Felicia Schröder closed the first edition of the Women’s Europa Cup as its top scorer and, at 19, turned BK Häcken’s run into the defining story of the tournament. The forward scored eight goals in the main phase and then delivered when the title was on the line, including the only goal in the first leg of the final against Hammarby and a hat-trick in the second leg.
Schröder ended the final with four goals across the two legs, becoming the first female footballer to score four times in a two-legged European final. She was also only the third player to hit a hat-trick in a women’s European club final. Her scoring streak stretched through three consecutive eliminatory rounds for Häcken, after doubles against Breidablik in the quarterfinals and Eintracht Frankfurt in the semifinals. That run left her clear at the top of the scoring chart, ahead of Michaela Khýrová of Sparta Praha on five goals, with Nicole Anyomi of Eintracht Frankfurt and Telma Encarnação of Sporting CP both finishing on four.
The tournament was in its first edition and was created to expand the competitive map of European women’s football. BK Häcken became the first champion after a Swedish final decided by small margins, with Schröder at the center of every decisive step. For Häcken, the title was won through narrow margins; for Schröder, it was sealed with goals that kept arriving in every knockout round.
The unresolved measure of this debut competition is how many more players can match that level when the Women’s Europa Cup returns. Schröder’s total set a standard in the first year, and it is now the benchmark the rest of the field has to chase.
