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 Winners Date ofqualification UNL RankingsNovember 2018 FIFA RankingsApril 2019 A1   3 16 A2   1 8 A3  (host)  2 7 A4   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.

  Porto Guimarães Estádio do Dragão Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Capacity: 50,033 Capacity: 30,000 200px 200px

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

Portugal vs Switzerland

 GK 1 Rui PatrícioRB 20Nélson SemedoCB 3 Pepe   CB 4 Rúben DiasLB 5 Raphaël GuerreiroRM 16Bruno Fernandes   CM 14William CarvalhoCM 18Rúben NevesLM 10Bernardo SilvaCF 23João Félix   CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)Substitutions:DF 6 José Fonte   MF 17Gonçalo Guedes   MF 8 João Moutinho   Manager:Fernando Santos300px GK 1 Yann SommerRB 2 Kevin MbabuCB 22Fabian Schär  CB 5 Manuel AkanjiLB 13Ricardo RodríguezRM 17Denis Zakaria   CM 10Granit Xhaka (c)  CM 8 Remo Freuler   LM 14Steven Zuber   AM 23Xherdan Shaqiri  CF 9 Haris SeferovićSubstitutions:MF 20Edimilson Fernandes   MF 11Renato Steffen   FW 19Josip Drmić   Manager:Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Netherlands vs England

 GK 1 Jasper CillessenRB 22Denzel Dumfries  CB 3 Matthijs de Ligt  CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)LB 17Daley BlindCM 15Marten de Roon   CM 21Frenkie de Jong   CM 8 Georginio WijnaldumRW 7 Steven Bergwijn   CF 10Memphis DepayLW 9 Ryan Babel   Substitutions:FW 11Quincy Promes   MF 20Donny van de Beek    MF 6 Davy Pröpper   MF 16Kevin Strootman   Manager:Ronald Koeman300px GK 1 Jordan PickfordRB 2 Kyle WalkerCB 5 John StonesCB 6 Harry MaguireLB 14Ben ChilwellCM 16Declan Rice   CM 17Fabian Delph   CM 18Ross BarkleyRW 11Jadon Sancho   LW 10Raheem Sterling (c)CF 19Marcus Rashford   Substitutions:FW 9 Harry Kane    MF 7 Jesse Lingard   MF 8 Jordan Henderson   MF 20Dele Alli   Manager:Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Video assistant referee:
François Letexier (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Nicolas Rainville (France)

Third place play-off

 GK 1 Yann SommerCB 22Fabian SchärCB 5 Manuel AkanjiCB 4 Nico ElvediRM 2 Kevin MbabuCM 10Granit Xhaka (c)  CM 8 Remo FreulerLM 13Ricardo Rodríguez   RW 23Xherdan Shaqiri   LW 20Edimilson Fernandes   CF 9 Haris Seferović   Substitutions:MF 17Denis Zakaria   MF 14Steven Zuber   FW 19Josip Drmić   MF 7 Noah Okafor   Manager:Vladimir Petković300px GK 1 Jordan PickfordRB 22Trent Alexander-ArnoldCB 12Joe GomezCB 6 Harry MaguireLB 3 Danny Rose    CM 4 Eric DierCM 17Fabian Delph   RW 7 Jesse Lingard    AM 20Dele AlliLW 10Raheem SterlingCF 9 Harry Kane (c)   Substitutions:DF 2 Kyle Walker   FW 21Callum Wilson   FW 11Jadon Sancho   MF 18Ross Barkley   Manager:Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Jordan Pickford (England)

Assistant referees:
Octavian Șovre (Romania)
Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Video assistant referee:
Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Final

 GK 1 Rui PatrícioRB 20Nélson SemedoCB 4 Rúben DiasCB 6 José FonteLB 5 Raphaël GuerreiroCM 13Danilo PereiraCM 14William Carvalho   CM 16Bruno Fernandes   RF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)CF 17Gonçalo Guedes   LF 10Bernardo SilvaSubstitutions:MF 15Rafa Silva   MF 8 João Moutinho   MF 18Rúben Neves   Manager:Fernando Santos300px GK 1 Jasper CillessenRB 22Denzel Dumfries  CB 3 Matthijs de LigtCB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)  LB 17Daley BlindCM 15Marten de Roon   CM 21Frenkie de JongCM 8 Georginio WijnaldumRW 7 Steven Bergwijn   CF 10Memphis DepayLW 9 Ryan Babel   Substitutions:FW 11Quincy Promes   MF 20Donny van de Beek   FW 19Luuk de Jong   Manager:Ronald Koeman

Man of the Match:
Rúben Dias (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)
Juan Yuste Jiménez (Spain)
Fourth official:
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Raúl Cabañero Martínez (Spain)
Video assistant referee:
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
|}Match rules
90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

Statistics
Goalscorers

Assists

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.

 Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders 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.

+ FedEx Performance Zone Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders 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

References

Other websites

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

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