Camp Nou to host 2029 Champions League final, Munich confirmed for 2028

Barcelona's rebuilt Camp Nou has been selected to host the 2029 Champions League final, according to UEFA, marking a positive gesture towards their improved ties following the controversial European Super League scandal. This choice presents Barcelona with a prestigious match one year prior to Spain co-hosting the 2030 World Cup alongside Portugal and Morocco.

The decisive contest will pit Real Madrid's renovated Santiago Bernabéu against the newly constructed 115,000-seat stadium under development in Casablanca. UEFA's executive committee also announced that the 2028 Champions League final will once again be at Bayern Munich's stadium, which was the sole contender, just three years following the 2025 event.

Barcelona's triumph comes just seven months after their formal withdrawal from legal proceedings against UEFA related to the Super League involving influential clubs led by Real Madrid, which collapsed in 2021. The significantly delayed reconstruction of Camp Nou, expected to be the largest soccer stadium in Europe, is currently ongoing, with the upper tier and roof still under construction.

The larger capacity will also provide more opportunities for fans of the competing teams to secure seating. Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal each obtained 17,200 tickets from the 61,400 available for the Champions League final in May at the Puskas Arena in Budapest. Barcelona's last appearance at the Champions League final was in 1999, where Manchester United's two late goals shocked a dominant Bayern side.

Camp Nou also hosted the 1989 European Cup final. This season's Champions League final will take place in Madrid at Atletico's Metropolitano stadium. UEFA also designated hosts for two editions of the second-tier Europa League: Romania's national stadium in Bucharest in 2028 and Serbia's new national venue on the outskirts of Belgrade in 2029.

Serbian soccer has strengthened its relationship with UEFA and will co-host the men's Under-21 Euros next year with Albania. The decision was made just nine days after players and fans from Belgrade's top clubs, Red Star and Partizan, honored convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic at a match in the city's main soccer stadium. UEFA fined Red Star this month for fans chanting in support of Mladic on the day he passed away.

The Europa League final this season is at Eintracht Frankfurt's Waldstadion. Turin will host the 2028 final of the third-tier men's club competition at Juventus' 41,000-seat stadium. The 2029 final will be at Budapest's 67,000-seat Puskás Aréna.