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| Event | 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 24 May 2025 (2025-05-24) | ||||||
| Venue | Estádio José Alvalade,Lisbon | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Stina Blackstenius (Arsenal)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 38,356[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny 28 °C (82 °F) 37%humidity[4] | ||||||
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The2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 24th season of Europe's premier women's clubfootball tournament organised byUEFA, and the 16th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to theUEFA Women's Champions League. The match was played at theEstádio José Alvalade inLisbon, Portugal, on 24 May 2025,[5] between English clubArsenal and Spanish club and title holdersBarcelona.
Arsenal won the match 1–0 for their second UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League title and the first in 18 years. Arsenal also became the first team to begin in the First Qualifying Round to win the Champions League.[6]
In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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 Arsenal | 1 (2007) |
 Barcelona | 5 (2019,2021,2022,2023,2024) |
Barcelona, having won the2024–25 Liga F[7] plus theSupercopa de España Femenina[8] and reached the final of theCopa de la Reina de Fútbol,[9] were seeking to retain their continentalquadruple achieved the previous year.[10]
This was the first Women's Champions League final featuring two clubs that had also met in a men's Champions League final; they clashed in2006, in which Barcelona won 2–1.[11]
The match was the second UEFA final to be held atLisbon'sEstádio José Alvalade, following the men's2005 UEFA Cup final. The stadium also hosted matches atUEFA Euro 2004. It is the second Women's Champions League final to be held in Portugal, after the2014 final betweenTyresö FF andVfL Wolfsburg, held at Lisbon'sEstádio do Restelo.[12]
On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final. The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as aUEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:[5]
The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Estádio José Alvalade as the host during their meeting inNyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.[13]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Arsenal | Round | Barcelona | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Qualifying rounds | Bye | |||
 Rangers | 6–0 (H) | Round 1 Semi-finals | ||||||
 Rosenborg | 1–0 (H) | Round 1 Final | ||||||
 BK Häcken | 4–1 | 0–1 (A) | 4–0 (H) | Round 2 | ||||
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||
 Bayern Munich | 2–5 (A) | Matchday 1 | Manchester City | 0–2 (A) | ||||
| Vålerenga | 4–1 (H) | Matchday 2 | Hammarby | 9–0 (H) | ||||
 Juventus | 4–0 (A) | Matchday 3 |  St. Pölten | 7–0 (H) | ||||
| Juventus | 1–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | St. Pölten | 4–1 (A) | ||||
| Vålerenga | 3–1 (A) | Matchday 5 | Hammarby | 3–0 (A) | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 3–2 (H) | Matchday 6 | Manchester City | 3–0 (H) | ||||
| Group C winners | Final standings | Group D winners | ||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Real Madrid | 3–2 | 0–2 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | VfL Wolfsburg | 10–2 | 4–1 (A) | 6–1 (H) |
 Lyon | 5–3 | 1–2 (H) | 4–1 (A) | Semi-finals | Chelsea | 8–2 | 4–1 (H) | 4–1 (A) |
In the 9th minute, Barcelona forwardClàudia Pina went down after a challenge fromChloe Kelly. Pina complained to the referee and asked for a booking to be given to Kelly, however the referee decided that one was not deserved. One minute later, Barcelona had many chances to score in Arsenal's box but did not succeed.Aitana Bonmatí took a shot into Arsenal's net in the 12th minute, but was blocked by Kelly. In the 17th minute, Barcelona got a corner kick andMapi León took it, they failed to score. In the 22nd minute,Irene Paredes of Barcelona scored an own goal, however it was ruled out by VAR due to an offside in the buildup to the goal. Midway through the first half, Barcelona started adding pressure to Arsenal's defenders. Another corner was then given to Barcelona in the 39th minute, but no goal occurred. A shot was taken by Pina in the 47th minute but it was saved byDaphne van Domselaar. She shot again two minutes later, but the ball bounced off the crossbar. Paredes was given a yellow card in the 50th minute for a slide againstCaitlin Foord. Barcelona made a substitution in the 61st, Pina being removed and replaced bySalma Paralluelo.Frida Maanum of Arsenal was injured in the 67th minute and this led to Arsenal doing two substitutions,Stina Blackstenius for Manuum, andBeth Mead for Kelly. In the 74th minute, Mead passes to Blackstenius who scored the first goal of the game for Arsenal. The possibility of Blackstenius being offside was brought up, but it was shown to be untrue. Barcelona made a double substitution in the 80th minute,Ingrid Syrstad Engen andEsmee Brugts come on for León andFridolina Rolfö, respectively. Bonmatí shot in the 84th minute, but it was blocked byLeah Williamson. Arsenal made a substitution in the 86th minute, withLina Hurtig replacing Foord. In the 88th minute, Paralluelo was given a yellow card for hitting Mead's face. Three minutes later,Alessia Russo was taken off forLotte Wubben-Moy. Barcelona took two shots before the game ended, but both failed to go in.[14] Arsenal won the match 1-0 to win the final, while Blackstenius was given thePlayer of the Match award.[1]
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters inNyon, Switzerland.
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees:[2] | Match rules[15]
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