Barcelona, one of three Spanish representatives in the Champions' League, could be crowned European champions on May 26 in the first European Cup Final to be held at the Nou Camp since AC Milan defeated Steaua Bucharest 4-0 in 1989.
The UEFA Cup, which last year became a one-off final rather than a two-legged affair, will be played in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on May 12. The European Cup Winners' Cup Final will be staged at Birmingham's Villa Park, England, on May 19.
The only other occasion on which a European final was played on a neutral ground in eastern Europe was the 1973 European Cup final between Ajax Amsterdam and Juventus, staged in Belgrade.
Thee match at Villa Park will be the first European final to be staged in England on a neutral ground other than Wembley.
Thomas Kurth, head of UEFA's Competitions department explained: "The English Football Association submitted Villa Park as their choice as construction work at both Wembley Stadium and Old Trafford ruled out those two grounds.
"Villa Park won the vote to stage the game over the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen."
The Nou Camp stadium has a seating capacity of 92,000 and has staged four major finals, including the 1982 European Cup Winners' Cup Final in which Barcelona beat Standard Liege in front of the only 100,000 crowd in that competition's history.
It also staged the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup final when Rangers defeated Dynamo Moscow and the 1992 Olympic final in which Spain defeated Poland.
This season's European Cup Winners' Final will be the last after UEFA's decision on Tuesday to merge that competition with an expanded UEFA Cup.
No club in the competition's 38-year history has won that cup in successive seasons. But Chelsea, who won last year in Stockholm, could do so on a rival English ground next May.
UEFA's Executive were pre-occupied with the re-organisation of their club competitions during two days of meetings, culminating in Tuesday's announcement the Champions League is to be expanded from 24 to 32 teams from next season.
On Wednesday they also discussed changes to television coverage of European football and are considering altering article 44 that determines which matches can be televised across national borders in Europe.
That subject, and a re-negotiated TV contract in light of changes due to be made to the revamped Champions' League, are likely to occupy debate before the next UEFA Executive meeting in Israel in December.
Reuters
