Kyiv to host 2018 Champions League final

Kyiv's NSK Olimpiyskyi has been selected to host the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, the first European Cup decider to be held in Ukraine.

NSK Olimpiyskyi

To be held on 26 May 2018, the final will be the first such decider played at the Olympic National Sports Complex in the Ukrainian capital. 

However, the stadium is no stranger to big occasions: Dynamo Kyiv took on Bayern München there in the 1975 UEFA Super Cup second leg, while it was also a venue in the 1980 Olympics and UEFA EURO 2012, staging five games including the final.

The decision was taken at UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Athens.

Factfile: NSK Olimpiyskyi

UEFA capacity: 68,000

Tenants: Dynamo Kyiv (big matches), Ukraine

Opened: August 1923 (reconstructed 1941, 1968, 1980, 1999, 2011)

Built on the site of the 1913 All-Russian Exhibition in order to host the Second All-Ukrainian Spartakiad (or Games), the ground was opened as the Trotsky Red Stadium on 12 August 1923. Trotsky's name was removed the next year, and the arena became home to Zheldor – now Lokomotiv – Kyiv.

2017/18 UEFA Champions League calendar

24/08/17: Group stage draw

12–13/09/17: Group stage, matchday one

26–27/09/17: Group stage, matchday two

17–18/10/17: Group stage, matchday three

31/10/17–01/11/17: Group stage, matchday four

21–22/11/17: Group stage, matchday five

05–06/12/17: Group stage, matchday six

11/12/17: Round of 16 draw

13–14/02/18 and 20–21/02/18: Round of 16, first leg

06–07/03/18 and 13–14/03/18: Round of 16, second leg

16/03/18: Quarter-final draw

03–04/04/18: Quarter-finals, first leg

10–11/04/18: Quarter-finals, second leg

13/04/18: Semi-final and final draw

24–25/04/18: Semi-finals, first leg

01–02/05/18: Semi-finals, second leg

26/05/18: Final (NSK Olimpiyski, Kyiv)

All dates are provisional and subject to change by UEFA.