2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final

2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final
The Arena Kombëtare in Tirana hosted the final
Event2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
Date25 May 2022 (2022-05-25)
VenueArena Kombëtare, Tirana
Man of the MatchChris Smalling (Roma)
RefereeIstván Kovács (Romania)
Attendance19,597[1]
WeatherSunny
23 °C (73 °F)
51% humidity

The 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final was the final match for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, the first season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played on 25 May 2022 at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania.[2][3] The final was contested between Roma and Feyenoord. Roma won the final 1–0 to secure the inaugural title and bacame the first club from Italy to win a UEFA club competition in 12 years.[4][5]

Route to the final

Roma Round Feyenoord
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Second qualifying round Drita 3–2 0–0 (A) 3–2 (H)
Third qualifying round Luzern 6–0 3–0 (A) 3–0 (H)
Trabzonspor 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Play-off round IF Elfsborg 6–3 5–0 (H) 1–3 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
CSKA Sofia 5–1 (H) Matchday 1 Maccabi Haifa 0–0 (A)
Zorya Luhansk 3–0 (A) Matchday 2 Slavia Prague 2–1 (H)
Bodø/Glimt 1–6 (A) Matchday 3 Union Berlin 3–1 (H)
Bodø/Glimt 2–2 (H) Matchday 4 Union Berlin 2–1 (A)
Zorya Luhansk 4–0 (H) Matchday 5 Slavia Prague 2–2 (A)
CSKA Sofia 3–2 (A) Matchday 6 Maccabi Haifa 2–1 (H)
Group C winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Roma 6 13
2 Bodø/Glimt 6 12
3 Zorya Luhansk 6 7
4 CSKA Sofia 6 1
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group E winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Feyenoord 6 14
2 Slavia Prague 6 8
3 Union Berlin 6 7
4 Maccabi Haifa 6 4
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Vitesse 2–1 1–0 (A) 1–1 (H) Round of 16 Partizan 8–3 5–2 (A) 3–1 (H)
Bodø/Glimt 5–2 1–2 (A) 4–0 (H) Quarter-finals Slavia Prague 6–4 3–3 (H) 3–1 (A)
Leicester City 2–1 1–1 (A) 1–0 (H) Semi-finals Marseille 3–2 3–2 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match

Details

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

Roma 1–0 Feyenoord
  • Zaniolo  32'
Report
Attendance: 19,597[1]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Roma
Feyenoord
GK 1 Rui Patrício  84'
CB 23 Gianluca Mancini
CB 6 Chris Smalling
CB 3 Roger Ibañez
RWB 2 Rick Karsdorp  89'
LWB 59 Nicola Zalewski  66'  67'
DM 77 Henrikh Mkhitaryan  17'
DM 4 Bryan Cristante
AM 22 Nicolò Zaniolo  67'
AM 7 Lorenzo Pellegrini (c)  37'
CF 9 Tammy Abraham  89'
Substitutes:
GK 87 Daniel Fuzato
DF 5 Matías Viña  89'
DF 15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
DF 24 Marash Kumbulla
DF 37 Leonardo Spinazzola  90+4'  67'
MF 17 Jordan Veretout  67'
MF 27 Sérgio Oliveira  17'
MF 52 Edoardo Bove
FW 11 Carles Pérez
FW 14 Eldor Shomurodov  89'
FW 64 Felix Afena-Gyan
FW 92 Stephan El Shaarawy
Other disciplinary actions:
TS Salvatore Foti  59'
Manager:
José Mourinho
GK 1 Justin Bijlow (c)
RB 3 Lutsharel Geertruida
CB 18 Gernot Trauner  25'  74'
CB 4 Marcos Senesi
LB 5 Tyrell Malacia  88'
CM 26 Guus Til  59'
CM 17 Fredrik Aursnes
CM 10 Orkun Kökçü  88'
RF 14 Reiss Nelson  74'
CF 33 Cyriel Dessers
LF 7 Luis Sinisterra
Substitutes:
GK 16 Valentin Cojocaru
GK 21 Ofir Marciano
GK 30 Thijs Jansen
DF 2 Marcus Holmgren Pedersen  74'
DF 13 Philippe Sandler
DF 25 Ramon Hendriks
DF 32 Denzel Hall
MF 6 Jorrit Hendrix
MF 28 Jens Toornstra  59'
FW 9 Alireza Jahanbakhsh  88'
FW 11 Bryan Linssen  74'
FW 23 Patrik Wålemark  88'
Manager:
Arne Slot

Man of the Match:
Chris Smalling (Roma)

Assistant referees:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Fourth official:
Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Video assistant referee:
Marco Fritz (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Support video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Match rules

  • 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 1]

Notes

  1. 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Full Time Summary Final – Roma v Feyenoord" (PDF). uefa.com. 25 May 2022.
  2. "UEFA Europa Conference League: all you need to know". uefa.com. 2 December 2020.
  3. "Tirana to host first UEFA Europa Conference League Final". uefa.com. 3 December 2020.
  4. "Roma 1 Feyenoord 0". BBC Sport. 25 May 2022.
  5. "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". uefa.com. 25 May 2022.

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