Arsenal fan group ‘disappointed’ with UEFA’s Champions League final ticket allocation
The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust has expressed its disappointment with UEFA’s ticket allocation for the 2026 Champions League final.
UEFA has confirmed that the finalists — Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain — will obtain 17,200 tickets every, which quantities to round 28 per cent of European soccer’s governing physique’s said capability for the host stadium, the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
UEFA has said that 39,000 out of the 61,400 tickets can be found instantly for followers and most of the people to buy.
The Puskas Arena has a listed capability of 67,215 but in addition had an attendance of 61,476 for the 2023 Europa League final between Sevilla and Roma.
“The AST has been campaigning for many years to get UEFA to treat fans of the competing finalists better,” an announcement from the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust learn.
“This stems back to the debacle in Baku (the 2019 Europa League final). There has been some improvement but this year we are disappointed to see an allocation of only 17,000 tickets.
“We have additionally raised this with Arsenal who say they are going to convey this to UEFA. But it will not change issues for this yr.
“UEFA needs to remember it is the fans who support the competition throughout the group stages and knock out rounds and show more respect to our role when making plans for the final.”
TheAthletic approached Arsenal and UEFA for remark. UEFA has beforehand said “more than 40 per cent of the stadium capacity will be offered to the finalists’ supporters in the most affordable categories, ie ‘Fans First’ and category three.”
‘Fans first’ seating refers to every finalist’s ticket allocation, whereas class three tickets are €180 (£155; $211). As for the remainder of the stadium, class two tickets are €650 (£561; $765) and class one tickets are €950 (£821; $1,117).
All gross sales home windows will probably be run through the UEFA ticketing portal.
For those that will miss out on tickets to the final, Arsenal have confirmed they are going to maintain a screening of the sport on the Emirates Stadium, with extra updates on ticketing for that anticipated within the close to future.
Arsenal secured their pathway to the final through a 1-0 semi-final victory over Atletico Madrid at the Emirates on Tuesday. A primary-half objective from Bukayo Saka was sufficient to earn the victory and ensure the north London facet’s place within the Champions League final for the primary time since 2006.