Ziaka Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 UEFA has decided to award the 2007 CL final to the OAKA Stadium (Calatrava) in Athens. Athens beat out Wembley and new stadium in Berlin for the final: Finals awarded to Paris and Athens The UEFA Champions League finals in 2006 and 2007 will be played in Paris and Athens respectively, after UEFA awarded hosting rights to the Stade de France and the Greek capital's Olympic Stadium. (From UEFA.c om) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Wow... we beat some stiff competition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 I think that renovated Wembley was in the running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plato-ny Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Finals awarded to Paris and Athens Tuesday, 19 April 2005 The UEFA Champions League finals in 2006 and 2007 will be played in Paris and Athens respectively, after UEFA awarded hosting rights to the Stade de France and the Greek capital's Olympic Stadium. The decision was taken by UEFA's Executive Committee at its meeting in Tallinn, Estonia on Tuesday. Paris match The Stade de France staged the 2000 Champions League final between Real Madrid CF and Valencia CF, and the climax of UEFA's blue-riband club tournament will now return to that arena after a six-year gap. It also gives UEFA the opportunity to create a link back to the first European Champion Athens return Athens's Olympic Stadium will host its first European final since the venue was rebuilt to hold the 2004 Olympic Games. The Greek city previously provided the backdrop to the Champions League showpiece of 1994, when AC Milan and FC Barcelona met at the OAKA Spiros Louis stadium. Eindhoven honour Meanwhile, the hosting rights to the UEFA Cup finals in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 campaigns were also awarded. The Philips Stadium in Eindhoven will be the scene of next season's final of UEFA's second major club competition - with the venue's name changing for the event. Hampden spectacle Then Hampden Park, Glasgow, which staged the 2002 Champions League final, will see another European football spectacular with the UEFA Cup in 2007. Merits considered UEFA decided on Paris and Athens after considering their merits in terms of capacity, stadium infrastructure and dossiers including city and airport agreements and promotional plans. UEFA has also conducted a variety of site visits. Other Paris finals The Parc des Princes, now home of Paris Saint-Germain FC, hosted the 1956, 1975 and 1981 Champions' Cup finals. The 1978 and 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup showpieces, along with the 1998 UEFA Cup final, were also played there. Athens events Previous to 1994, Athens also saw the Champions' Cup lifted at the Olympic Stadium - or Spiros Louis stadium - in 1983, the year after it was first inaugurated. On that occasion, Hamburger SV beat Juventus FC 1-0. The ground, which also staged the 1987 Cup Winners' Cup final, was then renovated for the 2004 Olympics. (I'm adding this-Greece also hosted the Cup Winners Cup in 1971 and 1973. Look Below: 19.05.71 Real Madrid CF 1-1* Chelsea FC Karaiskakis stadium, Piraeus (Athens) (42,000) Replay: 21.05.71 Real Madrid CF 1-2 Chelsea FC Karaiskakis stadium, Piraeus (Athens) (42,000) 16.05.73 AC Milan 1-0 Leeds United AFC Kaftantzoglio stadium, Thessaloniki (40,154) Hristos MICHAS - Greek Referee This will be our third time hosting a Champions Cup and including hosting three Cup Winners Cup, that will be six altogether). Stadium capacities The Stade de France has a capacity of 80,000, while the Athens Olympic Stadium holds 72,000 people, although for the Olympic football tournament last summer, that number was reduced to 58,800. First major final PSV Eindhoven's Philips stadium - which has a capacity of over 35,000 - has never hosted a major one-off club final, but did stage the second leg of the 1978 UEFA Cup final when PSV defeated SC Bastia 3-0 to claim the trophy. Two other Dutch cities, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, have hosted 12 European club finals between them. National stadium For Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium and home of Queen's Park FC, this will be the first UEFA Cup showpiece. The Glasgow ground - whose capacity is 52,000 - staged the 1960, 1976 and 2002 Champions' Cup finals as well as the Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1962 and 1966. ALSO EURO qualifying format decided Tuesday, 19 April 2005 The winners and runners-up in the seven qualifying groups will go through to the UEFA EURO 2008™ final round in Austria and Switzerland in three years' time. Decided today The qualifying-round format was decided by UEFA's Executive Committee at its meeting in Tallinn, Estonia on Tuesday. The qualifying phase for EURO 2008™ consists of one group of eight teams and six groups of seven. The qualifying competition will begin in the autumn of 2006, after the FIFA World Cup in Germany that summer. Co-hosts Austria and Switzerland will qualify automatically. 2004 format The format for UEFA EURO 2004™ in Portugal involved ten group winners qualifying for the final tournament, along with the host country and the winners of five qualifying play-offs staged over two legs on a home-and-away basis. This time around, no qualifying play-offs will be staged, UEFA decided on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiotis Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 is kaftantzoglo still used today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 is kaftantzoglo still used today? kaftantzoglo is Iraklis gipedo it was restructured for the Olympics stadia.gr has it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 one of the key factors that lead to us getting the finals is the factor of public trasnportation and having good connections with the airports off course it did help that we hosted the greatest every Olympics last summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH-Thrylos Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 tadaradatataaaaaa! ATHENS OAKA STADIUM!!! YEAH sportaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziaka Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 Note: similar topics dealing with the same subject, and posted in wrong forums were maerged into single one here. Ziaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elastonpappou 13 Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 I just hope we get to see teams such as Milan. Juve, Man Utd..... and of course PAO :nw: :nw: :nw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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