UEFA Champions League Final 2023

Jun 10, Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul


MAN CITY

Coach
Pep Guardiola

Club captain
Ilkay Gündogan

Champions League record
W63 D23 L28

European pedigree
UEFA Champions League final 2021
Lost to Premier League rivals Chelsea in maiden final
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 1970

Chasing treble after winning Premier League and FA Cup. Could become eighth team in Champions League era to win title without losing single match


First meeting between teams. 
First final since Liverpool vs Milan in 2005 that teams have never previously met in UEFA competition

Man City v Italian teams
Won 6 Drawn 6 Lost 4 

Inter v English teams
Won 16 Drawn 6 Lost 18


INTERNAZIONALE
Coach
Simone Inzaghi

Club captain
Samir Handanović

Champions League record
W66 D36 L41

European pedigree
3-time European Cup winner
Champions in 1964 and 1965, before beating Bayern in 2010 
UEFA Cup 1991, 1994, 1998

Aiming for Coppa Italia-European Cup double. Excelled in knock-out stage, winning four games and conceding only three goals


Erling Haaland
Star striker scored 52 of City’s 150 goals in all competitions this season

Lautaro Martinez
Scored 21 goals in Serie A – second only to Napoli striker Victor Osimhen


ROUTE TO FINAL 
Group stage

Group G winner with 14 points			Second in Group C with 10 points
Sevilla ESP 	4-0 (a), 3-1 (h)		Bayern GER  	0-2 (h), 0-2 (a)  
Dortmund GER 	2-1 (h), 0-0 (a) 		Vik. Plzen CZE	2-0 (a), 4-0 (h)
Copenhagen DEN	5-0 (h), 0-0 (a)		Barcelona ESP	1-0 (h), 3-3 (a)

Round of 16
RB Leipzig GER  1-1 (a), 7-0 (h) 		Porto POR	1-0 (h), 0-0 (a)

Quarter-final

Bayern GER 	3-0 (h), 1-1 (a) 		Benfica POR	2-0 (a), 3-3 (h)

Semi-final	
Real Madrid ESP	1-1 (a), 4-0 (h) 		AC Milan ITA	2-0 (a), 1-0 (h)


TEAM STATISTICS (12 matches)

31 	Goals scored			19
5 	Goals against  			10 
7071 	Passes completed		4390
707 	Passes into attacking third	350
76 	Corners				61
60%	Possession			46%


Shots breakdown
On target	Wide	Blocked

Total shots 193
85 60 48

Total shots 154
57 56 41


PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Referee 
Szymon Marciniak POL


Ederson
Walker
Dias
Akanji
Stones
Rodri
B. Silva
De Bruyne 
Gündogan
Grealish
Haaland

Onana
Darmian
Acerbi
Bastoni
Barella
Calhanoglu
Mkhitaryan
Dumfries
Dimarco
Martinez
Dzeko


Source: UEFA
Pictures: Getty Images
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