Arsenal draws Barcelona and Lyon in Women's Champions League group stage
Arsenal will meet defending champions Barcelona and eight-time winners Lyon in the group phase of the Women's Champions League, while Chelsea and Manchester City receive their own sets of opponents.
In the Women's Champions League group stage, Arsenal's schedule features home games versus Lyon, Benfica and HB Koge, and away fixtures against Barcelona, Paris FC and Inter Milan. Chelsea will host Paris Saint-Germain, Roma and debutants Austria Wien, while traveling to Lyon, Hacken and OH Leuven. Manchester City, drawn from pot three, will host PSG, Real Madrid and Austria Wien, and play away matches against Bayern Munich, Hacken and Inter Milan.
The draw also pits Barcelona against Bayern Munich in a rematch of their previous semi-final, and sees the German side travel to face PSG. UEFA organized the draw in Nyon, allocating clubs into six-team pots and assigning two opponents—one home, one away—from each pot. The league phase runs through late November with the final round in mid-December, followed by knockout rounds in early 2027.
Why it matters
The group allocations set the competitive landscape for Europe's top women's clubs this season.
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