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The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League has provided outstanding entertainment despite initial concerns over how its expanded format would work.
This season's initial round followed what's become known as a Swiss model, with the traditional group stage replaced by a "league phase" of 36 teams rather than the usual 32. Yet despite the schedule becoming even busier and the so-called "big" teams given a theoretically easier route to the knockouts, there is no doubt that the changes this season have been a success.
After a thrilling lead-up over the last few months, with classic match after classic match pairing the participants down, the business end of the tournament is here.
The semifinals conclude on Wednesday with Arsenal taking on Paris Saint-Germain, looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit and secure a final date with Inter Milan. The winner of that match will meet Inter Milan, who upset Barcelona in one of the most memorable European ties in recent memory.
That title match will be staged in Germany in 2025, marking the first time the country has hosted the Champions League final since 2015 when Barcelona beat Juventus 3-1 in Berlin.
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Where is the 2025 UEFA Champions League final?
The 2025 Champions League final will be at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.
The stadium is the regular home of Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and was the stage for the 2012 final, when Chelsea defeated defacto "hosts" Bayern on penalties.
That match was just the fourth time in the competition's history, and most recent occurrence, where the site of the final was also the home ground of a participant. Interestingly, the host of that game has won just two of those, with Roma defeated in 1984 in the Italian capital as well.
This year's final is only the third time this century that the trophy decider will be staged in Germany.
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Where are the next Champions League finals?
UEFA normally selects final venues in blocks of two to three years, with the 2026 final having already been confirmed as taking place in Budapest, Hungary.
The 2026 title decider is set for the Puskas Arena, which holds a capacity of just over 67,000.
The decision for the 2027 Champions League showpiece was delayed, with UEFA waiting for information from local authorities over refurbishment plans for the San Siro stadium in Milan. The governing body decided in 2024 to reopen the bidding process to avoid complications around the San Siro redevelopment, with Atletico Madrid's Metropolitano Stadium and the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan considered the favourites.
Champions League final host venues
| 2027 | TBD | TBD |
| 2026 | Puskas Arena (Budapest, Hungary) | TBD |
| 2025 | Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany) | TBD vs. Inter Milan |
| 2024 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | Real Madrid 2-0 Dortmund |
| 2023 | Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey) | Man City 1-0 Inter Milan |
| 2022 | Stade de France (Saint-Denis, France) | Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool |
| 2021 | Estadio do Dragao (Porto, Portugal) | Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City |
| 2020 | Estadio da Luz (Lisbon, Portugal) | Bayern Munich 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2019 | Metropolitano (Madrid, Spain) | Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2018 | NSC Olimpiyskiy (Kyiv, Ukraine) | Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool |
| 2017 | Millennium Stadium (Cardiff, Wales) | Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus |
| 2016 | San Siro (Milan, Italy) | Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid |
| 2015 | Olympiastadion (Berlin, Germany) | Barcelona 3-1 Juventus |
| 2014 | Estadio da Luz (Lisbon, Portugal) | Real Madrid 4-1 Atletico Madrid |
| 2013 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund |
| 2012 | Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany) | Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich |
| 2011 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United |
| 2010 | Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid, Spain) | Inter Milan 2-0 Bayern Munich |
| 2009 | Stadio Olimpico (Rome, Italy) | Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United |
| 2008 | Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow, Russia) | Manchester United 0-0 Chelsea |
| 2007 | OAKA Stadium (Athens, Greece) | AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool |
| 2006 | Stade de France (Saint-Denis, France) | Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal |
| 2005 | Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey) | Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan |
| 2004 | Arena AufSchalke (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) | Porto 3-0 Monaco |
| 2003 | Old Trafford (Manchester, England) | AC Milan 0-0 Juventus |
| 2002 | Hampden Park (Glasgow, Scotland) | Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia |
| 2001 | San Siro (Milan, Italy) | Bayern Munich 1-1 Valencia |
| 2000 | Stade de France (Saint-Denis, France) | Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia |
| 1999 | Camp Nou (Barcelona, Spain) | Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich |
| 1998 | Amsterdam ArenA (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus |
| 1997 | Olympiastadion (Munich, Germany) | Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus |
| 1996 | Stadio Olimpico (Rome, Italy) | Juventus 1-1 Ajax |
| 1995 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion (Vienna, Austria) | Ajax 1-0 AC Milan |
| 1994 | OAKA Stadium (Athens, Greece) | AC Milan 4-0 Barcelona |
| 1993 | Olympiastadion (Munich, Germany) | Olympique Marseille 1-0 AC Milan |
| 1992 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria |
| 1991 | Stadio San Nicola (Bari, Italy) | Red Star 0-0 Olympique Marseille |
| 1990 | Prater Stadion (Vienna, Austria) | AC Milan 1-0 SL Benfica |
| 1989 | Camp Nou (Barcelona, Spain) | AC Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucharest |
| 1988 | Neckarstadion (Stuttgart, West Germany) | PSV 0-0 Benfica |
| 1987 | Prater Stadion (Vienna, Austria) | Porto 2-1 Bayern Munich |
| 1986 | Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan (Seville, Spain) | Steaua Bucharest 0-0 Barcelona |
| 1985 | Heysel Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) | Juventus 1-0 Liverpool |
| 1984 | Stadio Olimpico (Rome, Italy) | Liverpool 1-1 Roma |
| 1983 | OAKA Stadium (Athens, Greece) | Hamburg 1-0 Juventus |
| 1982 | De Kuip (Rotterdam, Netherlands) | Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich |
| 1981 | Parc des Princes (Paris, France) | Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid |
| 1980 | Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid, Spain) | Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg |
| 1979 | Olympiastadion (Munich, West Germany) | Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmo |
| 1978 | Wembley Stadium | Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge |
| 1977 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1976 | Hampden Park (Glasgow, Scotland) | Bayern Munich 1-0 Saint-Etienne |
| 1975 | Parc des Princes (Paris, France) | Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United |
| 1974 | Heysel Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) | Bayern Munich 1-1 Atletico Madrid |
| 1973 | Stadion Crvena Zvezda | Ajax 1-0 Juventus |
| 1972 | De Kuip (Rotterdam, Netherlands) | Ajax 2-0 Inter Milan |
| 1971 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos |
| 1970 | San Siro (Milan, Italy) | Feyenoord 2-1 Celtic |
| 1969 | Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid, Spain) | AC Milan 4-1 Ajax |
| 1968 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | Manchester United 4-1 Benfica |
| 1967 | Estadio Nacional (Lisbon, Portugal) | Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan |
| 1966 | Heysel Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) | Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan |
| 1965 | San Siro (Milan, Italy) | Inter Milan 1-0 Benfica |
| 1964 | Prater Stadion (Vienna, Austria) | Inter Milan 3-1 Real Madrid |
| 1963 | Wembley Stadium (London, England) | AC Milan 2-1 Benfica |
| 1962 | Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid |
| 1961 | Wankdorfstadion (Bern, Switzerland) | Benfica 3-2 Barcelona |
| 1960 | Hampden Park (Glasgow, Scotland) | Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1959 | Neckarstadion (Stuttgart, West Germany) | Real Madrid 2-0 Stade de Reims |
| 1958 | Heysel Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) | Real Madrid 3-2 AC Milan |
| 1957 | Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid, Spain) | Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina |
| 1956 | Parc des Princes (Paris, France) | Real Madrid 4-3 Stade de Reims |
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