UEFA Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round: Glasgow City, Ajax, PSV, Inter through as new competition begins

The new UEFA Women's Europa Cup launched with the first qualifying round as 11 teams progressed over the last two days to the second qualifying round draw on Friday at 15:00 CET 

In Thursday's second legs, 2023/24 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finalists Ajax confirmed their place in the draw while GC Frauenfussball also progressed from their debut European tie. Record 23-time UEFA women's club competition entrants SFK 2000 Sarajevo won the competition's first penalty shoot-out following a thrilling 3-3 draw after extra time at ABB Fomget, Armisa Kuć's hat-trick in vain for a club in their first European season.

PSV Eindhoven were among the teams who went through on Wednesday after overturning a 3-0 deficit from their first leg at Rosenborg with a 4-0 victory. Also advancing were two-time Women's Champions League quarter-finalists Glasgow City and recent group stage contenders Vllaznia and HB Køge, another Danish club in Nordsjælland, as well as Inter (continuing their debut European campaign), Anderlecht and Spartak Subotica.

In the draw they will join the remaining direct entrants, Slovácko, and 20 further clubs transferring from the Women's Champions League (including the nine clubs defeated in the third qualifying round that ends on Thursday).

In last week's opening legs, the Women's Europa Cup's first goal was scored by Andrene Smith just over 20 seconds into Spartak Subotica's 5-0 win at UEFA competition debutants Partizani, the 18-year-old Jamaican youth international going on to get the Women's Europa Cup's first hat-trick.

All rounds of the competition are played as two-legged knockout ties. Eleven clubs enter the Women's Europa Cup directly at this stage, with 11 more having transferred from the UEFA Women's Champions League second qualifying round.

Inter celebrate their opening goal against HibernianInter via Getty Images

Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round ties

Second legs

Thursday 18 September

BIIK-Shymkent 1-3 GC Frauenfussball (agg: 1-5)
Sturm Graz 0-2 Ajax (agg: 0-4)
ABB Fomget 3-3 SFK 2000 Sarajevo (aet, agg: 3-3, Sarajevo win 3-2 on penalties)

Wednesday 17 September

Farul Constanța 0-3 HB Køge (agg: 2-6)
KuPS Kuopio 1-5 Nordsjælland (agg: 2-8)
Kolos Kovalivka 0-2 Vllaznia (agg: 0-4)
Spartak Subotica 3-0 Partizani (agg: 8-0)
Anderlecht 9-0 Aris Limassol (agg: 14-0)
PSV Eindhoven 4-0 Rosenborg (agg: 4-3)
Hibernian 0-1 Inter (agg: 1-5)
Athlone Town 0-3 Glasgow City (agg: 0-6)

First legs

Thursday 11 September

Aris Limassol 0-5 Anderlecht 
Vllaznia 2-0 Kolos Kovalivka
Ajax 2-0 Sturm Graz 

Wednesday 10 September

Partizani 0-5 Spartak Subotica 
HB Køge 3-2 Farul Constanța 
Nordsjælland 3-1 KuPS Kuopio 
Rosenborg 3-0 PSV Eindhoven 
SFK 2000 Sarajevo 0-0 ABB Fomget 
GC Frauenfussball 2-0 BIIK-Shymkent
Inter 4-1 Hibernian 
Glasgow City 3-0 Athlone Town 

Team guide

• ABB Fomget, Athlone Town, BIIK-Shymkent, Farul Constanța, Glasgow City, Hibernian, Inter, Nordsjælland, PSV, Sarajevo and Vllaznia transferred after finishing third in their UEFA Women's Champions League second qualifying round group; the other 11 teams were entering directly.
• Ajax and Glasgow City have previously reached the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals. Rosenborg made the 2004/05 UEFA Women's Cup semi-finals and two quarter-finals as Trondheims-Ørn.
• Ajax, HB Køge and Vllaznia played in the old UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.
• SFK 2000 Sarajevo are playing in a record 23th UEFA women's club season.
• Aris, GC Frauenfussball and Partizani made their UEFA women's club competition debuts in this round. ABB Fomget, Athlone and Inter are also in their first European women's club seasons.

2025/26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup dates

Second qualifying round

Draw: 19 September, Nyon 
First leg: 7/8 October
Second leg: 15/16 October

Round of 16

Draw: 17 October, Nyon 
First leg: 11/12 November
Second leg: 19/20 November

Quarter-finals

Draw: 17 October, Nyon 
First leg: 11/12 February
Second leg: 18/19 February

Semi-finals

Draw: 17 October, Nyon 
First leg: 24/25 March
Second leg: 1/2 April

Final (two legs)

Draw (to decide order of legs): 17 October, Nyon 
First leg: 25 or 26 April
Second leg: 2 or 3 May