2019 UEFA Nations League Finals

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

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.

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.)
Attendance: 42,415[4]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Portugal[5]
Switzerland[5]
GK 1 Rui Patrício
RB 20 Nélson Semedo
CB 3 Pepe  63'
CB 4 Rúben Dias
LB 5 Raphaël Guerreiro
RM 16 Bruno Fernandes  90+1'
CM 14 William Carvalho
CM 18 Rúben Neves
LM 10 Bernardo Silva
CF 23 João Félix  70'
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
DF 6 José Fonte  63'
MF 17 Gonçalo Guedes  70'
MF 8 João Moutinho  90+1'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK 1 Yann Sommer
RB 2 Kevin Mbabu
CB 22 Fabian Schär  68'
CB 5 Manuel Akanji
LB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez
RM 17 Denis Zakaria  71'
CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c)  66'
CM 8 Remo Freuler  89'
LM 14 Steven Zuber  83'
AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  85'
CF 9 Haris Seferović
Substitutions:
MF 20 Edimilson Fernandes  71'
MF 11 Renato Steffen  83'
FW 19 Josip 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]
GK 1 Jasper Cillessen
RB 22 Denzel Dumfries  45'
CB 3 Matthijs de Ligt  30'
CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)
LB 17 Daley Blind
CM 15 Marten de Roon  68'
CM 21 Frenkie de Jong  114'
CM 8 Georginio Wijnaldum
RW 7 Steven Bergwijn  91'
CF 10 Memphis Depay
LW 9 Ryan Babel  68'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Quincy Promes  68'
MF 20 Donny van de Beek  106'  68'
MF 6 Davy Pröpper  91'
MF 16 Kevin Strootman  114'
Manager:
Ronald Koeman
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
RB 2 Kyle Walker
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire
LB 14 Ben Chilwell
CM 16 Declan Rice  106'
CM 17 Fabian Delph  77'
CM 18 Ross Barkley
RW 11 Jadon Sancho  61'
LW 10 Raheem Sterling (c)
CF 19 Marcus Rashford  46'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Harry Kane  70'  46'
MF 7 Jesse Lingard  61'
MF 8 Jordan Henderson  77'
MF 20 Dele 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]
GK 1 Yann Sommer
CB 22 Fabian Schär
CB 5 Manuel Akanji
CB 4 Nico Elvedi
RM 2 Kevin Mbabu
CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c)  116'
CM 8 Remo Freuler
LM 13 Ricardo Rodríguez  87'
RW 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  65'
LW 20 Edimilson Fernandes  61'
CF 9 Haris Seferović  113'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Denis Zakaria  61'
MF 14 Steven Zuber  65'
FW 19 Josip Drmić  87'
MF 7 Noah Okafor  113'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
RB 22 Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB 12 Joe Gomez
CB 6 Harry Maguire
LB 3 Danny Rose  23'  70'
CM 4 Eric Dier
CM 17 Fabian Delph  106'
RW 7 Jesse Lingard  27'  106'
AM 20 Dele Alli
LW 10 Raheem Sterling
CF 9 Harry Kane (c)  75'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Kyle Walker  70'
FW 21 Callum Wilson  75'
FW 11 Jadon Sancho  106'
MF 18 Ross 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'
Attendance: 43,199[13]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Portugal[14]
Netherlands[14]
GK 1 Rui Patrício
RB 20 Nélson Semedo
CB 4 Rúben Dias
CB 6 José Fonte
LB 5 Raphaël Guerreiro
CM 13 Danilo Pereira
CM 14 William Carvalho  90+3'
CM 16 Bruno Fernandes  81'
RF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
CF 17 Gonçalo Guedes  75'
LF 10 Bernardo Silva
Substitutions:
MF 15 Rafa Silva  75'
MF 8 João Moutinho  81'
MF 18 Rúben Neves  90+3'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK 1 Jasper Cillessen
RB 22 Denzel Dumfries  88'
CB 3 Matthijs de Ligt
CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)  90+1'
LB 17 Daley Blind
CM 15 Marten de Roon  81'
CM 21 Frenkie de Jong
CM 8 Georginio Wijnaldum
RW 7 Steven Bergwijn  60'
CF 10 Memphis Depay
LW 9 Ryan Babel  46'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Quincy Promes  46'
MF 20 Donny van de Beek  60'
FW 19 Luuk 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

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

References

  1. ↑ "UEFA Nations League receives associations' green light". UEFA.com. 27 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Portugal set to be Nations League Finals hosts". UEFA.com. 17 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "England, Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland in Nations League Finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Full Time Report – Semi-finals – Portugal v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Tactical Line-ups – Semi-finals – Portugal v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Atkin, John (5 June 2019). "Portugal 3–1 Switzerland: Nations League at a glance". UEFA.com. Porto: Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Full Time Report – Semi-finals – Netherlands v England" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Tactical Line-ups – Semi-finals – Netherlands v England" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  9. ↑ Atkin, John (6 June 2019). "Netherlands 3–1 England: Nations League at a glance". UEFA.com. Guimarães: Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Full Time Report – Third-place match – Switzerland v England" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Tactical Line-ups – Third-place match – Switzerland v England" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  12. ↑ "England beat Switzerland on penalties in Nations League match for third place". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  13. ↑ "Full Time Report – Final – Portugal v Netherlands" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Tactical Line-ups – Final – Portugal v Netherlands" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  15. ↑ Atkin, John (9 June 2019). "Portugal 1–0 Netherlands: Nations League final at a glance". UEFA.com. Porto: Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  16. ↑ "Porto swansong for proud Undiano". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  17. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Nations League 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "UEFA Nations League Finals: Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  19. ↑ UEFA [@UEFAEURO] (9 June 2019). "FedEx Performance Zone Team of the Tournament" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019 – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Bernardo Silva and Frenkie de Jong win Nations League awards". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

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