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2025 UEFA Champions League final

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2025 UEFA Champions League final
Match programme cover
Event2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain Inter Milan
France Italy
Date31 May 2025 (2025-05-31)
VenueAllianz Arena, Munich
RefereeIstván Kovács (Romania)[1]
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The 2025 UEFA Champions League final will be the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, the 70th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 33rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It will be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on 31 May 2025, between French club Paris Saint-Germain and Italian club Inter Milan.[2] It will be the first UEFA Champions League final without a club from England, Spain, or Germany since Porto defeated Monaco in the 2004 UEFA Champions League final. This will be the first UEFA Champions League final played under the Swiss system format.[3]

The winners will earn the right to play against Tottenham Hotspur, winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, in the 2025 UEFA Super Cup, and will automatically qualify for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.

Background

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Paris Saint-Germain reached their second Champions League final and the first since 2020, when they lost to Bayern Munich. This is the fifth European final for them, having previously also appeared in two consecutive finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club won the 1996 final 1–0 against Rapid Wien, before losing 1–0 against Barcelona while attempting to defend their title in 1997. The club also contested the 1996 UEFA Super Cup, losing 9–2 on aggregate to Juventus. Paris Saint-Germain is attempting to become only the second French team to win the European Cup/Champions League, following the success of their rivals Marseille in 1993—with the final also taking place in Munich, and the first French club to complete a continental treble, having won the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France. The club has won the Trophée des Champions (super cup) earlier in the season, thus has a chance for a clean sweep of titles available to them.

This is Inter Milan's thirteenth European final and seventh European Cup/Champions League final appearance, having won 3–1 in 1964 against Real Madrid, 1–0 against Benfica at home in 1965 and 2–0 against Bayern Munich in 2010, resulting in Inter completing the continental treble; they also lost 2–1 to Celtic in 1967, 2–0 to Ajax in 1972 and 1–0 to Manchester City in 2023, all of which enabled those clubs to win the continental treble themselves. The club has also contested five UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League finals, winning in 1991, 1994, and 1998 as well as losing in 1997 and 2020. They also contested the 2010 UEFA Super Cup, losing 2–0 to Atlético Madrid. Inter Milan are also the most recent Italian club to win the Champions League; since 2010 only one other Italian club—Juventus—had reached the Champions League final, losing in 2015 and 2017. Simone Inzaghi is aiming for his first European title as manager and the second in his football career, having won against Manchester United in the 1999 UEFA Super Cup as a Lazio player. Their midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is aiming to become the eleventh player to have won all three major European trophies and the first to have achieved that with three different clubs, having won the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League with Manchester United and the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League with Roma.

The clubs have never met in any competitive matches, but have encountered in five exhibition games.[4]

Previous finals

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

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 (2020)
Italy Inter Milan 6 (1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 2010, 2023)

Venue

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This will be the second UEFA Champions League final hosted at the Allianz Arena; the first was held in 2012. Overall, it will be the fifth European Cup final to be held in Munich, with the 1979, 1993 and 1997 finals taking place at the Olympiastadion. Each of the previous four finals played in Munich saw a first-time winner of the competition crowned (Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Chelsea in 2012). The final will also be the ninth to take place in Germany, having also taken place in Stuttgart in 1959 and 1988, Gelsenkirchen in 2004 and Berlin in 2015, equalling the record of nine European Cup finals held in Italy and England.[5] The Allianz Arena previously hosted matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and was chosen as a host venue for UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024.

Host selection

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On 16 July 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul would host the 2023 UEFA Champions League final instead of Munich.[6] This was because Istanbul twice had the Champions League final intended for their city relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally planned as hosts for the 2020 final, the match was moved to Lisbon and the final hosts shifted back a year, with Istanbul instead awarded the 2021 final.[7] However, weeks prior to the final, the 2021 fixture was moved to Porto due to travel restrictions.[8]

Munich, originally selected to host the 2022 final by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019,[9] was later planned to host the 2023 final after the shifting of the final hosts. However, the city was awarded the 2025 final instead after being bumped from 2023 by Istanbul.[6]

Route to the final

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Further information: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

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

France Paris Saint-Germain Round Italy Inter Milan
Opponent Result League phase Opponent Result
Spain Girona 1–0 (H) Matchday 1 England Manchester City 0–0 (A)
England Arsenal 0–2 (A) Matchday 2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 4–0 (H)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–1 (H) Matchday 3 Switzerland Young Boys 1–0 (A)
Spain Atlético Madrid 1–2 (H) Matchday 4 England Arsenal 1–0 (H)
Germany Bayern Munich 0–1 (A) Matchday 5 Germany RB Leipzig 1–0 (H)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 (A) Matchday 6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 (A)
England Manchester City 4–2 (H) Matchday 7 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1–0 (A)
Germany VfB Stuttgart 4–1 (A) Matchday 8 France Monaco 3–0 (H)
15th place
Advanced to knockout phase play-offs 		Final position 4th place
Advanced to round of 16
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
France Brest 10–0 3–0 (A) 7–0 (H) Play-offs Bye
England Liverpool 1–1 (4–1 p) 0–1 (H) 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) Round of 16 Netherlands Feyenoord 4–1 2–0 (A) 2–1 (H)
England Aston Villa 5–4 3–1 (H) 2–3 (A) Quarter-finals Germany Bayern Munich 4–3 2–1 (A) 2–2 (H)
England Arsenal 3–1 1–0 (A) 2–1 (H) Semi-finals Spain Barcelona 7–6 3–3 (A) 4–3 (a.e.t.) (H)

Pre-match

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Linkin Park, the headline act of the opening ceremony.

The visual identity of the 2025 UEFA Champions League final was unveiled on 28 January 2025.[10] On 16 April, American rock band Linkin Park was named as the headline act of the opening ceremony.[11] On 26 May, German violinist David Garrett was announced to play a rearranged version of the White Stripes' Seven Nation Army on the trophy presentation prior to the teams' entrance.[12]

Match

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Details

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The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was predetermined as the winner of semi-final 1 (Paris Saint-Germain).[13][14]

Paris Saint-Germain FrancevItaly Inter Milan
Report
Paris Saint-Germain
Inter Milan

Assistant referees:[1]
Mihai Marica (Romania)
Ferencz Tunyogi (Romania)
Fourth official:[1]
João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Reserve assistant referee:[1]
Bruno Jesus (Portugal)
Video assistant referee:
Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
Cătălin Popa (Romania)
Support video assistant referee:[1]
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
  • Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Referee teams for 2025 UEFA club competition finals announced". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 UEFA Champions League final: Munich Football Arena". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. ^ "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the ksi is going to take 90 minutes 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2022.
  4. ^ "PSG vs. Inter: the Champions League final is set". Inter.it. Inter Milan. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. ^ "UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2013/14: Finals" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Venues appointed for club competition finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Champions League final to move to Portugal to allow 6,000 fans of each team to attend". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Champions League final hosts announced for 2021, 2022 and 2023". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Brand identity unveiled for 2025 UEFA Champions League final in Munich". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 January 2025. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  11. ^ "LINKIN PARK to headline UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show by Pepsi". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 April 2025. Archived from the original on 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  12. ^ "David Garrett to perform Seven Nation Army at the UEFA Champions League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2025. Archived from the original on 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  13. ^ "2025 UEFA Champions League final: Munich Football Arena". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  14. ^ "What's next for Bayern after Champions League play-off?". FCBayern.com. FC Bayern Munich. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
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