Women's Champions League Fantasy Football: Semi-final first legs tips

With just four teams remaining in the 2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League, Fantasy managers can refresh their squads with five free transfers available ahead of the semi-finals.

We take a look at who performed strongly in the quarter-finals, which players are the most popular picks and the rules and deadlines for the upcoming ties, which take place across two legs between Saturday 25 April and Sunday 3 May.

Who are Fantasy's top performers going into the semi-finals?

Goalkeepers

Cata Coll (€5.9m, 31 points) kept a clean sheet at the Camp Nou to collect six points in the second leg of Barcelona's last-eight meeting with Real Madrid. This puts her two points ahead of Daphne van Domselaar (€5.0m, 29 points), who put in a Player of the Match performance against Chelsea to help steer Arsenal through to the semi-finals.

Daphne van Domselaar made some key saves against Chelsea to ensure Arsenal progressed on aggregate to the last fourArsenal FC via Getty Images

Despite OL Lyonnes' quarter-final going to extra time, Christiane Endler (€5.4m, 27 points) kept Wolfsburg at bay in the second leg to add seven points to her total — more than any other goalkeeper in a quarter-final game this season.

Defenders

After scoring in both legs and keeping one clean sheet against Madrid, Barcelona's Irene Paredes (€5.7m, 58 points) accumulated an impressive 23 points across Barcelona's two quarter-final fixtures. This makes her the leading Fantasy defender ahead of Wendie Renard (€6.1m, 54 points), who has made more Women's Champions League semi-final appearances than any other player.

Midfielders

Alexia Putellas (€10.3m, 74 points) overtook Arsenal forward Alessia Russo (€10.7m, 68 points) to move top of the Fantasy rankings across all positions, following her contributions in Barcelona's 12-2 aggregate quarter-final victory.

Alexia Putellas celebrates scoring in front of a crowd of 60,067 at Camp Nou in the quarter-finalsUEFA via Getty Images

Another Barcelona player, Esmee Brugts (€6.4m, 54 points), has the second-most points of all midfielders after scoring in both quarter-final legs. Arsenal's Mariona Caldentey (€8.1m, 52 points), Barcelona's Vicky López (€8.0m, 41 points), and Bayern duo Franziska Kett (€6.0m, 36 points) and Linda Dallmann (€6.5m, 33 points) also delivered high-scoring Fantasy performances in the last round.

Forwards

Caroline Graham Hansen (€9.5m, 53 points) ranks second behind Russo for Fantasy forwards, after being named Player of the Match, scoring twice and assisting in Barcelona's second leg against Madrid.

Bayern's Pernille Harder (€7.0m, 51 points) and OL Lyonnes' Melchie Dumornay (€6.3m, 51 points) are both two points behind her. Dumornay has a habit of delivering in semi-finals, having found the net in both legs of the semi-finals in each of the last two seasons. She has also scored four goals in her previous three meetings with semi-final opponents Arsenal.

Melchie Dumornay was Player of the Match when Arsenal hosted OL Lyonnes in last season's semi-finalsUEFA via Getty Images

Who are promising budget-friendly options?

Momoko Tanikawa (€6.1m, 39 points) had a strong showing in the quarter-finals for Bayern, scoring and assisting in a Player of the Match display against Manchester United.

OL Lyonnes defender Ashley Lawrence (€4.3m, 22 points) picked up an impressive ten points in their quarter-final second leg after making 13 ball recoveries.

Clara Serrajordi (€4.7m, 18 points) assisted goals in both legs of Barcelona's semi-final. Dumornay, Brugts and Kett, all mentioned above, are further options who have delivered large totals for around the €6.0m mark.

Semi-final rules and deadlines

Fantasy managers have access to five free transfers ahead of the semi-final first legs and a further three before the second legs. Another five will be provided in the build-up to the final on Saturday 23 May.

The deadline for making transfers for the first legs is 18:15 CET on Saturday 25 April. After the first day of fixtures, Fantasy managers can replace players who didn't score as highly as hoped with substitutes and switch captains until the teams lock again at 16:30 CET on Sunday 26 April.

Look back at every starting line-up to see whether members of your squad are in line to start, and recap on all the Fantasy rules here.