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1 VfL Wolfsburg - Olympique Lyonnais Thursday 24 May 2018 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium, Kyiv

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Wolfsburg and Lyon are set to meet for the third time in a UEFA Women's Champions League final after both teams saw off English opposition to seal their berths in the Kyiv decider on 24 May. Holders Lyon edged Manchester City to maintain their pursuit of a record fifth title, while two-time winners Wolfsburg are back in the showpiece after dispatching Chelsea. Their Kyiv showdown will be their third final meeting in six years – echoing the early dominance of FFC Frankfurt and Umeå, who faced off in three of the first seven UEFA Women's Cup finals. Lyon and Wolfsburg also crossed paths in the quarter-finals last term, and there is nothing to suggest that this year's decider will be any less tight than their previous encounters. The final: 18:00CET (19:00 local time), Thursday 24 May, Valeriy Lobanovskiy Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv Live MatchCentre Follow the #UWCLfinal with @UWCL on Twitter, Facebook and Instgram. Where to watch: TV/streams What they say Stephan Lerch, Wolfsburg coach Both teams have come a long way to make the final and have worked hard to get here. So everyone can look forward to a riveting match with both teams performing at their best and showing everything they are capable of. If they can do that it will be a spectacle to behold and we will do our part to try and make it riveting. Reynald Pedros, Lyon coach We need to focus on our own goals and ambitions, which this season is to win everything. We've already won the league, this would be our second title. We need to deal with the pressure and not play the game before kick-off. We have the weapons to win – stay forward, play with discipline, otherwise Wolfsburg will punish us, we know what we have to do. Key stats Wolfsburg: through to their fourth final in six participations, and their third against Lyon (whom they beat in 2013 and lost to three years later). Wolfsburg now hope to become only the third three-time winners after Lyon and Frankfurt, while picking up 's tenth title in the 18-year history of the competition. Lyon: set to contest a record seventh final (one more than Frankfurt), Lyon are aiming to move one clear of FFC by becoming the first five-time winners. They can also become the first team to win three finals in a row, having edged the last two on penalties. #UWCL head to head 2017 quarter-finals First leg: Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon – Abily 62, Marozsán 89 Second leg: Lyon 0-1 Wolfsburg (agg: 2-1) – Hansen 82pen

2016 final (Reggio Emilia) Wolfsburg 1-1 Lyon (aet, 3-4 pens) – Popp 88; Hegerberg 12 missed Lyon's first penalty but consecutive failures from Nilla Fischer and Élise Bussaglia allowed Saki Kumagai to convert the winner, just as she had done for Japan in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final. 2013 final (Chelsea) Wolfsburg 1-0 Lyon – Müller 73pen Ended Lyon's two-year reign as champions and their 118-game unbeaten run. Martina Müller was also to score Wolfsburg's final winner in 2014. Key players Wolfsburg Alex Popp: the versatile Germany forward scored the late equaliser when these sides met in the 2016 final. Pernille Harder: attacking star of Denmark's run to the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 final and prolific since joining from Linköping last year. Lyon Camille Abily: the all-round midfielder became the first player to make 80 UEFA women's competition appearances

2 VfL Wolfsburg - Olympique Lyonnais Thursday 24 May 2018 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium, Kyiv during the semi-finals, having claimed the record from Emma Byrne (77) in the previous round. Due to retire this summer, she has been part of all four previous triumphs, while her 42 goals for OL is the highest tally for a single club in this competition. Ada Hegerberg: the Norwegian forward has scored a record-equalling 14 goals in this season's competition to take her career tally to 36, putting her in the top ten at the age of 22. Overall this season, she has 46 goals in 27 appearances, only failing to score in five games. Road to the final Wolfsburg Round of 32: Atlético Madrid 3-0a, 12-2h (agg: 15-2) Round of 16: Fiorentina 4-0a, 3-3h (agg: 7-3) Quarter-finals: Slavia Praha 5-0h, 1-1a (agg: 6-1) Semi-finals: Chelsea 3-1a, 2-0h (agg: 5-1) Lyon Round of 32: Medyk Konin 5-0a, 9-0h (agg: 14-0) Round of 16: BIIK-Kazygurt 7-0a, 9-0h (agg: 16-0) Quarter-finals: Barcelona 2-1h, 1-0a (agg: 3-1) Semi-finals: Manchester City 0-0a, 1-0h (agg: 1-0) Key facts Both these teams have already retained their domestic league titles: Wolfsburg's second in a row, Lyon's 12th. Wolfsburg also beat Bayern on penalties on Saturday to win the German Cup. Luisa Wensing, Lena Goessling, Anna Blässe and Alex Popp all played in Wolfsburg's final wins of 2013 and 2014. Popp also won with Duisburg in 2009. Of those players, Goessling, Blässe and Popp all started against Lyon in the 2016 final, with Wensing an unused substitute. , , Camille Abily and Eugénie Le Sommer featured in all four of Lyon's previous final- winning teams (no other players have won more finals; Popp could equal that record if Wolfsburg beat Lyon). Bouhaddi and Renard have contested all six of Lyon's finals (no other players have appeared in more separate finals). Lara Dickenmann was part of the Lyon team that lost to Wolfsburg in 2013 and also played for them in the finals of 2010, 2011 and 2012, claiming two titles. She was in the Wolfsburg side that lost to Lyon in 2016. Lyon have played in five Franco-German finals, winning three and losing two. The only UEFA Women's Champions League final not to feature either of these teams was also a Germany v affair, Frankfurt beating Saint-Germain 2-1 in Berlin in 2015. Coaches Stephan Lerch (Wolfsburg) and Reynald Pedros (Lyon) took charge at the start of the season, in both cases their first roles at the helm of senior women's sides. could make her 50th competition appearance in the final, making her the 31st player to reach that mark – a list that includes Abily, Renard, Élodie Thomis, Popp, Le Sommer, Babett Peter and Bouhaddi. Kyiv 2018 Venue: Valeriy Lobanovskiy Dynamo Stadium Tickets: On sale now Referee: Jana Adámková (CZE) Assistants: Sian Massey (ENG), Sanja Rođak-Karšić (CRO) Fourth official: Kateryna Monzul (UKR) Reserve official: Maryna Striletska (UKR) Past UEFA Women's Champions League finals (since 2010) 2017: Lyon (FRA) 0-0, 7-6 pens Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Cardiff 2016: Lyon (FRA) 1-1, 4-3 pens Wolfsburg (GER), Reggio Emilia 2015: FFC Frankfurt (GER) 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Berlin 2014: Wolfsburg (GER) 4-3 Tyresö (SWE), Lisbon 2013: Wolfsburg (GER) 1-0 Lyon (FRA), Chelsea 2012: Lyon (FRA) 2-0 FFC Frankfurt (GER), Munich 2011: Lyon (FRA) 2-0 Turbine Potsdam (GER), Fulham 2010: Turbine Potsdam (GER) 0-0, 7-6 pens Lyon (FRA), Getafe

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:: Squad list No: number DoB: date of birth Qual: qualifying FT: final tournament Pld: played Gls: goals UWCLQ: UEFA Women's Champions League qualifiers UWCL: UEFA Women's Champions League All-time UEFA: All games played in the UEFA Women's Champions League plus the qualifiers

:: Match officials UEFA: Total matches officiated in all UEFA competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: Group statistics/Tournament schedule Pos: position Pld: played W: won D: drawn L: lost GF: goals for GA: goals against Pts: points

:: NOTE: All-time statistics Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out. Competitions Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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