2025 UEFA Europa League final: San Mamés
Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Two ambitious, determined sides will make it to the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League final at the Estadio de San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain.
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The 2024/25 UEFA Europa League season will conclude at the Estadio de San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain.
With a capacity in excess of 50,000, the home of Athletic Club opened in September 2013 to replace the old San Mamés, which had been home to the club since 1913. The old stadium staged the second leg of the 1977 UEFA Cup final, Athletic beating Juventus 2-1 but still losing the tie on away goals having lost the first leg 1-0, as well as three games at the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals. The 2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final will be the new venue's first major international decider.
When is the 2025 Europa League final?
This will be the 16th season of the competition in its current form, and the 54th since the UEFA Cup was first introduced. Dates of all the competition's stages, including the final, will be released in due course.
Upcoming Europa League finals
2024: Dublin Arena, Dublin
2025: San Mamés, Bilbao
What do the Europa League winners get?
The UEFA Europa League trophy is, at 15kg, the heaviest piece of UEFA silverware. To make things extra interesting, it also has no handles.
The 2023/24 winners also gain a place in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League group stage, if they have not qualified via their domestic competition.