2017 UEFA Women's Champions League final
# 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League final

The 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between two French sides Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain.

Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equalling Frankfurt's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.

## Teams

In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.

| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - |
| Lyon | 5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016) |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1 (2015) |

## Venue

The Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic to award the men's and women's Champions League finals to Cardiff.

## Background

The final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the 2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the 2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams.

This was Lyon's sixth final after winning in 2011, 2012 and 2016 and losing in 2010 and 2013, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in 2015.

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

| Lyon | Lyon | Lyon | Lyon | Round | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Avaldsnes IL | 10–2 | 5–2 (A) | 5–0 (H) | Round of 32 | Lillestrøm SK | 5–4 | 1–3 (A) | 4–1 (H) |
| Zürich | 17–0 | 8–0 (H) | 9–0 (A) | Round of 16 | BIIK Kazygurt | 7–1 | 3–0 (A) | 4–1 (H) |
| Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 2–0 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Bayern Munich | 4–1 | 0–1 (A) | 4–0 (H) |
| Manchester City | 3–2 | 3–1 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Barcelona | 5–1 | 3–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) |

## Pre-match

### Ambassador

The ambassador for the final was former Welsh international player Jayne Ludlow, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007 with Arsenal.

### Ticketing

Tickets were available on sale for £6 (adults) and £3 (children 16 and under).

## Match

### Officials

German referee Bibiana Steinhaus was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.

### Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 25 November 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

| Lyon | Paris Saint-Germain |
| - | - |
| GK | 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi |
| RB | 29 | Griedge Mbock Bathy |
| CB | 21 | Kadeisha Buchanan |
| CB | 3 | Wendie Renard (c) |
| LB | 7 | Amel Majri |
| CM | 5 | Saki Kumagai | 66' |
| CM | 23 | Camille Abily |
| RW | 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer |
| AM | 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
| LW | 31 | Alex Morgan | | 23' |
| CF | 14 | Ada Hegerberg | | 60' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 30 | Méline Gérard |
| DF | 26 | Josephine Henning |
| MF | 8 | Jessica Houara |
| MF | 18 | Claire Lavogez | | | 107' |
| MF | 27 | Caroline Seger |
| FW | 12 | Élodie Thomis | | 23' | 107' |
| FW | 23 | Pauline Bremer | | 60' |
| Manager: ||
| Gérard Prêcheur ||
| GK | 1 | Katarzyna Kiedrzynek |
| CB | 26 | Grace Geyoro |
| CB | 5 | Sabrina Delannoy |
| CB | 14 | Irene Paredes |
| DM | 28 | Shirley Cruz (c) | | 80' |
| CM | 7 | Aminata Diallo | 55' | 57' |
| CM | 24 | Formiga |
| RW | 17 | Eve Perisset | | 90+4' |
| LW | 12 | Ashley Lawrence |
| CF | 10 | Cristiane |
| CF | 18 | Marie-Laure Delie |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 16 | Loes Geurts |
| DF | 3 | Laure Boulleau |
| DF | 4 | Laura Georges | 81' | 80' |
| DF | 20 | Perle Morroni | 115' | 90+4' |
| MF | 19 | Lina Boussaha |
| MF | 21 | Verónica Boquete | | 57' |
| MF | 22 | Sana Daoudi |
| Manager: ||
| Patrice Lair ||
| Player of the Match: Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon) Assistant referees: Christina Biehl (Germany) Katrin Rafalski (Germany) Fourth official: Riem Hussein (Germany) Reserve official: Ella De Vries (Belgium) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |

### Statistics

| Statistic | Lyon | Paris Saint-Germain |
| - | - | - |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 16 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 4 |
| Saves | 4 | 9 |
| Ball possession | 56% | 44% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 4 |
| Fouls committed | 20 | 19 |
| Offsides | 1 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
