Women's Champions League last-16 ties confirmed
Monday, October 20, 2014
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UEFA.com looks at the round of 16 ties, including a showdown between two French giants and one matchup that ensures a qualifying round entrant in the quarter-finals.
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The ties for the UEFA Women's Champions League round of 16 have been finalised after the conclusion of the last 32 and UEFA.com looks at the eight matchups, which include a showdown between two French giants and one tie that ensures a qualifying round entrant in the quarter-finals.
Round of 16 draw
• Ties played 8/9 & 12/13 November.
• First named teams at home in opening legs. Exact schedule to be confirmed.
FC Zürich Frauen (SUI) v Glasgow City LFC (SCO)
• Games 9 November (Stadion Letzigrund) & 12 November (Excelsior Stadium)
• Both teams began in the qualifying round and each reached the round of 16 last season too. This tie guarantees at least one first-time quarter-finalist.
FC Rosengård (SWE) v Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
• Games 8 November (Malmö Idrottsplats) & 13 November (Aalborg Stadion)
• 2003 runners-up Fortuna have been eliminated at this stage by Swedish clubs in the last three seasons.
Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
• Games 8 November (Stade Charlety) & 12 November (Stade de Gerland)
• Lyon won the only previous all-French tie 9-1 on aggregate against FCF Juvisy Essonne in the 2012/13 semis.
SV Neulengbach (AUT) v VfL Wolfsburg (GER, holders)
• Games 9 November (Wienerwaldstadion) & 12 November (VfL-Stadion) - legs reversed from draw
• The only meeting of two 2013/14 quarter-finalists; Wolfsburg have not lost any of their 20 European games.
Linköpings FC (SWE) v WFC Zvezda 2005 (RUS)
• Games 8 November (Linköping Arena) & 13 November (Zvezda Stadium)
• Zvezda 2005 beat Sweden's Umeå IK to reach the 2008/09 final.
FC Barcelona (ESP) v Bristol Academy WFC (ENG)
• Games 8 November (Mini Estadi) & 13 November (Ashton Gate)
• Bristol's squad includes Spaniards Keka, Natalia, Laura del Rio and Judith Fernández (a summer arrival from Barcelona); Barça's back-up goalkeeper is English-born Chelsea Ashurst.
1. FFC Frankfurt (GER) v ASD Torres Femminile Sassari (ITA)
• Games 9 November (Am Brentano Bad) & 12 November (Vanni Sanna)
• In the 2007/08 semis, Frankfurt beat an ASD CF Verona side including current Torres player Giorgia Motta on their way to a record third title.
Brøndby IF (DEN) v Gintra Universitetas (LTU)
• Games 9 November (Brøndby Stadion) & 12 November (Šiauliai Central Stadium)
• Gintra were the only unseeded team to win in the round of 32 and are ranked 41st of 54 entrants this season.
Tournament calendar
Quarter-final & semi-final draw: 19 November
Quarter-finals: 21/22 & 28/29 March
Semi-finals: 18/19 & 25/26 April
Final (Berlin): 14 May
Overall facts
• Three past winners are involved – Wolfsburg, Lyon and Frankfurt – with seven titles and 11 final appearances between them.
• Gintra and Bristol are the only teams in this round for the first time.
• Along with those two sides, Paris, Glasgow and Zürich have never reached the quarter-finals.
• Of the ten clubs that progressed from the qualifying round, Gintra (who were one of two best runners-up), Glasgow and Zürich remain.
• The top scorer in the knockout phase is Lyon's Eugénie Le Sommer with five goals.
• Overall top scorer including the qualifying round is Milena Nikolić of ZFK Spartak Subotica with nine; she was also last term's joint-top competition scorer.
