The 2025 UEFA Nations League final was a

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match that determined the winners of the final tournament of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League. It was the fourth final of the international

competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of

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. The match was held on 8 June 2025 at the

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, Germany, between

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and defending champions

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. It was the first Iberian final and first final contested between two former winners of the competition. Portugal won the match 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after

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, for their second

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title. In doing so, they became the first team to win multiple Nations League titles.

Background

This match was the first UEFA Nations League final featuring two past finalists, with Portugal winning the inaugural final in

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over the

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and Spain playing in the two finals afterwards; they lost their first in

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against

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before winning over

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on penalties two years later. This was the 41st Iberian Derby, with Spain winning 17, drawing 17, and Portugal winning six.

Previous finals

Venue

The

was chosen by the

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as one of the two venues for the Nations League Finals, along with the MHPArena. The stadium, which opened in 2005, is the home stadium of

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, and hosted matches at the

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and

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. The stadium had just hosted the Champions League final eight days before this match, in which four Portuguese players—

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, João Neves, Vitinha, and Nuno Mendes—and one Spanish player ( Fabián Ruiz) won the Champions League title with

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Route to the final

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

Match

Summary

In the 21st minute Spain went in front when

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slotted into an empty net from close range after Lamine Yamal's ball into the box from the right caused confusion in the Portuguese defence. It was 1–1 in the 26th minute when Nuno Mendes scored with a low finish to the right corner from the left of the penalty area. Just before half-time, Mikel Oyarzabal finished low to the left corner after a pass from Pedri to put Spain back in front.

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equalised in the 61st minute with a right foot volley finish after a deflected cross from Nuno Mendes from the left fell to him from close range. The match went to extra-time and finished 2–2 with the game going to a penalty shoot-out. All penalties were scored until

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saw his effort to the left saved by

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. Rúben Neves then scored low to the left corner to win the game for Portugal 5–3 on penalties.

Details

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Statistics

Death of spectator

During the first half of extra time, a spectator died after falling from the second tier of the main stand of the

. The man fell onto the seating area below, and was attended to by paramedics and stadium personnel. However, the man succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 00:06 local time on 9 June. The match was not interrupted during the incident. Players and coaches from both teams offered condolences during the post-match press conferences.

Notes

References

External links

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