2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final

2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final
The Fortuna Arena in Prague hosted the final
Event2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Date7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)
VenueFortuna Arena, Prague
Man of the MatchJarrod Bowen (West Ham United)
RefereeCarlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Attendance17,363[1]
WeatherCloudy night
19 °C (66 °F)
75% humidity

The 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final was the final match of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, the second season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.[2][3] The final was contested between West Ham United and Fiorentina. The final was won by West Ham United 2–1 to secure their first UEFA Europa Conference League title. They qualified for the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.[4][5]

Route to the final

Fiorentina Round West Ham United
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Twente 2–1 2–1 (H) 0–0 (A) Play-off round Viborg 6–1 3–1 (H) 3–0 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
RFS 1–1 (H) Matchday 1 FCSB 3–1 (H)
İstanbul Başakşehir 0–3 (A) Matchday 2 Silkeborg 3–2 (A)
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 (A) Matchday 3 Anderlecht 1–0 (A)
Heart of Midlothian 5–1 (H) Matchday 4 Anderlecht 2–1 (H)
İstanbul Başakşehir 2–1 (H) Matchday 5 Silkeborg 1–0 (H)
RFS 3–0 (A) Matchday 6 FCSB 3–0 (A)
Group A runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 İstanbul Başakşehir 6 13
2 Fiorentina 6 13
3 Heart of Midlothian 6 6
4 RFS 6 2
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 West Ham United 6 18
2 Anderlecht 6 8
3 Silkeborg 6 6
4 FCSB 6 2
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Braga 7–2 4–0 (A) 3–2 (H) Knockout round play-offs Bye
Sivasspor 5–1 1–0 (H) 4–1 (A) Round of 16 AEK Larnaca 6–0 2–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
Lech Poznań 6–4 4–1 (A) 2–3 (H) Quarter-finals Gent 5–2 1–1 (A) 4–1 (H)
Basel 4–3 1–2 (H) 3–1 (aet) (A) Semi-finals AZ 3–1 2–1 (H) 1–0 (A)

Match

Details

Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United
  • Bonaventura  67'
Report
  • Benrahma  62' (pen.)
  • Bowen  90'
Attendance: 17,363[1]
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Fiorentina
West Ham United
GK 1 Pietro Terracciano
RB 2 Dodô
CB 4 Nikola Milenković  75'
CB 16 Luca Ranieri  84'
LB 3 Cristiano Biraghi (c)
CM 34 Sofyan Amrabat  85'
CM 38 Rolando Mandragora  66'  90+3'
AM 5 Giacomo Bonaventura
RW 22 Nicolás González
LW 99 Christian Kouamé  61'
CF 7 Luka Jović  46'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Michele Cerofolini
DF 15 Aleksa Terzić
DF 23 Lorenzo Venuti
DF 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta
DF 98 Igor  84'
MF 8 Riccardo Saponara  61'
MF 32 Alfred Duncan  67'
MF 42 Alessandro Bianco
MF 72 Antonín Barák  90+3'
FW 9 Arthur Cabral  46'
FW 11 Jonathan Ikoné
FW 77 Josip Brekalo
Manager:
Vincenzo Italiano
GK 13 Alphonse Areola
RB 5 Vladimír Coufal
CB 4 Kurt Zouma  61'
CB 27 Nayef Aguerd  53'
LB 33 Emerson Palmieri
CM 28 Tomáš Souček
CM 41 Declan Rice (c)
AM 11 Lucas Paquetá
RW 20 Jarrod Bowen  90+7'
LW 22 Saïd Benrahma  31'  76'
CF 9 Michail Antonio  90+4'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Łukasz Fabiański
DF 2 Ben Johnson
DF 3 Aaron Cresswell  90+1'
DF 21 Angelo Ogbonna  90+4'
DF 24 Thilo Kehrer  61'
MF 8 Pablo Fornals  76'
MF 10 Manuel Lanzini
MF 12 Flynn Downes
MF 62 Freddie Potts
FW 14 Maxwel Cornet
FW 18 Danny Ings
FW 72 Divin Mubama
Manager:
David Moyes

Man of the Match:
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)

Assistant referees:
Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain)
Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (Spain)
Fourth official:
Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Diego Barbero Sevilla (Spain)
Video assistant referee:
Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Support video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins (Portugal)

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 – Fiorentina v West Ham United" (PDF). uefa.com. UEFA. 7 June 2023.
  2. "International match calendar and access list for 2022/23". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 51/2021. UEFA. 19 July 2021.
  3. "UEFA EURO 2024 match schedule approved". uefa.com. UEFA. 10 May 2022.
  4. "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham: Bowen arrows Hammers to glory". uefa.com. UEFA. 7 June 2023.
  5. "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. 7 June 2023.

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