2019 UEFA Nations League Finals

The **2019 UEFA Nations League Finals** was the final tournament of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League The tournament was held in Portugal from 5 to 9 June 2019, and was played by the four group winners of Nations League A. The tournament was made up of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and final to determine the first ever champions of the UEFA Nations League.

Portugal won the final 1–0 against the Netherlands to become the first champions of the UEFA Nations League.

## Qualified teams

The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.

|Group|width="170"|Winners|Date of qualification|UNL Rankings November 2018|FIFA Rankings April 2019|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||3|16|||
|||1|8|||
|_(host)_||2|7|||
|||4|4|||

## Venues

In their bid dossier, the Portuguese Football Federation proposed Estádio do Dragão in Porto and Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães as the venues.

|rowspan="4"||Porto|Guimarães|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Estádio do Dragão|Estádio D. Afonso Henriques|||
|Capacity: **50,033**|Capacity: **30,000**|||

## Bracket

<section begin=Bracket /><section end=Bracket />

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

### Portugal vs Switzerland

<section begin=Semi-final 1 /><section end=Semi-final 1 />

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Rui Patrício|||||
|RB|**20**|Nélson Semedo|||||
|CB|**3**|Pepe|||||
|CB|**4**|Rúben Dias|||||
|LB|**5**|Raphaël Guerreiro|||||
|RM|**16**|Bruno Fernandes|||||
|CM|**14**|William Carvalho|||||
|CM|**18**|Rúben Neves|||||
|LM|**10**|Bernardo Silva|||||
|CF|**23**|João Félix|||||
|CF|**7**|Cristiano Ronaldo (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**6**|José Fonte|||||
|MF|**17**|Gonçalo Guedes|||||
|MF|**8**|João Moutinho|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Fernando Santos|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Yann Sommer|||||
|RB|**2**|Kevin Mbabu|||||
|CB|**22**|Fabian Schär|||||
|CB|**5**|Manuel Akanji|||||
|LB|**13**|Ricardo Rodríguez|||||
|RM|**17**|Denis Zakaria|||||
|CM|**10**|Granit Xhaka (c)|||||
|CM|**8**|Remo Freuler|||||
|LM|**14**|Steven Zuber|||||
|AM|**23**|Xherdan Shaqiri|||||
|CF|**9**|Haris Seferović|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**20**|Edimilson Fernandes|||||
|MF|**11**|Renato Steffen|||||
|FW|**19**|Josip Drmić|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Vladimir Petković|}|||||

### Netherlands vs England

<section begin=Semi-final 2 /><section end=Semi-final 2 />

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Jasper Cillessen|||||
|RB|**22**|Denzel Dumfries|||||
|CB|**3**|Matthijs de Ligt|||||
|CB|**4**|Virgil van Dijk (c)|||||
|LB|**17**|Daley Blind|||||
|CM|**15**|Marten de Roon|||||
|CM|**21**|Frenkie de Jong|||||
|CM|**8**|Georginio Wijnaldum|||||
|RW|**7**|Steven Bergwijn|||||
|CF|**10**|Memphis Depay|||||
|LW|**9**|Ryan Babel|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**11**|Quincy Promes|||||
|MF|**20**|Donny van de Beek|||||
|MF|**6**|Davy Pröpper|||||
|MF|**16**|Kevin Strootman|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Ronald Koeman|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Jordan Pickford|||||
|RB|**2**|Kyle Walker|||||
|CB|**5**|John Stones|||||
|CB|**6**|Harry Maguire|||||
|LB|**14**|Ben Chilwell|||||
|CM|**16**|Declan Rice|||||
|CM|**17**|Fabian Delph|||||
|CM|**18**|Ross Barkley|||||
|RW|**11**|Jadon Sancho|||||
|LW|**10**|Raheem Sterling (c)|||||
|CF|**19**|Marcus Rashford|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**9**|Harry Kane|||||
|MF|**7**|Jesse Lingard|||||
|MF|**8**|Jordan Henderson|||||
|MF|**20**|Dele Alli|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gareth Southgate|}|||||

## Third place play-off

<section begin=Third place play-off /><section end=Third place play-off />

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Yann Sommer|||||
|CB|**22**|Fabian Schär|||||
|CB|**5**|Manuel Akanji|||||
|CB|**4**|Nico Elvedi|||||
|RM|**2**|Kevin Mbabu|||||
|CM|**10**|Granit Xhaka (c)|||||
|CM|**8**|Remo Freuler|||||
|LM|**13**|Ricardo Rodríguez|||||
|RW|**23**|Xherdan Shaqiri|||||
|LW|**20**|Edimilson Fernandes|||||
|CF|**9**|Haris Seferović|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**17**|Denis Zakaria|||||
|MF|**14**|Steven Zuber|||||
|FW|**19**|Josip Drmić|||||
|MF|**7**|Noah Okafor|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Vladimir Petković|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Jordan Pickford|||||
|RB|**22**|Trent Alexander-Arnold|||||
|CB|**12**|Joe Gomez|||||
|CB|**6**|Harry Maguire|||||
|LB|**3**|Danny Rose|||||
|CM|**4**|Eric Dier|||||
|CM|**17**|Fabian Delph|||||
|RW|**7**|Jesse Lingard|||||
|AM|**20**|Dele Alli|||||
|LW|**10**|Raheem Sterling|||||
|CF|**9**|Harry Kane (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**2**|Kyle Walker|||||
|FW|**21**|Callum Wilson|||||
|FW|**11**|Jadon Sancho|||||
|MF|**18**|Ross Barkley|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gareth Southgate|}|||||

## Final

<section end=Final />
<section begin=Lineups />

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Rui Patrício|||||
|RB|**20**|Nélson Semedo|||||
|CB|**4**|Rúben Dias|||||
|CB|**6**|José Fonte|||||
|LB|**5**|Raphaël Guerreiro|||||
|CM|**13**|Danilo Pereira|||||
|CM|**14**|William Carvalho|||||
|CM|**16**|Bruno Fernandes|||||
|RF|**7**|Cristiano Ronaldo (c)|||||
|CF|**17**|Gonçalo Guedes|||||
|LF|**10**|Bernardo Silva|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**15**|Rafa Silva|||||
|MF|**8**|João Moutinho|||||
|MF|**18**|Rúben Neves|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Fernando Santos|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Jasper Cillessen|||||
|RB|**22**|Denzel Dumfries|||||
|CB|**3**|Matthijs de Ligt|||||
|CB|**4**|Virgil van Dijk (c)|||||
|LB|**17**|Daley Blind|||||
|CM|**15**|Marten de Roon|||||
|CM|**21**|Frenkie de Jong|||||
|CM|**8**|Georginio Wijnaldum|||||
|RW|**7**|Steven Bergwijn|||||
|CF|**10**|Memphis Depay|||||
|LW|**9**|Ryan Babel|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**11**|Quincy Promes|||||
|MF|**20**|Donny van de Beek|||||
|FW|**19**|Luuk de Jong|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Ronald Koeman|}|||||

### Awards

- Team of the Tournament
The Team of the Tournament was selected by UEFA's technical observers, and includes at least one player from each of the four participants.

|style="width:25%;"|Goalkeeper|style="width:25%;"|Defenders|style="width:25%;"|Midfielders|style="width:25%;"|Forwards|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jordan Pickford|Daley Blind Virgil van Dijk Rúben Dias Nélson Semedo|Frenkie de Jong Georginio Wijnaldum Bruno Fernandes|Cristiano Ronaldo Bernardo Silva Xherdan Shaqiri|||||

UEFA also announced a team of the tournament based on the FedEx Performance Zone player rankings.

|style="width:25%;"|Goalkeeper|style="width:25%;"|Defenders|style="width:25%;"|Midfielders|style="width:25%;"|Forwards|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jordan Pickford|Matthijs de Ligt Rúben Dias Raphaël Guerreiro Manuel Akanji Kevin Mbabu|Frenkie de Jong Marten de Roon Bernardo Silva|Memphis Depay Cristiano Ronaldo|||||

- Player of the Tournament
- Bernardo Silva

- Young Player of the Tournament
- Frenkie de Jong

## Other websites

- 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, UEFA.com
- UEFA Technical Report

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: UEFA Nations League Finals
- **year**: 2019
- **other titles**: Fase Final da Liga das Nações da UEFA de 2019 __
- **country**: Portugal
- **dates**: 5–9 June
- **num teams**: 4
- **venues**: 2
- **cities**: 2
- **champion**: POR
- **count**: 1
- **second**: NED
- **third**: ENG
- **fourth**: SUI
- **matches**: 4
- **goals**: 9
- **top scorer**: Cristiano Ronaldo
- **player**: Bernardo Silva
- **young player**: Frenkie de Jong
- **nextseason**: _2021 UEFA Nations League Finals, 2021_