When is the Champions League final and what time is the kickoff?

This year's final will be staged in Budapest on May 30. Kickoff time has been brought forward to 18:00 CET (Beijing time: May 31, 00:00), having traditionally been played at 2100 CET. Governing body UEFA said the decision for an earlier kickoff was to enhance the match-day experience for fans and to optimize logistics such as public transport.

Who is headlining the pre-match show?

Rock band The Killers will be performing on the night. In recent years, Linkin Park and Lenny Kravitz have headlined.

About the finalists

Arsenal is in the final for the first time since 2006. It is only its second time in the final and it has never won European club soccer's top competition, having lost to Barcelona 20 years ago.

Mikel Arteta's team was beaten in last year's semifinals by Paris Saint-Germain, which beat Inter Milan 5-0 in the final to lift the trophy for the first time.

Since the tournament was rebranded as the Champions League for the 1992-93 campaign, only Real Madrid has retained the title, winning three times in succession from 2016-18.

PSG lost the 2020 final to Bayern Munich.

About the Puskas Arena

The 67,000-seat stadium was opened in 2019 and built on the same site as the previous Ferenc Puskas Stadium — named after the Hungarian and Real Madrid icon, who won three European Cups as a player.

Recent winners

2025 PSG

2024 Real Madrid

2023 Manchester City

2022 Real Madrid

2021 Chelsea

Most Champions League/European Cup wins

15 Real Madrid

7 AC Milan

6 Bayern Munich, Liverpool

5 Barcelona

4 Ajax

3 Manchester United, Inter Milan

Where is the 2026-27 Champions League final?

The 2027 final will be staged at Atletico Madrid's stadium, the Estadio Metropolitano. It is the second time it has held the final, having staged the 2019 showdown between Liverpool and Tottenham.

The city of Madrid has hosted the final on five previous occasions.