The 2025 UEFA Conference League final was the final match of the

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, the fourth season of Europe's tertiary club

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tournament organised by

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, and the first season since it was renamed from the UEFA Europa Conference League to the

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. It was played at the Wrocław Stadium in

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, Poland, on 28 May 2025, between Spanish club

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and English club Chelsea. Chelsea won the match 4–1 to secure their first UEFA Conference League title, thus becoming the first club to win all four major European trophies and all three of the current European competitions. Chelsea also became the first non-Spanish side to defeat a Spanish club in a European final since 2001, when

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won against

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in the Champions League final. As Chelsea already qualified automatically for the league phase of the

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through their league position, the berth reserved for the UEFA Conference League winners in the

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was vacated. The three-goal margin of victory in this match was the largest in a Conference League final, which saw the first three winners prevailed by a single-goal margin. This match was also the highest-scoring Conference League final.

Background

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; the

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and

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, the

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and

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, and the

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and

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, in addition they have also won two

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s, in

and

. The club has lost four European finals, the 2008 UEFA Champions League final and the

and

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s. As they win the final, they became the first club to have won all four major European trophies. The clubs had faced each other four times; twice in the quarter-finals of the

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and twice in the

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. 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 the

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, while Betis placed third and moved into the

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—ultimately won by their city rivals,

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Previous finals

Venue

The Wrocław Stadium in

, known as the Tarczyński Arena for sponsorship reasons, is the home of

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. The stadium opened in September 2011, and has a capacity of 42,771. The venue previously hosted matches at

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. The match will be the third single-leg UEFA club final to be played in Poland, after the

finals in

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Host selection

On 21 June 2022, UEFA opened the bidding process for the final, which was held in parallel with that of the 2024 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: *21 June 2022: Applications formally invited *31 August 2022: Closing date for registering intention to bid *7 September 2022: Bid requirements made available to bidders *3 November 2022: Submission of preliminary bid dossier *23 February 2023: Submission of final bid dossier *28 June 2023: Appointment of host The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Wrocław Stadium as the host during their meeting in

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, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.

Route to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Match

Summary

Real Betis took the lead in the ninth minute after

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played a ball across towards

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, who slotted the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net. Betis pushed for another goal soon after, with

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having an effort from outside the penalty area tipped over by Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen. And in the 20th minute, Ezzalzouli came forward again for Betis, evading two Chelsea players before squaring the ball across to Johnny Cardoso who's effort was deflected over the bar by

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. In the 65th minute, Chelsea found their equaliser after

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crossed the ball into the penalty area, where

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managed to head the ball beyond Betis goalkeeper Adrián and draw the game level. Five minutes later, Palmer played another cross into the penalty area, this time touched into the goal by

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to complete the turnaround for Chelsea. In the 78th minute, a quick Chelsea counter-attack saw Jackson and

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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 defender

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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 the

and the

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Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was predetermined as the winner of semi-final 1 (Real Betis).

Statistics

References

External links

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