Entries into the 2025-26 UEFA Women's Competitions
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Teams earned the right to compete in the 2025-26 UEFA Women's Champions League and UEFA Women's Europa Cup based on their performance in their national association's top division for the 2024-25 season (or the 2024 season for those nations using summer leagues). Here is the list of teams that qualified, along with their original starting place. As defending champion (marked with ¢), Arsenal is automatically advanced to the main stage. Teams marked with an ↑ were promoted due to rebalancing.
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League Path: Round 3
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Europa Cup
| Rank | Assoc | 1st | 2nd | 3rd
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| 1 | FRA | Lyon | Paris St Germain | Paris FC
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| 2 | GER | Bayern Munich | Wolfsburg | Eintracht Frankfurt
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| 3 | ESP | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atletico Madrid
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| 4 | ENG | Chelsea | Arsenal ¢ | Manchester United
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| 5 | POR | Benfica | Sporting Lisbon | Braga
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| 6 | ITA | Juventus | Inter Milan | Roma
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| 7 | SWE | Rosengard | Hacken ↑ | Hammarby
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| 8 | CZE | Slavia Praha | Sparta Praha | Slovacko ↑
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| 9 | NED | Twente | PSV | Ajax
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| 10 | DEN | Fortuna | Nordsjaelland | Koge
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| 11 | NOR | Valerenga | Brann | Rosenborg
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| 12 | AUT | St. Polten ↑ | Austria Wien | Sturm Graz
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| 13 | UKR | Vorskla Poltava | Metalist 1925 | Kolos Kovalivka
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| 14 | BLR | Dinamo Minsk | FC Minsk
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| 15 | ISL | Breidablik | Valur
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| 16 | SCO | Hibernian | Glasgow City
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| 17 | KAZ | BIIK Shymkent | Aktobe
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| 18 | SUI | Young Boys | Grasshopper
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| 19 | SRB | Crvena Zvezda | Spartak Subotica
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| 20 | ALB | Vllaznia | Partizani
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| 21 | CYP | Apollon | Aris Limassol
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| 22 | BEL | OH Leuven | Anderlecht
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| 23 | RUS | Zenit St. Petersburg
BANNED CSKA Moscow
BANNED
| 24 | FIN | HJK | KuPS
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| 25 | BIH | SFK 2000
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| 26 | HUN | Ferencvaros
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| 27 | ROU | Farul Constanta
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| 28 | SVN | Mura
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| 29 | POL | Katowice ↑
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| 30 | CRO | Agram
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| 31 | LTU | Gintra ↑
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| 32 | IRL | Athlone Town
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| 33 | KOS | Mitrovica
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| 34 | TUR | Fomget
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| 35 | GRE | AEK Athens
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| 36 | ISR | Kiryat Gat
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| 37 | GEO | Lanchkhuti
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| 38 | MNE | Buducnost
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| 39 | SVK | Spartak Myjava
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| 40 | BUL | NSA Sofia
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| 41 | LUX | Racing Union
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| 42 | WAL | Cardiff City
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| 43 | MLT | Swieqi United
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| 44 | LVA | Riga FC
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| 45 | EST | Flora
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| 45 | NIR | Cliftonville
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| 47 | MDA | Anenii Noi
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| 48 | FRO | NSI Runavik
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| 48 | MKD | Ljuboten
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| 50 | ARM | Pyunik
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| 51 | AZE | Neftci
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Rebalancing
There can be gaps in the team selection matrix due to (a) the defending UWCL champion already qualifying for this year's UWCL; (b) the defending UWEC champion not existing (as this is the first year of that competition); (c) the suspension of Russia; (d) fewer than the maximum number of associations entering the competition. Here is how those gaps are filled:
- Defending UWCL champion: Arsenal (ENG) had qualified by league performance for L3.
- UWCL L3: The eligible team from L2 with the highest coefficient is promoted to L3. Roma (ITA) is not eligible, as there is another team from Italy in L2 with a higher league finish but lower coefficient, so they are skipped, and the promotion goes to Hacken (SWE). (Regulation 3.08)
- UWCL L2: The vacancy in L2 is not filled; one group will have three teams. (Regulation 3.09)
- Vacant UWEC champion:
- UWCL C3: The team from C2 with the highest coefficient, St. Polten (AUT), is promoted to C3. (Regulation 3.05)
- UWCL C2: The team from C1 with the highest coefficient, Gintra Universitas (LTU), is promoted to C2. (Regulation 3.05)
- Suspension of Russia:
- UWCL: The champion of Poland, Katowice, is promoted to C2. (Regulation 3.11)
- UWEC: The third-place team from Czechia, Slovacko, is promoted to E2. (UWEC Regulation 3.05)
- Number of entries: Assuming the same associations that entered in 2024-25 enter in 2025-26, the above modifications leave 21 teams in C1, meaning three Round 1 groups will have only three teams.
Timeline of Rebalancing Events
- 16 April: PAOK is eliminated from contention for the Greece title, ensuring that Gintra Universitas of Lithuania is the highest-ranked team in C1 and will be promoted to C2.
- 4 May: St. Polten secures Austria title, and as the highest-ranked team in C2 will be promoted to at least C3.
- 24 May: Arsenal wins UWCL. Hacken (SWE) is promoted to L3.
- 20 Jun: UEFA publishes draw information, confirming Slovacko (CZE) is promoted to E2 because of the vacancy caused by Russia's suspension.