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.
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) |
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 |
