2020 UEFA Champions League final

The 2020 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. It was played on 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. The match was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Originally, it had been scheduled to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 May 2020.^[5] On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the final to Lisbon as part of a "final-eight tournament" consisting of single-match knockout ties played in two stadiums across the city.^[6]

2020 UEFA Champions League Final

Event	2019–20 UEFA Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich 0 1
Date	23 August 2020 (2020-08-23)
Venue	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Man of the Match	Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)[1]
Referee	Daniele Orsato (Italy)[2]
Attendance	0[3][note 1]
Weather	Clear night 25 °C (77 °F) 53% humidity[4]
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Teams

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)
Paris Saint-Germain	None
Bayern Munich	10 (1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013)

Venues

For the details on the selection of Istanbul as the original host for the final, see 2021 UEFA Champions League Final § Host selection.

The Estádio da Luz in Lisbon hosted the final.

The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 May 2020.^[7] However, UEFA announced on 23 March 2020 that the final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the final to Lisbon as part of a "final-eight tournament" consisting of single-match knockout ties played in two stadiums across the city.^[6]

The UEFA Executive Committee chose the Estádio da Luz, officially known as the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, in Lisbon as the final venue at their meeting on 17 June 2020.^[6]

The home stadium of Benfica since 2003, it was rebuilt to host five matches of UEFA Euro 2004, including the final. Before its demolition in 2003, to make way for the new 65,000-capacity ground, the original Estádio da Luz hosted the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where Werder Bremen beat Monaco 2–0, and the second leg of the 1983 UEFA Cup Final, where Anderlecht secured a 1–1 draw with Benfica to lift the trophy.^[8]

Lisbon had also hosted a European Cup final in 1967, when Celtic beat Inter Milan 2–1 at the Estádio Nacional. Lisbon also hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup Final at the Estádio José Alvalade, home of Benfica's local rivals and finalists Sporting CP, who lost 3–1 to CSKA Moscow.^[8]

Background

Paris Saint-Germain reached their first Champions League final. They entered the final having played 110 matches in the European Cup and Champions League, the most for a final debutant, surpassing Arsenal's record of 90 matches prior to their final appearance in 2006.^[9]

Bayern Munich reached their eleventh Champions League final, tying Milan for the second-most finals behind Real Madrid's 16. Recently, they appeared in the 2013 final, in which they won 2–1 against Borussia Dortmund for their fifth title.

Road to the final

Further information: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

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

Paris Saint-Germain				Round	Bayern Munich
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Real Madrid	3–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Red Star Belgrade	3–0 (H)
Galatasaray	1–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Tottenham Hotspur	7–2 (A)
Club Brugge	5–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Olympiacos	3–2 (A)
Club Brugge	1–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Olympiacos	2–0 (H)
Real Madrid	2–2 (A)			Matchday 5	Red Star Belgrade	6–0 (A)
Galatasaray	5–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1 (H)
Group A winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 16 2 Real Madrid 6 11 3 Club Brugge 6 3 4 Galatasaray 6 2 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Bayern Munich 6 18 2 Tottenham Hotspur 6 10 3 Olympiacos 6 4 4 Red Star Belgrade 6 3 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	3–2	1–2 (A)	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Chelsea	7–1	3–0 (A)	4–1 (H)
Atalanta	2–1 (N)			Quarter-finals	Barcelona	8–2 (N)
RB Leipzig	3–0 (N)			Semi-finals	Lyon	3–0 (N)

Pre-match

Italian Daniele Orsato was the referee for the final.

Identity

The original identity of the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 29 August 2019.^[10]

Ambassador

The ambassador for the original Istanbul final was Hamit Altıntop,^[11] who finished as runner-up in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich as well as winning the 2003 and 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cups with Schalke 04.

Officials

On 20 August 2020, UEFA named Italian Daniele Orsato as the referee for the final. He was joined with Lorenzo Manganelli and Alessandro Giallatini as assistant referees, Massimiliano Irrati as the video assistant referee and Marco Guida as the assistant VAR official. The fourth official was Ovidiu Hațegan, while Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar and Alejandro Hernández Hernández served as the offside and support VAR officials, respectively.^[2]

Team selection

Each team made one change to their starting line-up following the semi-finals. After recovering from injury, Keylor Navas started in place of Sergio Rico. For Bayern Munich, Hansi Flick decided to replace Ivan Perišić, and Kingsley Coman on the left wing. Jérôme Boateng was also fit to start for Bayern, having suffered a minor injury in the semi-final which required him to be substituted off at half-time.^[12]

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[13]

Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Coman  59'

23 August 2020 (2020-08-23)

21:00 CEST

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 0^{[3][note 1]}

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Paris Saint-Germain[4]

Bayern Munich[4]

GK 1 Keylor Navas RB 4 Thilo Kehrer CB 2 Thiago Silva (c)  83' CB 3 Presnel Kimpembe LB 14 Juan Bernat  80' CM 21 Ander Herrera  72' CM 5 Marquinhos CM 8 Leandro Paredes  52'  65' RF 11 Ángel Di María  80' CF 7 Kylian Mbappé LF 10 Neymar  81' Substitutes: GK 16 Sergio Rico GK 30 Marcin Bułka DF 20 Layvin Kurzawa  86'  80' DF 22 Abdou Diallo DF 25 Mitchel Bakker DF 31 Colin Dagba MF 6 Marco Verratti  65' MF 19 Pablo Sarabia MF 23 Julian Draxler  72' MF 27 Idrissa Gueye FW 17 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting  80' FW 18 Mauro Icardi Manager: Thomas Tuchel

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 32 Joshua Kimmich CB 17 Jérôme Boateng  25' CB 27 David Alaba LB 19 Alphonso Davies  28' CM 6 Thiago  86' CM 18 Leon Goretzka RW 22 Serge Gnabry  52'  68' AM 25 Thomas Müller  90+4' LW 29 Kingsley Coman  68' CF 9 Robert Lewandowski Substitutes: GK 26 Sven Ulreich GK 39 Ron-Thorben Hoffmann DF 2 Álvaro Odriozola DF 4 Niklas Süle  56'  25' DF 5 Benjamin Pavard DF 21 Lucas Hernandez MF 8 Javi Martínez MF 10 Philippe Coutinho  68' MF 11 Michaël Cuisance MF 14 Ivan Perišić  68' MF 24 Corentin Tolisso  86' FW 35 Joshua Zirkzee Manager: Hansi Flick

Man of the Match: Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Lorenzo Manganelli (Italy) Alessandro Giallatini (Italy) Fourth official:[2] Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Video assistant referee:[2] Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referee:[2] Marco Guida (Italy) Offside video assistant referee:[2] Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain) Support video assistant referee:[2] Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Match rules[15] 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[note 2]

Statistics

First half[16] Statistic Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 6 5 Shots on target 2 1 Saves 1 2 Ball possession 38% 62% Corner kicks 2 2 Fouls committed 8 9 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half[16] Statistic Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 3 7 Shots on target 1 1 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 40% 60% Corner kicks 2 2 Fouls committed 8 13 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 4 3 Red cards 0 0

Overall[16] Statistic Paris Saint-Germain Bayern Munich Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 9 12 Shots on target 3 2 Saves 1 3 Ball possession 39% 61% Corner kicks 4 4 Fouls committed 16 22 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 4 4 Red cards 0 0

Related pages

• 2020 UEFA Europa League Final
• 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
• 2020 UEFA Super Cup

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Notes

1. The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[14]
2. Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

Other websites

• UEFA Champions League (official website)