Arsenal and Celtic win UEFA Women’s Champions League group finals | OneFootball

Frida Maanum of Arsenal) celebrating her goal against Rosenborg. (Bettina Weissensteiner / SPP)

Arsenal had a comfortable win over Rosenborg and Celtic beat Gintra in the UEFA Women’s Champions League Round 1 group finals.

Frida Maanum got the only goal of the match for Arsenal after Rugile Rulyte spilled a cross into her path. Alessia Russo twice struck the crossbar for the Gunners, Kyra Cooney-Cross did so once.

Celtic won their group with a 2-0 victory over Gintra, Shannon McGregor’s first-half effort added to in the last ten minutes by Kat Loferski.

Rangers lost out to Atletico Madrid, Synne Jensen’s goal close to the interval added to in the second half by Sheila Guijarro and Vilde Boa Rise.

Glentoran won their third-place play-off, Emily Wilson’s 37th-minute goal enough to beat Armenian side Pyunik.

Cardiff City were beaten 2-0 by Ljuboten of Macedonia, for whom Hava Mustafa scored twice, the second in stoppage time.

Peamount United lost out to Osijek, conceding twice early in the second half having led after 4 minutes through  Dearbhaile Beirne.

The round 2 draw at 12 noon BST on Monday 9 September, with Paris Saint-Germain, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Roma entering the competition.

Barcelona, Lyon, Bayern Munich and Chelsea have byes until the group stage.

Champions Path

Group 1: Final – SL Benfica 4-0 SFK 2000 Sarajevo, 3rd Place – KÍ Klaksvík 0-2 FC Nordsjælland

Group 2: Final – KFF Vllaznia 0-1 St Polten, 3rd Place – Lanchkuti 2-1 Neftçi

Group 3: Final – Celtic 2-0 FC Gintra, 3rd Place – KuPS Kuopio 6-0 Agarista CSF Anenii Noi

Group 4: Final – Birkirkara 0-5 Anderlecht, 3rd Place – FK Breznica 0-3 ŽFK Crvena Zvezda

Group 5: Final – FC Twente 5-0 Valur, 3rd Place – Cardiff City 0-2 ZFK Ljuboten

Group 6: Final – Apollon 2-3 ZNK Mura, 3rd Place – Pyunik 0-1 Glentoran

Group 7: Final – PAOK 0-2 Servette, 3rd Place – Pogoń Szczecin 1-0 Qiryat Gat,

Group 8: Final – BIIK Shymkent 0-5 Galatasaray, 3rd Place – NSA Sofia 0-2 Racing Union Luxembourg

Group 9: Final – ZNK Osijek 2-1 Peamount United, 3rd Place – Spartak Myjava 2-3 FC Dinamo-BSUPC

Group 10: Final – Ferencvaros 0-2 FC Vorskla Poltava , 3rd Place – Flora Tallinn 0-0 Riga FS (Tallinn won 7-6 om pens)

Group 11: Final – FCV Farul Constanta 1-3  Vålerenga

Synne Jensen of Atletico Madrid scores her team’s first goal whilst under pressure from Nicola Docherty of Rangers. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

League Path

Group 1: Final – Fiorentina 1-0 Ajax, 3rd Place – Brøndby 2-1 Kolos Kovalivka

Group 2: Final – AC Sparta Praha 0-2 Paris FC, 3rd Place – Linköping 8-0 First Vienna

Group 3: Final – Arsenal 1-0 Rosenborg, Atlético Madrid 3-0 Rangers

Group 4: Final – Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Breidablik, 3rd Place – Eintracht Frankfurt 6-0 Minsk

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