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
4 1
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).

Chelsea Round Arsenal
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
PAOK 1–0 (A) Matchday 1 Vorskla Poltava 4–2 (H)
MOL Vidi 1–0 (H) Matchday 2 Qarabağ 3–0 (A)
BATE Borisov 3–1 (H) Matchday 3 Sporting CP 1–0 (A)
BATE Borisov 1–0 (A) Matchday 4 Sporting CP 0–0 (H)
PAOK 4–0 (H) Matchday 5 Vorskla Poltava 3–0 (A)
MOL Vidi 2–2 (A) Matchday 6 Qarabağ 1–0 (H)
Group L winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Chelsea 6 16
2 BATE Borisov 6 9
3 Vidi 6 7
4 PAOK 6 3
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group E winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Arsenal 6 16
2 Sporting CP 6 13
3 Vorskla Poltava 6 3
4 Qarabağ 6 3
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Malmö FF 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Round of 32 BATE Borisov 3–1 0–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv 8–0 3–0 (H) 5–0 (A) Round of 16 Rennes 4–3 1–3 (A) 3–0 (H)
Slavia Prague 5–3 1–0 (A) 4–3 (H) Quarter-finals Napoli 3–0 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 (4–3 p) 1–1 (A) 1–1 (aet) (H) Semi-finals 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 4–1 Arsenal
  • Giroud  49'
  • Pedro  60'
  • Hazard  65' (pen.), 72'
 report
  • Iwobi  69'
Olympic Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 51,370[3]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Chelsea[4]
Arsenal[4]
GK1 Kepa Arrizabalaga
RB28 César Azpilicueta (c)
CB27 Andreas Christensen 68'
CB30 David Luiz
LB33 Emerson Palmieri
CM7 N'Golo Kanté
CM5 Jorginho
CM17 Mateo Kovačić 76'
RF11 Pedro 56' 71'
CF18 Olivier Giroud
LF10 Eden Hazard 89'
Substitutes:
GK13 Willy Caballero
GK52 Jamie Cumming
DF3 Marcos Alonso
DF21 Davide Zappacosta 89'
DF24 Gary Cahill
DF44 Ethan Ampadu
MF8 Ross Barkley 76'
MF51 Conor Gallagher
MF55 George McEachran
FW9 Gonzalo Higuaín
FW22 Willian 71'
Manager:
Maurizio Sarri
GK1 Petr Čech
CB5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
CB6 Laurent Koscielny (c)
CB18 Nacho Monreal 66'
RM15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
CM11 Lucas Torreira 66'
CM34 Granit Xhaka
LM31 Sead Kolašinac
AM10 Mesut Özil 77'
CF9 Alexandre Lacazette
CF14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Substitutes:
GK19 Bernd Leno
GK44 Dejan Iliev
DF12 Stephan Lichtsteiner
DF20 Shkodran Mustafi
DF25 Carl Jenkinson
MF4 Mohamed Elneny
MF29 Matteo Guendouzi 66'
MF59 Joe Willock 77'
FW17 Alex Iwobi 66'
FW23 Danny Welbeck
FW49 Eddie Nketiah
FW87 Bukayo Saka
Manager:
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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  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.
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