Very soon in all leading European football championships the winners will be determined and everyone will go on vacation. But the main matches of this year will be held in late May and early June. These are, as you might have guessed, the Europa League and Champions League finals. Now more and more football fans are wondering where the Europa League final will take place in 2017? We have all the information on this issue, which we are happy to share with you.

The final of the LE 2016/2017 is the culminating duel between the two the best teams, who have come a long way to the second strongest club tournament in Europe. This year's Europa League final will take place at Friends Arena, Sweden on 24 May. There is very little left, namely, to find out the names of the lucky ones who will be able to get to the main match of the tournament. Glory and big prize money are at stake. Therefore, the fight for tickets to the finals promises to be hot.

A little about the main arena

Friends Arena in Solna was opened on November 14, 2012 with a friendly match between the national teams of Sweden and England. After that, the Swedish national team began to play all their games at this stadium.

The stadium can simultaneously accommodate 50,000 spectators. In addition, thanks to the retractable roof, the arena can be converted into an indoor concert hall with a capacity of up to 70,000 people.

Who has the best chance of winning the 2016/2017 Europa League final?

The name of the winner will be announced on May 24, 2017. However, bookmakers, fans and football experts have already made their predictions, revealing the clear favorites of the tournament. Best odds to win the Europa League are "Manchster United", "Roma", "Lyon". But as history shows, anything can happen in football, and clear favorites are often left behind.

It is worth noting that in this LE draw, the Spanish "Sevilla" will definitely not win the tournament, as they did in the last three seasons. Let us remind you that this year the Andalusians perform in more prestigious tournament under the name - UEFA Champions League.

The 2018 UEFA Europa League Final is the decisive battle of the 47th edition of the second biggest European football competition. The climax of the UEL is not as highly regarded among the fans as the final match of the Champions League. But this time it might be different. For the first time in the 1/16 Europa League there were a number of very strong clubs: London Arsenal, Milan, Dortmund Borussia, Madrid Atletico. If at least one of these teams makes it to the finals, football world a real holiday awaits!

Where and when will the 2018 UEFA Europa League final

The culminating match of the LE will take place on May 16, 2018. In the last edition of the European Cup, the teams competed much later - on May 24. This difference is due to the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in the summer of 2018.

The final battle will be hosted by the Lyon SC "Olympic Park Lyonne". It is designed for 59,000 people. This is the third largest stadium in France. It is second only to the Velodrome and Stade de France.

The stadium was opened in 2016. But, despite its "youth", the "Olympic Park Lyonne" has already become an arena for large-scale football battles. In 2016, several European Championship fights took place within its walls.

Participants of the final of the League Europa 2017 - 2018

The culmination meeting participants will be announced in April 2018 when the semi-finals take place.

In the meantime, the following teams continue their path to the main battle of the LE season:

• "Locomotive";
• "Zenith";
• Villarreal;
• Astana;
• "Dynamo";
• "Partizan";
• "Braga";
• "Ludogorets";
• "Milan";
• Atalanta;
• Lyon;
• "Copenhagen";
• "Victoria";
• Steaua;
• "Arsenal";
• "Red Star";
• "Salzburg";
• "Marseilles";
• Athletic;
• "Ostersund";
• Lazio;
• "Nice";
• Real Sociedad;
• "Spartacus";
• CSKA;
• Celtic;
• Atlético;
• Sporting;
• Napoli;
• RB Leipzig;
• Borussia.

The first 24 clubs made it to the 1 / 16th playoffs in the UEL group stage, while the remaining 8 have moved from the Champions League.

2017/18 UEFA Europa League final winner

The list of participants in the current season is rich in big names: Arsenal, Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Lyon. Separate words should be honored by the Russian representatives. Four leading clubs of Russia ended up in 1/16 of the European Cup at once: Zenit, CSKA, Spartak and Lokomotiv.

"Arsenal"

By the will of fate, the British grand ended up in the LE. And we must pay tribute to the British, they did not play carelessly, confidently reaching the spring part of the tournament from the 1st place in the group. In the last final, Manchester United shone. Isn't it time for Londoners to support the initiative of the Mancunians?

"Milan"

The Italian grandee, after a series of financial troubles, again makes them speak loudly about themselves. The victory in League Europa 2017/18 can be the first step on the way to big football for the red-blacks!

Borussia

The formidable representative of the German Bundesliga unexpectedly failed in the Champions League. The only thing that Peter Bose's wards were worthy of was to take only third place. Well, the LE trophy can atone for all the previous sins of the Dortmund people!

"Zenith"

Of all the Russian participants in the European Cup spring, this is the most prepared club. Petersburgers have everything to win the championship: good composition, a trainer with a worldwide reputation and experience. The white-blue-blue already took the trophy of the tournament in 2004. Peter has the right to expect a new triumph for his team!

Afterword

Last season in the final we were surprised by Manchester United and Ajax. In the end, the victory went to the "red devils". Which teams will make up the final pair in May, and who will be the strongest in it? We wait. The first questions will be clarified in April 2018!

MOSCOW, May 24 - R-Sport, Sergey Smyshlyaev. League Final Europe will take place on Wednesday in Stockholm, for English “Manchester United” it will be the last chance to win a ticket to the Champions League, and for the Dutch “Ajax” - the opportunity to re-write their glorious name in the history of European football many years later.

The final game of the Europa League between Ajax and Manchester United will be held in Stockholm on May 24, the match kicks off at 21:45 Moscow time.

Way to the top

Both clubs are on their way to decisive meeting for the title passed a very, very difficult European Cup path. Manchester United started immediately with group stage Europa League, in which he became the second after the Turkish "Fenerbahce". Having made their way to the playoffs of the tournament, the team of Jose Mourinho confidently knocked out the French “Saint-Etienne” from the drawing, and then got on the team, which can be safely called one of the main discoveries of the season - “Rostov”. And from that moment on, the British forgot about victories with a difference of more than one goal.

Not without difficulty defeating Rostovites (1: 1 in the first match away, and 1: 0 in the return leg at home), “Manchester” went to the Belgian “Anderlecht”, which could only cope with additional time completing the main 90 minutes in both meetings with a 1: 1 score. Then the Spanish “Celta” got in the way of the British and again not the most confident 1: 0 on the road and 1: 1 at home.

“Ajax”, in turn, started in European competition in the third qualifying round Champions League. Having passed the Greek PAOK, the Dutch were “lucky” to reach the same “Rostov”, but the club from Amsterdam did not manage to cope with the Rostovites - after a draw at home (1: 1), “Ajax” lost big (4: 1) away.

As a result, getting into the Europa League, first place in the group (14 points out of 18 possible), and subsequent victories in the playoffs over Polish Legia (0: 0 - first match, 1: 0 - return), Danish “Copenhagen” (1: 2, 2: 0), German Schalke (2: 0, 2: 3) and French Lyon (4: 1, 1: 3).

It is worth noting that Manchester United, whose collection includes victories in the Champions League and the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup, have never won the Europa League (including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup). A victory in Stockholm will make it the fifth club to win three major European cups, after Bayern Munich, Chelsea London, Juventus Turin and Ajax.

Ajax will have this European Cup final for the first time since 1996, when the Dutch in decisive game The Champions League lost to Juventus - by the way, the finalist of the current tournament. All in all, the Dutch club has played 14 times in the European Cup finals, scoring ten victories.

For United, the upcoming final will be not only a chance to take the title, but also to win a ticket to the Champions League: in the national championship, the Mancunians were only sixth. Between themselves, “MU” and “Ajax” previously met four times, but from this statistics it is hardly worth drawing any conclusions: the rivals won two victories.

At the same time, there are people who truly unite these two clubs. It is, for example, about Zlatan Ibrahimovich. He will not play with Ajax, but back in the early 2000s, the Dutch club's squad the Swede twice became the champion of the country and won the Dutch Cup. On the other hand, Manchester United defender Daley Blind, a graduate of the Amsterdam club academy, whose father once also played for Ajax, could enter the field. Or Edwin van der Sar, CEO of Ajax, who played for Manchester for about six years and won 11 trophies, including four English titles and a Champions League victory.

"I would have preferred to face Manchester United in the semifinals, but that did not happen, and we will go against each other in Stockholm. It's fantastic. But fantastic only if we win the cup," van der Sar said.

Final sorrow

Expectation upcoming match was overshadowed by nightmarish events in Manchester earlier in the week. On Monday evening, an explosion thundered at the Manchester Arena concert complex, where the concert of the American singer Ariana Grande took place. British Prime Minister Theresa May said that the explosive device was detonated by a suicide bomber, he was alone, the terrorist activated an explosive device near one of the exits from the stadium. According to the police, 22 people were killed and 59 were injured. Eight more are reported missing.

After the incident, UEFA allowed Manchester United not to hold a pre-match press conference, and on Tuesday's practice the players English club honored the memory of the victims of the terrorist attack with a minute of silence, with which the finale itself will begin.

“We are all very saddened by the tragic events of last night,” Mourinho said. “We cannot get the victims and their families out of our hearts and minds. We have a job to go to Sweden and do it. we cannot fly in a state of happiness, in which we are always in front of great game... For that a short time that I am here, I already know that the people of Manchester will rally together as one. "

Country: Sweden

Fans football club Manchester United understand that this Europa League final is perhaps the most important for the Mancunians in general and for Mourinho in particular. In their championship, the team took only 6th place. This did not allow us to catch on to the European cups for the next season. New dear players and the coach failed to help Manchester this season to the fullest. And today they can improve the situation and the loyalty of the fans a little. This victory is simply necessary for England.

Manchester United's squad will be fighting in the final. Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is recovering from an injury, will not be able to help the team.

As for the second team - Ajax, there is a huge number of factors that motivate the team to win.

Firstly, Ajax took an offensive second place in their championship and wants to prove that this is a team of champions, not a team of second places.

Secondly, Ajax is considered the main supplier of talent in Europe. And where else to show yourself in the Europa League final? The footballers will play their optimal football, which Manchester United do not always succeed in this season.

Thirdly, most of the forecasts and even the coefficients are not in favor of Ajax. You always want to refute such things.

Europa League Final 2017, where, when, what time?

Well, we will have a great finale, a great game between Ajax and Manchester United. We are waiting for the beginning!

When?

Where?

For the bravest in Sweden at Friends Arena. For the rest on the Match TV channel.

The final of the UEFA Europa League, the second most important club football tournament"Old World", in 2017 year will pass at the end of May, as usual. Let's think a little and estimate the chances of the teams remaining in the grid and reaching the ¼ final stage to win the tournament.

The final match, which will give the winner of the next season the right to participate in the Champions League, will be held on May 24, Wednesday, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The match will be hosted by Friends Arena, where the Swedish national football team and the local AIK team hold their home games.

Participants of the UEFA Cup and their chances of winning the tournament

In the 2016/2017 season, Manchester United have a high chance of getting to Scandinavia without hindrance ahead of the summer season. In general, it is unusual to see such a well-known club in such a tournament, but things are exactly like that for Jose Mourinho's charges. The Portuguese specialist managed to answer all the skeptics who do not believe in his success, that he still takes Europa League seriously and intends to acquire a cup of this tournament soon.

Perhaps, competitors in the fight for victory in the tournament for the club from Manchester can become all its other participants: Anderlecht, the rival of the British in the quarterfinals, Celta, Lyon, Besiktas, Ajax, Schalke 04 and Genk.

It is unusual not to observe the Spanish "Sevilla" among the listed teams. Unai Emery's wards at that time won the victory in the last three draws of the tournament. Basque, who drank a lot of Barcelona's blood in the past when joining PSG, was overwhelmed by the Catalans in the Champions League despite a phenomenal four-goal lead in the first leg. Nepruha! But this is a retreat. Sevilla, now headed by Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli, by the way, lost to Leicester in the fight for victory in the Champions Cup in the 2016/17 season. But this is the lyrics.

The British, the Spaniards, the French, the Belgians, the Turks, the Dutch, and the Germans can go to the Friends Arena and beat their enemy. Again, representatives of foggy Albion have the greatest chances among all.

Arena "Friendship" (or "Friends", if you like) can accommodate about 50,000 spectators, and this number of spectator seats will be more than enough for representatives of the two teams that reached the finals, and sports fans to come here and fill all the vacant seats. one who came to Stockholm from all over the world. Naturally, the finalists will automatically have a larger seat limit reserved for their fans, but the rest, it seems, will not be deprived.

Final of the Europa League in 2017

The date for the 2017 Europa League final is set for May 24, 2017. It will be more than a week before the meeting of the two finalists of the Liga Championship race. So to speak, a football aperitif on the eve of summer. Enjoy your pain!