The 2013–14

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was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at

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, Lisbon,

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. German team

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won the title over Swedish club

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after turning a 0–2 into a 4–3 win. Wolfsburg became the third side to defend the Champions League title.

Team allocation and distribution

Austria had overtaken Norway for 8th place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry. Countries were allocated places according to their UEFA league coefficient for women. Here CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, Ned 1 and Bel 1 the best placed Belgian and Dutch team in their joint league. 54 teams entered the competition, with KÍ Klaksvík retaining their record being the only team to play all editions of the UEFA Women's Cup and Women's Champions League so far.

Round and draw dates

UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.

Qualifying round

Seeding and draw

32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot. Host countries won't be drawn together. Pot 1 * Glasgow City * Unia Racibórz *

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* PAOK * Apollon Limassol ''(host)'' * Olimpia Cluj ''(host)'' * MTK *

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''(host)'' Pot 2 * PK-35 Vantaa ''(host)'' * Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv * Spartak Subotica *

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''(host)'' * NSA Sofia * ASA Tel Aviv University * Babruichanka Babruisk * KÍ Klaksvík Pot 3 * Osijek * Gintra Universitetas * Pomurje ''(host)'' * Raheny United * Atlético Ouriense ''(host)'' * Cardiff City *

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* Pärnu JK Pot 4 * Biljanini Izvori * Konak Belediyesi * Crusaders Strikers ''(host)'' * Goliador Chişinău * Ada * Birkirkara * Ekonomist * Liepājas Metalurgs Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Ranking of group runners-up

The two best runners-up also qualify for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group does not count for the purposes of the runners-up table. The tie-breakers in this ranking are: # Higher number of points obtained # Superior goal difference # Higher number of goals scored # Higher number of club coefficient points # Fair play conduct in all group matches

Knockout phase

22 teams enter the competition in the round of 32. They are joined by ten teams from the qualifying round. Teams marked ''(Q)'' advanced from qualifying. Seeded: *

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* Turbine Potsdam * Arsenal * Rossiyanka *

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* Brøndby * LdB Malmö * Sparta Praha * Fortuna Hjørring *

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* Neulengbach * Zorkiy Krasnogorsk * Glasgow City (Q) *

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* Unia Racibórz (Q) Unseeded: * Tyresö *

(Q) *

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* Apollon Limassol (Q) * Tavagnacco * CSHVSM Kairat * MTK (Q) *

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* PK-35 Vantaa (Q) * Thór/KA * Spratzern *

(Q) * Spartak Subotica (Q) * Pärnu JK (Q) * Konak Belediyesi (Q)

Bracket

Round of 32

The round of 32 and round of 16 was drawn on 5 September 2013. Teams from the same association or qualifying group couldn't be drawn together. Seeded teams played the second leg at home. Teams are awarded 20,000 Euro for both legs. A sum criticized to be too small by team managers, leaving teams like Arsenal who have to fly by plane with financial losses.

First leg

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Second leg

''Torres won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Birmingham City won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zorkiy Krasnogorsk won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wolfsburg won 27–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fortuna Hjørring won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Barcelona won on

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.'' ---- ''LdB Malmö won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyon won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neulengbach won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Turbine Potsdam won 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tyresö won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rossiyanka won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Konak Belediyesi won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 18–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Glasgow City won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Round of 16

First leg

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Second leg

''Wolfsburg won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Birmingham City won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torres won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neulengbach won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tyresö won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Turbine Potsdam won on

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Quarter-finals

An open draw for the quarterfinals and the following rounds on was held 21 November 2013. Matches were played on 22/23 and 29/30 March 2014. ;Notes

First leg

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Second leg

''Tyresö won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wolfsburg won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Potsdam won 12–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Birmingham won 3–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Matches were played on 19 and 27 April 2014.

First leg

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Second leg

''Tyresö won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wolfsburg won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Final

Statistics

The top scorer award includes the qualifying round. Milena Nikolić of Spartak Subotica won that with eleven goals. The following statistics exclude qualifying round.

Top goalscorers

Top assists

References

External links

Official website
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