The 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 25th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 17th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway, on 23 May 2026 between Spanish club Barcelona and French club OL Lyonnes.
Barcelona won the match 4–0 for their fourth UEFA Women's Champions League title. As winners, they qualified for the 2027 FIFA Women's Champions Cup semi-finals and the 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup. With the win, they completed their second continental quadruple.
Background Barcelona reached their seventh UEFA Women's Cup/Women's Champions League final overall and sixth consecutively, winning in 2021, 2023, and 2024 while losing in 2019, 2022, and 2025.
OL Lyonnes reached their record-extending twelfth UEFA Women's Cup/Women's Champions League final, having won a record eight titles in 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 while losing in 2010, 2013, and 2024.
The clubs have previously met in three finals; in 2019, 2022, and 2024. The first two were won by OL Lyonnes, while the most recent was won by Barcelona. This final marked a record-equaling fourth UEFA Women's Cup/Women's Champions League final between the same two sides, matching the previous record of finals contested by OL Lyonnes and Wolfsburg.
Previous finals In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.
TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Barcelona6 (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) OL Lyonnes11 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Venue
Host selection On 17 May 2023, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final, which was held in parallel with that of the 2027 final. Interested bidders could bid for either one or both of the finals. Additionally, bidding associations could only be appointed one UEFA final in a given year. The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as a UEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of 30,000 to 60,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:
17 May 2023: Applications formally invited 17 July 2023: Closing date for registering intention to bid 26 July 2023: Bid requirements made available to bidders 15 November 2023: Submission of preliminary bid dossier 21 February 2024: Submission of final bid dossier 22 May 2024: Appointment of host
UEFA announced on 18 July 2023 that three associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2026 and 2027 finals during the first bidding process.
+ Association Stadium City Capacity Notes MHPArena Stuttgart 54,812 Association also bid for 2026 or 2027 Europa League and 2026 or 2027 Conference League finals (with different venues)Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen or Allianz Arena in Munich were also included as possible venues prior to official bid submissionAssociation appointed as host for 2026 Conference League final Ullevaal Stadion Oslo 27,182 Stadium also bid for 2026 or 2027 Conference League finals Hampden Park Glasgow 51,866 Stadium also bid for 2026 or 2027 Europa League and 2026 or 2027 Conference League finals
Ullevaal Stadion was selected as the venue by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on 22 May 2024.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Data sourced from BarcelonaRound OL LyonnesOpponentResultLeague phaseOpponentResult Bayern Munich7–1 (H)Matchday 1 Arsenal2–1 (A) Roma4–0 (A)Matchday 2 St. Pölten3–0 (H) OH Leuven3–0 (H)Matchday 3 VfL Wolfsburg3–1 (H) Chelsea1–1 (A)Matchday 4 Juventus3–3 (A) Benfica3–1 (H)Matchday 5 Manchester United3–0 (A) Paris FC2–0 (A)Matchday 6 Atlético Madrid4–0 (H)1st placeAdvanced to quarter-finalsFinal position2nd placeAdvanced to quarter-finalsOpponent1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponent1st leg2nd leg Real Madrid12–26–2 (A)6–0 (H)Quarter-finals VfL Wolfsburg4–10–1 (A)4–0 (H) Bayern Munich5–31–1 (A)4–2 (H)Semi-finals Arsenal4–31–2 (A)3–1 (H)
Match
Summary In the first half OL Lyonnes threatened the Barcelona goal a number of times, and after 15 minutes scored a goal through Lindsey Heaps which was disallowed by VAR for offside. For Barcelona, Ewa Pajor then had a shot on goal which narrowly went wide. In the second half Barcelona took control, and in the 55th minute Pajor scored the opening goal when she ran on to a pass from Patri Guijarro and struck a left-footed shot past goalkeeper Christiane Endler. 14 minutes later, Pajor doubled the lead for Barcelona by converting a cross from Salma Paralluelo. OL Lyonnes tried to fight back, and Barcelona goalkeeper Cata Coll kept out a shot from Vicki Becho before preventing Tabitha Chawinga from converting when she had only Coll to beat. With the game almost over, Barcelona scored twice more through two goals from Paralluelo; the first with a long shot, before a break resulted in her being left with only the goalkeeper to beat. Barcelona thus regained the trophy that they had lost to Arsenal in 2025.
Details The winners of semi-final 1 (Barcelona) was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
GK 13 Cata Coll RB 22 Ona BatlleCB 2 Irene ParedesCB 4 Mapi LeónLB 24 Esmee Brugts RM 16 Clara Serrajordi CM 12 Patricia GuijarroLM 11 Alexia Putellas (c) RF 10 Caroline Graham Hansen CF 17 Ewa PajorLF 7 Salma ParallueloSubstitutes:GK 1 Gemma FontGK 37 Txell FontDF 8 Marta TorrejónDF 23 Aïcha Cámara DF 40 Adriana RaneraDF 43 Carla JuliàMF 6 Sydney SchertenleibMF 14 Aitana Bonmatí MF 19 Vicky LópezFW 9 Clàudia Pina FW 18 Kika Nazareth FW 35 Martine FengerManager: Pere Romeu GK 1 Christiane EndlerRB 12 Ashley LawrenceCB 3 Wendie Renard (c)CB 15 Ingrid Syrstad EngenLB 4 Selma BachaDM 10 Lindsey HeapsCM 6 Melchie Dumornay CM 20 Lily Yohannes RF 7 Vicki Bècho CF 14 Ada Hegerberg LF 29 Jule BrandSubstitutes:GK 16 Féerine BelhadjGK 56 Lou MarchalDF 18 Alice SombathDF 23 Sofie SvavaDF 33 TarcianeDF 36 Romane RafalskiMF 8 Korbin Shrader MF 13 Damaris EgurrolaMF 17 Maïssa FathallahMF 25 Inès BenyahiaFW 9 Marie-Antoinette Katoto FW 22 Tabitha Chawinga Manager: Jonatan Giráldez
Player of the Match: Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)
Assistant referees: Almira Spahić (Sweden) Monica Løkkeberg (Norway) Fourth official: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania) Reserve assistant referee: Tilde Hedberg (Sweden) Video assistant referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium) Assistant video assistant referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) Support video assistant referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Statistics
+First halfStatisticBarcelonaOL LyonnesGoals scored00Total shots58Shots on target02Saves20Ball possession44%56%Corner kicks13Fouls committed103Offsides12Yellow cards00Red cards00
+Second halfStatisticBarcelonaOL LyonnesGoals scored40Total shots76Shots on target52Saves21Ball possession56%44%Corner kicks13Fouls committed44Offsides01Yellow cards21Red cards00
+OverallStatisticBarcelonaOL LyonnesGoals scored40Total shots1214Shots on target54Saves41Ball possession50%50%Corner kicks26Fouls committed147Offsides13Yellow cards21Red cards00
See also 2026 UEFA Women's Europa Cup final 2026 UEFA Champions League final 2026 UEFA Europa League final 2026 UEFA Conference League final 2026 UEFA Super Cup
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