<Tr> <Th> Weather </Th> <Td> Partly cloudy 15 ° C (59 ° F) 33% humidity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2005 2007 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2006 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between Barcelona of Spain and Arsenal of England at the Stade de France in Saint - Denis, Paris, France, on Wednesday, 17 May 2006 . It was the final match of the 2005--06 season of Europe's primary cup competition, the UEFA Champions League . Barcelona were appearing in their fifth final, having won the competition once in 1992, and lost the other three finals . Arsenal were appearing in the final for the first time and in doing so became the first club from London to feature in the final . </P> <P> Each club needed to progress through the group stage and knockout rounds to reach the final, playing 12 matches in total . Barcelona won their group and progressed to the final after beating Chelsea, Benfica and Milan, respectively . Arsenal won their group to move into the knockout stage, and progressed without conceding a goal against Real Madrid, Juventus and Villarreal, respectively . </P>

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