Women's Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw: Real Madrid-Arsenal, Man City-Chelsea, Wolfsburg-Barcelona, Bayern-Lyon
Friday, February 7, 2025
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The eight remaining teams have learned their path to this season's final in Lisbon.
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Holders Barcelona will replay their 2023 final against Wolfsburg while English rivals Manchester City and Chelsea are matched in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals after the draw was made by UEFA managing director of women's football Nadine Kessler, and the Lisbon final ambassador, former Portuguese international Carla Couto.
Other quarter-final ties set are eight-time winners and last season's runners-up Lyon playing Bayern München and Real Madrid taking on Arsenal. All are aiming for the final at Lisbon's Estádio José Alvalade on 24 May.
Road to Lisbon: Quarter-final and semi-final ties
Quarter-final schedule
First legs:
Tuesday 18 March
Real Madrid vs Arsenal (18:45)
Bayern München vs Lyon (21:00)
Wednesday 19 March
Wolfsburg vs Barcelona (18:45)
Manchester City vs Chelsea (21:00)
Second legs:
Wednesday 26 March
Lyon vs Bayern München (18:45)
Arsenal vs Real Madrid (21:00)
Thursday 27 March
Barcelona vs Wolfsburg (18:45)
Chelsea vs Manchester City (21:00)
All times CET
Semi-finals (19/20 & 26/27 April)
1: Wolfsburg / Barcelona vs Man City / Chelsea
2: Real Madrid / Arsenal vs Bayern / Lyon
Semi-final schedule confirmed after quarter-finals complete
Final (24 May, Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon)
Winner semi-final 2 vs Winner semi-final 1
Barcelona came back from two down to beat Wolfsburg in Eindhoven to claim their second title in 2023 (a year after the two teams had been watched by a world record crowd at Camp Nou in the semis), before retaining it against Lyon in Bilbao last season.
Regular domestic rivals Man City and Chelsea meet in Europe for the first time, as do Madrid and Arsenal, while Lyon knocked out Bayern in a one-off quarter-final in Bilbao in 2019/20, two years before they exchanged home wins in the first group stage.
The draw has also been made for the semi-finals, including a potential meeting of Barcelona and Chelsea in that round for the third straight year, should they get past Wolfsburg and Man City respectively.
Can teams add new signings for the Women's Champions League quarter-finals?
The competition regulations state: "As of the quarter-finals, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players for the remaining matches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by 12 March 2025 (24:00 CET) at the latest."
Where can you watch the Women's Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals?
Games in this season's UEFA Women's Champions League are broadcast live and free on streaming platform DAZN, together with selected matches on YouTube.
See full details of where to watch the games where you are.
Where is the 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final being played?
Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon will stage the 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final on Saturday 24 May.
The home of Sporting CP opened in 2003 ahead of UEFA EURO 2004 in Portugal, replacing another stadium of the same name. It hosted a semi-final of that tournament, among other games, and was the venue for the UEFA Cup decider the following year.
The 2025 final will be the second Women's Champions League showpiece to be held in Lisbon after 2014, when Estádio do Restelo staged Wolfsburg's 4-3 win against Tyresö.