2013 UEFA Champions League final
The 2013 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the 58th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
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| Event | 2012–13 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 25 May 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| UEFA Man of the Match | Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) | ||||||
| Fans' Man of the Match | Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) | ||||||
| Referee | Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) | ||||||
| Attendance | 86,298 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny 14 °C (57 °F) 40% humidity | ||||||
The match took place on Saturday, 25 May 2013, at Wembley Stadium in London, England, between German Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. In the first all-German Champions League final, Bayern won the match 2–1 with goals from Mario Mandžukić and man of the match Arjen Robben coming either side of an İlkay Gündoğan penalty for Dortmund.
One week later, Bayern won the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal and, having already won the 2012–13 Bundesliga, completed the continental treble. As a result of their Champions League win, Bayern qualified to play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, and also earned the right to enter the semi-finals of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup as the UEFA representative. They would eventually go on to win both competitions.
A viewership of 21.6 million on the German ZDF and over 360 million world wide has been reported, making it the most watched sports broadcast of 2013.