| Event | 2017–18 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 26 May 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Gareth Bale (Manchester United) | ||||||
| Referee | Milorad Mažić (Serbia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,51 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny
20 °C (68 °F) | ||||||
The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions Leagu , the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on 26 May 2018, between English sides Manchester United and Liverpool this was the second all-English final after Manchester United played Chelsea in 2008.
Manchester United won the final 4–0 for their 6th overall Champions League title, becoming the most successful English team in the competitions history having been tied on five with Liverpool. They also earned the right to play the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup and to enter the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.
Teams[]
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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 Manchester United
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8 (1968, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
| Liverpool
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7 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007) |
Road to the Final[]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Manchester United | Round | Liverpool | ||||||
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| Bye | Qualifying | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Play-off round | 1899 Hoffenheim | 6–3 | 2–1 (A) | 4–2 (H) | ||||
| Opponent | Result | Group Stage | Opponent | Result | ||||
| Basel | 6–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | Sevilla | 2–2 (H) | ||||
| CSKA Moscow | 5–0 (A) | Matchday 2 | Spartak Moscow | 1–1 (A) | ||||
| Benfica | 3–0 (A) | Matchday 3 | Maribor | 7–0 (A) | ||||
| Benfica | 5–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | Maribor | 3–0 (H) | ||||
| Basel | 6–0 (A) | Matchday 5 | Sevilla | 3–3 (A) | ||||
| CSKA Moscow | 5–0 (H) | Matchday 6 | Spartak Moscow | 7–0 (H) | ||||
| Group A winners | Final standings | Group E winners | ||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sevilla | 11–2 | 3–0 (A) | 8–2 (H) | Round of 16 | Porto | 5–0 | 5–0 (A) | 0–0 (H) |
| Bayern Munich | 10–5 | 4–3 (H) | 6–2 (A) | Quarter-finals | Manchester City | 5–1 | 3–0 (H) | 2–1 (A) |
| Real Madrid | 8–3 | 4–1 (H) | 4–2 (A) | Semi-finals | Roma | 7–6 | 5–2 (H) | 2–4 (A) |
Match[]
26 May 2018
21:45 EEST |
| Manchester United
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4–0 | Liverpool
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Bale  15'Pulisic 66'Karius 78' (o.g.)Živković 84'
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NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 61,561 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) |
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Match rules
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