2023 UEFA Europa Conference League Final

2023 UEFA Europa Conference League Final

Fiorentina West Ham United 1 2
Report
Event	2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Date	7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)
Venue	Fortuna Arena, Prague
Player of the Match	Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)
Referee	Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Attendance	17,363
Weather	Cloudy night 19 °C (66 °F) 75% humidity
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The 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League Final was the final match of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, the second season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It was played on 7 June 2023.

West Ham United won the match 2–1 for their first UEFA Europa Conference League title. As winners, they qualified for the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.

Teams

This was the first appearance in the final of the competition for both teams.

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Fiorentina	None
West Ham United	None

Venue

The Fortuna Arena previously hosted the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, as well as four matches at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, including the final.

Host selection

An bidding process was launched by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League for both 2022 and 2023. Associations interested in hosting one of the finals had until 20 February 2020 to submit bid dossiers.

Original bidding associations for 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League Final

Country	Stadium	City	Capacity	Notes
Albania	Arena Kombëtare	Tirana	22,500	Bid for 2019 and 2020 UEFA Super Cup; selected as host for 2022 final
France	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Saint-Étienne	41,965	Hosted matches at UEFA Euro 1984 and 2016, 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Greece	Pankritio Stadium	Heraklion	26,240	Hosted matches at 2004 Olympic football tournament
North Macedonia	Toše Proeski Arena	Skopje	33,460	Hosted 2017 UEFA Super Cup

The decision was originally scheduled to be made by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 3 December 2020. However, UEFA later decided to reopen the bidding process after appointing the host for the 2022 final only. Member associations had until 30 September 2021 to confirm their intention to submit a bid, while the bids must be submitted by 23 February 2022. The host will then be appointed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in May 2022.

New bidding associations for 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League Final

Country	Stadium	City	Capacity	Notes
Cyprus
Czech Republic	Fortuna Arena	Prague	20,800	Hosted 2013 UEFA Super Cup and matches at 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Greece	Agia Sophia Stadium	Nea Filadelfeia	32,000	Under construction
Israel
Northern Ireland	Windsor Park	Belfast	18,614	Hosted 2021 UEFA Super Cup
Slovakia	Tehelné pole	Bratislava	22,500

The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Fortuna Arena as the host during their meeting in Vienna, Austria, on 10 May 2022.

Road to the final

For more details on this topic, see 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

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

Fiorentina				Round	West Ham United
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Twente	2–1	2–1 (H)	0–0 (A)	Play-off round	Viborg	6–1	3–1 (H)	3–0 (A)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
RFS	1–1 (H)			Matchday 1	FCSB	3–1 (H)
İstanbul Başakşehir	0–3 (A)			Matchday 2	Silkeborg	3–2 (A)
Heart of Midlothian	3–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Anderlecht	1–0 (A)
Heart of Midlothian	5–1 (H)			Matchday 4	Anderlecht	2–1 (H)
İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1 (H)			Matchday 5	Silkeborg	1–0 (H)
RFS	3–0 (A)			Matchday 6	FCSB	3–0 (A)
Group A runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes İstanbul Başakşehir 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13 Advance to round of 16 Fiorentina 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Advance to preliminary knockout round Heart of Midlothian 6 2 0 4 6 16 −10 6 RFS 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2				Final standings	Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes West Ham United 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18 Advance to round of 16 Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Advance to preliminary knockout round Silkeborg 6 2 0 4 12 7 +5 6 FCSB 6 0 2 4 3 18 −15 2
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Braga	7–2	4–0 (A)	3–2 (H)	Knockout round play-offs	Bye
Sivasspor	5–1	1–0 (H)	4–1 (A)	Round of 16	AEK Larnaca	6–0	2–0 (A)	4–0 (H)
Lech Poznań	6–4	4–1 (A)	2–3 (H)	Quarter-finals	Gent	5–2	1–1 (A)	4–1 (H)
Basel	4–3	1–2 (H)	3–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Semi-finals	AZ	3–1	2–1 (H)	1–0 (A)

Pre-match

Identity

The original identity of the 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 26 August 2022.

Ambassador

The ambassador for the final is former Czech international Vladimír Šmicer, who won the 2000–01 UEFA Cup and 2004–05 UEFA Champions League titles with Liverpool.

Ticketing

With a stadium capacity of 18,000 for the final, a total amount of 13,000 tickets are available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 5,000 tickets each, and with the other tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 21 to 28 April 2023 in four price categories: €125, €85, €45, and €25. Accessibility tickets for disabled spectators cost €25. The remaining tickets are allocated to the local organising committee, national associations, commercial partners, and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.

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.

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07) 21:00 CEST	Fiorentina	1–2	West Ham United	Fortuna Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,363 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
	Bonaventura  67'	Report	Benrahma  62' (pen.) Bowen  90'

Fiorentina

West Ham United

GK 1 Pietro Terracciano RB 2 Dodô CB 4 Nikola Milenković 75' CB 16 Luca Ranieri 84' LB 3 Cristiano Biraghi (c) CM 34 Sofyan Amrabat 85' CM 38 Rolando Mandragora 66' 90+3' AM 5 Giacomo Bonaventura RW 22 Nicolás González LW 99 Christian Kouamé 62' CF 7 Luka Jović 46' Substitutes: GK 31 Michele Cerofolini DF 15 Aleksa Terzić DF 23 Lorenzo Venuti DF 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta DF 98 Igor 84' MF 8 Riccardo Saponara 62' MF 32 Alfred Duncan 67' MF 42 Alessandro Bianco MF 72 Antonín Barák 90+3' FW 9 Arthur Cabral 46' FW 11 Jonathan Ikoné FW 77 Josip Brekalo Manager: Vincenzo Italiano

GK 13 Alphonse Areola RB 5 Vladimír Coufal CB 4 Kurt Zouma 61' CB 27 Nayef Aguerd 53' LB 33 Emerson Palmieri CM 28 Tomáš Souček CM 41 Declan Rice (c) AM 11 Lucas Paquetá RW 20 Jarrod Bowen 90+7' LW 22 Saïd Benrahma 31' 76' CF 9 Michail Antonio 90+4' Substitutes: GK 1 Łukasz Fabiański DF 2 Ben Johnson DF 3 Aaron Cresswell DF 21 Angelo Ogbonna 90+4' DF 24 Thilo Kehrer 61' MF 8 Pablo Fornals 76' MF 10 Manuel Lanzini MF 12 Flynn Downes MF 62 Freddie Potts FW 14 Maxwel Cornet FW 18 Danny Ings FW 72 Divin Mubama Manager: David Moyes

Assistant referees: Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (Spain) Fourth official: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) Reserve assistant referee: Diego Barbero Sevilla (Spain) Video assistant referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain) Assistant video assistant referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) Support video assistant referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

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

• 2023 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2023 UEFA Europa League Final
• 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
• 2023 UEFA Super Cup

External links

• Official website
• BBC report

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