2025 UEFA Nations League final

Not to be confused with 2025 UEFA Nations League Finals, the final tournament of the Nations League.

The 2025 UEFA Nations League final was a football match that determined the winners of the final tournament of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League. It was the fourth final of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The match was held on 8 June 2025 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, between Portugal and defending champions Spain.^[5] It was the first Iberian final and first final contested between two former winners of the competition.^[6]

2025 UEFA Nations League final

Match programme cover
Event	2025 UEFA Nations League Finals
Portugal Spain 2 2
After extra time Portugal won 5–3 on penalties
Date	8 June 2025 (2025-06-08)
Venue	Allianz Arena, Munich
Man of the Match	Nuno Mendes (Portugal)[1]
Referee	Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)[2]
Attendance	65,852[3]
Weather	Partly cloudy night 15 °C (59 °F) 63% humidity[4]
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Portugal won the match 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time, for their second UEFA Nations League title. In doing so, they became the first team to win multiple Nations League titles.^[7]

This was the final match and trophy for Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident a month later on 3 July 2025.

Background

This match was the first UEFA Nations League final featuring two past finalists, with Portugal winning the inaugural final in 2019 over the Netherlands and Spain playing in the two finals afterwards; they lost their first in 2021 against France before winning over Croatia on penalties two years later.^[8]

This was the 41st Iberian Derby, with Spain winning 17, drawing 17, and Portugal winning six.^[9]

Previous finals

Team	Previous final appearances
Portugal	1 (2019)
Spain	2 (2021, 2023)

Venue

Further information: Allianz Arena

The Allianz Arena was chosen by the German Football Association as one of the two venues for the Nations League Finals, along with the MHPArena. The stadium, which opened in 2005, is the home stadium of Bayern Munich, and hosted matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024. The stadium had just hosted the UEFA Champions League final eight days before this match, in which four Portuguese players—Gonçalo Ramos, João Neves, Vitinha, and Nuno Mendes—and one Spanish player (Fabián Ruiz) won the UEFA Champions League title with Paris Saint-Germain.^[10]

Route to the final

Further information: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League, 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, and 2025 UEFA Nations League Finals

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

Portugal				Round	Spain
Opponent	Result			League phase	Opponent	Result
Croatia	2–1 (H)			Matchday 1	Serbia	0–0 (A)
Scotland	2–1 (H)			Matchday 2	Switzerland	4–1 (A)
Poland	3–1 (A)			Matchday 3	Denmark	1–0 (H)
Scotland	0–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Serbia	3–0 (H)
Poland	5–1 (H)			Matchday 5	Denmark	2–1 (A)
Croatia	1–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Switzerland	3–2 (H)
Group A1 winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Portugal 6 14 2  Croatia 6 8 3  Scotland (R) 6 7 4  Poland (R) 6 4 Source: UEFA (R) Relegated				Final standings	Group A4 winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Spain 6 16 2  Denmark 6 8 3  Serbia (O) 6 6 4   Switzerland (R) 6 2 Source: UEFA (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	5–3	0–1 (A)	5–2 (a.e.t.) (H)	Quarter-finals	Netherlands	5–5 (5–4 p)	2–2 (A)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (H)
Germany	2–1 (N)			Semi-finals	France	5–4 (N)

Match

Summary

In the 21st minute Spain went in front when Martín Zubimendi slotted into an empty net from close range after Lamine Yamal's ball into the box from the right caused confusion in the Portuguese defence. It was 1–1 in the 26th minute when Nuno Mendes scored with a low finish to the right corner from the left of the penalty area. Just before half-time, Mikel Oyarzabal finished low to the left corner after a pass from Pedri to put Spain back in front.^[11] Cristiano Ronaldo equalised in the 61st minute with a right foot volley finish after a deflected cross from Nuno Mendes from the left fell to him from close range. The match went to extra-time and finished 2–2 with the game going to a penalty shoot-out. All penalties were scored until Álvaro Morata saw his effort to the left saved by Diogo Costa. Rúben Neves then scored low to the left corner to win the game for Portugal 5–3 on penalties.^[12]

Details

8 June 2025 (2025-06-08)

21:00 UTC+2

Portugal	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Mendes 26' Ronaldo 61'	Report	Zubimendi 21' Oyarzabal 45'
Penalties
Ramos Vitinha Fernandes Mendes R. Neves	5–3	Merino Baena Isco Morata

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 65,852^[3]

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Portugal[4]

Spain[4]

GK 1 Diogo Costa RB 15 João Neves  46' CB 3 Rúben Dias CB 14 Gonçalo Inácio  19'  74' LB 25 Nuno Mendes  100' CM 10 Bernardo Silva  74' CM 23 Vitinha RW 20 Pedro Neto  82'  106' AM 8 Bruno Fernandes LW 26 Francisco Conceição  46' CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)  88' Substitutions: DF 2 Nélson Semedo  46' MF 18 Rúben Neves  46' DF 13 Renato Veiga  74' FW 17 Rafael Leão  74' FW 9 Gonçalo Ramos  88' FW 21 Diogo Jota  106' Manager: Roberto Martínez  110'

GK 23 Unai Simón (c) RB 14 Óscar Mingueza  92' CB 3 Robin Le Normand  90+1' CB 12 Dean Huijsen LB 24 Marc Cucurella CM 20 Pedri  75' CM 18 Martín Zubimendi CM 8 Fabián Ruiz  33'  75' RF 19 Lamine Yamal  106' CF 21 Mikel Oyarzabal  111' LF 11 Nico Williams  92' Substitutions: MF 22 Isco  75' MF 6 Mikel Merino  75' MF 16 Álex Baena  100'  92' DF 2 Pedro Porro  110'  92' FW 15 Yeremy Pino  106' FW 7 Álvaro Morata  111' Manager: Luis de la Fuente

Man of the Match: Nuno Mendes (Portugal)[1] Assistant referees:[4] Jonas Erni (Switzerland) Susann Küng (Switzerland)[note 1] Fourth official: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands) Video assistant referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) Assistant video assistant referees: Dennis Higler (Netherlands) Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Match rules[14] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of fifteen 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

Statistics

First half[15] Statistic Portugal Spain Goals scored 1 2 Total shots 2 7 Shots on target 1 2 Saves 0 0 Ball possession 42% 58% Corner kicks 1 2 Fouls committed 5 7 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half[15] Statistic Portugal Spain Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 3 5 Shots on target 2 3 Saves 3 1 Ball possession 36% 64% Corner kicks 1 2 Fouls committed 5 6 Offsides 2 3 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Extra time[15] Statistic Portugal Spain Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 2 3 Shots on target 0 1 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 43% 57% Corner kicks 1 0 Fouls committed 3 6 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall[15] Statistic Portugal Spain Goals scored 2 2 Total shots 7 15 Shots on target 3 6 Saves 4 1 Ball possession 46% 54% Corner kicks 3 4 Fouls committed 13 19 Offsides 4 3 Yellow cards 4 4 Red cards 0 0

Post-match

Portugal's win marked their 2nd nations league title and 3rd major title meaning they became the first nation to win multiple nations league titles.^[16] The win also gave manager Roberto Martinez his first trophy in charge of Portugal. Spain's loss marked their first defeat in a final since the 2021 UEFA Nations League final and their second defeat in a final in their history. The match was also Luis de la Fuente's 2nd defeat as manager of Spain.

The match would turn out to be the final match and trophy of Portugal forward Diogo Jota's career as he was killed in a car crash a month after the final.^[17]

Death of spectator

During the first half of extra time, a spectator died after falling from the second tier of the main stand of the Allianz Arena. The man fell onto the seating area below, and was attended to by paramedics and stadium personnel. However, the man succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 00:06 local time on 9 June. The match was not interrupted during the incident. Players and coaches from both teams offered condolences during the post-match press conferences.^[18][19]

Notes

1. Stéphane de Almeida (Switzerland) was originally appointed as an assistant referee for the match, but was removed due to his Portuguese ancestry and replaced by Susann Küng.^[13]