2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final

2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final
Event	2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
Date	3 June 2023
Venue	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Player of the Match	Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
Referee	Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Attendance	33,147
Weather	Clear night; 23 °C (73 °F); 25% humidity
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The 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 22nd season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 14th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match was played at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands on 3 June 2023,^[6] between Spanish club Barcelona and German club VfL Wolfsburg.

Barcelona won the match 3–2 for their second UEFA Women's Champions League title.^[3]^[7]^[8]

Teams

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)
Barcelona	3 (2019, 2021, 2022)
VfL Wolfsburg	5 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)

Venue

The Philips Stadion was selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 March 2020.^[9]^[10]

The match was the first UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League final to be held in the Netherlands. It was also the fourth UEFA club competition final to be held at the stadium, having hosted two UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (the 1978 second leg and in 2006) and the 1988 European Super Cup second leg. The stadium was also a venue at UEFA Euro 2000, where it hosted three group stage matches.^[11]

Route to the final

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

Barcelona

Round

VfL Wolfsburg

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Benfica

9–0 (H)

Matchday 1

St. Pölten

4–0 (H)

Rosengård

4–1 (A)

Matchday 2

Slavia Prague

2–0 (A)

Bayern Munich

3–0 (H)

Matchday 3

Roma

1–1 (A)

Bayern Munich

1–3 (A)

Matchday 4

Roma

4–2 (H)

Benfica

6–2 (A)

Matchday 5

Slavia Prague

0–0 (H)

Rosengård

6–0 (H)

Matchday 6

St. Pölten

8–2 (A)

Group D winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Barcelona	6	15
2	Bayern Munich	6	15
3	Benfica	6	6
4	Rosengård	6	0

Source: UEFA

Final standings

Group B winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	VfL Wolfsburg	6	14
2	Roma	6	13
3	St. Pölten	6	4
4	Slavia Prague	6	2

Source: UEFA

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout phase

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Roma

6–1

1–0 (A)

5–1 (H)

Quarter-finals

Paris Saint-Germain

2–1

1–0 (A)

1–1 (H)

Chelsea

2–1

1–0 (A)

1–1 (H)

Semi-finals

Arsenal

5–4

2–2 (H)

3–2 (a.e.t.) (A)

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 10 February 2023 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws) at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[12]

3 June 2023

16:00 CEST

Barcelona	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg
Guijarro 48', 50' Rolfö 70'	Report	Pajor 3' Popp 37'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 33,147^[3]

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Barcelona^[4]

VfL Wolfsburg^[4]


GK	1	Sandra Paños (c)
RB	15	Lucy Bronze
CB	2	Irene Paredes	90+4'
CB	4	Mapi León
LB	16	Fridolina Rolfö
CM	14	Aitana Bonmatí	33'	90'
CM	21	Keira Walsh		90'
CM	12	Patricia Guijarro
RF	10	Caroline Graham Hansen		79'
CF	17	Salma Paralluelo		70'
LF	9	Mariona Caldentey		79'
Substitutes:
GK	13	Cata Coll
DF	3	Laia Codina
DF	5	Jana Fernández
DF	8	Marta Torrejón
DF	22	Nuria Rábano
MF	11	Alexia Putellas		90'
MF	23	Ingrid Syrstad Engen		90'
MF	30	Vicky López
FW	6	Clàudia Pina		79'
FW	7	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević		79'
FW	18	Geyse		70'
FW	19	Bruna Vilamala
Manager:
Jonatan Giráldez


GK	1	Merle Frohms
RB	2	Lynn Wilms		84'
CB	4	Kathrin Hendrich	21'
CB	6	Dominique Janssen
LB	13	Felicitas Rauch
CM	5	Lena Oberdorf
CM	14	Jill Roord		71'
AM	10	Svenja Huth (c)
RF	23	Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	77'
CF	9	Ewa Pajor		84'
LF	11	Alexandra Popp	90+4'
Substitutes:
GK	30	Lisa Weiß
GK	77	Katarzyna Kiedrzynek
DF	3	Sara Agrež
DF	24	Joelle Wedemeyer
DF	31	Marina Hegering		84'
MF	8	Lena Lattwein		71'
MF	17	Kristin Demann
MF	20	Pia-Sophie Wolter
MF	29	Jule Brand
FW	7	Pauline Bremer		84'
FW	21	Rebecka Blomqvist
FW	28	Tabea Waßmuth
Manager:
Tommy Stroot

Player of the Match:
Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)^[1]

Assistant referees:^[2]
Michelle O'Neill (Republic of Ireland)
Franca Overtoom (Netherlands)
Fourth official:^[2]
Rebecca Welch (England)
Reserve assistant referee:^[2]
Natalie Aspinall (England)
Video assistant referee:^[2]
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referee:^[2]
Sian Massey-Ellis (England)
Support video assistant referee:^[2]
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

Match rules^[13]

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Twelve named substitutes.
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.^{[note 1]}

Statistics

First half^[14]
Statistic	Barcelona	VfL Wolfsburg
Goals scored	0	2
Total shots	16	3
Shots on target	2	3
Saves	1	2
Ball possession	59%	41%
Corner kicks	3	0
Fouls committed	4	7
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

Second half^[14]
Statistic	Barcelona	VfL Wolfsburg
Goals scored	3	0
Total shots	10	5
Shots on target	5	3
Saves	3	2
Ball possession	63%	37%
Corner kicks	2	1
Fouls committed	3	6
Offsides	1	1
Yellow cards	1	2
Red cards	0	0

Overall^[14]
Statistic	Barcelona	VfL Wolfsburg
Goals scored	3	2
Total shots	26	8
Shots on target	7	6
Saves	4	4
Ball possession	61%	39%
Corner kicks	5	1
Fouls committed	7	13
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	2	3
Red cards	0	0

Notes

^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.