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2023 UEFA Champions League Final
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul will host the final.
Event2022–23 UEFA Champions League
Date10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)
VenueAtatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul
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The 2023 UEFA Champions League final will be the final match of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It will be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 10 June 2023.[1]

The final was originally scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England. However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the scheduled hosts for subsequent finals were shifted back a year, and the Allianz Arena in Munich was assigned the 2023 final.[2] When the 2021 final, which had been scheduled to be played in Istanbul, also had to be relocated due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, the 2023 final was given to Istanbul instead. Munich will now host the 2025 final.[3]

The winners will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage, also earn the right to play against the winner of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, as well as earning the right to play in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.

Venue

This will be the second UEFA Champions League final played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium; the first was held in 2005.

Host selection

For the details on the selection of London as the original host for the final, see 2024 UEFA Champions League final § Host selection.

An open bidding process was launched on 22 February 2019 by UEFA to select the 2022 and 2023 UEFA Champions League final venues.[4] Associations had until 22 March 2019 to express interest, and bid dossiers had to be submitted by 1 July 2019.[5]

While the bidding associations have not been confirmed by UEFA, the German Football Association was reported to have bid with the Allianz Arena in Munich, should they not be awarded the 2021 final.[6]

The Allianz Arena was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019,[7] where the hosts for the 2021 and 2023 UEFA Champions League finals were also appointed.[8]

On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, Munich would instead host the 2023 final.[2] However, because of the relocation of the 2021 final from Istanbul, they would host the 2023 final. Munich would host the 2025 final instead.[3]

Pre-match

Identity

The visual identity of the 2023 UEFA Champions League final was unveiled at the group stage draw in Istanbul on 25 August 2022.

Ambassador

The ambassador for the final is former Turkish international Hamit Altıntop, who was originally the ambassador for 2020 and 2021 finals before both matches were relocated to Lisbon and Porto respectively.

Opening ceremony

Nigerian singer Burna Boy will perform for the opening ceremony before the start of the match.[9]

Match

Details

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

Winners of semi-final 2 vItaly Winners of semi-final 1

Match rules[10]

  • 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

  1. ^ "International match calendar and access list for 2022/23". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 51/2021. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Venues appointed for club competition finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "9 associations bidding to host 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  5. ^ "London Mayor backs bid to host 2023 Champions League final at Wembley". Reuters. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  6. ^ "DFB kandidiert auch für Champions-League-Finale 2022" [DFB also bids for 2022 Champions League Final]. Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Champions League final hosts announced for 2021, 2022 and 2023". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  8. ^ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Burna Boy to perform at the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show by Pepsi®". UEFA. 16 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2022/23 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

External links

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