Wembley to host 2011 Champions League final
Wembley Stadium in London was picked Thursday to host the 2011 European Champions League final, and Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, will stage soccer’s most-watched club match in 2012.
It will be the sixth final of the tournament at Wembley, but the first since the new 90,000-seat stadium opened in 2007 on the site of its predecessor.
This year’s final is at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and the 2010 final will be at Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain, when the match shifts from its traditional Wednesday night slot to Saturday, May 22.
The Union of European Football Associations also announced Thursday that Lansdowne Road in Dublin, Ireland, will host the 2011 final of the rebranded UEFA Europa League. The National Stadium in Bucharest, Romania, will host the match in 2012, the first time that nation has staged a European club final.
