The UEFA Champions League finals in 2006 and 2007 will be played in Paris and Athens respectively, after UEFA awarded hosting rights to the Stade de France and the Greek capital's Olympic Stadium. The decision was taken by UEFA's Executive Committee at its meeting in Tallinn, Estonia on Tuesday.



Action from last season's Champions League final


Paris match
The Stade de France staged the 2000 Champions League final between Real Madrid CF and Valencia CF, and the climax of UEFA's blue-riband club tournament will now return to that arena after a six-year gap. It also gives UEFA the opportunity to create a link back to the first European Champion Clubs' Cup final between Real Madrid CF and Stade de Reims in Paris in 1956.

Athens return
Athens's Olympic Stadium will host its first European final since the venue was rebuilt to hold the 2004 Olympic Games. The Greek city previously provided the backdrop to the Champions League showpiece of 1994, when AC Milan and FC Barcelona met at the OAKA Spiros Louis stadium.

Eindhoven honour
Meanwhile, the hosting rights to the UEFA Cup finals in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 campaigns were also awarded. The Philips Stadium in Eindhoven will be the scene of next season's final of UEFA's second major club competition - with the venue's name changing for the event.

Hampden spectacle
Then Hampden Park, Glasgow, which staged the 2002 Champions League final, will see another European football spectacular with the UEFA Cup in 2007.

Merits considered
UEFA decided on Paris and Athens after considering their merits in terms of capacity, stadium infrastructure and dossiers including city and airport agreements and promotional plans. UEFA has also conducted a variety of site visits.

Other Paris finals
The Parc des Princes, now home of Paris Saint-Germain FC, hosted the 1956, 1975 and 1981 Champions' Cup finals. The 1978 and 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup showpieces, along with the 1998 UEFA Cup final, were also played there.

Athens events
Previous to 1994, Athens also saw the Champions' Cup lifted at the Olympic Stadium - or Spiros Louis stadium - in 1983, the year after it was first inaugurated. On that occasion, Hamburger SV beat Juventus FC 1-0. The ground, which also staged the 1987 Cup Winners' Cup final, was then renovated for the 2004 Olympics.

Stadium capacities
The Stade de France has a capacity of 80,000, while the Athens Olympic Stadium holds 72,000 people, although for the Olympic football tournament last summer, that number was reduced to 58,800.

First major final
PSV Eindhoven's Philips stadium - which has a capacity of over 35,000 - has never hosted a major one-off club final, but did stage the second leg of the 1978 UEFA Cup final when PSV defeated SC Bastia 3-0 to claim the trophy. Two other Dutch cities, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, have hosted 12 European club finals between them.

National stadium
For Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium and home of Queen's Park FC, this will be the first UEFA Cup showpiece. The Glasgow ground - whose capacity is 52,000 - staged the 1960, 1976 and 2002 Champions' Cup finals as well as the Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1962 and 1966.

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=128/newsId=296787.html

congratulations

I always asked myself when Athens will get the UEFA CL final with the new olympic stadium! That's the answer,thanks Sercan!Well done Athens!!

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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http://www.sportime.gr/ast/cov/sp/sportime20-4_b.jpg

I think this is not the first final of Athens, this stadium was the venue of the CL before...

True, this is the 2nd time.

Congrats, Athens & Paris!!!
And looking forward to this year's final in Istanbul.

And I pray for the day when Red Star Belgrade's stadium will be torn down/rebuilt into a modern 70.000+ all-seater, so we can host the Champions League final....again:yes:

I think this is not the first final of Athens, this stadium was the venue of the CL before...

It hosted the final between AC Milan and Barcelona, where the great Milan side won 4-0.

ANd actually, dear football lovers, this will be the THIRD time Athens hosts the Champions League final.

For future reference:

1956 Real Madrid 4-3 Reims Parc des Princes, Paris
1957 Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
1958 Real Madrid 3-2 (a.e.t.) AC Milan Heysel, Brussels
1959 Real Madrid 2-0 Reims Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
1960 Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt Hampden, Glasgow
1961 Benfica 3-2 Barcelona Wankdorf Stadium, Berne
1962 Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
1963 AC Milan 2-1 Benfica Wembley, London
1964 Inter Milan 3-1 Real Madrid Praterstadion, Vienna
1965 Inter Milan 1-0 Benfica San Siro, Milan
1966 Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan Belgrade Heysel, Brussels
1967 Celtic Glasgow 2-1 Inter Milan Nacional Stadium, Lisbon
1968 Manchester U 4-1 (a.e.t.) Benfica Wembley, London
1969 AC Milan 4-1 Ajax Amsterdam Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
1970 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-1 Celtic San Siro, Milan
1971 Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 Panathinaikos Wembley, London
1972 Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 Inter Milan De Kuip, Rotterdam
1973 Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 Juventus FK Red Star, Belgrade
1974 Bayern Munich 1-1 (4-0 pens.) Atl.Madrid Heysel, Brussels
1975 Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United Parc des Princes, Paris
1976 Bayern Munich 1-0 Saint-Etienne Hampden, Glasgow
1977 Liverpool 3-1 Bor.Mönchengladbach Olimpico, Rome
1978 Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge Wembley, London
1979 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmö Olympiastadion, Munich
1980 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg SV Bernabeu, Madrid
1981 Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid Parc des Princes, Paris
1982 Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich De Kuip, Rotterdam
1983 Hamburg SV 1-0 Juventus Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens
1984 Liverpool 1-1 (4-2 pens.) AS Roma Stadio Olimpico, Rome
1985 Juventus 1-0 Liverpool Heysel, Brussels
1986 S. Bucharest 0-0 (2-0 pens.) Barcelona Pizjuan, Sevilla
1987 Porto 2-1 Bayern Munich Praterstadion, Vienna
1988 PSV 0-0 (5-4 pens.) Benfica Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
1989 AC Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucarest Camp Nou, Barcelona
1990 AC Milan 1-0 Benfica Praterstadion, Vienna
1991 Red Star Belgrade 0-0 (5-3 pens.) Marseille S. Nicola, Bari
1992 Barcelona 1-0 (a.e.t.) Sampdoria Wembley, London
1993 Marseille 1-0 AC Milan Olympiastadion, Munich
1994 Milan 4-0 Barcelona Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens
1995 Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 AC Milan Ernst Happel, Vienna
1996 Juventus 1-1 (4-2 pens.) Ajax Amsterdam Olimpico, Rome
1997 Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus Olympiastadion, Munich
1998 Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
1999 Manchester U 2-1 Bayern Munich Camp Nou, Barcelona
2000 Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia Stade de France, Paris
2001 Bayern Munich 1-1 (5-4 pens.) Valencia San Siro, Milan
2002 Real Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen Hampden, Glasgow
2003 Milan 0-0 (3-2 pens.) Juventus Old Trafford, Manchester
2004 Porto 3-0 Monaco Aufschalke Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Congrats, Athens & Paris!!!
And looking forward to this year's final in Istanbul.

And I pray for the day when Red Star Belgrade's stadium will be torn down/rebuilt into a modern 70.000+ all-seater, so we can host the Champions League final....again:yes:
Are they planning to torn down the Belgrade stadion KM? Do you have any image-s of the project?

Yeah, here you go...this was scanned by one of our members(HomerJay) from recent edition of AG Magazin:

This was advertised as the official plans for the reconstruction of Red Star's Marakana stadium, but it may not be the final solution - the plan can still be revised.

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/7118/mara1.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/3565/mara2.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/2687/mara3.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/6043/mara4.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/4418/mara5.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/310/mara6.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/8449/mara7.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/4355/mara8.jpg

great news, the stadium looks awesome, and these venues are always a great way to have lots of fun. the CL 2000 final was awesome, I myself had a spanish teacher that came from Valencia and he was pissed as hell when they lost.
and maybe as icing on the cake, how about a greek team in the finals ;)

Thanks Km for the pics.

@ 3tmk, yeah that would be cool plus the seasons 2007-2008 'n 2008-2009 will be great for the Hellenic football cos there will be ready 3 brand new stadia and 1 rebuilt

@ Egaleo stadion ( rebuilt ) starting in 2 weeks --> capacity 15.000

@ AEL stadion ( new ) propably st. in September or earlier --> capacity 22-25.000

@ Panathinaikos athletic complex ( new ) propably st. in September or earlier --> Football stadion 40-45.000
Basketball arena 8-9.000
etc....

@ AEK stadion ( new ) prοpably an athletic complex like Panathinaikos--> Football stadion 40-50.000

haaa...KONSTANTINOUPOLIS..please show me the projects of Panathinaikos and AEK!!!!! :D


BTW. i don't understand why after six years again Paris??!!

Here are some pictures from Losada7 of the stadia.gr forums. It was between todays match of AEK vs Olympiakos at the Olympic Stadium.

This will give an idea how it is for football. Some great shots from our friend:



http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415444/0/epishma.jpg


http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415442/0/Aywnas.jpg


http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415443/0/Aywnas2.jpg


http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415435/0/skepastro_proboleis.jpg


http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415440/0/Aektzhdes-Matrix.jpg


Olympiakos fans:

http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415441/0/Olympiakoi.jpg



http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415438/0/hliobasilema.jpg




And this a very cool shot:


http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/losaad777/34613/415434/0/skepastro.jpg

wat was that games attendance

29,851

maybe 'officially' it was that but the numbers are always deflated in Greece. There were 35,000 to 40,000 there. Not much differnece though.

haaa...KONSTANTINOUPOLIS..please show me the projects of Panathinaikos and AEK!!!!! :D


BTW. i don't understand why after six years again Paris??!!


??????:D

oops, i was planning to answer but i forgot it :doh:

Now, the plans for PAO's and AEK's stadia are not ready yet.

AEK is running an open competition for the construction of their new stadion ( or athletic complex ). This competition will finnish at the 10th of May

PAO is working -as we speak- for the plans of their athletic center. Until June or July ( MAX ) they will realese the plans to the media.

The following image is showing the "Votanikos" area. This is the place in which they will built the new home of Panathinaikos.

http://www.athens-today.com/mix/new-pao.jpg
pic by Demetrio ( athens-today.com )


And here is some older proposed plans

http://homepages.pathfinder.gr/sroula/goudi.jpg

http://www.stadia.gr/leoforos/leoforosnew1.jpg

wow..thank you..i like the 1 old project..how was the capacity?

so AEK and POA are planninh a 40.000-50.000 stadium :D...so, maybe Olmypiakos will make the Karasaiki bigger :D

http://img136.echo.cx/img136/953/paosssss18tx.jpg

so, is that the final design?

wow..thank you..i like the 1 old project..how was the capacity?
I think 45k

so AEK and POA are planninh a 40.000-50.000 stadium ...so, maybe Olmypiakos will make the Karasaiki bigger
I hope yes, there are some rumors but... they are just rumors nothing official.

so, is that the final design?
Nope, as i told before:
PAO is working -as we speak- for the plans of their athletic center. Until June or July ( MAX ) they will realese the plans to the media.