 Match programme cover | |||||||
| Event | 2012–13 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 25 May 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| UEFA Man of the Match | Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)[1] | ||||||
| Fans' Man of the Match | Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)[2] | ||||||
| Referee | Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)[3] | ||||||
| Attendance | 86,298[4] | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny 14 °C (57 °F) 40% humidity[5] | ||||||
The 2013 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the 58th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The match took place on Saturday, 25 May 2013, at Wembley Stadium in London, England,[6] between German Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. In the first all-German Champions League final, Bayern won the match 2–1 with goals from Mario Mandžukić and man of the match Arjen Robben coming either side of an İlkay Gündoğan penalty for Dortmund.
One week later, Bayern won the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal and, having already won the 2012–13 Bundesliga, completed the continental treble. As a result of their Champions League win, Bayern qualified to play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, and also earned the right to enter the semi-finals of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup as the UEFA representative. They would eventually go on to win both competitions.
A viewership of 21.6 million on the German ZDF and over 360 million worldwide has been reported, making it the most watched sports broadcast of 2013.[7]
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- ^ "Player rater". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Rizzoli to referee UEFA Champions League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Full-time report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Tactical Line-ups – Final – Saturday 25 May 2013" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "New Champions League season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ "Rekordquote für das ZDF - Finale war meistgesehene Sportsendung weltweit" [Record ratings for ZDF - Finale was the most watched sports broadcast worldwide]. www.bvb.de (in German).