Everything You Need to Know About This Year’s Champions League Final
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Manchester City and Liverpool take slender leads into their second leg semi-finals against Spanish titans, Real Madrid and Villarreal. Whether the Premier League sides will get the job done and progress remains to be seen, but if they do, then it will be the second all-English final in a row.
Here’s all you need to know about this year’s Champions League final.
When is it happening?
This year’s Champions League final will take place on May 28, which is a Saturday. It will take place at 8pm, British time (21:00 CEST). The games will take place against the winners of Real Madrid and Manchester City, and Liverpool vs Villarreal. See our preview of Manchester City v Real Madrid here.
Where is it happening?
It is going to take place near Paris, in Saint-Denis’ Stade de France. It is an 80,000-capacity stadium.
Has France hosted the final before?
The European Cup final has been held in France five times before. Out of the semi-finalists left, Real Madrid have played in three of them. The only one of those three finals that they lost was against Liverpool, in the Reds’ sole French-based final in 1981.
Neither Manchester City or Villarreal have played a final in France before. It is the third time the biggest game in the club calendar will be held in Stade de France.
European Cup finals held in France
1956 Real Madrid 4-3 Reims (Parc des Princes, Paris)
1975 Bayern 2-0 Leeds (Parc des Princes, Paris)
1981 Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid (Parc des Princes, Paris)
2000 Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia (Stade de France, Saint-Denis)
2006 Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal (Stade de France, Saint-Denis)
What Do the Winners Get?
The Champions League trophy stands at 73.5cm tall and weights 7.5kg. Jurg Stadelmann is its creator. The winners get 40 gold medals and the losers receive 40 silver ones.
What do the Champions League winners get?
The UEFA Champions League trophy stands 73.5cm tall and weighs 7.5kg. “It may not be an artistic masterpiece but everybody in football is keen to get their hands on it,” said creator Jürg Stadelmann.
The winners also receive a place in the 2022/23 Champions League group stage if they don’t qualify via their league. The only team left in the tournament that require this form of qualification is Villareal, as they sit in seventh place in La Liga.
Real Madrid is sauntering to the La Liga crown, while Liverpool and Manchester City are battling it out to become Premier League champions.
How to Get Tickets to the Champions League Final?
Each year, UEFA hold a public ballot for fans to apply for tickets for the showcase final with over 15,000 tickets normally being made available. Ticket prices range from 60euros all the way to 690euros for the most expensive category in the stadium. The public Ballot for this year’s final has passed and results will be known in less than 2 weeks time.
For those fans that are successful will be given several days to make payment for tickets, those that are unfortunate to get tickets are recommended to use a safe and trusted ticket company. We at SafeTicketCompare.com have been comparing tickets for the Champions League Final for over 10 years and have thousands of happy customers. See our Champions League Final ticket page here on the lowest prices and best deals available for the Final.
What Are the Key Statistics of the Remaining Teams?
Real Madrid has the most Champions League titles, with 13 winning championships. Of the remaining teams left, Liverpool is the only other side that have won the European Cup. Manchester City has made the final once, last year. This is Villarreal’s joint best performance, after also making the semi-finals in 2005/06. If you are to break it down to winners from league, Spanish sides have won it 18 times, while English teams have 14 victories.
Whether this year will represent a 19th Spanish crown, or the English will move onto their 15th, only time will tell.
