Women's Champions League: Wolfsburg vs Galatasaray facts

Wolfsburg will look to build on their emphatic win at Galatasaray as the teams meet in Germany on UEFA Women's Champions League Matchday 4.

Wolfsburg picked up their first Group A points with a 5-0 Matchday 3 victory in Türkiye, while Galatasaray remain point-less after three games.

Previous meetings

Goals from Joelle Wedemeyer and Vivien Endemann either side of a Rebecka Blomqvist hat-trick gave Wolfsburg a 5-0 victory in Istanbul on 13 November in the first-ever meeting between the two sides.

Form guide

Wolfsburg

Record vs Turkish clubs W1 D0 L0 F5 A0

The reverse fixture on Matchday 3 was Wolfsburg's first encounter with a team from Türkiye.

Prior to their win at Galatasaray, Wolfsburg had gone down 0-1 at Roma on 8 October before a 0-2 home defeat at the hands of Lyon on Matchday 2.

This is Wolfsburg's 100th European game.

Champions in 2013 and 2014, Wolfsburg are back in the group stage after losing in round 2 to Paris FC (3-3 a, 0-2 h) last season.

That defeat ended Wolfsburg's run of reaching the quarter-finals or better in 11 consecutive seasons.

Wolfsburg's back-to-back European titles came courtesy of final victories against Lyon in 2013 (1-0) and Tyresö 12 months later (4-3).

Wolfsburg have reached the final on four further occasions, most recently in 2023 when they lost 3-2 to Barcelona in Eindhoven having led 2-0 at half-time.

The She-Wolves progressed to this season's group stage with a 12-0 aggregate victory over Fiorentina in round 2 (7-0 a, 5-0 h), Alex Popp scoring a hat-trick in the first leg in Italy on 18 September.

Popp has scored in four separate Women's Champions League finals – a record she shares with Lyon's Ada Hegerberg.

Wolfsburg claimed a record-extending 11th DFB-Pokal Frauen title last season, beating Bayern München 2-0 in the final on 9 May, and finished second in the Women's Bundesliga.

Galatasaray

Record vs German clubs W0 D0 L1 F0 A5

Galatasaray had never faced German opposition before their Matchday 3 encounter with Wolfsburg.

That defeat followed a 0-3 loss at eight-time champions Lyon in their Group A opener on 8 October, before a 1-6 defeat at home by Roma nine days later during which Andrea Stašková scored their first group stage goal.

Metin Ülgen's side contested their first European fixture on 4 September, defeating Racing Union 4-1 in Luxembourg. Goals from Ebru Topçu, Stašková, Arzu Karabulut and Catalina Usme gave Gala the win in the round 1 semi-finals.

That victory took them into the round 1 final, where they saw off the challenge of BIIK on 7 September, again in Luxembourg. The 5-0 victory included a hat-trick from Hapsatou Malado Diallo, Stašková and Usme also on the scoresheet.

In round 2, Galatasaray were paired with Slavia Praha and came through 4-3 on aggregate. The first leg in Istanbul on 19 September ended all square after the hosts conceded twice late in the second half to let slip a two-goal lead. In the Prague return six days later, Nazlican Parlak scored the decisive goal in extra time to ensure Galatasaray became the first Turkish side to feature in the group stage.

Gala have lost their last three away games in all competitions without scoring.

Ülgen's side claimed Galatasaray's first Turkish Women's League title in 2023/24 as they finished two points clear of previous champions Fomget.

Topçu was Galatasaray's top league scorer last season with 15 goals.

Key facts

Wolfsburg have lost only three of their previous 15 group matches (W8 D4).

However, the She-Wolves have won only one of their last seven home Women's Champions League games (D3 L2).

The German club have kept three clean sheets in their last five European outings.

Blomqvist became the first player to score a hat-trick for Wolfsburg in the group stage on Matchday 3.

Galatasaray have been losing at half-time in all three of their Group A games.