The European club season concludes on June 10 with the UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan.
Last year's showpiece between Real Madrid and Liverpool was staged at the Stade de France — the national stadium of France, situated just north of the capital Paris in the suburb of Saint-Denis.
There has been some shuffling of final venues by European governing body UEFA in recent years between the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. There was also speculation of a late change in 2023 due to political unrest.
However, the date and venue for the 2023 final have been set and The Sporting News brings you all the details below.
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Where is the UEFA Champions League final in 2023?
The 2023 UEFA Champions League final will be played at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey which seats nearly 77,000.
The game will bring to a climax the 68th edition of Europe's premier club tournament, and the 31st since the rebranding of the competition as the Champions League after being known for decades as the European Cup.
It will also be the second time the stadium has hosted the Champions League final, with the venue staging Liverpool's thrilling comeback and eventual penalty shootout win following a 3-3 draw against Italian giants Milan in 2005.
The 2023 final was initially scheduled for Wembley Stadium in London, England, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced a reshuffling of hosts for the matches in recent years.
Ataturk Olympic Stadium, which opened in 2002, was originally scheduled to host the 2021 Champions League final, but two weeks before the final, it was moved to Porto's Estadio do Dragao because of COVID-19 health and safety matters.
The change had a domino effect, with the tournament final hosts for the following years all pushed back as a result.
When is the UEFA Champions League final in 2023?
The 2023 UEFA Champions League final is on June 10, 2023 at Turkey's Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
The fixture for the final is outside the typical May window due to shifts in the football calendar caused by the stoppage to allow the 2022 FIFA World Cup to take place for the first time in November and December.
The game is set to kick off at 10 p.m. local time, which is 3 p.m. ET in the USA/Canada and 8 p.m. in the UK. If extra time and penalties are required, it would stretch the match deep into the wee hours of the night in Istanbul.
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Where are future Champions League finals being held?
UEFA has already agreed the host cities for the next two editions of the Champions League final beyond 2023.
The 2022 Champions League final was originally scheduled for Saint Petersburg in Russia but was moved to France following the war in Ukraine.
| Match | Host |
|---|---|
| 2023 UEFA Champions League final | Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| 2024 UEFA Champions League final | Wembley Stadium (London, England) |
| 2025 UEFA Champions League final | Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany) |
Where have past Champions League finals been held?
The final has only ever been held once before in Turkey and the 2023 event will be the return trip for one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
Here we look at the venues that have hosted the final in the past, including dating back to the period where the competition was known as the European Cup.
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| Year | Stadium | Match |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Turkey) | Manchester City vs. Inter Milan |
| 2022 | Stade de France (France) | Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid |
| 2021 | Estadio do Dragao (Portugal) | Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City |
| 2020 | Estadio da Luz (Portugal) | Bayern Munich 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2019 | Wanda Metropolitano (Spain) | Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham |
| 2018 | NSC Olimpiyskiy (Ukraine) | Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool |
| 2017 | Millennium Stadium (Wales) | Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus |
| 2016 | San Siro (Italy) | Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid (5-3 pen) |
| 2015 | Olympiastadion (Germany) | Barcelona 3-1 Juventus |
| 2014 | Estadio da Luz (Portugal) | Real Madrid 4-1 Atletico Madrid |
| 2013 | Wembley Stadium (England) | Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund |
| 2012 | Allianz Arena (Germany) | Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich (4-3 pen) |
| 2011 | Wembley Stadium (England) | Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United |
| 2010 | Bernabeu (Spain) | Inter Milan 2-0 Bayern Munich |
| 2009 | Stadio Olimpico (Italy) | Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United |
| 2008 | Luzhniki Stadium (Russia) | Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea (6-5 pen) |
| 2007 | OAKA Stadium (Greece) | Milan 2-1 Liverpool |
| 2006 | Stade de France (France) | Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal |
| 2005 | Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Turkey) | Liverpool 3-3 Milan (3-2 pen) |
| 2004 | Arena AufSchalke (Germany) | Porto 3-0 Monaco |
| 2003 | Old Trafford (England) | Milan 0-0 Juventus (3-2 pen) |
| 2002 | Hampden Park (Scotland) | Real Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2001 | San Siro (Italy) | Bayern Munich 1-1 Valencia (5-4 pen) |
| 2000 | Stade de France (France) | Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia |
| 1999 | Camp Nou (Spain) | Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich |
| 1998 | Amsterdam ArenA (Netherlands) | Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus |
| 1997 | Olympiastadion (Germany) | Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus |
| 1996 | Stadio Olimpico (Italy) | Juventus 1-1 Ajax (4-2 pen) |
| 1995 | Ernst Happel Stadion (Austria) | Ajax 1-0 Milan |
| 1994 | OAKA Stadium (Greece) | Milan 4-0 Barcelona |
| 1993 | Olympiastadion (Germany) | Olympique Marseille 1-0 Milan |
| 1992 | Wembley Stadium (England) | Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria |
| 1991 | Stadio San Nicola (Italy) | Red Star Belgrade 0-0 Marseille (5-3 pen) |
| 1990 | Prater Stadion (Austria) | Milan 1-0 Benfica |
| 1989 | Camp Nou (Spain) | Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucharest |
| 1988 | Neckarstadion (W. Germany) | PSV 0-0 Benfica (6-5 pen) |
| 1987 | Prater Stadion (Austria) | Porto 2-1 Bayern Munich |
| 1986 | Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan (Spain) | Steaua Bucharest 0-0 Barcelona (2-0 pen) |
| 1985 | Heysel Stadium (Belgium) | Juventus 1-0 Liverpool |
| 1984 | Stadio Olimpico (Italy) | Liverpool 1-1 Roma (4-2 pen) |
| 1983 | OAKA Stadium (Greece) | Hamburg 1-0 Juventus |
| 1982 | De Kuip (Netherlands) | Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich |
| 1981 | Parc des Princes (France) | Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid |
| 1980 | Bernabeu (Spain) | Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg |
| 1979 | Olympiastadion (Germany) | Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmo |
| 1978 | Wembley Stadium (England) | Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge |
| 1977 | Stadio Olimpico (Italy) | Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1976 | Hampden Park (Scotland) | Bayern Munich 1-0 Saint-Etienne |
| 1975 | Parc des Princes (France) | Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United |
| 1974 | Heysel Stadium (Belgium) | Bayern Munich 4-0 Atletico Madrid |
| 1973 | Stadion Crvena Zvezda (Yugoslavia) | Ajax 1-0 Juventus |
| 1972 | De Kuip (Netherlands) | Ajax 2-0 Milan |
| 1971 | Wembley Stadium (England) | Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos |
| 1970 | San Siro (Italy) | Feyenoord 2-1 Celtic |
| 1969 | Bernabeu (Spain) | Milan 4-1 Ajax |
| 1968 | Wembley Stadium (England) | Manchester United 4-1 Benfica |
| 1967 | Estadio Nacional (Portugal) | Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan |
| 1966 | Heysel Stadium (Belgium) | Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan |
| 1965 | San Siro (Italy) | Inter Milan 1-0 Benfica |
| 1964 | Prater Stadion (Austria) | Inter Milan 3-1 Real Madrid |
| 1963 | Wembley Stadium (England) | Milan 2-1 Benfica |
| 1962 | Olympisch Stadion (Netherlands) | Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid |
| 1961 | Wankdorfstadion (Switzerland) | Benfica 3-2 Barcelona |
| 1960 | Hampden Park (Scotland) | Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1959 | Neckarstadion (W. Germany) | Real Madrid 2-0 Reims |
| 1958 | Heysel Stadium (Belgium) | Real Madrid 3-2 AC Milan |
| 1957 | Bernabeu (Spain) | Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina |
| 1956 | Stade Velodrome Paris (France) | Real Madrid 4-3 Reims |
