 2014. The eight group winners and the two runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group advanced to the round of 32.
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
The main round was played as a straight knockout tournament with 32 teams. Each tie is played over two legs with the exception of the final, which is played at a single neutral venue.
Bracket
Round of 32 The draw for the round of 32 was held on 22 August 2014. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The first legs were played on 8 and 9 October, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 October 2014.
The only unseeded team that won a tie was Gintra Universitetas after they beat Sparta Praha in the competition's first penalty shootout since the 2010 final.
Round of 16 The round of 16 was drawn together with the round of 32. It was an open draw with no restrictions. The first legs were played on 8 and 9 November, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 November 2014.
Glasgow became the first Scottish team to advance to the quarter-finals.
Notes
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) was held on 19 November 2014. It was an open draw with no restrictions. The first legs were played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 March 2015.
Notes
Semi-finals The first legs were played on 18 and 19 April and the second legs on 25 and 26 April 2015.
Final
The final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin, Germany.
Statistics Statistics include both qualifying round and knockout phase.
Top goalscorers With 14 goals, Šašić set a new record in the Champions League era and tied the record including the Women's Cup era.
RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Célia Šašić Frankfurt146902 Milena Nikolić Spartak Subotica92553 Ewa Pajor Medyk Konin8433 Fabienne Humm Zürich85855 Verónica Boquete Frankfurt6720 Dzsenifer Marozsán Frankfurt67757 Mandy Islacker Frankfurt5221 Aline Zeler Standard Liège5245 Cosmina Dușa Konak Belediyespor5270 Maria Mitkou Amazones Dramas5270 Josée Nahi Zvezda Perm5270 Fanny Vágó Olimpia Cluj5270 Eugénie Le Sommer Lyon5315 Anna Gawrońska Medyk Konin5480 Anja Mittag Rosengård5540
Squad of the season The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:
PlayerTeam Katarzyna Kiedrzynek Paris Zećira Mušović Rosengård Laure Boulleau Paris Nilla Fischer Wolfsburg Sabrina Delannoy Paris Theresa Nielsen Brøndby Anna Blässe Wolfsburg Bianca Schmidt Frankfurt Verónica Boquete Frankfurt Dzsenifer Marozsán Frankfurt Simone Laudehr Frankfurt Caroline Seger Paris Lena Goeßling Wolfsburg Shirley Cruz Paris Kenza Dali Paris Célia Šašić Frankfurt Ramona Bachmann Rosengård Marta Rosengård
References
External links 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League European league standings Official technical report