Arsenal have been drawn against Real Madrid, with the away tie to be played first and the home tie at the Emirates Stadium.
The full quarter-final draw is as follows, with match dates 18th/19th and 26th/27th March:
- Vfl Wolfsburg (GER) v FC Barcelona (ESP)
- Real Madrid CF (ESP) v Arsenal FC (ENG)
- FC Bayern München (GER) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
- Manchester City (ENG) v Chelsea FC (ENG)
The semi-final draw is as follows, with match dates 19th/20th April and 26th/27th April:
- Vfl Wolfsburg (GER) v FC Barcelona (ESP) against Manchester City (ENG) v Chelsea FC (ENG)
- Real Madrid CF (ESP) v Arsenal FC (ENG) against FC Bayern München (GER) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
The final will be played on 24 May in Lisbon. The ‘home’ team is the winner of semi-final 2, the ‘away’ team is the winner of the semi-final 1.
For the English teams, it is really important to go far in the competition as the five-year Association ranking at the end of the season will decide the access list for the 2026/27 season.
The top-two nations get two places directly for the new 18-team League Phase. Next season, England will only have one team qualifying directly – the WSL champions – as the top-two nations were France and Germany.
Here is the current ranking 1. France 65.999 2. England 64.165 3. Spain 62.999 4. Germany 61.322.
The fight for the top-two places is extremely tight and therefore all three English teams will need to go as far as possible to keep second place or even go top of the rankings. And unfortunately, two of them will play each other in the quarter-finals.