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Budapest awarded the 2029 Conference League final

UEFA awarded the 2029 Conference League final to Puskás Aréna while appointing hosts for its 2028 and 2029 club finals.

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Puskás Aréna on the evening of its 2019 opening match, archive photograph. Photo: Elekes Andor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. · Photo: Elekes Andor / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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UEFA's Executive Committee appointed Budapest's Puskás Aréna as host of the 2029 Conference League final at its meeting in Thessaloniki on September 15, 2026. The decision brings another major European club final to Hungary; the exact match date will be announced later. Official UEFA release

Budapest returns to the map of European finals

Three years after staging the 2026 Champions League final, Puskás Aréna will host the Conference League showpiece. UEFA confirmed the full list of venues for its 2028 and 2029 club finals in the same release.

  • Champions League: Munich (2028), Barcelona – Camp Nou (2029)
  • Women's Champions League: Lyon-Décines (2028), Cardiff (2029)
  • Europa League: Bucharest (2028), Belgrade (2029)
  • Conference League: Turin (2028), Budapest – Puskás Aréna (2029)

What the decision means

This announcement awards hosting rights only. Participants, ticket sales and the final timetable are not yet available and should be taken only from later UEFA notices. The venue appointment nevertheless gives Budapest its next confirmed major international football event.

For the current Hungarian club programme in Europe, read the Celtic–Ferencváros preview.

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