The 2026 Champions League final will be played at the Puskas Arena in Budapest. But for 2027, we must first define the fate of San Siro. At the UEFA executive meeting in Dublin, the venues for the next club competition finals were decided, Budapest was chosen for 2026, while UEFA suspended its decision for 2027 until September while waiting to receive information from the FIGC on renovation projects concerning the Meazza. .
No asterisk for the other two cups: the Europa League will be awarded first to Besiktas Park in Istanbul (2026) then to the Stadion in Frankfurt (2027), the venues for the Conference final will be the RB Arena in Leipzig ( 2026) ) and again the home of Besiktas (2027). The Women's Champions League will, however, be decided in two years at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo while the bidding procedure will reopen for 2027. Finally, the draw for the group stage of the 2025 Women's European Championship (2- July 27 in Switzerland) will take place on December 16, 2024 in Lausanne. The 16-team final phase will be played from July 2 to 27 in the cities of Basel (opening and final), Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun and Zurich.
The UEFA Executive Committee received an update on the ongoing facility observation program running since the start of the 2022/23 season and approved the extension of the program for the 2024/25 season, with the addition of clubs from the Netherlands. , Portugal, Belgium, Scotland and Austria, where permanent structures are permitted throughout the country. This will ensure a larger sample size and greater diversity of data. The next meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee is scheduled for September 24, 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic.
