Champions League Final Football Match 27th may, 2009 May 27, 2009

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The Champions League final is the most important match of the season in European club football. The stadium to host the final is selected by UEFA two years prior to the actual match.

The winning club gains possession of the trophy at the awards ceremony, but must return it to the UEFA headquarters 2 months prior to the following year's final. UEFA gives the winners a scaled-down replica version of the trophy to keep permanently, and winning clubs are allowed to make replicas of the trophy as long as they are clearly marked as replicas and are no larger than 80% of the size of the actual trophy. However, the current competition rules also specify that the actual trophy will be permanently awarded to a team that wins three consecutive years or five times in all.

The first European Cup/UEFA Champions League final to be competed between two clubs from the same country was in 2000, when Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia reached the final. This was followed in 2003 when Italian giants AC Milan and Juventus FC reached the final, making it only two intra-national finals since its inception in 1955.The first European Cup/UEFA Champions League final to be competed between two clubs from the same country was in 2000, when Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia reached the final. This was followed in 2003 when Italian giants AC Milan and Juventus FC reached the final, making it only two intra-national finals since its inception in 1955.

The current holders of the UEFA Champions League trophy are Manchester United, who beat Chelsea in a nail biting penalty shoot out at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 21st May 2008.

The Stadio Olimpico in Rome will host the Champions League final for the 2008-09 season. The match will take place on 27th May 2009.

Official Website: http://www.uefa.com/