2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Philips Stadion in Eindhoven hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 18 August – 29 September 2022 Competition proper: 19 October 2022 – 3 June 2023
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 71 (from 49 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up	VfL Wolfsburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	211 (3.46 per match)
Attendance	681,175 (11,167 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ewa Pajor (VfL Wolfsburg) (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1]
Best young player	Lena Oberdorf (VfL Wolfsburg)
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The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 22nd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 14th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the second edition to feature a 16-team group stage.^[2]

The final was held at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League automatically qualiied for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.

Lyon were the defending champions, having won a record-extending eighth title after winning the 2022 final. They were unable to defend their title after being defeated by Chelsea in the quarter-finals.

Barcelona won their second title by defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final.^[3]

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the UEFA women's Association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[4][5]

• Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–16 each had two teams qualify.
• All other associations (except Russia), if they entered, each have one team qualify.
• The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league.

An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league to enter a team. As of 2019–20, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organize a women's domestic league, with the exceptions being Andorra (1 club in Spain), Liechtenstein (3 clubs in Switzerland) and San Marino (1 club in Italy).

Association ranking

For the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA Women's Association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–2017 to 2020–2021.^[6]

Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1  France 92.000 3 2  Germany 75.500 3  England 68.500 4  Spain 64.000 5  Sweden 40.500 6  Czech Republic 36.500 7  Denmark 34.500 2 8  Netherlands 30.000 9  Kazakhstan 28.500 10  Italy 26.000 11  Iceland 25.000 12  Norway 24.000 13  Scotland 23.000 14  Switzerland 23.000 15  Belarus 21.000 16  Austria 20.000 17  Russia 17.500 0 18  Cyprus 16.000 1 19  Lithuania 15.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 20  Serbia 14.500 1 21  Poland 14.500 22  Ukraine 13.000 23  Portugal 13.000 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.000 25  Belgium 11.500 26  Romania 10.000 27  Albania 9.000 28  Hungary 9.000 29  Finland 8.500 30  Turkey 7.500 31  Greece 7.500 32  Slovenia 7.000 33  Croatia 7.000 34  Republic of Ireland 6.500 35  Kosovo 5.000 36  Slovakia 5.000 37  Israel 5.000

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 38  Bulgaria 4.500 1 39  Wales 4.500 40  Estonia 4.500 41  Montenegro 4.000 42  Georgia 3.000 43  Faroe Islands 3.000 44  Northern Ireland 2.000 45  Malta 1.500 46  Moldova 1.500 47  Latvia 1.000 48  North Macedonia 1.000 49  Luxembourg 1.000 50  Armenia 1.000 NR  Azerbaijan — DNE  Gibraltar —  Andorra — NL  Liechtenstein —  San Marino —

Notes

• NR – No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)
• DNE – Did not enter
• NL – No women's domestic league

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