UEFA Women's Champions League

UEFA Women's Champions League

Organising body	UEFA
Founded	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Region	Europe
Number of teams	16 (group stage) 72 (total)
Current champions	Barcelona (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Lyon (8 titles)
Television broadcasters	DAZN beIN Sports (MENA only)
Website	uefa.com/womenschampionsleague
2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League

The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.

Winners

Season	UEFA Women's Cup
2001–02	Frankfurt
2002–03	Umeå
2003–04	Umeå (2)
2004–05	Turbine Potsdam
2005–06	Frankfurt (2)
2006–07	Arsenal
2007–08	Frankfurt (3)
2008–09	FCR Duisburg
Season	UEFA Women's Champions League
2009–10	Turbine Potsdam (2)
2010–11	Lyon
2011–12	Lyon (2)
2012–13	VfL Wolfsburg
2013–14	VfL Wolfsburg (2)
2014–15	Frankfurt (4)
2015–16	Lyon (3)
2016–17	Lyon (4)
2017–18	Lyon (5)
2018–19	Lyon (6)
2019–20	Lyon (7)
2020–21	Barcelona
2021–22	Lyon (8)
2022–23	Barcelona (2)
2023–24	To be determined (TBD)

The competition was first played in 2001–02 under the name UEFA Women's Cup, and renamed the Champions League for the 2009–10 edition. The most significant changes in 2009 were the inclusion of runners-up from the top eight ranked nations, a one-off final as opposed to the two-legged finals in previous years, and – until 2018 – playing the final in the same city as the men's UEFA Champions League final. In the 2021–22 season, the competition proper included a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era.

Lyon is the most successful club in the competition's history, winning the title eight times, including five consecutive titles from 2016 to 2020. Barcelona are the current champions, having beaten VfL Wolfsburg in the 2023 final.

The idea of creating two new women's European Cups is regularly raised to offer more matches.^[1]