Metropolitano to host the 2027 Champions League final | OneFootball

It’s official. The Metropolitano will be the venue that will host the final of the Champions League on June 5, 2027. This will be the second time that the stadium of Atlético de Madrid serves as the host for the last match of the most important club competition in European football. The last time was six years ago, in 2019, when Liverpool defeated Tottenham by two goals to nil.

As was reported back in March by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Rafael Louzán, the red-and-white stronghold has prevailed over the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan, which was the other strong contender. The official announcement was made this very afternoon. It was announced by the UEFA Executive Committee, which met today in Albania, specifically in Tirana, solely to make a decision on this matter.

The Metropolitano makes history

Atlético, until it switched from the Vicente Calderón to the Metropolitano, had never organized or hosted a Champions League final. After 2027, with two finals in less than ten years, it will join the select club of stadiums that have hosted more than one. It will match Camp Nou, the stadium of Football Club Barcelona, which has also hosted two, and will get closer to the Santiago Bernabéu, which has been the venue on four occasions, although the last time was more than fifteen years ago.

Moreover, unlike many other venues, in 2019 the red-and-white club was congratulated by UEFA itself for the impeccable organization of the match between Liverpool and Tottenham.

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Atleti will already have the City of Sport

On the other hand, it is expected that by that date the megaproject of the City of Sport will already be completed, with more than 265,000 square meters around the Metropolitano dedicated exclusively to leisure and sport. In addition to the athletic sports city, it will include the largest artificial beach in Europe, a wave pool, athletics and padel courts, a shopping center, and even a concert venue with a capacity of more than 20,000 people.

Apart from the match itself, it is planned that this City of Sport will also host all the events organized by UEFA around the 2027 Champions final.

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