Servette Chênois beat OH Leuven 5-1 for first Women's Champions League win

A first win in the league phase

Servette Chênois beat OH Leuven 5-1 on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, in front of 3,458 spectators at the Stade de Genève. It was the club's first Women's Champions League win, and only their second participation in the competition after a 2021 debut in which they did not collect a point. Before this match they had lost 0-8 to Lyon and 1-5 to Koge, so the Geneva side had nothing from their opening games. The result lifted them off the bottom of the 18-team table. The programme ahead looks tougher, with Roma, Barcelona and Paris FC still to come.

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Hernandez and Marinelli set the pace

Paola Hernandez opened the scoring in the 16th minute, heading in from a corner at the second post where she was largely unmarked. Gloria Marinelli then scored twice before the break, in the 38th minute after a pass from Bénédicte Simon, and in the 44th minute after a rebound off Leuven goalkeeper Lowiese Seynhaeve. Those two goals put Servette 3-0 ahead at halftime. Hernandez doubled her tally in the 58th minute with a short-range header that passed between the goalkeeper's legs. Joana Marchao completed the scoring in the 83rd minute.

Leuven's response and their standing

Jada Conijnenberg pulled one back for Leuven in the late second half, about two minutes before Marchao's goal. Earlier, shortly after Servette's opener, Ioanna Papatheodorou came close to an equaliser for the visitors. On paper Leuven had looked slightly stronger than a Swiss side without a Champions League win in its history. Leuven, the Belgian double champions, had finished twelfth in the previous league phase. They have now taken one point from a possible nine after three matches, having earned their only point so far in a 0-0 draw with Roma.

What comes next for both sides

Leuven must beat the Danish side HB Koge within two weeks if they want to reach the knockout phase, as they hope to do again this season. After that they would also need results against Juventus and Chelsea. Servette's next Champions League match is against Roma on 10 November. The Geneva side are also leaders of the Swiss Super League, and their win in this match ended a run of heavy defeats in the competition.

Five goals from three players

Servette's five goals came from three players, with Hernandez and Marinelli each scoring twice and Marchao once. Leuven's only goal came from Conijnenberg, who gave the visitors a consolation in an otherwise one-sided game. Servette did not look especially sharp in front of goal at times, but they controlled the match from the first quarter of an hour. The result marks the first time this season that the Geneva side have scored in the league phase.