Exciting times as Wrexham AFC Women discover their debut opponents in Europe

Adran Premier champions Wrexham have been drawn against FC Pyunik from Armenia in the semi-final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League first qualifying round.
The Red Dragons, who won the national league title for the first time in 2025/26, were unseeded in last Thursday’s draw in Nyon and placed into Group 3.
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’s Champions League last year with a 1-0 victory over Bulgaria’s NSA Sofia in the first qualifying round semi-final, before falling to North Macedonian side Ljuboten in the final.
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.
All matches in Group 3 will take place at The Racecourse, marking the first time in ten years that a Welsh side has hosted UEFA Women’s Champions League qualifiers. The semi-finals takes place on Wednesday 22 July, before the final and third-place play-off on Saturday 25 July. Kick-off times and ticket details will be confirmed in due course.
If Wrexham are victorious in the first qualifying round, they will face HB Køge 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.