2007 UEFA Women's Cup final

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The 2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final was played on 21 and 29 April 2007 between Arsenal of England and Umeå of Sweden.[1] It was the first final not to feature German teams since the 2003 final. Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.[2][3]

2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final
Event2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup
First leg
Date21 April 2007 (2007-04-21)
VenueGammliavallen, Umeå
RefereeChristine Beck (Germany)
Attendance6,265
Second leg
Date29 April 2007 (2007-04-29)
VenueMeadow Park, Borehamwood
RefereeNicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Attendance3,467
2006
2008

Arsenal were chasing an unprecedented quadruple of titles having already secured the England women's premier league, Women's FA Cup and Women's Premier League Cup.[4] They were the first English team to reach the UEFA Women's Cup Final and to date the only English winner of the competition.[5] Chelsea W.F.C reached the 2021 final but ultimately lost to Barcelona Feminine making them only the second English side to reach the final.

Arsenal W.F.C have gone on to reach four more semi-finals (2011, 2012, 2013, 2023) since the competition's name was rebranded to the UEFA Women's Champion's League but not the final, being knocked out by Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Wolfsburg Frauen (twice) and Frankfurt Frauen.

Umeå would go on to reach back to back finals but would ultimately lose to Frankfurt Frauen by a score of 4-3 over two legs. That would end up being the Swedish side's last final in the competition as of 2024.

Match details

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First leg

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Umeå 0 – 1 Arsenal
ReportScott 90+1'
Attendance: 6,265
Umeå
Arsenal
UMEÅ:
GK53 Carola Söberg
DF2 Anna Paulson
DF3 Johanna Frisk
DF4 Karolina Westberg (c)
DF89 Maria Bergkvist
MF7 Lisa Dahlqvist  76'
MF14 Lise Klaveness
MF20 Elaine
FW10 Hanna Ljungberg  63'
FW13 Madeleine Edlund
FW60 Marta
Substitutes:
GK30 Ulla-Karin Rönnlund
DF6 Emma Berglund
MF12 June Pedersen
MF77 Emelie Konradsson
FW11 Erika Karlsson
FW18 Ma Xiaoxu  63'
FW19 Ramona Bachmann  76'
Manager:
Andrée Jeglertz
ARSENAL:
GK1 Emma Byrne
DF23 Mary Phillip
DF12 Alex Scott
DF17 Katie Chapman
DF18 Anita Asante
MF4 Jayne Ludlow (c)  15'
MF7 Ciara Grant
MF11 Rachel Yankey
FW9 Lianne Sanderson
FW10 Julie Fleeting
FW20 Karen Carney  89'
Substitutes:
GK24 Rebecca Spencer
DF3 Yvonne Tracy
DF4 Faye White
DF5 Leanne Champ
DF26 Gilly Flaherty
MF16 Sian Larkin
MF20 Gemma Davison  89'
Manager:
Vic Akers[6]

Second leg

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Arsenal 0 – 0 Umeå
Report
Arsenal
Umeå
ARSENAL:
GK1 Emma Byrne
DF23 Mary Phillip  77'
DF12 Alex Scott
DF17 Katie Chapman
DF18 Anita Asante
MF4 Jayne Ludlow (c)  87'  90'
MF7 Ciara Grant
MF11 Rachel Yankey
FW9 Lianne Sanderson
FW10 Julie Fleeting
FW20 Karen Carney
Substitutes:
GK24 Rebecca Spencer
DF3 Yvonne Tracy
DF4 Faye White  90'
DF5 Leanne Champ
DF26 Gilly Flaherty
MF16 Sian Larkin
MF20 Gemma Davison
Manager:
Vic Akers
UMEÅ:
GK53 Carola Söberg
DF2 Anna Paulson
DF3 Johanna Frisk
DF4 Karolina Westberg (c)
DF89 Maria Bergkvist
MF7 Lisa Dahlqvist  55'
MF14 Lise Klaveness
MF20 Elaine
FW10 Hanna Ljungberg
FW18 Ma Xiaoxu  72'
FW60 Marta
Substitutes:
GK30 Ulla-Karin Rönnlund
DF6 Emma Berglund
MF12 June Pedersen
MF77 Emelie Konradsson
FW11 Erika Karlsson
FW13 Madeleine Edlund  55'
FW19 Ramona Bachmann  72'
Manager:
Andrée Jeglertz

References

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  1. ^ "Arsenal 0-0 Umea (agg 1-0)". 29 April 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "When Arsenal won the Champions League final: The quadruple icons who matched Invincibles era | Goal.com". Goal.
  3. ^ "The forgotten pioneers of women's football". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ Garry, Tom; Edwards, Luke; Richardson, Charles (5 December 2021). "Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby torment Arsenal as dominant Chelsea seal domestic treble with Women's FA Cup". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Spirited Arsenal outgun rivals | UEFA Women's Champions League | UEFA.com". 25 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Anna Kessel on Arsenal, the No 1 ladies football team". the Guardian. 4 May 2008.