Fulham FC's Craven Cottage will be the venue for the UEFA Women's Champions League final on Thursday 26 May 2011.

The showpiece is held two nights before the men's UEFA Champions League final in the same city, and with Wembley staging that match this season, the women's equivalent was set for London. Containing stands built by famed football architect Archibald Leitch, Craven Cottage is in the west of the city on the north bank of the River Thames, and has been the home of Fulham since 1896.

In the last few years the number of seats has been increased to more than 25,000 and it has plenty of recent experience of big continental matches following Fulham's run to the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League final, and previously the club played two UEFA Intertoto Cup matches there. Craven Cottage has also staged a number of neutral international friendly matches in recent years, including several involving Australia.

Craven Cottage follows in the footsteps of Getafe CF's Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, which staged the first UEFA Women's Champions League final last season, won by 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.