2023 UEFA Europa League final

The 2023 UEFA Europa League final was the last game of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, which is Europe's second-tier club football competition run by UEFA. It has been around for 52 seasons, and it's been called the UEFA Europa League for 14 seasons now. The final match happened at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on 31 May 2023. The teams playing were Sevilla from Spain and Roma from Italy.

Sevilla won the match 4–1 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 1–1 even after extra time. This win gave them their seventh UEFA Cup/Europa League title. Because they won, they got a spot in the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, and they also got to play against the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, which was Manchester City, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup. The final game was talked about because there were some controversial decisions made by the referee, Anthony Taylor.

 How the teams got here 
Just to make it simple, here are the scores of the teams that made it to the final match, with the team playing at their home ground listed first (H) and the team playing away listed second (A).
 SevillaRound RomaChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueOpponentResultGroup stage (CL, EL)OpponentResult Manchester City0–4 (H)Matchday 1 Ludogorets Razgrad1–2 (A) Copenhagen0–0 (A)Matchday 2 HJK3–0 (H) Borussia Dortmund1–4 (H)Matchday 3 Real Betis1–2 (H) Borussia Dortmund1–1 (A)Matchday 4 Real Betis1–1 (A) Copenhagen3–0 (H)Matchday 5 HJK2–1 (A) Manchester City1–3 (A)Matchday 6 Ludogorets Razgrad3–1 (H)Group G third placeFinal standingsGroup C runners-upEuropa LeagueOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout  stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg PSV Eindhoven3–23–0 (H)0–2 (A)Knockout round play-offs Red Bull Salzburg2–10–1 (A)2–0 (H) Fenerbahçe2–12–0 (H)0–1 (A)Round of 16 Real Sociedad2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A) Manchester United5–22–2 (A)3–0 (H)Quarter-finals Feyenoord4–20–1 (A)4–1  (H) Juventus3–21–1 (A)2–1  (H)Semi-finals Bayer Leverkusen1–01–0 (H)0–0 (A)

 Match 
In the 35th minute of the match, Roma scored a goal when Paulo Dybala kicked the ball into the right corner of the net after receiving a pass from Gianluca Mancini. However, Sevilla evened the score at 1-1 ten minutes into the second half when Mancini accidentally put the ball into his own net after a cross from Jesús Navas on the right.

The game continued for almost 130 minutes, and then it had to be decided by a penalty shootout. Roma missed two of their penalties during the shootout. One was saved by the Sevilla goalkeeper, Bono, and the other one hit the goalpost. Gonzalo Montiel, who had also scored the winning penalty for Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final against France, scored the winning penalty for Sevilla. His penalty was initially missed, but it was retaken because of a rule violation.

 Details 

GK13 Yassine BounouRB16 Jesús Navas (c)CB44 Loïc BadéCB6 Nemanja GudeljLB3 Alex TellesCM20 FernandoCM10 Ivan RakitićRW55 Lucas OcamposAM21 Óliver TorresLW25 Bryan GilCF15 Youssef En-NesyriSubstitutes:GK1 Marko DmitrovićGK31 Alberto FloresDF2 Gonzalo MontielDF14 Tanguy NianzouDF23 MarcãoMF8 Joan JordánMF24 Papu GómezMF43 Manu BuenoFW7 SusoFW12 Rafa MirFW17 Erik LamelaManager: José Luis Mendilibar415x415pxGK1 Rui PatrícioCB23 Gianluca ManciniCB6 Chris SmallingCB3 Roger IbañezRM19 Zeki ÇelikCM4 Bryan CristanteCM8 Nemanja MatićLM37 Leonardo SpinazzolaAM7 Lorenzo Pellegrini (c)CF21 Paulo DybalaCF9 Tammy AbrahamSubstitutes:GK63 Pietro BoerGK99 Mile SvilarDF2 Rick KarsdorpDF14 Diego LlorenteMF20 Mady CamaraMF25 Georginio WijnaldumMF52 Edoardo BoveMF59 Nicola ZalewskiMF62 Cristian VolpatoMF68 Benjamin TahirovićFW11 Andrea BelottiFW92 Stephan El ShaarawyManager: José Mourinho
Man of the Match: 

Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)

Assistant referees: 

Gary Beswick (England) 

Adam Nunn (England) 

Fourth official: 

Michael Oliver (England) 

Reserve assistant referee: 

Stuart Burt (England) 

Video assistant referee: 

Stuart Attwell (England) 

Assistant video assistant referee: 

Chris Kavanagh (England) 

Support video assistant referee: 

Bastian Dankert (Germany)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

Other Notes

 References 

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