| Event | 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League | ||||||
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| Afterextra time Lyon won 4–3 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 26 May 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore,Reggio Emilia | ||||||
| Referee | Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 15,117 | ||||||
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The2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 15th season of Europe's premier women's clubfootball tournament organised byUEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to theUEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at theMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium inReggio Emilia, Italy, on 26 May 2016,[1] between German teamWolfsburg and French teamLyon.
Lyon defeatedWolfsburg 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their third European title.[2]
The final was a rematch of the2013 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 in2013 and2014, whileLyon reached four successive finals, winning in2011 and2012, but losing in2010 and2013, all facing German opponents.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
 Wolfsburg | Round |  Lyon | ||||||
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| 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) |
Hungarian refereeKatalin Kulcsár was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 10 May 2016.[3]
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 inNyon, Switzerland.[4]
| Wolfsburg | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Lyon |
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Popp 88' | Report | Hegerberg 12' |
| Penalties | ||
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          Wolfsburg[5] |      Lyon[5] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: | Match rules[6]
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| Statistic[7] | Lyon | VfL Wolfsburg |
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| Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
| Total shots | 18 | 9 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 3 |
| Saves | 2 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 52 | 48 |
| Corner kicks | 8 | 5 |
| Fouls committed | 11 | 6 |
| Offsides | 7 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
