North London, England, March 22 2025: Caitlin Foord (19 Arsenal) celebrates a goal scored by Kim Little (10 Arsenal) during the Barclays Womens Super League game between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium in North London, England. (Jay Patel/SPP)
Caitlin Foord scored her first goal since September 2025 to win Arsenal the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup.
The Gunners beat Corinthians of Brazil 3-2 after extra-time, with the other goals coming from Olivia Smith and Lotte Wubben-Moy.
The game ended in subdued fashion as goalkeeper Anneke Borbe collided with team-mate Wubben-Moy and needed extensive treatment on the pitch before being stretchered off. She was replaced in the 12th minute of injury time by Daphne van Domselaar as a concussion substitute.
“Everyone knows that health comes first, we’ll be going in to see her before we go for the celebrations and make sure she’s OK,” said Wubben-Moy to broadcasters Sky after the match.
She added: “It’s not often that at Arsenal Football Club you can write history because history has been written so many times in the past. We stand on the shoulders of giants, so to be able to come to this inaugural competition and win it and do it with all of our fans here, in style – shout-out to the fans, they’re wonderful and that’s ultimately who we do it for.”
Earlier, Katie McCabe had given away a late penalty, which Vic Albuquerque converted to force the additional 30 minutes.
FIFA Women’s Champions Cup – the details
Four teams have competed to win the inaugural tournament in London, taking place between January 28th and February 1st.
Three teams automatically qualified for the semi-finals – Arsenal, Corinthians and Gotham FC of the NWSL – while another team had to qualify to reach that stage, hosted at Brentford.
The tournament started in China in October, with Wuhan Jiangda beating Auckland United FC 1-0. Wuhan then travelled to play AS FAR in Morocco in December, with the African side winning 2-1 in extra time.
The third-place play-off and final were both hosted at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal’s home ground.
In the future, the Women’s Champions Cup will take place every year in which the Women’s Club World Cup does not take place.
