2019 UEFA Champions League final

2019 UEFA Champions League Final
Event2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Date1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
VenueWanda Metropolitano, Madrid
Man of the MatchVirgil van Dijk (Liverpool)[1]
RefereeDamir Skomina (Slovenia)[2]
Attendance63,272[3]
WeatherSunny
30 °C (86 °F)
15% humidity[4]

The 2019 UEFA Champions League Final was the last match of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The campaign was the 64th season of Europe's top club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 27th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 2019.[5] The match was played between English sides Tottenham Hotspur, in their first European Cup final, and Liverpool, in their ninth final overall and their second in a row, having been lost to Real Madrid in 2018.

Liverpool won the final 2–0, with a penalty after 106 seconds from Mohamed Salah and a strike by substitute Divock Origi in the 87th minute. It was Liverpool's sixth European Cup win and the club's first time since 2005.

As winners, Liverpool will play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. They will also qualify to enter the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the spot reserved will be given to the champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga, the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[6][7]

In March 2018, UEFA announced that a fourth substitution will be allowed in extra time and that the number of substitutes has been increased from 7 to 12. The kick-off time was also changed from 20:45 CEST to 21:00 CEST.[8]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup times, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League times.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Tottenham Hotspur None
Liverpool 8 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2018)

Road to the final

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

Tottenham Hotspur Round Liverpool
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Inter Milan 1–2 (A) Matchday 1 Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 (H)
Barcelona 2–4 (H) Matchday 2 Napoli 0–1 (A)
PSV Eindhoven 2–2 (A) Matchday 3 Red Star Belgrade 4–0 (H)
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 (H) Matchday 4 Red Star Belgrade 0–2 (A)
Inter Milan 1–0 (H) Matchday 5 Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 (A)
Barcelona 1–1 (A) Matchday 6 Napoli 1–0 (H)
Group B runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Barcelona 6 14
2 Tottenham Hotspur 6 8
3 Inter Milan 6 8
4 PSV Eindhoven 6 2
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group C runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Paris Saint-Germain 6 11
2 Liverpool 6 9
3 Napoli 6 9
4 Red Star Belgrade 6 4
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Round of 16 Bayern Munich 3–1 0–0 (H) 3–1 (A)
Manchester City 4–4 (a) 1–0 (H) 3–4 (A) Quarter-finals Porto 6–1 2–0 (H) 4–1 (A)
Ajax 3–3 (a) 0–1 (H) 3–2 (A) Semi-finals Barcelona 4–3 0–3 (A) 4–0 (H)

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[9][10]

Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 63,272[3]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Tottenham Hotspur[4]
Liverpool[4]
GK 1 Hugo Lloris (c)
RB 2 Kieran Trippier
CB 4 Toby Alderweireld
CB 5 Jan Vertonghen
LB 3 Danny Rose
CM 17 Moussa Sissoko  74'
CM 8 Harry Winks  66'
RW 20 Dele Alli  81'
AM 23 Christian Eriksen
LW 7 Son Heung-min
CF 10 Harry Kane
Substitutes:
GK 13 Michel Vorm
GK 22 Paulo Gazzaniga
DF 6 Davinson Sánchez
DF 16 Kyle Walker-Peters
DF 21 Juan Foyth
DF 24 Serge Aurier
DF 33 Ben Davies
MF 11 Erik Lamela
MF 12 Victor Wanyama
MF 15 Eric Dier  74'
MF 27 Lucas Moura  66'
FW 18 Fernando Llorente  81'
Manager:
Mauricio Pochettino
GK 13 Alisson
RB 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB 32 Joël Matip
CB 4 Virgil van Dijk
LB 26 Andrew Robertson
CM 14 Jordan Henderson (c)
CM 3 Fabinho
CM 5 Georginio Wijnaldum  62'
RF 11 Mohamed Salah
CF 9 Roberto Firmino  58'
LF 10 Sadio Mané  90'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Simon Mignolet
GK 62 Caoimhin Kelleher
DF 6 Dejan Lovren
DF 12 Joe Gomez  90'
DF 18 Alberto Moreno
MF 7 James Milner  62'
MF 20 Adam Lallana
MF 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
MF 23 Xherdan Shaqiri
FW 15 Daniel Sturridge
FW 24 Rhian Brewster
FW 27 Divock Origi  58'
Manager:
Jürgen Klopp

Man of the Match:
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Fourth official:[2]
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Offside video assistant referee:[2]
Mark Borsch (Germany)

Match rules[11]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Statistics

References

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