Women’s Champions League round 2: Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Vålerenga into group stage | UEFA Women’s Champions League

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Juventus 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain 
Having reached at least the quarter-finals for the last five seasons, Paris face a tough task to keep up their ever-present group stage record, with Sofia Cantore’s solo goal the highlight of Juve’s display.

Häcken 1-0 Arsenal 
Tabitha Tindell scored with 13 minutes left for 2023/24 quarter-finalists Häcken, seeking a third group spot in four years. Arsenal had most of the play, hitting the woodwork twice.

Jess Park (left) celebrates the first of her two City goals at Paris FCGetty Images

Paris FC 0-5 Manchester City 
Man City are on course for a group debut, set on their way by two memorable first-half goals as Jess Park finished off a brilliant team move and then, on her competitive City debut, Vivianne Miedema produced an acrobatic volley against the team that knocked out Arsenal and Wolfsburg in qualifying last year.

Hammarby 1-2 Benfica 
The 12,062 crowd, a competition record for qualifying in any format, were thrilled as Julie Blakstad gave the European debutants an early lead, but Cristina Martin-Prieto and Andreia Norton struck either side of half-time.

Fiorentina 0-7 Wolfsburg 
Wolfsburg look set to avoid a second straight exit at this stage, with Alex Popp scoring a hat-trick on her 98th European appearance to reach 35 goals in the competition.

Roma 3-1 Servette FCCF
Two goals in the last five minutes by substitute Evelyne Viens left Roma well placed to make the group stage for the third time in as many entries.

Evelyne Viens scored two late goals to give Roma the advantageAS Roma via Getty Images

Osijek 1-4 Twente
Twente are in position to emulate Ajax’s group debut last season following a burst of second-half goals in Croatia, the pick Alieke Tuin’s superb first-time chip to make it 2-1.

Anderlecht 1-2 Vålerenga 
Vålerenga will take a lead back to Norway thanks to early goals by Michaela Dominique Kovacs (who was later sent off) and Karina Sævik.

Team guide

• Wolfsburg and Arsenal (who both lost to Paris FC in qualifying last year) have one title each, while Paris Saint-Germain have twice reached the final.

• Paris Saint-Germain lost in last season’s semi-finals; Benfica and Häcken reached the quarters.

• Manchester City and Paris FC (in their previous guise of Juvisy) have got to the semi-finals. Real Madrid, Roma and Slavia are past quarter-finalists.

• Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid aim to keep up their record of reaching the group stage every season since its 2021/22 introduction, which Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea and Lyon are already assured of doing.

• Further clubs hoping to return after featuring in last season’s group stage are Paris FC, Roma, Slavia and St. Pölten. Arsenal and Servette have also previously contested the post-2021/22 group stage. Fiorentina and Twente made the last 16 in the old knockout format.

• Hammarby are making their debut, while Galatasaray played their first UEFA competition games in round 1.

• Celtic and Sporting had never previously got through a round in Europe. Anderlecht, Mura, Osijek, Vålerenga and Vorskla Poltava are also bidding to make the last 16 for the first time.

• Belgium, Croatia, Scotland, Slovenia and Türkiye have never been represented in the post-2021/22 group stage.

• Twente beat Osijek 4-0 in the 2013/14 qualifying round.

• Wolfsburg beat Fiorentina 7-3 on aggregate in the 2017/18 round of 32.

• Arsenal beat Häcken (then known as Göteborg) 3-2 on aggregate in the 2011/12 quarter-finals, coming back from 2-0 down overall early in the second leg. Arsenal signed Häcken’s Rosa Kafaji this summer.

• St. Pölten’s Mateja Zver spent 14 years at Mura under their previous guise of Pomurje.

2023/24 Women’s Champions League top ten goalsWhich path is each tie in?

The round 2 draw was split into two paths: the champions path (with 14 teams competing for seven group places) and the league path (ten teams competing for five group spots). Both consist of two-legged ties.

Champions path

St. Pölten vs Mura
Benfica vs Hammarby*
Osijek vs Twente
Galatasaray vs Slavia Praha
Roma vs Servette FCCF
Anderlecht vs Vålerenga
Vorskla Poltava vs Celtic

*Order of ties switched from draw.

League path

Sporting CP vs Real Madrid
Juventus vs Paris Saint-Germain
Paris FC vs Manchester City
Fiorentina vs Wolfsburg
Häcken vs Arsenal

Season calendar

Group stage draw
27 September, Nyon

Group stage
Matchday 1: 8/9 October
Matchday 2: 16/17 October
Matchday 3: 12/13 November
Matchday 4: 20/21 November
Matchday 5: 11/12 December
Matchday 6: 17/18 December

Quarter-final & semi-final draw
7 February, Nyon

Quarter-finals
First leg: 18/19 March
Second leg: 26/27 March

Semi-finals
First leg: 19/20 April
Second leg: 26/27 April

Final (Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon)
23, 24 or 25 May tbc

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