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2020 UEFA Europa League Final
Match programme cover
Event2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Sevilla Inter Milan
Spain Italy
Date21 August 2020 (2020-08-21)
VenueRheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
RefereeDanny Makkelie (Netherlands)[1]
Attendance0[note 1]
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The 2020 UEFA Europa League Final will be the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It is scheduled to be played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany on 21 August 2020, between Spanish side Sevilla and Italian side Inter Milan. The match will be held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[2]

The final was originally scheduled to be played on 27 May 2020 at the Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland.[3] However, UEFA announced on 23 March 2020 that the final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the final to Cologne, as part of a "final-eight tournament" consisting of single-match knockout ties played in four stadiums across Germany.[5]

The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. They will also qualify to enter the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League; since both finalists have already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Rennes), the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[6]

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)
Spain Sevilla 5 (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Italy Inter Milan 4 (1991, 1994, 1997, 1998)

Venue

For the details on the selection of Gdańsk as the original host for the final, see 2021 UEFA Europa League Final § Host selection.
The stadium will be renamed to "Stadion Köln" for the match.

The UEFA Executive Committee chose RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne as the host at their meeting on 17 June 2020.[5] This is the first UEFA club competition final hosted at the stadium and the first Europa League final held in Germany since 2010. During the two-legged final era, the country hosted either one or both legs 11 times, before hosting the single-legged 2001 UEFA Cup Final in Dortmund and the 2010 final in Hamburg.

The stadium was first opened in 1923 as the Müngersdorfer Stadion and has been the home stadium of German Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln since 1948. It has undergone two major renovations during its lifetime. It hosted the UEFA Euro 1988 as well as the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Background

The match is a record-extending sixth UEFA Cup/Europa League final for Sevilla, the most successful team in competition history. The club won all their prior finals in 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 and 2016.[7]

Inter Milan reached their fifth UEFA Cup/Europa League final, second only to Sevilla. They previously won three finals in 1991, 1994 and1998, and lost to Schalke 04 in 1997. They are the first Italian team to reach a UEFA Cup/Europa League final since Parma in 1999.[7]

Road to the final

Further information: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League and 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

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

Spain Sevilla Round Italy Inter Milan
Europa League Champions League
Opponent Result Group stage (EL, CL) Opponent Result
Azerbaijan Qarabağ 3–0 (A) Matchday 1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1–1 (H)
Cyprus APOEL 1–0 (H) Matchday 2 Spain Barcelona 1–2 (A)
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 3–0 (H) Matchday 3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–0 (H)
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 5–2 (A) Matchday 4 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–3 (A)
Azerbaijan Qarabağ 2–0 (H) Matchday 5 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 3–1 (A)
Cyprus APOEL 0–1 (A) Matchday 6 Spain Barcelona 1–2 (H)
Group A winners
Template:2019–20 UEFA Europa League group tables
 Final standings Group F third place
Template:2019–20 UEFA Champions League group tables
Europa League
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Romania CFR Cluj 1–1 (a) 1–1 (A) 0–0 (H) Round of 32 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 4–1 2–0 (A) 2–1 (H)
Italy Roma 2–0 (N) Round of 16 Spain Getafe 2–0 (N)
England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 (N) Quarter-finals Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 (N)
England Manchester United 2–1 (N) Semi-finals Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 5–0 (N)

Pre-match

Original identity of the 2020 UEFA Europa League Final

Identity

The original identity of the 2020 UEFA Europa League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 30 August 2019.[8]

Ambassador

The ambassador for the original Gdańsk final is former Polish international Andrzej Buncol,[9] who won the 1987–88 UEFA Cup with Bayer Leverkusen.

Officials

On 18 August 2020, UEFA named Dutchman Danny Makkelie as the referee for the final. Makkelie has been a FIFA referee since 2011, and was previously an additional assistant referee in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final and the video assistant referee in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. He was also an assistant video assistant referee in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final. He will be joined by four of his fellow countrymen, with Mario Diks and Hessel Steegstra as assistant referees, Jochem Kamphuis as the video assistant referee and Kevin Blom as one of the assistant VAR officials. The other assistant VAR for the final is Paweł Gil from Poland, with his compatriot Tomasz Sokolnicki serving as the offside VAR official. Anastasios Sidiropoulos of Greece will serve as the fourth official.[1]

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Sevilla SpainvItaly Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Sevilla
Inter Milan

Assistant referees:[1]
Mario Diks (Netherlands)
Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:[1]
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Video assistant referee:[1]
Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:[1]
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Offside video assistant referee:[1]
Tomasz Sokolnicki (Poland)

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[note 2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, is being played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[2]
  2. ^ Each team will only be given 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. ^ a b c d e f g "Referee team appointed for UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Seville to host 2021 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "UEFA Club Finals postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Champions League and Europa League changes next season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b Stokkermans, Karel (28 February 2019). "UEFA Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Gdańsk UEFA Europa League final identity unveiled". UEFA.com. 30 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Sorteggi Europa League: la Roma trova il Moenchengladbach, Rennes e Celtic per la Lazio" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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