The UEFA executive committe held and emergency meeting on Friday and decided to move the Champions League final from St Peterburg to Paris.
The final of 2022 edition was scheduled to be held at Krestovsky Stadium, which is sponsored by Russian state-owned company Gazprom.
A statement from European football’s governing body said, “The UEFA executive committee decided to relocate the final of the 2021/22 UEFA Men’s Champions League from St Petersburg to Stade de France in St Denis. The game will be played as initially scheduled on Saturday, May 28.”
“UEFA wishes to express its thanks and appreciation to French Republic president Emmanuel Macron for his personal support and commitment to have European club football’s most prestigious game moved to France at a time of unparalleled crisis,” it added.
“UEFA shares the international community’s significant concern for the security situation developing in Europe and strongly condemns the ongoing Russian military invasion in Ukraine.”
