# 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup

The UEFA Women's Cup 2008–09 is the eighth edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament (since rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League), the most important trophy in European club football. The first qualifying round started on 4 September 2008 and the final over two legs was held on 16 and 22 May 2009. Duisburg defeated Zvezda Perm 7–1 on aggregate to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

## Teams

Second qualifying round :
| Frankfurt (TH, CH) | Duisburg (RU) | Umeå (CH) | Arsenal (CH) |
| Lyon (CH) | Brøndby (CH) | Bardolino (CH) |
| First qualifying round ||||
| Zvezda 2005 Perm (CH) | Røa (CH) | Valur (CH) | AZ (CH) |
| Universitet Vitebsk (CH) | Levante (CH) | Sparta Praha (CH) | Neulengbach (CH) |
| Tienen (CH) | Alma (CH) | AZS Wrocław (CH) | Naftokhimik (CH) |
| Zürich (CH) | Mašinac Niš (CH) | PAOK (CH) | Femina (CH) |
| Honka (CH) | ZNK-SFK 2000 (CH) | Narta Chişinău (CH) | Maccabi Holon (CH) |
| CFF Clujana (CH) | Glasgow City (CH) | 1° Dezembro (CH) | NSA Sofia (CH) |
| ŽNK Krka (CH) | Slovan Duslo Sala (CH) | Cardiff City (CW) | Osijek (CH) |
| Gintra Universitetas (CH) | Skiponjat (CH) | KÍ Klaksvík (CH) | Glentoran (CH) |
| Galway (CW) | Levadia Tallinn (CH) | Vamos Idaliou (CH) | Iveria Khashuri (CH) |

## First qualifying round
### Group A1

Tournament in Šiauliai (Lithuania).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zvezda Perm | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 |
| 2 | Gintra-Universitetas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 |
| 3 | Femina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | KÍ Klaksvík | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 |

### Group A2

Tournament in Niš (Serbia).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Glasgow City Ladies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 7 |
| 2 | AZ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 7 |
| 3 | Masinac Classic Niš | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 3 |
| 4 | Narta Chişinău | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | −32 | 0 |

### Group A3

Tournament in Skiponjat (Macedonia)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Levante | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 7 |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 7 |
| 3 | Tienen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 |
| 4 | Skiponjat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 |

### Group A4

Tournament in Oslo (Norway). Georgia's champion FC Iveria Khashuri withdrew their team from the competition.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Røa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 |
| 2 | Honka Espoo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
| 3 | NSA Sofia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
| 4 | Iveria Khashuri (W) | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 |

### Group A5

Tournament in Šaľa (Slovakia).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Valur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 9 |
| 2 | Maccabi Holon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 4 |
| 3 | Slovan Šaľa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
| 4 | Cardiff City Ladies | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |

### Group A6

Tournament in Osijek (Croatia).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Alma | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 |
| 2 | Clujana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
| 3 | Osijek | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| 4 | Glentoran Ladies | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 1 |

### Group A7

Tournament in Neulengbach (Austria).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Neulengbach | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 |
| 2 | 1.º de Dezembro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | KRKA Novo Mesto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 |
| 4 | Vamos Idaliou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0 |

### Group A8

Tournament in Wrocław (Poland).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Naftokhimik | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
| 2 | AZS Wrocław | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
| 3 | PAOK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Levadia Tallinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |

### Group A9

Tournament in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zürich | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Galway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Universitet Vitebsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | SFK Sarajevo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |

## Second qualifying round
### Group B1

Tournament in Oslo (Norway).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zvezda Perm | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| 2 | Frankfurt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Røa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Glasgow City Ladies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |

### Group B2

Tournament in Umeå (Sweden).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Umeå | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 |
| 2 | Bardolino | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| 3 | Valur | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 3 |
| 4 | Alma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |

### Group B3

Tournament in Lyon (France).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Lyon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 |
| 2 | Arsenal Ladies | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 |
| 3 | Neulengbach | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 3 |
| 4 | Zürich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 0 |

### Group B4

Tournament in Kalush and Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Duisburg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 |
| 2 | Brøndby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Levante | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Naftokhimik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Brøndby | 3–7 | Zvezda Perm | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| Frankfurt | 1–5 | Duisburg | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Arsenal Ladies | 3–8 | Umeå | 3–2 | 0–6 |
| Bardolino | 1–9 | Lyon | 0–5 | 1–4 |

### Second leg
## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lyon | 2–4 | Duisburg | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Zvezda Perm | 4–2 | Umeå | 2–0 | 2–2 |

### Second leg
## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zvezda Perm | 1–7 | Duisburg | 0–6 | 1–1 |

### Second leg

* UEFA Women's Cup 2008-09 winners
* Duisburg First title

## Top goalscorers

(excluding qualifying rounds)
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Inka Grings | Duisburg | 7 |
| 2 | Marta | Umeå | 4 |
| 3 | Daryna Apanaschenko | Zvezda Perm | 3 |
| 3 | Linda Bresonik | Duisburg | 3 |
| 3 | Natalia Barbashina | Zvezda Perm | 3 |
| 3 | Vera Djatel | Zvezda Perm | 3 |
| 3 | Femke Maes | Duisburg | 3 |