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| Event | 2025 UEFA Nations League Finals | ||||||
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| Afterextra time Portugal won 5–3 onpenalties | |||||||
| 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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The2025 UEFA Nations League final was afootball match that determined the winners of thefinal tournament of the2024–25 UEFA Nations League. It was the fourth final of the internationalfootball competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations ofUEFA. The match was held on 8 June 2025 at theAllianz Arena inMunich, Germany, betweenPortugal and defending championsSpain.[5] It was the firstIberian final and first final contested between two former winners of the competition.[6]
Portugal won the match 5–3 onpenalties, following a 2–2 draw afterextra time, for their secondUEFA 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 forwardDiogo Jota, who died in a car accident less than a month later on 3 July 2025.
This match was the first UEFA Nations League final featuring two past finalists, with Portugal winning the inaugural final in2019 over theNetherlands and Spain playing in the two finals afterwards; they lost their first in2021 againstFrance before winning overCroatia on penaltiestwo years later.[8]
This was the 41stIberian Derby, with Spain winning 17, drawing 17, and Portugal winning six.[9]
| Team | Previous final appearances |
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 Portugal | 1 (2019) |
 Spain | 2 (2021,2023) |
TheAllianz Arena was chosen by theGerman Football Association as one of the two venues for the Nations League Finals, along with theMHPArena. The stadium, which opened in 2005, is the home stadium ofBayern Munich, and hosted matches at the2006 FIFA World Cup,UEFA Euro 2020 andUEFA Euro 2024. The stadium had just hosted theUEFA Champions League final eight days before this match, in which four Portuguese players—Gonçalo Ramos,João Neves,Vitinha, andNuno Mendes—and one Spanish player (Fabián Ruiz) won the UEFA Champions League title withParis Saint-Germain.[10]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).
| Portugal | Round | Spain | ||||||
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| 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 | Final standings | Group A4 winners | ||||||
| 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(5–4p) | 2–2 (A) | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (H) |
 Germany | 2–1 (N) | Semi-finals |  France | 5–4 (N) | ||||
In the 21st minute Spain went in front whenMartín Zubimendi slotted into an empty net from close range afterLamine Yamal's ball into the box from the right caused confusion in the Portuguese defence. It was 1–1 in the 26th minute whenNuno 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 fromPedri 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 untilÁlvaro Morata saw his effort to the left saved byDiogo Costa.Rúben Neves then scored low to the left corner to win the game for Portugal 5–3 on penalties.[12]
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Portugal's win marked their second UEFA Nations League title, and third major title overall, becoming the first team to win multiple Nations League titles.[7] The win also gave managerRoberto Martinez his first trophy in charge of Portugal. Spain's loss marked their first defeat in a final since the2021 UEFA Nations League final, and their second defeat in a final in their history. The match was alsoLuis de la Fuente's second defeat as manager of Spain.
The match would turn out to be the final match and trophy of Portugal forwardDiogo Jota's career as he was killed in a car accident less than a month later on 3 July 2025, just 25 days after the final.[16]
During the first half of extra time, a spectator died after falling from the second tier of the main stand of theAllianz 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.[17][18]
