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2025 UEFA Conference League final

2025 UEFA Conference League final

2025 UEFA Conference League final

The 2025 UEFA Conference League final was the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, the fourth season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the UEFA Europa Conference League to the UEFA Conference League. It was played at the Wrocław Stadium in Wrocław, Poland, on 28 May 2025, between Spanish club Real Betis and English club Chelsea.

The 2025 UEFA Conference League final was the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, the fourth season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the UEFA Europa Conference League to the UEFA Conference League. It was played at the Wrocław Stadium in Wrocław, Poland, on 28 May 2025, between Spanish club Real Betis and English club Chelsea.

Chelsea won the match 4–1 to secure their first UEFA Conference League title, thus becoming the first club to win all four major European trophies and all three of the current European competitions. Chelsea also became the first non-Spanish side to defeat a Spanish club in a European final since 2001, when Bayern Munich won against Valencia in the Champions League final. As Chelsea already qualified automatically for the league phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League through their league position, the berth reserved for the UEFA Conference League winners in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League was vacated.

The three-goal margin of victory in this match was the largest in a Conference League final, which saw the first three winners prevailed by a single-goal margin. This match was also the highest-scoring Conference League final.

Real Betis reached their first ever European final.

This was Chelsea's thirteenth European final and the first UEFA Conference League final appearance. They had won two titles in each of the three pre-1999 major European competitions; the UEFA Champions League in 2012 and 2021, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1971 and 1998, and the UEFA Europa League in 2013 and 2019, in addition they have also won two UEFA Super Cups, in 1998 and 2021. The club has lost four European finals, the 2008 UEFA Champions League final and the 2012, 2013 and 2019 UEFA Super Cups. As they win the final, they became the first club to have won all four major European trophies.

The clubs had faced each other four times; twice in the quarter-finals of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and twice in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage. Chelsea won three of those encounters, defeating Betis 2–1 in Seville and 3–1 in London to secure a 5–2 aggregate victory en route to the Cup Winners' Cup title, and triumphing 4–0 in their home fixture in the 2005–06 season. However, Betis claimed victory in the most recent meeting between the sides, winning 1–0 in Seville later that stage. Despite that loss, Chelsea advanced to the round of 16 by finishing second in the group, while Betis placed third and moved into the UEFA Cup—ultimately won by their city rivals, Sevilla.

TeamPrevious final appearances
Real BetisNone
ChelseaNone

Wrocław Stadium in Wrocław hosted the final.

The Wrocław Stadium in Wrocław, known as the Tarczyński Arena for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Śląsk Wrocław. The stadium opened in September 2011, and had a capacity of 42,771. The venue previously hosted matches at UEFA Euro 2012. The match was the third single-leg UEFA club final to be played in Poland, after the UEFA Europa League finals in 2015 and 2021.

On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final, which was held in parallel with that of the 2024 final. Interested bidders could bid for either one or both of the finals. The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as a UEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:

  • 21 June 2022: Applications formally invited
  • 31 August 2022: Closing date for registering intention to bid
  • 7 September 2022: Bid requirements made available to bidders
  • 3 November 2022: Submission of preliminary bid dossier
  • 23 February 2023: Submission of final bid dossier
  • 28 June 2023: Appointment of host

The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Wrocław Stadium as the host during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.

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

Real BetisRoundChelsea
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih5–02–0 (A)3–0 (H)Play-offsServette3–22–0 (H)1–2 (A)
OpponentResultLeague phaseOpponentResult
Legia Warsaw0–1 (A)Matchday 1Gent4–2 (H)
Copenhagen1–1 (H)Matchday 2Panathinaikos4–1 (A)
Celje2–1 (H)Matchday 3Noah8–0 (H)
Mladá Boleslav1–2 (A)Matchday 41. FC Heidenheim2–0 (A)
Petrocub Hîncești1–0 (A)Matchday 5Astana3–1 (A)
HJK1–0 (H)Matchday 6Shamrock Rovers5–1 (H)
15th placeAdvanced to knockout phase play-offsFinal position1st placeAdvanced to round of 16
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Gent3–13–0 (A)0–1 (H)Play-offsBye
Vitória de Guimarães6–22–2 (H)4–0 (A)Round of 16Copenhagen3–12–1 (A)1–0 (H)
Jagiellonia Białystok3–12–0 (H)1–1 (A)Quarter-finalsLegia Warsaw4–23–0 (A)1–2 (H)
Fiorentina4–32–1 (H)2–2 (a.e.t.) (A)Semi-finalsDjurgårdens IF5–14–1 (A)1–0 (H)

Real Betis took the lead in the ninth minute after Isco played a ball across towards Abde Ezzalzouli, who slotted the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net. Betis pushed for another goal soon after, with Marc Bartra having an effort from outside the penalty area tipped over by Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen. And in the 20th minute, Ezzalzouli came forward again for Betis, evading two Chelsea players before squaring the ball across to Johnny Cardoso whose effort was deflected over the bar by Benoît Badiashile.

In the 65th minute, Chelsea found their equaliser after Cole Palmer crossed the ball into the penalty area, where Enzo Fernández managed to head the ball beyond Betis goalkeeper Adrián and draw the game level. Five minutes later, Palmer played another cross into the penalty area, this time touched into the goal by Nicolas Jackson to complete the turnaround for Chelsea. In the 78th minute, a quick Chelsea counter-attack saw Jackson and Jadon Sancho in a two against one against the Betis goalkeeper. Despite being through on goal, Jackson took a heavy touch, and the opportunity was missed. However, Sancho would get his goal in the 83rd minute, when he cut inside on his right foot before curling his effort into the back of the net. Moisés Caicedo then wrapped up the win in the first minute of added time with a shot that deflected off defender Natan before beating Adrián down his bottom-right hand side. With the victory, Chelsea became the first team to win all five UEFA club tournaments, including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was predetermined as the winner of semi-final 1 (Real Betis).

Column 1Column 2
Real BetisChelsea
GK13Adrián
RB23Youssouf Sabaly
CB5Marc Bartra
CB6Natan
LB12Ricardo Rodriguez46'
CM18Pablo Fornals85'
CM22Isco (c)
CM4Johnny Cardoso85'
RF7Antony88'
CF11Cédric Bakambu72'
LF10Abde Ezzalzouli53'
Substitutes:
GK25Fran Vieites
GK41Manu González
DF15Romain Perraud90+5'46'
DF24Aitor Ruibal72'
DF32Nobel Mendy
DF40Ángel Ortiz
MF16Sergi Altimira85'
MF20Giovani Lo Celso85'
MF46Mateo Flores
FW36Jesús Rodríguez53'
FW52Pablo García
Manager:
Manuel Pellegrini
GK12Filip Jörgensen
RB27Malo Gusto46'
CB23Trevoh Chalobah
CB5Benoît Badiashile55'61'
LB3Marc Cucurella
CM8Enzo Fernández (c)
CM25Moisés Caicedo
RW11Noni Madueke
AM20Cole Palmer79'87'
LW7Pedro Neto61'
CF15Nicolas Jackson80'
Substitutes:
GK1Robert Sánchez
GK47Lucas Bergström
DF4Tosin Adarabioyo
DF6Levi Colwill61'
DF24Reece James46'
DF34Josh Acheampong
MF22Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall80'
MF39Mathis Amougou
FW18Christopher Nkunku
FW19Jadon Sancho85'61'
FW32Tyrique George
FW38Marc Guiu87'
Manager:
Enzo Maresca
Column 1Column 2
Man of the Match:
Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
Assistant referees:
Senad Ibrišimbegović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Davor Beljo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Fourth official:
Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Reserve assistant referee:
Kerem Ersoy (Turkey)
Video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Willy Delajod (France)
Support video assistant referee:
Marco Di Bello (Italy)Match rules

90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary

Penalty shoot-out if scores still level

Maximum of twelve 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 |

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