The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 15th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the third edition to feature a 16-team group stage.
The final was held at San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain. Barcelona were the defending champions, and defended their title with a 2–0 win over Lyon, playing in their home country.
Association team allocation The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country 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, if they entered, each had one team qualify. The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2023–24 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 2022–23, 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 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22.
+Association ranking for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes188.3333275.666366.166466.000534.166633.833729.5002827.750924.5001024.2501123.0001222.5001322.0001419.5001518.5001618.5001718.00011817.5001915.500RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes2015.00012114.25002214.00012312.0002412.0002511.000269.500279.500289.000299.000308.500318.000328.000337.500347.000356.000365.500375.500RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes375.5001395.000404.500414.000424.000433.500443.000453.000462.500472.000472.000472.000472.0000NR———0——
Distribution +Access list for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions LeaguePathTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRound 1(Mini-tournament)(57 teams)Champions path(41 teams) 41 champions from associations 8–49 (except Russia)League path(16 teams) 6 third-placed teams from associations 1–6 10 second-placed teams from associations 7–16Round 2(24 teams)Champions 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 Barcelona) 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
Since the Champions League title holders Barcelona have qualified via their domestic leagues, the following changes to the access list have been made:
The champions of association 4 (England) enter the group stage instead of Round 2 (Champions Path). The champions of association 7 (Italy) enter Round 2 instead of Round 1 (Champions Path).
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season
The two qualifying rounds, round 1 and round 2, were divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP).
UEFA women's club coefficients. +Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueEntry roundTeamsGroup stage Barcelona TH Lyon Bayern Munich Chelsea Round 2 Rosengård Slavia Prague Roma Paris Saint-Germain Wolfsburg Real Madrid Manchester United BK Häcken Sparta Prague Round 1 HB Køge Ajax Valur BIIK Shymkent Brann Glasgow City Dinamo Minsk Vorskla Poltava St. Pölten Benfica Zürich Gintra Apollon Ladies Spartak Subotica Vllaznia Anderlecht Katowice KuPS SFK 2000 Ferencváros U Olimpia Cluj Osijek PAOK Fomget Gençlik Shelbourne Mura Lokomotiv Stara Zagora EP-COM Hajvalia Spartak Myjava Flora Breznica Cardiff City Samegrelo Kiryat Gat Cliftonville Racing Union KÍ Birkirkara Agarista Anenii Noi SFK Rīga Ljuboten Paris FC Eintracht Frankfurt Levante Arsenal Linköping Slovácko Juventus Brøndby Twente Stjarnan Okzhetpes Vålerenga Celtic FC Minsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Sturm Graz Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst round30 June 20236 September 2023 (semi-finals)9 September 2023 (third-place play-off & final)Second round15 September 202310–11 October 202318–19 October 2023Group stageMatchday 120 October 202314–15 November 2023Matchday 222–23 November 2023Matchday 313–14 December 2023Matchday 420–21 December 2023Matchday 524–25 January 2024Matchday 630–31 January 2024Knockout phaseQuarter-finals6 February 202419–20 March 202427–28 March 2024Semi-finals20–21 April 202427–28 April 2024Final25 May 2024 at San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
Qualifying rounds
Round 1 A total of 57 teams played in 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 Seeding A total of 24 teams played in Round 2. The draw took place on 15 September 2023.
Group stage
The draw was held 20 October 2023 and saw the 16 teams split into four pools of four teams.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Kadidiatou Diani Lyon82 Marie-Antoinette Katoto Paris Saint-Germain73 Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona6 Salma Paralluelo Barcelona5 Marie-Yasmine Alidou Benfica5 Tabitha Chawinga Paris Saint-Germain Caroline Graham Hansen Barcelona Ada Hegerberg Lyon Sam Kerr Chelsea10 Sara Däbritz Lyon4 Valentina Giacinti Roma Manuela Giugliano Roma Patricia Guijarro Barcelona Rosa Kafaji BK Häcken Amel Majri Lyon
Team of the season The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.
PlayerTeam Christiane Endler Lyon Lucy Bronze Barcelona Irene Paredes Barcelona Jess Carter Chelsea Selma Bacha Lyon Patricia Guijarro Barcelona Aitana Bonmatí Barcelona Lindsey Horan Lyon Caroline Graham Hansen Barcelona Tabitha Chawinga Paris Saint-Germain Kadidiatou Diani Lyon
Player of the season Aitana Bonmatí ( Barcelona)Top Player in UEFA Champions League
Young player of the season Melchie Dumornay ( Lyon)
See also 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
References
External links
Women's Domestic Leagues, UEFA.com