Barcelona won a second UEFA Women's Champions League title after coming from behind in stunning fashion to beat German giants Wolfsburg.

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𝑳𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑨 𝑻𝑼 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑰𝑶́𝑵 pic.twitter.com/XIzV5WqPvq

— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) June 3, 2023

Barcelona Femini vs Wolfsburg Women's: UEFA Women's Champions League: Match Summary

The Spanish champions trailed 2-0 at half-time before Patri Guijarro's two-minute brace pulled them level.

Spurred on by their instant response in the second half, Barcelona piled on the pressure and were eventually rewarded.

Fridolina Rolfo got the winner, thumping it into the roof of the net from close range with 20 minutes left.

After losing their crown to Lyon in last year's final, Barcelona travelled to Eindhoven as favourites against a very strong Wolfsburg side, who were seeking a third European trophy in 10 years.

Wolfsburg got off to the perfect start when competition top scorer Ewa Pajor robbed the ball off England defender Lucy Bronze, returning after knee surgery in April, to drive in the opener.

Germany international Alexandra Popp was then set-up by Pajor with a teasing cross - the striker making no mistake as she headed in Wolfsburg's second.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄✌️𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 #UWCLfinal pic.twitter.com/pX3qxrHs26

— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) June 3, 2023

Barcelona had lacked fluency and patience in the first half but it was no surprise they bounced back, displaying the quality of football that helped them reach a fourth final in five seasons.

Among Barcelona's winners was England midfielder Keira Walsh, who picked up her first European title, while Bronze became the first English woman to win the trophy with two different clubs after winning it on three consecutive occasions with former club Lyon between 2018 and 2020.

Women's football has grown exponentially in recent years, with Europe leading the charge in terms of talent, competition, and visibility. At the heart of this development is the UEFA Women's Champions League (UWCL), a tournament that brings together the continent's best teams to compete at the highest level. As the group stage kicks off, it offers a platform for both established clubs and emerging contenders to showcase their skills and ambitions. 

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Qualified Teams

A total of 16 teams have qualified for the next round of the competition and to do the draws they have been divided into 4 pots with each pot containing 4 teams each. The first pot comprises the titleholders and the domestic champions of the three top-ranked associations in the access list. the other three pots are composed following the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season. below are the teams in the various pots

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POT 1

The teams contained in this pot are Lyon the current title holder, Bayern, Chelsea, and Barcelona

POT 2

In this bracket, Wolfsburg, Arsenal, Mancity, and Real Madrid make up the number

POT 3

Juventus are joined by St Polten, FC Twente, and Roma.

POT 4

The final pot consists of Valerenga, Galatasaray Istanbul, Hammarby, and Celtic LFC.

While we await the group stage draws we will be back here to analyze the various groups and teams and a sneak peak into who maybe the favourities for this year's title 

The UEFA Women's Champions League (UWCL) was previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009). It is a European women's association football competition involving the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The competition was first played in 2001–02 and renamed the Women's Champions League in the 2009–10 edition. There were two huge changes in 2009. UEFA included runners-up from the top eight ranked nations, and a one-off final as opposed to the two-legged finals in previous years. Later in the 2021–22 season, the competition included a group stage for the first time in the UWCL era.

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Who won the first UEFA Women's Champions League?

If we include the UEFA Women's Cup, Eintracht Frankfurt were the first team to lift the title in the 2001-02 season after defeating Swedish side Umea in the final. After the competition was renamed in the 2009-10 season, Turbine Potsdam became the first champion, defeating Lyon in the final.

Who have won the most Women's Champions League titles?

The Olympique De Lyonnais women's team are the most successful club in the history of the competition. Lyon won their maiden title in the 2010-11 season by defeating Potsdam. Lyon have won the title for a record 8-times. They also won the Women's Champions League title consecutive five times between 2016 and 2020.

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Women's Champions League all-time top scorers

10. Burger (Neulengbach) | 38 Goals

UEFA Women's Champions League Winners since 2002

Barcelona are the defending Champions. They defeated Wolfsberg 3-2 in the final of the 2022-23 season to lift the title for the second time.

UEFA Women's Cup and UEFA Women's Champions League Winners since 2002

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up
2001-02	FFC Frankfurt	2-0	Umea
2002-03	Umea	4-1	Fortuna Hjørring
		3-0
2003-04	Umea	3-0	1. FFC Frankfurt
		5-0
2004-05	Turbine Potsdam	2-0	Djurgården/Älvsjö
		3-1
2005-06	1. FFC Frankfurt	4-0	Turbine Potsdam
		3-2
2006-07	Arsenal	1-0	Umea
		0-0
2007-08	1. FFC Frankfurt	1-1	Umea
		3-2
2008-09	FCR Duisburg	6-0	Zvezda Perm
		1-1
2009-10	Turbine Potsdam	0-0 (7-6 Penalties)	Lyon
2010-11	Lyon	2-0	Turbine Potsdam
2011-12	Lyon	2-0	1. FFC Frankfurt
2012-13	VFL Wolfsberg	1-0	Lyon
2013-14	VFL Wolfsberg	4-3	Tyreso
2014-15	1. FFC Frankfurt	2-1	PSG
2015-16	Lyon	1-1 (4-3 Penalties)	VfL Wolfsberg
2016-17	Lyon	0-0 (7-6 Penalties)	PSG
2017-18	Lyon	4-1	VfL Wolfsberg
2018-19	Lyon	4-1	Barcelona Femeni
2019-20	Lyon	3-1	VfL Wolfsberg
2020-21	Barcelona Femeni	4-0	Chelsea
2021-22	Lyon	3-1	Barcelona Femeni
2022-23	Barcelona Femeni	3-2	VfL Wolfsberg

Manisha Kalyan gave a hattrick of Assist in UEFA Champions League Qualification for Apollon Ladies F.C against ŽFK Ljuboten. She was already the first Indian footballer to ever feature in the UEFA Champions League. Now she also became the first Indian to give assist in the competition. Not one, not two, a hattrick of assists from the AIFF Women's Player of the Year.

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Manisha Kalyan moved abroad from her former club Gokulam Kerala FC. The forward signed a two-year deal with Cyprus First Division champions, Apollon Ladies. Manisha Kalyan spent three successful years with the Kerala-based outfit, winning two Indian Women's League titles with them. She also earned the Player of the Tournament award.

JOB DONE! 💙#weareapollonladies #uwcl pic.twitter.com/6xldr7JZkL

— Apollon Ladies F.C (@ApollonLadiesFC) September 6, 2023

Manisha Kalyan was on her path to write a fresh page in history and she did that. She came on to play the second half against Ljuboten. kalyan provided her first assist to Joana Dantas in the 59th minute and then the second one to Syndy Nasello in the 79th minute. She completed her hattrick of assists in the 90th minute when Eleni Giannou made it 9-0 for Apollon Ladies FC. Many more to come from the young sensation but this will be the moment to remember for a long time.

England manager Sarina Wiegman dedicated her Uefa Women's Coach of the Year award to World Cup winners Spain, as Fifa president Gianni Infantino said their success had been "spoiled".

Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales has been widely criticised for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips after the final.

Wiegman said the victorious Spain players "deserve to be listened to".

And Infantino wrote on social media: "This should never have happened."

Hermoso said the kiss during the presentation ceremony after the World Cup final win over England in Sydney on 20 August was not consensual.

Rubiales was suspended by world football's governing body Fifa on Saturday but has repeatedly refused to resign.

Sarina Wiegman led the audience at Thursday's ceremony in a round of applause for Spain, stating they "deserve to be celebrated".

"We all know the issues around the Spanish team," she said.

"It really hurts me as a coach, a mother of two daughters, as a wife and human being. And it shows, the game has grown so much, but there is a long way to go in women's football and society.

"I would like to dedicate this award to the Spanish team, the team that played such great football that everyone enjoyed."

Infantino later posted a photograph of himself with the world champions on Instagram, writing: "Sadly, the well-deserved celebrations for these magnificent champions were spoiled by what happened after the final whistle.

"Fifa's disciplinary bodies immediately assumed responsibility and took the necessary actions.

"On our side, we should continue to focus on how further to support women and women's football in future, both on and off the pitch."

Infantino was criticised for a speech he gave at the World Cup where he said women who "pick the right fights" can "convince us men what we have to do" to bring progress in women's football.

The incident has sparked a global conversation about consent and power, with widespread protests taking place across Spain in support of Hermoso.

The forward's international team-mate Aitana Bonmati also spoke about the incident as she accepted her women's player of the year award at the Uefa event.

"Thanks to Sarina Wiegman for her words. These are not very good times just now for Spanish football," the 25-year-old midfielder said.

"We have just won the World Cup but that is not really being spoken about because things have happened that I wish were not happening.

"As a society, we must not allow such abuses of power in a working relationship or such a lack of respect."

Spanish football federation regional leaders have called on president Rubiales to immediately step down, while Spanish prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into whether the incident amounts to a crime of sexual assault.

Spain's Sports Tribunal (TAD) also met on Monday to discuss the Spanish government's request to suspend Rubiales, with a decision yet to be announced.

Meanwhile, Chelsea women's manager Emma Hayes says she is hopeful the situation will prove to be a "huge wake-up moment" in Spain.

"This is not just an isolated incident," said Hayes, speaking on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.

"It is about a systemic problem over a number of years where the women's national team have complained on more than one occasion about the level of treatment and equality of opportunity and access for all of them.

"I hope that it will bring seismic and systemic change and you can see with the reaction across Spain it is certainly in support of Jenni Hermoso and the entire Spanish team.

"This is a huge wake-up moment for Spanish society and it goes beyond Spanish football about how women feel they are treated or mistreated.

"It happens here as much as Spain. I have to deal with it on a regular basis. Do I think we are much further ahead than Spain? Yes. But we still have so much work to do.

"Of course it has a 'women's problem'. We have to look at some of the work done to challenge the same issues around racism because some people are not aware of how inherently misogynist they are.

"We are making strides in the right direction but we want to keep progressing."

UEFA announced its Men's and Women's, UEFA Player of the Year for 2023 at the 2023/24 Champions League group-stage draw ceremony.

Lionel Messi was once again in the running for the men's prize and aiming to pull level with long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo by clinching the award for the third time, after inspiring Argentina to World Cup glory and collecting another Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain before moving on to Inter Miami.

Erling Haaland, who won the UEFA Player of the Year award on Thursday, has joined the list of elite footballers who have reached this feat in previous years.

The Manchester City striker was voted ahead of Kevin de Bruyne and Lionel Messi.

Haaland helped his Manchester City side achieve a treble victory, scoring 52 goals in 53 games.

Alexia Putellas' two-year reign as the women's winner came to an end, but a fellow Spanish World Cup winner succeeded her. Aitana Bonmati took the award, which quickly followed her Golden Ball prize at the World Cup earlier this month, where she struck three goals and assisted two more. 

Bonmati excelled with the all-conquering Barcelona side last season before starring alongside Olga Carmona, the World Cup final match-winner, who was also nominated for UEFA's award. Australia and Chelsea star Sam Kerr rounded out the contenders.

UEFA Player of the year: Men's List

Women's List: