The Champions League final will move to Saturday from 2010,
with Wembley in the running host it that year, says
Uefa.
The Intertoto Cup is to be abolished and the format of the Uefa Cup
altered.
Qualification for the Champions League will also change, with 22
teams earning places based on their league finish and a two-part
tournament for the rest.
Five places will be disputed by 15 teams from leading nations, and
the rest contested by teams from Uefa's 40 other member
nations.
The decisions were taken at a Uefa executive committee meeting in
Lucerne.
Format changes also mean that three Premier League teams will
qualify automatically for the group stage, as will the champions of
Scotland.
But the fourth-placed Premier League side and Scotland's runners-up
will face a stiffer test in the qualifying round, as they are more
likely to face stronger opponents than under the current
format.
"We are all of the opinion that this is a great competition which
provides a considerable spectacle," said Uefa president Michel
Platini about the changes.
"I also hope that playing the UEFA Champions League final on a
Saturday will give families, especially children, the chance to see
the game."
The Uefa Cup is also to be substantially changed between 2009 and
2012.
There will be 12 groups of four teams, with the top two of each
group progressing to the knock-out stage, where they will be joined
by the eight clubs that finish the group stage of the Champions
League in third place.
Berlin's Olympiastadion, the Allianz Arena in Munich, Valencia's
Mestalla and Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium are the other venues on
the shortlist for the 2010 Champions League final with Wembley.
