{"id":11000,"date":"2025-06-24T11:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/?p=11000"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:14:17","slug":"cardiff-city-to-meet-athlone-town-in-uefa-womens-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/news\/cardiff-city-to-meet-athlone-town-in-uefa-womens-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff City to meet Athlone Town in UEFA Women’s Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cardiff City have been drawn against Athlone Town from the Republic of Ireland in the semi-final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League first qualifying round<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bluebirds, who won the Genero Adran Premier<\/a> for the third successive season in 2024\/25, were seeded in Tuesday’s draw in Nyon and placed into Group 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Athlone Town were the second highest ranked unseeded side, having secured the League of Ireland Women’s Premier Division title for the first time in 2024 while also finishing as runners-up in the FAI Women’s Cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner of the semi-final will meet newly-crowned Croatian champions ZNK Agram in the final, where the winner will progress to the second qualifying round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All matches in Group 5 will be played in the Republic of Ireland. The semi-final will be played on Wednesday 30 July, before the final takes place on Saturday 2 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Cardiff City are victorious in the first qualifying round, they will meet Icelandic side Breidablik in the semi-final of the second qualifying round (27 August), before meeting either FC Twente of the Netherlands or Serbian side ZFK Crvena Zvezda in the final or third-place play-off (30 August). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cardiff City face a Celtic battle in Group 5’s semi-final<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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