2019 UEFA Europa League Final

The 2019 UEFA Europa League Final was the last match of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League of the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on 29 May 2019.^[5]

2019 UEFA Europa League Final

Event	2018–19 UEFA Europa League
Chelsea Arsenal 4 1
Date	29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Baku
Man of the Match	Eden Hazard (Chelsea)[1]
Referee	Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)[2]
Attendance	51,370[3]
Weather	Clear night 21 °C (70 °F) 74% humidity[4]
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Chelsea won the final 4–1 for their second UEFA Europa League title. As winners, they will play against the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. Chelsea have already qualified for the Champions League group stage through their league performance, the group stage berth reserved for the Europa League winners was given to the third-placed team of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Lyon, as Ligue 1 was the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.^[6][7]

Starting from this season, the Europa League final was played in the same week as the Champions League final.^[8] In March 2018, UEFA announced that a fourth substitution will be allowed in extra time and that the number of substitutes has been increased from 7 to 12. The kick-off time has also been changed from 20:45 CEST to 21:00 CEST.^[9] The match was also the first fixture (and final) of the Europa League to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.^[10]

Road to the final

Further information: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

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

Chelsea				Round	Arsenal
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
PAOK	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Vorskla Poltava	4–2 (H)
MOL Vidi	1–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Qarabağ	3–0 (A)
BATE Borisov	3–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Sporting CP	1–0 (A)
BATE Borisov	1–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Sporting CP	0–0 (H)
PAOK	4–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Vorskla Poltava	3–0 (A)
MOL Vidi	2–2 (A)			Matchday 6	Qarabağ	1–0 (H)
Group L winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 16 2 BATE Borisov 6 9 3 Vidi 6 7 4 PAOK 6 3 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group E winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Arsenal 6 16 2 Sporting CP 6 13 3 Vorskla Poltava 6 3 4 Qarabağ 6 3 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Malmö FF	5–1	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	Round of 32	BATE Borisov	3–1	0–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv	8–0	3–0 (H)	5–0 (A)	Round of 16	Rennes	4–3	1–3 (A)	3–0 (H)
Slavia Prague	5–3	1–0 (A)	4–3 (H)	Quarter-finals	Napoli	3–0	2–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2 (4–3 p)	1–1 (A)	1–1 (aet) (H)	Semi-finals	Valencia	7–3	3–1 (H)	4–2 (A)

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 15 March 2019 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[11][12]

Chelsea	4–1	Arsenal
Giroud  49' Pedro  60' Hazard  65' (pen.), 72'	report	Iwobi  69'

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)

21:00 CEST

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 51,370^[3]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Chelsea[4]

Arsenal[4]

GK 1 Kepa Arrizabalaga RB 28 César Azpilicueta (c) CB 27 Andreas Christensen  68' CB 30 David Luiz LB 33 Emerson Palmieri CM 7 N'Golo Kanté CM 5 Jorginho CM 17 Mateo Kovačić  76' RF 11 Pedro  56'  71' CF 18 Olivier Giroud LF 10 Eden Hazard  89' Substitutes: GK 13 Willy Caballero GK 52 Jamie Cumming DF 3 Marcos Alonso DF 21 Davide Zappacosta  89' DF 24 Gary Cahill DF 44 Ethan Ampadu MF 8 Ross Barkley  76' MF 51 Conor Gallagher MF 55 George McEachran FW 9 Gonzalo Higuaín FW 22 Willian  71' Manager: Maurizio Sarri

GK 1 Petr Čech CB 5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos CB 6 Laurent Koscielny (c) CB 18 Nacho Monreal  66' RM 15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles CM 11 Lucas Torreira  66' CM 34 Granit Xhaka LM 31 Sead Kolašinac AM 10 Mesut Özil  77' CF 9 Alexandre Lacazette CF 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Substitutes: GK 19 Bernd Leno GK 44 Dejan Iliev DF 12 Stephan Lichtsteiner DF 20 Shkodran Mustafi DF 25 Carl Jenkinson MF 4 Mohamed Elneny MF 29 Matteo Guendouzi  66' MF 59 Joe Willock  77' FW 17 Alex Iwobi  66' FW 23 Danny Welbeck FW 49 Eddie Nketiah FW 87 Bukayo Saka Manager: Unai Emery

Man of the Match: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Filippo Meli (Italy) Lorenzo Manganelli (Italy) Fourth official:[2] Daniele Orsato (Italy) Video assistant referee:[2] Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees:[2] Marco Guida (Italy) Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Offside video assistant referee:[2] Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)

Match rules[13] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Statistics

First half[14] Statistic Chelsea Arsenal Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 5 4 Shots on target 2 0 Saves 0 2 Ball possession 55% 45% Corner kicks 3 3 Fouls committed 8 6 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half[14] Statistic Chelsea Arsenal Goals scored 4 1 Total shots 9 11 Shots on target 6 2 Saves 1 2 Ball possession 42% 58% Corner kicks 4 2 Fouls committed 6 5 Offsides 0 2 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 0

Overall[14] Statistic Chelsea Arsenal Goals scored 4 1 Total shots 14 15 Shots on target 8 2 Saves 1 4 Ball possession 48% 52% Corner kicks 7 5 Fouls committed 14 11 Offsides 1 3 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 0

Related pages

• 2019 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2019 UEFA Super Cup