Champions League Final Venues

The Champions League venue is an important factor to take into consideration when you look at your Champions League betting. Not only is it good to see if the venue has any specific advantage for a team when betting on the final, it is also useful to see if the final venue might for whatever reason serve as an extra motivation to a team in the competition.

Real Madrid may have this in mind in 2009 as the final will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu for the fourth time in the Champions League history on the 22nd May 2010. This may also have something to with the the President of Real Madrid Florentino Perez's decision to spend €300 million on new players in the summer. The likes of Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema would love nothing more to be running out onto the pitch in the Champions League final from their home dressing rooms.

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Twenty-six different stadiums have hosted Champions League and European Cups across the continent in the competitions history. A total of fifteen different countries have hosted a Champions League final. Italy have hosted the most with eight, four of which were at the Stadio Olympico in Rome. England and Spain have hosted six a piece with France and Germany both hosting five finals.

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The highest attendance in a European Cup final was in 1960 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, with Real Madrid beating Eintrracht Frankfurt 7-3. The lowest attendance for a European Cup final came just a year later and featured Benfica and Barcelona who played out a 3-2 win to Benfica at the Wankdorf Stadium in Switzerland. In the modern era, the final in 1999 between Manchester United and Bayern Munich had the highest attendance whilst the lowest was in 1998 at the Amsterdam Arena.

European Cup and Champions League Venues

Year	Winner	Venue	Attendance
1956	Real Madrid	Parc des Princes	38,239
1957	Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabeu	120,000
1958	Real Madrid	Heysel Stadium	67,000
1959	Real Madrid	Neckarstadion	80,000
1960	Real Madrid	Hampden Park	135,000
1961	Benfica	Wankdorf Stadium	33,000
1962	Benfica	Olympisch Stadion	65,000
1963	AC Milan	Wembley Stadium	45,700
1964	Inter	Prater Stadium	72,000
1965	Inter	San Siro	85,000
1966	Real Madrid	Heysel Stadium	55,000
1967	Celtic	Estadio Nacional	56,000
1968	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium	92,225
1969	AC Milan	Santiago Bernabeu	50,000
1970	Feyenoord	San Siro	50,000
1971	Ajax	Wembley Stadium	90,000
1972	Ajax	De Kuip	67,000
1973	Ajax	Red Star Stadium	93,500
1974	Bayern Munich	Heysel Stadium	49,000
1975	Bayern Munich	Parc des Princes	50,000
1976	Bayern Munich	Hampden Park	54,864
1977	Liverpool	Stadio Olympico	52,000
1978	Liverpool	Wembley Stadium	92,000
1979	Nottingham Forest	Olympiastadion	57,000
1980	Nottingham Forest	Santiago Bernabeu	50,000
1981	Liverpool	Par des Prince	48,360
1982	Aston Villa	De Kuip	46,000
1983	Hamburg	Olympic Stadium	75,000
1984	Liverpool	Stadio Olympico	69,693
1985	Juventus	Heysel Stadium	59,000
1986	Steau Bucharest	Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan	70,000
1987	Porto	Prater Stadium	62,000
1988	PSV Eindoven	Neckarstadion	70,000
1989	AC Milan	Camp Nou	97,000
1990	AC Milan	Prater Stadium	57,500
1991	Red Star Belgrade	Stadio San Nicola	56,000
1992	Barcelona	Wembley Stadium	70,827
1993	Marseille	Olympiastadion	64,400
1994	AC Milan	Olympic Stadium	70,000
1995	Ajax	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	49,730
1996	Juventus	Stadio Olympico	67,000
1997	Borussia Dortmund	Olympiastadion	59,000
1998	Real Madrid	Amsterdam Arena	47,500
1999	Manchester United	Camp Nou	90,045
2000	Real Madrid	Stade de France	78,759
2001	Bayern Munich	San Siro	71,500
2002	Real Madrid	Hampden Park	52,000
2003	AC Milan	Old Trafford	63,215
2004	Porto	Arena AufSchalke	52,000
2005	Liverpool	Ataturk Olmpic Stadium	70,024
2006	Barcelona	Stade de France	79,500
2007	AC Milan	Olympic Stadium	74,000
2008	Manchester United	Luzhniki Stadium	67,310
2009	Barcelona	Stadio Olympico	62,467