# 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final

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, between Spanish club Barcelona and German club VfL Wolfsburg.
Barcelona won the match 3–2 for their second UEFA Women's Champions League title.

## 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.
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.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Barcelona | Barcelona | Round | VfL Wolfsburg | VfL Wolfsburg | VfL Wolfsburg | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Benfica | 9–0 (H) | 9–0 (H) | 9–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | St. Pölten | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) |
| Rosengård | 4–1 (A) | 4–1 (A) | 4–1 (A) | Matchday 2 | Slavia Prague | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) |
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 (H) | 3–0 (H) | 3–0 (H) | Matchday 3 | Roma | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) |
| Bayern Munich | 1–3 (A) | 1–3 (A) | 1–3 (A) | Matchday 4 | Roma | 4–2 (H) | 4–2 (H) | 4–2 (H) |
| Benfica | 6–2 (A) | 6–2 (A) | 6–2 (A) | Matchday 5 | Slavia Prague | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (H) |
| Rosengård | 6–0 (H) | 6–0 (H) | 6–0 (H) | Matchday 6 | St. Pölten | 8–2 (A) | 8–2 (A) | 8–2 (A) |
| Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Barcelona 6 15 2 Bayern Munich 6 15 3 Benfica 6 6 4 Rosengård 6 0 Source: UEFA | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Barcelona 6 15 2 Bayern Munich 6 15 3 Benfica 6 6 4 Rosengård 6 0 Source: UEFA | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Barcelona 6 15 2 Bayern Munich 6 15 3 Benfica 6 6 4 Rosengård 6 0 Source: UEFA | Group D winners Pos Teamvte 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 Teamvte Pld Pts 1 VfL Wolfsburg 6 14 2 Roma 6 13 3 St. Pölten 6 4 4 Slavia Prague 6 2 Source: UEFA | Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 VfL Wolfsburg 6 14 2 Roma 6 13 3 St. Pölten 6 4 4 Slavia Prague 6 2 Source: UEFA | Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 VfL Wolfsburg 6 14 2 Roma 6 13 3 St. Pölten 6 4 4 Slavia Prague 6 2 Source: UEFA | Group B winners Pos Teamvte 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.
| Barcelona | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 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) Assistant referees: Michelle O'Neill (Republic of Ireland) Franca Overtoom (Netherlands) Fourth official: Rebecca Welch (England) Reserve assistant referee: Natalie Aspinall (England) Video assistant referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referee: Sian Massey-Ellis (England) Support video assistant referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy) | Match rules 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. |

### Statistics

First half :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 |