Barca launch defence of new-look Women's Champions League eNCA
Barcelona won the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time last seasonNYON - Two decades on from its debut, the UEFA Women's Champions League will feature a 16-team group stage for the first time this season as Barcelona begin their title defence in a new-look tournament.
Barcelona powered to a second successive Spanish title last season, winning 33 of 34 matches and scoring a whopping 167 goals. They have begun the new campaign in the same vein with five wins from five, scoring 35 times and conceding just once. French giants Lyon saw their five-year European reign ended by Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals last season, but they have since brought in goalkeeper Christiane Endler and forward Signe Bruun from their domestic rivals as well as Danielle van de Donk.AFP/File | JEFF PACHOUD
Hegerberg, a five-time Champions League winner with Lyon, is the all-time record scorer in the competition with 53 goals. The reward for the Spaniards on their Champions League debut is a group with PSG, WFC Kharkiv of Ukraine and Breidablik -- the first Icelandic team to make the group stage of a men's or women's UEFA club competition.
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