2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final

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2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final
Match programme cover
Event2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Olympiacos Fiorentina
Greece Italy
Date29 May 2024 (2024-05-29)
VenueAgia Sophia Stadium, Athens
RefereeArtur Soares Dias (Portugal)[1]
WeatherPartly cloudy night
21 °C (70 °F)
51% humidity[2]
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2025 →

The 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final will be the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, the third season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It will be held at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 29 May 2024,[3][4] between Greek club Olympiacos and Italian club Fiorentina.

The winners will qualify to enter the league phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, unless they have already qualified for the Champions League or Europa League through their league performance (in which case the access list will be rebalanced).

Background[edit]

This is Olympiacos' first European final. Only the second European final to feature a Greek team, this is the first since Panathinaikos lost the 1971 European Cup final. Fiorentina is the first club to play in two UEFA Europa Conference League finals and the first to contest them consecutively.[5]

Previous finals[edit]

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Greece Olympiacos None
Italy Fiorentina 1 (2023)

Venue[edit]

The Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, known as the OPAP Arena for sponsorship reasons, is home of AEK Athens, one of Olympiacos' local rivals. The stadium opened in September 2022,[6] and has a capacity of 31,100.[7] The match will be the eighth single-leg UEFA club final to be played in Greece, having hosted three European Cup/Champions League finals (in 1983, 1994 and 2007), three Cup Winners' Cup finals (in 1971, 1973 and 1987) and the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.

Host selection[edit]

On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final, which was held in parallel with that of the 2025 final. Interested bidders could bid for either one or both of the finals. The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as a UEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:[3]

  • 21 June 2022: Applications formally invited
  • 31 August 2022: Closing date for registering intention to bid
  • 7 September 2022: Bid requirements made available to bidders
  • 3 November 2022: Submission of preliminary bid dossier
  • 23 February 2023: Submission of final bid dossier
  • 28 June 2023: Appointment of host

The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Agia Sophia Stadium as the host during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023. As the stadium is new and has never been operated by the club for international competitions, the venue is subject to an observation period until November 2023 for matches played in UEFA club competitions and UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying. Should the venue meet the requirements, the appointment will be officially confirmed in December 2023.[8]

Road to the final[edit]

Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League and 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

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

Greece Olympiacos Round Italy Fiorentina
Europa League Europa Conference League
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying phase (EL, ECL) Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Belgium Genk 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Third qualifying round Bye
Serbia Čukarički 6–1 3–1 (H) 3–0 (A) Play-off round Austria Rapid Wien 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage (EL, ECL) Opponent Result
Germany SC Freiburg 2–3 (H) Matchday 1 Belgium Genk 2–2 (A)
Serbia TSC 2–2 (A) Matchday 2 Hungary Ferencváros 2–2 (H)
England West Ham United 2–1 (H) Matchday 3 Serbia Čukarički 6–0 (H)
England West Ham United 0–1 (A) Matchday 4 Serbia Čukarički 1–0 (A)
Germany SC Freiburg 0–5 (A) Matchday 5 Belgium Genk 2–1 (H)
Serbia TSC 5–2 (H) Matchday 6 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 (A)
Group A third place
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 England West Ham United 6 15
2 Germany SC Freiburg 6 12
3 Greece Olympiacos 6 7
4 Serbia TSC 6 1
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group F winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Italy Fiorentina 6 12
2 Hungary Ferencváros 6 10
3 Belgium Genk 6 9
4 Serbia Čukarički 6 0
Source: UEFA
Europa Conference League
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Hungary Ferencváros 2–0 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Knockout round play-offs Bye
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 7–5 1–4 (H) 6–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Round of 16 Israel Maccabi Haifa 5–4 4–3 (A) 1–1 (H)
Turkey Fenerbahçe 3–3 (3–2 p) 3–2 (H) 0–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Quarter-finals Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 2–0 0–0 (A) 2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
England Aston Villa 6–2 4–2 (A) 2–0 (H) Semi-finals Belgium Club Brugge 4–3 3–2 (H) 1–1 (A)

Pre-match[edit]

Identity[edit]

The original identity of the 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 1 September 2023.[9]

Ticketing[edit]

The stadium has a capacity of 32,500 and 27,100 were made available of which 21,000 were on sale to the general public with each club in the final receiving an allocation of 9,000 tickets each.[10]

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

Olympiacos GreecevItaly Fiorentina
Report
Olympiacos[2]
Fiorentina[2]
GK 88 Greece Konstantinos Tzolakis
RB 23 Brazil Rodinei
CB 45 Greece Panagiotis Retsos
CB 16 Angola David Carmo
LB 3 Argentina Francisco Ortega
DM 32 Argentina Santiago Hezze
DM 8 Spain Vicente Iborra
RW 56 Portugal Daniel Podence
AM 6 Portugal Chiquinho
LW 7 Greece Kostas Fortounis (c)
CF 9 Morocco Ayoub El Kaabi
Substitutes:
GK 1 Greece Alexandros Paschalakis
GK 99 Greece Athanasios Papadoudis
DF 18 Spain Quini
DF 27 England Omar Richards
DF 65 Greece Apostolos Apostolopoulos
DF 74 Greece Andreas Ndoj
MF 5 Portugal André Horta
MF 15 Greece Sotiris Alexandropoulos
MF 19 Greece Georgios Masouras
MF 20 Portugal João Carvalho
FW 11 Morocco Youssef El-Arabi
FW 22 Montenegro Stevan Jovetić
Manager:
Spain José Luis Mendilibar
GK 1 Italy Pietro Terracciano
RB 2 Brazil Dodô
CB 4 Serbia Nikola Milenković
CB 28 Argentina Lucas Martínez Quarta
LB 3 Italy Cristiano Biraghi (c)
DM 6 Brazil Arthur
DM 38 Italy Rolando Mandragora
RW 10 Argentina Nicolás González
AM 5 Italy Giacomo Bonaventura
LW 99 Ivory Coast Christian Kouamé
CF 20 Italy Andrea Belotti
Substitutes:
GK 53 Denmark Oliver Christensen
DF 16 Italy Luca Ranieri
DF 22 Italy Davide Faraoni
DF 33 Italy Michael Kayode
DF 65 Italy Fabiano Parisi
MF 8 France Maxime Lopez
MF 19 Argentina Gino Infantino
MF 32 Ghana Alfred Duncan
MF 72 Czech Republic Antonín Barák
FW 9 Argentina Lucas Beltrán
FW 11 France Jonathan Ikoné
FW 18 Angola M'Bala Nzola
Manager:
Italy Vincenzo Italiano

Assistant referees:[1]
Paulo Soares (Portugal)
Pedro Ribeiro (Portugal)
Fourth official:[1]
Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Reserve assistant referee:[1]
Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
Video assistant referee:[1]
Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Support video assistant referee:[1]
Marco Fritz (Germany)

Match rules[11]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Referee teams for 2024 UEFA club competition finals announced". UEFA. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Tactical Lineups – Final – Wednesday 29 May 2024" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Invitation to bid for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 UEFA Europa Conference League finals and the 2024/25 UEFA Women's Champions League final". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 40/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. ^ "International match calendar and access list for the 2023/24 season". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 65/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Olympiacos vs Fiorentina Europa Conference League final preview: Where to watch, kick-off time, possible line-ups". UEFA.com. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Η ΑΕΚ επέστρεψε σπίτι της! Λαμπερά εγκαινία στην υπερσύγχρονη OPAP Arena - Όλα όσα έγιναν στη γιορτή της Ένωσης" [AEK returned home! Sparkling opening at the state-of-the-art OPAP Arena – All that happened at the Union's celebration]. Ethnos (in Greek). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. ^ "OPAP Arena". AEK Athens F.C. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025". Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  9. ^ UEFA.com (1 September 2023). "2024 UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League final identities revealed | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  10. ^ Calcutt, Robert (9 April 2024). "12k fans for each side in Europa League final and 25k fans at 90k Wembley". talkSPORT. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa Conference League, 2023/24 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

External links[edit]

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