Atletico Madrid’s Metropolitano to host 2027 UCL final

Madrid will stage the 2027 men's UEFA Champions League final, but once again it will not be at the famous Santiago Bernabeu. Atletico Madrid’s Metropolitano Stadium, rebranded as the Riyadh Air Metropolitano last year, will host the showpiece game.

On Thursday, the UEFA Executive Committee also confirmed that the Women’s Champions League final in 2027 will be played in Poland, at Warsaw's National Stadium.

San Siro Stadium in Milan was originally selected to host next season’s Champions League final, but UEFA withdrew its hosting rights in September 2024 after the Italian city failed to provide assurances that the stadium — home of Inter Milan and AC Milan — would be fit to stage the event due to possible reconstruction work at the 99-year-old venue.

After reopening the bidding process for the 2027 final in October 2024, the Spanish Football Federation proposed Atletico’s home ground, while Azerbaijan submitted a bid with Baku’s Olympic Stadium. Following a meeting in Tirana, Albania, the Executive Committee awarded the game to Madrid.

The Riyadh Air Metropolitano, with a capacity of 70,692, opened in 2017. It previously hosted the 2019 Champions League final, when Liverpool lifted the trophy after beating Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2–0.

This means Atletico will have hosted the final twice since Real Madrid’s now-renovated Santiago Bernabeu last staged it in 2010.

Real Madrid was a key mover for the much debated Super League project. Though it failed within 48 hours of launch, the club has challenged UEFA through legal action since 2021.

However, Santiago Bernabeu is one of the options to host the final of the men’s 2030 FIFA World Cup, which Spain will co-host with Portugal and Morocco.

The 2025/26 season’s UCL final will be staged at Hungary’s Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026, while UEFA has selected Norway’s Ullevaal Stadium for this season's Women's Champions League final.