The 2016 UEFA Europa League Final, the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, will be played at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland on 18 May 2016.[1]
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| Event | 2015–16 UEFA Europa League |
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| Date | 18 May 2016 |
| Venue | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
The winners will play the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. They will also qualify for the play-off round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, and will enter the group stage if the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders is not used.
Venue
The St. Jakob-Park was announced as the venue of the final at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 September 2014.[1] This will be the first European club final hosted at the stadium, although the previous stadium of the same name, the St. Jakob Stadium, which opened in 1954 for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and closed in 1998, hosted four European Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1969, 1975, 1979 and 1984.
The current St. Jakob-Park, nicknamed "Joggeli" by fans, was built in 1998 and opened in 2001, and is the home stadium of FC Basel. It hosted six matches at UEFA Euro 2008, including the opening match and a semi-final. Its current capacity is 38,512, but is reduced to nearly 36,000 seats for UEFA competitions.[1]
After Basel got transferred to the Europa League after conceding to Maccabi Tel Aviv by away goals, Basel can become the first team to win the competition in home ground since Feyenoord in 2002, and the first to win it under the Europa League banner.
Pre-match
Ambassador
Former Switzerland and FC Basel striker Alexander Frei was named the ambassador for the final.
Logo
UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 28 August 2015 in Monaco ahead of the group stage draw. The logo features the Basel landmark Marktplatz.[2]
Match
Note: The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which will be held on 15 April 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3]
Winners of semi-final 1 or 2  | v | Winners of semi-final 1 or 2 |
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Match rules[4]
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See also
References
- ^ a b c "Basle awarded 2016 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. 18 September 2014.
- ^ "New UEFA Europa League brand identity revealed". UEFA.org. 28 August 2015.
- ^ "Draws — Semi-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
External links
- UEFA Europa League (official website)
- 2016 final: St. Jakob-Park, Basel