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| Event | 2024–25 UEFA Conference League | ||||||
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| Date | 28 May 2025 (2025-05-28) | ||||||
| Venue | Wrocław Stadium,Wrocław | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Cole Palmer (Chelsea)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Irfan Peljto(Bosnia and Herzegovina)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 39,754[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy night 15 °C (59 °F) 84%humidity[4] | ||||||
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The2025 UEFA Conference League final was the final match of the2024–25 UEFA Conference League, the fourth season of Europe's tertiary clubfootball tournament organised byUEFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the UEFA Europa Conference League to theUEFA Conference League. It was played at theWrocław Stadium inWrocław, Poland, on 28 May 2025, between Spanish clubReal Betis and English clubChelsea.[5]
Chelsea won the match 4–1 to secure their first UEFA Conference League title, thus becoming the first club towin all four major European trophies and all three of the current European competitions.[6] Chelsea also became the first non-Spanish side to defeat a Spanish club in a European final since 2001, whenBayern Munich won againstValencia in theChampions League final.[7] As Chelsea already qualified automatically for the league phase of the2025–26 UEFA Champions League through their league position, the berth reserved for the UEFA Conference League winners in the2025–26 UEFA Europa League was vacated.
The three-goal margin of victory in this match was the largest in aConference League final, which saw the first three winners prevailed by a single-goal margin. This match was also the highest-scoring Conference League final.[8]
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; theUEFA Champions League in2012 and2021, theCup Winners' Cup in1971 and1998, and theUEFA Europa League in2013 and2019, in addition they have also won twoUEFA Super Cups, in1998 and2021. The club has lost four European finals, the2008 UEFA Champions League final and the2012,2013 and2019 UEFA Super Cups. As they win the final, they became the first club to havewon all four major European trophies.
The clubs had faced each other four times; twice in the quarter-finals of the1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and twice in the2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage.[9] 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 thegroup, while Betis placed third and moved into theUEFA Cup—ultimately won by theircity rivals,Sevilla.
| Team | Previous final appearances |
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 Real Betis | None |
 Chelsea | None |
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TheWrocław Stadium inWrocław, known as the Tarczyński Arena for sponsorship reasons, is the home ofŚląsk Wrocław. The stadium opened in September 2011,[10] and has a capacity of 42,771.[11] The venue previously hosted matches atUEFA Euro 2012. The match will be the third single-leg UEFA club final to be played in Poland, after theUEFA Europa League finals in2015 and2021.
On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final, which was held in parallel with that of the2024 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 aUEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred. The bidding timeline was as follows:[5]
The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Wrocław Stadium as the host during their meeting inNyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.[12]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Real Betis | Round | Chelsea | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Qualifying phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 5–0 | 2–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Play-offs |  Servette | 3–2 | 2–0 (H) | 1–2 (A) |
| Opponent | Result | League phase | Opponent | Result | ||||
 Legia Warsaw | 0–1 (A) | Matchday 1 |  Gent | 4–2 (H) | ||||
 Copenhagen | 1–1 (H) | Matchday 2 |  Panathinaikos | 4–1 (A) | ||||
 Celje | 2–1 (H) | Matchday 3 |  Noah | 8–0 (H) | ||||
 Mladá Boleslav | 1–2 (A) | Matchday 4 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 2–0 (A) | ||||
 Petrocub Hîncești | 1–0 (A) | Matchday 5 |  Astana | 3–1 (A) | ||||
 HJK | 1–0 (H) | Matchday 6 |  Shamrock Rovers | 5–1 (H) | ||||
| 15th place Advanced to knockout phase play-offs | Final position | 1st place Advanced to round of 16 | ||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Gent | 3–1 | 3–0 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Play-offs | Bye | |||
 Vitória de Guimarães | 6–2 | 2–2 (H) | 4–0 (A) | Round of 16 | Copenhagen | 3–1 | 2–1 (A) | 1–0 (H) |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 3–1 | 2–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) | Quarter-finals | Legia Warsaw | 4–2 | 3–0 (A) | 1–2 (H) |
 Fiorentina | 4–3 | 2–1 (H) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (A) | Semi-finals |  Djurgårdens IF | 5–1 | 4–1 (A) | 1–0 (H) |
Real Betis took the lead in the ninth minute afterIsco played a ball across towardsAbde Ezzalzouli, who slotted the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net. Betis pushed for another goal soon after, withMarc Bartra having an effort from outside the penalty area tipped over by Chelsea goalkeeperFilip Jörgensen. And in the 20th minute, Ezzalzouli came forward again for Betis, evading two Chelsea players before squaring the ball across toJohnny Cardoso whose effort was deflected over the bar byBenoît Badiashile.[13]
In the 65th minute, Chelsea found their equaliser afterCole Palmer crossed the ball into the penalty area, whereEnzo Fernández managed to head the ball beyond Betis goalkeeperAdrián and draw the game level. Five minutes later, Palmer played another cross into the penalty area, this time touched into the goal byNicolas Jackson to complete the turnaround for Chelsea. In the 78th minute, a quick Chelsea counter-attack saw Jackson andJadon 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 defenderNatan 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 theUEFA Champions League,UEFA Europa League,UEFA Conference League,UEFA Super Cup and theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[14]
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was predetermined as the winner of semi-final 1 (Real Betis).
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