European cups of Milan and Inter · San Siro & dintorni – Stadio Ippodromi
View from above, venue full, racecourse to the north. 1970s–80s, before the third tier. The sports hall, if present, is still standing: it would fall on 17 January 1985.
European nights · 1970s Packed stadium, 1970s–80s Author unidentified · Local Facebook groups of the area and of Milanese memory

View from above, venue full, racecourse to the north. 1970s–80s, before the third tier. The sports hall, if present, is still standing: it would fall on 17 January 1985. Author unidentified · Local Facebook groups of the area and of Milanese memory.

European cups · since 1951

The cups,
one by one

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The roll of honour, competition by competition

Who won what

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The finals, and where they were played

European finals were almost never played here: the stadium is home to the first and second legs, the final is played at a neutral venue. From the crossroads you reach the cup nights, not the cups.

The final
at a neutral venue Curva Nord First leg
and second leg, here Curva Sud Via Novara The crossroads North ↑

Not to scale · the dashed line means «outside the stadium», not «to the north»

Forty-eight European finals, and almost none in this stadium: the final is played where UEFA assigns it. The rounds are played here, which is why the photo collection has the packed stadium and not the trophies.

First-round exits are in the archive just like the wins: one hundred and twenty-four European seasons, including those that ended at once. A first-round elimination is a fact just like a final won.

Images of the cups that remain under the rights of UEFA and the agencies are catalogued with their address and not copied: the page shows photographs of the stadium, the part of this story that is here.

The map of the finals

Where they were played, when the venue is in the catalogue

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The finals

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Season by season

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Decade by decade

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Each row is a decade. A filled square is a final won, an empty one a final lost; red Milan, blue Inter. All the international cups in the catalogue count, from the Latin Cup to the Club World Cup.

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Today

The stadium of the cup nights

The stadium where the rounds were played: the two ends, Milan’s side, Inter’s side.

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From the collection

The stadium in the years of the cups

Two catalogue photographs from the years of the first finals: the second tier complete and the surface car parks, when the European nights were played here.

Fiat 500s, flowerbeds, second tier, 1960–65. Surface car parks towards via Harar: between stands and neighbourhood there is no cutting yet. The sports hall would open in 1976.
1960–65 Stadium and car parks, 1960–65 Fiat 500s, flowerbeds, second tier, 1960–65. Surface car parks towards via Harar: between stands and neighbourhood there is no cutting yet. The sports hall would open in 1976. Author unidentified · Local Facebook groups of the area and of Milanese memory
Trees in the foreground, second tier complete, 1968–69. The sports hall is not there yet, it would open on 31 January 1976. From the via Novara crossroads the stadium is not seen whole: you see the towers, later.
1968–69 Stadium, 1968–69 Trees in the foreground, second tier complete, 1968–69. The sports hall is not there yet, it would open on 31 January 1976. From the via Novara crossroads the stadium is not seen whole: you see the towers, later. Author unidentified · Local Facebook groups of the area and of Milanese memory

From the photo collection

The stadium of the cups, in photographs

All records in the photo collection.

Photographs and documents

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Where it continues

San Siro, final venue

Four European Cup finals at the stadium

UEFA chose San Siro for four finals of the European Cup, later the Champions League: 1965, 1970, 2001 and 2016. Only the first had a Milan team on the pitch, Inter, against Benfica. The other three, and the four UEFA Cup finals played here, are told in A hundred years.

  1. 27 May 1965 Inter 1–0 Benfica Goal by Jair. Inter win their second European Cup in a row, in their own stadium. Images of the final, on the UEFA website ↗
  2. 6 May 1970 Feyenoord 2–1 Celtic After extra time, goal by Kindvall. It is the first European Cup won by a Dutch team. Images of the final, on the UEFA website ↗
  3. 23 May 2001 Bayern 1–1 Valencia Bayern win on penalties, 5–4. Both goals of the match come from penalties. Images of the final, on the UEFA website ↗
  4. 28 May 2016 Real Madrid 1–1 Atlético Real win on penalties, 5–3: it is their eleventh title. Two teams from the same city. Images of the final, on the UEFA website ↗

Images of the finals belong to UEFA, which holds the rights, and are viewed on its website. Footage uploaded to YouTube by private users is not included.

Sources for this page

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Now

Cup nights, 2026/27 season

Milan and Inter’s European matches at San Siro this season, read from the site’s calendar: the result once played, the date when scheduled.

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All dates in the calendar.

What this page rests on

Every fact is checked against at least two independent sources and, where one exists, the official source.

Two independent sources

Dates, measurements and names go through at least two sources that do not copy each other. Where it exists, we go to the original: the deed, the archive, the body that owns it. What appears in only one place waits.

One version only

If two sources disagree, the original document prevails. If even that is not enough, only the part they agree on is written: the year, for example, instead of the day.

Updated every day

The press review and calendar are updated every day. Everything else changes when a new document turns up, and then it changes everywhere at once.

From the community

Many memories, family photographs and tips come from people who live here, writing to the Facebook page. They are published only if the sender agrees. How to take part: Community.

Everything traceable

Sources are listed above and on the page Sources, with archive, shelfmark and terms of use.

No interpretation passed off as fact

An approximate figure stays approximate, a project stays a project until construction starts, and whatever does not add up stays out. The criteria are in Method.