Last year’s semi-finalist Paris St. Germain has reached the group stage of the Champions League.
In the second leg, the French won 2-0 (0-0) against the Swedish runners-up BK Häcken. As in the 2-1 win in the first leg, Dutch Lieke Martens (53′) and Kadidiatou Diani (60′) scored for PSG.
Arsenal FC, Real Madrid, Juventus Turin and FC Zurich with coach Inka Grings also prevailed in the second qualifying round.
English record champions Arsenal won 1-0 (0-0) at Dutch cup winners Ajax Amsterdam thanks to a goal by top striker Vivianne Miedema (51st). The first leg had ended 2:2.
Real, like the Gunners in the quarterfinals last season, knocked out Rosenborg Trondheim (2:1/3:0).
The Italian champions Juventus defeated the Danish champion HB Höge (2:0/1:1), Zurich prevailed against SFK 2000 Sarajevo (3:0/7:0).
Like defending champions Olympique Lyon, last year’s finalists FC Barcelona and English champions FC Chelsea, German champions VfL Wolfsburg are seeded for the group stage (from October 19/20).
Runner-up Bayern Munich will play against Real Sociedad from Spain (first leg 1-0) on Thursday for a preliminary round ticket, Eintracht Frankfurt failed in the first round of qualifying to Ajax.