2024_UEFA_Women's_Champions_League_final
2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final
Football match
The 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 23rd season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match was played at the San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain,[6] on 25 May 2024,[7][8][9] between Spanish club Barcelona and French club Lyon, a repeat of the 2019 and 2022 finals.
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| Event | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) | ||||||
| Venue | San Mamés, Bilbao | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Rebecca Welch (England)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,827[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 21 °C (70 °F) 55% humidity[4][5] | ||||||
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Barcelona won the match 2–0 for their second consecutive and third overall UEFA Women's Champions League title.[10]
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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 Barcelona |
4 (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
 Lyon |
10 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022) |
The final was a repeat of the same fixture in 2019 and 2022, both of which were won by Lyon. It was framed as a coming together of the two giants of women's football – Barcelona being the more dominant team in the 2020s but never beating Lyon, while Lyon held an historic record of Champions League victories – and thus a match to decide which of the two was the overall best.[11][12][13][14]
On 16 July 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the loss of hosting rights for UEFA Euro 2020, San Mamés in Bilbao was given hosting rights for the 2024 final and the 2025 UEFA Europa League final. This was part of a settlement agreement by UEFA to recognise the efforts and financial investment made to host the European Championships.[6]
It was the third time that a UEFA Women's Champions League final was held in Spain, following the 2010 final in Getafe and the 2020 final in San Sebastián: Lyon contested both of the previous Spain-hosted finals, winning in 2020.[13] Barcelona had been drawn as the administrative home team, and reports said that the stadium felt like a true home match, with around 40,000 Barcelona fans travelling across Spain to attend.[11][15][16]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
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Round | Lyon | ||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||
 Benfica |
5–0 (H) | Matchday 1 |  Slavia Prague |
9–0 (A) | ||||
 Eintracht Frankfurt |
3–1 (A) | Matchday 2 |  St. Pölten |
2–0 (H) | ||||
 Rosengård |
6–0 (A) | Matchday 3 |  Brann |
3–1 (H) | ||||
| Rosengård |
7–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | Brann |
2–2 (A) | ||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt |
2–0 (H) | Matchday 5 | St. Pölten |
7–0 (A) | ||||
| Benfica |
4–4 (A) | Matchday 6 | Slavia Prague |
2–2 (H) | ||||
| Group A winners | Final standings | Group B winners | ||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Brann |
5–2 | 2–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Benfica |
6–2 | 2–1 (A) | 4–1 (H) |
 Chelsea |
2–1 | 0–1 (H) | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Paris Saint-Germain |
5–3 | 3–2 (H) | 2–1 (A) |
Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
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During the pre-match anthems, two men carried a Palestinian flag bearing the slogans "Stop Genozide" and "EU don't be an accessory" onto the pitch before placing it on the ground along with the match banners. UEFA later said that the action had not been authorised, with the men reportedly wearing fake accreditation passes to gain access. The men left the pitch, and were apprehended by police who removed them from the stadium. No group has claimed the protest. While the crowd who noticed the action generally applauded it, the Israel Football Association described it as "wretched and cowardly"; Wembley Stadium was put on alert for similar protests ahead of the 2024 UEFA Champions League final set to take place a week later on 1 June 2024.[19]
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- Bonals, Laia (25 May 2024). "El reinado de Europa en juego: dos estilos para una corona". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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- "How Barcelona fans turned Bilbao into Camp Nou in UWCL final". ESPN.com. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- "Full Time Report Final – Barcelona v Lyon" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- "Wembley on alert for pro-Palestine protests at Champions League final after 'wretched' stunt". Yahoo Sports. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.