2016 UEFA Women's Champions League final

2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
Event	2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League
	After extra time; Lyon won 4–3 on penalties
Date	26 May 2016
Venue	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Referee	Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
Attendance	15,117
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The 2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 15th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 26 May 2016,^[1] between German team Wolfsburg and French team Lyon.

Lyon defeated Wolfsburg 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their third European title.^[2]

Background

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Italy, hosted the match.

The final was a rematch of the 2013 final, won by Wolfsburg 1–0. This was the ninth successive final with at least one German team, and the sixth final in seven years between a French team and a German team.

Both teams had won the tournament twice. Wolfsburg won successive finals in 2013 and 2014, while Lyon reached four successive finals, winning in 2011 and 2012, but losing in 2010 and 2013, all facing German opponents.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Wolfsburg				Round	Lyon
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Subotica	4–0	0–0 (A)	4–0 (H)	Round of 32	Medyk Konin	9–0	6–0 (A)	3–0 (H)
Chelsea	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Atlético Madrid	9–1	3–1 (A)	6–0 (H)
Brescia	6–0	3–0 (H)	3–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Slavia Praha	9–1	9–1 (H)	0–0 (A)
Frankfurt	4–1	4–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	8–0	7–0 (H)	1–0 (A)

Match

Officials

Hungarian referee Katalin Kulcsár was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 10 May 2016.^[3]

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 27 November 2015 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4]

26 May 2016

18:00 CEST

Wolfsburg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Lyon
Popp 88'	Report	Hegerberg 12'
Penalties
Popp Kerschowski Peter Fischer Bussaglia	3–4	Hegerberg Schelin Renard Mbock Kumagai

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia

Attendance: 15,117

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Wolfsburg^[5]

Lyon^[5]


GK	1	Almuth Schult
RB	8	Babett Peter
CB	4	Nilla Fischer (c)
CB	28	Lena Goeßling
LB	21	Lara Dickenmann
CM	18	Vanessa Bernauer	73'
CM	30	Élise Bussaglia
RW	9	Anna Blässe	113'
LW	27	Isabel Kerschowski
CF	11	Alexandra Popp
CF	3	Zsanett Jakabfi	59'
Substitutes:
GK	29	Merle Frohms
DF	2	Luisa Wensing
DF	20	Stephanie Bunte	113'
DF	24	Joelle Wedemeyer
FW	10	Tessa Wullaert	73'
FW	19	Ramona Bachmann	59'
FW	17	Ewa Pajor
Manager:
Ralf Kellermann


GK	16	Sarah Bouhaddi
RB	22	Pauline Bremer		86'
CB	29	Griedge Mbock Bathy
CB	3	Wendie Renard (c)
LB	7	Amel Majri
CM	6	Amandine Henry
CM	5	Saki Kumagai	44'
RW	9	Eugénie Le Sommer		79'
AM	23	Camille Abily	101'
LW	10	Louisa Nécib	22'
CF	14	Ada Hegerberg
Substitutes:
GK	30	Méline Gérard
DF	17	Corine Petit
DF	19	Ève Périsset
FW	8	Lotta Schelin		79'
FW	12	Élodie Thomis		86'
FW	20	Delphine Cascarino
FW	24	Mylaine Tarrieu
Manager:
Gérard Prêcheur