2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

The 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds was played between 3 and 19 November 2020.[1] A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide ten of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2]

2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds
Tournament details
Dates3–19 November 2020
Teams40 (from 40 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored117 (3.9 per match)
Attendance1,388 (46 per match)
Top scorer(s) Natia Pantsulaia
Violeta Slović
(4 goals each)

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams

The qualifying rounds included 28 league champions from associations ranked 13 or lower, and two runners-up from associations ranked 11 and 12.[3]

Below are the forty teams which participated in the qualifying round (with their 2020 UEFA women's club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions since 2015–2016 season, plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span).

Key to colours
Winners of second qualifying round advanced to round of 32
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Glasgow City 36.590
FC Minsk 25.270
St. Pölten 23.950
Spartak Subotica 20.615
Gintra Universitetas 19.285
Apollon Limassol 16.280
SFK 2000 15.960
Olimpia Cluj 14.630
PAOK 10.635
Anderlecht 10.125
Okzhetpes 9.570
Ferencváros 9.470
Vllaznia 9.310
Vålerenga 9.075
Valur 8.580
Górnik Łęczna 8.285
CSKA Moscow 7.425
Pomurje 6.980
NSA Sofia 5.985
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 4.800
Mitrovica 4.320
Slovan Bratislava 4.320
Breznica Pljevlja 3.990
Benfica 3.960
Ramat HaSharon 3.650
HJK 3.465
KÍ 3.325
Split 3.310
Flora 2.485
Peamount United 2.475
ALG Spor 2.475
Linfield 1.660
Rīgas FS 1.330
Swansea City 1.155
Birkirkara 0.830
Agarista Anenii Noi 0.165
Alashkert 0.000
Lanchkhuti 0.000
Racing FC 0.000
Kamenica Sasa 0.000

Format

In a change to the format as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the qualifying rounds were played as two playoff rounds, each consisting of single-legged matches hosted by one of the teams decided by draw.[1] If scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the scores remained tied.[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1] The tournament would have originally started in August 2020, but was initially delayed to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. However, due to the continuing pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced a new format and schedule on 16 September 2020.[5]

Round Draw date Match dates
First qualifying round 22 October 2020 3–4 November 2020
Second qualifying round 6 November 2020 18–19 November 2020

The qualifying round was originally scheduled to be played as mini-tournaments. The original match dates were 12, 15 and 18 August 2020, and were later postponed to 7, 10 and 13 October 2020.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 22 October 2020, 12:00 CEST.[6]

Seeding

The forty teams were seeded based on their UEFA women's club coefficients. Prior to the draw, they were divided into ten groups of four teams, each containing two seeded teams and two unseeded teams, based on political restrictions (teams from Russia/Kosovo, Serbia/Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Kosovo could not be drawn against each other), COVID-19 travel restrictions and geographical approach. The teams in each group were assigned a number, with seeded teams randomly assigned either 1 or 2, and unseeded teams randomly assigned either 3 or 4. Four numbered balls were drawn, with the results applied to all Groups 1–10, such that a seeded team numbered 1 or 2 would play an unseeded team numbered 3 or 4 in each tie, with the first team drawn to be the home team.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 9 Group 10
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Summary

The matches were played on 3 and 4 November 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow 2–0 Flora
FC Minsk 3–0 Rīgas FS
Spartak Subotica 4–0 Agarista Anenii Noi
Pomurje 3–0 Breznica Pljevlja
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 9–0 Alashkert
Okzhetpes 1–2 (a.e.t.) Lanchkhuti
Valur 3–0 HJK
Vålerenga 7–0 KÍ
Górnik Łęczna 4–1 Split
Apollon Limassol 3–0 Swansea City
Gintra Universitetas 4–0 Slovan Bratislava
Ferencváros 6–1 Racing FC
St. Pölten 2–0 Mitrovica
NSA Sofia 3–1 Kamenica Sasa
Anderlecht 8–0 Linfield
Glasgow City 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Peamount United
PAOK 1–3 Benfica
Olimpia Cluj 2–1 Birkirkara
Vllaznia 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 ALG Spor
SFK 2000 4–0 Ramat HaSharon

Matches
CSKA Moscow 2–0 Flora
  • Smirnova 57'
  • Bespalikova 79'
 Report
Attendance: 646
Referee: Jelena Međedović (Serbia)
FC Minsk 3–0 Rīgas FS
 Report
Attendance: 0[7]
Referee: Oxana Cruc (Moldova)
Spartak Subotica 4–0 Agarista Anenii Noi
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Pomurje 3–0 Breznica Pljevlja
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 9–0 Alashkert
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ana Terteleac (Romania)
Okzhetpes 1–2 (a.e.t.) Lanchkhuti
 Report
Attendance: 0
Valur 3–0 HJK
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maika Vanderstichel (France)
Vålerenga 7–0 KÍ
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ioanna Allayiotou (Cyprus)
Górnik Łęczna 4–1 Split
 Report Medić 77'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland)
Apollon Limassol 3–0 Swansea City
 Report
Attendance: 0
Gintra Universitetas 4–0 Slovan Bratislava
  • Kass 66'
  • Carchio 79'
  • Mucherera 85'
  • Corneil 90' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 151
Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)
Ferencváros 6–1 Racing FC
 Report Silva Machado 25'
Attendance: 391
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
St. Pölten 2–0 Mitrovica
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)
NSA Sofia 3–1 Kamenica Sasa
 Report Dimitrovska 35'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marina Krupskaya (Russia)
Anderlecht 8–0 Linfield
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michèle Schmölzer (Switzerland)
Glasgow City 0–0 (a.e.t.) Peamount United
Report
Penalties
 6–5
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sabina Bolić (Croatia)
PAOK 1–3 Benfica
Vardali 57' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)
Olimpia Cluj 2–1 Birkirkara
 Report Sultana 45+11'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandra Deligianni (Greece)
Vllaznia 3–3 (a.e.t.) ALG Spor
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 0
Referee: Meitar Shemesh (Israel)
SFK 2000 4–0 Ramat HaSharon
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Irena Velevačkoska (North Macedonia)

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 6 November 2020, 12:00 CET.[8]

Seeding

The twenty winners of the first qualifying round were seeded based on their UEFA women's club coefficients. Prior to the draw, they were divided into five groups of four teams, each containing two seeded teams and two unseeded teams, based on COVID-19 travel restrictions and geographical approach. The teams in each group were assigned a number, with seeded teams randomly assigned either 1 or 2, and unseeded teams randomly assigned either 3 or 4. Four numbered balls were drawn, with the results applied to all Groups 1–5, such that a seeded team numbered 1 or 2 would play an unseeded team numbered 3 or 4 in each tie, with the first team drawn to be the home team.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Summary

The matches were played on 18 and 19 November 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Górnik Łęczna 2–1 Apollon Limassol
Gintra Universitetas 0–7 Vålerenga
Pomurje 4–1 Ferencváros
Anderlecht 1–2 Benfica
NSA Sofia 0–7 Spartak Subotica
SFK 2000 0–2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
Valur 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Glasgow City
St. Pölten 1–0 CSKA Moscow
Vllaznia 0–2 FC Minsk
Olimpia Cluj 0–1 Lanchkhuti

Matches
Górnik Łęczna 2–1 Apollon Limassol
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lizzy van Der Helm (Netherlands)
Gintra Universitetas 0–7 Vålerenga
Report
Telšiai City Central Stadium, Telšiai
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)
Pomurje 4–1 Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
Anderlecht 1–2 Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)
NSA Sofia 0–7 Spartak Subotica
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marina Aufschnaiter (Austria)
SFK 2000 0–2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: María Dolores Martínez Madrona (Spain)
Valur 1–1 (a.e.t.) Glasgow City
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 0
Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)
St. Pölten 1–0 CSKA Moscow
Eder 60' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)
Vllaznia 0–2 FC Minsk
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abigail Marriott (England)
Olimpia Cluj 0–1 Lanchkhuti
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

References
  1. "2020/21 Women's Champions League: new format, match calendar". UEFA. 20 October 2020.
  2. "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League, 2020/21". UEFA. 24 September 2020.
  3. UEFA.com (16 September 2020). "Women's Champions League entries confirmed". UEFA. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. "Women's club coefficients 2019/20". UEFA.
  5. "UEFA women's, futsal and youth competitions postponed to November". UEFA.com. 16 September 2020.
  6. "Women's Champions League first qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. UEFA. 22 October 2020.
  7. "Футбол. Женская Лига чемпионов. 4 ноября в 12.00 "Минск" стартует матчем с РФШ". pressball.by. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. "Women's Champions League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. UEFA. 6 November 2020.
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