Women's Champions League: St. Pölten vs Hammarby facts

St. Pölten and Hammarby renew acquaintances on Matchday 6 in Vienna as the Group D rivals contest their final UEFA Women's Champions League fixture of the season.

Both sided were defeated on Matchday 5, St. Pölten at Manchester City (0-2) and Hammarby at home by Barcelona (0-3).

Neither are able to progress to the quarter-finals, and Hammarby will finish third if they avoid defeat by two or more goals.

Previous meetings

Hammarby made a winning start to their first group campaign when Vilde Hasund opened the scoring after 18 minutes against St. Pölten in Stockholm on 9 October, Cathinka Tandberg sealing a 2-0 victory two minutes from time.

Form guide

St. Pölten

Record vs Swedish clubs W0 D1 L2 F2 A6
Home record vs Swedish clubs W0 D0 L1

St. Pölten faced Hammarby's Swedish rivals Rosengård in the 2020/21 round of 16. After a 2-2 first-leg draw in Malmö, Mateja Zver scoring both St. Pölten goals, Rosengård prevailed 2-0 in Austria a week later.

Their five Group D losses this season include a pair of defeats by Barcelona (0-7 a, 1-4 h) and a home reverse to Manchester City (2-3). The reverse in Barcelona equalled their heaviest Champions League loss.

This is the third successive season in which St. Pölten have reached the group stage, although they first featured in the Women's Champions League in 2013/14.

The Austrian side finished third on their group debut in 2022/23, losing home and away to both Wolfsburg and Roma but taking four points from Slavia Praha.

They were once again drawn alongside Slavia in Group B last season but could only pick up a single point from their six games as they finished behind their Czech opponents, Brann and Lyon.

Celia Brancão's side defeated Neftçi (5-0) and Vllaznia (1-0) in round 1 of this season's competition and then recorded an 8-0 aggregate win (3-0 h, 5-0 a) against Mura in round 2. Kamila Dubcová scored three times in those four wins, with Sophie Hillebrand, Valentina Mädl, Melike Pekel and Zver all getting two goals.

A 2-4 aggregate defeat (2-2 a, 0-2 h) to Rosengård in 2021 was the only time St. Pölten featured in the round of 16 under the previous format.

They are winless in their last four games across all competitions but have lost just twice at home this season (W5 D2).

St. Pölten were Austrian champions for the ninth time in 2023/24, going the whole season unbeaten (W15 D3) and finishing ten points ahead of First Vienna.

Hammarby

Record vs Austrian clubs W1 D0 L0 F2 A0

This is Hammarby's first game in Austria.

The Swedish debutants have not added to their points tally since their Matchday 1 victory over St. Pölten, losing twice to both Barcelona (0-9 a, 0-3 h) and Manchester City (0-2 a, 1-2 h).

Hammarby are taking part in a first Women's Champions League campaign and have reached the group stage at the first attempt.

The Swedish outfit went directly into round 2, where they faced last season's quarter-finalists Benfica. Julie Blakstad gave the home side a 16th-minute lead in the first leg in Stockholm on 18 September, but Benfica hit back to win 2-1.

A week later in Lisbon, Blakstad once again scored in the 16th minute to level the tie. That set the stage for a 95th-minute Tandberg goal to send Hammarby through at the Portuguese side's expense.

Since being appointed in January, Martin Sjögren's record as Hammarby head coach is W25 D3 L10; they have lost their last three games, all in this competition.

Hammarby claimed a long-awaited Damallsvenskan title in 2023, the second time they had been crowned Swedish champions and the first since 1985. They won 18 of their 26 league games (D5 L3) to finish tied on points with Häcken, earning first place courtesy of a +1 superior goal difference.

Bajen completed their first domestic double by lifting the 2022/23 Svenska Cupen, beating Häcken 3-0 in the final on 6 June 2023.

They finished third behind Hacken and Rosengård in the 2024 campaign.

Key facts

St. Pölten are without a win in their last 14 group stage matches (D2 L12).

The Austrian side's only win in the group stage is a 1-0 away victory against Slavia Praha on 23 November 2022.