First leg of the second round of the UEFA Women’s Champions League: Real defeat and draw with Arsenal – Ajax | UEFA Women’s Champions League

The second round of the Women’s Champions League began with four home and away matches on Tuesday and the remaining eight on Wednesday, with the group stage already set.

Three of last season’s quarter-finalists played on Tuesday. Bayern Munich beat Real Sociedad 0-1, which at its European debut attracted 11,479 spectators, a record for any match before the final stage of the competition. But Arsenal drew 2-2 at home against Ajax, who eliminated four-time champions Frankfurt in the first round.

Juventus, who reached the quarter-finals like Bayern and Arsenal last season, drew (1-1) over HB Køge between two teams who were in the group stage last year. Benfica won 2–3 on their visit to Rangers, who passed the first round.

The 15 teams that qualified from the first round will join the clubs starting at this stage. The return matches will be played next Wednesday and Thursday.

Tuesday 20 September

HB Kog 1-1 Juventus
Real Sociedad 0-1 Bayern Munich
Rangers 2-3 Benfica
Arsenal 2-2 Ajax

Wednesday, September 21

SFK 2000 Sarajevo – Zurich (15:30)
Cups Kubeo – St. Polten (17:30)
Vorskla-Kharkiv-2 – Vlasnia (18:00)
Bran – Rosengård (18:00)
Rosenborg – Real Madrid (18:00)
Sparta Prague – Rome (18:30)
Valor – Slavia Prague (19:00)
Paris Saint-Germain – Hacken (20:30)

Wednesday 28th September

Prague Slavia – Valor (15:00)
Vlasnia – Furskla-Kharkiv -2 (16:00)
Rosengård – Pran (18:00)
Haken – Paris Saint-Germain (18:45)
Ajax Arsenal (19:00, go 2-2)
St. Polten – Cobbs Kobe (19:15)
Zurich – SFK 2000 Sarajevo (19:30)
Real Madrid – Rosenborg (20:00)
Benfica – Rangers (20:30, go 3-2)
Juventus – HB Koge (20:30, 1-1 go)

Thursday, September 29

Rome – Sparta Prague (14:30)
Bayern Munich – Real Sociedad (19:00, first leg 1-0)

All HEC tables

Equipment information

• Arsenal won the title in 2007 and reached the quarter-finals last season.
• PSG were runners-up in 2015 and 2017, reaching the semi-finals in the past three seasons.
• Bayern have also reached the semi-finals in the past, and reached the quarter-finals last season.
• Juventus and Madrid also reached the 2021/22 quarter-finals, having survived this round (as did Arsenal).
• Benfica, Haaken and HP Kog were in the group stage last season.
• Rosengård reached the 2003/04 semi-finals as Malmö.
• Häcken (as Göteborg), Sparta, Slavia and Valur are also the previous quarter-finalists.
• Four-time champions Ajax, Frankfurt, were eliminated in the first round.
• Sarajevo became the first team to run 20 consecutive seasons. 20 starts is also a common record.
• Teams debuting: Brann (known until 2021 as Sandviken), KuPS, Rangers, Real Sociedad and Roma.
• Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Scotland were not represented in last season’s opening group stage. No team from Albania or Bosnia and Herzegovina has reached the Round of 16 in any way.
• Zurich won 3-2 in Sarajevo in the 2008/2009 second qualifying round.

What way of each tie?

league road

Arsenal (England) – Ajax (Ned)
Haken (Switzerland) – Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Real Sociedad (Spain) – Bayern Munich (Germany)
Rosenborg (North) – Real Madrid (Spain)
Sparta Prague (CZE) – Rome (ITA)

Heroes’ Road

Vorskla-Kharkiv-2 (United Kingdom) – Vlasnia (ALB)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH) – Zurich (SUI)
Rangers (SCO) – Benfica (Bor)
Kopps Kuopio (Finland) – St. Polten (Australia)
Valor (ISL) – Prague Slavia (CZE)
Bran (NOR) – Rosengård (SWE)
HB Køge (DEN) – Juventus (Italy)

season calendar

Group stage draw
13:00 CET, 3 October, NEON

group stage
First round: October 19/20
Second round: October 26 and 27
Third round: November 23 and 24
Fourth round: December 7/8
Fifth round: December 15-16
Sixth round: December 21 and 22

Quarter-final and semi-final draw
13:00 CET, January 20, NEON

Quarter-finals
Go: March 21 and 22
Return: March 29/30

semi-finals
Going: April 22 and 23
Return: April 29/30

Final (PSV Stadium, Eindhoven)
June 3 or 4, to confirm