2017 UEFA Europa League Final

Football match
The 2017 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, the 46th season of Europe ‘s secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 8th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played on 24 May 2017 at the Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, [ 5 ] between Dutch side Ajax and English side Manchester United. Manchester United won the match 2–0 to secure their first style in this competition. [ 6 ] With this victory, they joined Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only club to have won all three major european trophies ( european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now-defunct Cup Winners ‘ Cup ) ; [ 7 ] while, with this defeat, Ajax became the fifth cabaret – after Hamburger SV, Fiorentina, Arsenal and Liverpool – to have lost a final in all these competitions. [ 8 ] Manchester United earned the correct to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup. They besides entered the group degree of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, as the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders was not used. [ 9 ] Police of Stockholm took measures against potential terrorist attacks which they described as “ the new normality ”, since two had occurred in Stockholm in 2010 and precisely a month before the concluding, and besides prepared for electric potential clashes between supporters. [ 10 ]

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Teams [edit ]

In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Europa League era.

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Ajax	1 (1992)
Manchester United	None

venue [edit ]

Friends Arena, located in the Solna Municipality of the Stockholm urban area, was announced as the concluding venue on 30 June 2015, following the decisiveness of the UEFA Executive Committee meet in Prague, Czech Republic. [ 5 ]

background [edit ]

This was Ajax ‘s second final in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, having won in the 1992 UEFA Cup Final over Torino on away goals. [ 11 ] This was Manchester United ‘s first final in the UEFA Cup/Europa League. They were seeking to join Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only club to have won all three major european trophies ( european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup ). [ 7 ] [ 12 ] The two sides had previously met four times in european competitions, all in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, with a commemorate of two wins each. however, Manchester United had eliminated Ajax on both occasions, 2–1 on aggregate in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup first cycle, and 3–2 on aggregate in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League round of 32. [ 13 ] [ 14 ]

road to the concluding [edit ]

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

ambassador [edit ]

The ambassador for the final was early Swedish international player Patrik Andersson, who won the Champions League with Bayern Munich against Valencia in 2001. [ 17 ]

logo [edit ]

UEFA unveiled the post identity of the final on 26 August 2016 in Monaco during the group stage draw. [ 18 ]

Ticketing [edit ]

With a stadium capacity of 48,000 for the final examination, a total count of 37,000 tickets were available to fans and the general populace, with the two finalist teams receiving 10,000 tickets each and with 17,000 tickets being available for sale to fans global via UEFA.com from 17 to 28 March 2017 in four price categories : €150, €100, €70 and €45. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organize committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate cordial reception program. [ 19 ]

Opening ceremony [edit ]

A moment ‘s silence was observed before the final examination in memory to victims of the bombing in Manchester which occurred two days before the final examination ; the opening ceremony was thus well reduced. [ 20 ]

peer [edit ]

The players during the first half of the game .

Officials [edit ]

In May 2017, slovenian referee Damir Skomina was chosen to oversee the final. He was joined by compatriots Jure Praprotnik and Robert Vukan as adjunct referees, Matej Jug and Slavko Vinčić as extra adjunct referees, Tomaž Klančnik as reservation adjunct referee, and italian official Gianluca Rocchi as fourthly official. [ 2 ]

summary [edit ]

Paul Pogba opened the grade for Manchester United in the 18th moment when his low leave metrical foot fritter from merely outside the penalty area took a deflection off Davinson Sánchez which incorrect footed the goalkeeper before looping over him and into the net income. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Henrikh Mkhitaryan got the second goal three minutes into the second one-half when with his back to goal he flicked the ball into the net with his mighty foot from three yards out after the ball had been knocked down to him by Chris Smalling after a corner from the correct by Juan Mata. [ 23 ] Wayne Rooney, who entered minutes before the final whistle, took the captain ‘s armband and late led the team to lift the trophy in his final examination game for United ; he would return to Everton less than two months belated .

Details [edit ]

The “ home ” team ( for administrative purposes ) was determined by an extra draw held after the semi-final drawing card, which was held on 21 April 2017 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [ 24 ] Ajax as the “ home ” team played with their new home kit which would be used the following temper. United wore their surpass away ( european third ) kit.