Liverpool fans fume at 16,626 ticket allocation for the Champions League final

Liverpool fans hoping to see their side in the Champions League final have reacted angrily after it emerged the club had been allocated just 16,626 tickets for the showpiece fixture.

Jurgen Klopp’s men will take on Real Madrid at Kiev’s 63,000-capacity NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 26.

However, just over a quarter of tickets available are making their way to Merseyside. 

The final will take place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kiev – which has a net capacity of 63,000

Following the announcement, made shortly after Liverpool’s dramatic 7-6 aggregate triumph over AS Roma, upset supporters flocked to social media, accusing Uefa of pandering to sponsors and branding the allocation ‘a joke’.

Uefa claim each club has been allocated close to 17,000 tickets although Liverpool say the authority’s rules dictate that 250 have to be given to players, their families and staff and that this means they are left with 16,626, – a figure officials privately feel they could sell 10 times over.

While there is dismay at Anfield at the paltry number, there is little surprise. The Merseyside club accept that they are bound by Uefa’s rules and that there is little they can do to change the situation. 

Liverpool fans were in fine voice in Rome but could pay up to £394 to watch their side in Kiev

 Previous matches, including Wednesday night’s second leg in Italy, have been screened in front of the Kop and the club are looking to stage a similar event for the final.

An unrelenting Uefa boasted that, along with 6,700 tickets already sold on the organisation’s website, around 65 per cent of the stadium’s 63,000 capacity will go to supporters.

They added that the allocation is similar to that distributed in the previous two finals.

Tickets start at £48 with a restricted view, with the most expensive costing £394.

Liverpool will be hoping to celebrate come full-time on May 26 against Real Madrid in Ukraine