IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - WOMEN'S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL PREVIEW
Picture : FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyon - the BIG FINAL !
THE TWO BEST EUROPEAN TEAMS
Olympique Lyon have become the first team to reach 10 UEFA women’s Champions League finals, all in the space of 13 seasons ! After 2012 and 2013, the French team won all Champions League finals since 2016 to 2020 !
Since 2021, FC Barcelona took the leadership in Europe with their FIRST Champions League win against Chelsea and with their second consecutive final on Saturday !
The two best teams in Europe and in the World will play on Saturday in Turin (Italy) the final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, this is a certainty !
The spotlight will shine on Alexia Putellas (picture down) and Ada Hegerberg (picture up), crowned each Ballon d’Or ! Alexia, the reigning holder of the key individual women's player awards FIFA, UEFA, BALLON D’OR and IFFHS, is the current queen of the game, her all-round attributes central to Barcelona's success, and leads the race to finish competition Goal Scorer.
She has some way to go to catch the tournament's all-time 58-goal leading scorer Ada Hegerberg, whose knack of finding the net for Lyon in Europe's biggest games did not desert her in her lengthy absence from January 2020 to autumn 2021. Her first-half treble against Barcelona in 2019 remains the only hat-trick in a one-off UEFA Women's Champions League final !
For the second time in History, Lyon and Barcelona will fight for the UEFA Title, the 8th for OL and the 2nd for FCB !
STATISTICS
• Finals UEFA Women's Champions League
2021/22: Barcelona (ESP) vs Lyon (FRA)
2020/21: Chelsea (ENG) 0-4 Barcelona (ESP)
2019/20: Wolfsburg (GER) 1-3 Lyon (FRA)
2018/19: Lyon (FRA) 4-1 Barcelona (ESP)
2017/18: Wolfsburg (GER) 1-4 aet Lyon (FRA)
2016/17: Lyon (FRA) 0-0 aet, 7-6 pens Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
2015/16: Wolfsburg (GER) 1-1 aet, 3-4 pens Lyon (FRA)
2014/15: FFC Frankfurt (GER) 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
2013/14: Tyresö (SWE) 3-4 Wolfsburg (GER)
2012/13: Wolfsburg (GER) 1-0 Lyon (FRA)
2011/12: Lyon (FRA) 2-0 FFC Frankfurt (GER)
2010/11: Lyon (FRA) 2-0 Turbine Potsdam (GER)
2009/10: Lyon (FRA) 0-0 aet, 6-7 pens Turbine Potsdam (GER)
UEFA Women's Cup
2008/09: Zvezda-2005 (RUS) 1-7 agg Duisburg (GER)
2007/08: Umeå (SWE) 3-4 agg FFC Frankfurt (GER)
2006/07: Umeå (SWE) 0-1 agg Arsenal (ENG)
2005/06: Turbine Potsdam (GER) 2-7 agg FFC Frankfurt (GER)
2004/05: Djurgården (SWE) 1-5 agg Turbine Potsdam (GER)
2003/04: Umeå (SWE) 8-0 agg FFC Frankfurt (GER)
2002/03: Umeå (SWE) 7-1 agg Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
2001/02: Umeå (SWE) 0-2 FFC Frankfurt (GER)
Most wins by club
Lyon (FRA) 7
FFC Frankfurt (GER) 4
Turbine Potsdam (GER), Umeå (SWE), Wolfsburg (GER) 2
Arsenal (ENG), Barcelona (ESP), Duisburg (GER) 1
Most wins by player
Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon) 7
Wendie Renard (Lyon) 7
Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon) 7
Most final appearances (inc 2022)
By club
Lyon (FRA) 10
FFC Frankfurt (GER) 6
Umeå (SWE), Wolfsburg (GER) 5
Turbine Potsdam (GER) 4
Barcelona (ESP) 3
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 2
Arsenal (ENG), Chelsea (ENG), Djurgården (SWE), Duisburg (GER), Fortuna Hjørring (DEN), Tyresö (SWE), Zvezda-2005 (RUS) 1
By country
Germany 16
France 12
Sweden 7
Spain 3
England 2
Denmark, Russia 1
(2006 final counts as two German appearances, 2017 counts as two French appearances)
By player
Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon) 9
Wendie Renard (Lyon) 9
Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon) 8