When is the UEFA Champions League final in 2023? Date, time, city and stadium host for next year

After Wednesday, November 2, there will be just 16 teams left in contention for the 2023 Champions League crown with the 32-team group stage cut in half.  

The knockout rounds will kick off in February 2023 and they will culminate in a final that will take place on a later date than usual given that the first-ever FIFA World Cup held in November and December 2022 will force a domino effect of shifts in the global football calendar. 

Due to the forced break imposed on club competitions during the upcoming World Cup, the 2023 UEFA Champions League final will be pushed slightly, taking place a couple of weeks later than usual.

The 2023 edition of the final will be returning to Turkey, and here are all the details we know so far surrounding the event.

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When is the UEFA Champions League final 2023?

The 2023 UEFA Champions League final is currently scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 10, at Turkey’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.

The time of the match is yet to be confirmed, but if recent years are any indication, the kickoff will likely be 20:00 BST in the UK, 15:00 ET in the USA and Canada, and 05:00 AET in Australia.

Country Date Projected
Time
Australia Sun, June 11 05:00 AET
Canada Sat, June 10 15:00 ET
India Sun, June 11 00:30 IST
Singapore Sun, June 11 03:00 SST
UK Sat, June 10 20:00 BST
USA Sat, June 10 15:00 ET

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Where is the UEFA Champions League final in 2023?

The 2023 UEFA Champions League final will be played at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

It will be the second time that the stadium has hosted the Champions League final, after serving as the venue for Liverpool’s stunning comeback from 3-0 down against AC Milan in 2005. The Reds eventually won on penalties after a 3-3 draw.

The 2023 edition will be 68th final of Europe’s premier club competition, and the 31st since it was rebranded and reformatted as the Champions League from its old European Cup moniker.

The 2023 final was initially scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the reshuffling of the scheduled host venues.

At one point Ataturk Olympic Stadium was set to host the 2021 Champions League final, but two weeks before the event, the match was moved to Porto’s Estadio do Dragao because of COVID-19 issues in Turkey.

Estadio do Dragao Portugal

Where are the future Champions League finals?

UEFA has already decided on the host cities for the next three Champions League finals, following the 2022 edition in Saint-Denis, France.

After Turkey, the event will be held at Wembley Stadium in 2024, making for a record eighth final in London.

Another regular host of the Champions League final will follow in 2025, as Munich’s Allianz Arena hosts that city’s fifth European cup final. 

The 2022 Champions League final was originally slated to be held in Saint Petersburg in Russia, but it was moved to France after the war in Ukraine broke out in February 2022.

Match Host
2022 UEFA Champions League final Stade de France (Saint-Denis, France)
2023 UEFA Champions League final Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey)
2024 UEFA Champions League final Wembley Stadium (London, England)
2025 UEFA Champions League final Fussball Arena Munchen “Allianz Arena” (Munich, Germany)
Allianz Arena Bayern Munich Germany general view

Where have past Champions League finals been held?

Year Stadium Match
2025 Allianz Arena TBC
2024 Wembley Stadium TBC
2023 Ataturk Olympic Stadium TBC
2022 Stade de France Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool
2021 Estadio do Dragao Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City
2020 Estadio da Luz Bayern Munich 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain
2019 Wanda Metropolitano Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
2018 NSC Olimpiyskiy Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool
2017 Millennium Stadium Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus
2016 San Siro Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid
2015 Olympiastadion Berlin Barcelona 3-1 Juventus
2014 Estadio da Luz Real Madrid 4-1 Atletico Madrid
2013 Wembley Stadium Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
2012 Allianz Arena Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich
2011 Wembley Stadium Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United
2010 Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Inter Milan 2-0 Bayern Munich
2009 Stadio Olimpico Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United
2008 Luzhniki Stadium Manchester United 0-0 Chelsea
2007 OAKA Stadium AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool
2006 Stade de France Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal
2005 Ataturk Olympic Stadium Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan
2004 Arena AufSchalke Porto 3-0 Monaco
2003 Old Trafford AC Milan 0-0 Juventus
2002 Hampden Park Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
2001 San Siro Bayern Munich 1-1 Valencia
2000 Stade de France Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
1999 Camp Nou Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich
1998 Amsterdam ArenA Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus
1997 Olympiastadion Munich Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus
1996 Stadio Olimpico Juventus 1-1 Ajax
1995 Ernst Happel Stadion Ajax 1-0 AC Milan
1994 OAKA Stadium AC Milan 4-0 Barcelona
1993 Olympiastadion Munich Olympique Marseille 1-0 AC Milan
1992 Wembley Stadium Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria
1991 Stadio San Nicola Red Star 0-0 Olympique Marseille
1990 Prater Stadion AC Milan 1-0 SL Benfica
1989 Camp Nou AC Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucharest
1988 Neckarstadion PSV 0-0 Benfica
1987 Prater Stadion Porto 2-1 Bayern Munich
1986 Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Steaua Bucharest 0-0 Barcelona
1985 Heysel Stadium Juventus 1-0 Liverpool
1984 Stadio Olimpico Liverpool 1-1 Roma
1983 OAKA Stadium Hamburg 1-0 Juventus
1982 De Kuip Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
1981 Parc des Princes Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid
1980 Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg
1979 Olympiastadion Munich Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmo
1978 Wembley Stadium Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge
1977 Stadio Olimpico Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
1976 Hampden Park Bayern Munich 1-0 Saint-Etienne
1975 Parc des Princes Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United
1974 Heysel Stadium Bayern Munich 1-1 Atletico Madrid
1973 Stadion Crvena Zvezda Ajax 1-0 Juventus
1972 De Kuip Ajax 2-0 Inter Milan
1971 Wembley Stadium Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos
1970 San Siro Feyenoord 2-1 Celtic
1969 Estadio Santiago Bernabeu AC Milan 4-1 Ajax
1968 Wembley Stadium Manchester United 4-1 Benfica
1967 Estadio Nacional Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan
1966 Heysel Stadium Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan
1965 San Siro Inter Milan 1-0 Benfica
1964 Prater Stadion Inter Milan 3-1 Real Madrid
1963 Wembley Stadium AC Milan 2-1 Benfica
1962 Olympisch Stadion Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid
1961 Wankdorfstadion Benfica 3-2 Barcelona
1960 Hampden Park Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
1959 Neckarstadion Real Madrid 2-0 Stade de Reims
1958 Heysel Stadium Real Madrid 3-2 AC Milan
1957 Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina
1956 Stade Velodrome Paris Real Madrid 4-3 Stade de Reims

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