Tottenham Hotspur defeat Manchester United 1-0
2025 Europa League — The 2025 Europa League final takes place at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. With a capacity in excess of 50,000, the venue is home to Athletic Club and last year staged the 2024 UEFA Women’s Champions League final, in which Barcelona were 2-0 winners against Lyon.
San Mamés Stadium opened in September 2013, replacing the old San Mamés. Its predecessor hosted the second leg of the 1977 UEFA Cup final, Athletic Club beating Juventus 2-1 on the night but losing on away goals, as well as three games at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Brennan Johnson bundled in the only goal of a tense 2025 UEFA Europa League final as Tottenham Hotspur ended a 17-year wait for silverware with victory over Manchester United in Bilbao.
Spurs have moved second on the all-time list with three UEFA Cup/Europa League titles, level with Atlético de Madrid, Inter, Juventus and Liverpool. Only Sevilla (seven) have won more.
Key Stats
Tottenham had never won a game in Spain (D3 L4) – before Bilbao.
Spurs won four out of four against United in 2024/25: two Premier League meetings and a League Cup victory preceding their European triumph.
Five of the last six Europa League finals have been decided by one goal or fewer.
This was a record sixth all-English major UEFA men’s club competition final, one more than Spain and Italy.
No team has won more games in the UEFA Cup/Europa League than Tottenham, whose 98th victory in the competition took them clear of Roma.
Only one of United’s last 66 UEFA club competition matches finished goalless.
Line-ups
Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie (Spence 90); Sarr (Gray 90), Bissouma, Bentancur; Johnson (Danso 78), Solanke, Richarlison (Son 67)
Man Utd: Onana; Yoro, Maguire, Shaw; Mazraoui (Dalot 85), Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu (Mainoo 90); Diallo, Højlund (Zirkzee 71), Mount (Garnacho 71)
Brennan Johnson, Tottenham goalscorer: “I’m so happy right now. This is what it’s all about. This club hasn’t won a trophy for 17 years. This is what it means; it means so much. Ever since I came here it’s been, ‘Tottenham are a good team but can never get it done’ – we got it done.”
Guglielmo Vicario, Tottenham goalkeeper: “I still can’t believe what we’ve done; it is unbelievable. We have written history, in the real sense of the term. This group of players has written history in 2025. We knew before the game that we needed the effort from everyone and we did it, we delivered. Now we must celebrate.”
The 2025 UEFA Champions League final will be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on May 31, 2025.
