Holders Arsenal and Chelsea will face Women’s Champions League semi-final reunions against Lyon and Barcelona respectively with the WSL’s three representatives all handed tough fixtures in this year’s inaugural league phase.

The Gunners stunned the eight-time winners in last season’s final four, emerging 5-3 aggregate winners despite a 2-1 first leg home defeat at the Emirates Stadium.

Renee Slegers’ side will hope to avenge that loss when they meet their Pot 1 opponents this season in north London, with a trip to Bayern Munich – who they also faced in last season’s group stages – their other highest-rated opposition.

In the Women’s Champions League’s new format, each side will play six teams from the 18 who have qualified for the league phase, with two opponents from each of three pots based around their European co-efficient.

WSL winners Chelsea will look to finally get the better of Barcelona after falling to the Catalan giants in the semi-final stage in each of the last three seasons, with 2022/23 finalists Wolfsburg their other Pot 1 opponents.

Man Utd will face both Lyon and Wolfsburg after sealing qualification with a 3-1 aggregate win over SK Brann on Thursday night.

The order of fixtures for each team, which begin on the midweek of October 7-8, will be revealed on Saturday.

More to follow…

Arsenal’s fixture list in full

• Lyon (h)
• Bayern Munich (a)
• Real Madrid (h)
• Benfica (a)
• FC Twente (h)
• OH Leuven (a)

Chelsea’s fixture list in full

• Barcelona (h)
• Wolfsburg (a)
• Roma (h)
• St Polten (a)
• Paris FC (h)
• FC Twente (a)

Man Utd’s fixture list in full

• Lyon (h)
• Wolfsburg (a)
• PSG (h)
• Juventus (a)
• Valarenga (h)
• Atletico Madrid (a)