Katie McCabe joins in the celebration of Mariona Caldentey penalty during the UEFA Women's Champions League semifinal first leg match between Arsenal WFC and Olympique Lyonnais on April 19, 2025 in London
Katie McCabe joins in the celebration of Mariona Caldentey penalty during the UEFA Women's Champions League semifinal first leg match between Arsenal WFC and Olympique Lyonnais on April 19, 2025 in London - (Photo by Michael Regan – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)
Where is the match taking place?
The match is being played in Sporting’s 50,000 capacity stadium in Lisbon – the Estádio José Alvalade – with a kick off time in Portugal of 17:00 (and that is the same time zone as Ireland).
The 2025 final will be the second Women's Champions League showpiece to be held in Lisbon after 2014, when Estádio do Restelo staged Wolfsburg's 4-3 win against Tyresö.
Where can I watch the match?
Well you can still watch it in the stadium. A small batch of tickets have gone on sale in two price categories - €40 and €70 – available here.
Where can I watch the match on TV?
You can watch the match between the runners up in the WSL and the six in a row Spanish Champions on TNT Sports.
The final will also be made free-to-air through DAZN, on their dedicated streaming platform and on their YouTube channel.
Have the two sides met before?
Yes, four times with two wins apiece.
2021/22 group stage
Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 0-4 Barcelona
2012/13 round of 32
Barcelona 0-3 Arsenal
Arsenal 4-0 Barcelona
What have the coaches had to say?
Renée Slegers, Arsenal coach:
"We respect them highly as a team. They're very intelligent players, all of them, and technically capable, so it's going to be a new challenge. I think that it's a challenge that we haven't faced yet in the league or in the Champions League.
Pere Romeu, Barcelona coach:
"When I enjoy [being a coach] the most is when I sit in my office and watch [the next opponents], watch a lot of Arsenal games, see what Arsenal do, see who their most important players are, how we are going to prepare for it, how we are going to train, what we propose... When we do all this is when I feel more calm, more confident and more convinced. From this moment on, when the game is getting closer, that's when you start to get nervous.
How did the teams get to the final?
Arsenal:
Rangers and Rosenborg were seen off in the round 1 mini-tournament at Borehamwood before Arsenal began a campaign of comebacks, recovering from losing the round 2 first leg to Häcken, topping their group on 15 points despite a 5-2 defeat at Bayern on Matchday 1, overturning a 2-0 away loss to oust Real Madrid in the last eight, then going through with a brilliant 4-1 success at Lyon despite having been beaten 2-1 at home the weekend before.
Barcelona:
Barca began their title defence with a rare defeat, 2-0 at Manchester City. Their response was to go on a free-scoring, ten-game winning streak that ensured they finished above City on head-to-head record in their group and convincingly eliminated both Wolfsburg (10-2 on aggregate) and, for the third semi-final running, Chelsea, winning 4-1 in both legs. Their goal tally of 44 is threatening Wolfsburg's single-season record of 45 in 2013/14.
Who is the referee?
A Croatian match official team, led by Ivana Martinčić, will take charge of the Women’s Champions League final.
The 39-year-old will take charge of her first UEFA Women’s Champions League final after having fulfilled the role of fourth official at last year’s final between Olympique Lyonnais and FC Barcelona in Bilbao. She has previously been selected as a referee for the upcoming UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 final tournament.
Willextratime.com be covering the game?
Yes, we will have a reporter in Lisbon on Saturday night as this season we are covering both the women’s and men’s Champions League finals on the ground in Portugal and Germany (next week).