2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League

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 and draw dates
UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.
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.
Pot 1
Glasgow City
Unia Racibórz
Zürich
PAOK
Apollon Limassol (host)
Olimpia Cluj (host)
MTK
SFK 2000 (host)
Pot 2
PK-35 Vantaa (host)
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Spartak Subotica
Twente (host)
NSA Sofia
ASA Tel Aviv University
Babruichanka Babruisk
KÍ Klaksvík
Pot 3
Osijek
Gintra Universitetas
Pomurje (host)
Raheny United
Atlético Ouriense (host)
Cardiff City
Nové Zámky
Pärnu JK
Pot 4
Biljanini Izvori
Konak Belediyesi
Crusaders Strikers (host)
Goliador Chişinău
Ada
Birkirkara
Ekonomist
Liepājas Metalurgs
Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
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
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.
Seeded:
Lyon
Turbine Potsdam
Arsenal
Rossiyanka
Torres
Wolfsburg
Brøndby
LdB Malmö
Sparta Praha
Fortuna Hjørring
Paris
Neulengbach
Zorkiy Krasnogorsk
Glasgow City (Q)
Birmingham City
Unia Racibórz (Q)
Unseeded:
Tyresö
Zürich (Q)
Standard Liège
Apollon Limassol (Q)
Tavagnacco
CSHVSM Kairat
MTK (Q)
Barcelona
Lillestrøm SK
PK-35 Vantaa (Q)
Thór/KA
Spratzern
Twente (Q)
Spartak Subotica (Q)
Pärnu JK (Q)
Konak Belediyesi (Q)
Bracket
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.
First leg
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
First leg
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.
Notes
First leg
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.
First leg
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
Top assists
References
External links
Official website
Women's
UEFA Women's Champions League seasons
UEFA
UEFA