IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Statistics on Champions’ League final
PSG vs Inter 5-0
*The tradition of European Cup/Champions League finals held in Munich continues: for the 5th time of 5, the victors won the trophy for the very first time, with Paris SG succeeding Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Chelsea in 2012.
*Italy equals its longest run without winning the European Cup/Champions League: 15 editions in a row (between Milan 1969 and Juventus 1985).
Now, its last success was in 2010 (Inter).
*PSG is the 2nd team in the history of competition that won the trophy after suffering 5 defeats, along with Milan in 2003.
*Inter started with the third oldest lineup for a European Cup/Champions League final (30 years 242 days average), conceding only to other two Italian sides:
Milan in 2007 (31 years 35 days),
Juventus in 2017 (30 years 336 days).
*Inter are the first team to name 3 players over the age of 35 in a UCL final starting lineup (Sommer, Acerbi, Mkhitaryan).
*Francesco Acerbi became the 4th oldest (37 years 110 days) outfield player to start in a Champions League final, behind:
Paolo Maldini (38 years 331 days),
Lothar Matthäus (38 years and 66 days),
Ryan Giggs (37 years 180 days).
*On the other side, PSG named the youngest starting eleven in a Champions League final in the XXI century (25 years 96 days).
*Hence, a difference between average age of PSG’s and Inter's starting lineups (5 years 146 days) resulted the biggest ever between two starting XIs in a Champions League final.
*In the last two European Cup finals, both right-backs have opened the score: Dani Carvajal in 2024 for Real Madrid and Achraf Hakimi for PSG in 2025, both wearing the number 2 shirt.
*Hakimi has been involved in 9 goals in this Champions League campaign (4 goals, 5 assists), the joint-most goal involvements by a defender in a single season along with Ian Harte (also 4 goals, 5 assists for Leeds in 2000-01).
*Hakimi (Morocco) is the 6th African goal-scorer in the European Cup/Champions League finals, after:
Rabah Madjer (Algeria),
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon),
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast),
Sadio Mané (Senegal),
Mohamed Salah (Egypt).
*Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is the third Georgian in a European final, after Kakha Kaladze (with Milan) and Jaba Kankava (with Dnipro) and the first Georgian to score.
*Ousmane Dembélé is the 2nd French player to provide 2 assists in a European Cup/Champions League final, after Raymond Kopa with Reims against Real Madrid in 1956.
*Marquinhos has played his 21st final with PSG in all official competitions, the highest total for a player with the Parisian club, ahead of Marco Verratti (20).
*Fabian Ruiz has won each of his 7 finals that he has played in his professional career (for clubs and national team).
*Right now, Fabián Ruiz is current champion of 6 different competitions at club and national team levels:
national league, Cup and Super Cup, (with PSG), Euro and Nations League (with Spain).
*Luis Enrique is the 7th coaches who won European Cup/Champions League with two different teams (also with Barcelona 2015), after:
Ernst Happel,
Ottmar Hitzfeld,
Jose Mourinho,
Jupp Heynckes,
Carlo Ancelotti,
Pep Guardiola.
*Simone Inzaghi is the 6th coaches to lose European Cup/Champions League final twice in 2 attempts (also with Inter in 20230, after:
Gilbert Batteaux,
Vujadin Bóskov,
Hector Cúper,
Diego Simeone,
Max Allegri.
*All 7 of Inter’s European Cup/Champions League finals have been against a team still on for the treble at the time of the match.
*Luis Enrique is only the 2nd coach to win a treble (liga + cup + Champions League) with a European club on 2 different occasions, having previously done so in 2014-15 with Barcelona, along with Pep Guardiola (Barcelona in 2008-09 and Manchester City in 2022-23). He won now his 11th final in ... 11 games !
*Lucas Hernández (PSG) is just the 2nd player to win the treble with 2 different teams (also with Bayern in 2020), after Samuel Eto'o (with Barça and Inter).