2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

Event	2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League
Wolfsburg Lyon 1 1
After extra time Lyon won 4–3 on penalties
Date	26 May 2016
Venue	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Referee	Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
Attendance	15,117
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The 2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 15th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 26 May 2016,^[1] between German team Wolfsburg and French team Lyon.

Lyon defeated Wolfsburg 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their third European title.^[2]

Background[edit]

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Italy, hosted the match.

The final was a rematch of the 2013 final, won by Wolfsburg 1–0. This was the ninth successive final with at least one German team, and the sixth final in seven years between a French team and a German team.

Both teams had won the tournament twice. Wolfsburg won successive finals in 2013 and 2014, while Lyon reached four successive finals, winning in 2011 and 2012, but losing in 2010 and 2013, all facing German opponents.

Road to the final[edit]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Wolfsburg				Round	Lyon
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Subotica	4–0	0–0 (A)	4–0 (H)	Round of 32	Medyk Konin	9–0	6–0 (A)	3–0 (H)
Chelsea	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Atlético Madrid	9–1	3–1 (A)	6–0 (H)
Brescia	6–0	3–0 (H)	3–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Slavia Praha	9–1	9–1 (H)	0–0 (A)
Frankfurt	4–1	4–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	8–0	7–0 (H)	1–0 (A)

Match[edit]

Officials[edit]

Hungarian referee Katalin Kulcsár was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 10 May 2016.^[3]

Details[edit]

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 27 November 2015 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4]

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)

Wolfsburg[5]

Lyon[5]

GK 1 Almuth Schult RB 8 Babett Peter CB 4 Nilla Fischer (c) CB 28 Lena Goeßling LB 21 Lara Dickenmann CM 18 Vanessa Bernauer  73' CM 30 Élise Bussaglia RW 9 Anna Blässe  113' LW 27 Isabel Kerschowski CF 11 Alexandra Popp CF 3 Zsanett Jakabfi  59' Substitutes: GK 29 Merle Frohms DF 2 Luisa Wensing DF 20 Stephanie Bunte  113' DF 24 Joelle Wedemeyer FW 10 Tessa Wullaert  73' FW 19 Ramona Bachmann  59' FW 17 Ewa Pajor Manager: Ralf Kellermann

GK 16 Sarah Bouhaddi RB 22 Pauline Bremer  86' CB 29 Griedge Mbock Bathy CB 3 Wendie Renard (c) LB 7 Amel Majri CM 6 Amandine Henry CM 5 Saki Kumagai  44' RW 9 Eugénie Le Sommer  79' AM 23 Camille Abily  101' LW 10 Louisa Nécib  22' CF 14 Ada Hegerberg Substitutes: GK 30 Méline Gérard DF 17 Corine Petit DF 19 Ève Périsset FW 8 Lotta Schelin  79' FW 12 Élodie Thomis  86' FW 20 Delphine Cascarino FW 24 Mylaine Tarrieu Manager: Gérard Prêcheur

See also[edit]

• 2016 UEFA Champions League Final

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League


• 2016 final: Reggio Emilia