2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 14th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA. The final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany. Unlike recent years in which the Women's Champions League final was held in the same week as the men's Champions League final, the two finals were separated by almost a month, as the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup starts in early June.
German side 1. FFC Frankfurt defeated French side Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 in the final to win a record fourth title.
Association team allocation
A total of 54 teams from 46 UEFA member associations participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League. The ranking based on the UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:- Associations 1–8 each had two teams qualify.
- All other associations, should they enter, each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League association coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2012–13.The Czech Republic overtook Austria for eighth place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.
Luxembourg, Georgia, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, and San Marino did not enter. TeamsUnlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team and so the exact number of teams in each round can not be determined until the full entry list is known. For this season, the champions and runners-up from associations 1–8 and the champions from associations 9–14 enter the round of 32, while the remaining teams enter the qualifying round.The following list the teams that qualified and entered this season's competition. Here CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, Ned 1 and Bel 1 the best placed Belgian and Dutch team in their joint league. Faroese club KÍ has entered every past edition. Debutants are Liverpool, Brescia, Konin, Amazones Dramas, FC Minsk, FC Hibernians, Rīgas and Kočani. Round and draw datesUEFA has scheduled the competition as follows. In contrast to previous seasons, quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on weekends.Qualifying roundThe draw for the qualifying round was held on 26 June 2014. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that each group must contain one of the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts.In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The matchdays were 9, 11 and 14 August 2014. The eight group winners and the two runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group advanced to the round of 32. Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8Ranking of second-placed teamsTo determine the two best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the round of 32, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.Knockout phaseThe main round was played as a straight knockout tournament with 32 teams. Each tie is played over two legs with the exception of the final, which is played at a single neutral venue.BracketRound of 32The draw for the round of 32 was held on 22 August 2014. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The first legs were played on 8 and 9 October, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 October 2014.The only unseeded team that won a tie was Gintra Universitetas after they beat Sparta Praha in the competition's first penalty shootout since the 2010 final. Round of 16The round of 16 was drawn together with the round of 32. It was an open draw with no restrictions. The first legs were played on 8 and 9 November, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 November 2014.Glasgow became the first Scottish team to advance to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finalsThe draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was held on 19 November 2014. It was an open draw with no restrictions. The first legs were played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 March 2015.Semi-finalsThe first legs were played on 18 and 19 April and the second legs on 25 and 26 April 2015.FinalThe final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin, Germany.StatisticsStatistics include both qualifying round and knockout phase.Top goalscorersWith 14 goals, Šašić set a new record in the Champions League era and tied the record including the Women's Cup era.
Top assistsSquad of the seasonThe UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:
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Célia Šašić
Milena Nikolić
Spartak Subotica
Ewa Pajor
Fabienne Humm
Verónica Boquete
Aline Zeler
Cosmina Dușa
Konak Belediyespor
Maria Mitkou
Josée Nahi
Zvezda Perm
Fanny Vágó
Eugénie Le Sommer
Rosengård
Theresa Nielsen
Shirley Cruz
Marta