2016 UEFA Champions League Final

2016 UEFA Champions League Final
Event 2015–16 UEFA Champions League
Real Madrid Atlético Madrid
Spain Spain
Date 28 May 2016
Venue San Siro, Milan
Referee Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

The 2016 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It will be played at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on 28 May 2016.[1]

The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. They will also qualify to enter the semi-finals of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup as the UEFA representative. This final will be the sixth tournament final to feature two teams from the same association, the third all-Spanish final, and the second between teams from the same city, fielding exactly the two teams that faced each other in the 2014 final, making it the seventh repeated final pairing.

Venue

The San Siro in Milan was selected to host the final in September 2014.

The San Siro, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, was announced as the venue of the final at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 September 2014.[1] This will be the fourth European Cup/Champions League final hosted at the stadium, following previous finals in 1965, 1970 and 2001.

The San Siro was built in 1925 and opened in 1926 as the home of Milan, and was sold to the city in 1935. Internazionale became tenants in 1947, and the stadium has been shared by the two clubs ever since, with Inter winning the first European Cup final played at the stadium in 1965. The stadium was used as a venue in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1980, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Its current capacity is 80,018, but is reduced to just under 80,000 seats for UEFA competitions.[1]

The 2016 final will mark the first time a final has been held at the San Siro where neither of its tenants will be able to win the competition, as Milan and Inter both failed to qualify to any European competitions by their performance in 2014–15 Serie A.

Pre-match

Ambassador

The ambassadors for the final are former Argentine international player Javier Zanetti, who won the Champions League with Internazionale against Bayern Munich in 2010, and former Italian international player Paolo Maldini, who won five European Cups wth A.C. Milan.[2]

Logo

UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 27 August 2015 in Monaco ahead of the group stage draw. The logo features the Milan landmark Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.[3]

Road to the final

For more details on this topic, see 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.

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

Spain Real Madrid Round Spain Atlético Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 4–0 (H) Matchday 1 Turkey Galatasaray 2–0 (A)
Sweden Malmö FF 2–0 (A) Matchday 2 Portugal Benfica 1–2 (H)
France Paris Saint Germain 0–0 (A) Matchday 3 Kazakhstan Astana 4–0 (H)
France Paris Saint Germain 1–0 (H) Matchday 4 Kazakhstan Astana 0–0 (A)
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 4–3 (A) Matchday 5 Turkey Galatasaray 2–0 (H)
Sweden Malmö FF 8–0 (H) Matchday 6 Portugal Benfica 2–1 (A)
Group A winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 16
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 13
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 3
4 Sweden Malmö FF 6 3
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group C winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 13
2 Portugal Benfica 6 10
3 Turkey Galatasaray 6 5
4 Kazakhstan Astana 6 4
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Italy Roma 4–0 2–0 (A) 2–0 (H) Round of 16 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 (8–7 p) 0–0 (A) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Germany Wolfsburg 3–2 0–2 (A) 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals Spain Barcelona 3–2 1–2 (A) 2–0 (H)
England Manchester City 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Semi-finals Germany Bayern Munich 2–2 (a) 1–0 (H) 1–2 (A)

Match

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 15 April 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]

Match rules[5]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Milan to host 2016 UEFA Champions League final". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Final ambassadors: Zanetti v Maldini quiz". UEFA. 5 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 UEFA Champions League final identity launched". UEFA.org. 27 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Draws — Semi-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.

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