{"id":9763,"date":"2019-09-24T15:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T19:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9763"},"modified":"2019-09-25T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T17:17:01","slug":"wembley-to-host-the-2023-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9763","title":{"rendered":"Wembley to Host The 2023 Champions League Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wembley-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wembley-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wembley-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wembley-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wembley.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Wembley has been announced as the venue for the Champions League final in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin made the announcement after Tuesday\u2019s executive committee meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The match will mark 10 years since Wembley last staged the final in 2013, when Bayern Munich defeated German rivals Borussia Dortmund 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA announced three host cities, with St Petersburg awarded the 2021 final and Munich the 2022 showpiece.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_9765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9765\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/windsor_park-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/windsor_park-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/windsor_park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/windsor_park-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/windsor_park.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UEFA also announced that the 2021 UEFA Supercup will be played at Windsor Park in Belfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>Additionally, Sevilla will stage the Europa League final in 2021 while Belfast will host the European Super Cup the same year.<\/p>\n<p>The old Wembley Stadium hosted European Cup finals in 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992, with the modernized venue also staging the 2011 final, which saw Barcelona defeat Manchester United 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>The new Wembley is already set to stage the semi-finals and final of next summer\u2019s Euro 2020 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA also announced that VAR will be used from the beginning of the knockout stages in this season\u2019s Europa League competition.<\/p>\n<p>The executive committee, meanwhile, will recommend to its 55 national associations and all European clubs not to play matches in countries where women have restricted access to stadiums.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA said its third club competition, starting in 2021 with a view to giving \u201cmore clubs in more countries a chance to participate in European football\u201d, will be called the Europa Conference League.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-9763\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" 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