2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League
{{Short description|18th edition of the European women's club football championship organized by UEFA}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Women's Champions League
| year = 2018–19
| image =Groupama Aréna, légi fotó.jpg
| size = 275px
| caption = The Groupama Arena in Budapest hosted the final.
| dates = Qualifying round:
7–13 August 2018
Knockout phase:
{{nowrap|12 September 2018 – 18 May 2019}}
| num_teams = Knockout phase: 32
Total: 60
| associations = 48
| champion_other = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon
| count = 6
| second_other = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona
| matches = {{#expr: 60 + 61}}
| goals = {{#expr: 275 + 196}}
| attendance = {{#expr: 12413 + 179518}}
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|DEN}} Pernille Harder {{nowrap|(8 goals)}}
| player =
| prevseason = 2017–18
| nextseason = 2019–20
}}
The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 18th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 10th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The final was held at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0245-0e176a0593fa-1f69f2a48496-1000--who-will-succeed-lyon-the-road-to-budapest-2019/|title=Who will succeed Lyon? The road to Budapest 2019|publisher=UEFA|date=24 May 2018}} This was the first time since the final was played as a single match that a host city for the Women's Champions League final was not automatically assigned by which city won the bid to host the men's Champions League final.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/023d-0e16a86c9116-f61c480e4b21-1000--budapest-to-host-2019-uefa-women-s-champions-league-final/|title=Budapest to host 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League final|publisher=UEFA|date=20 September 2017}}
Lyon were the defending champions and won the final against Barcelona 4–1, to win their sixth overall and fourth straight title.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0260-103af4c3f453-59272f467d0b-1000--uefa-women-s-champions-league-finals-all-you-need-to-know/|title=Lyon extend European record|publisher=UEFA|date=18 May 2019}}
Association team allocation
A maximum of 68 teams from 55 UEFA member associations were eligible to participate in the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League. The association ranking based on the UEFA league coefficient for women was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/55/25/90/2552590_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424014758/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/55/25/90/2552590_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2018|title=Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2018/19|publisher=UEFA|date=25 February 2018}}
- Associations 1–12 each had two teams qualify.
- All other associations, should they enter, each had one team qualify.
- The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league.
=Association ranking=
For the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2017 UEFA league coefficients for women, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/51/03/05/2510305_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=2018/19 association coefficient rankings|publisher=UEFA}}
For the first time Switzerland had two entries, replacing Scotland in the top 12 associations.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/023e-0e16aa6d353e-3930baa5dffe-1000--road-to-budapest-all-you-need-to-know-about-2018-19-uwcl/|title=Road to Budapest: all you need to know about 2018/19 #UWCL|publisher=UEFA|date=16 October 2017}}
| +Association ranking for 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League |
| valign=top style="font-size:90%"
| {| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
!Association !Coeff. !Teams |
|---|
| 1
|{{fba|GER}} |align=right|86.000 |align=center rowspan=12|2 |
| 2
|{{fba|FRA}} |align=right|80.000 |
| 3
|{{fba|SWE}} |align=right|61.500 |
| 4
|{{fba|ENG}} |align=right|53.000 |
| 5
|{{fba|ESP}} |align=right|44.000 |
| 6
|{{fba|DEN}} |align=right|38.500 |
| 7
|{{fba|ITA}} |align=right|37.000 |
| 8
|{{fba|RUS}} |align=right|35.500 |
| 9
|{{fba|SUI}} |align=right|33.000 |
| 10
|{{fba|CZE}} |align=right|33.000 |
| 11
|{{fba|AUT}} |align=right|28.000 |
| 12
|{{fba|NOR}} |align=right|27.500 |
| 13
|{{fba|SCO}} |align=right|26.000 |align=center rowspan=7|1 |
| 14
|{{fba|NED}} |align=right|25.000 |
| 15
|{{fba|KAZ}} |align=right|21.000 |
| 16
|{{fba|POL}} |align=right|20.000 |
| 17
|{{fba|CYP}} |align=right|18.000 |
| 18
|{{fba|ISL}} |align=right|17.000 |
| 19
|{{fba|SRB}} |align=right|15.500 |
|
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
!Association !Coeff. !Teams |
|---|
| 20
|{{fba|ROU}} |align=right|15.000 |align=center rowspan=18|1 |
| 21
|{{fba|HUN}} |align=right|14.000 |
| 22
|{{fba|BEL}} |align=right|13.500 |
| 23
|{{fba|BIH}} |align=right|13.000 |
| 24
|{{fba|LTU}} |align=right|12.000 |
| 25
|{{fba|TUR}} |align=right|12.000 |
| 26
|{{fba|SVN}} |align=right|11.000 |
| 27
|{{fba|FIN}} |align=right|11.000 |
| 28
|{{fba|POR}} |align=right|10.500 |
| 29
|{{fba|BLR}} |align=right|10.000 |
| 30
|{{fba|UKR}} |align=right|9.500 |
| 31
|{{fba|GRE}} |align=right|8.500 |
| 32
|{{fba|IRL}} |align=right|8.500 |
| 33
|{{fba|CRO}} |align=right|7.500 |
| 34
|{{fba|ISR}} |align=right|7.000 |
| 35
|{{fba|EST}} |align=right|5.500 |
| 36
|{{fba|BUL}} |align=right|5.000 |
| 37
|{{fba|SVK}} |align=right|4.500 |
|
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
!Association !Coeff. !Teams |
|---|
| 38
|{{fba|FRO}} |align=right|3.000 |align=center rowspan=10|1 |
| 39
|{{fba|NIR}} |align=right|3.000 |
| 40
|{{fba|WAL}} |align=right|2.000 |
| 41
|{{fba|MNE}} |align=right|1.500 |
| 42
|{{fba|ALB}} |align=right|1.500 |
| 43
|{{fba|KOS}} |align=right|1.000 |
| 44
|{{fba|LVA}} |align=right|1.000 |
| 45
|{{fba|MKD|name=Macedonia}} |align=right|1.000 |
| 46
|{{fba|MDA}} |align=right|0.500 |
| 47
|{{fba|MLT}} |align=right|0.500 |
| 48
|{{fba|LUX}} |align=right|0.000 |align=center rowspan=4|{{Tooltip|DNE|Did not enter}} |
| rowspan=7|{{Tooltip|NR|No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)}}
|{{fba|AND}} |align=center|— |
| {{fba|ARM}}
|align=center|— |
| {{fba|AZE}}
|align=center|— |
| {{fba|GEO}}
|align=center|— |align=center|1 |
| {{fba|GIB}}
|align=center|— |align=center rowspan=3|{{Tooltip|DNE|Did not enter}} |
| {{fba|LIE}}
|align=center|— |
| {{fba|SMR}}
|align=center|— |
|}
;Notes
- TH – Additional berth for title holders
- NR – No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)
- DNE – Did not enter
=Distribution=
The format of the competition remained unchanged from previous years, starting from the qualifying round (played as mini-tournaments with four teams in each group), followed by the knockout phase starting from the round of 32 (played as home-and-away two-legged ties except for the one-match final).
Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association entered a team, and so the exact number of teams entering in each round (qualifying round and round of 32) could not be determined until the full entry list was known. In general, the title holders, the champions of the top 12 associations, and the runners-up of highest-ranked associations (exact number depending on the number of entries) received a bye to the round of 32. All other teams (runners-up of lowest-ranked associations and champions of associations starting from 13th) entered the qualifying round, with the group winners and a maximum of two best runners-up advancing to the round of 32.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/51/03/00/2510300_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=2018/19 provisional access list|publisher=UEFA}}
=Teams=
A total of 60 teams from 48 associations entered the competition, with the entries confirmed by UEFA on 8 June 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0246-0e176ba26df0-a98c3ee817bf-1000--women-s-champions-league-entries-confirmed/|title=Women's Champions League entries confirmed|publisher=UEFA|date=8 June 2018}} An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league (or in special circumstances, a women's domestic cup) to enter a team. Among the entrants:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/51/03/00/2510300_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Access List for the UEFA Women's Champions League 2018/19|publisher=UEFA}}
- 20 teams entered the round of 32: the champions and runners-up from associations 1–8 (including title holders Lyon) and the champions from associations 9–12.
- 40 teams entered the qualifying round: the runners-up from associations 9–12 and the champions from the 36 associations ranked 13 or lower.
As KÍ Klaksvík failed to win the Faroe Islands league, their streak of having participated in every edition of the UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League have ended after 17 seasons.
;Legend
- TH: Women's Champions League title holders
- CH: Domestic league champions
- RU: Domestic league runners-up
;Notes
{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}
{{Cnote2|Note GRE|Greece (GRE): The Greek champions PAOK were banned from entering by UEFA, and so the berth was given to the runners-up Elpides Karditsas.{{cite web|url=http://www.palo.gr/thessalia-nea/a-ethniki-gynaikwn-me-xamogela-kai-ti-2i-thesi-ekleisan-ti-sezon-oi-elpides-karditsas/17992218/|title=Α' Εθνική Γυναικών: Με χαμόγελα και τη 2η θέση έκλεισαν τη σεζόν οι Ελπίδες Καρδίτσας|publisher=palo.gr|date=20 May 2018}}}}
{{Cnote2|Note ITA|Italy (ITA): The Italian runners-up Brescia were bought by Milan after the season, and lost the right to enter the competition. Since Tavagnacco and Fiorentina finished tied on points in third place, and a play-off was played on 16 June 2018. Fiorentina won 3–0.{{cite web|url=https://udine.diariodelweb.it/udine/articolo/?nid=20180610-517352|title=Champions: out il Brescia, tocca a Tavagnacco e Fiorentina|publisher=udine.diariodelweb.it|date=10 June 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oasport.it/2018/06/calcio-femminile-incredibile-sara-spareggio-champions-tra-fiorentina-e-tavagnacco-luefa-ha-detto-no-al-milan/|title=Calcio femminile: INCREDIBILE!!! Sarà spareggio Champions tra Fiorentina e Tavagnacco. L’Uefa ha detto no al Milan|publisher=oasport.it|date=12 June 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fiorentina.it/la-fiorentina-womens-vince-tavagnacco-ed-champions-league/|title=La Fiorentina Women’s vince con il Tavagnacco ed è Champions League!|publisher=fiorentina.it|date=16 June 2018}}}}
{{Cnote2|Note MDA|Moldova (MDA): Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi were the league leaders at the entry deadline, and were confirmed as Moldovan champions afterwards.{{cite web|url=http://reportaje.moldova.org/fotbalista-pe-tocuri/|title=Fotbalista pe tocuri|publisher=reportaje.moldova.org|date=18 June 2018}}}}
{{Cnote2 End}}
Round and draw dates
UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Women/General/02/51/03/04/2510304_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=2018/19 UEFA Women's calendar|website=UEFA|publisher=UEFA}}
| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+Schedule for 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League | |||
| Round
! Draw ! First leg ! Second leg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying round | 22 June 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Women/General/02/43/21/43/2432143_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=2017/18 UEFA Women's calendar|website=UEFA|publisher=UEFA}} | colspan=2| 7–13 August 2018 | |
| Round of 32 | 17 August 2018 | 12–13 September 2018 | 26–27 September 2018 |
| Round of 16 | 1 October 2018 | 17–18 October 2018 | 31 October – 1 November 2018 |
| Quarter-finals | rowspan=3| 9 November 2018 | 20–21 March 2019 | 27–28 March 2019 |
| Semi-finals | 20–21 April 2019 | 27–28 April 2019 | |
| Final | colspan=2|18 May 2019 at Groupama Arena, Budapest |
Qualifying round
{{main|2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round}}
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round|Draw}}
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round|Format}}
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round|Schedule}}
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |
| Tiebreakers |
|---|
| {{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round|Tiebreakers}} |
=Group 1=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 1|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 2=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 2|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 3=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 3|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 4=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 4|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 5=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 5|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 6=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 6|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 7=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 7|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 8=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 8|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 9=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 9|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Group 10=
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|Group 10|teamwidth=200|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
=Ranking of second-placed teams=
To determine the best two second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the knockout phase, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team counts for the purposes of determining the ranking.
{{2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League group tables|2nd place|teamwidth=200|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}
Knockout phase
{{main|2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase}}
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase|Format}}
=Bracket=
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase|Bracket}}
=Round of 32=
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase|R32}}
=Round of 16=
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase|R16}}
=Quarter-finals=
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase|QF}}
=Semi-finals=
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase|SF}}
=Final=
{{#lst:2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase|F}}
Statistics
;Notes
- {{small|— denotes the team did not participate in this stage.}}
=Top goalscorers=
Qualifying goals count towards the topscorer award.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| rowspan=2|Rank
!rowspan=2|Player !rowspan=2|Team !colspan=3|Goals | |
|---|---|
| {{Tooltip|Qual|Qualifying round}}
!{{Tooltip|Tourn|Main tournament}} !Total | |
| 1
|align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Pernille Harder |align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg |— | 8
!8 |
| rowspan=2|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Krystyna Freda |align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Barcelona FA |6 | 1
!rowspan=2|7 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Ada Hegerberg
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lyon |— | 7 |
| rowspan=3|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Divišová |align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Praha |5 | 1
!rowspan=3|6 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Tereza Kožárová
|align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Praha |2 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Eugénie Le Sommer
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lyon |— | 6 |
| rowspan=5|7
|align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tine De Caigny |align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht |5 | —
!rowspan=5|5 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Toni Duggan
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona |— | 5 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Isadora Freitas
|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Gintra Universitetas |5 | 0 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Marie-Antoinette Katoto
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain |— | 5 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Fran Kirby
|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Chelsea |— | 5 |
{{small|Source: UEFA{{cite web |title=Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/season=2019/statistics/round=2001001/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=3desc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813143543/https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/season=2019/statistics/round=2001001/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=3desc |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 August 2018 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=13 August 2018 }}{{cite web |title=Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/season=2019/statistics/round=2001002/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=3desc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915225831/https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/season=2019/statistics/round=2001002/players/kind=goals/index.html#order=3desc |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 September 2018 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=27 March 2019 }}}}
=Squad of the season=
The following players were named in the squad of the season:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0251-0e1781fe486e-c70af6ea043a-1000--women-s-champions-league-squad-of-the-season-2018-19/|title=Women's Champions League Squad of the Season 2018/19|publisher=UEFA|date=20 May 2019}}
;Goalkeepers
- Sandra Paños (Barcelona)
- Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon)
;Defenders
- Millie Bright (Chelsea)
- Amel Majri (Lyon)
- Wendie Renard (Lyon)
- Irene Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Lucy Bronze (Lyon)
- Griedge M'Bock Bathy (Lyon)
;Midfielders
- Vicky Losada (Barcelona)
- Melanie Leupolz (Bayern München)
- Amandine Henry (Lyon)
- Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon)
- Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
;Forwards
- Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea)
- Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
- Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon)
- Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg)
- Karen Carney (Chelsea)
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110202004321/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/women/index.html European league standings]
{{UEFA Women's Champions League seasons}}
{{2018–19 in European women's football (UEFA)}}
{{2018–19 European club competitions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uefa Women's Champions League 2018-19}}