2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final

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2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final
San Mamés in Bilbao hosted the final.
Event2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
Date25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
VenueSan Mamés, Bilbao
Player of the MatchAitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1]
RefereeRebecca Welch (England)[2]
Attendance50,827[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy
21 °C (70 °F)
55% humidity[4][5]
2023
2025

The 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 23rd season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match was played at the San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain,[6] on 25 May 2024,[7][8][9] between Spanish club Barcelona and French club Lyon.

Barcelona won the match 2–0 for their second consecutive and third overall UEFA Women's Champions League title.[10]

Teams[edit]

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.

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Spain Barcelona 4 (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
France Lyon 10 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)

Venue[edit]

Host selection[edit]

On 16 July 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the loss of hosting rights for UEFA Euro 2020, San Mamés in Bilbao was given hosting rights for the 2024 final and the 2025 UEFA Europa League final. This was part of a settlement agreement by UEFA to recognise the efforts and financial investment made to host the European Championships.[6]

Road to the final[edit]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Spain Barcelona Round France Lyon
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Portugal Benfica 5–0 (H) Matchday 1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 9–0 (A)
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 (A) Matchday 2 Austria St. Pölten 2–0 (H)
Sweden Rosengård 6–0 (A) Matchday 3 Norway Brann 3–1 (H)
Sweden Rosengård 7–0 (H) Matchday 4 Norway Brann 2–2 (A)
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 (H) Matchday 5 Austria St. Pölten 7–0 (A)
Portugal Benfica 4–4 (A) Matchday 6 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–2 (H)
Group A winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Spain Barcelona 6 16
2 Portugal Benfica 6 9
3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 7
4 Sweden Rosengård 6 1
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 France Lyon 6 14
2 Norway Brann 6 13
3 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 5
4 Austria St. Pölten 6 1
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Norway Brann 5–2 2–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Quarter-finals Portugal Benfica 6–2 2–1 (A) 4–1 (H)
England Chelsea 2–1 0–1 (H) 2–0 (A) Semi-finals France Paris Saint-Germain 5–3 3–2 (H) 2–1 (A)

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Barcelona Spain2–0France Lyon
Report
Attendance: 50,827[3]
Barcelona[4]
Lyon[4]
GK 13 Spain Cata Coll
RB 15 England Lucy Bronze
CB 2 Spain Irene Paredes
CB 23 Norway Ingrid Syrstad Engen
LB 16 Sweden Fridolina Rolfö downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 14 Spain Aitana Bonmatí
CM 21 England Keira Walsh downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
CM 12 Spain Patricia Guijarro (c)
RF 10 Norway Caroline Graham Hansen
CF 7 Spain Salma Paralluelo downward-facing red arrow 85'
LF 9 Spain Mariona Caldentey downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Spain Sandra Paños
GK 25 Spain Gemma Font
DF 4 Spain Mapi León
DF 5 Spain Jana Fernández
DF 8 Spain Marta Torrejón
DF 22 Spain Ona Batlle upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 34 Spain Martina Fernández
MF 11 Spain Alexia Putellas Yellow card 90+6' upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
MF 30 Spain Vicky López
FW 6 Spain Clàudia Pina upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
FW 19 Spain Bruna Vilamala
FW 24 Netherlands Esmee Brugts upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Spain Jonatan Giráldez
GK 1 Chile Christiane Endler Yellow card 90+7'
RB 12 Australia Ellie Carpenter
CB 3 France Wendie Renard (c) Yellow card 70'
CB 21 Canada Vanessa Gilles downward-facing red arrow 81'
LB 4 France Selma Bacha
CM 26 United States Lindsey Horan
CM 13 Netherlands Damaris Egurrola
CM 17 Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk downward-facing red arrow 81'
RF 11 France Kadidiatou Diani
CF 6 Haiti Melchie Dumornay
LF 20 France Delphine Cascarino downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutes:
GK 16 France Féerine Belhadj
GK 30 Germany Laura Benkarth
DF 5 France Perle Morroni
DF 18 France Alice Sombath
DF 24 France Alice Marques
DF 29 France Griedge Mbock Bathy
MF 7 France Amel Majri upward-facing green arrow 63'
MF 10 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
FW 14 Norway Ada Hegerberg upward-facing green arrow 81'
FW 27 France Vicki Bècho upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
France Sonia Bompastor

Player of the Match:
Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Natalie Aspinall (England)
Emily Carney (England)
Fourth official:[2]
Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Sanja Rođak-Karšić (Croatia)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Stuart Attwell (England)
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Katrin Rafalski (Germany)
Offside video assistant referee:[2]
Katalin Kulcsár Hungary

Match rules[11]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
  • Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Statistics[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Aitana Bonmatí named official UEFA Women's Champions League final Player of the Match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Referee teams for 2024 UEFA club competition finals announced". UEFA. 13 May 2024. Archived from the original on 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Record crowd of 50,827 for Women's Champions League final in Spain". Bilbao: Associated Press. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Tactical Lineups – Final – Saturday 25 May 2024" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Barcelona v Lyon – Match info". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Venues appointed for club competition finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Women's Champions League – match calendar and access list". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 68/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  8. ^ "2023/24 Women's Champions League: Dates, provisional access list, full guide". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final: Bilbao". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's Champions League final report: Barcelona 2–0 Lyon". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. ^ a b c "Full Time Report Final – Barcelona v Lyon" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

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