), which takes place in Kyiv, it was decided to give the 2020 Champions League final to Turkish Istanbul. The match will take place at the Kemal Ataturk Olympic Stadium.
The decision of the UEFA Executive Committee caused a lot of controversy, but it turned out to be very expected. The bidding campaign for candidates to host the UEFA Main Tournament Final began on 22 September 2017. Applicants must apply no later than October 31st. As a result of the campaign, two arenas became contenders for hosting the Champions League final in 2020 - the Olympic Stadium in Istanbul and Da Luz in the Portuguese city of Lisbon, which already hosted the final of Europe's most prestigious club tournament in 2014. The choice was made in favor of the Turkish site.
The Ataturk Stadium was opened in 2002. The maximum capacity of the sports facility is 76,000 spectators. In 2005, the final of the Champions League was already held at the Istanbul Olympic Stadium. In an incredibly dramatic match, the English "Liverpool" defeated the Italian "Milan" in the penalty shoot-out, losing after the first half by three goals.
It is worth noting that Istanbul will host the tournament held under the auspices of UEFA for the second year in a row. In 2019, Turkey's largest city will host the UEFA Super Cup match at the Vodafone Arena.
The fact that the home arena of Besiktas will host one of the finals of UEFA tournaments became known back in September 2017. The stadium has a capacity of 43,000 people. The sports complex after reconstruction was opened in 2016.
The increased attention to stadiums in Turkey is due to the country's desire to host the European Football Championship in 2024. For holding the European national championship, the Turks will compete with the applications of Germany, the Netherlands and Estonia (the latter counted on the support of Russia).
The Europa League final in Gdansk, Poland was a big surprise for most experts. Arena Euro 2012 "Energa Gdansk" competed with the Portuguese stadium "Dragau". The Polish arena differs from its competitor in modernity, but after the home European championship, which was six years ago, it has not had to host major international tournaments. The capacity of the main stadium in Gdansk is 43 thousand people. The arena is the home stadium of the Lechia club, which finished 13th in the Polish national championship last season.
The traditional match between the winners of the two main UEFA competitions in the 2019/20 Super Cup will take place in Porto at the Dragau Stadium. For the Portuguese arena, the experience of hosting major European tournaments is by no means new. Porto's home stadium regularly hosts matches of different stages of the Champions League, and in 2005 the arena hosted the final match of the UEFA Cup. In the decisive match, CSKA Moscow defeated the Portuguese "Sporting" with a score of 3:1. In addition to being a venue for major sporting events, Dragau is a popular music venue.
The stadium has become the main arena for performances by such bands as the Rolling Stones and Coldplay.
We can definitely say that the three stadiums of the 2019/20 season will be able to compete in terms of entourage with the arenas that will host the finals of the main European football tournaments in a year.
The final match of the Champions League of the 2018/19 season will be held in Madrid at the new stadium of the Atlético football club - Wanda Metropolitano.
The capacity of the arena is 68 thousand people. The sports facility was opened in 2017. On April 1, 2018, the stadium hosted the Copa del Rey final for the first time, in which Barcelona defeated Sevilla 5-0.
The final of the next Europa League will take place on May 29, 2019 at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, with a total capacity of 69,870 people. On June 12, 2015, it hosted the opening ceremony of the first European Games, and on June 28, the closing ceremony. The stadium also hosted athletics competitions as part of the Games.
For the capital of Azerbaijan, this will be the first experience of holding a major football event on the eve of the matches of the European Football Championship 2020, which will also be held in Baku.
In addition to the venues of the main men's UEFA competitions, the executive committee spoke about the women's final of the 2019/20 season. The main match of the Women's Champions League will be held in Vienna at the Austria Arena.
Recall that the final match of the men's Champions League this season between Madrid and English "Liverpool" will be held on May 26 in the capital of Ukraine. The meeting starts at 21.45 Moscow time.
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The UEFA Champions League is an annual tournament in which the strongest football clubs in Europe take part. The first draw took place in the 1992/93 season and during this time the format of the tournament underwent several changes.
There are currently 32 teams in the Champions League main draw, which starts with the group stage. Then - two best teams from each group continue to fight for the trophy in the playoffs.
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League Final is the super match of the 63rd edition of the 2017/18 European Champions League.
The culminating meeting will take place on May 26, 2018 within the walls of the main stadium of Ukraine - Olimpiyskiy. Two teams of the current edition of the Champions League will compete for the right to be called the best professional club in Europe. Who will become a member of the supermatch? Real Madrid, Juventus Turin, Bayern Munich, or maybe one of the English giants will encroach on the trophy?
Where and when will the 2018 Champions League final take place?
The winner of the 63rd edition of the UEFA Champions League 2017/18 will be announced on 26 May 2018. It is on this day that the two winners of the April semi-finals will meet. A significant match will be held on the field of the Kyiv stadium "Olympic". The NSC has repeatedly hosted the largest sports and entertainment events: the 1980 Olympics, the 2012 European Championship final, concerts by Shakira, Madonna, Aerosmith. The upcoming super match of the Champions League will be another significant milestone in the history of the famous sports complex.
Champions League Trophy
Manufacturer: Jürg Stadelmann
Trophy height - 62 cm
Weight - 7.5 kg
Material - silver bowl with gold plating inside
How to watch the final match
If fans want to see the football action live, they will have to buy a ticket. You can buy it on the UEFA website - uefa.com. To do this, applicants must apply. Within the specified time, the organizers will raffle free tickets using a special lottery.
But a small part of the tickets will be distributed in this way. The bulk of sports officials will give the finalist clubs, as well as commercial partners and national federations of UEFA.
Tickets will cost approximately between 70 - 440 euros.
Yes, the interest has been officially confirmed by UEFA and the RFU. The Europa League final wants to host Tbilisi, the Super Cup - Kharkov and Minsk.
"Interested" sounds unconvincing. Is everything really serious?
Yes, it's a question of wording. UEFA first names the cities that are ready to join the fight, after that work begins on the formation of applications. So far, there is St. Petersburg and the Allianz Arena in Munich.
The process has been launched, the main officials of Russian football make it clear:
- And about. RFU President Alexander Alaev: We notified UEFA and now we are waiting for a joint working meeting, where a discussion of the nuances of this process with all candidates will take place, - Alaev quotes the Championship.
- Member of the FIFA Executive Committee Alexey Sorokin: Munich is a worthy competitor, but we, of course, support St. Petersburg - this is a more modern stadium. Technically and organizationally, St. Petersburg will look decent regardless of who it competes with, Sorokin said in an interview with TASS.
- Vice Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko: We will have to work on the issues of visa entry, security, organization of the match, creating conditions for the press and fans. The process is laborious, but I hope that both the city and the club will cope with this task. If we are allowed to fight, we will begin to make presentations, proposals, make plans for the organization, - RT Mutko quotes.
Okay, what's next?
There should be a working meeting of representatives of UEFA, the RFU, the German Football Federation and other candidates, if they appear. At this meeting, the nuances of applying will be discussed. The meeting is scheduled for the end of November. The parties must submit final applications to UEFA by February 15, 2019. The winner will be announced in May-June 2019.
Champions League finals in the last 10 years
- 2008 - Moscow
- 2009 - Rome
- 2010 - Madrid
- 2011 - London
- 2012 - Munich
- 2013 - London
- 2014 - Lisbon
- 2015 - Berlin
- 2016 - Milan
- 2017 - Cardiff
- 2018 - Kyiv
Wait, we recently hosted the World Cup. Can they also give us the Champions League final?
And we also held the Champions League final, although it was a long time ago. And St. Petersburg will have to host Euro 2020 matches. On the one hand, UEFA strives for balance, tries to hold big finals in different places, on the other hand, experience can become an advantage for St. Petersburg.
In addition, recently Germany received the right to host the Euro-2024. In addition, the Germans had the World Cup in 2006 and the Champions League final in 2012, so the chances are about equal. Perhaps they are even higher for us, since Germany hosted the Champions League final 6 years ago, we are 10.
Where will the Champions League and LE finals take place in the next three years?
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The 2019 Champions League final will take place in Madrid at Atlético's new Wanda Metropolitano stadium. A year later, the main match of club football will be hosted by the Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
The 2019 Europa League Final will be held in Baku, and in 2020 at the Gdansk Arena in Poland.
In addition to Munich and St. Petersburg, 7 cities are preparing to submit applications for the finals of club tournaments in 2021. Vienna, Tbilisi and Sevilla are vying for the Europa League final. Minsk, Helsinki, Kharkiv and Belfast are ready to host the Super Cup.
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On Saturday, May 26, the Champions League final will take place in Kyiv -. Correspondent of "SE" - about how, thanks to which the Madrid club should defeat the English club.
"Two equally respected families" are ready to send the 2017/18 Champions League into history. Nine months of travel, 12 matches (in the case of the British - 14, including the qualifying round) - all this is behind us, the last step is left, the checkers are bare. and Liverpool rightfully reached the final, but the 13th “big-eared” Cream Cup is more believable than the sixth league trophy of the “reds”. I explain why.
ZIDAN EFFECT
A simple fact - under the French specialist, Real Madrid has never been eliminated from the Champions League. He lost, of course, but - "battles, not wars." Replacing the stalled Benitez in January 2016, Zidane immediately led the Royal Club to victory in the Champions League. The next season - to the second. From the outside it seemed that everything was too easy for him, but the explanation was simple - instead of a pesky Spanish experimental coach with a zero playing past, a charming Frenchman appeared, a club legend who went through many steps in its structure and knew it well from the inside. Football stars in the sky of Madrid relaxed and began to enjoy themselves in such an atmosphere.
Real Madrid vs Liverpool live on BT Sport (@btsportfootball)
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League Final is the super match of the 63rd edition of the 2017/18 European Champions League. The culminating meeting will take place on May 26, 2018 within the walls of the main stadium of Ukraine - Olimpiyskiy. Two teams of the current edition of the Champions League will compete for the right to be called the best professional club in Europe. Who will become a member of the super match? Real Madrid, Juventus Turin, Bayern Munich, or maybe one of the English giants will encroach on the trophy?
Where and when will the 2018 Champions League final take place?
The winner of the 63rd edition of the UEFA Champions League 2017/18 will be announced on 26 May 2018. It is on this day that the two winners of the April semi-finals will meet.
A significant match will be held on the field of the Kyiv stadium "Olympic". The NSC has repeatedly hosted the largest sports and entertainment events: the 1980 Olympics, the 2012 European Championship final, concerts by Shakira, Madonna, Aerosmith. The upcoming super match of the Champions League will be another significant milestone in the history of the famous sports complex.
Participants of the Champions League 2018 final
The battles of the Champions League group stage have just died down. According to their results, 16 participants in the playoffs were determined:
- "Manchester United";
- "Paris Saint-Germain";
- "Roma";
- "Barcelona";
- "Liverpool";
- "Manchester city";
- "Besiktas";
- "Tottenham";
- "Basel";
- "Bayern";
- "Chelsea";
- "Juventus";
- "Seville";
- "Miner";
- "Porto";
- "Real".
1/16 playoffs will be held in February - March 2018. Fans who are waiting for the final game should wait until April. This month, the semi-finals will take place, during which two football clubs participating in the culminating meeting will be determined.
How to watch the final match
If fans want to see the football action live, they will have to buy a ticket. You can buy it on the UEFA website - uefa.com. To do this, applicants must apply. Within the specified time, the organizers will raffle free tickets using a special lottery.
But a small part of the tickets will be distributed in this way. The bulk of sports officials will give the finalist clubs, as well as commercial partners and national federations of UEFA.
Tickets will cost approximately between 70 - 440 euros.
UEFA Champions League Final Winner 2017/18
A number of famous teams unexpectedly flew past the playoffs: Atlético Madrid, Napoli, Borussia Dortmund, Monaco. But even without them, the intensity of the struggle in the Champions League will not be less. Let's consider the most obvious candidates for the role of the winner of the Champions League 2017/18.
"Real Madrid"
"Creamy" did not play very convincingly in the group stage. Despite the obvious difference in class, they lost the first line in the N quartet to London's Tottenham. But Real Madrid is Real Madrid. Therefore, Madrid remain one of the main contenders for the trophy.
Juventus
The "old lady" is experiencing a second youth. While Milan is being rebuilt and is at the peak of Inter, Turintsy is the No. 1 club in Italy. They already played in the Champions League final last season.
"Barcelona"
Even without Neymar, the blue garnets remain a powerful force. Barcelona had a strong group stage, winning the competition for first place in the quartet against Juventus.
"Manchester United"
Manchester United could not find his game for a long time. But the magician Mourinho has transformed the team. While the fans sing songs of thanks to the Portuguese, the football world is preparing for the triumphant return of the Red Devils!
Afterword
So, the date and place of the future super match are known. It remains only to wait for the two participants of the culminating meeting. The next few months will show which of the 16 clubs deserve to play in the final of the most prestigious European Club Championship!
