2012 UEFA Champions League final

The 2012 UEFA Champions League final was the last football match in Germany. Bayern Munich played against Chelsea. They played at the Allianz Arena in Munich to see who would win the  2011–12 season of the Champions League. Bayern had been in the final nine times before, winning four and losing four most recently losing in 2010. Chelsea had been in the final once before in 2008, but they didn't win. This match was special because it was the first time the Champions League final was played at the Allianz Arena, which is Bayern's home stadium (known as Fußball Arena München for the final). Both teams did really well to get to the final, beating other teams along the way. The match was exciting. Bayern scored first, but Chelsea tied the game later on. They played extra time, and even though Bayern had a chance to score with a penalty, they missed. So, they had to do a penalty shootout. Chelsea won the shootout 4–3 and became the Champions League winners for the first time. This was big because they were the first London club to win it and the fifth English club overall.

Because they won, Chelsea got to play in the UEFA Super Cup but lost to Atlético Madrid. They also got to play in the next season's Champions League, even though they didn't do well in their own league. They represented Europe at the FIFA Club World Cup but lost to Corinthians in the final.

 How the teams got here 

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
 Bayern MunichRound ChelseaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Zürich3–02–0 (H)1–0 (A)Play-off roundByeOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Villarreal2–0 (A)Matchday 1 Bayer Leverkusen2–0 (H) Manchester City2–0 (H)Matchday 2 Valencia1–1 (A) Napoli1–1 (A)Matchday 3 Genk5–0 (H) Napoli3–2 (H)Matchday 4 Genk1–1 (A) Villarreal3–1 (H)Matchday 5 Bayer Leverkusen1–2 (A) Manchester City0–2 (A)Matchday 6 Valencia3–0 (H)Group A winnersFinal standingsGroup E winnersOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Basel7–10–1 (A)7–0 (H)Round of 16 Napoli5–41–3 (A)4–1  (H) Marseille4–02–0 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finals Benfica3–11–0 (A)2–1 (H) Real Madrid3–3 2–1 (H)1–2  (A)Semi-finals Barcelona3–21–0 (H)2–2 (A)

 Match 

 Details 

GK1 Manuel NeuerRB21 Philipp Lahm (c)CB17 Jérôme BoatengCB44 Anatoliy TymoshchukLB26 Diego ContentoDM31 Bastian SchweinsteigerDM39 Toni KroosRW10 Arjen RobbenAM25 Thomas MüllerLW7 Franck RibéryCF33 Mario GómezSubstitutes:GK22 Hans-Jörg ButtDF5 Daniel Van BuytenDF13 RafinhaMF14 Takashi UsamiMF23 Danijel PranjićFW9 Nils PetersenFW11 Ivica OlićManager: Jupp Heynckes415x415pxGK1 Petr ČechRB17 José BosingwaCB4 David LuizCB24 Gary CahillLB3 Ashley ColeDM12 Mikel John ObiCM8 Frank Lampard (c)RW21 Salomon KalouAM10 Juan MataLW34 Ryan BertrandCF11 Didier DrogbaSubstitutes:GK22 Ross TurnbullDF19 Paulo FerreiraMF5 Michael EssienMF6 Oriol RomeuMF15 Florent MaloudaFW9 Fernando TorresFW23 Daniel SturridgeInterim manager: Roberto Di Matteo
UEFA Man of the Match: 

Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 

Fans' Man of the Match: 

Petr Čech (Chelsea)

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 rules

 90 minutes.
 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
 Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
 Seven named substitutes.
 Maximum of three substitutions.

 References 

Category:UEFA Champions League finals