The 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between two French sides Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain.
Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equalling Frankfurt's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.
Teams 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) Lyon5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016) Paris Saint-Germain1 (2015)
Venue The Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic to award the men's and women's Champions League finals to Cardiff.
Background The final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the 2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the 2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams.
This was Lyon's sixth final after winning in 2011, 2012 and 2016 and losing in 2010 and 2013, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in 2015.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
LyonRound Paris Saint-GermainOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Avaldsnes IL10–25–2 (A)5–0 (H)Round of 32 Lillestrøm SK5–41–3 (A)4–1 (H) Zürich17–08–0 (H)9–0 (A)Round of 16 BIIK Kazygurt7–13–0 (A)4–1 (H) Wolfsburg2–12–0 (A)0–1 (H)Quarter-finals Bayern Munich4–10–1 (A)4–0 (H) Manchester City3–23–1 (A)0–1 (H)Semi-finals Barcelona5–13–1 (A)2–0 (H)
Pre-match
Ambassador The ambassador for the final was former Welsh international player Jayne Ludlow, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007 with Arsenal.
Ticketing Tickets were available on sale for £6 (adults) and £3 (children 16 and under).
Match
Officials German referee Bibiana Steinhaus was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.
Details The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 25 November 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
GK 16 Sarah BouhaddiRB 29 Griedge Mbock BathyCB 21 Kadeisha BuchananCB 3 Wendie Renard (c)LB 7 Amel MajriCM 5 Saki Kumagai CM 23 Camille AbilyRW 9 Eugénie Le SommerAM 10 Dzsenifer MarozsánLW 31 Alex Morgan CF 14 Ada Hegerberg Substitutes:GK 30 Méline GérardDF 26 Josephine HenningMF 8 Jessica HouaraMF 18 Claire Lavogez MF 27 Caroline SegerFW 12 Élodie Thomis FW 23 Pauline Bremer Manager: Gérard Prêcheur GK 1 Katarzyna KiedrzynekCB 26 Grace GeyoroCB 5 Sabrina DelannoyCB 14 Irene ParedesDM 28 Shirley Cruz (c) CM 7 Aminata Diallo CM 24 FormigaRW 17 Eve Perisset LW 12 Ashley LawrenceCF 10 CristianeCF 18 Marie-Laure DelieSubstitutes:GK 16 Loes GeurtsDF 3 Laure BoulleauDF 4 Laura Georges DF 20 Perle Morroni MF 19 Lina BoussahaMF 21 Verónica Boquete MF 22 Sana DaoudiManager: Patrice Lair
Player of the Match: Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon)
Assistant referees: Christina Biehl (Germany) Katrin Rafalski (Germany) Fourth official: Riem Hussein (Germany) Reserve official: Ella De Vries (Belgium)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
Statistics Statistic Lyon Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 16 8 Shots on target 9 4 Saves 4 9 Ball possession 56% 44% Corner kicks 3 4 Fouls committed 20 19 Offsides 1 3 Yellow cards 1 3 Red cards 0 0
See also 2016–17 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season 2017 UEFA Champions League final 2017 UEFA Europa League final
References
External links 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League 2017 final: Cardiff