The UEFA Cup final will visit a new city this season as the competition ends at Istanbul's Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on Wednesday 20 May 2009.

Modern arena
Turkey's largest city was given its first major European showpiece when the Atatürk Olympic Stadium staged the 2005 UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool FC and AC Milan. Now the UEFA Cup will be decided on Istanbul's Asian side in the home of Fenerbahçe SK, which was first opened in 1907 but renovated between 1999 and 2006 into a modern arena with around 50,000 seats.

Venues
Istanbul will be the 12th city to stage the UEFA Cup final since it became a one-off event in 1997/98, following in the footsteps of Paris, Moscow, Copenhagen, Dortmund, Rotterdam, Seville, Gothenburg, Lisbon, Eindhoven, Glasgow and Manchester. In 2010 the UEFA Cup final will be held at Germany's Hamburg Arena.