GERMANY AND OLYMPIQUE LYON ON TOP !
Picture : Ada Hegerberg, the goalgetter from Norway, has scored 159 goals in 123 official matches with Olympique Lyon ( 32 goals in 27 Champions League matches) ! She can beat a new record this season.
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- Since 2012, Olympique Lyon has won 4 IFFHS Trophies for THE WORLD’S BEST CLUB (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017)
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- VFL Wolfsburg has won 2 IFFHS Trophies of THE WORLD’S BEST CLUB (2013, 2014) and individual Trophies for Lena Goessling and Nadine Kessler (THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2013 and 2014)
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- The captain of Olympique Lyon Wendy Renard is only 27, but has already a wonderful career. She has won 11 French League titles and 4 UEFA Champions League !
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- Sarah Bouhaddi won 2 IFFHS Trophies for THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER (2016 and 2017). Dzenifer Marozsan has already won 2 Champions League with Frankfurt and Lyon, also the IFFHS Trophy of THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2016.
The UEFA Women’s Champions League involves the top club teams from all Europe countries. The competition was first played in 2001/2002 under the name UEFA Women’s Cup and renamed the Champions League since the 2009/2010 edition. The most significant changes in 2009 were the inclusion of runners-up from the top 8 ranked nations.
Germany dominates the competition with 9 titles and 14 Final participations in 16 editions before France with 4 titles and 8 Final participations and Sweden with 2 titles and 7 Final participations.
1 FFC Frankfurt (Germany) and Olympique Lyon (France) have won 4 titles each and participated in 6 finals. Umea IK (Sweden) won 2 titles and participated in 5 finals, Turbine Potsdam (Germany) won also 2 titles and participated in 4 finals, VFL Wolfsburg (Germany) won 2 titles and participated in 3 finals.
Olympique Lyon hold the record of participations (10 consecutive), of matches (85 matches, 65 wins, 13 draws, 7 defeats, while scoring 319 goals and conceding just 33) and her goalgetter Ada Hegerberg (22 years old) is on the way to beat this season the record of goals in one Champions League season. She has scored 14 goals before the semi final against Manchester City. Camille Abily (78 Champions League matches) and captain Wendy Renard (70 matches) lead the ranking of the most Champions League appearances with Emma Byrne, who finished her career in Arsenal (77 matches).
This season , one semi final will oppose Olympique Lyon and Manchester City, the other VFL Wolfsburg and Chelsea FC. (22 and 29 April 2018). Olympique Lyon has the chance to break new record in the next weeks. The final of the Champions League edition 2017/18 will be played in Kiev (Ukraine) on 24 May 2018.
WINNERS
| Season | WINNER | Finalist | Score |
| 2001/02 | 1 FFC Frankfurt (Germany) | Umea IK (Sweden) | 2-0 final |
| 2002/03 | Umea IK (Sweden) | Fortuna Hjorring (Denmark) | 4-1 and 3-0 |
| 2003/04 | Umea IK (Sweden) | 1 FFC Frankfurt (Germany) | 3-0 and 5-0 |
| 2004/05 | 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam (Germany) | Djurgardens IF (Sweden) | 2-0 and 3-1 |
| 2005/06 | 1 FFC Frankfurt (Germany) | 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam (Germany) | 4-0 and 3-2 |
| 2006/07 | Arsenal LFC (England) | Umea IK (Sweden) | 1-0 and 0-0 |
| 2007/08 | 1 FFC Frankfurt (Germany) | Umea IK (Sweden) | 1-1 and 3-2 |
| 2008/09 | FCR 2001 Duisburg (Germany) | Zvezda-2005 Perm (Russia) | 6-0 and 1-1 |
| 2009/10 | 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam (Germany) | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | 0-0 (7-6 penalties) |
| 2010/11 | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam (Germany) | 2-0 final |
| 2011/12 | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | 1 FFC Frankfurt (Germany) | 2-0 final |
| 2012/13 | VFL Wolfsburg (Germany) | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | 1-0 final |
| 2013/14 | VFL Wolfsburg (Germany) | Tyresö FF (Sweden) | 4-3 final |
| 2014/15 | 1 FFC Frankfurt (Germany) | Paris St Germain (France) | 2-1 final |
| 2015/16 | OLympique Lyonnais (France) | VFL Wolfsburg (Germany) | 1-1 (4-3 penalties) |
| 2016/17 | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | Paris St Germain (France) | 0-0 (7-6 penalties) |
TOP SCORERS by SEASON
| Season | Player | Country | Club | Goals |
| 2001/02 | Gabriela ENACHE | Romania | FC Codru Chisinau | 12 |
| 2002/03 | Hanna LJUNGBERG | Sweden | Umea IK | 10 |
| 2003/04 | Maria GSTÖTTNER | Austria | SV Neulengbach | 11 |
| 2004/05 | Conny POHLERS | Germany | FFC Turbine Potsdam | 14 |
| 2005/06 | Margret VIDARSDOTTIR | Iceland | Valur Reykjavik | 11 |
| 2006/07 | Julie FLEETING | Scotland | Arsenal LFC | 9 |
| 2007/08 | Margret VIDARSDOTTIR | Iceland | Valur Reykjavik | 9 |
| Patrizia PANICO | Italy | AGSM Verona | 9 | |
| Vira DYATEL | Ukaine | Zhilstroy-1 Karkhiv | 9 | |
| 2008/09 | Margret VIDARSDOTTIR | Iceland | Valur Reykjavik | 14 |
| 2009/10 | Vanessa BÜRKI | Switzerland | FC Bayern München | 11 |
| 2010/11 | Inka GRINGS | Germany | MSV Duisburg | 13 |
| 2011/12 | Eugénie LE SOMMER | France | Olympique Lyon | 9 |
| Camille ABILY | France | Olympique Lyon | 9 | |
| 2012/13 | Laura RUS | Romania | Apollon Limassol LFC | 11 |
| 2013/14 | Milena NIKOLIC | Bosnia | ZFK Spartak Subotica | 11 |
| 2014/15 | Celia SASIC | Germany | 1FFC Frankfurt | 14 |
| 2015/16 | Ada HEGERBERG | Norway | Olympique Lyon | 13 |
| 2016/17 | Zsanett JAKABFI | Hungary | VFL Wolfsburg | 8 |
| Vivianne MEDEMA | Netherlands | FC Bayern München | 8 |
ALL TIME TOP SCORER RANKING (10 April 2018)
| Place | Player | Period | Clubs | Goals |
| 1 | Anja MITTAG (Germany) | 2004 – | T.Potsdam (36), FC Rosengard (11), Paris SG (3) | 50 |
| 2 | Conny POHLERS (Germany) | 2004- 2014 | T.Potsdam (26), 1FFC Frankfurt (8), VFL Wolfsburg (14) | 48 |
| 3 | MARTA (Brazil) | 2004 – | Umea IK (30), Tyreso FF (7), FC Rosengard (9) | 46 |
| 4 | Camille ABILY (France) | 2004 – | Olympique Lyon (42) | 42 |
| Lotta SCHELIN (Sweden) | 2008 – | Olympique Lyon (41), FC Rosengard (1) | 42 | |
| 6 | Nina BURGER (Austria) | 2005 – | SV Neulengbach (40) | 40 |
| 7 | Hanna LJUNGBERG (Sweden) | 2001 – 2009 | Umea IK (39) | 39 |
| 8 | Inka GRINGS (Germany) | 2001 – 2016 | FCR Duisburg (34), FC Zurich (4) | 38 |
| 9 | Ada HEGERBERG (Norway) | 2012 – | Stabaek (2), T.Potsdam (2), Olympique Lyon (32) | 36 |
| 10 | Eugénie LE SOMMER (France) | 2010 – | Olympique Lyon (35) | 35 |