2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League

2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
	The Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo will host the final.
Dates	30 July 2025 – 22, 23 or 24 May 2026
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League will be the 25th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 17th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It will start on 30 July 2025 and end with the final on 22–24 May 2026.

The Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo will host the final.

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[1]

Associations 1–7 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 8–17 each have two teams qualify.
All other associations, if they entered, each have one team qualify.
The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league.

An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league to enter a team. As of 2019–20, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organize 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 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019-20 to 2023–24.^[2]

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

(TH) – Additional berth for UEFA Women's Champions League title holders

Association ranking for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	France	78.333	3
2	Germany	68.999
3	Spain	68.166
4	England	59.999
5	Portugal	34.000
6	Italy	34.000
7	Sweden	24.999
8	Czech Republic	22.332	2
9	Netherlands	22.000
10	Denmark	21.750
11	Norway	21.500
12	Austria	21.250
13	Ukraine	19.000
14	Belarus	18.000
15	Iceland	17.750
16	Scotland	17.000
17	Kazakhstan	14.750
18	Switzerland	14.250	1
19	Serbia	14.000	1

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
20	Albania	14.000	1
21	Cyprus	12.000
22	Belgium	12.000
23	Russia	10.250	0	^{[Note RUS]}
24	Finland	10.000	1
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.000
26	Hungary	9.500
27	Romania	9.000
28	Slovenia	9.000
29	Poland	9.000
30	Croatia	8.500
31	Lithuania	8.500
32	Republic of Ireland	8.000
33	Kosovo	8.000
34	Turkey	7.500
35	Greece	7.000
36	Israel	7.000
37	Georgia	7.000

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
38	Montenegro	7.000	1
39	Slovakia	6.500
40	Bulgaria	6.500
41	Luxembourg	6.000
42	Wales	6.000
43	Estonia	5.500
44	Northern Ireland	5.500
45	Latvia	5.500
46	Malta	5.500
47	Moldova	4.500
48	North Macedonia	4.000
49	Faroe Islands	4.000
50	Armenia	3.000
NR	Azerbaijan	—
	Gibraltar	—		DNE
	Andorra	—		NL
	Liechtenstein	—
	San Marino	—

Distribution

Provisional access list^[3]
		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
First round	Champions path (24 teams)	24 champions from associations 29–52
Second round	Champions path (28 teams)	22 champions from associations 7–28	6 mini-tournament winners from the first round
Second round	League path (16 teams)	12 runners-up from associations 6–17 4 third-placed teams from associations 4–7
Third round	Champions path (8 teams)	TBC (Placeholder for unheld UEFA Women's Europa Cup title holders)	7 mini-tournament winners from the second round
Third round	League path (10 teams)	3 runners-up from associations 3–5 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3	4 mini-tournament winners from the second round
League phase (18 teams)		UEFA Women's Champions League title holder 6 champions from associations 1–6 2 runners-up from associations 1–2	4 winners from the third round (Champions Path) 5 winners from the third round (League Path)
Knockout phase play-offs (8 teams)			8 teams ranked 5–12 from the league phase
Quarter-finals (8 teams)			4 teams ranked 1–4 from the league phase 4 winners from the knockout phase play-offs

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

Two qualifying rounds, round 2 and round 3, are divided into Champions Path (CP) and League Path (LP).

Qualified teams for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
Entry round		Teams
League phase		(TH)	(1st)	(2nd)	Bayern Munich (1st)
		(2nd)	(1st)^{[Note ESP]}	(1st)^{[Note ENG]}	Benfica (1st)
		Juventus (1st)

Round 3	CH	(TBA)
	LP	(3rd)	(3rd)	(2nd)^{[Note ESP]}	(3rd)^{[Note ESP]}
	LP	(2nd)^{[Note ENG]}	(2nd)^{[Note POR]}

Round 2	CH	Rosengård (1st)	(1st)^{[Note CZE]}	(1st)	(1st)
		Vålerenga (1st)	(1st)^{[Note AUT]}	(1st)	Dinamo Minsk (1st)
		Breiðablik (1st)	(1st)	BIIK Shymkent (1st)	(1st)
		(1st)	(1st)	Apollon Ladies (1st)	(1st)
		HJK (1st)	SFK 2000 (1st)	(1st)	(1st)
		Mura Nona (1st)
	LP	(3rd)^{[Note ENG]}	(3rd)^{[Note POR]}	Inter (2nd)	(3rd)
		BK Häcken (2nd)	Hammarby (3rd)	(2nd)^{[Note CZE]}	(2nd)
		(2nd)	Brann (2nd)	(2nd)^{[Note AUT]}	(2nd)
		FC Minsk (2nd)	Valur (2nd)	(2nd)	Aktobe (2nd)

Round 1	CH	(1st)	(1st)	Gintra (1st)	Athlone Town (1st)
		(1st)	(1st)	(1st)	(1st)
		Lanchkhuti (1st)	(1st)	(1st)	(1st)
		(1st)	Cardiff City (1st)	Flora (1st)	Cliftonville (1st)
		Riga FC (1st)	(1st)	(1st)	(1st)
		NSÍ Runavík (1st)	(1st)	(1st)	(1st)

Notes

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Czech Republic (CZE): Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague have qualified as they will finish in the top two of the 2024–25 Czech Women's First League.
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England (ENG): Chelsea have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Women's Super League.
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Austria (AUT): SKN St. Pölten have qualified as they will finish in the top two of the 2024–25 ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga.
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Portugal (POR): Sporting CP and Braga have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional Feminino.
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Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions.^[4] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.^[5]
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Spain (ESP): Barcelona and Real Madrid have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Liga F.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[6]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	16 June 2025	30 July 2025 (semi-finals)	2 August 2025 (third-place play-off & final)
	Second qualifying round	16 June 2025	27 August 2025 (semi-finals)	30 August 2025 (third-place play-off & final)
	Third qualifying round	1 September 2025	11 September 2025	18 September 2025
League phase	Matchday 1	19 September 2025	7–8 October 2025
	Matchday 2		15–16 October 2025
	Matchday 3		11–12 November 2025
	Matchday 4		19–20 November 2025
	Matchday 5		9–10 December 2025
	Matchday 6		17 December 2025
Knockout phase	Knockout phase play-offs	19 December 2025	11–12 February 2026	18–19 February 2026
	Quarter-finals		24–25 March 2026	1–2 April 2026
	Semi-finals		25–26 April 2026	2–3 May 2026
	Final		22–24 May 2026 at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

League phase

Location of teams of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase

References

^ "2024/25 Women's Champions League: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 20 April 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2025/26 Provisional Access List" (PDF). UEFA. 1 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
^ "Provisional access list for the UEFA Women's Champions League and 2nd competition 2025/26" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs. However this could change depending on what happens" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League and new UEFA Women's Europa Cup: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

External links

Official website

[cnote_Note_CZE] 
Czech Republic (CZE): Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague have qualified as they will finish in the top two of the 2024–25 Czech Women's First League.

[cnote_Note_ENG] 
England (ENG): Chelsea have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Women's Super League.

[cnote_Note_AUT] 
Austria (AUT): SKN St. Pölten have qualified as they will finish in the top two of the 2024–25 ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga.

[cnote_Note_POR] 
Portugal (POR): Sporting CP and Braga have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional Feminino.

[cnote_Note_RUS] 
Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions.^[4] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.^[5]

[cnote_Note_ESP] 
Spain (ESP): Barcelona and Real Madrid have qualified as they will finish in the top three of the 2024–25 Liga F.

[format-1] "2024/25 Women's Champions League: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 20 April 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[2] "UEFA Women's Champions League 2025/26 Provisional Access List" (PDF). UEFA. 1 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

[3] "Provisional access list for the UEFA Women's Champions League and 2nd competition 2025/26" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[4] "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[rus-susp-22/23-5] "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs. However this could change depending on what happens" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[6] "2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League and new UEFA Women's Europa Cup: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

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