2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final

2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final
The Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon will host the final.
Event2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
Date25 May 2025 (2025-05)
VenueEstádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
2024
2026

The 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final will be the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 24th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 16th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match will be played at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal, on 25 May 2025.[1]

Venue

The match will be the second UEFA final to be held at Lisbon's Estádio José Alvalade, following the men's 2005 UEFA Cup final. The stadium also hosted matches at UEFA Euro 2004. It is the second Women's Champions League final to be held in Portugal, after the 2014 final between Tyresö FF and VfL Wolfsburg, held at Lisbon's Estádio do Restelo.[2]

Host selection

On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final. The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as a UEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:[1]

  • 21 June 2022: Applications formally invited
  • 31 August 2022: Closing date for registering intention to bid
  • 7 September 2022: Bid requirements made available to bidders
  • 3 November 2022: Submission of preliminary bid dossier
  • 23 February 2023: Submission of final bid dossier
  • 29 June 2023: Appointment of host

The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Estádio José Alvalade as the host during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.[3]

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

TBD v TBD

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
  • Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Invitation to bid for the 2023/24 and 2025/25 UEFA Europa Conference League finals and the 2025/25 UEFA Women's Champions League final". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 40/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Lisbon to stage 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final". Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025". Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.