2022 UEFA Champions League Final

The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It is scheduled to be played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on 28 May 2022, between English club Liverpool and Spanish club Real Madrid. It is the third time the two sides have met in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, after 1981 and 2018, making it the first time the same two teams have met in three European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals.

2022 UEFA Champions League Final
The Stade de France in Saint-Denis will host the final.
Event2021–22 UEFA Champions League
Liverpool Real Madrid
Date28 May 2022 (2022-05-28)
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis

This will be the first final to be played in front of a full attendance since the 2019 final, as the previous two finals were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, which resulted in the 2022 final being given to the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg.[1]

In February 2022, UEFA confirmed they would consider removing Saint Petersburg as the host of the final due to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian crisis.[2][3] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, UEFA called an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee, where it was expected to officially pull the match out of Russia.[4][5] A day later, UEFA confirmed that the final would be moved to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, located just north of Paris.[6][7] It will be the third time that the UEFA Champions League final would be held in the stadium, having previously hosted the 2000 and 2006 finals.

The winners will play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup.

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Liverpool 9 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2019)
Real Madrid 16 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Venue

The final was originally awarded to the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany; however, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 final to be relocated from the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul to the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, the Allianz Arena was reawarded with the 2023 final and the 2022 final was given to the original host of the 2021 final, the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, UEFA organised an emergency meeting of its executive committee on 25 February, at which they decided to move the final to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.[8] Other cities proposed as replacement hosts were Amsterdam, Barcelona, Munich and Rome.[9] France has not hosted a UEFA Champions League Final since 2006.[9]

Host selection
For the details on the selection of Munich as the original host for the final, see 2023 UEFA Champions League Final § Host selection.

An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.

UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that two associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Champions League final,[10] and on 22 February 2019 that both associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.[11]

Bidding associations for final
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 GermanyAllianz ArenaMunich70,000Hosted the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, and matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020
 RussiaKrestovsky StadiumSaint Petersburg67,800Hosted matches at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020

The Krestovsky Stadium was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019,[12] where the hosts for the 2021 and 2023 UEFA Champions League finals were also appointed.[13]

On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, Saint Petersburg would instead host the 2022 final.[1]

Road to the final
Further information: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Liverpool Round Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Milan 3–2 (H) Matchday 1 Inter Milan 1–0 (A)
Porto 5–1 (A) Matchday 2 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–2 (H)
Atlético Madrid 3–2 (A) Matchday 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 5–0 (A)
Atlético Madrid 2–0 (H) Matchday 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (H)
Porto 2–0 (H) Matchday 5 Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 (A)
Milan 2–1 (A) Matchday 6 Inter Milan 2–0 (H)
Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Liverpool 6 18
2 Atlético Madrid 6 7
3 Porto 6 5
4 Milan 6 4
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group D winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Real Madrid 6 15
2 Inter Milan 6 10
3 Sheriff Tiraspol 6 7
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Inter Milan 2–1 2–0 (A) 0–1 (H) Round of 16 Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
Benfica 6–4 3–1 (A) 3–3 (H) Quarter-finals Chelsea 5–4 3–1 (A) 2–3 (a.e.t.) (H)
Villarreal 5–2 2–0 (H) 3–2 (A) Semi-finals Manchester City 6–5 3–4 (A) 3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)

Pre-match

Identity

Prior to the eventual relocation of the final's venue, the logo of the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 26 August 2021 in Istanbul.[14]

Ambassador

The ambassador for the final is former Russia and Zenit Saint Petersburg forward Andrey Arshavin.[15] However, it is yet to be determined whether he remains as the ambassador for the final after its relocation to Saint-Denis.

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

Liverpool v Real Madrid
Report

Match rules[16]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

See also

Notes
  1. Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References
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  8. "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  9. "УЕФА лишил Петербург финала Лиги чемпионов: подробности" [UEFA deprived St. Petersburg of the Champions League final: details] (in Russian). Sport RIA Novosti. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  10. "11 associations interested in hosting 2021 club finals". Union of European Football Associations. 1 November 2018.
  11. "9 associations bidding to host 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2019.
  12. "Champions League final hosts announced for 2021, 2022 and 2023". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  13. "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  14. "2022 UEFA Champions League final branding unveiled". UEFA. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  15. Thorogood, James (13 December 2021). "Champions League: UEFA forced into Round of 16 redraw, Bayern draw Salzburg". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  16. "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2021/22 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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