{"id":14281,"date":"2026-06-18T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/?p=14281"},"modified":"2026-06-18T23:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:00:50","slug":"wrexham-to-meet-fc-pyunik-in-uefa-womens-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/news\/wrexham-to-meet-fc-pyunik-in-uefa-womens-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham to meet FC Pyunik in UEFA Women’s Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wrexham have been drawn against FC Pyunik from Armenia in the semi-final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League first qualifying round. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Red Dragons, who won the Genero Adran Premier for the first time in 2025\/26, were unseeded in Thursday\u2019s draw<\/a> in Nyon and placed into Group 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pyunik were crowned champions of Armenia for the third consecutive season in 2025\/26, after winning all 18 of their league matches while scoring 107 goals and conceding just eight. They also recorded their first-ever win in the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League last year with a 1-0 victory over Bulgaria\u2019s NSA Sofia in the first qualifying round semi-final, before falling to North Macedonian side Ljuboten in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner of the semi-final will meet the winner of the other Group 3 semi-final between Glentoran of Northern Ireland and Riga FC of Latvia in the final, with the victor progressing to the second qualifying round. The losers of both semi-finals will meet in the third-place play-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The location of all matches in Group 3 will be confirmed in due course. The semi-final takes place on Wednesday 22 July, before the final and third-place play-off on Saturday 25 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Wrexham are victorious in the first qualifying round, they will face HB K\u00f8ge of Denmark in the second qualifying round semi-final on 5 August, before meeting either FC Gintra of Lithuania or Hearts of Scotland in the final or third-place play-off on 8 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“First and foremost, it was a really proud moment for us to be there in Nyon representing Wrexham,” manager Jenny Sugarman told the club’s official website after the draw<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were one of a number of debutants in the draw and although we don\u2019t know a huge amount about the teams in the draw, we\u2019re happy with the group that we\u2019ve got, especially being in a four-team mini tournament. It\u2019s our job now to do our research and find out as much as possible about these teams.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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