2019 UEFA Nations League Finals

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2019 UEFA Nations League Finals
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Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates 5–9 June
Teams 4
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up  Netherlands
Third place  England
Fourth place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 9 (2.25 per match)
Attendance 127,067 (31,767 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cristiano Ronaldo (3 goals)
Best player Bernardo Silva[1]
Best young player Frenkie de Jong[1]
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The 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[2] The tournament was held in Portugal from 5 to 9 June 2019,[3] and was contested by the four group winners of Nations League A. The tournament consisted of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and final to determine the inaugural champions of the UEFA Nations League.

Portugal won the final 1–0 against the Netherlands to become the inaugural champions of the UEFA Nations League.[4]

Format

The Nations League Finals took place in June 2019 and was contested by the four group winners of League A. The four teams were each drawn into a five-team group (rather than a six-team group) for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group stage, thereby leaving the June 2019 window available for the Nations League Finals.[5]

The competition was played in a knockout format, consisting of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and a final. The semi-final pairings, along with the administrative home teams for the third place play-off and final, were determined by means of an open draw on 3 December 2018.[6]

The tournament took place over five days, with the first semi-final (which featured the host team) on 5 June, the second semi-final on 6 June, and the third place play-off and final on 9 June.[7] The winners of the final were crowned as the inaugural champions of the UEFA Nations League.[8]

The Nations League Finals were played in single-leg knockout matches. If the scores were level at the end of normal time, 30 minutes of extra time were played, where each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution.[9] If the score was still level, the winner was determined by a penalty shoot-out. All matches in the tournament utilised the goal-line technology system.[10] On 3 December, UEFA confirmed that the video assistant referee (VAR) system would be used for the Nations League Finals.[11]

Qualified teams

The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.[12]

Group Winners Date of
qualification		 UNL Rankings
November 2018		 FIFA Rankings
April 2019
A1  Netherlands 19 November 2018 3 16
A2   Switzerland 18 November 2018 1 8
A3  Portugal (host) 17 November 2018 2 7
A4  England 18 November 2018 4 4

Host selection

Portugal was confirmed as the host country by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 3 December 2018 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.[13][14] Only League A teams could bid for the Nations League Finals, and only one of the four participants was selected as hosts. The Nations League Finals was held in two stadiums, each with a seating capacity of at least 30,000. Ideally, the stadiums would have been located in the same host city or up to approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) apart.[15][16]

On 9 March 2018, UEFA announced that Italy, Poland, and Portugal expressed interest in bidding prior to the deadline. The deadline to submit their dossiers was 31 August 2018. As all three associations formed Group A3, the group winner was in line to be appointed as the host, provided that the associations submitted bids that met UEFA's requirements.[17] Poland were relegated from Group A3 on 14 October 2018, leaving Italy and Portugal as potential hosts.[18] On 17 November 2018, Portugal won Group A3 and advanced to the Finals,[19] thereby automatically winning hosting rights, which were confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee on 3 December 2018, the same day as the Nations League Finals draw.[3]

Venues

In their bid dossier, the Portuguese Football Federation proposed Estádio do Dragão in Porto and Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães as the venues.[3]

 Porto Guimarães
Estádio do Dragão Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Capacity: 50,033 Capacity: 30,000
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Draw

The draw took place on 3 December 2018, 14:30 CET (13:30 local time), at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.[20][21][22] No seeding was applied in the draw. The first two balls drawn were allocated as the administrative home teams for each semi-final pairing, with the next two balls drawn allocated as their opponents. For scheduling purposes, the semi-final pairing involving the host team was considered to be semi-final 1. The administrative home team for both the third place play-off and final were then jointly drawn between semi-final 1 and 2.[6]

Squads

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Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he was replaced by another player.[10]

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
            
 
 5 June – Porto
 
 
  Portugal 3
 
 9 June – Porto
 
   Switzerland 1
 
  Portugal 1
 
 6 June – Guimarães
 
  Netherlands 0
 
  Netherlands (a.e.t.) 3
 
 
  England 1
 
 Third place play-off
 
 
 9 June – Guimarães
 
 
   Switzerland 0 (5)
 
 
  England (p) 0 (6)

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Semi-finals

Portugal vs Switzerland

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)
19:45
Portugal  3–1   Switzerland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000956/match=2024419/index.html
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 42,415[23]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Portugal[24]
Switzerland[24]
GK 1 Rui Patrício
RB 20 Nélson Semedo
CB 3 Pepe Substituted off 63'
CB 4 Rúben Dias
LB 5 Raphaël Guerreiro
RM 16 Bruno Fernandes Substituted off 90+1'
CM 14 William Carvalho
CM 18 Rúben Neves
LM 10 Bernardo Silva
CF 23 João Félix Substituted off 70'
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
DF 6 José Fonte Substituted in 63'
MF 17 Gonçalo Guedes Substituted in 70'
MF 8 João Moutinho Substituted in 90+1'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
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GK 1 Yann Sommer
RB 2 Kevin Mbabu
CB 22 Fabian Schär Booked 68'
CB 5 Manuel Akanji
LB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez
RM 17 Denis Zakaria Substituted off 71'
CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c) Booked 66'
CM 8 Remo Freuler Substituted off 89'
LM 14 Steven Zuber Substituted off 83'
AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri Booked 85'
CF 9 Haris Seferovic
Substitutions:
MF 20 Edimilson Fernandes Substituted in 71'
MF 11 Renato Steffen Substituted in 83'
FW 19 Josip Drmić Substituted in 89'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[25]

Assistant referees:[24]
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Netherlands vs England

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)
19:45
Netherlands  3–1 (a.e.t.)  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000956/match=2024420/index.html
Netherlands[27]
England[27]
GK 1 Jasper Cillessen
RB 22 Denzel Dumfries Booked 45'
CB 3 Matthijs de Ligt Booked 30'
CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)
LB 17 Daley Blind
CM 15 Marten de Roon Substituted off 68'
CM 21 Frenkie de Jong Substituted off 114'
CM 8 Georginio Wijnaldum
RW 7 Steven Bergwijn Substituted off 91'
CF 10 Memphis Depay
LW 9 Ryan Babel Substituted off 68'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Quincy Promes Substituted in 68'
MF 20 Donny van de Beek Booked 106' Substituted in 68'
MF 6 Davy Pröpper Substituted in 91'
MF 16 Kevin Strootman Substituted in 114'
Manager:
Ronald Koeman
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GK 1 Jordan Pickford
RB 2 Kyle Walker
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire
LB 14 Ben Chilwell
CM 16 Declan Rice Substituted off 106'
CM 17 Fabian Delph Substituted off 77'
CM 18 Ross Barkley
RW 11 Jadon Sancho Substituted off 61'
LW 10 Raheem Sterling (c)
CF 19 Marcus Rashford Substituted off 46'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Harry Kane Booked 70' Substituted in 46'
MF 7 Jesse Lingard Substituted in 61'
MF 8 Jordan Henderson Substituted in 77'
MF 20 Dele Alli Substituted in 106'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands)[28]

Assistant referees:[27]
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Video assistant referee:
François Letexier (France)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Nicolas Rainville (France)

Third-place play-off

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)
14:00
Switzerland   0–0 (a.e.t.)  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000957/match=2024421/index.html
  Penalties  
*Zuber Penalty scored 5–6 *Penalty scored Maguire
Switzerland[30]
England[30]
GK 1 Yann Sommer
CB 22 Fabian Schär
CB 5 Manuel Akanji
CB 4 Nico Elvedi
RM 2 Kevin Mbabu
CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c) Booked 116'
CM 8 Remo Freuler
LM 13 Ricardo Rodríguez Substituted off 87'
RW 23 Xherdan Shaqiri Substituted off 65'
LW 20 Edimilson Fernandes Substituted off 61'
CF 9 Haris Seferovic Substituted off 113'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Denis Zakaria Substituted in 61'
MF 14 Steven Zuber Substituted in 65'
FW 19 Josip Drmić Substituted in 87'
MF 7 Noah Okafor Substituted in 113'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković
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GK 1 Jordan Pickford
RB 22 Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB 12 Joe Gomez
CB 6 Harry Maguire
LB 3 Danny Rose Booked 23' Substituted off 70'
CM 4 Eric Dier
CM 17 Fabian Delph Substituted off 106'
RW 7 Jesse Lingard Booked 27' Substituted off 106'
AM 20 Dele Alli
LW 10 Raheem Sterling
CF 9 Harry Kane (c) Substituted off 75'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Kyle Walker Substituted in 70'
FW 21 Callum Wilson Substituted in 75'
FW 11 Jadon Sancho Substituted in 106'
MF 18 Ross Barkley Substituted in 106'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Jordan Pickford (England)[31]

Assistant referees:[30]
Octavian Șovre (Romania)
Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Video assistant referee:
Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Final

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Statistics

Goalscorers

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Assists

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Awards

Team of the Tournament

The Team of the Tournament was selected by UEFA's technical observers, and includes at least one player from each of the four participants.[32]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Jordan Pickford Daley Blind
Virgil van Dijk
Rúben Dias
Nélson Semedo		 Frenkie de Jong
Georginio Wijnaldum
Bruno Fernandes		 Cristiano Ronaldo
Bernardo Silva
Xherdan Shaqiri

UEFA also announced a team of the tournament based on the FedEx Performance Zone player rankings.[33]

FedEx Performance Zone Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Jordan Pickford Matthijs de Ligt
Rúben Dias
Raphaël Guerreiro
Manuel Akanji
Kevin Mbabu		 Frenkie de Jong
Marten de Roon
Bernardo Silva		 Memphis Depay
Cristiano Ronaldo
Player of the Tournament

The Player of the Tournament award was given to Bernardo Silva, who was chosen by UEFA's technical observers.

Young Player of the Tournament

The SOCAR Young Player of the Tournament award was open to players born on or after 1 January 1996. The award was given to Frenkie de Jong, as chosen by UEFA's technical observers.

Top Scorer

The "Alipay Top Scorer Trophy", given to the top scorer in the Nations League Finals,[34] was awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a hat-trick in the semi-final against Switzerland.[35] The ranking was determined using the following criteria: 1) goals in Nations League Finals, 2) assists in Nations League Finals, 3) fewest minutes played in Nations League Finals, 4) goals in league phase 5) fewest yellow and red cards in Nations League Finals, 6) fewest yellow and red cards in league phase.[36]

Top scorer rankings
Rank Player Goals Assists Minutes
1st Cristiano Ronaldo 3 0 191
2nd Gonçalo Guedes 1 1 101
3rd Marcus Rashford 1 0 49
Goal of the Tournament

The SOCAR Goal of the Tournament was decided by online voting. A total four goals were in the shortlist, chosen by UEFA's technical observers, from two players: Cristiano Ronaldo (all three goals against Switzerland) and Matthijs de Ligt (against England).[37][38] Ronaldo won the award for his second goal against Switzerland.[39]

Rank Goalscorer Opponent Score Result Round
1st Cristiano Ronaldo   Switzerland 2–1 3–1 Semi-finals
2nd 3–1
3rd 1–0
4 Matthijs de Ligt  England 1–1 3–1 (a.e.t.) Semi-finals

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for receiving a red card, which could be extended for serious offences. Yellow card suspensions did not apply in the Nations League Finals.[10]

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:[40]

Player Offence(s) Suspension(s)
Danilo Pereira Red card in league phase vs Poland (20 November 2018) Semi-finals vs Switzerland (5 June 2019)

Prize money

The prize money to be distributed was announced in October 2018.[41] In addition to the €2.25 million solidarity fee for participating in the Nations League, the four participants received an additional €2.25 million for winning their groups and qualifying for the Nations League Finals.

In addition, the participants received payment based on performance:

  • Winners: €6 million
  • Runners-up: €4.5 million
  • Third place: €3.5 million
  • Fourth place: €2.5 million

This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for the UEFA Nations League winners was €10.5 million.

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