The club has complained about its 17,000 allocation at the 63,000 capacity stadium in Athens.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry told the club's website: "Uefa must look at the way they allocate tickets for future finals.

"Thousands of genuine fans are not being given the chance to attend what is the biggest game in club football."

However, Uefa spokesman William Gaillard said: "If we built a stadium with a million seats, the match would still sell out."

Liverpool have operated a fancard policy this season with supporters earning a point for each European game attended this season.

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Those with seven or more points have qualified for tickets while the rest, including long-term season ticket holders, have been entered into a ballot.

A club statement read: "Liverpool have expressed their disappointment and frustration to Uefa - but have been told categorically that no more tickets will be allocated to the club, not even the returned tickets from Milan - they will go into a Uefa ballot.

"Liverpool Football Club understands and shares the disappointment of their fans in what is a very frustrating situation.

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"Our policy on tickets was available right from the start of the season and has not changed.

"The ballot for Liverpool fans was drawn up to be as fair as possible to fans, but the bottom line is that Uefa has not supplied enough tickets for the match."

Uefa has given each club 17,000 tickets while 20,000 are for the 'Uefa family' with 9,000 having been sold by ballot.

Parry added: "When you only get 17,000 tickets, you are never going to find a system of distribution that is anything but a problem.

"The point is there is not enough to go around. We have told Uefa there will be 40,000 Liverpool fans in the ground by hook or by crook.

"So wouldn't it be better to give us the tickets and let us distribute them fairly without fans having to go to extreme methods to get them? Our pleas fell on deaf ears."