UEFA Women's Europa Cup round of 16 second-leg round-up: Eintracht Frankfurt and Hammarby last two teams through
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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Eintracht Frankfurt and Hammarby have completed the quarter-final line-up after wrapping up aggregate wins in their respective round of 16 ties on Thursday.
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The UEFA Women's Europa Cup quarter-final line-up is complete following the conclusion of the round of 16 on Thursday.
Round of 16 second legs
Wednesday 19 November
Young Boys 0-4 Sparta Praha (agg: 3-4)
Fortuna Hjørring 2-4 Breidablik (aet, agg: 3-4)
Mura 0-4 Nordsjælland (agg: 0-5)
Inter 0-0 Häcken (agg: 0-1)
Austria Wien 2-1 Anderlecht (agg: 3-1)
Sporting CP 3-1 Glasgow City (aet, agg: 4-2)
Thursday 20 November
Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 PSV Eindhoven (agg: 5-2)
Hammarby 3-1 Ajax (agg: 6-2)
Four-time European champions Eintracht Frankfurt cruised into the last eight with a 3-1 home win which wrapped up a 5-2 aggregate triumph over PSV Eindhoven. The Dutch visitors had briefly levelled the tie through Liz Rijsbergen, but two goals from Nicole Anyomi helped to ensure the hosts progressed unscathed.
Hammarby, meanwhile, replicated their 3-1 first-leg away win back in Stockholm to defeat Ajax 6-2 on aggregate. Second-half goals from Asato Miyagawa, Smilla Holmberg and Vilde Hasund settled the hosts' nerves after an early strike from Joëlle Smits had given Ajax hope.
Young Boys won 3-0 at Sparta Praha last week and on Wednesday seemed set to be the first Swiss team to reach a UEFA women's club quarter-final. However, Sparta rallied in Bern and wiped out their hosts' advantage within 36 minutes, before Michaela Khýrová got her third of the night deep in added time to send the Czech side through. It was the first time in any UEFA women's club competition that a team have progressed after losing a home leg by three goals or more.
Breidablik also had to overturn a deficit on their travels after losing 1-0 at home to Fortuna Hjørring and falling 3-0 behind on aggregate early in the second half of the return. But the Icelandic outfit then began to turn the tie, with an own goal in added time forcing an additional 30 minutes, in which 17-year-old substitute Edith Kristín Kristjánsdóttir gave the visitors victory.
Sporting CP also went through in extra time, edging past Glasgow City. Telma Encarnação – who equalised in the first leg – repeated the feat for a second 1-1 draw in regulation time, and she then struck again in the 100th minute as her side triumphed 3-1 on the night. Häcken are also through and will play Breidablik, having ending Inter's debut European season with a 0-0 draw in Italy to progress 1-0 overall.
Austria Wien will be Sparta's quarter-final opponents, fresh from beating Anderlecht 2-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate. Lastly, Nordsjælland ensured Danish presence in the last eight, winning 4-0 at Mura after downing the Slovenian side 1-0 at home.
Every round in the new competition is contested as a set of two-legged knockout ties, including the final on 25/26 April and 2/3 May, with the bracket already set.
Women's Europa Cup knockout bracket
Quarter-finals (11/12 & 18/19 February)
Sparta Praha vs Austria Wien
Sporting CP vs Hammarby
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Nordsjælland
Häcken vs Breidablik
Semi-finals (24/25 March & 1/2 April)
1: Sparta Praha / Austria Wien vs Sporting CP / Hammarby
2: Eintracht Frankfurt / Nordsjælland vs Häcken / Breidablik
Final (25 or 26 April & 2 or 3 May)
Winner semi-final 1 vs Winner semi-final 2
First named team at home in first leg