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2023 UEFA Champions League final
Match programme cover
Event2022–23 UEFA Champions League
Manchester City Inter Milan
England Italy
1 0
Date10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)
VenueAtatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul
Man of the MatchRodri (Manchester City)[1]
RefereeSzymon Marciniak (Poland)[2]
Attendance71,412[3]
WeatherClear night
21 °C (70 °F)
54% humidity[4]
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The 2023 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 June 2023,[5] between English club Manchester City and Italian club Inter Milan. Manchester City won the match 1–0 for their first ever UEFA Champions League title, thus completing a continental treble.[6][7] As winners, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, and qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup in both 2023 and 2025.

The final was originally scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England. However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scheduled hosts for subsequent finals were shifted back a year, and the Allianz Arena in Munich was assigned the 2023 final.[8] When the 2021 final, which had been scheduled to be played in Istanbul, also had to be relocated due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 final was given to Istanbul instead. Munich were then appointed to host the 2025 final instead.[9]

Background

This was the first meeting in UEFA competitions between Manchester City and Inter Milan. This was Manchester City's second UEFA Champions League final appearance since the appointment of head coach Pep Guardiola, and the first since 2021, when they lost 0–1 to Chelsea at the Estádio do Dragão. Guardiola was looking to win his first UEFA Champions League final since 2011 with former employers Barcelona, when they beat Manchester United 3–1 at Wembley Stadium. Additionally, Manchester City were attempting to secure the continental treble, having earlier won the Premier League and FA Cup. On the other hand, this was Inter Milan's sixth UEFA Champions League final appearance, having won 3–1 in 1964 against Real Madrid at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, 1–0 against Benfica at their home ground the San Siro in 1965 and 2–0 against Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in 2010, while having lost 1–2 against Celtic at the Estádio Nacional in 1967 and 0–2 against Ajax at the De Kuip in 1972. Manchester City have won six matches against Italian clubs, while Inter have won sixteen matches against English clubs.[10] Inter were hoping to complete a cup double of their own, having earlier won the 2023 Coppa Italia final against Fiorentina.[11]

Previous finals

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

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
England Manchester City 1 (2021)
Italy Inter Milan 5 (1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 2010)

Venue

The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final.

This was the second UEFA Champions League final played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium; the first was held in 2005 between Milan and Liverpool.[12]

Host selection

For the details on the selection of London as the original host for the final, see 2024 UEFA Champions League final § Host selection.

An open bidding process was launched on 22 February 2019 by UEFA to select the 2022 and 2023 UEFA Champions League final venues.[13] National associations had until 22 March 2019 to express interest, and bid dossiers had to be submitted by 1 July 2019.[14]

While the bidding associations were not confirmed by UEFA, the German Football Association was reported to have bid with the Allianz Arena in Munich, should they not be awarded the 2021 final.[15] The Allianz Arena was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 24 September 2019,[16] where the hosts for the 2021 and 2022 finals were also appointed.[17]

On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, Munich would instead host the 2023 edition.[8] Istanbul had initially been appointed for the 2021 final, but after it was relocated they were instead awarded the 2023 final; Munich would host the 2025 final instead.[9]

Road to the final

Further information: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

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

England Manchester City Round Italy Inter Milan
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Spain Sevilla 4–0 (A) Matchday 1 Germany Bayern Munich 0–2 (H)
Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–1 (H) Matchday 2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 2–0 (A)
Denmark Copenhagen 5–0 (H) Matchday 3 Spain Barcelona 1–0 (H)
Denmark Copenhagen 0–0 (A) Matchday 4 Spain Barcelona 3–3 (A)
Germany Borussia Dortmund 0–0 (A) Matchday 5 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 4–0 (H)
Spain Sevilla 3–1 (H) Matchday 6 Germany Bayern Munich 0–2 (A)
Group G winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 England Manchester City 6 14
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 9
3 Spain Sevilla 6 5
4 Denmark Copenhagen 6 3
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group C runners-up
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 18
2 Italy Inter Milan 6 10
3 Spain Barcelona 6 7
4 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 0
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Germany RB Leipzig 8–1 1–1 (A) 7–0 (H) Round of 16 Portugal Porto 1–0 1–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
Germany Bayern Munich 4–1 3–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Portugal Benfica 5–3 2–0 (A) 3–3 (H)
Spain Real Madrid 5–1 1–1 (A) 4–0 (H) Semi-finals Italy Milan 3–0 2–0 (A) 1–0 (H)

Manchester City

See also: 2022–23 Manchester City F.C. season
Erling Haaland, who joined Manchester City at the beginning of the 2022–23 season from Borussia Dortmund, was the top scorer in the competition with 12 goals en route to the final.

Manchester City qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2021–22 Premier League. In the group stage, they were drawn into Group G, alongside Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund, La Liga fourth-place team Sevilla and Danish Superliga champions Copenhagen.[18]

In City's opener of the group stage, they faced Sevilla at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán and won 4–0, with goals from Phil Foden, Rúben Dias and a brace from Erling Haaland.[19] On matchday 2, City won 2–1 at the City of Manchester Stadium against Borussia Dortmund, with goals from John Stones and Erling Haaland.[20] On matchday 3, City defeated Copenhagen at home 5–0, with goals from Riyad Mahrez, Julián Álvarez, a brace from Erling Haaland and an own goal from Davit Khocholava.[21] On matchday 4, City drew in Copenhagen 0–0.[22] On matchday 5, City drew against Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion 0–0.[23] On matchday 6, at the City of Manchester Stadium, the hosts defeated Sevilla 3–1, with goals from Rico Lewis, Julian Álvarez and Riyad Mahrez.[24]

In the round of 16, City were drawn against German club RB Leipzig. In the first leg held at the Red Bull Arena, City drew 1–1, with goals from Riyad Mahrez and Joško Gvardiol.[25] In the reverse leg, City defeated Leipzig 7–0, with five goals from Erling Haaland, tying a Champions League single game goals record, and one goal each from İlkay Gündoğan and Kevin De Bruyne, to win 8–1 on aggregate and advance to the quarter-finals.[26]

In the quarter-finals, City were drawn against German champions Bayern Munich. In the first leg, at the City of Manchester Stadium, the hosts won 3–0, with goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland.[27] In the second leg, at the Allianz Arena, City drew 1–1, with goals from Erling Haaland and Joshua Kimmich, winning 4–1 on aggregate and qualifying for the semi-finals.[28]

In the semi-finals, City were drawn against Spanish champions and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid, making it a rematch of the last season's tie at the same stage, which Madrid won 6–5 on aggregate after extra time. In the first leg, at the Santiago Bernabéu, City and Real tied, with a first-half goal by Vinícius Júnior matched by a Kevin De Bruyne equaliser.[29] In the second leg, at the City of Manchester Stadium, the hosts won 4–0, with a brace from Bernardo Silva and goals from Manuel Akanji and Julián Álvarez. City won 5–1 on aggregate to qualify for their second Champions League final.[30]

Inter Milan

See also: 2022–23 Inter Milan season
Lautaro Martínez's goal in the second leg of the semi-final against Milan secured Inter Milan's spot in the final.

Inter Milan qualified for the Champions League group stage by finishing as runners-up in the 2021–22 Serie A. In the group stage, they were drawn into Group C alongside Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, La Liga runners-up Barcelona and Czech First League champions Viktoria Plzeň.[31]

In the opening match of the group stage, Inter faced Bayern Munich at the San Siro and lost 0–2, with goals for Bayern from Leroy Sané and an own goal by Danilo D'Ambrosio.[32] On matchday 2, Inter won 2–0 against Viktoria Plzeň at the Doosan Arena, with goals from Edin Džeko and Denzel Dumfries.[33] On matchday 3, Inter returned to the San Siro and won 1–0 against Barcelona, with the only goal of the match coming from Hakan Çalhanoğlu.[34] On matchday 4, Inter drew 3–3 with Barcelona at the Camp Nou, with Nicolò Barella, Lautaro Martínez and Robin Gosens scoring for Inter, and Robert Lewandowski (twice) and Ousmane Dembélé scoring for the hosts.[35] On matchday 5, Inter won 4–0 against Viktoria Plzeň at the San Siro, with goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Džeko and Romelu Lukaku, sealing qualification to the knockout phase.[36] On matchday 6, Inter lost 0–2 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, with goals for Bayern from Benjamin Pavard and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.[37]

In the round of 16, Inter were drawn against Portuguese club Porto. In the first leg held at the San Siro, Inter won 1–0, with a goal from Lukaku.[38] In the reverse leg at the Estádio do Dragão, Inter drew 0–0 to seal a 1–0 aggregate victory and qualify for the quarter-finals.[39]

In the quarter-finals, Inter were drawn against another Portuguese club, Benfica. In the first leg at the Estádio da Luz, Inter won 2–0, with goals from Barella and a penalty kick from Lukaku.[40] In the second leg at the San Siro, Inter drew 3–3, with goals from Barella, Martínez and Joaquín Correa for Inter, and Fredrik Aursnes, António Silva and Petar Musa for the visitors, winning 5–3 on aggregate and sealing semi-finals qualification.[41]

In the semi-finals, Inter were drawn against local rivals Milan, their first meeting in European competition since 2005, with both legs being held at the San Siro. In the 'away' leg, Inter won 2–0, with goals from Džeko and Mkhitaryan.[42] In the home leg, Inter won 1–0, with the only goal of the match coming from Martínez, qualifying Inter for the final with a 3–0 aggregate victory. It was the club's sixth European Cup final appearance and their first since 2010, when José Mourinho was manager.[43]

Pre-match

Identity

The visual identity of the 2023 UEFA Champions League final was unveiled at the group stage draw in Istanbul on 25 August 2022.[44]

Officials

Polish referee Szymon Marciniak officiated the final.

On 22 May 2023, Polish referee Szymon Marciniak was appointed to take charge of the final by UEFA, along with fellow Poles: Paweł Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz as assistant referees and Tomasz Kwiatkowski as the video assistant referee.[45][2] The four officials had all previously officiated together in the World Cup final six months prior.[46][47] They were joined by fellow countryman Bartosz Frankowski as assistant VAR, with Romanian István Kovács appointed as the fourth official.[2] Some controversy regarding the appointment was raised in early June due to multiple media reports that Marciniak had been present at a political event organised by Sławomir Mentzen, a right-wing Polish politician.[48] UEFA investigated the incident and subsequently decided to maintain the original refereeing line-up on 2 June, having acknowledged Marciniak's "profound apologies and clarification".[49]

Ambassador

The ambassador for the final was former Turkish international Hamit Altıntop, who was originally ambassador for 2020 and 2021 finals before both matches were relocated to Lisbon and Porto, respectively.[50]

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony before the match, officially knowns as the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show by Pepsi for sponsorship reasons, featured Swedish DJ Alesso, Nigerian singer Burna Boy and Brazilian singer Anitta.[51][52]

Ticketing

With a stadium capacity of 72,000 for the final, a total amount of 47,200 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 20,000 tickets each, and with the other tickets dold to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 21 to 28 April 2023 in four price categories: €690, €490, €180 and €70. Accessibility tickets for disabled spectators costed €70. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.[53]

Match

Summary

Manchester City midfielder Rodri scored the only goal of the match.

Manchester City began the final with defender Kyle Walker on the bench and replaced by Nathan Aké in the starting lineup; Inter Milan retained the same starting lineup that had played in previous rounds.[54] The two sides had scoring chances early in the first half, but Inter's André Onana made two saves to prevent City from taking the lead.[55] A misplayed pass from Ederson in the 26th minute was stolen by Nicolò Barella, but his shot over the goalkeeper missed.[56][57] City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne left the match in the 36th minute with a hamstring injury and was replaced by Phil Foden.[58] The first half ended scoreless, with Inter playing defensively to prevent City from gaining momentum.[55][57]

Romelu Lukaku was brought on to replace Edin Džeko early in the second half and immediately produced a chance from a header. In the 59th minute, Ederson failed to collect a backpass from Manuel Akanji which was found by Inter's Lautaro Martínez; his shot from near the touchline was blocked by Ederson.[57] Rodri scored the opening goal for City in the 68th minute by finishing a pulled-back pass that Bernardo Silva sent from near the goal to the top of the penalty area.[55][56] Inter had a chance to equalise three minutes later through a header by defender Federico Dimarco that hit the crossbar and rebounded back to him, but the second attempt was missed.[55] Lukaku had his own chance to score from a close-range header in the 89th minute, which Ederson blocked with his legs.[57] Ederson made an additional save in stoppage time off Robin Gosens's header to preserve a 1–0 victory for City.[56]

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

Manchester City England1–0Italy Inter Milan
  • Rodri 68'
 Report
Attendance: 71,412[3]
Manchester City[4]
Inter Milan[4]
GK 31 Brazil Ederson Yellow card 90+4'
CB 25 Switzerland Manuel Akanji
CB 3 Portugal Rúben Dias
CB 6 Netherlands Nathan Aké
CM 5 England John Stones downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 16 Spain Rodri
RW 20 Portugal Bernardo Silva
AM 17 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne downward-facing red arrow 36'
AM 8 Germany İlkay Gündoğan (c)
LW 10 England Jack Grealish
CF 9 Norway Erling Haaland Yellow card 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Germany Stefan Ortega
GK 33 England Scott Carson
DF 2 England Kyle Walker upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 14 Spain Aymeric Laporte
DF 21 Spain Sergio Gómez
DF 82 England Rico Lewis
MF 4 England Kalvin Phillips
MF 32 Argentina Máximo Perrone
MF 47 England Phil Foden upward-facing green arrow 36'
MF 80 England Cole Palmer
FW 19 Argentina Julián Álvarez
FW 26 Algeria Riyad Mahrez
Manager:
Spain Pep Guardiola
GK 24 Cameroon André Onana Yellow card 90+2'
CB 36 Italy Matteo Darmian downward-facing red arrow 84'
CB 15 Italy Francesco Acerbi
CB 95 Italy Alessandro Bastoni downward-facing red arrow 76'
RM 2 Netherlands Denzel Dumfries downward-facing red arrow 76'
CM 23 Italy Nicolò Barella Yellow card 59'
CM 77 Croatia Marcelo Brozović (c)
CM 20 Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu downward-facing red arrow 84'
LM 32 Italy Federico Dimarco
CF 10 Argentina Lautaro Martínez
CF 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko downward-facing red arrow 57'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Slovenia Samir Handanović
GK 21 Italy Alex Cordaz
DF 6 Netherlands Stefan de Vrij
DF 12 Italy Raoul Bellanova upward-facing green arrow 76'
DF 33 Italy Danilo D'Ambrosio upward-facing green arrow 84'
DF 37 Slovakia Milan Škriniar
MF 5 Italy Roberto Gagliardini
MF 8 Germany Robin Gosens upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 14 Albania Kristjan Asllani
MF 22 Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 11 Argentina Joaquín Correa
FW 90 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Yellow card 83' upward-facing green arrow 57'
Manager:
Italy Simone Inzaghi Yellow card 90+6'

Man of the Match:
Rodri (Manchester City)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:[2]
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Support video assistant referee:[2]
Marco Fritz (Germany)

Match rules[59]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

Statistics

Post-match

Manchester City's Pep Guardiola won his third Champions League title as a manager.

With their victory, Manchester City secured their first UEFA Champions League title, the first new winners of the competition since fellow English club Chelsea in 2012. City became the sixth English club, and 23rd overall, to win the European Cup, which marked the 15th time an English club were champions of the competition.[61] They also completed the tenth treble in European football history, doing so as the eighth overall team and second English club after city rivals Manchester United in 1998–99.[62] It was the 15th occasion a club won the European Cup unbeaten, with City the 11th club to accomplish the feat.[63][unreliable source?]

Pep Guardiola won his third Champions League final as a manager after his two titles with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, becoming the second-most successful coach in the competition behind Carlo Ancelotti's four victories.[64] It was also his twelfth major trophy with Manchester City; after the match, Guardiola stated that "it was written in the stars that we'd win this season—and we did."[62] City midfielder Rodri, who scored the lone goal of the game, was selected as the man of the match by UEFA's technical observers.[1] Backup goalkeeper Scott Carson was the only City player to have previously won the competition, doing so as a reserve for Liverpool in 2005 at the same stadium. He thus equalled the record for the longest gap between a first and last European Cup title, shared with Milan's Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta.[65]

As winners, Manchester City qualified for the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, where they will meet Spanish club Sevilla, winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.[66] City also qualified for two editions of the FIFA Club World Cup: the 2023 tournament held in December with seven teams, and the expanded 32-team tournament in 2025.[67]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

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