2019 UEFA Europa League Final

The 2019 UEFA Europa League Final will be the last match of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League of the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on 29 May 2019.[5]

2019 UEFA Europa League Final
Event2018–19 UEFA Europa League
Chelsea Arsenal
England England
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Date29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
VenueOlympic Stadium, Baku
Man of the MatchEden Hazard (Chelsea)[1]
RefereeGianluca Rocchi (Italy)[2]
Attendance51,370[3]
WeatherClear night
21 °C (70 °F)
74% humidity[4]

Chelsea won the final 4–1 for their second UEFA Europa League title. As winners, they will play against the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. Chelsea have already qualified for the Champions League group stage through their league performance, the group stage berth reserved for the Europa League winners was given to the third-placed team of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Lyon, as Ligue 1 was the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[6][7]

Starting from this season, the Europa League final was played in the same week as the Champions League final.[8] In March 2018, UEFA announced that a fourth substitution will be allowed in extra time and that the number of substitutes has been increased from 7 to 12. The kick-off time has also been changed from 20:45 CEST to 21:00 CEST.[9] The match was also the first fixture (and final) of the Europa League to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.[10]

Road to the final
Further information: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

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

England Chelsea Round England Arsenal
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Greece PAOK 1–0 (A) Matchday 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 4–2 (H)
Hungary MOL Vidi 1–0 (H) Matchday 2 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 3–0 (A)
Belarus BATE Borisov 3–1 (H) Matchday 3 Portugal Sporting CP 1–0 (A)
Belarus BATE Borisov 1–0 (A) Matchday 4 Portugal Sporting CP 0–0 (H)
Greece PAOK 4–0 (H) Matchday 5 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 3–0 (A)
Hungary MOL Vidi 2–2 (A) Matchday 6 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 (H)
Group L winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 England Chelsea 6 16
2 Belarus BATE Borisov 6 9
3 Hungary Vidi 6 7
4 Greece PAOK 6 3
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group E winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 England Arsenal 6 16
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 13
3 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 6 3
4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 3
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Sweden Malmö FF 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Round of 32 Belarus BATE Borisov 3–1 0–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 8–0 3–0 (H) 5–0 (A) Round of 16 France Rennes 4–3 1–3 (A) 3–0 (H)
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 5–3 1–0 (A) 4–3 (H) Quarter-finals Italy Napoli 3–0 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 (4–3 p) 1–1 (A) 1–1 (aet) (H) Semi-finals Spain Valencia 7–3 3–1 (H) 4–2 (A)

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 15 March 2019 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[11][12]

Chelsea England4–1England Arsenal
  • Giroud Goal 49'
  • Pedro Goal 60'
  • Hazard Goal 65' (pen.), 72'
 report
  • Iwobi Goal 69'
Olympic Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 51,370[3]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Chelsea[4]
Arsenal[4]
GK1Spain Kepa Arrizabalaga
RB28Spain César Azpilicueta (c)
CB27Denmark Andreas ChristensenYellow card 68'
CB30Brazil David Luiz
LB33Italy Emerson Palmieri
CM7France N'Golo Kanté
CM5Italy Jorginho
CM17Croatia Mateo KovačićSubstituted off 76'
RF11Spain PedroYellow card 56'Substituted off 71'
CF18France Olivier Giroud
LF10Belgium Eden HazardSubstituted off 89'
Substitutes:
GK13Argentina Willy Caballero
GK52England Jamie Cumming
DF3Spain Marcos Alonso
DF21Italy Davide ZappacostaSubstituted in 89'
DF24England Gary Cahill
DF44Wales Ethan Ampadu
MF8England Ross BarkleySubstituted in 76'
MF51England Conor Gallagher
MF55England George McEachran
FW9Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín
FW22Brazil WillianSubstituted in 71'
Manager:
Italy Maurizio Sarri
GK1Czech Republic Petr Čech
CB5Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos
CB6France Laurent Koscielny (c)
CB18Spain Nacho MonrealSubstituted off 66'
RM15England Ainsley Maitland-Niles
CM11Uruguay Lucas TorreiraSubstituted off 66'
CM34Switzerland Granit Xhaka
LM31Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Kolašinac
AM10Germany Mesut ÖzilSubstituted off 77'
CF9France Alexandre Lacazette
CF14Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Substitutes:
GK19Germany Bernd Leno
GK44Republic of Macedonia Dejan Iliev
DF12Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner
DF20Germany Shkodran Mustafi
DF25England Carl Jenkinson
MF4Egypt Mohamed Elneny
MF29France Matteo GuendouziSubstituted in 66'
MF59England Joe WillockSubstituted in 77'
FW17Nigeria Alex IwobiSubstituted in 66'
FW23England Danny Welbeck
FW49England Eddie Nketiah
FW87England Bukayo Saka
Manager:
Spain Unai Emery

Man of the Match:
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Filippo Meli (Italy)
Lorenzo Manganelli (Italy)
Fourth official:[2]
Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Marco Guida (Italy)
Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Offside video assistant referee:[2]
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)

Match rules[13]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Statistics

References
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  2. "Referee team appointed for UEFA Europa League final in Baku". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. "Full Time Summary Final – Chelsea v Arsenal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. "Tactical Lineups – Final – Wednesday 29 May 2019" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Madrid to host UEFA Champions League Final 2019". UFEA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  6. "Champions League and Europa League changes next season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. "Country coefficients 2017/18". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. "UEFA Europa League Final 2019 to be played on 29 May". UEFA. 4 April 2017.
  9. "Additional fine-tuning of club competition regulations for 2018/19 onwards". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. "VAR to be used in UEFA Champions League knockout phase". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  11. "2018/19 Europa League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  12. "UEFA Europa League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  13. "2018/19 UEFA Europa League regulations" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  14. "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

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