2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final
Event2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Date29 May 2024 (2024-05-29)
VenueAgia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece
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The 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final will be the final match of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, the third season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It will be played at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 29 May 2024.[1][2]

The winners will qualify to enter the group stage of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, unless they have already qualified for the Champions League or Europa League through their league performance (in which case the access list will be rebalanced).

Venue

The Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, known as the OPAP Arena for sponsorship reasons, is home of AEK Athens. The stadium opened in September 2022,[3] and has a capacity of 32,500.[4] The match will be the eighth single-leg UEFA club final to be played in Greece, having hosted three European Cup/Champions League finals (in 1983, 1994 and 2007), three Cup Winners' Cup finals (in 1971, 1973 and 1987) and the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.

Host selection

On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final, which was held in parallel with that of the 2025 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:[1]

The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Agia Sophia Stadium as the host during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023. As the stadium is new and has never been operated by the club for international competitions, the venue is subject to an observation period until November 2023 for matches played in UEFA club competitions and UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying. Should the venue meet the requirements, the appointment will be officially confirmed in December 2023.[5]

Pre-match

Identity

The original identity of the 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 1 September 2023.[6]

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw to be held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

TBD v TBD
Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

  1. ^ a b "Invitation to bid for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 UEFA Europa Conference League finals and the 2024/25 UEFA Women's Champions League final". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 40/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ "International match calendar and access list for the 2023/24 season". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 65/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Η ΑΕΚ επέστρεψε σπίτι της! Λαμπερά εγκαινία στην υπερσύγχρονη OPAP Arena - Όλα όσα έγιναν στη γιορτή της Ένωσης" [AEK returned home! Sparkling opening at the state-of-the-art OPAP Arena – All that happened at the Union's celebration]. Ethnos (in Greek). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ^ "OPAP Arena". AEK Athens F.C. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025". Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ^ UEFA.com (1 September 2023). "2024 UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League final identities revealed | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

External links

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