2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League

2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	9–14 August 2014 (qualifying) 8 October 2014 – 14 May 2015 (knockout phase)
Teams	32 (knockout phase) 54 (total) (from 46 associations)
Final positions
Champions	1. FFC Frankfurt (4th title)
Runners-up	Paris
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	219 (3.59 per match)
Attendance	141,386 (2,318 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Célia Šašić (14 goals)

The 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 14th edition of the European women's club football championship organized by UEFA. The final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany.^[1] Unlike recent years in which the Women's Champions League final was held in the same week as the men's Champions League final, the two finals were separated by almost a month, as the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup starts in early June.^[2]

German side 1. FFC Frankfurt defeated French side Paris 2–1 in the final to win a record fourth title.^[3]

Association team allocation

A total of 54 teams from 46 UEFA member associations participate in the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League. The ranking based on the UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[4]

• Associations 1–8 each have two teams qualify.
• All other associations, should they enter, each have one team qualify.

Since Wolfsburg, the winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, already qualify through their domestic league, the title holder entry is not used.

Association ranking

For the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2012–13.^[5]

The Czech Republic overtook Austria for eighth place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1 France 84.500 2 2 Germany 83.166 3 Sweden 58.500 4 Russia 58.500 5 England 49.500 6 Italy 37.000 7 Denmark 34.500 8 Czech Republic 32.500 9 Norway 31.000 1 10 Spain 28.500 11 Austria 28.000 12 Iceland 19.000 13 Kazakhstan 19.000 14 Netherlands 17.500 15 Scotland 17.500 16 Poland 16.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 17 Belgium 16.000 1 18 Switzerland 15.500 19 Romania 14.000 20 Finland 13.000 21 Ukraine 13.000 22 Hungary 12.500 23 Greece 12.500 24 Belarus 12.500 25 Cyprus 12.500 26 Serbia 12.000 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.500 28 Republic of Ireland 8.500 29 Portugal 8.500 30 Israel 8.000 31 Slovakia 7.500 32 Slovenia 7.000

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 33 Bulgaria 6.500 1 34 Faroe Islands 5.000 35 Croatia 4.500 36 Lithuania 4.500 37 Wales 3.500 38 Macedonia 3.000 39 Turkey 3.000 40 Northern Ireland 2.500 41 Estonia 2.000 42 Moldova 0.500 43 Malta 0.000 44 Latvia 0.000 45 Montenegro 0.000 46 Albania 0.000

Luxembourg (47th), Georgia (48th), Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, and San Marino (all no rank, as association did not enter in the five seasons used for computing coefficients) did not enter.

Teams

Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team and so the exact number of teams in each round can not be determined until the full entry list is known. For this season, the champions and runners-up from associations 1–8 and the champions from associations 9–14 enter the round of 32, while the remaining teams enter the qualifying round.^[6]

The following list the teams that qualified and entered this season's competition. Here CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, Ned 1 and Bel 1 the best placed Belgian and Dutch team in their joint league.^[7]

Round of 32
Lyon (CH)	Paris Saint-Germain (RU)	Wolfsburg (CH)	Frankfurt (RU)
Rosengård (CH)	Linköping (3rd)^[Note SWE]	Ryazan VDV (CH)	Zvezda Perm (RU)
Liverpool (CH)	Bristol Academy (RU)	Brescia (CH)	Torres (RU)
Fortuna Hjørring (CH)	Brøndby (RU)	Slavia Praha (CH)	Sparta Praha (RU)
Stabæk (CH)	Barcelona (CH)	Neulengbach (CH)	Stjarnan (CH)
BIIK Kazygurt (CH)	Twente (Ned 1)
Qualifying round
Glasgow City (CH)	Medyk Konin (CH)	Standard Liège (Bel 1)	Zürich (CH)
Olimpia Cluj (CH)	Åland United (CH)	Zhytlobud Kharkiv (CH)	MTK (CH)
Amazones Dramas (CH)	FC Minsk (CH)	Apollon Limassol (CH)	Spartak Subotica (CH)
SFK 2000 (CH)	Raheny United (CH)	Atlético Ouriense (CH)	ASA Tel Aviv (CH)
Nové Zámky (CH)	Pomurje (CH)	NSA Sofia (CH)	KÍ Klaksvík (CH)
Osijek (CH)	Gintra Universitetas (CH)	Cardiff Met. (CH)	Kočani (CH)
Konak Belediyespor (CH)	Glentoran Belfast United (CH)	Pärnu JK (CH)	Goliador Chişinău (CH)
Hibernians (CH)	Rīgas FS (CH)	Vllaznia (CH)	Ekonomist (CH)

Faroese club KÍ has entered every past edition. Debutants are Liverpool (ENG), Brescia (ITA), Konin (POL), Amazones Dramas (GRE), FC Minsk (BLR), FC Hibernians (MLT), Rīgas (LAT) and Kočani (MKD).^[8]

^ Sweden (SWE): Tyresö FF, renounced its place as a result of financial difficulties leading to it ceasing to operate. As a result, the berth was awarded to Linköpings FC.^[9]

Round and draw dates

UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.^[10] In contrast to previous seasons, quarter-finals and semi-finals are now played on weekends.

Round	Draw	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	26 June 2014	9–14 August 2014
Round of 32	22 August 2014	8–9 October 2014	15–16 October 2014
Round of 16		8–9 November 2014	12–13 November 2014
Quarter-finals	19 November 2014	21–22 March 2015	28–29 March 2015
Semi-finals		18–19 April 2015	25–26 April 2015
Final		14 May 2015 at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

Qualifying round

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 26 June 2014.^[11] The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that each group must contain one of the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts.^[8]

In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The matchdays were 9, 11 and 14 August 2014. The eight group winners and the two runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group advanced to the round of 32.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZÜR	KON	MIN	RIG
1	Zürich	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	1–1	2–0
2	Konak Belediyespor	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6			0–4	—	—	11–0
3	FC Minsk	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4			—	1–2	—	—
4	Rīgas FS (H)	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0			—	—	0–7	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAH	CLU	SOF	HIB
1	Raheny United	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	2–0	—
2	Olimpia Cluj (H)	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6			1–2	—	—	5–0
3	NSA Sofia	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3			—	1–4	—	5–0
4	Hibernians	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0			1–2	—	—	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MTK	POM	PÄR	EKO
1	MTK	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	3–0	1–0
2	Pomurje	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6			1–2	—	—	4–0
3	Pärnu JK	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3			—	0–4	—	—
4	Ekonomist (H)	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0			—	—	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GLA	KHA	BEL	NOV
1	Glasgow City (H)	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	1–0	5–0
2	Zhytlobud Kharkiv	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6			0–4	—	5–0	—
3	Glentoran Belfast United	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3			—	—	—	5–2
4	Nové Zámky	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0			—	1–3	—	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OSI	SUB	DRA	CHI
1	Osijek (H)	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	—	12–0
2	Spartak Subotica	3	2	0	1	22	1	+21	6			—	—	3–0	19–0
3	Amazones Dramas	3	1	0	2	12	6	+6	3			1–3	—	—	—
4	Goliador Chișinău	3	0	0	3	0	42	−42	0			—	—	0–11	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		APO	UNI	VLL	KÍK
1	Apollon Limassol	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	0–0	—
2	Gintra Universitetas (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6			—	—	—	2–0
3	Vllaznia	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	4			—	0–5	—	—
4	KÍ Klaksvík	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0			1–3	—	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KON	SFK	ÅLA	KOČ
1	Medyk Konin	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	7–0	—
2	SFK 2000 (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6			0–3	—	—	7–0
3	Åland United	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3			—	0–1	—	4–0
4	Kočani	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0			1–11	—	—	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OUR	LIE	TEL	CAR
1	Atlético Ouriense (H)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	2–1	—
2	Standard Liège	3	2	0	1	11	1	+10	6			0–1	—	—	10–0
3	ASA Tel Aviv	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3			—	0–1	—	2–0
4	Cardiff Met.	3	1	0	2	2	13	−11	3			2–1	—	—	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the two best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the round of 32, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	6	Gintra Universitetas	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3	Advance to knockout phase
2	3	Pomurje	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
3	2	Olimpia Cluj	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
4	5	Spartak Subotica	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
5	4	Zhytlobud Kharkiv	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
6	8	Standard Liège	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
7	7	SFK 2000	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
8	1	Konak Belediyespor	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) club coefficient; 5) disciplinary points; 6) drawing of lots.

Knockout phase

The main round was played as a straight knockout tournament with 32 teams. Each tie is played over two legs with the exception of the final, which is played at a single neutral venue.

Bracket

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-final						Semi-final						Final
	Slavia Praha	0	0	0
	Barcelona	1	3	4
							Barcelona	0	1	1
							Bristol Academy	1	1	2
	Raheny United	0	1	1
	Bristol Academy	4	2	6
													Bristol Academy	0	0	0
													Frankfurt	5	7	12
	BIIK Kazygurt	2	0	2
	Frankfurt	2	4	6
							Frankfurt	5	4	9
							Torres	0	0	0
	Pomurje	2	1	3
	Torres	4	3	7
																			Frankfurt	7	6	13
																			Brøndby	0	0	0
	Liverpool	2	0	2
	Linköping	1	3	4
							Linköping	5	0	5
							Zvezda Perm	0	3	3
	Stjarnan	2	1	3
	Zvezda Perm	5	3	8
													Linköping	0	1	1
													Brøndby	1	1	2
	Apollon Limassol	1	1	2
	Brøndby (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
							Brøndby	5	0	5
							Gintra Universitetas	0	2	2
	Gintra Universitetas (p)	1	1	2
	Sparta Praha	1	1	2
																									Frankfurt			2
																									Paris Saint-Germain			1
	MTK	1	2	3
	Neulengbach (a.e.t.)	2	2	4
							Neulengbach	0	0	0
							Wolfsburg	4	7	11
	Stabæk	0	1	1
	Wolfsburg	1	2	3
													Wolfsburg (a)	1	3	4
													Rosengård	1	3	4
	Ryazan VDV	1	0	1
	Rosengård	3	2	5
							Rosengård	2	2	4
							Fortuna Hjørring	1	0	1
	Atlético Ouriense	0	0	0
	Fortuna Hjørring	3	6	9
																			Wolfsburg	0	2	2
																			Paris Saint-Germain	2	1	3
	Osijek	2	0	2
	Zürich	5	2	7
							Zürich	2	2	4
							Glasgow City	1	4	5
	Medyk Konin	2	0	2
	Glasgow City (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
													Glasgow City	0	0	0
													Paris Saint-Germain	2	5	7
	Twente	1	0	1
	Paris Saint-Germain	2	1	3
							Paris Saint-Germain	1	1	2
							Lyon	1	0	1
	Brescia	0	0	0
	Lyon	5	9	14

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 22 August 2014. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.^[12] The first legs were played on 8 and 9 October, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 October 2014.

The only unseeded team that won a tie was Gintra Universitetas after they beat Sparta Praha in the competition's first penalty shootout since the 2010 final.^[13]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Medyk Konin	2–3	Glasgow City	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)
Ryazan VDV	1–5	Rosengård	1–3	0–2
Brescia	0–14	Lyon	0–5	0–9
Atlético Ouriense	0–9	Fortuna Hjørring	0–3	0–6
Slavia Praha	0–4	Barcelona	0–1	0–3
Raheny United	1–6	Bristol Academy	0–4	1–2
BIIK Kazygurt	2–6	Frankfurt	2–2	0–4
Gintra Universitetas	2–2 (5–4 p)	Sparta Praha	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Pomurje	3–7	Torres	2–4	1–3
Stabæk	1–3	Wolfsburg	0–1	1–2
Apollon Limassol	2–3	Brøndby	1–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)
MTK	3–4	Neulengbach	1–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Osijek	2–7	Zürich	2–5	0–2
Liverpool	2–4	Linköping	2–1	0–3
Twente	1–3	Paris	1–2	0–1
Stjarnan	3–8	Zvezda Perm	2–5	1–3

Round of 16

The round of 16 was drawn together with the round of 32. It was an open draw with no restrictions.^[12] The first legs were played on 8 and 9 November, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 November 2014.

Glasgow became the first Scottish team to advance to the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	4–5	Glasgow City	2–1	2–4
Rosengård	4–1	Fortuna Hjørring	2–1	2–0
Paris	2–1	Lyon	1–1	1–0
Neulengbach	0–11^[A]	Wolfsburg	0–4	0–7
Linköping	5–3	Zvezda Perm	5–0	0–3
Barcelona	1–2	Bristol Academy	0–1	1–1
Frankfurt	9–0	Torres	5–0	4–0
Brøndby	5–2	Gintra Universitetas	5–0	0–2

Notes

1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) was held on 19 November 2014. It was an open draw with no restrictions.^[14] The first legs were played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 March 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bristol Academy	0–12^[B]	Frankfurt	0–5	0–7
Wolfsburg	4–4 (a)	Rosengård	1–1	3–3
Glasgow City	0–7	Paris	0–2	0–5
Linköping	1–2	Brøndby	0–1	1–1

Notes

2. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 April and the second legs on 25 and 26 April 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	2–3	Paris	0–2	2–1
Frankfurt	13–0	Brøndby	7–0	6–0

Final

The final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin, Germany.

Frankfurt v Paris

14 May 2015 18:00 CEST

Frankfurt	2–1	Paris
Šašić  32' Islacker  90+2'	Report	Delie  40'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin Attendance: 17,147 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying round.

Top goalscorers

With 14 goals Šašić set a new record in the Champions League era, and tied the record including the Women's Cup era.^[15]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Célia Šašić	Frankfurt	14	690
2	Fabienne Humm	Zürich	6	360
	Verónica Boquete	Frankfurt	6	720
	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Frankfurt	6	775
5	Mandy Islacker	Frankfurt	5	221
	Josée Nahi	Zvezda Perm	5	270
	Eugénie Le Sommer	Lyon	5	315
	Anja Mittag	Rosengård	5	540
9	Fridolina Rolfö	Linköping	4	304
	Emma Madsen	Brøndby	4	490
	Marta	Rosengård	4	530
	Alexandra Popp	Wolfsburg	4	675

Source: UEFA.com^[16]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Frankfurt	8	775
2	Lotta Schelin	Lyon	6	360
	Kerstin Garefrekes	Frankfurt	6	698
4	Verónica Boquete	Frankfurt	4	720
5	Frederikke Thøgersen	Fortuna Hjørring	3	360
	Pernille Harder	Linköpings	3	464
	Bianca Schmidt	Frankfurt	3	522
	Nicola Watts	Bristol Academy	3	532
	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević	Frankfurt	3	653
	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby	3	715

Source: UEFA.com^[17]

Squad of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:^[18]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Katarzyna Kiedrzynek	Paris
	Zecira Musovic	Rosengård
DF	Laure Boulleau	Paris
	Nilla Fischer	Wolfsburg
	Sabrina Delannoy	Paris
	Theresa Nielsen	Brøndby
	Anna Blässe	Wolfsburg
	Bianca Schmidt	Frankfurt
MF	Verónica Boquete	Frankfurt
	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Frankfurt
	Simone Laudehr	Frankfurt
	Caroline Seger	Paris
	Lena Goeßling	Wolfsburg
	Shirley Cruz	Paris
FW	Kenza Dali	Paris
	Célia Šašić	Frankfurt
	Ramona Bachmann	Rosengård
	Marta	Rosengård

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External links

• 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League
• European league standings