Overview

• The competition adopts a Swiss-style league phase in which each club plays six unique fixtures, the top four advance to the quarterfinals and teams ranked 5–12 enter playoff ties.
• Matchday 1 also includes Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich, Twente vs. Chelsea and Manchester United’s debut in the main draw against Valerenga.
• Defending champions Arsenal enter on a three-game WSL winless run and remain without injured captain Leah Williamson.
• Lyon arrive perfect under new coach Jonatan Giraldez after emphatic domestic wins and summer additions Jule Brand and Marie-Antoinette Katoto.
• A new Women’s Europa Cup launches as a second-tier knockout with the winners earning next season’s Champions League third qualifying round spot, and the UWCL final is set for May at Oslo’s Ullevaal Stadion.