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Event | 2023–24 UEFA Europa League | ||||||
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Date | 22 May 2024 | ||||||
Venue | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | ||||||
Player of the Match | Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) | ||||||
Referee | István Kovács (Romania) | ||||||
Attendance | 47,135 | ||||||
Weather | Cloudy 14 °C (57 °F) 77% humidity | ||||||
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The 2024 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, the 53rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The match will be played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on 22 May 2024, between Italian club Atalanta and German club Bayer Leverkusen. Atalanta won their first European trophy and the first trophy in 61 years courtesy of a hat-trick by Ademola Lookman, the first hat-trick in a Europa League Final, and a major European final since Jupp Heynckes did so in the 1975 UEFA Cup final second leg and the first in a single-match major European final since Pierino Prati in the 1969 European Cup Final.
The winners earned the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup and the winners of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana in the 2024 UEFA-CONMEBOL Club Challenge. The winners also qualified to enter the league phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, unless they have already qualified for the Champions League or Europa League through their league performance (in which case the access list will be rebalanced).
Background[]
This was Atalanta's first European final. Having lost the 2024 Coppa Italia Final, Atalanta failed to win a cup double, but were still seeking a first major title since winning the 1962–63 Coppa Italia. Atalanta was also seeking to become the first Italian club since Parma in 1999 to win this competition. For Bayer Leverkusen, this was their first European showpiece match since losing the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final. Having won the 2023–24 Bundesliga title and secured passage to the 2024 DFB-Pokal Final, Leverkusen were aiming for a treble and looked to avoid becoming the first German side to lose the UEFA Cup/Europa League final since Werder Bremen in 2009.
Previous finals[]
In the following table, the finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Cup era, and since 2010 in the UEFA Europa League era.
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Venue[]
Host selection[]
On 16 July 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the withdrawal of hosting rights for UEFA Euro 2020, the Aviva Stadium in Dublin was given hosting rights for the 2024 final. This was part of a settlement agreement by UEFA to recognise the efforts and financial investment made to host UEFA Euro 2020.
It will be the second time that the Europa League final has been held in the Aviva Stadium, having previously hosted the 2011 final.
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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2–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | ![]() |
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2–1 (A) | Matchday 2 | ![]() |
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1–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | ![]() |
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1–1 (H) | Matchday 5 | ![]() |
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4–0 (A) | Matchday 6 | ![]() |
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Group D winners
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Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3–2 | 1–1 (A) | 2–1 (H) | Round of 16 | ![]() |
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3–1 | 3–0 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | ![]() |
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4–1 | 1–1 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Semi-finals | ![]() |
4–2 | 2–0 (A) | 2–2 (H) |
Pre-match[]
Identity[]
The original identity of the 2024 UEFA Europa League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 1 September 2023.
Ambassador[]
The ambassador for the final will be former Irish international John O'Shea.
Match[]
Details[]
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw to be held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.
22 May 2024 20:00 IST |
Atalanta ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 47,135 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
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Lookman ![]() |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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See also[]
- 2024 UEFA Champions League Final
- 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League Final
- 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
- 2024 UEFA Super Cup
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