2022 UEFA Europa League Final

2022 UEFA Europa League Final

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UEFA Report BBC Report After extra time Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–4 on penalties
Event	2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Date	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)
Venue	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Player of the Match	Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Referee	Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Attendance	38,842
Weather	Partly cloudy night 31 °C (88 °F) 32% humidity
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The 2022 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, the 51st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It will be played at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain, on 18 May 2022,between German club Eintracht Frankfurt and Scottish club Rangers.

The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, with Budapest instead hosting the 2023 final.

The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup.

Teams

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

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Eintracht Frankfurt	1 (1980)
Rangers	1 (2008)

Venue

This will be the first Europa League final to be held at the stadium. It previously hosted the 1986 European Cup Final. The city of Seville hosted the 2003 UEFA Cup Final at the Estadio de La Cartuja. Spain had hosted four other UEFA Cup finals (holding a leg in 1977, 1985, 1986, and 1988).

Host selection

For the details on the selection of Budapest as the original host for the final, see 2023 UEFA Europa League Final#Host selection.

An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.

UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that three associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Europa League final, and on 22 February 2019 that two associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.

Bidding associations for final

Country	Stadium	City	Capacity	Notes
Georgia	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	Tbilisi	54,202	Hosted 2015 UEFA Super Cup
Spain	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	Seville	43,883	Hosted 1986 European Cup Final

The following associations expressed interest in hosting but eventually did not submit bids:

• Austria: Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
• Czech Republic: Sinobo Stadium, Prague
• Hungary: Puskás Aréna, Budapest

The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.

On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, Seville would instead host the 2022 final.

Road to the final

For more details on 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, see 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.

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

Eintracht Frankfurt				Round	Rangers
Europa League					Champions League
Bye				Qualifying phase (EL, CL)	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
				Third qualifying round	Malmö FF	2–4	1–2 (A)	1–2 (H)
					Europa League
				Play-off round	Alashkert	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Fenerbahçe	1–1 (H)			Matchday 1	Lyon	0–2 (H)
Antwerp	1–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Sparta Prague	0–1 (A)
Olympiacos	3–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Brøndby	2–0 (H)
Olympiacos	2–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Brøndby	1–1 (A)
Antwerp	2–2 (H)			Matchday 5	Sparta Prague	2–0 (H)
Fenerbahçe	1–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Lyon	1–1 (A)
Group D winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes Eintracht Frankfurt (Q) 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase Olympiacos (Q) 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1 9 Fenerbahçe 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6 Antwerp 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5				Final standings	Group A runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes Lyon (Q) 6 5 1 0 16 5 +11 16 Advance to knockout phase Rangers (Q) 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Sparta Prague 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Brøndby 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Knockout round play-offs	Borussia Dortmund	6–4	4–2 (A)	2–2 (H)
Real Betis	3–2	2–1 (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)	Round of 16	Red Star Belgrade	4–2	3–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Barcelona	4–3	1–1 (H)	3–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Braga	3–2	0–1 (A)	3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
West Ham United	3–1	2–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semi-finals	RB Leipzig	3–2	0–1 (A)	3–1 (H)

Background

This is Eintracht Frankfurt's third final in a major UEFA competition, having lost the 1960 European Cup Final to Real Madrid and won the 1980 UEFA Cup Final. Having become the first German team in a major European final since Bayern Munich in the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final and the first UEFA Cup/Europa League finalist from Germany since Werder Bremen in 2009, they are seeking to become the first German side since Schalke 04 in 1997 to win the competition.

This is Rangers' fifth final in a major UEFA competition, having won the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final and lost both the 1961 and 1967 Cup Winners' Cup finals as well as the 1972 European Super Cup and the 2008 UEFA Cup Final. Having become the first Scottish club in any European final since themselves in 2008, they are seeking to become the first Scottish club since Aberdeen in the 1983 European Super Cup to win a European trophy and the first Scottish side to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League.

The two sides have previously met twice in European competitions, in the 1959–60 European Cup semi-finals, with Eintracht Frankfurt winning both legs.

Pre-match

Identity

The logo of the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 27 August 2021 in Istanbul.

Ambassador

The ambassador for the final is former Sevilla goalkeeper Andrés Palop.

Officials

On 11 May 2022, UEFA named Slovenian official Slavko Vinčić as the referee for the final. Vinčić has been a FIFA referee since 2010, and was previously an additional assistant referee in the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final and the fourth official in the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final. He also worked as an additional assistant referee in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup. He officiated ten matches in the 2021–22 Champions League season, with two matches in qualification, five in the group stage and three knockout fixtures. He served as a referee at UEFA Euro 2020, where he officiated two group matches and a quarter-final. He will be joined by three of his fellow countrymen, with Tomaž Klančnik and Andraž Kovačič as assistant referees, and Jure Praprotnik as one of the assistant VAR officials. Srđan Jovanović of Serbia will serve as the fourth official, while Dutchman Pol van Boekel was appointed as the video assistant referee. Spaniards Alejandro Hernández Hernández and Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar will serve as the other assistant VAR officials.

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.

18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) 21:00 CEST	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Rangers	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Borré  69'	UEFA Report BBC Report	Aribo  57'
		Penalties
	Lenz Hrustic Kamada Kostić Borré	5–4	Tavernier Davis Arfield Ramsey Roofe

Eintracht Frankfurt

Rangers

GK 1 Kevin Trapp CB 35 Tuta 58' CB 18 Almamy Touré CB 2 Evan Ndicka 100' RM 36 Ansgar Knauff CM 8 Djibril Sow 106' CM 17 Sebastian Rode (c) 90' LM 10 Filip Kostić AM 29 Jesper Lindstrøm 70' AM 15 Daichi Kamada CF 19 Rafael Santos Borré Substitutes: GK 31 Jens Grahl DF 22 Timothy Chandler DF 24 Danny da Costa DF 25 Christopher Lenz 100' MF 6 Kristijan Jakić 90' MF 7 Ajdin Hrustic 106' MF 20 Makoto Hasebe 58' MF 27 Aymen Barkok FW 9 Sam Lammers FW 21 Ragnar Ache FW 23 Jens Petter Hauge 70' FW 39 Gonçalo Paciência Manager: Oliver Glasner

GK 1 Allan McGregor RB 2 James Tavernier (c) CB 6 Connor Goldson CB 3 Calvin Bassey LB 31 Borna Barišić 117' CM 8 Ryan Jack 74' CM 4 John Lundstram RW 14 Ryan Kent AM 23 Scott Wright 73' 74' LW 18 Glen Kamara 91' CF 17 Joe Aribo 62' 101' Substitutes: GK 28 Robby McCrorie GK 33 Jon McLaughlin DF 26 Leon Balogun DF 43 Leon King MF 9 Amad Diallo MF 10 Steven Davis 74' MF 16 Aaron Ramsey 117' MF 19 James Sands 101' MF 37 Scott Arfield 91' MF 51 Alex Lowry FW 25 Kemar Roofe 117' FW 30 Fashion Sakala 74' 117' Manager: Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Man of the Match: Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt) Assistant referees: Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) Video assistant referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain)

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

See also

• 2022 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final
• 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
• 2022 UEFA Super Cup

External links

• Official website
• BBC Report