Athens appointed for 2007 final
Thursday, 18 May 2006



The final of the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League will be played in Athens on 23 May 2007 after UEFA awarded hosting rights to the Olympic Stadium.

Tallinn decision
The decision was taken by UEFA's Executive Committee at its meeting in Tallinn, Estonia in April 2005. The Greek capital will play host to its first European final since the venue was rebuilt to stage the 2004 Olympic Games. The stadium previously provided the backdrop to the UEFA Champions League showpiece of 1993/94, when AC Milan were 4-0 winners against FC Barcelona. The Spanish club are the champions, having beaten Arsenal FC 2-1 on 17 May 2006 at the Stade de France in Paris.

Proud history
Previous to 1994, Athens also saw the European Champion Clubs' Cup lifted at the Olympic Stadium - also known as the Spiros Louis stadium - in 1982/83, the year after it was first inaugurated. On that occasion, Hamburger SV beat Juventus FC 1-0. The ground also staged the 1986/87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final when AFC Ajax were 1-0 winners against 1. FC Lokomotiv Leipzig.

Spanish upgrade
Having hosted the first modern Olympics of 1896, Athens underwent a major revamp for the 2004 Games. An airport and metro system were built while the flagship Olympic Stadium was completely renovated. The 72,000-seat arena was upgraded by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and features a distinctive new roof. UEFA decided on Athens after considering its merits in terms of capacity, stadium infrastructure and dossiers including city and airport agreements and promotional plans.

nice stadium hopefully see arsenal their this year

yeah right just kidding maybe Ajax............

We've sent it on loan,
We've sent it on loan,
In ancient Greece
We'll bring it home

Seems like a class stadium should be a good event if we get to great teams there this year.

Oooh. I have to get tickets for this one. I would love to watch my favourite team win the CL for the second year in a row in my home country.

We'll be There Hopefully!

Hopefully there aren't any repeats of previous Barça CL final matches there.

Sixth?

They do a Ballot every year. I'll PM you when they do it if you missed it on CL Website. You get one or two free tickets for the final my mate got one last season. Or you can just buy it when its on General Sell but tickets might be soldout in minutes.

What a fitting place for Real Madrid to return to glory. Seriously, i might try to go to this one.

Man U will flatter to decive again quater finalists this year with Real Madrid or Barca picking up the trophy with chelsea losing to the winner for 3rd year running.

the draw for the group stage is on thursday (24/08/06)

after last years farce, just happy to be involved this year. low expectations with our current squad so hopefully we can get a favourable draw then get some glamour ties in the knockout stages

Closed, for now.