2022 UEFA Europa League Final

The 2022 UEFA Europa League Final will be 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,[1] between German club Eintracht Frankfurt and Scottish club Rangers.

2022 UEFA Europa League Final
The Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville will host the final
Event2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Eintracht Frankfurt Rangers
Date18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)
VenueRamón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

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.[2]

The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup and qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage should they have not qualified via their respective league.

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,[3] and on 22 February 2019 that two associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.[4]

Bidding associations for final
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 GeorgiaBoris Paichadze Dinamo ArenaTbilisi54,202Hosted 2015 UEFA Super Cup
 SpainEstadio Ramón Sánchez PizjuánSeville43,883Hosted 1986 European Cup Final

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

The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.[5][6]

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.[2]

Road to the final
Further information: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League and 2021–22 UEFA Champions 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
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 12
2 Olympiacos 6 9
3 Fenerbahçe 6 6
4 Antwerp 6 5
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group A runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Lyon 6 16
2 Rangers 6 8
3 Sparta Prague 6 7
4 Brøndby 6 2
Source: UEFA
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 UEFA competition, having lost the 1960 European Cup Final to Real Madrid and won the 1980 UEFA Cup Final. Having become the first German finalist of the UEFA Cup/Europa League since Werder Bremen in 2009, they are seeking to become the first German side since Schalke 04 in 1997 to win the competition.

Excluding the unofficial 1972 European Super Cup, this is Rangers' fifth final in a 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 2008 UEFA Cup Final. Having become the first Scottish in any European finals 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 won both legs.[7]

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.

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers
Report

Match rules[8]

  • 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[note 1]

See also

Notes
  1. Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References
  1. "UEFA Europa Conference League: Who enters and when are the games?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. "11 associations interested in hosting 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 November 2018.
  4. "9 associations bidding to host 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2019.
  5. "Seville to host 2021 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  6. "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. "UEFA Europa League final: head-to-head records". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 May 2022.
  8. "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2021/22 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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