2022 UEFA Champions League final

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2022 UEFA Champions League final
2022 UEFA Champions League Final programme.jpg
Match programme cover
Event 2021–22 UEFA Champions League
Date 28 May 2022 (2022-05-28)
Venue Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Man of the Match Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)[1]
Referee Clément Turpin (France)[2]
Attendance 75,000[3]
Weather Partly cloudy night
18 °C (64 °F)
45% humidity[4]
2021
2023

The 2022 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on 28 May 2022, between English club Liverpool and Spanish club Real Madrid. It was the third time the two sides have met in the European Cup final, after 1981 and 2018, the third final held at the Stade de France, after the 2000 and 2006 finals, and the first time the same two teams have met in three finals.[5] Real Madrid won the match 1–0 via a 59th-minute goal from Vinícius Júnior for a record-extending 14th title, and their fifth in nine years.[6]

This was the first final to be played in front of a full attendance since the 2019 final, as the previous two finals were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich. After the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, so the 2022 final was given to the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg.[8] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, UEFA called an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee a day later,[9][10] and the final was relocated to the Stade de France.[11] Before the match, chaos descended following issues with crowd control, which led to kickoff being delayed by 36 minutes.

As winners, Real Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt, in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup, and also qualified for the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup, in which they both won. The team also qualified for the 2025 expanded FIFA Club World Cup using UEFA's champions pathway (The winners of the 2021-2024 Champions Leagues), with Liverpool increasing their chances of qualifying using the UEFA coefficient pathway (The top 8 clubs qualifying).[12]

Background

Liverpool played in their 10th European Cup/UEFA Champions League final. They had previously won six finals (in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 and 2019) and lost three (in 1985, 2007 and 2018).[13] This was the fourth UEFA Champions League final for manager Jürgen Klopp, after his loss with Borussia Dortmund in 2013 and the Liverpool finals in 2018 and 2019 the latter of which he won.[14] In addition to their six European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, Liverpool also played in one European Cup Winners' Cup final, losing in 1966 against Borussia Dortmund, and in four UEFA Cup/Europa League finals, winning in 1973, 1976 and 2001 and losing in 2016. Their manager Jürgen Klopp was seeking to become the fourth consecutive German to manage a Champions League-winning club.[15]

Real Madrid played in a record 17th European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, and the first since their win in 2018 against Liverpool. They previously won 13 finals (in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018) and lost three (1962, 1964 and 1981).[16] Their manager Carlo Ancelotti reached a record fifth UEFA Champions League final as manager, winning in 2003 and 2007 and losing in 2005 while in charge of Milan, and winning the 2014 final with Real Madrid, and was seeking to become the first manager in history to win four UEFA Champions League titles and eight European trophies.[17][18] Real Madrid also played in two European Cup Winners' Cup finals (losing in 1971 and 1983) and two UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1985 and 1986).[19]

This was a record-third time that the two teams meet in the final, after the 1981 final, which was held in the Parc des Princes in Paris and in which Liverpool prevailed 1–0, and the 2018 final held at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kyiv, which was won 3–1 by Real Madrid. This was also the third final for Carlo Ancelotti as manager against Liverpool, after the 2005 and 2007 finals; he also lost the 1984 final as a player for Roma. This was the sixth time a Spanish side met an English team in the final of the competition, after the 1981, 2006 (won by Barcelona against Arsenal), the 2009 and 2011 finals (both won by Barcelona against Manchester United), and the 2018 final.[20]

Besides the 1981 and 2018 finals, the two clubs had met each other six times. Liverpool won both matches in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (1–0 away and 4–0 at home). The two clubs were drawn in the same group in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, with Real Madrid winning 3–0 away and 1–0 at home. In the 2020–21 quarter-finals, the Spanish side won 3–1 at home and held a 0–0 draw at Anfield to ensure progression to the semi-finals.[21]

Previous finals

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.[22]

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
England Liverpool 9 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2019)
Spain Real Madrid 16 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Venue

The final was originally awarded to the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.[23] When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 final to be relocated from the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul to the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, the Allianz Arena was reawarded with the 2023 final and the 2022 final was given to the original host of the 2021 final, the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg.[8]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, UEFA organised an emergency meeting of its executive committee on 25 February, at which it decided to move the final to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.[24] Other cities proposed as replacement hosts were Amsterdam, Barcelona, Munich and Rome.[25] This was the first UEFA Champions League final to take place in France since 2006.[25]

Host selection

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An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019. UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that two associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Champions League final,[26] and on 22 February 2019 that both associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.[27]

Bidding associations for final
Country Stadium City Capacity Notes
 Germany Allianz Arena Munich 70,000 Hosted the 2012 UEFA Champions League final, and matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020
 Russia Krestovsky Stadium Saint Petersburg 67,800 Hosted matches at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020

The Krestovsky Stadium was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019,[23] where the hosts for the 2021 and 2023 UEFA Champions League finals were also appointed.[28]

On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, Saint Petersburg would instead host the 2022 final.[8]

Road to the final

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

England Liverpool Round Spain Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Italy Milan 3–2 (H) Matchday 1 Italy Inter Milan 1–0 (A)
Portugal Porto 5–1 (A) Matchday 2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–2 (H)
Spain Atlético Madrid 3–2 (A) Matchday 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 5–0 (A)
Spain Atlético Madrid 2–0 (H) Matchday 4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (H)
Portugal Porto 2–0 (H) Matchday 5 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 (A)
Italy Milan 2–1 (A) Matchday 6 Italy Inter Milan 2–0 (H)
Group B winners

The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 14 September 2021 and ended on 9 December 2021.[29] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.[30]

Sheriff Tiraspol made their debut appearance in the group stage. They were the first team from Moldova to play in the Champions League group stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021, 18:00 CEST (19:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.[31][32] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:

Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Ukraine and Russia, could not be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams) based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would play on different days. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:[35]

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On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public. Each team would not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and would play one home match and one away match on the first and last matchdays (Regulations Article 16.02).[30] This arrangement was different from previous seasons, where the same two teams would play at home on the first and last matchdays.

Teams

Below are the participating teams (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients),[34] grouped by their seeding pot.[35] They include:

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to round of 16
Third-placed teams enter Europa League knockout round play-offs
Pot 1 (by association rank)
Assoc. Team Coeff.
TH England Chelsea 98.000
EL Spain Villarreal 63.000
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 115.000
2 England Manchester City 125.000
3 Germany Bayern Munich 134.000
4 Italy Inter Milan 53.000
5 France Lille 14.000
6 Portugal Sporting CP 45.500
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
Spain Real Madrid 127.000
Spain Barcelona 122.000
Italy Juventus 120.000
England Manchester United 113.000
France Paris Saint-Germain 113.000
England Liverpool 101.000
Spain Sevilla 98.000
Germany Borussia Dortmund 90.000
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.
Portugal Porto 87.000
Netherlands Ajax 82.500
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk [LP] 79.000
Germany RB Leipzig 66.000
Austria Red Bull Salzburg [CP] 59.000
Portugal Benfica [LP] 58.000
Italy Atalanta 50.500
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 50.000
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.
Turkey Beşiktaş 49.000
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 47.000
Belgium Club Brugge 35.500
Switzerland Young Boys [CP] 35.000
Italy Milan 31.000
Sweden Malmö FF [CP] 18.500
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 14.714
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol [CP] 14.500

Notes

  1. TH Champions League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as top seed.
  2. EL Europa League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as second top seed.
  3. CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).
  4. LP Winners of play-off round (League Path).

Format

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 16. The third-placed teams were transferred to the Europa League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.Your

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 17 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League):[30]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
  11. UEFA club coefficient.

Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals were no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from this season. However, total away goals were still applied as a tiebreaker.[36]

Groups

The fixtures were announced on 27 August 2021, the day after the draw.[37] The matches were played on 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–8 December 2021. The scheduled kick-off times were 18:45 (two matches on each day) and 21:00 (remaining six matches) CET/CEST.

Times were CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).J


Group A

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Manchester City England 6–3 Germany RB Leipzig
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032688/

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00
Club Brugge Belgium 1–1 France [Club Brugg

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https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032689/

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
21:00
RB Leipzig Germany 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032665/
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 23,500[39]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
18:45
Club Brugge Belgium 1–5 England Manchester City
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032641/
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 24,915[40]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00
Paris Saint-Germain France 3–2 Germany RB Leipzig
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032640/
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,359[40]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)


24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
21:00
Club Brugge Belgium 0–5 Germany RB Leipzig
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032721/
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 24,072[42]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
18:45
Paris Saint-Germain France 4–1 Belgium Club Brugge
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032681/
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,492[43]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Group B

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Liverpool England 3–2 Italy Milan
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032683/
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 51,445[38]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
21:00
Milan Italy 1–2 Spain Atlético Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032643/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 35,374[39]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Porto Portugal 1–5 England Liverpool
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032714/
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 23,520[39]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–3 England Liverpool
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032666/

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Porto Portugal 1–0 Italy Milan
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032667/
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 32,130[40]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
18:45
Milan Italy 1–1 Portugal Porto
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032723/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 39,675[41]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Liverpool England 2–0 Spain Atlético Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032722/
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 51,347[41]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Liverpool England 2–0 Portugal Porto
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032642/
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 52,209[42]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00 (20:00 WET)
Porto Portugal 1–3 Spain Atlético Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032682/
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 38,830[43]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00
Milan Italy 1–2 England Liverpool
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032691/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 56,237[43]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Group C

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Sporting CP Portugal 1–5 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032692/

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
18:45
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032669/

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
18:45 (19:45 TRT)
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–4 Portugal Sporting CP
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032645/
Vodafone Park, Istanbul
Attendance: 22,936[40]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00
Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032716/

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
21:00
Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032644/
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 54,820[41]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
21:00 (20:00 WET)
Sporting CP Portugal 4–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032717/

24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
18:45 (20:45 TRT)
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–2 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032725/

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00
Ajax Netherlands 4–2 Portugal Sporting CP
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032684/

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00
Borussia Dortmund Germany 5–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032685/

Group D

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00
Inter Milan Italy 0–1 Spain Real Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032670/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 37,082[38]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)


19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 0–5 Spain Real Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032718/


24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
21:00 (22:00 EET)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 0–3 Spain Real Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032695/
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,932[42]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Group E

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14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)
21:00
Barcelona Spain 0–3 Germany Bayern Munich
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032728/
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 39,737[44]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–0 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032729/
NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 21,657[44]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Benfica Portugal 3–0 Spain Barcelona
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032704/
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 29,454[45]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00
Bayern Munich Germany 5–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032705/
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 25,000[45]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Benfica Portugal 0–4 Germany Bayern Munich
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032672/
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 55,201[46]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
21:00
Bayern Munich Germany 5–2 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032696/
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 50,000[47]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
21:00 (22:00 EET)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–1 Spain Barcelona
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032697/
NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 31,378[47]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
18:45 (19:45 EET)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–2 Germany Bayern Munich
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032649/
NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 28,732[48]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
21:00
Barcelona Spain 0–0 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032648/
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 49,572[48]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)
21:00 (20:00 WET)
Benfica Portugal 2–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032657/
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 36,591[49]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Group F

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29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Manchester United England 2–1 Spain Villarreal
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032730/
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 73,130[45]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Manchester United England 3–2 Italy Atalanta
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032650/
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 72,279[46]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00
Young Boys Switzerland 1–4 Spain Villarreal
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032651/
Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
Attendance: 27,398[46]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)


23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
21:00
Young Boys Switzerland 3–3 Italy Atalanta
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032731/
Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
Attendance: 31,120[48]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Group G

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2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
21:00
Sevilla Spain 1–2 France Lille
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032732/


8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)
21:00
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–3 France Lille
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032653/
Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Attendance: 6,544[49]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Group H

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14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)
21:00
Malmö FF Sweden 0–3 Italy Juventus
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032703/
Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 5,832[44]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00
Juventus Italy 1–0 England Chelsea
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032734/
Juventus Stadium, Turin
Attendance: 19,934[45]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Chelsea England 4–0 Sweden Malmö FF
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032711/
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 39,095[46]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
18:45
Malmö FF Sweden 0–1 England Chelsea
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032655/
Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 19,551[47]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Chelsea England 4–0 Italy Juventus
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032662/
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 39,513[48]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

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Final standings Group D winners

The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 14 September 2021 and ended on 9 December 2021.[29] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.[30]

Sheriff Tiraspol made their debut appearance in the group stage. They were the first team from Moldova to play in the Champions League group stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021, 18:00 CEST (19:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.[31][32] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on the following principles:

Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Ukraine and Russia, could not be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams) based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would play on different days. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed:[35]

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On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public. Each team would not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and would play one home match and one away match on the first and last matchdays (Regulations Article 16.02).[30] This arrangement was different from previous seasons, where the same two teams would play at home on the first and last matchdays.

Teams

Below are the participating teams (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients),[34] grouped by their seeding pot.[35] They include:

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to round of 16
Third-placed teams enter Europa League knockout round play-offs
Pot 1 (by association rank)
Assoc. Team Coeff.
TH England Chelsea 98.000
EL Spain Villarreal 63.000
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 115.000
2 England Manchester City 125.000
3 Germany Bayern Munich 134.000
4 Italy Inter Milan 53.000
5 France Lille 14.000
6 Portugal Sporting CP 45.500
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
Spain Real Madrid 127.000
Spain Barcelona 122.000
Italy Juventus 120.000
England Manchester United 113.000
France Paris Saint-Germain 113.000
England Liverpool 101.000
Spain Sevilla 98.000
Germany Borussia Dortmund 90.000
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.
Portugal Porto 87.000
Netherlands Ajax 82.500
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk [LP] 79.000
Germany RB Leipzig 66.000
Austria Red Bull Salzburg [CP] 59.000
Portugal Benfica [LP] 58.000
Italy Atalanta 50.500
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 50.000
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.
Turkey Beşiktaş 49.000
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 47.000
Belgium Club Brugge 35.500
Switzerland Young Boys [CP] 35.000
Italy Milan 31.000
Sweden Malmö FF [CP] 18.500
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 14.714
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol [CP] 14.500

Notes

  1. TH Champions League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as top seed.
  2. EL Europa League title holders, automatically placed into Pot 1 as second top seed.
  3. CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).
  4. LP Winners of play-off round (League Path).

Format

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 16. The third-placed teams were transferred to the Europa League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.Your

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 17 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League):[30]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
  11. UEFA club coefficient.

Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals were no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from this season. However, total away goals were still applied as a tiebreaker.[53]

Groups

The fixtures were announced on 27 August 2021, the day after the draw.[54] The matches were played on 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–8 December 2021. The scheduled kick-off times were 18:45 (two matches on each day) and 21:00 (remaining six matches) CET/CEST.

Times were CET/CEST,[note 5] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).J


Group A

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Manchester City England 6–3 Germany RB Leipzig
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032688/

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00
Club Brugge Belgium 1–1 France [Club Brugg

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https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032689/

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
21:00
RB Leipzig Germany 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032665/
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 23,500[39]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
18:45
Club Brugge Belgium 1–5 England Manchester City
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032641/
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 24,915[40]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00
Paris Saint-Germain France 3–2 Germany RB Leipzig
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032640/
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,359[40]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)


24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
21:00
Club Brugge Belgium 0–5 Germany RB Leipzig
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032721/
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 24,072[42]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
18:45
Paris Saint-Germain France 4–1 Belgium Club Brugge
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032681/
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 47,492[43]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Group B

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Liverpool England 3–2 Italy Milan
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032683/
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 51,445[38]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
21:00
Milan Italy 1–2 Spain Atlético Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032643/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 35,374[39]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Porto Portugal 1–5 England Liverpool
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032714/
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 23,520[39]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–3 England Liverpool
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032666/

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Porto Portugal 1–0 Italy Milan
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032667/
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 32,130[40]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
18:45
Milan Italy 1–1 Portugal Porto
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032723/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 39,675[41]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Liverpool England 2–0 Spain Atlético Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032722/
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 51,347[41]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Liverpool England 2–0 Portugal Porto
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032642/
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 52,209[42]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00 (20:00 WET)
Porto Portugal 1–3 Spain Atlético Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032682/
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 38,830[43]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00
Milan Italy 1–2 England Liverpool
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032691/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 56,237[43]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Group C

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Sporting CP Portugal 1–5 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032692/

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
18:45
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032669/

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
18:45 (19:45 TRT)
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–4 Portugal Sporting CP
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032645/
Vodafone Park, Istanbul
Attendance: 22,936[40]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00
Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032716/

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
21:00
Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032644/
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 54,820[41]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
21:00 (20:00 WET)
Sporting CP Portugal 4–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032717/

24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
18:45 (20:45 TRT)
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–2 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032725/

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00
Ajax Netherlands 4–2 Portugal Sporting CP
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032684/

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)
21:00
Borussia Dortmund Germany 5–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032685/

Group D

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15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)
21:00
Inter Milan Italy 0–1 Spain Real Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032670/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 37,082[38]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)


19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 0–5 Spain Real Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032718/


24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
21:00 (22:00 EET)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 0–3 Spain Real Madrid
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032695/
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,932[42]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Group E

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14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)
21:00
Barcelona Spain 0–3 Germany Bayern Munich
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032728/
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 39,737[44]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–0 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032729/
NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 21,657[44]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Benfica Portugal 3–0 Spain Barcelona
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032704/
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 29,454[45]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00
Bayern Munich Germany 5–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032705/
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 25,000[45]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Benfica Portugal 0–4 Germany Bayern Munich
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032672/
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 55,201[46]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
21:00
Bayern Munich Germany 5–2 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032696/
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 50,000[47]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
21:00 (22:00 EET)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–1 Spain Barcelona
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032697/
NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 31,378[47]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
18:45 (19:45 EET)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–2 Germany Bayern Munich
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032649/
NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 28,732[48]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
21:00
Barcelona Spain 0–0 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032648/
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 49,572[48]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)
21:00 (20:00 WET)
Benfica Portugal 2–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032657/
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 36,591[49]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Group F

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29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Manchester United England 2–1 Spain Villarreal
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032730/
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 73,130[45]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Manchester United England 3–2 Italy Atalanta
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032650/
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 72,279[46]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00
Young Boys Switzerland 1–4 Spain Villarreal
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032651/
Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
Attendance: 27,398[46]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)


23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
21:00
Young Boys Switzerland 3–3 Italy Atalanta
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032731/
Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
Attendance: 31,120[48]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Group G

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2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
21:00
Sevilla Spain 1–2 France Lille
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032732/


8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)
21:00
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–3 France Lille
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032653/
Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Attendance: 6,544[49]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Group H

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14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)
21:00
Malmö FF Sweden 0–3 Italy Juventus
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032703/
Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 5,832[44]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)
21:00
Juventus Italy 1–0 England Chelsea
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032734/
Juventus Stadium, Turin
Attendance: 19,934[45]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Chelsea England 4–0 Sweden Malmö FF
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032711/
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 39,095[46]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
18:45
Malmö FF Sweden 0–1 England Chelsea
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032655/
Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 19,551[47]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Chelsea England 4–0 Italy Juventus
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2032662/
Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 39,513[48]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

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Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Italy Inter Milan 2–1 2–0 (A) 0–1 (H) Round of 16 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
Portugal Benfica 6–4 3–1 (A) 3–3 (H) Quarter-finals England Chelsea 5–4 3–1 (A) 2–3 (a.e.t.) (H)
Spain Villarreal 5–2 2–0 (H) 3–2 (A) Semi-finals England Manchester City 6–5 3–4 (A) 3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)

Pre-match

Promotion

The original logo of the 2022 UEFA Champions League final at Saint Petersburg was unveiled at the group stage draw on 26 August 2021 in Istanbul.[58] Originally, former Russian forward Andrey Arshavin was chosen to be the ambassador for the final. However, he was removed after the final's relocation to Saint-Denis.[59]

Officials

On 11 May 2022, UEFA named Frenchman Clément Turpin as the referee for the final.[60] Turpin had been a FIFA referee since 2010, and was previously the fourth official in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, also between Real Madrid and Liverpool. In the previous season he was the referee for the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final between Villarreal and Manchester United. He officiated eight prior matches in the 2021–22 Champions League season, with two matches in qualification, four in the group stage and two knockout fixtures. He served as a referee at the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Turpin also was a video assistant referee at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia (including in the final), the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France

Turpin was joined by five of his fellow countrymen, including assistant referees Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore.[60] Benoît Bastien served as the fourth official. Jérôme Brisard acted as the video assistant referee (VAR), with Willy Delajod appointed as one of the assistant VAR officials, along with Italian referees Massimiliano Irrati and Filippo Meli.[2][60]

Opening ceremony

Cuban-born American singer Camila Cabello performed for the opening ceremony before the start of the match.[61] Cabello performed her songs "Señorita", "La Buena Vida", "Havana", "Bam Bam" and "Don't Go Yet".[62][63]

Issues entering stadium and match delay

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Crowd control descended into chaos at the entrances to the Stade de France prior to the beginning of the match.[64] By 21:00 local time, the originally scheduled kick-off time, thousands of seats remained empty in the Liverpool end. For "security reasons", the kick-off was initially delayed by 15 minutes to 21:15. This was further delayed by 15 minutes to 21:30, before being pushed back another 6 minutes to 21:36. The match eventually started at 21:37.[65]

Match

Summary

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Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was named man of the match after making a total of nine saves in the match.

First half

The match kicked off at the delayed time of 21:36 in front of a crowd of 75,000. In the 16th minute, Trent Alexander-Arnold played the ball across the Real Madrid penalty area which ended up being hit towards goal by Mohamed Salah before being saved by Thibaut Courtois for the first effort of the match.[66] Five minutes later, Thiago Alcântara played a ball through to Sadio Mané who managed to make space for himself and take a shot which was saved on to the left post by Courtois. In the 34th minute, Alexander-Arnold played another cross into the Madrid penalty area towards Salah, who managed to direct a header towards goal but straight at Courtois.[66]

Two minutes before half-time, Karim Benzema made a clear run towards the Liverpool penalty area on the right and managed to take the ball under control before attempting to pass the ball across before being cut out by Ibrahima Konaté. However, a mix up between the Liverpool defender as well as goalkeeper Alisson allowed Federico Valverde to try and step in to intercept, with Liverpool midfielder Fabinho also forced to intervene.[67][68] Amongst the attempts to win the ball, it ended up falling to Benzema again who then passed the ball into the net. However, the goal was disallowed initially by the assistant referee and then also by the VAR after a check of three minutes and 20 seconds.[69] Benzema was shown to be in an offside position when the ball came to him, however there was controversy as to whether the last touch off of Fabinho was intentional or not.[70][71] There were three minutes of stoppage time.[67]

Second half

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Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior scored the lone goal of the match in the 59th minute.

Neither side made any lineup changes during the interval.[72] Liverpool continued where they left off, as nine minutes into the second half Alexander-Arnold played in another cross towards the Real Madrid penalty area which was not far from the head of Thiago and ended up being punched away by Courtois.[66] In the 59th minute, Madrid took the lead against the run of play; Valverde made a run with the ball on the right hand side, before eventually playing a low cross towards Vinícius Júnior in the penalty area who managed to tuck the ball into the net to make it 1–0, having been left unmarked and Alisson left stranded on the other side of the goal.[67][68]

Fabinho received the first and only booking of the night, after being shown a yellow card in the 62nd minute by referee Clément Turpin for a challenge on Valverde.[67] With 24 minutes remaining, Liverpool pressed for an equaliser. Salah came forward with the ball and tried a shot from just outside the penalty area which ended up being saved to the right side of his goal by Courtois.[66] Liverpool then made their first substitution of the final in the 65th minute, as Luis Díaz came off for Diogo Jota.[68][67] Liverpool pushed again for a goal as a header across the face of goal by Jota almost found its way towards Salah, but was blocked off by Courtois.[66] Madrid then had a chance to score another in the 75th minute, as a free kick into the Liverpool penalty area by Toni Kroos found its way to Casemiro who then tried to play the ball across towards Benzema and Vinícius, but was collected by Andrew Robertson.[73][68]

Liverpool then made their two more changes, as Thiago and captain Jordan Henderson came off for Naby Keïta and Roberto Firmino in the 77th minute.[73][68] Liverpool continued to push for the equaliser, as passing took place between Salah and Firmino before Salah took another shot from just outside the penalty area which ended up being deflected off of Jota and carefully beaten away by Courtois down his bottom left.[66] Salah came forward again with eight minutes left, as a ball over the top from Fabinho found its way to the Egyptian who tried to battle off Ferland Mendy before coming across and having his resulting effort be saved by Courtois.[66] Madrid made their first change of the match in the 86th minute, as Valverde came off for Eduardo Camavinga.[73] At the end of regular time, the fourth official displayed that a minimum of five minutes of stoppage time would be played.[73][68] Madrid made their two other substitutions in stoppage time, as Dani Ceballos came on for Luka Modrić in the 90th minute and goalscorer Vinícius was brought off in the 93rd minute for Rodrygo.[73] Despite Liverpool's continued pushes for a goal in the final moments, the match was brought to an end with Madrid winning 1–0.[73]

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[74]

Liverpool[4]
Real Madrid[4]
GK 1 Brazil Alisson
RB 66 England Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB 5 France Ibrahima Konaté
CB 4 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk
LB 26 Scotland Andrew Robertson
CM 14 England Jordan Henderson (C) Substituted off 77'
CM 3 Brazil Fabinho Booked 62'
CM 6 Spain Thiago Substituted off 77'
RF 11 Egypt Mohamed Salah
CF 10 Senegal Sadio Mané
LF 23 Colombia Luis Díaz Substituted off 65'
Substitutes:
GK 62 Republic of Ireland Caoimhín Kelleher
DF 12 England Joe Gomez
DF 21 Greece Kostas Tsimikas
DF 32 Cameroon Joël Matip
MF 7 England James Milner
MF 8 Guinea Naby Keïta Substituted in 77'
MF 15 England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
MF 17 England Curtis Jones
MF 67 England Harvey Elliott
FW 9 Brazil Roberto Firmino Substituted in 77'
FW 18 Japan Takumi Minamino
FW 20 Portugal Diogo Jota Substituted in 65'
Manager:
Germany Jürgen Klopp
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GK 1 Belgium Thibaut Courtois
RB 2 Spain Dani Carvajal
CB 3 Brazil Éder Militão
CB 4 Austria David Alaba
LB 23 France Ferland Mendy
CM 10 Croatia Luka Modrić Substituted off 90'
CM 14 Brazil Casemiro
CM 8 Germany Toni Kroos
RF 15 Uruguay Federico Valverde Substituted off 86'
CF 9 France Karim Benzema (C)
LF 20 Brazil Vinícius Júnior Substituted off 90+3'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Ukraine Andriy Lunin
DF 6 Spain Nacho
DF 12 Brazil Marcelo
MF 17 Spain Lucas Vázquez
MF 19 Spain Dani Ceballos Substituted in 90'
MF 22 Spain Isco
MF 25 France Eduardo Camavinga Substituted in 86'
FW 7 Belgium Eden Hazard
FW 11 Spain Marco Asensio
FW 18 Wales Gareth Bale
FW 21 Brazil Rodrygo Substituted in 90+3'
FW 24 Dominican Republic Mariano
Manager:
Italy Carlo Ancelotti

Man of the Match:
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:[2]
Benoît Bastien (France)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Willy Delajod (France)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Filippo Meli (Italy)

Match rules[30]

  • 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 8]

Statistics

Post-match

With their win, Real Madrid secured a record-extending 14th title in the European Cup/Champions League. The club has won twice as many titles as the next-best team, Milan (7 titles).[76] This was Madrid's fifth title in nine seasons (since 2013–14), their eighth consecutive win in a Champions League final, and their tenth successive victory in a major European final (including the 1985 and 1986 UEFA Cup Finals). Real Madrid has not lost a final in the Champions League era, with their last defeat occurring in 1981.[77] Real Madrid also claimed their fourth European double (after 1956–57, 1957–58 and 2016–17).[78] With the win, Spanish teams extended their streak of 17 straight major European finals won against non-Spanish opposition.[79] Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was selected as the man of the match,[1] having made nine saves in the game, a record in the final since Opta began keeping records in 2003–04. His 59 saves during the campaign also set a new Champions League single-season record since Opta began keeping records.[80]

Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager to win four Champions League titles, having previously won the 2003 and 2007 tournaments with Milan, and the 2014 title with Madrid.[81] Conversely, Jürgen Klopp tied Marcello Lippi for most losses in Champions League finals. Klopp had previously lost with Borussia Dortmund in 2013 and Liverpool in 2018.[82] Nine players secured their fifth Champions League title with the win, with eight (Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Dani Carvajal, Casemiro, Isco, Marcelo, Luka Modrić and Nacho) doing so with Real Madrid's wins in 2014 and from 2016 to 2018. Toni Kroos won his first title with Bayern Munich in 2013, before winning with Real Madrid from 2016 to 2018. They joined former Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo as the only players to have won five titles in the Champions League era.[82]

See also

Notes

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