2024 UEFA Europa Conference League Final

2024 UEFA Conference League Final

Olympiacos Fiorentina 1 0
HT:0–0 UEFA Report BBC Report After extra time
Event	2023–24 Europa Conference
Date	29 May 2024 (2024-05-29)
Venue	Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens
Player of the Match	Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
Referee	Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Attendance	26,842
Weather	Partly cloudy night 21 °C (70 °F) 51% humidity
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The 2024 UEFA Conference League final was the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, the third season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It was played at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 29 May 2024.

Olympiacos won the match 1–0 after extra time for their first UEFA Europa Conference League title, becoming the first Greek club to win a European trophy. As winners, they qualified for the league phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. Meanwhile, Fiorentina lost their second Europa Conference League final in a row, becoming the first team to lose two consecutive European finals since Benfica in the 2013 and 2014 UEFA Europa League finals.

Background

This is Olympiacos' first European final. For only the second time a Greek team will appear in a European final. The first was Panathinaikos, who lost the 1971 European Cup Final. Fiorentina is the first club to play in two UEFA Europa Conference League finals and the first to contest them consecutively.

Previous finals

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Olympiacos	None
Fiorentina	1 (2023)

Venue

The Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, known as the OPAP Arena for sponsorship reasons, is home of AEK Athens. The stadium opened in September 2022, and has a capacity of 32,500. The match will be the eighth single-leg UEFA club final to be played in Greece, having hosted three European Cup/Champions League finals (in 1983, 1994 and 2007), three Cup Winners' Cup finals (in 1971, 1973 and 1987) and the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.

Host selection

On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final, which was held in parallel with that of the 2025 final. Interested bidders could bid for either one or both of the finals. The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as a UEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:

• 21 June 2022: Applications formally invited
• 31 August 2022: Closing date for registering intention to bid
• 7 September 2022: Bid requirements made available to bidders
• 3 November 2022: Submission of preliminary bid dossier
• 23 February 2023: Submission of final bid dossier
• 28 June 2023: Appointment of host

The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Agia Sophia Stadium as the host during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023. As the stadium is new and has never been operated by the club for international competitions, the venue is subject to an observation period until November 2023 for matches played in UEFA club competitions and UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying. Should the venue meet the requirements, the appointment will be officially confirmed in December 2023.

Road to the final

Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League and 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

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

Olympiacos				Round	Fiorentina
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase (EL, ECL)	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Genk	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Third qualifying round	Bye
Čukarički	6–1	3–1 (H)	3–0 (A)	Play-off round	Rapid Wien	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage (EL, ECL)	Opponent	Result
SC Freiburg	2–3 (H)			Matchday 1	Genk	2–2 (A)
TSC	2–2 (A)			Matchday 2	Ferencváros	2–2 (H)
West Ham United	2–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Čukarički	6–0 (H)
West Ham United	0–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Čukarički	1–0 (A)
SC Freiburg	0–5 (A)			Matchday 5	Genk	2–1 (H)
TSC	5–2 (H)			Matchday 6	Ferencváros	1–1 (A)
Group A third place Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes West Ham United 6 5 0 1 10 4 +6 15 Advance to round of 16 SC Freiburg 6 4 0 2 17 7 +10 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs Olympiacos 6 2 1 3 11 14 −3 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League TSC 6 0 1 5 6 19 −13 1				Final standings	Group F winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes Fiorentina 6 3 3 0 14 6 +8 12 Advance to round of 16 Ferencváros 6 2 4 0 9 6 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs Genk 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 Čukarički 6 0 0 6 2 16 −14 0
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencváros	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Knockout round play-offs	Bye
Maccabi Tel Aviv	7–5	1–4 (H)	6–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Round of 16	Maccabi Haifa	5–4	4–3 (A)	1–1 (H)
Fenerbahçe	3–3 (3–2 p)	3–2 (H)	0–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Quarter-finals	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Aston Villa	6–2	4–2 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Club Brugge	4–3	3–2 (H)	1–1 (A)

Pre-match

Identity

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

Ticketing

The stadium has a capacity of 32,500, and 27,100 were made available of which 21,000 were on sale to the general public. Each club in the final received an allocation of 9,000 tickets each.

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.

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) 21:00 CEST	Olympiacos	1–0	Fiorentina	Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens Attendance: 26,842 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
	El Kaabi  116'	HT:0–0 UEFA Report BBC Report

Olympiacos

Fiorentina

GK 88 Konstantinos Tzolakis RB 23 Rodinei CB 45 Panagiotis Retsos CB 16 David Carmo LB 03 Francisco Ortega 91' CM 32 Santiago Hezze CM 08 Vicente Iborra RW 56 Daniel Podence 106' 28' AM 06 Chiquinho 77' LW 07 Kostas Fortounis (c) 73' CF 09 Ayoub El Kaabi 120+2' 117' Substitutes: GK 1 Alexandros Paschalakis 95' GK 99 Athanasios Papadoudis DF 18 Quini 91' DF 27 Omar Richards DF 65 Apostolos Apostolopoulos DF 74 Andreas Ndoj MF 05 André Horta 77' MF 15 Sotiris Alexandropoulos MF 19 Georgios Masouras 106' MF 20 João Carvalho FW 11 Youssef El-Arabi 120+2' FW 22 Stevan Jovetić 73' 94' Manager: José Luis Mendilibar

GK 01 Pietro Terracciano RB 02 Dodô CB 04 Nikola Milenković CB 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta 42' LB 03 Cristiano Biraghi (c) 106' 99' CM 06 Arthur 74' CM 38 Rolando Mandragora RW 10 Nicolás González 106' AM 05 Giacomo Bonaventura 82' LW 99 Christian Kouamé 82' 79' CF 20 Andrea Belotti 59' Substitutes: GK 53 Oliver Christensen DF 16 Luca Ranieri 106' DF 22 Davide Faraoni DF 33 Michael Kayode DF 65 Fabiano Parisi MF 08 Maxime Lopez MF 19 Gino Infantino MF 32 Alfred Duncan 74' MF 72 Antonín Barák 82' FW 09 Lucas Beltrán 106' FW 11 Jonathan Ikoné 82' FW 18 M'Bala Nzola 59' Manager: Vincenzo Italiano

Man of the Match: Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos) Assistant referees: Paulo Soares (Portugal) Pedro Ribeiro (Portugal) Fourth official: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) Reserve assistant referee: Mahbod Beigi (Sweden) Video assistant referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referee: Christian Dingert (Germany) Support video assistant referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

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

Statistics

First half Statistic Olympiacos Fiorentina Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 2 9 Shots on target 2 2 Saves 2 2 Ball possession 49% 51% Corner kicks 2 2 Fouls committed 6 5 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic Olympiacos Fiorentina Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 1 3 Shots on target 0 1 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 49% 51% Corner kicks 1 3 Fouls committed 4 9 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Extra time Statistic Olympiacos Fiorentina Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 3 5 Shots on target 2 1 Saves 1 1 Ball possession 41% 59% Corner kicks 2 1 Fouls committed 0 3 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 3 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Olympiacos Fiorentina Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 6 17 Shots on target 4 4 Saves 4 3 Ball possession 47% 53% Corner kicks 5 6 Fouls committed 10 17 Offsides 4 3 Yellow cards 4 3 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2024 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2024 UEFA Europa League Final
• 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
• 2024 UEFA Super Cup

External links

• Official website