The 2009 UEFA Champions League Final will be the 54th final of the UEFA Champions Leaguefootball tournament and the 17th final under the current format. The final will be played at the 72,698-capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the home of Roma and Lazio, on 27 May 2009,[1] for the fourth time following 1977, 1984 and 1996.[2]
The match will be contested by holders Manchester United and either Barcelona or Chelsea. This will be the fifth year in a row in which the final involves at least one English team. Manchester United are the first defending champions to reach the final since Juventus in 1997, and will be looking to be the first team to retain the European Cup since Milan in 1990.