Champions League: the 16^th final for Real Madrid and 8^th for Liverpool, in Kiev (UKR) on 26/05/2018

Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) - Liverpool FC (Premier League) is the fixture for the 2017-18 Champions League final, which will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev (UKR) on Saturday 26/05/2018 (kick-off at 20:45 CET).

The 2017-18 final will be the sixteenth contested by Real Madrid (12 wins, 3 defeats, last final in 2016-17, 4-1 victory versus Juventus at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 03/06/2017). This will be Liverpool's eighth Champions League final (5 wins, 2 defeats, last final in 2007, 2-1 loss to AC Milan at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece on 23/05/2007).

Real Madrid are aiming for their 13^th final victory - and third in a row - in the competition, while their English opponents are looking for a sixth trophy, and their first since 2005 (Liverpool FC - AC Milan, 3-3, 3-2 on penalties, at the Atatürk Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 25/05/2005).

A win for Real Madrid would allow the Spanish club to become the fourth team ever to win the trophy three times in a row, and the first team to achieve this feat twice after winning five in a row…