Women's Champions League round 2 draw

The UEFA Women's Champions League round 2 draw in Nyon set 12 ties to be played on 18/19 and 25/26 September, deciding who joins automatic group-stage entrants Barcelona, Lyon, Bayern München and Chelsea.

Round 2 is 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.

The 15 teams that progressed from the round 1 finals on Saturday join the nine clubs beginning at this stage: Häcken, Hammarby, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Roma and Slavia Praha.

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 previously 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.

Season calendar

Round 2
First leg: 18/19 September
Second leg: 25/26 September

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

Draw procedure: Champions path

In accordance with paragraphs 13.03 and 13.05 of the Regulations of the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2024/25, the UEFA administration seeded clubs for the round 2 draw based on the club coefficient rankings established at the start of the season.

The 14 teams were divided equally into seven seeded teams and seven unseeded teams.

Two pots were prepared, one for the seeded teams and the other for the unseeded teams.

The balls containing the seeded teams were placed in a bowl marked 'Seeded' and the balls containing the unseeded teams were placed in a bowl marked 'Unseeded'.

One ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl, where they were shuffled.

The first team drawn will play its first match at home against the second team drawn.

The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the round 2 pairings.

Draw procedure: League path

In accordance with paragraphs 13.03 and 13.05 of the Regulations of the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2024/25, the UEFA administration seeded clubs for the round 2 draw based on the club coefficient rankings established at the start of the season.

The ten teams were divided equally into five seeded teams and five unseeded teams.

Clubs from the same association could not be drawn against each other. If a clash had occurred, the team drawn would have been automatically transferred to be the away team of the next tie and another team drawn from the same bowl into the free position of the current tie, ensuring each tie was composed of one seeded and one unseeded team.

Similarly, when completing the next tie, the home team would have been drawn from the relevant bowl in order to respect the seeding principles. Should a country clash have been possible when drawing the last two ties, the teams would have been drawn and assigned to the ties.

Two pots were prepared, one for the seeded teams and the other for the unseeded teams.

The balls containing the seeded teams were placed in a bowl marked ‘Seeded’ and the balls containing the unseeded teams were placed in a bowl marked ‘Unseeded’.

One ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl, where they were shuffled.

The first team drawn will play its first match at home against the second team drawn.

The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the round 2 pairings.