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| Event | 2021–22 UEFA Europa League | ||||||
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| Afterextra time Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–4 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán,Seville | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Kevin Trapp(Eintracht Frankfurt)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 38,842[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy night 31 °C (88 °F) 32%humidity[4] | ||||||
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The2022 UEFA Europa League final was the final match of the2021–22 UEFA Europa League, the 51st season of Europe's secondary clubfootball tournament organised byUEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to theUEFA Europa League. It was played atEstadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán inSeville, Spain, on 18 May 2022,[5] between German clubEintracht Frankfurt and Scottish clubRangers.
The final was originally scheduled to be played at thePuskás Aréna inBudapest, Hungary. However, due to the postponement and relocation of the2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, with Budapest instead hosting the 2023 final.[6]
Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 5–4 onpenalties, following a 1–1 draw afterextra time, for their second UEFA Cup/Europa League title after1980.[7][8] Frankfurt became the first German side sinceSchalke 04 in1997 to win the competition. As winners, they earned the right to play against the winners of the2021–22 UEFA Champions League,Real Madrid, in the2022 UEFA Super Cup, and qualified for the2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage.[9]
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This was the first Europa League final to be held at the stadium. It previously hosted the1986 European Cup final. The city of Seville hosted the2003 UEFA Cup final at theEstadio de La Cartuja. Spain had hosted four other UEFA Cup finals (holding a leg in1977,1985,1986, and1988).
An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.
UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that three associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Europa League final,[10] and on 22 February 2019 that two associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.[11]
| Association | Stadium | City | Capacity |
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 Georgia | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena | Tbilisi | 54,202 |
 Spain | Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | Seville | 43,883 |
The following associations expressed interest in hosting but eventually did not submit bids:
TheRamón Sánchez Pizjuán was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting inLjubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.[12][13]
On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the postponement and relocation of the2020 final, Seville would instead host the 2022 final.[6]
This was Eintracht Frankfurt's third final in a major UEFA competition, having lost the1960 European Cup final toReal Madrid and won the1980 UEFA Cup final. Having become the first German team in a major European final sinceBayern Munich in the2020 UEFA Champions League final and the first UEFA Cup/Europa League finalist from Germany sinceWerder Bremen in2009, they were seeking to become the first German side sinceSchalke 04 in1997 to win the competition. Their managerOliver Glasner was seeking to become the first Austrian to win a European trophy sinceErnst Happel in the1983 European Cup final and the first Austrian to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League.
This was Rangers' fifth final in a major UEFA competition, having won the1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final and lost both the1961 and1967 Cup Winners' Cup finals as well as the1972 European Super Cup and the2008 UEFA Cup final. Having become the first Scottish club in any European final since themselves in 2008, they were seeking to become the first Scottish club sinceAberdeen in the1983 European Super Cup to win a European trophy and the first Scottish side to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League. Their managerGiovanni van Bronckhorst was seeking to become the first Dutch to win a European trophy sinceDick Advocaat withZenit Saint Petersburg in the2008 UEFA Super Cup; they were qualified after defeating Rangers in the year's UEFA Cup final.[14]
The two sides previously met twice in European competitions, in the1959–60 European Cupsemi-finals, with Eintracht Frankfurt winning both legs.[15]
In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Europa League era.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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 Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 (1980) |
 Rangers | 1 (2008) |
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Round | Rangers | ||||||
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| Bye | Qualifying phase (EL,CL) | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Third qualifying round |  Malmö FF | 2–4 | 1–2 (A) | 1–2 (H) | ||||
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| Play-off round |  Alashkert | 1–0 | 1–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) | ||||
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||
 Fenerbahçe | 1–1 (H) | Matchday 1 |  Lyon | 0–2 (H) | ||||
 Antwerp | 1–0 (A) | Matchday 2 |  Sparta Prague | 0–1 (A) | ||||
 Olympiacos | 3–1 (H) | Matchday 3 |  Brøndby | 2–0 (H) | ||||
| Olympiacos | 2–1 (A) | Matchday 4 | Brøndby | 1–1 (A) | ||||
| Antwerp | 2–2 (H) | Matchday 5 | Sparta Prague | 2–0 (H) | ||||
| Fenerbahçe | 1–1 (A) | Matchday 6 | Lyon | 1–1 (A) | ||||
| Group D winners | Final standings | Group A runners-up | ||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bye | Knockout round play-offs | Borussia Dortmund | 6–4 | 4–2 (A) | 2–2 (H) | |||
| Real Betis | 3–2 | 2–1 (A) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H) | Round of 16 |  Red Star Belgrade | 4–2 | 3–0 (H) | 1–2 (A) |
| Barcelona | 4–3 | 1–1 (H) | 3–2 (A) | Quarter-finals |  Braga | 3–2 | 0–1 (A) | 3–1 (a.e.t.) (H) |
 West Ham United | 3–1 | 2–1 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Semi-finals | RB Leipzig | 3–2 | 0–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) |
The logo of the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 27 August 2021 inIstanbul, Turkey.
The ambassador for the final was formerSevilla goalkeeperAndrés Palop.
On 11 May 2022, UEFA named Slovenian officialSlavko Vinčić as the referee for the final. Vinčić had been aFIFA referee since 2010, and was previously an additional assistant referee in the2017 UEFA Europa League Final and the fourth official in the2021 UEFA Europa League Final. He also worked as an additional assistant referee in the2012 UEFA Super Cup. He officiated ten matches in the2021–22 Champions League season, with two matches in qualification, five in the group stage and three knockout fixtures. He served as a referee atUEFA Euro 2020, where he officiated two group matches and a quarter-final. He was joined by three of his fellow countrymen, with Tomaž Klančnik and Andraž Kovačič as assistant referees, and Jure Praprotnik as one of the assistant VAR officials.Srđan Jovanović of Serbia served as the fourth official, while DutchmanPol van Boekel was appointed as the video assistant referee. SpaniardsAlejandro Hernández Hernández and Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar served as the other assistant VAR officials.[2]
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.
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