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All-Time European Cup final
Event	All Time European Cup
Date	18 May 2024
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Abraham Klein (Israel)
Attendance	200,436

The All Time European Cup final was the culmination of the history of the European Cup, and was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Sovetskaya Zvezda, a club formed by the merger of all former Soviet clubs. Real won 7-3 in front of a crowd of over 200,000 people at London's Wembley Stadium, the highest attendance for a European Cup final. There were an estimated 100 million television viewers around Europe. It is widely regarded as the greatest football match ever played.

The Soviet club reached the final through an impressive 11–2 aggregate victory over Italian champions AC Milan, whereas Madrid overcame another Italian club in Juventus 2–0 over two legs.

Pelé and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored hat-tricks with Alfredo Di Stéfano getting a solitary goal to go along with his 3 assists.

Route to the final

Real Madrid				Round	Sovetskaya Zvezda
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	4–2	3–0 (H)	1–2 (A)	First round	Benfica	5–2	4–1 (A)	1–1 (H)
Budapest Honvéd	5–4	2–3 (A)	3–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Inter Milan	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
Juventus	2–0	0–0 (H)	2–0 (A)	Semi-finals	AC Milan	11–2	7–1 (H)	4–1 (A)

Match

Details

18 May 2024

19:30 BST

Real Madrid	7–3	Sovetskaya Zvezda
Pelé 15', 40', 83' C. Ronaldo 45+4', 56', 67' Di Stéfano 63'	Report	Shesternyov 21' Ivanov 71', 90+7'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 200,436

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Real Madrid

Sovetskaya Zvezda


GK	1	Iker Casillas
RB	2	Dani Carvajal
CB	4	Sergio Ramos
CB	5	Paolo Maldini
LB	3	Nílton Santos
CM	8	Zinedine Zidane
CM	6	José María Zárraga (c)
CM	9	Alfredo Di Stéfano
AM	10	Pelé
RF	7	Cristiano Ronaldo
LF	11	Francisco Gento
Manager:
Carlo Ancelotti


GK	1	Lev Yashin
RB	2	Mikhail Ogonkov
CB	4	Murtaz Khurtsilava
CB	5	Albert Shesternyov (c)
LB	3	Evgeny Lovchev
RM	7	Slava Metreveli
CM	6	Valery Voronin
CM	8	Igor Netto
LM	10	Igor Chislenko
CF	9	Valentin Ivanov
CF	11	Oleg Blokhin
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskiy