The last time the Champions League final was played in Spain was at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, in the 2018-19 season, with Klopp’s Liverpool winning against Tottenham (2-0), and the Atlético de Madrid stadium It could once again host the most important football match at club level in the 2026-27 academic year.
The red-and-white club venue is one of the two pre-candidacies presented along with the Baku Olympic Stadium, in Azerbaijan. October 21 was the last time to submit the request to UEFA, which had already ruled out the San Siro stadium as the Milan City Council could not ensure that the venue and its surroundings were in condition for that date due to the upcoming renovation. of the stadium.
The other candidate stadium is the Baku Olympic Stadium.
In this way, the Atlético de Madrid stadium is nominated to be the venue for the ninth Champions League final on Spanish soil. For now, at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu, the title match has been played four times (1957, 1969, 1980 and 2010).
At the Camp Nou, home of Barça, it has been played twice, in 1989 and 1999, the latter one of the most remembered for its extreme outcome in favor of Manchester United and to the detriment of Bayern Munich. In 1986 the final was played at the Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville, an unfortunate memory for Barça, defeated on penalties by Steaua in Bucharest.
For its part, the Camp Nou also aspires to host the final of the women’s Champions League in 2027. It would be the third time that the European champion title is contested in Spain after last season, in San Mamés, with a victory for Barça, and in the 2009-10 season at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum in Getafe.
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