2025 UEFA Europa League final

Did You Know?

• Tottenham Hotspur finished 17th in the 2024–25 Premier League, one spot above relegation.
• Ange Postecoglou had previously won the 1999 OFC Club Championship with South Melbourne.

Background

Tottenham Hotspur reached their fourth UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final, their first since the competition was rebranded in 2009. This was their sixth UEFA competition final overall, having won the 1963 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1972 and 1984 UEFA Cups, and lost the 1974 UEFA Cup final and the 2019 Champions League final. They sought their first trophy since the 2008 Football League Cup final, having lost three subsequent League Cup finals and the 2019 Champions League final. The clubs had previously met in a major cup final only once, the 2009 Football League Cup final, which United won on penalties. In European competition, they faced each other in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup second round, where United overturned a 2–0 first-leg deficit to win 4–1 at Old Trafford and advance 4–3 on aggregate.

Match

In a largely scrappy contest, Tottenham took the lead in the 42nd minute when Pape Matar Sarr crossed from the left, Brennan Johnson touched the ball from close range, and it went into the left corner past André Onana, with the final touch appearing to come off Luke Shaw's arm. In the second half, Micky van de Ven cleared off the line after a Rasmus Højlund header, and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario saved low from substitute Alejandro Garnacho and a Luke Shaw header. After seven minutes of added time, Tottenham held on for a 1–0 victory. Tottenham became the worst team by domestic league finish to win a European trophy, having finished 17th in the Premier League. The home team for administrative purposes was Tottenham Hotspur.

Post-match and aftermath

Tottenham Hotspur won their first trophy since the 2007–08 Football League Cup and their first European trophy since the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. Head coach Ange Postecoglou became the first Australian and the first manager from a non-CONMEBOL and UEFA member association country to win a European trophy, and the first manager since Marcello Lippi to win continental club titles in Europe and outside Europe. Captain Son Heung-min became the first European competition-winning captain from the Asia–Pacific. Despite the victory, Postecoglou was sacked on 6 June 2025 due to poor domestic league form. Tottenham's Europa League win made them the European club competition winners with the lowest-ever league finish, surpassing Inter Milan's 13th-place finish in 1993–94 Serie A.