Women's Champions League. "Vorskla" advanced to the third qualifying round, "Metalist 1925" ended their campaign
In the 2025/2026 season, for the third time in history, Ukraine was represented in the women's Champions League by two teams — Poltava's "Vorskla" and Kharkiv's "Metalist 1925".
In the 2025/2026 season for the first time in history, two Ukrainian teams represented Ukraine in the Women's Champions League — Poltava's "Vorskla" and Kharkiv's "Metalist 1925."
As a reminder, in the semifinals, "Vorskla" defeated Georgia's "Lanchhuti" (5-0), while "Metalist 1925" lost to Sweden's "Hammarby" (4-5).
Today, Poltava's team faced the hosts of Group 5 from "Ghintra." Thanks to penalty kicks by Radionova and Kalinina, the white-and-green team secured a victory — 2-0. Thus, "Vorskla" advanced to the third round of the Women's Champions League, whose draw will take place on August 31 in Nyon (start at 1:00 PM Kyiv time).
In turn, "Metalist 1925" played for third place against Dutch PSV. Already in the first half, Kharkiv's team conceded twice and could not recover — 0-2. This marked the end of Ukraine's participation in the tournament.
Women's Champions League - 2025/2026. Second Round
August 30, 2025
Champions' Path. Group 5
Final
"Vorskla" (Ukraine) — "Ghintra" (Lithuania) — 2-0 (1-0)
Goals: Radionova (23, from the penalty spot), Kalinina (58, from the penalty spot).
"Vorskla": Samson, Voronina, Savka, Korsun, Shaynyuk, Osipyan, Levitskaya (Kotyash, 56), Kitayeva (Komeda, 69), Kalinina (captain), Radionova (Kozishkurdt, 85), Kravchuk.
"Ghintra": Lukianchukas, Kuku (Shupeliete, 88), Goncalvesh, Beal, Romanovska, Mikutaitė (captain), Spennazzatto, Ribeyro (David, 73), Kubilute (Kalis, 64), Taylor, Bowers.
Yellow cards: Shaynyuk (72), Osipyan (90+5) — David (78), Taylor (87).
Red card: Shaynyuk (79).
Match for third place
"Lanchhuti" (Georgia) — "Farul" (Romania) — 1-4
Path of representatives from leagues. Group 1
Match for third place
PSV (Netherlands) — "Metalist 1925" (Ukraine) — 2-0 (2-0)
Goals: Neestad (7), Trieg (38).
PSV: Evar, Bros, Moors, Folkertsma, Trieg, Strik (captain) (Lacroux, 46), Djemali (Kalm, 73), Neestad, R. Jansen (Freins, 87), Jacobs, Reipa (Reisbergen, 62).
"Metalist 1925": Slavich, Podolska, Kotik, Apanshenko (captain), Basanska, Petrik (Olkhova, 87), Aleksanyan (Zaborovets, 64), Kunina (Ivanchenko, 87), Andrukhiv (Moldyuk, 46), Shevchuk (Kolodyi, 87), Gyrin.
Yellow cards: Moldyuk (58), Petrik (67).
Final
"Manchester United" (England) — "Hammarby" (Sweden) — 1-0
Women's Champions League - 2025/2026
Tournament System
Third Round
Draw: August 31.
First leg: September 11.
Second leg: September 18.
Group Stage
Draw: September 19.
Matchday 1: October 7/8.
Matchday 2: October 15/16.
Matchday 3: November 11/12.
Matchday 4: November 19/20.
Matchday 5: December 9/10.
Matchday 6: December 17.
Knockout Stage
Draw: December 18.
First legs: February 11/12, 2026.
Second legs: February 18/19, 2026.
Quarter-finals
First legs: March 24, 2026.
Second legs: April 1/2, 2026.
Semifinals
First legs: April 25/26, 2026.
Second legs: May 2/3, 2026.
Final (Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway)
May 22, 23 or 24, 2026.