2017 UEFA Women's Champions League final

The 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between two French sides Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain.

2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final
Event2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
After extra time
Lyon won 7–6 on penalties
Date1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)
VenueCardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Player of the MatchDzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon)[1]
RefereeBibiana Steinhaus (Germany)[2]
Attendance22,433[3]
WeatherClear night
17 °C (63 °F)
73% humidity[4][5]
2016
2018

Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equalling Frankfurt's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.[6]

Teams

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.

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Lyon5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
Paris Saint-Germain1 (2015)

Venue

The Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic to award the men's and women's Champions League finals to Cardiff.[7]

Background

The final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the 2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the 2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams.[8]

This was Lyon's sixth final after winning in 2011, 2012 and 2016 and losing in 2010 and 2013, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in 2015.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

LyonRound Paris Saint-Germain
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Avaldsnes IL10–25–2 (A)5–0 (H)Round of 32 Lillestrøm SK5–41–3 (A)4–1 (H)
Zürich17–08–0 (H)9–0 (A)Round of 16 BIIK Kazygurt7–13–0 (A)4–1 (H)
Wolfsburg2–12–0 (A)0–1 (H)Quarter-finals Bayern Munich4–10–1 (A)4–0 (H)
Manchester City3–23–1 (A)0–1 (H)Semi-finals Barcelona5–13–1 (A)2–0 (H)

Pre-match

Ambassador

The ambassador for the final was former Welsh international player Jayne Ludlow, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007 with Arsenal.[9]

Ticketing

Tickets were available on sale for £6 (adults) and £3 (children 16 and under).[10]

Match

Officials

German referee Bibiana Steinhaus was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.[2]

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 25 November 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[11]

Lyon 0–0 (a.e.t.) Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Penalties
7–6
Lyon[12]
Paris Saint-Germain[12]
GK16 Sarah Bouhaddi
RB29 Griedge Mbock Bathy
CB21 Kadeisha Buchanan
CB3 Wendie Renard (c)
LB7 Amel Majri
CM5 Saki Kumagai  66'
CM23 Camille Abily
RW9 Eugénie Le Sommer
AM10 Dzsenifer Marozsán
LW31 Alex Morgan  23'
CF14 Ada Hegerberg  60'
Substitutes:
GK30 Méline Gérard
DF26 Josephine Henning
MF8 Jessica Houara
MF18 Claire Lavogez  107'
MF27 Caroline Seger
FW12 Élodie Thomis  23'  107'
FW23 Pauline Bremer  60'
Manager:
Gérard Prêcheur
GK1 Katarzyna Kiedrzynek
CB26 Grace Geyoro
CB5 Sabrina Delannoy
CB14 Irene Paredes
DM28 Shirley Cruz (c)  80'
CM7 Aminata Diallo  55'  57'
CM24 Formiga
RW17 Eve Perisset  90+4'
LW12 Ashley Lawrence
CF10 Cristiane
CF18 Marie-Laure Delie
Substitutes:
GK16 Loes Geurts
DF3 Laure Boulleau
DF4 Laura Georges  81'  80'
DF20 Perle Morroni  115'  90+4'
MF19 Lina Boussaha
MF21 Verónica Boquete  57'
MF22 Sana Daoudi
Manager:
Patrice Lair

Player of the Match:
Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Christina Biehl (Germany)
Katrin Rafalski (Germany)
Fourth official:[2]
Riem Hussein (Germany)
Reserve official:[2]
Ella De Vries (Belgium)

Match rules[13]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

Statistic[14][15]LyonParis
Saint-Germain
Goals scored00
Total shots168
Shots on target94
Saves49
Ball possession56%44%
Corner kicks34
Fouls committed2019
Offsides13
Yellow cards13
Red cards00

References