The 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, the 57th season of the UEFA Champions League football tournament and the 20th since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup. The match will be played on 19th of May 2012, kick off 20:45 local time , at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.Home of Bayern Munich, one of the finalists, and 1860 Munich, although the stadium will be referred to as "Fußball Arena München" for the match, as UEFA does not recognise sponsorship by companies that are not among its partner organisations.
Chelsea swap out Barcelona in the semi-finals, 3–2 on aggregate, while Bayern Munich edged Real Madrid 3–1 on penalties after a 3–3 aggregate score. It will be the first time that a team will play at home during the UEFA Champions League Final, and the fourth time in the history of the European Cup, after 1957, 1965 and 1984. The winner of the final will play the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League winners in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, and also enter the semi-finals of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup as the UEFA representative.
Both clubs will have to face problems due to suspensions. Bayern will be missing David Alaba, Holger Badstuber and Luiz Gustavo, while Chelsea will be play without Branislav Ivanović, Raul Meireles, Ramires and John Terry.
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