2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round explained

The 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 11, 13 and 16 August 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide eight of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League.[1]

Draw

The draw was held on 25 June 2015, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2] [3] The 32 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 24 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.[4]

Below are the 32 teams which participated in the qualifying round (with their 2015 UEFA club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span),[5] with the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts marked by (H).[6]

+Seeding position 1
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Apollon Limassol (H)25.270
Olimpia Cluj17.620
Spartak Subotica15.620
Gintra Universitetas14.630
Twente (H)14.610
PK-35 Vantaa (H)13.290
PAOK12.965
Konak Belediyespor12.630
+Seeding position 2
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Stjarnan12.610
SFK 2000 (H)11.970
Medyk Konin (H)11.105
ŽNK Osijek (H)10.640
ASA Tel Aviv10.640
Pomurje (H)10.300
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv9.630
NSA Sofia8.645
+Seeding position 3
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Pärnu JK6.650
KÍ Klaksvík5.320
FC Minsk5.130
Ferencváros5.115
Nové Zámky3.645
Wexford Youths3.630
CF Benfica3.135
Glentoran Belfast United (H)2.660
+Seeding position 4
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Vllaznia1.995
Cardiff Met.1.990
Ekonomist1.330
ŽFK Dragon 20140.990
Noroc Nimoreni0.165
Hibernians0.000
Rīgas FS0.000
Jeunesse Junglinster0.000

Format

In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 32 to join the 24 teams which qualified directly.[4]

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. if only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. higher club coefficient.

Groups

All times were CEST (UTC+2). All match attendances are provided by a source independent from UEFA.[7]

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Statistics

There were 235 goals in 48 matches in the qualifying round, for an average of 4.90 goals per match.[8]

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Ebere Orji Ferencváros9202
2 Jill Roord FC Twente7270
Uchechi Sunday FC Minsk7270
4 Aleksandra Sikora Medyk Konin6270
5 Sanna Saarinen PK-35 Vantaa5240
Jasna Djoković SFK 20005270
Poliana Stjarnan5270
8 Alexandra Lunca Olimpia Cluj4133
Jelena Marenić Spartak Subotica4145
Carol Breen Wexford Youths4219
Olha Ovdiychuk Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv4246
Jelena Dimitrijević PAOK4260

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2015/16 Season. UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Draws — Qualifying round. UEFA.com. 25 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Thirty-two learn qualifying round opponents. UEFA. 25 June 2015. 25 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Qualifying round draw live on Thursday. UEFA. 23 June 2015. 23 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Cumulative Club Coefficient Ranking. UEFA.com.
  6. Web site: 2015/16 participants and coefficients. UEFA.com.
  7. Web site: Women's Champions League. Soccerway . 15 October 2015.
  8. Web site: Statistics — Qualifying phase — Group statistics. UEFA.com. 16 August 2014.
  9. Web site: Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 16 August 2015 .