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2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final
Tirana
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Event2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
Date25 May 2022 (2022-05-25)
VenueArena Kombëtare, Tirana
Player of the MatchChris Smalling (Roma)
RefereeIstván Kovács (Romania)
Attendance19,597
WeatherSunny
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.

Bidding associations for 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final
Country Stadium City Capacity Notes
Flag of Albania Albania Arena Kombëtare Tirana 22,500 Bid for 2019 and 2020 UEFA Super Cup
Flag of France France Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 41,965 Hosted matches at UEFA Euro 1984 and 2016, 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Pankritio Stadium Heraklion 26,240 Hosted matches at 2004 Olympic football tournament
Flag of Macedonia North Macedonia 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).

Italy Roma Round Netherlands Feyenoord
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Second qualifying round Flag of Kosovo Drita 3–2 0–0 (A) 3–2 (H)
Third qualifying round Flag of Switzerland Luzern 6–0 3–0 (A) 3–0 (H)
Flag of Turkey Trabzonspor 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Play-off round Flag of Sweden IF Elfsborg 6–3 5–0 (H) 1–3 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 5–1 (H) Matchday 1 Israel Maccabi Haifa 0–0 (A)
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 3–0 (A) Matchday 2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–1 (H)
Norway Bodø/Glimt 1–6 (A) Matchday 3 Germany Union Berlin 3–1 (H)
Norway Bodø/Glimt 2–2 (H) Matchday 4 Germany Union Berlin 2–1 (A)
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 4–0 (H) Matchday 5 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–2 (A)
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3–2 (A) Matchday 6 Israel Maccabi Haifa 2–1 (H)
Group C winners
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
Flag of Italy Roma 6 4 1 1 18 11 +7 13 Advance to round of 16
Flag of Norway Bodø/Glimt 6 3 3 0 14 5 +9 12 Advance to preliminary knockout round
Flag of Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 6 2 1 3 5 11 −6 7
Flag of Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1
Final standings Group E winners
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord 6 4 2 0 11 6 +5 14 Advance to round of 16
Flag of Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 Advance to preliminary knockout round
Flag of Germany Union Berlin 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
Flag of Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 1 1 4 2 7 −5 4
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Knockout round play-offs Bye
Netherlands Vitesse 2–1 1–0 (A) 1–1 (H) Round of 16 Serbia Partizan 8–3 5–2 (A) 3–1 (H)
Norway Bodø/Glimt 5–2 1–2 (A) 4–0 (H) Quarter-finals Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6–4 3–3 (H) 3–1 (A)
England Leicester City 2–1 1–1 (A) 1–0 (H) Semi-finals France Marseille 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 (2022-05-25)
21:00 CEST
Roma Italy 1–0 Netherlands Feyenoord Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Attendance: 19,597
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
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Feyenoord
GK 1 Flag of Portugal Rui Patrício Booked in the 84th minute 84'
CB 23 Flag of Italy Gianluca Mancini
CB 6 Flag of England Chris Smalling
CB 3 Flag of Brazil Roger Ibañez
DM 77 Flag of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan Substituted off in the 17th minute 17'
DM 4 Flag of Italy Bryan Cristante
RM 2 Flag of Netherlands Rick Karsdorp Substituted off in the 89th minute 89'
LM 59 Flag of Poland Nicola Zalewski Booked in the 66th minute 66' Substituted off in the 67th minute 67'
AM 22 Flag of Italy Nicolò Zaniolo Substituted off in the 67th minute 67'
AM 7 Flag of Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini (c) Booked in the 37th minute 37'
CF 9 Flag of England Tammy Abraham Substituted off in the 89th minute 89'
Substitutes:
GK 87 Flag of Brazil Daniel Fuzato
DF 5 Flag of Uruguay Matías Viña Substituted on in the 89th minute 89'
DF 15 Flag of England Ainsley Maitland-Niles
DF 24 Flag of Albania Marash Kumbulla
DF 37 Flag of Italy Leonardo Spinazzola Booked in the 90+4th minute 90+4' Substituted on in the 67th minute 67'
MF 17 Flag of France Jordan Veretout Substituted on in the 67th minute 67'
MF 27 Flag of Portugal Sérgio Oliveira Substituted on in the 17th minute 17'
MF 52 Flag of Italy Edoardo Bove
FW 11 Flag of Spain Carles Pérez
FW 14 Flag of Uzbekistan Eldor Shomurodov Substituted on in the 89th minute 89'
FW 64 Flag of Ghana Felix Afena-Gyan
FW 92 Flag of Italy Stephan El Shaarawy
Manager:
Flag of Portugal José Mourinho
GK 1 Flag of Netherlands Justin Bijlow (c)
RB 3 Flag of Netherlands Lutsharel Geertruida
CB 18 Flag of Austria Gernot Trauner Booked in the 25th minute 25' Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
CB 4 Flag of Argentina Marcos Senesi
LB 5 Flag of Netherlands Tyrell Malacia Substituted off in the 88th minute 88'
CM 26 Flag of Netherlands Guus Til Substituted off in the 59th minute 59'
CM 17 Flag of Norway Fredrik Aursnes
CM 10 Flag of Turkey Orkun Kökçü Substituted off in the 88th minute 88'
RF 14 Flag of England Reiss Nelson Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
CF 33 Flag of Nigeria Cyriel Dessers
LF 7 Flag of Colombia Luis Sinisterra
Substitutes:
GK 16 Flag of Romania Valentin Cojocaru
GK 21 Flag of Israel Ofir Marciano
GK 30 Flag of Netherlands Thijs Jansen
DF 2 Flag of Norway Marcus Holmgren Pedersen Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
DF 13 Flag of Netherlands Philippe Sandler
DF 25 Flag of Netherlands Ramon Hendriks
DF 32 Flag of Netherlands Denzel Hall
MF 6 Flag of Netherlands Jorrit Hendrix
MF 28 Flag of Netherlands Jens Toornstra Substituted on in the 59th minute 59'
FW 9 Flag of Iran Alireza Jahanbakhsh Substituted on in the 88th minute 88'
FW 11 Flag of Netherlands Bryan Linssen Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
FW 23 Flag of Sweden Patrik Wålemark Substituted on in the 88th minute 88'
Manager:
Flag of Netherlands Arne Slot

Man of the Match:
Chris Smalling (Roma)

Assistant referees:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Fourth official:
Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Video assistant referee:
Marco Fritz (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Support video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

See also[]

External links[]

UEFA Conference League
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