Back نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا 2002 Arabic نهائى دورى ابطال اوروبا 2002 ARZ Final de la Lliga de Campeones de la UEFA 2001-02 AST Фінал Лігі чэмпіёнаў УЭФА 2002 году BE-X-OLD یاریی کۆتاییی خولی پاڵەوانەکانی ئەورووپای ٢٠٠٢ CKB UEFA Champions League finalen 2002 Danish Final de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA 2001-02 Spanish فینال لیگ قهرمانان اروپا ۲۰۰۲ Persian Finale de la Ligue des champions de l'UEFA 2001-2002 French גמר ליגת האלופות 2002 HE
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| Event | 2001–2002 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 15 May 2002 | ||||||
| Venue | Hampden Park, Glasgow[1] | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)[2] | ||||||
| Referee | Urs Meier (Switzerland)[3] | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,499[2] | ||||||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy, rain showers 15 °C (59 °F)[4] | ||||||
The 2002 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The show-piece event was contested between Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and Real Madrid of Spain at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on 15 May 2002 to decide the winner of the Champions League.[1] Leverkusen appeared in the final for the first time, whereas Real Madrid appeared in their 12th final.
Each club needed to progress through two group stages, and two knockout rounds to reach the final. Real Madrid won their group and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing the defending champions Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the knockout stage. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, before beating the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United to progress to the final.
Before the match, a minute of silence was held in honour of Ukrainian manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died two days earlier.[5]
Real Madrid were regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead in the eighth minute through Raúl. Lúcio equalised five minutes later, before Zinedine Zidane scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time, a left-footed volley into the top corner that has since gone down as one of the greatest goals in the history of the competition,[6] to secure Real Madrid's ninth European Cup.
- ^ a b Smith, Sean (13 May 2002). "Glasgow in party mood". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ a b "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Lindsay, Matthew (13 May 2002). "Meier the man for job". Evening Times: 52. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.(subscription required)
- ^ "Weather History for Glasgow, Gambia – Weather Underground". wunderground.com.
- ^ "Champions League final clockwatch". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "15 years on from Zidane's final wonder goal". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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