Uefa Women's Champions League
UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Do Restelo - Lisbon Thursday 22 May 2014 20.30CET (19.30 local time) Tyresö FF Matchday 16 - Final VfL Wolfsburg Last updated 09/05/2014 18:04CET UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Team profile 2 Legend 4 1 Tyresö FF - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 22 May 2014 - 20.30CET (19.30 local time) Match press kit Do Restelo, Lisbon Team profile Tyresö FF Formed: 1971 Best performance: first entry Domestic honours • League title: 1 (2012) Round of 32: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 (h), 0-0 (a), agg: 2-1 Round of 16: Fortuna Hjørring 2-1 (a), 4-0 (h), agg: 6-1 Quarter-finals: SV Neulengbach 8-1 (h), 0-0 (a), agg: 8-1 Semi-finals: Birmingham City LFC 0-0 (a), 3-0 (h), agg: 3-0 History • Tyresö, the women's section of a fifth-tier men's club in the suburbs of Stockholm, have only come to prominence in recent years after a sustained period of investment. • A Damallsvenskan side between 1993 and 1996, a decade later Tyresö had dropped to the fourth tier before three promotions in four seasons took them back to the top flight for 2010. • Immediately a force to be reckoned with, they reached the Swedish Cup final in 2011 and again in 2012, when they beat FC Malmö in a dramatic decider to win the league championship for the first time. • Losing their title the next year when finishing second, they impressed on their UEFA Women's Champions League debut, knocking out ambitious Paris, 2003 runners-up Fortuna, Neulengbach and Birmingham to reach the final.
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