2024 UEFA Europa League final

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2024 UEFA Europa League final
The Aviva Stadium in Dublin will host the final
Event2023–24 UEFA Europa League
Atalanta Bayer Leverkusen
Italy Germany
Date22 May 2024 (2024-05-22)
VenueAviva Stadium, Dublin
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The 2024 UEFA Europa League final will be the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, the 53rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It will be held at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on 22 May 2024.[1][2]

The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup and the winners of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana in the 2024 UEFA-CONMEBOL Club Challenge. The winners will also qualify to enter the league phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, unless they have already qualified for the Champions League or Europa League through their league performance (in which case the access list will be rebalanced).

Background[edit]

This is Atalanta's first European final ever. For Bayer Leverkusen, this is their first European showpiece match since losing the 2002 UEFA Champions League final. Having won the 2023–24 Bundesliga title and secured passage to the 2024 DFB-Pokal final, Leverkusen are aiming for a treble.

Previous finals[edit]

In the following table, the finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Cup era, and since 2010 in the UEFA Europa League era.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Italy Atalanta None
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1 (1988)

Venue[edit]

Host selection[edit]

On 16 July 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the withdrawal of hosting rights for UEFA Euro 2020, the Aviva Stadium in Dublin was given hosting rights for the 2024 final. This was part of a settlement agreement by UEFA to recognise the efforts and financial investment made to host UEFA Euro 2020.[1]

It will be the second time that the Europa League final has been held in the Aviva Stadium, having previously hosted the 2011 final.

Road to the final[edit]

Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Italy Atalanta Round Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Poland Raków Częstochowa 2–0 (H) Matchday 1 Sweden BK Häcken 4–0 (H)
Portugal Sporting CP 2–1 (A) Matchday 2 Norway Molde 2–1 (A)
Austria Sturm Graz 2–2 (A) Matchday 3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 5–1 (H)
Austria Sturm Graz 1–0 (H) Matchday 4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 (A)
Portugal Sporting CP 1–1 (H) Matchday 5 Sweden BK Häcken 2–0 (A)
Poland Raków Częstochowa 4–0 (A) Matchday 6 Norway Molde 5–1 (H)
Group D winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Italy Atalanta 6 14
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 11
3 Austria Sturm Graz 6 4
4 Poland Raków Częstochowa 6 4
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group H winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 18
2 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 10
3 Norway Molde 6 7
4 Sweden BK Häcken 6 0
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Portugal Sporting CP 3–2 1–1 (A) 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 5–4 2–2 (A) 3–2 (H)
England Liverpool 3–1 3–0 (A) 0–1 (H) Quarter-finals England West Ham United 3–1 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
France Marseille 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Italy Roma 4–2 2–0 (A) 2–2 (H)

Pre-match[edit]

Identity[edit]

The original identity of the 2024 UEFA Europa League final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 1 September 2023.[3]

Ambassador[edit]

The ambassador for the final will be former Irish international John O'Shea.[4]

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

Atalanta ItalyvGermany Bayer Leverkusen
Report

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Venues appointed for club competition finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "International match calendar and access list for the 2023/24 season". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 65/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ UEFA.com (1 September 2023). "2024 UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League final identities revealed | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. ^ McDonnell, Daniel (17 April 2024). "John O'Shea in the dark over Ireland manager job but he doesn't expect it will be him". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

External links[edit]

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