# 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League

The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal.
German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Tyresö FF after turning a 0–2 into a 4–3 win. Wolfsburg became the third side to defend the Champions League title.

## Team allocation and distribution

Austria had overtaken Norway for 8th place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.
Countries were allocated places according to their UEFA league coefficient for women. 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.
54 teams entered the competition, with KÍ Klaksvík retaining their record being the only team to play all editions of the UEFA Women's Cup and Women's Champions League so far.
Round of 32 :
| Wolfsburg (CH) | Potsdam (RU) | Lyon (CH) | Paris S-G (RU) |
| Tyresö (CH) | Malmö (RU) | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk (CH) | Rossiyanka (RU) |
| Arsenal (CH) | Birmingham City (RU) | Torres (CH) | Tavagnacco (RU) |
| Brøndby (CH) | Fortuna Hjørring (RU) | Neulengbach (CH) | Spratzern (RU) |
| Barcelona (CH) | Sparta Praha (CH) | Lillestrøm SK (CH) | Standard Liège (Bel 1) |
| Thór/KA (CH) | CSHVSM Kairat (CH) | | |
| Qualifying round ||||
| Babruichanka Babruisk (CH) | Glasgow City (CH) | Unia Racibórz (CH) | Zürich (CH) |
| Twente (Ned 1) | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (CH) | PK-35 Vantaa (CH) | PAOK (CH) |
| MTK (CH) | Olimpia Cluj (CH) | Spartak Subotica (CH) | Apollon Limassol (CH) |
| Atlético Ouriense (CH) | ASA Tel Aviv University (CH) | NSA Sofia (CH) | SFK 2000 (CH) |
| Raheny United (CH) | Pomurje (CH) | Nové Zámky (CH) | Gintra Universitetas (CH) |
| Osijek (CH) | KÍ Klaksvík (CH) | Cardiff City (CH) | Biljanini Izvori (CH) |
| Pärnu JK (CH) | Konak Belediyesi (CH) | Goliador Chişinău (CH) | Crusaders Strikers (CH) |
| Birkirkara (CH) | Liepājas Metalurgs (CH) | Ada (CH) | Ekonomist (CH) |

## Round and draw dates

UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.
| Round | Draw | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying round | 27 June 2013 | 8–13 August 2013 | 8–13 August 2013 |
| Round of 32 | 5 September 2013 | 9–10 October 2013 | 16–17 October 2013 |
| Round of 16 | 5 September 2013 | 9–10 November 2013 | 13–14 November 2013 |
| Quarterfinals | 21 November 2013 | 22–23 March 2014 | 29–30 March 2014 |
| Semifinals | 21 November 2013 | 19–20 April 2014 | 26–27 April 2014 |
| Final | 21 November 2013 | 22 May 2014 | 22 May 2014 |

## Qualifying round
### Seeding and draw

32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot. Host countries won't be drawn together.
Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Konak Belediyesi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| SFK 2000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| NSA Sofia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Cardiff City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spartak Subotica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 9 |
| Olimpia Cluj | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 6 |
| Gintra Universitetas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |

### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| MTK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
| Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| Raheny United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Crusaders Strikers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |

### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Zürich | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 |
| Atlético Ouriense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 |
| Ekonomist | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| KÍ Klaksvík | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |

### Group 5

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Unia Racibórz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 |
| Pomurje | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 6 |
| Bobruichanka Bobruisk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Ada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 |

### Group 6

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| PK-35 Vantaa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 7 |
| Pärnu JK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| PAOK FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
| Biljanini Izvori | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 |

### Group 7

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Apollon Limassol | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| Nové Zámky | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| ASA Tel Aviv University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Goliador Chişinău | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |

### Group 8

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Glasgow City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 |
| Twente | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 |
| Osijek | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 |
| Birkirkara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |

### Ranking of group runners-up

The two best runners-up also qualify for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group does not count for the purposes of the runners-up table. The tie-breakers in this ranking are:
* Higher number of points obtained
* Superior goal difference
* Higher number of goals scored
* Higher number of club coefficient points
* Fair play conduct in all group matches
| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Pärnu JK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | Twente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| 1 | SFK 2000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Pomurje | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Olimpia Cluj | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
| 7 | Nové Zámky | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| 4 | Atlético Ouriense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |

## Knockout phase

22 teams enter the competition in the round of 32. They are joined by ten teams from the qualifying round. Teams marked (Q) advanced from qualifying.

### Bracket

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | |
| CSHVSM Kairat | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arsenal | 7 | 11 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arsenal | 7 | 11 | 18 | Arsenal | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Glasgow City | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Standard Liège | 2 | 1 | 3 | Glasgow City | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Glasgow City | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Glasgow City | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Birmingham City | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Thór/KA | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Birmingham City | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Z. Krasnogorsk | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Z. Krasnogorsk | 2 | 4 | 6 | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Birmingham City | 2 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PK-35 Vantaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | Birmingham City | 2 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Birmingham City | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Birmingham City | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Birmingham City | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tyresö | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Tavagnacco | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tyresö | 0 | 3 | 3 | | |
| Fortuna Hjørring | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fortuna Hjørring | 2 | 2 | 4 | Fortuna Hjørring | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Tyresö | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tyresö | 2 | 0 | 2 | Tyresö | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paris S-G | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paris S-G | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | Tyresö | 8 | 0 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Neulengbach | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Konak Belediyesi | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Neulengbach | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Unia Racibórz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Unia Racibórz | 1 | 0 | 1 | Konak Belediyesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Neulengbach | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Apollon Limassol | 1 | 1 | 2 | Neulengbach | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Neulengbach | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Neulengbach | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tyresö | 3 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wolfsburg | 4 | |
| Spartak Subotica | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wolfsburg | 4 |
| Rossiyanka | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rossiyanka | 4 | 1 | 5 | Rossiyanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Torres | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Spratzern | 2 | 1 | 3 | Torres | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Torres | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Torres | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | Torres | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Turbine Potsdam | 8 | 4 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| MTK | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Turbine Potsdam | 8 | 4 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Turbine Potsdam | 5 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Turbine Potsdam | 5 | 6 | 11 | Turbine Potsdam (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Lyon | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Twente | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lyon | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lyon | 4 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lyon | 4 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Turbine Potsdam | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wolfsburg | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Lillestrøm SK | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wolfsburg | 0 | 4 | 4 | | |
| LdB Malmö | 3 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LdB Malmö | 3 | 5 | 8 | Malmö | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Wolfsburg | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pärnu JK | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wolfsburg | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wolfsburg | 14 | 13 | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wolfsburg | 14 | 13 | 27 | | | | | Wolfsburg | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Barcelona (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Brøndby | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brøndby | 0 | 2 | 2 | Barcelona | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Zürich | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zürich | 2 | 1 | 3 | Zürich | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sparta Prague | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 32

The round of 32 and round of 16 was drawn on 5 September 2013. Teams from the same association or qualifying group couldn't be drawn together. Seeded teams played the second leg at home. Teams are awarded 20,000 Euro for both legs. A sum criticized to be too small by team managers, leaving teams like Arsenal who have to fly by plane with financial losses.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Konak Belediyesi | 2–1 | Unia Racibórz | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| MTK | 0–11 | Turbine Potsdam | 0–5 | 0–6 |
| Standard Liège | 3–5 | Glasgow City | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Tyresö | 2–1 | Paris S-G | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Pärnu JK | 0–27 | Wolfsburg | 0–14 | 0–13 |
| Spratzern | 3–5 | Torres | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Apollon Limassol | 2–3 | Neulengbach | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Subotica | 3–5 | Rossiyanka | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| PK-35 Vantaa | 0–4 | Birmingham City | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Zürich | 3–2 | Sparta Praha | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Lillestrøm SK | 1–8 | LdB Malmö | 1–3 | 0–5 |
| Twente | 0–10 | Lyon | 0–4 | 0–6 |
| CSHVSM Kairat | 2–18 | Arsenal | 1–7 | 1–11 |
| Barcelona | 2–2 (a) | Brøndby | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Thór/KA | 2–6 | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Tavagnacco | 3–4 | Fortuna Hjørring | 3–2 | 0–2 |

#### Second leg

Torres won 5–3 on aggregate.
Birmingham City won 4–0 on aggregate.
Zorkiy Krasnogorsk won 6–2 on aggregate.
Wolfsburg won 27–0 on aggregate.
Fortuna Hjørring won 4–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.
LdB Malmö won 8–1 on aggregate.
Lyon won 10–0 on aggregate.
Neulengbach won 3–2 on aggregate.
Turbine Potsdam won 11–0 on aggregate.
Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.
Tyresö won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rossiyanka won 5–3 on aggregate.
Konak Belediyesi won 2–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 18–2 on aggregate.
Glasgow City won 5–3 on aggregate.

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Barcelona | 6–1 | Zürich | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Konak Belediyesi | 0–6 | Neulengbach | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Fortuna Hjørring | 1–6 | Tyresö | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Rossiyanka | 1–2 | Torres | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Turbine Potsdam | (a) 2–2 | Lyon | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | 2–7 | Birmingham City | 0–2 | 2–5 |
| LdB Malmö | 2–5 | Wolfsburg | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Arsenal | 6–2 | Glasgow City | 3–0 | 3–2 |

#### Second leg

Wolfsburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 6–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.
Birmingham City won 7–2 on aggregate.
Torres won 2–1 on aggregate.
Neulengbach won 6–0 on aggregate.
Tyresö won 6–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Turbine Potsdam won on away goals.

### Quarter-finals

An open draw for the quarterfinals and the following rounds on was held 21 November 2013. Matches were played on 22/23 and 29/30 March 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tyresö | 8–1 | Neulengbach | 8–1 | 0–0 |
| Wolfsburg | 5–0 | Barcelona | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Torres | 1–12 | Turbine Potsdam | 0–8 | 1–4 |
| Arsenal | 0–3 | Birmingham City | 0–1 | 0–2 |

#### Notes

* ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

#### Second leg

Tyresö won 8–1 on aggregate.
Wolfsburg won 5–0 on aggregate.
Potsdam won 12–1 on aggregate.
Birmingham won 3–0 on aggregate.

### Semi-finals

Matches were played on 19 and 27 April 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Birmingham City | 0–3 | Tyresö | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Turbine Potsdam | 2–4 | Wolfsburg | 0–0 | 2–4 |

#### Second leg

Tyresö won 3–0 on aggregate.
Wolfsburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

### Final
## Statistics

The top scorer award includes the qualifying round. Milena Nikolić of Spartak Subotica won that with eleven goals.
The following statistics exclude qualifying round.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
| 1 | Martina Müller | Wolfsburg | 10 | 715' |
| 2 | Christen Press | Tyresö | 9 | 810' |
| 3 | Marta | Tyresö | 7 | 719' |
| 4 | Conny Pohlers | Wolfsburg | 6 | 170' |
| 4 | Danielle Carter | Arsenal | 6 | 440' |
| 4 | Nina Burger | Neulengbach | 6 | 540' |
| 7 | Kim Little | Arsenal | 5 | 360' |
| 7 | Alexandra Popp | Wolfsburg | 5 | 612' |
| 7 | Nadine Kessler | Wolfsburg | 5 | 734' |
| 10 | Lina Magull | Wolfsburg | 4 | 270' |
| 10 | Jordan Nobbs | Arsenal | 4 | 341' |
| 10 | Kirsty Linnett | Birmingham City | 4 | 648' |
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