2020 UEFA Champions League Final

The 2020 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It will be played on 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. The match will tentatively be played behind closed doors, though spectators could be allowed subject to a review of the situation and the decisions of the national and local government.

2020 UEFA Champions League Final
The original identity of the final
Event2019–20 UEFA Champions League
Date23 August 2020 (2020-08-23)
VenueEstádio da Luz, Lisbon

The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 May 2020.[1] However, UEFA announced on 23 March 2020 that the final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[2] On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the final to Lisbon.[3] The match will be the first ever European Cup/Champions League final be played on a Sunday, and the first since 2009 to not be played on a Saturday. It will also be the first ever final of the competition to be played after June.

The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. They will also qualify to enter the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved will be given to the champions of the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[4]

Venue
For the details on the selection of Istanbul as the original host for the final, see 2021 UEFA Champions League Final § Host selection.
The Estádio da Luz in Lisbon will host the final.

The UEFA Executive Committee chose the venue – officially known as the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica – at their meeting on 17 June 2020.[3] This is the second UEFA Champions League final hosted at the stadium; the first was in 2014, when Real Madrid secured their 10th title by beating Atlético Madrid 4–1 in the first ever final between teams from the same city.

The home stadium of Portuguese Primeira Liga side Benfica since 2003, it was rebuilt to host five matches of UEFA Euro 2004, including the final. Before its demolition in 2003, to make way for the new 65,000-capacity ground, the original Estádio da Luz hosted the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where Werder Bremen beat AS Monaco 2–0, and the second leg of the 1983 UEFA Cup Final, where Anderlecht secured a 1–1 draw with Benfica to lift the trophy.[5]

Pre-match

Identity

The 2020 UEFA Champions League final identity was unveiled at the group stage draw on 29 August 2019.[6]

Ambassador

The ambassador for the original Istanbul final is former Turkish international Hamit Altıntop,[7] who finished as runner-up in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with FC Bayern Munich as well as winning the 2003 and 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cups with Schalke 04.

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

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Report

Match rules

  • 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 only be given 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
  1. "Istanbul to host 2020 UEFA Champions League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. "UEFA Club Finals postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. "Champions League and Europa League changes next season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. "Finals in Lisbon". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.
  6. "UEFA Champions League launches 2020 Istanbul final identity". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 August 2019.
  7. "EURO 2008 spotlight: How brilliant was Turkey's Hamit Altıntop?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020. ...Turkish Football Federation's Executive Committee members planning the UEFA Champions League 2020 final in Istanbul. Hamit is a UEFA ambassador for the city.
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