The UEFA Women's Champions League will play its final matchday of the new-look league phase on Dec. 17, and all nine games kick off at the same time at 3 p.m. ET (8 p.m. GMT). All 18 teams have been battling to progress since early October and we now have a rough idea which 12 teams will be able to seal progress to the knockout stages, either automatically or via a playoff.
The UEFA Women's Champions League is back again for matchday five and, with only one more matchday after this, the league phase table is virtually finalized. In the early games, Barcelona face Benfica and Valerenga take on Paris FC. Then Manchester United host OL Lyonnes, Chelsea take on Roma and Atletico Madrid will look to shock Bayern Munich. Join us for all the action and, if you're in Europe, you can stream the next round of Women's Champions League games on Disney+.
MADRID -- Former winners VfL Wolfsburg had the perfect opportunity to break into the top four of the UEFA Women's Champions League table and earn automatic qualification to the knockouts. Instead, they gifted that chance to nine-player Real Madrid, who claimed a 2-0 victory and have positioned themselves on the cusp of avoiding the knockouts. It was always going to be a tight contest, with both sides needing a win in the penultimate game of the league phase.
The Australia international right-back opened the scoring against Chelsea's biggest European foe, but squandered what should have been the match-winner at Stamford Bridge. Though she missed the golden opportunity to seal victory, her contribution to the club since joining in July has elevated the side to new heights, something rather incredible given the world-class team she stepped into.
The UEFA Women's Champions League will have 18 teams in action across two days under its new format and kicks off the 2025-26 season with some mega-matchups. To start, in the early game on Tuesday we have Juventus vs. Benfica. But then it's a repeat of last season's semifinal as champions Arsenal face eight-time winners OL Lyonnes, while Barcelona host Bayern Munich, and Paris FC take on OH Leuven.
The UEFA Women's Champions League is back! With a new 18-team format, single group-stage table and tons of the world's best female players on show, this season will be bigger than ever. And you can catch every game live on Disney+ across Europe. Holders Arsenal face eight-time winners OL Lyonnes in the first round of fixtures, while the second of last year's semifinals, Chelsea vs. Barcelona, is also on the cards for later in the competition.
In previous years, the draw placed teams into groups. But this year, it will create fixtures. The 18 teams placed in three pots based on their UEFA coefficient, will each play six games. They will draw two opponents from each of the three pots. In line with what has been happening across the world, the human touch has been forgone for supercomputers. A team will be drawn on stage (starting with Pot 1 and ending with Pot 3) following which a computer will select the club's six opponents and corresponding fixtures.
