2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final explained

2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final
Event:2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
Date:25
Stadium:Estádio José Alvalade
City:Lisbon
Previous:2024
Next:2026

The 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final will be the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 24th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 16th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match will be played at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal, on 24 or 25 May 2025.

Venue

The match will be the second UEFA final to be held at Lisbon's Estádio José Alvalade, following the men's 2005 UEFA Cup final. The stadium also hosted matches at UEFA Euro 2004. It is the second Women's Champions League final to be held in Portugal, after the 2014 final between Tyresö FF and VfL Wolfsburg, held at Lisbon's Estádio do Restelo.[1]

Host selection

On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final. The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as a UEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:[2]

The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Estádio José Alvalade as the host during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.[3]

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lisbon to stage 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final . Union of European Football Associations . 28 June 2023 . 29 June 2023.
  2. Invitation to bid for the 2023/24 and 2025/25 UEFA Europa Conference League finals and the 2025/25 UEFA Women's Champions League final. UEFA Circular Letter . . 40/2022 . 21 June 2022 . 28 June 2022.
  3. News: Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025 . Union of European Football Associations . 28 June 2023 . 28 June 2023.