Champions League final tickets: Information for Man City vs Inter fans

The first competitive meeting between Manchester City and Internazionale will take place in the final of the 2022/23 Champions League.

For Pep Guardiola's imperious outfit, the European showpiece could be the last leg in a historic triptych of success with the Premier League and FA Cup potentially in their grasp.

Inter have not been to the Champions League final since becoming the only Italian team in history to win the treble in 2010. Simone Inzaghi's side also have the small matter of a Coppa Italia final to contest before duking it out on the grandest of continental stages.

Here's everything you need to know about nabbing a ticket for a night to remember.

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When and where is the Champions League final?

The 2022/23 Champions League final will take place on Saturday 10 June at 20:00 (BST). City will contest the FA Cup final against rivals Manchester United one week beforehand while Inter finish the Serie A season away to Torino on Sunday 4 June.

Just as in 2005, the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul will host a Champions League final between teams from England and Italy. Almost two decades ago, the 75,000-seater venue was the setting for arguably the greatest final in the competition's history as Liverpool infamously overturned a 3-0 half-time deficit before defeating AC Milan in a penalty shootout.

The venue had been scheduled to play host to the 2020 Champions League final before COVID-19 swept across the globe, hitting Turkey particularly hard. That year, the competition was reformatted from the quarter-finals onwards into an eight-team mini-tournament held in Portugal.

Manchester City made the 2021 final which was also set to be held in Istanbul only for another alteration due to COVID-19 restrictions. City lost to Chelsea in Porto's Estadio do Dragao that summer.

How much is a Champions League final ticket?

The cheapest available ticket, the first of four categories, for the biggest game in club football this season will set you back £61 - although, the next most reasonable price range is a steep £156. Category Three tickets go for £425 while a spot in the Ataturk this June could cost as much as £599.

Season ticket holders at Manchester City have priority access in the first round of sales. There is guaranteed to be a second opportunity to secure a spot in Istanbul but prices will be considerably heftier than the initial figures.

Category One: £61
Category Two: £156
Category Three: £425
Category Four: £599

How many tickets do Man City and Inter get for the Champions League final?

Despite the Ataturk boasting a capacity of 74,753, Manchester City and Inter fans have only been allotted 19,926 tickets each. City have averaged 51,000 fans at their Champions League home games this season, with Inter boasting more than 71,000 for the majority of their European clashes at San Siro this term.

Once City and Inter's allocations have been filled, there will still be 34,901 seats at the Ataturk. After a public ballot on UEFA's website, 7,500 of those remaining chairs will be warmed by the general public.

Local organisers, UEFA officials, national football associations, commercial partners and broadcasters will take up the remaining 27,401 seats.

Man City's journey to the Champions League final

For the second time in three years, Manchester City will be lining up for a Champions League final. City's success in this year's competition has undoubtedly been underpinned by their imperious home form.

In the knockout stages, City put a combined 14 goals past RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich and reigning champions Real Madrid without conceding at the Etihad. However, since defeating Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in September, City have drawn their subsequent five Champions League games away from home.

While City's caution on the road in Europe may give Inter hope for the final on neutral territory, Guardiola's side do boast the leading scorer in this year's comPetition. Erling Haaland has netted 12 Champions League goals this term, more than four clubs that qualified for the knockout stages of the tournament.

Inter's journey to the Champions League final

Inter were not favourites to even progress beyond the group stage let alone make it all the way to the final. Despite losing home and away to Bayern Munich, Inter took four points off Barcelona to finish above the Catalans and Viktoria Plzen.

Simone Inzaghi has fostered a deserved reputation as a cup specialist and leaned upon his side's defensive solidity in the knockout stages, steering the Nerazzurri to five clean sheets in six Games.

After a narrow 1-0 aggregate victory over Porto in the round of 16, Inter pierced the hype surrounding Roger Schmidt's Benfica with a decisive 2-0 win in the first leg in Lisbon.

Played to the backdrop of a cacophonous San Siro, Inter defeated arch-rivals Milan in both legs of a semi-final dubbed the Euroderby.

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