2019 UEFA Nations League Finals

The 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League[1] The tournament was held in Portugal from 5 to 9 June 2019,[2] and was played by the four group winners of Nations League A. The tournament was made up of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and final to determine the first ever champions of the UEFA Nations League.

2019 UEFA Nations League Finals
Fase Final da Liga das Nações da UEFA de 2019 (in Portuguese)
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates5–9 June
Teams4
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place England
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored9 (2.25 per match)
Attendance127,067 (31,767 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cristiano Ronaldo (3 goals)
Best player(s) Bernardo Silva
Best young player Frenkie de Jong

Portugal won the final 1–0 against the Netherlands to become the first champions of the UEFA Nations League.

Qualified teams

The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.[3]

Group Winners Date of
qualification		 UNL Rankings
November 2018		 FIFA Rankings
April 2019
A1  Netherlands 19 November 2018 3 16
A2   Switzerland 18 November 2018 1 8
A3  Portugal (host) 17 November 2018 2 7
A4  England 18 November 2018 4 4

Venues

In their bid dossier, the Portuguese Football Federation proposed Estádio do Dragão in Porto and Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães as the venues.[2]

 Porto Guimarães
Estádio do Dragão Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Capacity: 50,033 Capacity: 30,000

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 June – Porto
 
 
 Portugal3
 
9 June – Porto
 
  Switzerland1
 
 Portugal1
 
6 June – Guimarães
 
 Netherlands0
 
 Netherlands (aet)3
 
 
 England1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
9 June – Guimarães
 
 
  Switzerland0 (5)
 
 
 England (p)0 (6)

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Semi-finals

Portugal vs Switzerland
Portugal 3–1  Switzerland
Ronaldo  25', 88', 90' Rodríguez  57' (pen.)
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 42,415[4]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Portugal[5]
Switzerland[5]
GK1Rui Patrício
RB20Nélson Semedo
CB3Pepe 63'
CB4Rúben Dias
LB5Raphaël Guerreiro
RM16Bruno Fernandes 90+1'
CM14William Carvalho
CM18Rúben Neves
LM10Bernardo Silva
CF23João Félix 70'
CF7Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
DF6José Fonte 63'
MF17Gonçalo Guedes 70'
MF8João Moutinho 90+1'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK1Yann Sommer
RB2Kevin Mbabu
CB22Fabian Schär 68'
CB5Manuel Akanji
LB13Ricardo Rodríguez
RM17Denis Zakaria 71'
CM10Granit Xhaka (c) 66'
CM8Remo Freuler 89'
LM14Steven Zuber 83'
AM23Xherdan Shaqiri 85'
CF9Haris Seferović
Substitutions:
MF20Edimilson Fernandes 71'
MF11Renato Steffen 83'
FW19Josip Drmić 89'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[6]

Assistant referees:[5]
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Netherlands vs England
Netherlands 3–1 (a.e.t.) England
De Ligt  73'
Walker  97' (o.g.)
Promes  114'		 Rashford  32' (pen.)
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 25,711[7]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Netherlands[8]
England[8]
GK1Jasper Cillessen
RB22Denzel Dumfries 45'
CB3Matthijs de Ligt 30'
CB4Virgil van Dijk (c)
LB17Daley Blind
CM15Marten de Roon 68'
CM21Frenkie de Jong 114'
CM8Georginio Wijnaldum
RW7Steven Bergwijn 91'
CF10Memphis Depay
LW9Ryan Babel 68'
Substitutions:
FW11Quincy Promes 68'
MF20Donny van de Beek 106' 68'
MF6Davy Pröpper 91'
MF16Kevin Strootman 114'
Manager:
Ronald Koeman
GK1Jordan Pickford
RB2Kyle Walker
CB5John Stones
CB6Harry Maguire
LB14Ben Chilwell
CM16Declan Rice 106'
CM17Fabian Delph 77'
CM18Ross Barkley
RW11Jadon Sancho 61'
LW10Raheem Sterling (c)
CF19Marcus Rashford 46'
Substitutions:
FW9Harry Kane 70' 46'
MF7Jesse Lingard 61'
MF8Jordan Henderson 77'
MF20Dele Alli 106'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands)[9]

Assistant referees:[8]
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Video assistant referee:
François Letexier (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Nicolas Rainville (France)

Third place play-off
Switzerland  0–0 (a.e.t.) England
Penalties
Zuber
Xhaka
Akanji
Mbabu
Schär
Drmić 		5–6 Maguire
Barkley
Sancho
Sterling
Pickford
Dier
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 15,742[10]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Switzerland[11]
England[11]
GK1Yann Sommer
CB22Fabian Schär
CB5Manuel Akanji
CB4Nico Elvedi
RM2Kevin Mbabu
CM10Granit Xhaka (c) 116'
CM8Remo Freuler
LM13Ricardo Rodríguez 87'
RW23Xherdan Shaqiri 65'
LW20Edimilson Fernandes 61'
CF9Haris Seferović 113'
Substitutions:
MF17Denis Zakaria 61'
MF14Steven Zuber 65'
FW19Josip Drmić 87'
MF7Noah Okafor 113'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković
GK1Jordan Pickford
RB22Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB12Joe Gomez
CB6Harry Maguire
LB3Danny Rose 23' 70'
CM4Eric Dier
CM17Fabian Delph 106'
RW7Jesse Lingard 27' 106'
AM20Dele Alli
LW10Raheem Sterling
CF9Harry Kane (c) 75'
Substitutions:
DF2Kyle Walker 70'
FW21Callum Wilson 75'
FW11Jadon Sancho 106'
MF18Ross Barkley 106'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Jordan Pickford (England)[12]

Assistant referees:[11]
Octavian Șovre (Romania)
Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Video assistant referee:
Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Final
Portugal 1–0 Netherlands
Guedes  60'
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 43,199[13]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Portugal[14]
Netherlands[14]
GK1Rui Patrício
RB20Nélson Semedo
CB4Rúben Dias
CB6José Fonte
LB5Raphaël Guerreiro
CM13Danilo Pereira
CM14William Carvalho 90+3'
CM16Bruno Fernandes 81'
RF7Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
CF17Gonçalo Guedes 75'
LF10Bernardo Silva
Substitutions:
MF15Rafa Silva 75'
MF8João Moutinho 81'
MF18Rúben Neves 90+3'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK1Jasper Cillessen
RB22Denzel Dumfries 88'
CB3Matthijs de Ligt
CB4Virgil van Dijk (c) 90+1'
LB17Daley Blind
CM15Marten de Roon 81'
CM21Frenkie de Jong
CM8Georginio Wijnaldum
RW7Steven Bergwijn 60'
CF10Memphis Depay
LW9Ryan Babel 46'
Substitutions:
FW11Quincy Promes 46'
MF20Donny van de Beek 60'
FW19Luuk de Jong 81'
Manager:
Ronald Koeman

Man of the Match:
Rúben Dias (Portugal)[15]

Assistant referees:[16]
Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)
Juan Yuste Jiménez (Spain)
Fourth official:
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Raúl Cabañero Martínez (Spain)
Video assistant referee:
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

Match rules[17]

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

3 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Assists

2 assists

1 assist

  • Gonçalo Guedes

Source: UEFA

Awards
Team of the Tournament

The Team of the Tournament was selected by UEFA's technical observers, and includes at least one player from each of the four participants.[18]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Jordan Pickford Daley Blind
Virgil van Dijk
Rúben Dias
Nélson Semedo		 Frenkie de Jong
Georginio Wijnaldum
Bruno Fernandes		 Cristiano Ronaldo
Bernardo Silva
Xherdan Shaqiri

UEFA also announced a team of the tournament based on the FedEx Performance Zone player rankings.[19]

FedEx Performance Zone Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Jordan Pickford Matthijs de Ligt
Rúben Dias
Raphaël Guerreiro
Manuel Akanji
Kevin Mbabu		 Frenkie de Jong
Marten de Roon
Bernardo Silva		 Memphis Depay
Cristiano Ronaldo
Player of the Tournament
Young Player of the Tournament
  • Frenkie de Jong[20]

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