![]() Before its demolition in 2003, to make way for the new 65,000-capacity ground, the original Estádio da Luz hosted the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where Werder Bremen beat Monaco 2–0, and the second leg of the 1983 UEFA Cup Final, where Anderlecht secured a 1–1 draw with Benfica to lift the trophy. The home stadium of Portuguese Primeira Liga side Benfica since 2003, it was newly built to host five matches of UEFA Euro 2004, including the final. This is the second UEFA Champions League final hosted at the stadium the first was in 2014, when Real Madrid secured their 10th title by beating Atlético Madrid 4–1 in the first final between teams from the same city. The UEFA Executive Committee chose the Estádio da Luz, officially known as the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, in Lisbon as the final venue at their meeting on 17 June 2020. ![]() It was also the first final of the competition to be played after June. The match was the first European Cup/Champions League final to be played on a Sunday and the first since 2009 to not be played on a Saturday. ![]() On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the final to Lisbon as part of a "final-eight tournament" consisting of single-match knockout ties played in two stadiums across the city. However, UEFA announced on 23 March 2020 that the final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on. The Estádio da Luz in Lisbon hosted the final. Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)ġ0 ( 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013)įor the details on the selection of Istanbul as the original host for the final, see 2021 UEFA Champions League final § Host selection. In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era. As winners, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, and also qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar Bayern went on to win both and complete a historic sextuple (six trophies in a year). Bayern also became the first team to claim any European competition with a 100% winning record. Bayern secured their sixth European Cup title and second continental treble, becoming the second European men's football team to win the continental treble twice. It was also the first final of the competition to be played after June.īayern Munich won the final 1–0 thanks to a 59th-minute goal scored by former Paris Saint-Germain player Kingsley Coman, who was later selected as man of the match. The match was the first European premier tournament final to be played on a Sunday, and the first since 2009 to not be played on a Saturday. Originally, it had been scheduled to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on. The match was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. It was played on 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, between French club Paris Saint-Germain, in their first European Cup final, and German club Bayern Munich. The 2020 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
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