2022 UEFA Champions League final
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The 2022 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on 28 May 2022, between English club Liverpool and Spanish club Real Madrid. It was the third time the two sides have met in the European Cup final, after 1981 and 2018, the third final held at the Stade de France, after the 2000 and 2006 finals, and the first time the same two teams have met in three finals. Real Madrid won the match 1–0 via a 59th-minute goal from Vinícius Júnior, assisted by Federico Valverde, for a record-extending 14th title, and their fifth in nine years. This was the first final to be played in front of a full attendance since the 2019 final, as the previous two finals were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich. After the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, so the 2022 final was given to the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, however, UEFA called an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee a day later, and the final was relocated to the Stade de France. Before the match, chaos descended following issues with crowd control, which led to kickoff being delayed by 36 minutes. As winners, Real Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt, in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup, and also qualified for the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup, in which they both won. The team also qualified for the 2025 expanded FIFA Club World Cup using UEFA's champions pathway (The winners of the 2021–2024 Champions Leagues), with Liverpool increasing their chances of qualifying using the UEFA coefficient pathway (The top 8 clubs qualifying).
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| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Liverpool | 9 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2019) |
| Real Madrid | 16 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) |
| Association | Stadium | City | Capacity |
| Germany | Allianz Arena | Munich | 70,000 |
| Russia | Krestovsky Stadium | Saint Petersburg | 67,800 |
| Liverpool | Round | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milan | 3–2 (H) | Matchday 1 | Inter Milan | 1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porto | 5–1 (A) | Matchday 2 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–2 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | 3–2 (A) | Matchday 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | 2–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porto | 2–0 (H) | Matchday 5 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 3–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milan | 2–1 (A) | Matchday 6 | Inter Milan | 2–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Final standings | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Real Madrid 6 15 2 Inter Milan 6 10 3 Sheriff Tiraspol 6 7 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 Source: UEFA
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter Milan | 2–1 | 2–0 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Round of 16 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3–2 | 0–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica | 6–4 | 3–1 (A) | 3–3 (H) | Quarter-finals | Chelsea | 5–4 | 3–1 (A) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villarreal | 5–2 | 2–0 (H) | 3–2 (A) | Semi-finals | Manchester City | 6–5 | 3–4 (A) | 3–1 (a.e.t.) (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | Milan | 6 | 4 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Inter Milan | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 |
| Statistic | Liverpool | Real Madrid |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 10 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 5 |
| Ball possession | 47% | 53% |
| Corner kicks | 1 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 5 | 4 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | Liverpool | Real Madrid |
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 13 | 2 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 53% | 47% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 8 | 3 |
| Offsides | 1 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | Liverpool | Real Madrid |
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 23 | 3 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 9 |
| Ball possession | 50% | 50% |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 2 |
| Fouls committed | 13 | 7 |
| Offsides | 1 | 4 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
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