2023 UEFA Europa League final

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2023 UEFA Europa League final
Puskás Aréna
Event2022–23 UEFA Europa League
Sevilla Roma
Spain Italy
1 1
After extra time
Sevilla won 4–1 on penalties
Date31 May 2023 (2023-05-31)
VenuePuskás Aréna, Budapest
Man of the MatchYassine Bounou (Sevilla)[1]
RefereeAnthony Taylor (England)[2]
Attendance61,476[3]
WeatherClear night
18 °C (64 °F)
63% humidity[4]
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The 2023 UEFA Europa League final was the last game of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, which is Europe's second-tier club football competition run by UEFA. It's been around for 52 seasons, and it's been called the UEFA Europa League for 14 seasons now. The final match happened at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on 31 May 2023.[5] The teams playing were Sevilla from Spain and Roma from Italy.[6]

Sevilla won the match 4–1 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 1–1 even after extra time. This win gave them their seventh UEFA Cup/Europa League title.[7] Because they won, they got a spot in the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, and they also got to play against the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, which was Manchester City, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.[8] The final game was talked about because there were some controversial decisions made by the referee, Anthony Taylor.

How the teams got here[change | change source]

Just to make it simple, here are the scores of the teams that made it to the final match, with the team playing at their home ground listed first (H) and the team playing away listed second (A).

Spain Sevilla Round Italy Roma
Champions League Europa League
Opponent Result Group stage (CL, EL) Opponent Result
England Manchester City 0–4 (H) Matchday 1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 1–2 (A)
Denmark Copenhagen 0–0 (A) Matchday 2 Finland HJK 3–0 (H)
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1–4 (H) Matchday 3 Spain Real Betis 1–2 (H)
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1–1 (A) Matchday 4 Spain Real Betis 1–1 (A)
Denmark Copenhagen 3–0 (H) Matchday 5 Finland HJK 2–1 (A)
England Manchester City 1–3 (A) Matchday 6 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 3–1 (H)
Group G third place
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 England Manchester City 6 14
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 9
3 Spain Sevilla 6 5
4 Denmark Copenhagen 6 3
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group C runners-up
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Spain Real Betis 6 16
2 Italy Roma 6 10
3 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 7
4 Finland HJK 6 1
Source: UEFA
Europa League
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–2 3–0 (H) 0–2 (A) Knockout round play-offs Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–1 2–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Round of 16 Spain Real Sociedad 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
England Manchester United 5–2 2–2 (A) 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals Netherlands Feyenoord 4–2 0–1 (A) 4–1 (aet) (H)
Italy Juventus 3–2 1–1 (A) 2–1 (aet) (H) Semi-finals Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 1–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match[change | change source]

In the 35th minute of the match, Roma scored a goal when Paulo Dybala kicked the ball into the right corner of the net after receiving a pass from Gianluca Mancini. However, Sevilla evened the score at 1-1 ten minutes into the second half when Mancini accidentally put the ball into his own net after a cross from Jesús Navas on the right.

The game continued for almost 130 minutes, and then it had to be decided by a penalty shootout. Roma missed two of their penalties during the shootout. One was saved by the Sevilla goalkeeper, Bono, and the other one hit the goalpost. Gonzalo Montiel, who had also scored the winning penalty for Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final against France, scored the winning penalty for Sevilla. His penalty was initially missed, but it was retaken because of a rule violation.[9]

Details[change | change source]

Sevilla Spain1–1 (a.e.t.)Italy Roma
 Report
Penalties
 4–1
Attendance: 61,476[3]
Sevilla[4]
Roma[4]
GK 13 Morocco Yassine Bounou
RB 16 Spain Jesús Navas (c) Substituted off 94'
CB 44 France Loïc Badé
CB 6 Serbia Nemanja Gudelj Substituted off 120+8'
LB 3 Brazil Alex Telles Substituted off 94'
CM 20 Brazil Fernando Substituted off 120+8'
CM 10 Croatia Ivan Rakitić Yellow card 65'
RW 55 Argentina Lucas Ocampos Yellow card 120+10'
AM 21 Spain Óliver Torres Substituted off 46'
LW 25 Spain Bryan Gil Substituted off 46'
CF 15 Morocco Youssef En-Nesyri
Substitutes:
GK 1 Serbia Marko Dmitrović
GK 31 Spain Alberto Flores
DF 2 Argentina Gonzalo Montiel Yellow card 120+4' Substituted in 94'
DF 14 France Tanguy Nianzou
DF 23 Brazil Marcão Substituted in 120+8'
MF 8 Spain Joan Jordán Yellow card 120' Substituted in 120+8'
MF 24 Argentina Papu Gómez
MF 43 Spain Manu Bueno
FW 7 Spain Suso Substituted in 46'
FW 12 Spain Rafa Mir Yellow card 36'
FW 17 Argentina Erik Lamela Yellow card 109' Substituted in 46'
Manager:
Spain José Luis Mendilibar
GK 1 Portugal Rui Patrício
CB 23 Italy Gianluca Mancini Yellow card 48'
CB 6 England Chris Smalling
CB 3 Brazil Roger Ibañez
RM 19 Turkey Zeki Çelik Yellow card 74' Substituted off 91'
CM 4 Italy Bryan Cristante Yellow card 65'
CM 8 Serbia Nemanja Matić Yellow card 21' Substituted off 120'
LM 37 Italy Leonardo Spinazzola Substituted off 106'
AM 7 Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini (c) Yellow card 45' Substituted off 106'
CF 21 Argentina Paulo Dybala Substituted off 68'
CF 9 England Tammy Abraham Substituted off 74'
Substitutes:
GK 63 Italy Pietro Boer
GK 99 Serbia Mile Svilar
DF 2 Netherlands Rick Karsdorp Yellow card 120+10'
DF 14 Spain Diego Llorente Substituted in 106'
MF 20 Guinea Mady Camara
MF 25 Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum Substituted in 68'
MF 52 Italy Edoardo Bove Substituted in 120'
MF 59 Poland Nicola Zalewski Yellow card 105' Substituted in 91'
MF 62 Italy Cristian Volpato
MF 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina Benjamin Tahirović
FW 11 Italy Andrea Belotti Substituted in 74'
FW 92 Italy Stephan El Shaarawy Substituted in 106'
Manager:[note 1]
Portugal José Mourinho Yellow card 120'
Man of the Match:

Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]

Gary Beswick (England)

Adam Nunn (England)

Fourth official:[2]

Michael Oliver (England)

Reserve assistant referee:[2]

Stuart Burt (England)

Video assistant referee:[2]

Stuart Attwell (England)

Assistant video assistant referee:[2]

Chris Kavanagh (England)

Support video assistant referee:[2]

Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Match rules[11]
  • 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]

Other Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Roma assistant manager Salvatore Foti was shown a yellow card (82').[10]
  2. ↑ Each team was 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[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yassine Bounou named official UEFA Europa League final Hankook Player of the Match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Referee teams appointed for 2023 UEFA club competition finals". UEFA. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Full Time Summary Final – Sevilla v Roma" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Tactical Lineups – Final – Wednesday 31 May 2023" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "International match calendar and access list for 2022/23". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 51/2021. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Pettit, Mark (31 May 2023). "Sevilla 1–1 Roma (aet, Sevilla win 4–1 on penalties): Bounou the spot-kick hero for serial winners". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sevilla 1 Roma 1 (Sevilla win 4–1 on penalties)". BBC Sport. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sevilla 1–1 Roma (4–1 on penalties): Spanish side make history as Mourinho throws medal into crowd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. ↑ De Felice, Alessandro (31 May 2023). "Moviola Siviglia–Roma: mano di Fernando in area, Taylor non concede il rigore" [Sevilla–Roma video replay: handball from Fernando in the box, Taylor does not award the penalty]. Goal (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2022/23 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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