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The competition in numbers. Official in-depth guide to UEFA Champions League 2014/15, including results, stats and video highlights.
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The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League was the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona were the title holders, but were eliminated by Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals.
- Qualifying:, 30 June – 26 August 2015, Competition proper:, 15 September 2015 – 28 May 2016
- Real Madrid (11th title)
- Competition proper: 32, Total: 78 (from 53 associations)
- Atlético Madrid
The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
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The Olympiastadion was announced as the venue for the final at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in London on 23 May 2013.This was the first European Cup/Champions League final hosted in Berlin. The current Olympiastadion was built for the 1936 Summer Olympics in the western part of the city. Since 1985, the stadium has hosted the finals of both...
This was the eighth European Cup/UEFA Champions League final for both Juventus and Barcelona. Juventus won two of their previous finals (1985, 1996) and lost five (1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003), while Barcelona won four of their previous finals (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011) and lost three (1961, 1986, 1994). Barcelona also played in six Cup Winners' Cup...
Ambassador
Former Germany international player Karl-Heinz Riedle, who won the Champions League with Borussia Dortmundagainst Juventus in 1997, was named the ambassador for the final.
Logo
UEFA unveiled the visual identity of the final on 29 August 2014. It blends the stadium with the city's Brandenburg Gate.
Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 70,500, a total amount of 46,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 20,000 tickets each and with 6,000 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 5 to 23 March 2015 in four price categories: €390, €280, €160, and €70.The rest of 24,500 tickets were allocated to sponsors and officials.
Officials
In May 2015, the officials were chosen for the final by UEFA, led by Turkish referee Cüneyt Çakır. His compatriots Bahattin Duran and Tarık Ongun were chosen as assistant referees, and fellow Turks Hüseyin Göçek and Barış Şimşek the additional assistants, with Mustafa Emre Eyisoy the reserve assistant. Jonas Eriksson, of Sweden, was chosen as fourth official. Çakır is a UEFA elite referee, and has refereed at UEFA Euro 2012 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup...
Team selection
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini was ruled out of the final with a calf injury picked up in training on 3 June.Barcelona had no injury concerns before the final. Barcelona's Luis Suárez had previously been involved in two controversies with players in the Juventus squad: in 2012, he was found guilty by an FA commission of using racially insulting language towards Patrice Evra in a game between their respective former clubs Liverpool and Manchester United, and at the 2014 FIFA World Cuphe e...
Summary
In the second minute, Barcelona's Javier Mascherano conceded a corner kick, which Juventus aimed at Evra but Barcelona cleared it. However two minutes later, Jordi Alba made a run on Barcelona's left, passing to Neymar and then Andrés Iniesta who set up Ivan Rakitić to score the first goal from close range. Rakitić's goal was Barcelona's fastest goal in a Champions League Final, and the fourth fastest in a Champions League Final overall. In the 11th minute, Arturo Vidal of Juventus received t...
With the win, Barcelona became the first European club to achieve the treble twice. Their fifth European title put them joint third with Bayern Munich and Liverpool, until Liverpool won the 2019 final to achieve their sixth title. Bayern also went on to win their sixth trophy a year later, in the 2020 final. If only the Champions League era is cons...
- 6 June 2015
- Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
Jul 21, 2015 · 4.25M subscribers. Subscribed. 14K. 1.6M views 8 years ago. Relive how Luis Enrique's Barcelona side beat Juventus to win the 2015 UEFA Champions League final in Berlin thanks to goals from...
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