2024 UEFA Champions League final

2024 UEFA Champions League final

Wembley Stadium in London will host the final.
Event	2023–24 UEFA Champions League
Borussia Dortmund
Date	1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London

The 2024 UEFA Champions League final will be the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the 69th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 32nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 1 June 2024, between German club Borussia Dortmund and the winners of the second semi-final, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. Due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, with London instead hosting the 2024 final. The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup, as well as qualify for the 2025 expanded FIFA Club World Cup using the UEFA's champions pathway.

Background

For Borussia Dortmund, this will be their third UEFA Champions League final appearance, the first one since the 1–2 Der Klassiker loss against Bayern Munich in 2013, which was held at the Wembley Stadium too, and the first one for manager Edin Terzić.

Previous finals

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

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Borussia Dortmund	2 (1997, 2013)

Venue

This will be the third UEFA Champions League final to take place at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium, having previously been held in 2011 and 2013. Overall, it is the eighth final to be held in London, with the other five matches taking place at the original Wembley Stadium in 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, and 1992. The match will be the ninth European Cup final held in England, with the 2003 final having been held at Old Trafford in Manchester, equalling the record of nine European Cup finals held in Italy, Germany and Spain. It is also the thirteenth held in the United Kingdom, with the 1960, 1976 and 2002 finals held in Scotland and the 2017 final held in Wales. Wembley Stadium was also a host venue at UEFA Euro 2020, with eight matches played at the stadium including the semi-finals and final.

Host selection

An open bidding process was launched on 22 February 2019 by UEFA to select the 2022 and 2023 UEFA Champions League final venues. Associations had until 22 March 2019 to express interest, and bid dossiers had to be submitted by 1 July 2019.

The Football Association was reported to have bid with Wembley Stadium in London to host the 2023 final, in order to mark the centenary of the opening of the original stadium in 1923. Wembley Stadium was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 24 September 2019, where the hosts for the 2021 and 2022 UEFA Champions League finals were also appointed.

On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, London would instead host the 2024 final.

Road to the final

Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

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

Borussia Dortmund				Round
Opponent	Result			Group stage
Paris Saint-Germain	0–2 (A)			Matchday 1
Milan	0–0 (H)			Matchday 2
Newcastle United	1–0 (A)			Matchday 3
Newcastle United	2–0 (H)			Matchday 4
Milan	3–1 (A)			Matchday 5
Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (H)			Matchday 6
Group F winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Borussia Dortmund 6 11 2 Paris Saint-Germain 6 8 3 Milan 6 8 4 Newcastle United 6 5 Source: UEFA				Final standings
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase
PSV Eindhoven	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Round of 16
Atlético Madrid	5–4	1–2 (A)	4–2 (H)	Quarter-finals
Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals

Borussia Dortmund

See also: 2023–24 Borussia Dortmund season

Mats Hummels (left), who along with Marco Reus (right) is the only player from Borussia Dortmund's 2013 final squad, scored the winner in the second leg to book their place in the final.

Borussia Dortmund qualified for the Champions League group stage by finishing as runners-up in the 2022–23 Bundesliga. In the group stage, they were drawn into Group F, alongside Ligue 1 winners Paris Saint-Germain, Serie A fourth-place team Milan and Premier League fourth-place side Newcastle United.

In Dortmund's opener of the group stage, they faced Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes and lost 0–2, with goals from Kylian Mbappé and Achraf Hakimi. On matchday 2, Borussia drew in a 0–0 stalemate at the Westfalenstadion against Milan. On matchday 3, Dortmund defeated Newcastle United away from home 1–0, with a goal from Felix Nmecha. On matchday 4, Dortmund won 2–0 over Newcastle United at home, with goals coming from Niclas Füllkrug and Julian Brandt. On matchday 5, Borussia got a 3–1 win against Milan at the San Siro, with goals by Marco Reus, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Karim Adeyemi, as Samuel Chukwueze got the temporary eqauliser for the hosts. On matchday 6, returning to the Westfalenstadion, the hosts held Paris Saint-Germain to a 1–1 draw, with a goal from Karim Adeyemi and a strike from Warren Zaïre-Emery for the visitors.

In the round of 16, Dortmund were drawn against Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. In the first leg held at the Philips Stadion, Borussia drew 1–1, with goals from Donyell Malen and Luuk de Jong. In the reverse leg, Dortmund defeated PSV 2–0, with goals from Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus, to win 3–1 on aggregate and advance to the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, Dortmund were drawn against Spanish side Atlético Madrid. In the first leg, at the Metropolitano Stadium, the Germans suffered a 1–2 loss, with goals being scored by Rodrigo De Paul, Samuel Lino and Sébastien Haller, whose late goal rescued Dortmund's chances for a progression. In the second leg, Borussia produced a 4–2 win at home, trailing down 3–4 on aggregate in the second half and qualifying to the semi-finals 5–4 on aggregate, as Julian Brandt, Ian Maatsen, Niclas Füllkrug, Marcel Sabitzer, Mats Hummels (own goal) and Ángel Correa got on the scoresheet.

In the semi-finals, Dortmund were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain, making it a rematch of this season's group stage clash. In the first leg, at the Westfalenstadion, a lone winner from Niclas Füllkrug gave Dortmund a 1–0 victory. In the second leg, at the Parc des Princes, the visitors won 1–0 once again, with the only goal of the match coming from Mats Hummels. Dortmund won 2–0 on aggregate to qualify for their first Champions League final in eleven years.

Pre-match

Identity

The visual identity of the 2024 UEFA Champions League final was unveiled at the group stage draw in Monaco on 31 August 2023.

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)

20:00 BST

Borussia Dortmund	v	Winners of semi-final 2
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

See also

• 2024 UEFA Europa League final
• 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final
• 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final
• 2024 UEFA Super Cup
• 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
• 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

External links

• Official website