Arsenal had a comfortable win over Rosenborg and Celtic beat Gintra in the UEFA Women’s Champions League Round 1 group finals.
Frida Maanum got the only goal of the match for Arsenal after Rugile Rulyte spilled a cross into her path. Alessia Russo twice struck the crossbar for the Gunners, Kyra Cooney-Cross did so once.
Celtic won their group with a 2-0 victory over Gintra, Shannon McGregor’s first-half effort added to in the last ten minutes by Kat Loferski.
Rangers lost out to Atletico Madrid, Synne Jensen’s goal close to the interval added to in the second half by Sheila Guijarro and Vilde Boa Rise.
Glentoran won their third-place play-off, Emily Wilson’s 37th-minute goal enough to beat Armenian side Pyunik.
Cardiff City were beaten 2-0 by Ljuboten of Macedonia, for whom Hava Mustafa scored twice, the second in stoppage time.
Peamount United lost out to Osijek, conceding twice early in the second half having led after 4 minutes through Dearbhaile Beirne.
The round 2 draw at 12 noon BST on Monday 9 September, with Paris Saint-Germain, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Roma entering the competition.
Barcelona, Lyon, Bayern Munich and Chelsea have byes until the group stage.
🗣️ “I think this is a great step with what we want to do. it’s going to be amazing to see the draw on Monday.”
🎥 Elena Sadiku reflects on reaching Round 2 of the #UWCL for the first time ⤵️#GINCEL | #CelticFC🍀 pic.twitter.com/zteiqj9iMS
— Celtic FC Women (@CelticFCWomen) September 7, 2024
Champions Path
Group 1: Final – SL Benfica 4-0 SFK 2000 Sarajevo, 3rd Place – KÍ Klaksvík 0-2 FC Nordsjælland
Group 2: Final – KFF Vllaznia 0-1 St Polten, 3rd Place – Lanchkuti 2-1 Neftçi
Group 3: Final – Celtic 2-0 FC Gintra, 3rd Place – KuPS Kuopio 6-0 Agarista CSF Anenii Noi
Group 4: Final – Birkirkara 0-5 Anderlecht, 3rd Place – FK Breznica 0-3 ŽFK Crvena Zvezda
Group 5: Final – FC Twente 5-0 Valur, 3rd Place – Cardiff City 0-2 ZFK Ljuboten
Group 6: Final – Apollon 2-3 ZNK Mura, 3rd Place – Pyunik 0-1 Glentoran
Group 7: Final – PAOK 0-2 Servette, 3rd Place – Pogoń Szczecin 1-0 Qiryat Gat,
Group 8: Final – BIIK Shymkent 0-5 Galatasaray, 3rd Place – NSA Sofia 0-2 Racing Union Luxembourg
Group 9: Final – ZNK Osijek 2-1 Peamount United, 3rd Place – Spartak Myjava 2-3 FC Dinamo-BSUPC
Group 10: Final – Ferencvaros 0-2 FC Vorskla Poltava , 3rd Place – Flora Tallinn 0-0 Riga FS (Tallinn won 7-6 om pens)
Group 11: Final – FCV Farul Constanta 1-3 Vålerenga
League Path
Group 1: Final – Fiorentina 1-0 Ajax, 3rd Place – Brøndby 2-1 Kolos Kovalivka
Group 2: Final – AC Sparta Praha 0-2 Paris FC, 3rd Place – Linköping 8-0 First Vienna
Group 3: Final – Arsenal 1-0 Rosenborg, Atlético Madrid 3-0 Rangers
Group 4: Final – Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Breidablik, 3rd Place – Eintracht Frankfurt 6-0 Minsk
