| 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final | |
| Event: | 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League |
| Team1: | Barcelona |
| Team1score: | 3 |
| Team2: | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Team2score: | 2 |
| Stadium: | Philips Stadion |
| City: | Eindhoven |
| Woman Player1: | Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)[1] |
| Referee: | Cheryl Foster (Wales)[2] |
| Attendance: | 33,147 |
| Weather: | Clear night 23°C 25% humidity[3] [4] |
| Previous: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 22nd season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 14th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match was played at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands on 3 June 2023,[5] between Spanish club Barcelona and German club VfL Wolfsburg.
Barcelona won the match 3–2 for their second UEFA Women's Champions League title.[6] [7]
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) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 3 (2019, 2021, 2022) | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 5 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) |
The Philips Stadion was selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 March 2020.[8] [9]
The match was the first UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League final to be held in the Netherlands. It was also the fourth UEFA club competition final to be held at the stadium, having hosted two UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (the 1978 second leg and in 2006) and the 1988 European Super Cup second leg. The stadium was also a venue at UEFA Euro 2000, where it hosted three group stage matches.[10]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Barcelona | Round | VfL Wolfsburg | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | |||||
| Benfica | 9–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | St. Pölten | 4–0 (H) | |||||
| Rosengård | 4–1 (A) | Matchday 2 | Slavia Prague | 2–0 (A) | |||||
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 (H) | Matchday 3 | Roma | 1–1 (A) | |||||
| Bayern Munich | 1–3 (A) | Matchday 4 | Roma | 4–2 (H) | |||||
| Benfica | 6–2 (A) | Matchday 5 | Slavia Prague | 0–0 (H) | |||||
| Rosengård | 6–0 (H) | Matchday 6 | St. Pölten | 8–2 (A) | |||||
| Group D winners | Final standings | Group B winners | |||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Roma | 6–1 | 1–0 (A) | 5–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | |
| Chelsea | 2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Arsenal | 5–4 | 2–2 (H) | 3–2 (A) | |
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 10 February 2023 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws) at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[11]
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| Player of the Match: Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
| Match rules[12]
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| Statistic | Barcelona | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Goals scored | 0 | 2 | |
| scope=row | Total shots | 16 | 3 | |
| scope=row | Shots on target | 2 | 3 | |
| scope=row | Saves | 1 | 2 | |
| scope=row | Ball possession | 59% | 41% | |
| scope=row | Corner kicks | 3 | 0 | |
| scope=row | Fouls committed | 4 | 7 | |
| scope=row | Offsides | 1 | 0 | |
| scope=row | Yellow cards | 1 | 1 | |
| scope=row | Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | Barcelona | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Goals scored | 3 | 0 | |
| scope=row | Total shots | 10 | 5 | |
| scope=row | Shots on target | 5 | 3 | |
| scope=row | Saves | 3 | 2 | |
| scope=row | Ball possession | 63% | 37% | |
| scope=row | Corner kicks | 2 | 1 | |
| scope=row | Fouls committed | 3 | 6 | |
| scope=row | Offsides | 1 | 1 | |
| scope=row | Yellow cards | 1 | 2 | |
| scope=row | Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | Barcelona | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Goals scored | 3 | 2 | |
| scope=row | Total shots | 26 | 8 | |
| scope=row | Shots on target | 7 | 6 | |
| scope=row | Saves | 4 | 4 | |
| scope=row | Ball possession | 61% | 39% | |
| scope=row | Corner kicks | 5 | 1 | |
| scope=row | Fouls committed | 7 | 13 | |
| scope=row | Offsides | 2 | 1 | |
| scope=row | Yellow cards | 2 | 3 | |
| scope=row | Red cards | 0 | 0 |
