The 2026 UEFA Champions League final will be held at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.
The final will once again be the culmination of Europe's top club competition in 2026, which underwent a significant overhaul last season.
UEFA Champions League final date and time
The 2026 UEFA Champions League final will be held on Saturday 30th May 2026.
The kick-off time for the 2026 UEFA Champions League final is scheduled for 18:00 local time (17:00 BST), with 90 minutes of regulation time to be played.
A further 30 minutes of extra time will be played if the scores are level at full time, with a penalty shoot-out following if necessary.
UEFA Champions League final venue
The Puskas Arena will host the 2026 UEFA Champions League final. Used for Hungary home matches, the Puskas Arena hosted four Euro 2020 matches as well as the 2023 Europa League final between Sevilla and Roma.
Opened in 2019, the stadium has a capacity of 67,215.
UEFA Champions League final history
The UEFA Champions League final, formerly known as the European Cup until the 1992/93 season, has been held 70 times, with the competition being held every year since the 1955/56 campaign.
Real Madrid were crowned inaugural champions on 13th June 1956 and went on to dominate the early years of the competition, winning each of the first five iterations. That feat, along with a three-season winning run under Zinedine Zidane, has helped them become the most successful side in UEFA Champions League history.
Los Blancos’ most recent success was in 2024, when they beat German side Borussia Dortmund in the final at Wembley 2-0 to claim their 15th continental crown.
The Spanish giants have not lost a final in this competition since 1981, winning each of their nine appearances since that defeat to Liverpool in Paris.
AC Milan are the second most successful club with seven UEFA Champions League victories, followed by Bayern Munich, and the first British club in the rankings, Liverpool, who have both won six times.
Nine other UEFA Champions League finals have been won by English sides, making them the second-most successful nation in the competition after Spain.
In total, there have been 24 different winners of the UEFA Champions League final, with Paris Saint-Germain being the most recent addition in 2025, while 19 clubs have made it to the final but never won it.
Atletico Madrid hold the unwanted record of being the club to have made it to the most UEFA Champions League finals without winning, falling at the final hurdle in 1974, 2014 and 2016.
Juventus, however, have lost the most finals, reaching the final stage nine times but only lifting the trophy twice.
Current Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager to have won the UEFA Champions League five times, doing so twice with AC Milan in 2003 and 2007 and three with Real Madrid in 2014, 2022 and 2024.
Three other managers - Bob Paisley, Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola - have lifted the trophy three times.
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