2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League

2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League
	; The Mapei Stadium hosted the final;
Tournament details
Dates	; Qualifying round:; 11–16 August 2015; Knockout phase:; 7 October 2015 – 26 May 2016;
Teams	; Knockout phase: 32; Total: 56 (from 47 associations)
Final positions
Champions	; Lyon (3rd title);
Runners-up	; Wolfsburg;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	; 109
Goals scored	; 421 (3.86 per match)
Attendance	; 208,892 (1,916 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; Ada Hegerberg (13 goals);
	; ← 2014–15 ; ; 2016–17 → ;

The 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 15th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 7th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The final was played at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Italy on 26 May 2016, two days before the final of the men's tournament played at San Siro, Milan.^[1]

Lyon defeated Wolfsburg 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their third European title.^[2]Frankfurt were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Wolfsburg in the semi-finals.

Association team allocation[edit]

A total of 56 teams from 47 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League. The ranking based on the UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[3]

Associations 1–8 each had two teams qualify.

All other associations, should they enter, each had one team qualify.

The winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league. Because Frankfurt finished outside the top two league places, this additional entry was necessary, meaning Germany had three teams in the competition this season.

Association ranking[edit]

For the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2009–10 to 2013–14.^[4]

Spain overtook the Czech Republic in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	Germany	91.666	2+1(TH)
2	France	78.500	2
3	Sweden	61.500
4	England	58.500
5	Russia	47.000
6	Italy	39.500
7	Spain	35.000
8	Denmark	35.000
9	Czech Republic	34.000	1
10	Austria	31.500
11	Norway	30.000
12	Scotland	22.000
13	Switzerland	20.000
14	Belgium	19.000
15	Kazakhstan	19.000
16	Poland	18.500
17	Netherlands	18.000
18	Iceland	17.000

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
19	Cyprus	16.000	1
20	Serbia	15.000
21	Finland	15.000
22	Hungary	14.500
23	Romania	14.000
24	Belarus	12.500
25	Greece	12.500
26	Ukraine	12.000
27	Turkey	10.000
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.000
29	Portugal	8.500
30	Slovakia	8.000
31	Israel	8.000
32	Republic of Ireland	8.000
33	Slovenia	7.500
34	Bulgaria	7.500
35	Estonia	5.000
36	Croatia	5.000

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
37	Faroe Islands	5.000	1
38	Lithuania	4.000
39	Macedonia	3.000
40	Wales	3.000
41	Northern Ireland	2.000
42	Montenegro	1.000
43	Moldova	0.500
44	Luxembourg	0.000
45	Georgia	0.000	0 (DNE)
46	Latvia	0.000	1
47	Malta	0.000
48	Albania	0.000
(NR)	Andorra	0.000	0 (DNE)
	Armenia
	Azerbaijan
	Gibraltar
	Liechtenstein
	San Marino

Notes

(TH) – Additional berth for title holders

(DNE) – Did not enter

(NR) – No rank (association did not enter in the five seasons used for computing coefficients)

Teams[edit]

Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of teams in each round can not be determined until the full entry list is known. For this season, the title holders, the champions and runners-up from associations 1–8 and the champions from associations 9–15 entered the round of 32, while the remaining teams entered the qualifying round.^[5]

The following list the teams that qualified and enter this season's competition. Here TH denotes the title holders, 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.^[6] Gibraltar's champions were still ineligible, as the 2014–15 national league season was again played with only nine players per side. After some years of hiatus Georgia played out a national champion in 2014. For the first time in 12 years Neulengbach from Austria missed out on qualification. Luxembourg entered a team for the competition for the first time since the 2011–12 season. Faroese club KÍ had entered every past edition.^[7]

Round of 32
FFC Frankfurt (TH)	Bayern Munich (CH)^[8]	Wolfsburg (RU)	Lyon (CH)
Paris Saint-Germain (RU)	Rosengård (CH)^[9]	KIF Örebro (RU)	Liverpool (CH)^[10]
Chelsea (RU)^[10]	Zvezda Perm (CH)^[11]	Zorky Krasnogorsk (RU)	AGSM Verona (CH)
Brescia (RU)	Barcelona (CH)	Atlético Madrid (RU)	Brøndby IF (CH)
Fortuna Hjørring (RU)	Slavia Praha (CH)^[12]	St. Pölten-Spratzern (CH)^[13]	Lillestrøm SK (CH)^[14]
Glasgow City (CH)	Zürich (CH)^[15]	Standard Liège (Bel 1)	BIIK Kazygurt (CH)^[16]
Qualifying round
Medyk Konin (CH)	Twente (Ned 1)	Stjarnan (CH)^[17]	Apollon Limassol (CH)^[18]
PK-35 Vantaa (CH)^[19]	Ferencváros (CH)	Spartak Subotica (CH)	Olimpia Cluj (CH)
FC Minsk (CH)^[20]	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (CH)^[21]	PAOK (CH)^[22]	Konak Belediyespor (CH)^[23]
SFK 2000 (CH)	CF Benfica (CH)^[24]	Nové Zámky (CH)	ASA Tel Aviv (CH)
Wexford Youths (CH)^[25]	Pomurje (CH)^[26]	NSA Sofia (CH)^[27]	Pärnu JK (CH)^[28]
ŽNK Osijek (CH)	KÍ Klaksvík (CH)^[29]	Gintra Universitetas (CH)	ŽFK Dragon 2014 (CH)
Cardiff Met. (CH)	Glentoran Belfast United (CH)^[30]	Ekonomist (CH)	Noroc Nimoreni (CH)^[31]
Hibernians (CH)^[32]	Rīgas FS (CH)^[33]	Vllaznia (CH)^[34]	Jeunesse Junglinster (CH)^[35]

Round and draw dates[edit]

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).^[36] In contrast to previous seasons, the round of 16 draw was held after the round of 32 was completed (separately from the round of 32 draw) and was seeded. Moreover, the quarter-finals were now moved back to be played in midweek, with only the semi-finals played on weekends.

Round	Draw	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	25 June 2015	11–16 August 2015
Round of 32	20 August 2015	7–8 October 2015	14–15 October 2015
Round of 16	19 October 2015	11–12 November 2015	18–19 November 2015
Quarter-finals	27 November 2015	23–24 March 2016	30–31 March 2016
Semi-finals		23–24 April 2016	30 April–1 May 2016
Final		26 May 2016 at Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia

Qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 25 June 2015.^[37]^[38] The 32 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span.^[39] They were drawn into eight groups of four (one from each seeding position), with the restriction that each group had to contain one of the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts (which were allocated their own designated pot).^[40]

In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 32. The matchdays were 11, 13 and 16 August 2015.

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[3] higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question; if, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply; superior goal difference in all group matches; higher number of goals scored in all group matches; if only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out (this criteria is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if the rankings of the two teams are not relevant for which team qualifies for the next stage). lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); higher club coefficient.

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIN	SFK	KON	VLL
1	FC Minsk	3	3	0	16	1	+15	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	3–0	—	—
2	SFK 2000 (H)	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6		—	—	3–1	5–0
3	Konak Belediyespor	3	1	2	7	14	−7	3		1–10	—	—	5–1
4	Vllaznia	3	0	3	1	13	−12	0		0–3	—	—	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAO	SOF	GLE	DRA
1	PAOK	3	3	0	18	0	+18	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	—	4–0	10–0
2	NSA Sofia	3	2	1	8	5	+3	6		0–4	—	—	6–0
3	Glentoran Belfast United (H)	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3		—	1–2	—	—
4	ŽFK Dragon 2014	3	0	3	0	18	−18	0		—	—	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STJ	APO	KLA	HIB
1	Stjarnan	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	2–0	—	5–0
2	Apollon Limassol (H)	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6		—	—	2–0	8–0
3	KÍ Klaksvík	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1		0–4	—	—	—
4	Hibernians	3	0	1	2	3	16	−13	1		—	—	3–3	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TWE	FER	TLV	JUN
1	Twente (H)	3	3	0	19	0	+19	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	2–0	—	10–0
2	Ferencváros	3	2	1	13	3	+10	6		—	—	2–1	—
3	ASA Tel Aviv	3	1	2	6	10	−4	3		0–7	—	—	5–1
4	Jeunesse Junglinster	3	0	3	1	26	−25	0		—	0–11	—	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 5[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CLU	POM	PÄR	EKO
1	Olimpia Cluj	3	3	0	12	1	+11	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	—	4–0	6–1
2	Pomurje (H)	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6		0–2	—	—	4–0
3	Pärnu JK	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3		—	1–2	—	—
4	Ekonomist	3	0	3	2	12	−10	0		—	—	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 6[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SUB	BEN	OSI	NOR
1	Spartak Subotica	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	2–1	—	4–1
2	CF Benfica	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6		—	—	3–0	—
3	ŽNK Osijek (H)	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3		0–3	—	—	4–0
4	Noroc Nimoreni	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0		—	0–3	—	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 7[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MED	WEX	GIN	CAR
1	Medyk Konin (H)	3	3	0	15	0	+15	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	—	4–0	5–0
2	Wexford Youths	3	2	1	6	7	−1	6		0–6	—	—	—
3	Gintra Universitetas	3	1	2	5	6	−1	3		—	0–1	—	5–1
4	Cardiff Met.	3	0	3	2	15	−13	0		—	1–5	—	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 8[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAN	KHA	RIG	NZK
1	PK-35 Vantaa (H)	3	3	0	20	1	+19	9	Advanced to knockout phase	—	—	9–0	9–0
2	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	3	2	1	10	3	+7	6		1–2	—	4–1	—
3	Rīgas FS	3	1	2	4	15	−11	3		—	—	—	3–2
4	Nové Zámky	3	0	3	2	17	−15	0		—	0–5	—	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Knockout phase[edit]

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

In the draw for the round of 32, the sixteen teams with the highest UEFA coefficients were seeded (with the title holders being the automatic top seed), and the other sixteen teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In the draw for the round of 16, the eight teams with the highest UEFA coefficients were seeded (with the title holders being the automatic top seed should they qualify), and the other eight teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket[edit]

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Chelsea	1	3	4

Glasgow City	0	0	0
				Chelsea	1	0	1

				Wolfsburg	2	2	4
Spartak Subotica	0	0	0

Wolfsburg	0	4	4
								Wolfsburg	3	3	6

								Brescia	0	0	0
Brescia	1	1	2

Liverpool	0	0	0
				Brescia	1	1	2

				Fortuna Hjørring	0	1	1
FC Minsk	0	0	0

Fortuna Hjørring	2	4	6
												Wolfsburg	4	0	4

												Frankfurt	0	1	1
Lillestrøm SK	1	1	2

Zürich	0	1	1
				Lillestrøm SK	0	2	2

				Frankfurt (p)	2	0	2
Standard Liège	0	0	0

Frankfurt	2	6	8
								Frankfurt (p)	1	0	1

								Rosengård	0	1	1
AGSM Verona	5	2	7

St. Pölten-Spratzern	4	2	6
				AGSM Verona	1	1	2

				Rosengård	3	5	8
PK-35 Vantaa	0	0	0

Rosengård	2	7	9
																Wolfsburg	1

																Lyon (p)	1
Atlético Madrid	0	3	3

Zorky Krasnogorsk	2	0	2
				Atlético Madrid	1	0	1

				Lyon	3	6	9
Medyk Konin	0	0	0

Lyon	6	3	9
								Lyon	9	0	9

								Slavia Praha	1	0	1
Slavia Praha	4	0	4

Brøndby	1	1	2
				Slavia Praha	2	0	2

				Zvezda Perm	1	0	1
Zvezda Perm	3	3	6

Stjarnan	1	1	2
												Lyon	7	1	8

												Paris Saint-Germain	0	0	0
Bayern Munich	1	2	3

Twente (a)	1	2	3
				Twente	0	0	0

				Barcelona	1	1	2
BIIK Kazygurt	1	1	2

Barcelona	1	4	5
								Barcelona	0	0	0

								Paris Saint-Germain	0	1	1
PAOK	0	0	0

KIF Örebro	3	5	8
				KIF Örebro	1	0	1

				Paris Saint-Germain (a)	1	0	1
Olimpia Cluj	0	0	0

Paris Saint-Germain	6	9	15

Round of 32[edit]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 20 August 2015.^[41]^[42] The first legs were played on 7 and 8 October, and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 October 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BIIK Kazygurt	2–5	Barcelona	1–1	1–4
Medyk Konin	0–9	Lyon	0–6	0–3
Olimpia Cluj	0–15	Paris Saint-Germain	0–6	0–9
Slavia Praha	4–2	Brøndby	4–1	0–1
Standard Liège	0–8	Frankfurt	0–2	0–6
PAOK	0–8	KIF Örebro	0–3	0–5
Twente	3–3 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–1	2–2
Atlético Madrid	3–2	Zorky Krasnogorsk	0–2	3–0
St. Pölten-Spratzern	6–7	AGSM Verona	4–5	2–2
Stjarnan	2–6	Zvezda Perm	1–3	1–3
Lillestrøm SK	2–1	Zürich	1–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Chelsea	4–0	Glasgow City	1–0	3–0
PK-35 Vantaa	0–9	Rosengård	0–2	0–7
FC Minsk	0–6	Fortuna Hjørring	0–2	0–4
Spartak Subotica	0–4	Wolfsburg	0–0	0–4
Brescia	2–0	Liverpool	1–0	1–0

Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 19 October 2015.^[43]^[44] The first legs were played on 11 and 12 November, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 November 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Twente	0–2	Barcelona	0–1	0–1
Brescia	2–1	Fortuna Hjørring	1–0	1–1
Atlético Madrid	1–9	Lyon	1–3	0–6
Slavia Praha	2–1	Zvezda Perm	2–1	0–0
Chelsea	1–4	Wolfsburg	1–2	0–2
KIF Örebro	1–1 (a)	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	0–0
AGSM Verona	2–8	Rosengård	1–3	1–5
Lillestrøm SK	2–2 (4–5 p)	Frankfurt	0–2	2–0 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals[edit]

The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held on 27 November 2015.^[45]^[46] The first legs were played on 23 March, and the second legs were played on 30 March 2016.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	6–0	Brescia	3–0	3–0
Rosengård	1–1 (4–5 p)	Frankfurt	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Lyon	9–1	Slavia Praha	9–1	0–0
Barcelona	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	0–1

Semi-finals[edit]

The first legs were played on 24 April, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 May 2016.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	8–0	Paris Saint-Germain	7–0	1–0
Wolfsburg	4–1	Frankfurt	4–0	0–1

Final[edit]

The final was played on 26 May 2016 at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Italy.^[47] The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.^[45]

26 May 2016 (2016-05-26)18:00 CEST

Wolfsburg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Lyon
Popp 88'	Report	Hegerberg 12'
Penalties
Popp Kerschowski Peter Fischer Bussaglia	3–4	Hegerberg Schelin Renard Mbock Kumagai

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia

Attendance: 15,117

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Statistics[edit]

Statistics include qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
Rank	Player	Team	Qual	Tourn	Total
1	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	—	13	13
2	Ebere Orji	Ferencváros	9	—	9
3	Jill Roord	Twente	7	1	8
4	Uchechi Sunday	FC Minsk	7	0	7
5	Cristiane	Paris Saint-Germain	—	6	6
5	Aleksandra Sikora	Medyk Konin	6	0	6
7	Jasna Djoković	SFK 2000	5	—	5
	Eugénie Le Sommer	Lyon	—	5	5
	Marta	Rosengård	—	5	5
	Poliana	Stjarnan	5	0	5
	Sanna Saarinen	PK-35 Vantaa	5	0	5

Source: UEFA^[48]^[49]

Top assists[edit]

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
Rank	Player	Team	Qual	Tourn	Total
1	Kateřina Svitková	Slavia Praha	—	5	5
1	Kirsten van de Ven	Rosengård	—	5	5
3	Camille Abily	Lyon	—	4	4
	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	—	4	4
	Renate Jansen	Twente	4	0	4
	Eleni Kakambouki	PAOK	4	0	4
	Eugénie Le Sommer	Lyon	—	4	4
	Louisa Nécib	Lyon	—	4	4
	Dimitra Panteliadou	PAOK	4	0	4
	Shanice van de Sanden	Twente	4	0	4
	Uchechi Sunday	FC Minsk	4	0	4

Source: UEFA^[50]^[51]

Squad of the season[edit]

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:^[52]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon
GK	Sandra Paños	Barcelona
DF	Emma Berglund	Rosengård
	Wendie Renard	Lyon
	Amel Majri	Lyon
	Griedge Mbock Bathy	Lyon
	Nilla Fischer	Wolfsburg
	Pauline Bremer	Lyon
MF	Simone Laudehr	Frankfurt
	Saki Kumagai	Lyon
	Camille Abily	Lyon
	Shirley Cruz	Paris Saint-Germain
	Louisa Nécib	Lyon
	Lena Goeßling	Wolfsburg
FW	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Frankfurt
	Eugénie Le Sommer	Lyon
	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon
	Cristiane	Paris Saint-Germain

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^ "Анастасия Харланова – "Мы чемпионы!!!"" (in Russian). fcminsk.by. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

^ "Чемпионат Украины среди женщин. Сезон-2014. Матч 14 тура. "Жилстрой-2" - "Жилстрой-1". Отчет" (in Russian). gilstroy-1.ucoz.ru. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

^ "Γυναικείο ποδόσφαιρο: Άρης-ΠΑΟΚ 0-3" (in Greek). thestival.gr. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

^ "Kadınlar futbolda şampiyon Konak Belediyespor" (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

^ "Resultados 5.ª jornada I Divisão Nacional, Apur. Campeão: Clube Futebol Benfica campeão nacional ao derrotar a Fundação por 5-1" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

^ "Wexford claim WNL title". wnl.fai.ie. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

^ "V koper po novo lovoriko". znkpomurje.com. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

^ "Отборът на НСА с 12-та титла от държавния шампионат при жените". focus-sport.net. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

^ "Pärnu JK kindlustas endale Eesti meistritiitli" (in Estonian). jalgpall.ee. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

^ "Heimsmetið er veruleiki!" (in Faroese). in.fo. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

^ "Glentoran retain Northern Irish title". shekicks.net. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

^ "FC Noroc Nimoreni". Facebook. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

^ "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

^ "Rīgas Futbola skola 2014.gada Latvijas Sieviešu futbola līgas čempiones" (in Latvian). rigasfutbolaskola.lv. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

^ "VLLAZNIA PER FEMRA, SHPALLET KAMPIONE E VENDIT" (in Albanian). rozafa.tv. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

^ "Junglinster champion" (in French). Luxemburger Wort. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

^ "2014-2016 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

^ "Draws — Qualifying round". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

^ "Thirty-two learn qualifying round opponents". UEFA. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

^ "Cumulative Club Coefficient Ranking" (PDF). UEFA.com.

^ "Qualifying round draw live on Thursday". uefa.com. 23 June 2015.

^ "Draws — Round of 32". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

^ "Women's Champions League round of 32 draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

^ "Draws — Round of 16". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

^ "Chelsea meet Wolfsburg, Atlético face Lyon". UEFA.com. 19 October 2015.

^ ^a^b "Draws — Quarter-finals & Semi-finals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

^ "Tough route for Frankfurt after quarter-final draw". UEFA.com.

^ "2016 final: Reggio Emilia". UEFA.com.

^ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

^ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

^ "Lyon dominate Women's Champions League all-stars". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

External links[edit]

2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League

European league standings

[1] "Reggio Emilia to stage 2016 Women's Champions League final". UEFA.com. 16 February 2015.

[postmatch-2] "Lyon claim third title in shoot-out drama". UEFA.com. 26 May 2016.

[regulations-3] "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.

[4] "2015/16 coefficient rankings" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[5] "Access List for the UEFA Women's Champions League 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.

[6] "2015/16 participants and coefficients" (PDF). UEFA.com.

[7] "Women's Champions League entries confirmed". UEFA.com. 10 June 2015.

[8] "Münchnerinnen sind Frauenfußball-Meister!". kicker.de. 10 May 2015.

[9] "Rosengård complete Swedish title defence". UEFA. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

[eng-10] "Liverpool pip Chelsea to title". shekicks.net. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

[11] ""Звезда" выше всех!". zvezda2005.ru. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[12] "Slavia porazila Slovácko a převzala pohár" (in Czech). zfotbal.cz. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[13] "St. Pölten-Spratzern holt erstmals den Meistertitel" (in German). derstandard.at. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

[14] "Overlegne gulljenter" (in Norwegian). rb.no. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[15] "Der FCZ ist wieder Meister" (in German). frauenfussballmagazin.ch. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

[16] "Kazakhstan Championship among women's League clubs was finished". kff.kz. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[17] "Stjarnan take title, Rosengård book return". UEFA. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[18] "Apollon wins seventh title in a row" (in Greek). apollon.com.cy. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

[19] "Onnea PK-35, Suomen mestari!". sportti.com. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[20] "Анастасия Харланова – "Мы чемпионы!!!"" (in Russian). fcminsk.by. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[21] "Чемпионат Украины среди женщин. Сезон-2014. Матч 14 тура. "Жилстрой-2" - "Жилстрой-1". Отчет" (in Russian). gilstroy-1.ucoz.ru. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[22] "Γυναικείο ποδόσφαιρο: Άρης-ΠΑΟΚ 0-3" (in Greek). thestival.gr. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

[23] "Kadınlar futbolda şampiyon Konak Belediyespor" (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

[24] "Resultados 5.ª jornada I Divisão Nacional, Apur. Campeão: Clube Futebol Benfica campeão nacional ao derrotar a Fundação por 5-1" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

[25] "Wexford claim WNL title". wnl.fai.ie. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[26] "V koper po novo lovoriko". znkpomurje.com. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[27] "Отборът на НСА с 12-та титла от държавния шампионат при жените". focus-sport.net. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[28] "Pärnu JK kindlustas endale Eesti meistritiitli" (in Estonian). jalgpall.ee. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

[29] "Heimsmetið er veruleiki!" (in Faroese). in.fo. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[30] "Glentoran retain Northern Irish title". shekicks.net. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

[31] "FC Noroc Nimoreni". Facebook. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[32] "Hibernians BOV Women's League Champions". maltafootball.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

[33] "Rīgas Futbola skola 2014.gada Latvijas Sieviešu futbola līgas čempiones" (in Latvian). rigasfutbolaskola.lv. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

[34] "VLLAZNIA PER FEMRA, SHPALLET KAMPIONE E VENDIT" (in Albanian). rozafa.tv. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[35] "Junglinster champion" (in French). Luxemburger Wort. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

[36] "2014-2016 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[37] "Draws — Qualifying round". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[38] "Thirty-two learn qualifying round opponents". UEFA. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[39] "Cumulative Club Coefficient Ranking" (PDF). UEFA.com.

[40] "Qualifying round draw live on Thursday". uefa.com. 23 June 2015.

[41] "Draws — Round of 32". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[42] "Women's Champions League round of 32 draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[43] "Draws — Round of 16". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[44] "Chelsea meet Wolfsburg, Atlético face Lyon". UEFA.com. 19 October 2015.

[draw_QF_SF-45] "Draws — Quarter-finals & Semi-finals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

[46] "Tough route for Frankfurt after quarter-final draw". UEFA.com.

[47] "2016 final: Reggio Emilia". UEFA.com.

[48] "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[49] "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[50] "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[51] "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[52] "Lyon dominate Women's Champions League all-stars". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

v t e 2015–16 in European women's football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England '15 '16 Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia '15 '16 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland '15 '16 Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '15 '16 San Marino Scotland '15 '16 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland '15 '16 Turkey Ukraine '15 '16 Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia '14 '15 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland '15 '16 Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia '15 '16 San Marino Scotland '15 '16 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain '15 '16 Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

v t e 2015–16 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania '15–'16 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia Finland '15 '16 France Iceland '15 '16 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2016 Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament women's qualification

v t e 2015–16 European club competitions
« 2014–15 2016–17 »
Football	Men Champions League Europa League Super Cup Youth League Women Champions League
Football variants	Futsal Futsal Cup Beach soccer Euro Winners Cup Women's Euro Winners Cup
Basketball	Men Euroleague Eurocup FIBA Europe Cup Women Euroleague Eurocup SuperCup
Volleyball	Men Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Handball	Men Champions League EHF Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League EHF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Challenge Cup
Water polo	Men Champions League Euro Cup Super Cup Women Euro League LEN Trophy Super Cup
Rugby union	Men European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup
Ice hockey	Men Champions Hockey League Continental Cup
Field hockey	Men Euro Hockey League Women EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
Roller hockey	Men European League CERS Cup Women Women's Cup

Tournament details
The Mapei Stadium hosted the final
Dates	Qualifying round: 11–16 August 2015 Knockout phase: 7 October 2015 – 26 May 2016
Teams	Knockout phase: 32 Total: 56 (from 47 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Lyon (3rd title)
Runners-up	Wolfsburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played	109
Goals scored	421 (3.86 per match)
Attendance	208,892 (1,916 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ada Hegerberg (13 goals)
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