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2019 UEFA Champions League Final
Event 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
England England
0 2
Date 1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
Venue Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid
Man of the Match Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Referee Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Attendance 63,272
Weather Sunny
30 °C (86 °F)
15% humidity
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The 2019 UEFA Champions League Final was the last match of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League season. The UEFA Champions League is Europe's biggest club football tournament. It used to be called the European Champion Clubs' Cup.

This exciting final was played on June 1, 2019, at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain. Two English teams, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, competed for the trophy. It was Tottenham's very first time in a European Cup final. For Liverpool, it was their ninth final and their second one in a row. They had lost to Real Madrid in the 2018 final.

Liverpool won the match 2–0. Mohamed Salah scored an early penalty goal just 106 seconds into the game. Later, substitute Divock Origi scored in the 87th minute. This victory marked Liverpool's sixth European Cup win. It was their first time winning the trophy since 2005.

Because they won, Liverpool played against Chelsea in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. Chelsea had won the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Liverpool also earned a spot in the group stage of the next Champions League season, the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.

Before the final, UEFA made some changes to the rules. They allowed teams to make a fourth substitution if the game went into extra time. Also, the number of players allowed on the substitutes' bench increased from 7 to 12. The game's kick-off time was also changed to 9:00 PM CEST.

Teams in the Final

This section shows how many times each team had played in the final before. It also shows if they won (bold text) or lost.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
England Tottenham Hotspur None
England Liverpool 8 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2018)

How Teams Reached the Final

Both Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool had to play many matches to reach the final. They started in the group stage and then moved on to the knockout rounds.

Note: In the table below, the score of the finalist team is always listed first (H: home game; A: away game).

England Tottenham Hotspur Round England Liverpool
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Italy Inter Milan 1–2 (A) Matchday 1 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 (H)
Spain Barcelona 2–4 (H) Matchday 2 Italy Napoli 0–1 (A)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–2 (A) Matchday 3 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 4–0 (H)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–1 (H) Matchday 4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0–2 (A)
Italy Inter Milan 1–0 (H) Matchday 5 France Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 (A)
Spain Barcelona 1–1 (A) Matchday 6 Italy Napoli 1–0 (H)
Group B runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Spain Barcelona 6 14
2 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 8
3 Italy Inter Milan 6 8
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group C runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 11
2 England Liverpool 6 9
3 Italy Napoli 6 9
4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6 4
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Germany Borussia Dortmund 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Round of 16 Germany Bayern Munich 3–1 0–0 (H) 3–1 (A)
England Manchester City 4–4 (a) 1–0 (H) 3–4 (A) Quarter-finals Portugal Porto 6–1 2–0 (H) 4–1 (A)
Netherlands Ajax 3–3 (a) 0–1 (H) 3–2 (A) Semi-finals Spain Barcelona 4–3 0–3 (A) 4–0 (H)

The Final Match Details

The "home" team for the final was decided by a special drawing. This draw happened on March 15, 2019, at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
21:00 CEST
 Tottenham Hotspur England 0–2 England Liverpool Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid
Attendance: 63,272
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Report

Team Lineups and Substitutions

Here are the players who started the match and the substitutes who came on.

Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool
GK 1 France Hugo Lloris (c)
RB 2 England Kieran Trippier
CB 4 Belgium Toby Alderweireld
CB 5 Belgium Jan Vertonghen
LB 3 England Danny Rose
CM 17 France Moussa Sissoko Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
CM 8 England Harry Winks Substituted off in the 66th minute 66'
RW 20 England Dele Alli Substituted off in the 81st minute 81'
AM 23 Denmark Christian Eriksen
LW 7 South Korea Son Heung-min
CF 10 England Harry Kane
Substitutes:
GK 13 Netherlands Michel Vorm
GK 22 Argentina Paulo Gazzaniga
DF 6 Colombia Davinson Sánchez
DF 16 England Kyle Walker-Peters
DF 21 Argentina Juan Foyth
DF 24 Ivory Coast Serge Aurier
DF 33 Wales Ben Davies
MF 11 Argentina Erik Lamela
MF 12 Kenya Victor Wanyama
MF 15 England Eric Dier Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
MF 27 Brazil Lucas Moura Substituted on in the 66th minute 66'
FW 18 Spain Fernando Llorente Substituted on in the 81st minute 81'
Manager:
Argentina Mauricio Pochettino
Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool 2019-06-01
A diagram showing the positions of players from Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool during the match.
GK 13 Brazil Alisson
RB 66 England Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB 32 Cameroon Joël Matip
CB 4 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk
LB 26 Scotland Andrew Robertson
CM 14 England Jordan Henderson (c)
CM 3 Brazil Fabinho
CM 5 Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum Substituted off in the 62nd minute 62'
RF 11 Egypt Mohamed Salah
CF 9 Brazil Roberto Firmino Substituted off in the 58th minute 58'
LF 10 Senegal Sadio Mané Substituted off in the 90th minute 90'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Belgium Simon Mignolet
GK 62 Republic of Ireland Caoimhin Kelleher
DF 6 Croatia Dejan Lovren
DF 12 England Joe Gomez Substituted on in the 90th minute 90'
DF 18 Spain Alberto Moreno
MF 7 England James Milner Substituted on in the 62nd minute 62'
MF 20 England Adam Lallana
MF 21 England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
MF 23 Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri
FW 15 England Daniel Sturridge
FW 24 England Rhian Brewster
FW 27 Belgium Divock Origi Substituted on in the 58th minute 58'
Manager:
Germany Jürgen Klopp

Match Officials and Rules

Virgil van Dijk from Liverpool was named the Man of the Match. The main referee for the final was Damir Skomina from Slovenia.

The match followed standard football rules:

  • The game lasted 90 minutes.
  • If the score was tied, there would be 30 minutes of extra time.
  • If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would decide the winner.
  • Each team could name twelve substitutes.
  • Teams could make a maximum of three substitutions during regular time. A fourth substitution was allowed if the game went into extra time.

Game Statistics

These tables show how the two teams performed during the match.

Related Football Events


Images for kids

  • Wanda-Metropolitano

    The Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.

  • Plaza del Callao with decoration related to the 2019 Champions League final

    Callao Square in Madrid prior to the final

  • Команда ФК «Ліверпуль» прибула до Києва, 2018, 4, cropped, straightened, enhanced

    Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp won his first Champions League title in his third final.

  • Lucas Moura 2

    Lucas Moura scored a hat-trick in the second leg of the semi-final against Ajax to send Tottenham to the final.

  • Divock Origi (25273591916)

    Divock Origi's brace in the second leg of the semi-final against Barcelona helped Liverpool reach the final.

  • 2019 UCL Final identity

    Brand identity of the final

  • Damir Skomina

    Damir Skomina, the referee for the final

  • LFC Parade 2019 01

    Liverpool players on an open-top bus, parading the Champions League trophy through the streets of Liverpool the day after the final

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Final de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA 2018-19 para niños

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