2012 UEFA Champions League final

Football match in Munich, Germany August 2020 2012 UEFA Champions League final 250px Match programme cover 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Bayern Munich GER 30px 1 Chelsea ENG 30px 1 After extra timeChelsea won 4–3 on penalties 2012 5 19 y Allianz Arena Munich Didier Drogba (Chelsea) UEFA Petr Čech (Chelsea) Fans' Pedro Proença (Portugal)Proença to officiate UEFA Champions League final https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50fc219ba8-8654645081c9-1000--proenca-to-officiate-uefa-champions-league-final/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 17 May 2012 17 May 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120620053148/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/refereeing/news/newsid%3D1797921.html 20 June 2012 62,500 Partly cloudy20 °C °F38% humidityhttps://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2012/2007693_LU.pdf Tactical Line-ups – Final – Saturday 19 May 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 19 May 2012 6 July 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match which took place on Saturday, 19 May 2012 between Bayern Munich of Germany and Chelsea of England at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The match was to decide the winner of the 2011–12 season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament. Bayern were making their ninth appearance in the competition's final, having won four and lost four, most recently losing in 2010. Chelsea were appearing in their second final, having lost their first in 2008. It was the first Champions League final to be held at the Allianz Arena (known as Fußball Arena München for the final). As tenants of the Arena, this meant Bayern were the first finalists to have home advantage since 1984. Both teams progressed to the knockout stages by finishing top of their group. Bayern then beat Basel, Marseille and Real Madrid to reach the final, while Chelsea knocked out Napoli, Benfica and defending champions Barcelona. Bayern took the lead late in the second half through Thomas Müller,https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/thomas-muller-bayern-munich-couldnt-handle-losing-a-champions-league-final-again-8630153.html Thomas Muller: Bayern Munich couldn't handle losing a Champions League final again The Independent Tim Rich 24 May 2013 19 December 2018 4 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190404171713/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/thomas-muller-bayern-munich-couldnt-handle-losing-a-champions-league-final-again-8630153.html dead but Didier Drogba equalised for Chelsea five minutes later to take the game to extra time, in which Arjen Robben missed an awarded penalty, Petr Čech saving the low drive. The teams stayed level at 1–1 and the match went to a penalty shoot-out, which Chelsea won 4–3 to clinch their first Champions League title. In doing so, they became the first London club to win the tournament, the fifth English club and 22nd overall. thumb|259x259px|Chelsea held a triumphant open-top bus parade through west London on May 20, 2012, celebrating their 4-3 penalty win over Bayern Munich. As winners, Chelsea took part in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, losing 4–1 to Atlético Madrid, the winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. The victory also allowed them to enter the following season's Champions League competition (having failed to qualify for it by their league finishing position) at the expense of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who would otherwise have entered the competition having finished fourth in the Premier League. Chelsea also represented UEFA at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the semi-final stage; however, they were beaten 1–0 by Corinthians in the final. Venue thumb|left|The Allianz Arena in Champions League final livery The Allianz Arena was announced by UEFA as the venue of the 2012 final on 30 January 2010, although the stadium was referred to as "Fußball Arena München" for the match, as UEFA does not recognise sponsorship by companies that are not among its partner organisations.UEFA unveil 2011 and 2012 final venues https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01d5-0e70c9e763c9-0b023fd4e3e9-1000--uefa-unveil-2011-and-2012-final-venues/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 30 January 2009 24 March 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110609011924/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/executivecommittee/news/newsid%3D796145.html 9 June 2011 The stadium, which opened in 2005, was then the home stadium of both Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, and was used for six matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup including the opening match. The stadium was hosting its first major European final. The Olympiastadion in Munich, the previous home of Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, hosted three European Cup finals; in 1979, 1993 and 1997.http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1768453.html Munich finals have habit for upsets UEFA Union of European Football Associations 1 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120321105822/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1768453.html 21 March 2012 On each previous occasion, a European Cup final held in Munich had produced a first-time winner of the competition (Nottingham Forest, Olympique Marseille and Borussia Dortmund).Plays of the Day: Heroes in blue http://en.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/151555.html ESPN 19 May 2012 4 July 2012 During the match, the stadium was illuminated in green and turquoise to represent the official UEFA emblem of the Munich final, as the outer shell of the Allianz Arena can change colour.Allianz Arena gets a new colour http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/champions-league-finale-in-muenchen-allianz-arena-bekommt-eine-neue-farbe-1.1344898 5 May 2012 Süddeutsche Zeitung 30 April 2012 Background To reach the final, in the knockout phase Bayern defeated Basel, Marseille, and Real Madrid (3–1 on penalties after a 3–3 aggregate score),http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=340833&cc=5739 Shootout woe for Madrid 25 April 2012 ESPN Soccernet 26 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120428120359/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=340833&cc=5739 28 April 2012 dead dmy-all while Chelsea overcame Napoli,McNulty Phil Chelsea 4–1 Napoli aet (agg 5–4) https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17282312 25 August 2020 BBC Sport 14 March 2012 Benfica,Taylor Daniel Chelsea's Frank Lampard sinks Benfica and sets up Barcelona semi-final https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/apr/04/chelsea-benfica-champions-league 25 August 2020 The Guardian 4 April 2012 and the defending champions Barcelona (3–2 on aggregate).Dawkes Phil Barcelona 2–2 Chelsea (agg 2–3) https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17817584 25 August 2020 BBC Sport 24 April 2012 Both teams reached the final having already lost out in their domestic leagues (the Bundesliga and Premier League respectively), but having also reached the final of their domestic cup competitions (the DFB-Pokal and FA Cup respectively), to be played prior to the Champions League final. Chelsea won the FA Cup by defeating Liverpool 2–1 thus were chasing a double,Chelsea 2–1 Liverpool Phil McNulty https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17878435 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 5 May 2012 21 May 2012 while Bayern lost the Final of the DFB-Pokal 5–2 to Borussia Dortmund.Dortmund rout Bayern to claim double http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1069150/borussia-dortmund-rout-bayern-munich-to-claim-historic-double?cc=5739 ESPN Soccernet ESPN 12 May 2012 21 May 2012 16 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120516032245/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1069150/borussia-dortmund-rout-bayern-munich-to-claim-historic-double?cc=5739 dead Both clubs had lost their most recent Champions League final – Bayern in 2010 to Inter Milan 2–0 and Chelsea in 2008 in an all-English clash with Manchester United on penalties after a 1–1 draw. While that was Chelsea's only Champions League final, Bayern had previously played in eight Champions League/European Cup finals, winning four (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001) and losing four (1982, 1987, 1999 and 2010). The clubs had only met each other once in Europe before, with Chelsea winning 6–5 on aggregate in the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League.Bayern and Chelsea renew rivalry https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0254-0d7dd1d52131-ef15b8d04841-1000--bayern-and-chelsea-renew-rivalry/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 26 April 2012 The match was the fourth occasion that a team had reached a final of the European Cup which was scheduled to be played at their own home ground, after 1957, 1965 and 1984, and the first occasion since the tournament was rebranded to the UEFA Champions League. For this reason, fans of Bayern Munich called the match "Finale dahoam" (Bavarian for "final at home"). This was the first time since 2007 that neither of the participants were current champions of their domestic league. This was the sixth time that an English side and a German side had met in a European Cup/Champions League final; the other occasions were 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1999. It was also Bayern's fourth time facing an English side in the European Cup/Champions League final, having won in 1975 vs. Leeds United and lost in 1982 vs. Aston Villa and 1999 to Manchester United. Route to the final 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). GER Bayern MunichRoundENG ChelseaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSUI Zürich3–02–0 (H)1–0 (A)Play-off roundByeOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultESP Villarreal2–0 (A)Matchday 1GER Bayer Leverkusen2–0 (H)ENG Manchester City2–0 (H)Matchday 2ESP Valencia1–1 (A)ITA Napoli1–1 (A)Matchday 3BEL Genk5–0 (H)ITA Napoli3–2 (H)Matchday 4BEL Genk1–1 (A)ESP Villarreal3–1 (H)Matchday 5GER Bayer Leverkusen1–2 (A)ENG Manchester City0–2 (A)Matchday 6ESP Valencia3–0 (H)Group A winners Group A yes no BAYFinal standingsGroup E winners Group E yes no CHEOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSUI Basel7–10–1 (A)7–0 (H)Round of 16ITA Napoli5–41–3 (A)4–1 (H)FRA 1974 Marseille4–02–0 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsPOR Benfica3–11–0 (A)2–1 (H)ESP Real Madrid3–3 3–12–1 (H)1–2 (A)Semi-finalsESP Barcelona3–21–0 (H)2–2 (A) Pre-match Ticketing The two teams each received 17,500 tickets to distribute to their supporters. A further 7,000 tickets were available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com, with prices between €70 and €370. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA's 53 national football associations, and commercial and broadcast partners.UEFA Champions League Final 2012 ticket sales launched http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1761256.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120304004950/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1761256.html dead 4 March 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 29 February 2012 Ambassador Former German player Paul Breitner was named as the ambassador for the final.Ambassador: Paul Breitner https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01fb-0e137f75efda-229672f15958-1000--ambassador-paul-breitner/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 1 March 2012 19 May 2012 Officials In May 2012, Pedro Proença, the Portuguese referee was selected to oversee the final. Joining him, was fellow Portuguese officials Bertino Miranda and Ricardo Santos as assistant referees, Jorge Sousa and Duarte Gomes as additional assistant referees, Tiago Trigo as reserve assistant referee, and Spaniard Carlos Velasco Carballo as fourth official. Team selection thumb|upright|Didier Drogba scored the equalising goal and the winning penalty. Both clubs had players missing due to suspensions; Bayern were missing David Alaba, Holger Badstuber and Luiz Gustavo, while Chelsea were without Branislav Ivanović, Raul Meireles, Ramires and John Terry.Matt Zuvela Bayern in Champions League final after Madrid thriller http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15910552,00.html Deutsche Welle 25 April 2012 25 April 2012Florian Haupt Schock für Barcelona, Triumph und Tragödie für Chelsea https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article106223466/Schock-fuer-Barcelona-Triumph-und-Tragoedie-fuer-Chelsea.html de Die Welt 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 Terry was suspended after being sent off in the semi-final, which automatically excludes a player from the final. The other six all received yellow cards in the semi-finals, which took them over the limit of a third yellow card of the competition, which triggers an automatic suspension from the next match. Players union FIFPro appealed to UEFA to allow the players with yellow cards to play, seeing the punishment of "missing the match of your life" as too harsh; UEFA rejected the appeal and stated the rule would not be reviewed for at least three years.Uefa stands by yellow cards rules for Champions League https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17924587 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 2 May 2012 19 May 2012 Ivanović stated how he "had no idea [he] was one booking away from missing the Champions League final."Ivanovic had no idea he could miss final http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/148022.html 26 April 2012 ESPN UK 26 April 2012 10 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140810152323/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/148022.html dead UEFA confirmed that Chelsea captain Terry would be allowed to lift the trophy should Chelsea win, despite his suspension.John Terry can lift Champions League trophy if Chelsea win final https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17860112 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 26 April 2012 19 May 2012 Ryan Bertrand also got his initial first-team start as a left winger ahead of his regular left back position. Only two of the 36 players had previously been in a winning squad in a Champions League final: Chelsea's Paulo Ferreira and José Bosingwa were in the Porto squad in 2004. Ten of the Bayern 18 had earlier been in their squad that lost the 2010 final, although only four started both games: Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben and Thomas Müller. Eight of the Chelsea squad had been in their losing 2008 squad, including four who started both games: Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.June 2020 Opening ceremony The UEFA Champions League Anthem was performed by German tenor Jonas Kaufmann and violinist David Garrett.https://www.david-garrett.com/2012/05/19/david-is-performing-at-the-champions-league-final/ David Is Performing at the Champions League Final 19 May 2012 David-Garrett.com 15 January 2020 22 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190622145101/https://www.david-garrett.com/2012/05/19/david-is-performing-at-the-champions-league-final/ dead Related events The UEFA Champions Festival was held at Munich's Olympiapark from 16 to 19 May.Olympiapark to stage UEFA Champions Festival http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1788483.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120426235734/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1788483.html dead 26 April 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 24 April 2012 An official public screening of the final took place at the Olympiastadion during the match,Official public screening of Champions League final https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01fc-0e7e0734fb96-877b95fa94b1-1000--official-public-screening-of-champions-league-final/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 27 April 2012 with capacity for 65,000 fans, including a section for Chelsea supporters.http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/04/27/exclusive-uefa-to-sell-65000-new-munich-stadium-tickets-for-bayern-chelsea-270402/ Uefa to sell 65,000 new Munich stadium tickets for Bayern-Chelsea Sporting Intelligence 27 April 2012 19 May 2012 A second public screening was planned on the Theresienwiese, where the famous Oktoberfest takes place.http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/championsleague/champions-league-zweites-public-viewing-auf-theresienwiese-geplant_aid_747756.html Second public screening planned on Theresienwiese Focus Online 5 May 2012 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Match Summary thumb|British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching the penalty shoot-out with US President Barack Obama, French President François Hollande, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and others during the G8 summit. Bayern had control for most of the match, with former Chelsea winger Robben having the best chance, which Čech deflected onto the frame of the goal with his legs. Chelsea, however, also had chances, with Salomon Kalou nearly finishing at the near post. Bayern kept pushing Chelsea to the limit but missed sitters from Mario Gómez, who sent his shot over the bar; and Robben, who was blocked at the last second by Gary Cahill. Bayern took the lead in the 83rd minute, when Toni Kroos crossed in to Müller, who headed the ball down into the ground, causing it to bounce over Čech and in off the crossbar.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/19/bayern-munich-chelsea-champions-league-final Chelsea win Champions League on penalties over Bayern Munich The Guardian Daniel Taylor 19 May 2012 19 December 2018 Bayern took Müller off and replaced him with Daniel Van Buyten in an attempt to strengthen the defence. However, on 88 minutes, Chelsea won their first corner kick of the match, and when Juan Mata swung it in, Drogba got to it first and powered a header past Manuel Neuer at the near post for the equaliser. Chelsea won a free kick just outside the area in the 93rd minute, but Drogba smashed it over. The game went to extra time, and Bayern had the first good chance of the extra 30 minutes when Ivica Olić inside the box passed to Gómez, but his shot was wide. Later, Drogba fouled Franck Ribéry in the penalty area, injuring him and earning Bayern a penalty; Robben took it, but his shot was saved by Čech. In the second half of extra time, Olić attempted to set up Van Buyten instead of taking a shot and the ball rolled wide of Čech's far post.June 2020 thumb|left|Chelsea received the trophy from UEFA President Michel Platini. For the first time since 2008, when Chelsea had lost to Manchester United, the European Cup would be decided by penalties. Lahm went first and scored to Čech's left, as Čech got his fingertips to the ball but was unable to keep it out. Mata took Chelsea's first penalty, but his weak shot was saved by Neuer. Next was Gómez, who drilled his shot into the bottom-right corner. David Luiz took Chelsea's second penalty and scored with a powerful shot into the top corner after a long run up. Goalkeeper Neuer took Bayern's third penalty, and Čech went the right way again but was unable to keep his opposite number's low shot from creeping past him into the bottom-left corner. Lampard was next and he scored with a hard shot high and down the middle. Olić was next and taking his final competitive kick for Bayern, but Čech saved to his left. Cole then slotted his kick into the bottom-right corner just out of Neuer's reach to level the scores at 3–3 and hasten sudden death. Schweinsteiger, who had scored Bayern's decisive fifth penalty against Real Madrid's Iker Casillas in the semi-finals, was their fifth penalty taker again. However, Čech tipped his effort onto the post, having gone the correct direction for every Bayern penalty, to leave Chelsea one kick away from winning the trophy. In 2008, Drogba had missed out on taking Chelsea's fifth penalty against Manchester United, having been sent off in extra time; now in the same position, the Ivorian sent Neuer the wrong way and put his kick into the bottom-left corner to win it for Chelsea. It proved to be his final kick as a Chelsea player until his return in 2014. The victory marked not only Chelsea's first ever European Cup, but also the first time a London team had won the competition – previously, aside from Chelsea's 2008 defeat to United, which was the last time an English club had won the competition until Liverpool’s triumph in the final against Tottenham in Madrid, 7 years later. Arsenal had also lost the 2006 final in Paris against Barcelona. Details 2012 5 19 y 20:45 Bayern Munich GER 1–1 yes ENG Chelsea Müller 83 Drogba 88 Allianz Arena, Munich 62,500https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2012/2007693_FR.pdf Full Time Report, Final – Saturday 19 May 2012 19 May 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 19 May 2012 Pedro Proença (Portugal) Lahm Gómez Neuer Olić Schweinsteiger 3–4 Mata David Luiz Lampard Cole Drogba https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2007693/ _FCBAYERN_1112h _FCBAYERN_1112h _FCBAYERN_1112h _FCBAYERN_1112h _FCBAYERN_1112h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF DD0000 Bayern Munich _chelsea1112h _chelsea1112h _chelsea1112h _chelsea1112h _grash0607h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF Chelsea GK 1 GER Manuel NeuerRB 21GER Philipp Lahm (c)CB 17GER Jérôme BoatengCB 44UKR Anatoliy TymoshchukLB 26GER Diego ContentoDM 31GER Bastian Schweinsteiger 2DM 39GER Toni KroosRW 10NED Arjen RobbenAM 25GER Thomas Müller 87LW 7 FRA 1974 Franck Ribéry 97CF 33GER Mario GómezSubstitutes:GK 22GER Hans-Jörg ButtDF 5 BEL Daniel Van Buyten 87DF 13BRA RafinhaMF 14JPN Takashi UsamiMF 23CRO Danijel PranjićFW 9 GER Nils PetersenFW 11CRO Ivica Olić 97Manager:GER Jupp Heynckes300px GK 1 CZE Petr ČechRB 17POR José BosingwaCB 4 BRA David Luiz 86CB 24ENG Gary CahillLB 3 ENG Ashley Cole 81DM 12NGA Mikel John ObiCM 8 ENG Frank Lampard (c)RW 21CIV Salomon Kalou 84AM 10ESP Juan MataLW 34ENG Ryan Bertrand 73CF 11CIV Didier Drogba 93Substitutes:GK 22ENG Ross TurnbullDF 19POR Paulo FerreiraMF 5 GHA Michael EssienMF 6 ESP Oriol RomeuMF 15FRA 1974 Florent Malouda 73FW 9 ESP Fernando Torres 120 84FW 23ENG Daniel SturridgeManager:ITA Roberto Di Matteo UEFA Man of the Match: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)Player Rater – Top Player – Didier Drogba http://en.uclratings.uefa.com/Player/Profile/70482/2007693 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 19 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120522055317/http://en.uclratings.uefa.com/Player/Profile/70482/2007693 22 May 2012 Fans' Man of the Match: Petr Čech (Chelsea)Player Rater – Top Player – Petr Čech http://en.uclratings.uefa.com/Player/Profile/49029/2007693 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 19 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031817/http://en.uclratings.uefa.com/Player/Profile/49029/2007693 6 January 2014 Assistant referees: Bertino Miranda (Portugal) Ricardo Santos (Portugal) Fourth official: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) Additional assistant referees: Jorge Sousa (Portugal) Duarte Gomes (Portugal) Reserve assistant referee: Tiago Trigo (Portugal)Match rulesRegulations of the UEFA Champions League 2011/12 https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/63/02/44/1630244_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110616163203/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/63/02/44/1630244_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead 16 June 2011 UEFA Union of European Football Associations Nyon 1 June 2011 March 2011 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Statistics +First halfTeam statistics https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2012/2007693_TS.pdf UEFA Union of European Football Associations 19 May 2012 20 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130605101059/https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2012/2007693_TS.pdf 5 June 2013StatisticBayern MunichChelseaGoals scored00Total shots162Shots on target21Saves12Ball possession61%39%Corner kicks80Fouls committed49Offsides01Yellow cards10Red cards00 +Second halfStatisticBayern MunichChelseaGoals scored11Total shots194Shots on target52Saves13Ball possession52%48%Corner kicks91Fouls committed69Offsides10Yellow cards02Red cards00 +Extra timeStatisticBayern MunichChelseaGoals scored00Total shots82Shots on target10Saves01Ball possession59%41%Corner kicks30Fouls committed48Offsides01Yellow cards02Red cards00 +OverallStatisticBayern MunichChelseaGoals scored11Total shots439Shots on target73Saves26Ball possession56%44%Corner kicks201Fouls committed1426Offsides12Yellow cards14Red cards00 Legends of Europe reunion match On 9 September 2023, the two clubs played a legends match at Stamford Bridge to benefit The Chelsea Foundation and The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. The match was also in memory of former Chelsea and Italy player Gianluca Vialli, who had died at the Royal Marsden Hospital on 6 January of pancreatic cancer at the age of 58. Chelsea included most of their team from the 2012 final and also included captain Terry and Ramires, who had both missed the final due to suspension, and Michael Essien, who was an unused substitute in 2012. Gianfranco Zola, Jody Morris and Salomon Kalou were among the players who returned, and Di Matteo also returned to manage the side. Bayern Munich included only Van Buyten from their 2012 team but included a number of their players from their 2001 team that had beaten Valencia in Milan, including Owen Hargreaves, Giovane Elber and Thomas Linke. 2001 captain Stefan Effenberg also co-managed alongside Raimond Aumann. Chelsea won 4–0 with goals from Essien, Terry, Cahill and Tiago Mendes.Chelsea Football Club Chelsea Legends 4–0 FC Bayern – Legends of Europe – 09/09/2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60NSCKwZj-c YouTube 14 September 2023 9 September 2023 en See also 2012 UEFA Women's Champions League final 2012 UEFA Europa League final 2011–12 Chelsea F.C. season 2011–12 FC Bayern Munich season 2013 UEFA Super Cup – contested by same teams Chelsea F.C. in international football FC Bayern Munich in international football References External links 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, UEFA.com 2012 final: Fußball Arena München, UEFA.com 2012 Final Category:2011–12 in German football European Cup Final 2012 Champions League Final 2012 Category:2011–12 in English men's football Category:2010s in Munich Category:May 2012 sports events in Germany Category:2012 in Bavaria Category:Football matches in Munich Category:England–Germany football rivalry Category:Football finals in Germany