The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 22nd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 14th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the second edition to feature a 16-team group stage.
The final was held at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League automatically qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.
Lyon were the defending champions, having won a record-extending eighth title after winning the 2022 final. They were unable to defend their title after being defeated by Chelsea in the quarter-finals.
Barcelona won their second title by defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final.
Association team allocation The association ranking based on the UEFA women's Association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify. Associations 7–16 each had two teams qualify. All other associations (except Russia), if they entered, each have one team qualify. The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league.
An association had to have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league to enter a team. As of 2019–20, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organized 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 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA Women's Association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–2017 to 2020–2021.
+Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueRankAssociationCoeff.Teams192.0003275.500368.500464.000540.500636.500734.5002830.000928.5001026.0001125.0001224.0001323.0001423.0001521.0001620.0001717.50001816.00011915.500RankAssociationCoeff.Teams2014.50012114.5002213.0002313.0002412.0002511.5002610.000279.000289.000298.500307.500317.500327.000337.000346.500355.000365.000375.000RankAssociationCoeff.Teams384.5001394.500404.500414.000423.000433.000442.000451.500461.500471.000481.000491.000501.000————— Notes
NR – No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients) DNE – Did not enter NL – No women's domestic league
Distribution +Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions LeaguePathTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRound 1(Mini-Tournament)Champions Path(42 Teams) 42 champions from associations 8–50 (except Russia)League Path(16 Teams) 6 third-placed teams from associations 1–6 10 second-placed teams from associations 7–16Round 2Champions Path(14 Teams) 3 champions from associations 5–7 11 knockout winners of the previous roundLeague Path(10 Teams) 6 second-placed teams from associations 1–6 4 knockout winners of the previous roundGroup Stage(16 Teams) 4 champions from associations 1–4 (including title holders Lyon) 7 knockout winners of the Champions Path 5 knockout winners of the League PathKnockout Stage(8 Teams) 4 group winners from group stage 4 group runners-up from group stage
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders 1st, second, third: League positions of the previous season Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association
The two qualifying rounds, round 1 and round 2, were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
CC: 2022 UEFA women's club coefficients. +Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueEntry roundTeams Lyon TH VfL Wolfsburg Chelsea Barcelona Round 2 Rosengård Slavia Prague HB Køge Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich Arsenal Real Sociedad BK Häcken Sparta Prague Round 1 Twente BIIK Kazygurt Juventus Valur Brann Rangers Zürich Dinamo-BGU Minsk St. Pölten Apollon Limassol Gintra Spartak Subotica UKS SMS Łódź Vorskla Poltava Benfica SFK 2000 Anderlecht U Olimpia Cluj Vllaznia Ferencváros KuPS ALG Spor PAOK Pomurje Split Shelbourne EP-COM Hajvalia Spartak Myjava Kiryat Gat Lokomotiv Stara Zagora Swansea City Flora Breznica Lanchkhuti KÍ Glentoran Birkirkara Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi Rīgas FS Ljuboten Union FC Hayasa Paris FC Eintracht Frankfurt Manchester City Real Madrid Kristianstads DFF Slovácko Fortuna Hjørring Ajax Tomiris-Turan Roma Breiðablik Rosenborg Glasgow City Servette Minsk Sturm Graz Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst round24 June 202218 August 2022 (semi-finals)21 August 2022 (third-place play-off & final)Second round1 September 202220–21 September 202228–29 September 2022Group stageMatchday 13 October 202219–20 October 2022Matchday 226–27 October 2022Matchday 323–24 November 2022Matchday 47–8 December 2022Matchday 515–16 December 2022Matchday 621–22 December 2022Knockout phaseQuarter-finals10 February 202321–22 March 202329–30 March 2023Semi-finals22–23 April 202327 April, 1 May 2023Final3 June 2023 at Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Qualifying rounds
Round 1
Champions Path
Tournament 1
Tournament 2
Tournament 3
Tournament 4
Tournament 5
Tournament 6
Tournament 7
Tournament 8
Tournament 9
Tournament 10
Tournament 11
League Path
Tournament 1
Tournament 2
Tournament 3
Tournament 4
Round 2
Group stage
The draw was held 3 October 2022 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, and the seeded teams hosted the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ewa Pajor VfL Wolfsburg92 Cloé Lacasse Benfica5 Sam Kerr Chelsea Stina Blackstenius Arsenal Frida Maanum Arsenal Asisat Oshoala Barcelona Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona8 Mariona Caldentey Barcelona4 Kadidiatou Diani Paris Saint-Germain Caitlin Foord Arsenal Geyse Barcelona Valentina Giacinti Roma Cristiana Girelli Juventus Patricia Guijarro Barcelona Melvine Malard Lyon Fridolina Rolfö Barcelona
Team of the season The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.
PlayerTeam Merle Frohms VfL Wolfsburg Lucy Bronze Barcelona Irene Paredes Barcelona Mapi León Barcelona Katie McCabe Arsenal Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona Lena Oberdorf VfL Wolfsburg Patricia Guijarro Barcelona Caroline Graham Hansen Barcelona Alexandra Popp VfL Wolfsburg Ewa Pajor VfL Wolfsburg
Player of the season Aitana Bonmatí ( Barcelona)
Young player of the season Lena Oberdorf ( VfL Wolfsburg)
See also 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
References
External links
Women's Domestic Leagues, UEFA.com