Holders Lyon are among the 16 clubs seeded in the UEFA Women’s Champions League round of 32 draw, which will be streamed live from Nyon at 13:30CET on Friday.
The 21 clubs given byes to the last 32 have been joined by the 11 teams that came through the qualifying round which ended on Monday.
How the draw works
- The 16 sides with the highest cofficient will be seeded and placed in a separate pot from the unseeded teams.
- No club can meet a team from their own association.
- Zürich, who were the qualifying round best runners-up, cannot meet Minsk, the winners of their group.
- The seeds will play the second leg at home.
- Matches are on 4/5 and 11/12 October.
The contenders
Seeded
Lyon (FRA, holders) coefficient 111.400
Wolfsburg (GER) 129.380
FC Rosengård (SWE) 83.925
Barcelona (ESP) 68.520
Fortuna Hjørring (DEN) 54.705
Bayern München (GER) 48.380
Brøndby (DEN) 47.705
FC Zürich (SUI) 43.890*
Rossiyanka (RUS) 37.715
Manchester City (ENG) 36.490
Glasgow City (SCO) 34.580
Zvezda-2005 (RUS) 33.715
Brescia (ITA) 33.210
Slavia Praha (CZE) 31.890
Sparta Praha (CZE) 31.890
Linköping (SWE) 30.295
Unseeded
Chelsea (ENG) 29.490
Montpellier (FRA) 26.400
LSK Kvinner (NOR) 26.075
BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) 24.930*
Apollon (CYP) 23.940*
St. Pölten (AUT) 21.420
Atlético Madrid (ESP) 20.520
Olimpia Cluj (ROU) 19.950*
Medyk Konin (POL) 19.600*
Gintra Universitetas (LTU) 15.960*
Stjarnan (ISL) 15.610*
Fiorentina (ITA) 12.210
Avaldsnes (NOR) 12.075*
Minsk (BLR) 10.800*
PAOK (GRE) 10.305*
Ajax (NED) 8.250*
*Played in qualifying round
- Debutants in round of 32: Fiorentina, Ajax
- Holders Lyon will aim to become the first team to win the title three years in a row and can also become the only five-time champions.
- Wolfsburg are the only other past champions in contention this season. Fortuna Hjørring and Zvezda-2005 are previous finalists.
- Last season’s runners-up Paris Saint-Germain missed out after finishing third in France behind Montpellier.
Tournament calendar
Qualifying round draw: 23 June
Qualifying round: 22–28 August
Round of 32 draw: 1 September
Round of 32: 4/5 11/12 October
Round of 16 draw: 16 October
Round of 16: 8/9 15/16 November
Quarter-final semi-final draw: 24 November
Quarter-finals: 21/22 28/29 March
Semi-finals: 21/22 28/29 April
Final: 24 May 2018, Valeriy Lobanovskiy Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
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