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Event | 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League | ||||||
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Date | 25 May 2022 | ||||||
Venue | Arena Kombëtare, Tirana | ||||||
Player of the Match | Chris Smalling (Roma) | ||||||
Referee | István Kovács (Romania) | ||||||
Attendance | 19,597 | ||||||
Weather | Sunny 23 °C (73 °F) 51% humidity | ||||||
2023 → |
The 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final was the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, the first season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It will be played on 25 May 2022 at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, between Italian club Roma and Dutch club Feyenoord.
Roma won the match 1–0 to secure the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League title, the first club from Italy to win a UEFA competition in 12 years. As they already qualified for the group stage of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League via their domestic league performance, the competition's access list was rebalanced. If the winner had not qualified for the Champions League or Europa League through league performance, that team would have received a place in the Europa League group stage.
Venue[]
The match was the first UEFA competition final to be played in Albania. The 21,690-seat Arena Kombëtare is the home stadium of the Albania national team, as well as clubs Dinamo Tirana and Partizani. Construction of the stadium began in 2016 and was completed by November 2019.
Host selection[]
A bidding process was launched by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022 and 2023. Associations interested in hosting one of the finals had until 20 February 2020 to submit bid dossiers.
Country | Stadium | City | Capacity | Notes |
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Arena Kombëtare | Tirana | 22,500 | Bid for 2019 and 2020 UEFA Super Cup |
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Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Saint-Étienne | 41,965 | Hosted matches at UEFA Euro 1984 and 2016, 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
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Pankritio Stadium | Heraklion | 26,240 | Hosted matches at 2004 Olympic football tournament |
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Toše Proeski Arena | Skopje | 33,460 | Hosted 2017 UEFA Super Cup |
Arena Kombëtare was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 3 December 2020.
Pre-match[]
Identity[]
The logo of the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 27 August 2021 in Istanbul.
Ambassador[]
The ambassador for the final is former Albanian international Lorik Cana.
Road to the final[]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
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Bye | Second qualifying round | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–0 (A) | 3–2 (H) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third qualifying round | ![]() |
6–0 | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5–1 | 2–1 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Play-off round | ![]() |
6–3 | 5–0 (H) | 1–3 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5–1 (H) | Matchday 1 | ![]() |
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3–0 (A) | Matchday 2 | ![]() |
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1–6 (A) | Matchday 3 | ![]() |
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2–2 (H) | Matchday 4 | ![]() |
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4–0 (H) | Matchday 5 | ![]() |
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3–2 (A) | Matchday 6 | ![]() |
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Group C winners
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Final standings | Group E winners
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Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bye | Knockout round play-offs | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | Round of 16 | ![]() |
8–3 | 5–2 (A) | 3–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5–2 | 1–2 (A) | 4–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | ![]() |
6–4 | 3–3 (H) | 3–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2–1 | 1–1 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Semi-finals | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–2 (H) | 0–0 (A) |
Match[]
Details[]
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw to be held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.
25 May 2022 21:00 CEST |
Roma ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana Attendance: 19,597 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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See also[]
- 2022 UEFA Champions League Final
- 2022 UEFA Europa League Final
- 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
- 2022 UEFA Super Cup
External links[]
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