- This final is the last time played on a wednesday since the competition start in 1956. Starting next season the final will be played on Saturday.
- The Catalans has won two of their previous appearances in 1992 and 2006. Final at Rome will be Barcelona's fifth European Cup Final
- Manchester United has won each of all three previous appearance in 1968, 1999 and 2008. Final at Rome will be Manchester United's fourth European Cup Final.
- The 2009 final marks the fifth successive season that an English club has reached the final after Liverpool (winners 2005), Arsenal (runners-up 2006), Liverpool (runners-up 2007) and last season's all-England final between Manchester United (winners) and Chelsea (runners-up).
- Manchester United will become the first team to retain European Cup since Champions League began in 92-93 if they can beat Barcelona in the Final.The last team that achieved it was AC Milan in 89-90.
- Juventus was the last club to finish as runners up after winning trophy in 1996 and lost it in 1997.
- Other teams that retain the European Cup are :Nottingham Forest (79 and 80), Bayern Munich (74,74 and 76), Ajax (71,72 and 73), Inter Milan(64 and 65), Benfica (61 and 62) and Real Madrid who won it five consecutive times from 1956 to 1960.
- Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 25 Champions Leagues matches. They last lost to AC Milan in the 2006-7 semi-finals. United make a tremendous record-setting form for the competition.
- Rome's Stadio Olimpico has staged the European Cup final for the fourth time after finals in 1977, 1984 and 1996.
- The old Wembley Stadium in London has staged more finals than any other ground, hosting the finals of 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992 - when Barcelona won. Paris has also staged five finals but at different stadiums. Wembley will host the final again in 2011.
- Both clubs won their first European cups at Wembley : Manchester United in 1968, Barcelona in 1992.
- Winning against Chelsea on last season make Sir Alex Ferguson became the second-oldest man to win the trophy when he was 66. The oldest is Belgian Raymond Goethals, who was 71 when Marseille won in 1993.
- Sir Alex Ferguson has became the 16th man to win European Cup Twice after won against Chelsea last season. If Man United win on Wednesday against Barcelona, he will join the late Bob Paisley (Liverpool manager 77,78 and 81) as the only manager to win the European Cup three times.
- Pep Guardiola will be the third youngest manager to win the trophy if Barcelona can win against Manchester United at aged 38 years 129 days.
- Pep Guardiola will make an history to be the sixth man to win the European Cup both as a player and coach. He was in the Barcelona team which won the cup in 1992.
- In November 2002, Thierry Henry has scored his first ever Champions League hat-trick against Roma while still with Arsenal in the Stadio Olimpico .
- Both of teams stars have been beaten in finalist: 2002, Dimitar Berbatov while still in Bayer Leverkusen were beaten by Real Madrid, 2004, Patrice Evra while play with Monaco were beaten by Porto and 2006, Thierry Henry and Alexander Hleb while still in Arsenal were beaten by Barcelona.