Article 5 Integrity of the competition/multi-club ownership - Women's Champions League

5.01

To ensure the integrity of the UEFA women's club competitions (i.e. UEFA Women's Champions League and UEFA Women's Europa Cup), the club must be able to prove that as at 1 March 2025 the below multi-club ownership criteria were met and the club must continue to comply with the below criteria from that date until the end of the competition season:

1. No club participating in a UEFA women's club competition may, either directly or indirectly:

   1. hold or deal in the securities or shares of any other club participating in a UEFA women's club competition;

   2. be a member of any other club participating in a UEFA women's club competition;

   3. be involved in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a UEFA women's club competition; or

   4. have any power whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a UEFA women's club competition.

2. No one may simultaneously be involved, either directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of more than one club participating in a UEFA women's club competition.

3. No individual or legal entity may have control or influence over more than one club participating in a UEFA women's club competition, such control or influence being defined in this context as:

   1. holding a majority of the shareholders’ voting rights;

   2. having the right to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the club;

   3. being a shareholder and alone controlling a majority of the shareholders’ voting rights pursuant to an agreement entered into with other shareholders of the club; or

   4. being able to exercise by any means a decisive influence in the decision-making of the club.

5.02

If two or more clubs fail to meet the criteria aimed at ensuring the integrity of the competition, only one of them may be admitted to a UEFA women's club competition, in accordance with the following criteria (applicable in descending order) with the exception of the scenarios set out in Paragraph 5.04 and Paragraph 5.05:

1. the club which qualifies on sporting merit for the UEFA Women's Champions League;

2. the club which was ranked highest in its domestic championship;

3. the club whose association is ranked highest in the access list (see Annex A).

5.03

Clubs that are not admitted are replaced in accordance with Paragraph 4.10.

5.04

Exceptionally, provided that the relevant principles of Paragraph 5.01 are respected throughout, a club that was not admitted in application of Paragraph 5.02, and which is replaced in the competition in application of Paragraph 4.10, may still be admitted to the UEFA Women's Europa Cup, respecting the scenarios foreseen by Paragraph 5.05. The access of the respective association is adjusted accordingly.

5.05

This article is not applicable if any of the cases listed under Paragraph 5.01 happens between a club qualifying (in accordance with Article 3) for the UEFA Women's Champions League and entering the league phase directly and a club qualifying for the UEFA Women's Europa Cup (see Annex A).