2025 UEFA Europa League Final

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2025 UEFA Europa League final

Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United
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Event	2024–25 UEFA Europa League
Date	21 May 2025 (2025-05-21)
Venue	San Mamés, Bilbao
Referee	Felix Zwayer (Germany)
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The 2025 UEFA Europa League final will be the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, the 54th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 16th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The match will be played at San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain, on 21 May 2025, between English clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. It will the eleventh tournament final to feature two teams from the same association and the third all-English final.

The winners will earn a group stage spot in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League for the 2025 UEFA Super Cup.

Background

Tottenham Hotspur reached their fourth UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final, the first time since the competition was rebranded in 2009. This is the sixth time they have appeared in the final of a UEFA competition, having played in one European Cup/Champions League final (losing in 2019), one Cup Winners' Cup final (winning in 1963 to become the first British team to win a European trophy), and three UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League finals (winning the inaugural competition in 1972 and then in 1984, and losing in 1974).

Manchester United reached their thirteenth final in UEFA competitions, having won the European Cup/Champions League finals on three occasions (1968—the first English team to win the title, 1999, and 2008) and lost twice (2009 and 2011). They have also won one Cup Winners' Cup final (1991), played in two UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League finals (winning in 2017 and losing in 2021), and contested four UEFA Super Cups (winning in 1991 and losing in 1999, 2008, and 2017).

This is the third all-English final in the history of the competition, after 1972 between Tottenham and Wolverhampton Wanderers and 2019 between Arsenal and Chelsea.

The sides have met 204 times, with United winning 95 matches and Tottenham 57. They have met in two title-deciding matches before, the 1967 FA Charity Shield and 2009 Football League Cup final, both of which ended in draws. However, the latter saw United won on penalties. They met in a European tie in 1963, in which FA Cup holders United eliminated Tottenham, who were the tournament defending champions, in the second round of the Cup Winners' Cup.

The two clubs met twice during the 2024–25 Premier League season, with Tottenham winning both matches, 3–0 at Old Trafford and 1–0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tottenham also beat United 4–3 in the 2024–25 EFL Cup quarter-finals, the first time United lost three times against Tottenham in the same season.

Previous finals

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

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Tottenham Hotspur	3 (1972, 1974, 1984)
Manchester United	2 (2017, 2021)

Venue

Host selection

On 16 July 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the loss of hosting rights for UEFA Euro 2020, San Mamés in Bilbao was given hosting rights for the 2025 final and the 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. This was part of a settlement agreement by UEFA to recognise the efforts and financial investment made to host UEFA Euro 2020.

Route to the final

Further information: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

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

Tottenham Hotspur				Round	Manchester United
Opponent	Result			League phase	Opponent	Result
Qarabağ	3–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Twente	1–1 (H)
Ferencváros	2–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Porto	3–3 (A)
AZ	1–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Fenerbahçe	1–1 (A)
Galatasaray	2–3 (A)			Matchday 4	PAOK	2–0 (H)
Roma	2–2 (H)			Matchday 5	Bodø/Glimt	3–2 (H)
Rangers	1–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1 (A)
TSG Hoffenheim	3–2 (A)			Matchday 7	Rangers	2–1 (H)
IF Elfsborg	3–0 (H)			Matchday 8	FCSB	2–0 (A)
4th place in league phase				Final standings	3rd place in league phase
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ	3–2	0–1 (A)	3–1 (H)	Round of 16	Real Sociedad	5–2	1–1 (A)	4–1 (H)
Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1–1 (H)	1–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Lyon	7–6	2–2 (A)	5–4 (a.e.t.) (H)
Bodø/Glimt	5–1	3–1 (H)	2–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Athletic Bilbao	7–1	3–0 (A)	4–1 (H)

Tottenham Hotspur

On matchday 1 Tottenham hosted Qarabağ at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, winning 3-0 with goals from Brennan Johnson, Pape Matar Sarr and Dominic Solanke. On matchday 2, Tottenham travelled to Budapest to take on Ferencváros at the Ferencváros Stadion, winning 2-1 with goals for Spurs from Sarr and Johnson with Barnabás Varga scoring the first goal Tottenham conceded in the competition. On matchday 3 Spurs hosted AZ, winning 1-0 with the sole goal coming from a Richarlison penalty kick. On matchday 4, Tottenham travelled to Istanbul to meet Galatasaray at Rams Park and lost 3-2 - Spurs' first defeat of the league phase - with goals for Galatasaray from Yunus Akgün and two from Victor Osimhen and goals for Spurs from Will Lankshear and Solanke. On matchday 5 Spurs hosted Roma, drawing 2-2 with goals for Spurs from a Son Heung-min penalty and Johnson and goals from Roma from Evan Ndicka and Mats Hummels. On matchday 6 Tottenham travelled to Glasgow to play Rangers at Ibrox Stadium, drawing 1-1 with a goal for Rangers from Hamza Igamane and a goal for Spurs from Dejan Kulusevski. On the penultimate matchday Spurs travelled to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at Rhein-Neckar-Arena, winning 3-2 with goals for Hoffenheim from Anton Stach and David Mokwa and goals for Tottenham from James Maddison and two from Son Heung-min. On the final matchday Tottenham hosted Elfsborg, winning 3-0 with goals from Dane Scarlett, Damola Ajayi and Mikey Moore.

In the knockout stage, Tottenham had s rematch with AZ over two legs in the Round of 16, losing 1-0 at the AFAS Stadion with the sole goal coming from an Lucas Bergvall own goal and winning the second leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 3-1 (to win 3-2 on aggregate) with two goals for Spurs from Wilson Odobert and one from Maddison and a goal for AZ from Peer Koopmeiners.

In the quarter-finals Spurs played Eintracht Frankfurt, drawing 1-1 at home with a goal from Pedro Porro and a goal from Frankfurt from Hugo Ekitike and winning the second leg at the Waldstadion winning 1-0 (to win 2-1 on aggregate) with the only goal coming from a Solanke penalty.

In the semi-finals Spurs played FK Bodø/Glimt, winning 3-1 at home with goals for Tottenham from Johnson, Maddison and a Solanke penalty and Ulrik Saltnes replying for Bodø/Glimt and winning the second leg at the Aspmyra Stadion 2-0 (to win 5-1 on aggregate) with goals from Solanke and Porro to seal their place in their first Europa League final since 1984.

Manchester United

On matchday 1 Manchester United hosted FC Twente at Old Trafford, drawing 1-1 with a goal for United from Christian Eriksen and a goal for Twente from Sam Lammers. On matchday 2, United travelled to meet FC Porto at the Estádio do Dragão, drawing 3-3 with goals for Porto from Pepê and two from Samu Aghehowa and goals for Manchester United from Marcus Rashford, Rasmus Højlund and Harry Maguire. On matchday 3, Manchester United travelled to Istanbul to take on Fenerbahçe at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (now managed by former United manager José Mourinho with whom the club won the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League), drawing 1-1 with a goal for Fenerbahçe from Youssef En-Nesyri and a goal for United from Eriksen. On matchday 4, United hosted PAOK, winning 2-0 - their first victory of this season's competition in interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy's sole European match in charge of United - with two goals from Amad Diallo. On matchday 5, Manchester United hosted FK Bodø/Glimt, winning 3-2 in new manager Ruben Amorim's first Europa League match in charge. Goals for United came from Alejandro Garnacho and two from Højlund, and goals for Bodø/Glimt from Håkon Evjen and Philip Zinckernagel. On matchday 6, United travelled to FC Viktoria Plzeň at the Doosan Arena, winning 2-1 with Plzeň's goal from Matěj Vydra and two goals for United from Højlund. On the penultimate matchday, Manchester United hosted Rangers winning 2-1 with goals for United from a Jack Butland own goal and Bruno Fernandes, and a goal from Rangers from Cyriel Dessers. On the final matchday, United travelled to Bucharest to take on FCSB at the Arena Națională, winning 2-0 with goals from Diogo Dalot and Kobbie Mainoo.

In the knockout stage, Manchester United played Real Sociedad over two legs in the Round of 16, drawing 1-1 at the Anoeta Stadium with a goal for Real Sociedad from a Mikel Oyarzabal penalty kick and a goal for United from Joshua Zirkzee, and winning the second leg at Old Trafford 4-1 (to win 5-2 on aggregate) with goals from a Fernandes hat-trick (which included two penalties) and Dalot and an away goal from another Oyarzabal penalty.

In the quarter-finals, United played Olympique Lyonnais, drawing 2-2 at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais with goals from Lyon from Thiago Almada and Rayan Cherki and goals for Manchester United from Leny Yoro and Zirkzee, and winning the second leg 5-4 after extra time (to win 7-6 on aggregate) with goals for United from Manuel Ugarte, Dalot, a Fernandes penalty, Mainoo and Maguire and goals for Lyon from Corentin Tolisso, Nicolás Tagliafico, Cherki and a Alexandre Lacazette penalty.

In the semi-finals, Manchester United played Athletic Bilbao, winning 3-0 at the San Mamés Stadium - which is also hosting the final - with goals from Casemiro and two from Fernandes (one of which was a penalty), and winning the second leg 4-1 (to win 7-1 on aggregate) with goals for United from Casemiro and Højlund and a brace from Mason Mount, and a goal for Athletic from Mikel Jauregizar to send Manchester United to their first European final since the 2021 UEFA Europa League final against Villarreal, where they finished as runners-up after losing in a penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw.

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.

21 May 2025 (2025-05-21) 21:00 CEST	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Manchester United	San Mamés, Bilbao Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
		Report

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Robert Kempter (Germany) Christian Dietz (Germany) Fourth official: Maurizio Mariani (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Daniele Bindoni (Italy) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Benjamin Brand (Germany) Support video assistant referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time

See also

• 2025 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2025 UEFA Conference League Final
• 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
• 2025 UEFA Super Cup

External links

• Official website