Europa League final: Date, venue and history

The Europa League final in 2025 will be held at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain.

The upcoming 2024/25 campaign is the 16th edition of Europe's second-tier competition since it was rebranded from the UEFA Cup to the Europa League.

This season's showpiece will be held in the Basque region in Spain, at the home of Atheltic Bilbao with the glamour game taking place at the 53,000-capacity San Mames.

Atalanta are the reigning Europa League champions after they beat Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in the final in in Dublin in 2024.

Europa League final date

The final is set to take place on Wednesday 21st May 2025.

Europa League final time

The Europa League final will again kick off at 20:00 BST.

Europa League final venue

Athletic Bilbao's atmospheric home will be the venue for the final, with the San Mames staging the 2025 showpiece in European football's secondary club competition.

The stadium was opened in 2013 and has been Bilbao's home since, while it has also staged some other notable events over the past decade.

The San Mames hosted the 2018 finals of the European Rugby Challenge Cup and Champions Cup, has seen music stars like Guns N' Roses, Metallica and Muse all play there, and also staged the 2024 Women's Champions League final, which Barcelona won by beating Lyon 2-0.

In 2015, the San Mames was awarded the Sports Building of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival and in 2017 renovations to the roof were successfully made to enhance cover for spectators during rainy conditions.

Europa League final - How to watch

The Europa League final will be shown live again in the UK on TNT Sports. The final is also expected to made available free-to-air so non-subscribers can also catch the game.

Europa League final history

The Europa League replaced the UEFA Cup when it was rebranded in 2009, although teams still compete for the old UEFA Cup trophy.

The UEFA Cup was first contested in 1971/72, with Tottenham beating Wolves 3-2 over two legs in an all-English showdown. Atletico Madrid beat Fulham 2-1 in the final when the competition was first called the Europa League in 2009/10.

Sevilla have the best record in Europe's secondary club football competition, having won it seven times. The Spanish side's first triumph came in 2006 when they beat Middlesbrough in the final before going on to lift the trophy in 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2023.

Last season Serie A outfit Atalanta won their first European trophy in 2024 when they beat German side Leverkusen 3-0 in the final at the Aviva Stadium.

Inter Milan have won the competition three times - in 1991, 1994 and 1998 - and were also runners-up in 1997 and 2020.

Liverpool, Juventus and Atletico Madrid have also won the competition three times, with the Premier League side's last success coming in 2001 when they beat Alaves 5-4 in a thrilling encounter.

The Reds reached the final in 2016 but were beaten by Sevilla.

Juventus have not tasted success in the competition since 1993, when they thrashed Borussia Dortmund 6-1 on aggregate, while Atletico's three victories all came between 2010 and 2018.

Borussia Monchengladbach, Tottenham, Feyenoord, Eintracht Frankfurt, IFK Goteborg, Real Madrid, Parma, Porto and Chelsea have all won the competition on two occasions while Manchester United's sole triumph was in 2017 when they beat Ajax 2-0 in the final.

Eintracht Frankfurt edged past Rangers on penalties in a compelling 2021/22 final in Seville.

Spanish sides have won the competition on 14 occasions in total, while English teams have triumphed nine times and Italian teams have won it on 10 occasions.

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