2009 final: Rome
Saturday 31 May 2008
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Rome's Stadio Olimpico (©Getty Images)
Rome's Stadio Olimpico will stage the European Champion Clubs' Cup final for the fourth time this season as the UEFA Champions League reaches its climax in the Italian capital on Wednesday 27 May.
Rome events
The home of 2008/09 group stage entrants AS Roma and their Serie A rivals S.S. Lazio, the stadium could prove a lucky omen for Liverpool FC, who won the 1977 final there against VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach and repeated the trick seven years later against Roma. That match went to penalties, as did the 1996 UEFA Champions League decider in which Juventus defeated holders AFC Ajax. Other major events at the stadium include the 1990 FIFA World Cup final, the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the 1960 Olympic Games, for which the stadium was constructed in 1953, set between the Tiber river and Monte Mario hill.
Finals
It will be the eighth European Cup final to be held in Italy, as Milan's San Siro Stadium was the venue for 1965, 1970 and 2001 finals while in 1991 FK Crvena Zvezda defeated Olympique de Marseille at Bari's Stadio San Nicola. The 2010 final will be played at Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu in its new date on a Saturday.
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