THE
2016 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL; THE SAN SIRO IN MILAN
The 2016
UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League,
the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament
organised by UEFA, and the 24th season since it was renamed from the
European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It
will be played at the San Siro stadium in Milan,
Italy, on 28 May 2016.
The winners will earn the right to play against the
winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. They
will also qualify to enter the semi-finals of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup
as the UEFA representative.
The San Siro, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, was
announced as the venue of the final at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon,
Switzerland, on 18 September 2014. This will be the fourth European
Cup/Champions League final hosted at the stadium, following previous finals in 1965, 1970 and 2001.
The San Siro was built in 1925 and opened in 1926 as the
home of A.C. Milan, and was sold to the city in 1935. F.C. Internazionale Milano became tenants in 1947, and the
stadium has been shared by the two clubs ever since, with Inter winning the
first European Cup final played at the stadium in 1965. The stadium was used as
a venue in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1980, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Its
current capacity is 80,018, but is reduced to just under 80,000 seats for UEFA
competitions.
The
San Siro in Milan was selected to host the final in September 2014.
The 2016 final will mark the first time a
final has been held at the San Siro where neither of its tenants will be able
to win the competition, as Milan and Inter both failed to finish in the top
three of the 2014–15 Serie A and
therefore did not qualify for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.
Milan's Stadio Giuseppe Meazza will host the 2016 UEFA Champions League final
on 28 May. It will be the fourth time the European Cup has been decided at the
stadium after 1965, 1970 and 2001. The arena, first opened in 1926, is home to
both AC Milan and Internazionale Milano.
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