Paris: The final of the 2027 Champions League will be held at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, UEFA, the governing body of European football, confirmed on Thursday.

This will be the second time Atletico Madrid's stadium hosts the final of Europe’s top club competition. The venue previously staged the 2019 final when Liverpool defeated Tottenham Hotspur.

Azerbaijan's capital Baku had been the other candidate to host next season's showpiece game, but UEFA opted for the Spanish capital following a meeting of its executive committee in Tirana.

This season's Champions League final will take place in Budapest on May 30, 2026.

UEFA also announced that the 2027 Women's Champions League final will be played in Warsaw, while the Austrian city of Salzburg will be the venue for the UEFA Super Cup next year.

AFP