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2010 UEFA Europa League final
Match programme cover
Event2009–10 UEFA Europa League
Atlético Madrid Fulham
Spain England
2 1
Afterextra time
Date12 May 2010
VenueVolksparkstadion,Hamburg
Man of the MatchDiego Forlán(Atlético Madrid)[1]
RefereeNicola Rizzoli(Italy)[2]
Attendance49,000[3]
WeatherCloudy night
8 °C (46 °F)
60%humidity[4]
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The2010 UEFA Europa League finalwas the final match of the2009–10 UEFA Europa League,the first season of the revamped Europeanfootballcompetition formerly known as the UEFA Cup. Played at theVolksparkstadioninHamburg,Germany, on 12 May 2010,[5]the match was won bySpain'sAtlético Madrid,who, after extra time, beatEngland'sFulham2–1.[6]

The win gave Atlético their second major European title, following the1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup.Having beaten defending championsShakhtar Donetskon the way, Fulham were playing in their first final in only their second season of European football, and their second major final overall in the club's history.

As the winners, Atlético qualified automatically for the2010–11 UEFA Europa Leagueby finishing third in their group. They also played in the2010 UEFA Super CupinMonacoon 27 August 2010, where they took on Italy'sInter Milan,the winners of the2009–10 UEFA Champions League;Atlético won 2–0.

Background[edit]

Atlético Madrid and Fulham had never played against each other before this match, and Atlético were Fulham's first ever Spanish opponents. Atlético, on the other hand, had played 19 previous matches against English opposition, winning six and losing five; the most recent of these was againstLiverpoolin the semi-finals.[7]

Fulham were playing in only their second season of European football; in 2002–03, they won theIntertoto Cupand reached the third round of theUEFA Cupbefore being knocked out byHertha BSC.Atlético, however, had played in four previous European finals, including the1974 European Cup Final,which they lost toBayern Munich,and threeCup Winners' Cupfinals. Their only European title came in1962,when they beatFiorentina3–0 in a replay atNeckarstadion,Stuttgart,after the original match atHampden Park,Glasgow,finished as a 1–1 draw.[7]

The final was Fulham's last chance at qualification for European football in the following season. ThePremier Leagueseason had finished the previous weekend with Fulham finishing in 12th place, 17 points away from the Europa League places. Earlier in the season, they had been knocked out of theLeague Cupin the third round and in the sixth round of theFA Cup.Atlético were also unable to qualify for Europe via the league; they went into the match in ninth place in thePriméra División,eight points away from the league's Europa League places with one game left to play. However, they had a chance at qualification through theCopa del Rey;they played againstSevillain thefinalon 19 May, but lost 2–0.[8]

Venue[edit]

TheVolksparkstadion,renamed to "Hamburg Arena" for the match, was selected as the venue for the 2010 final in March 2008.

TheVolksparkstadionwas chosen as the venue for the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee inVaduz,Liechtenstein,on 28 March 2008. The committee – who selected the venue for the2010 UEFA Champions League Finalat the same meeting – based their decision on a number of key criteria, including stadium capacity, facilities and security.[5]

Before 2010, only two European cup finals had ever been played in the city ofHamburg,both of them at theVolksparkstadion(English:the People's Park Stadium), when the finals of certain competitions were played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The first was the1982 UEFA Cup Finalsecond leg where hostsHamburglost 3–0 to hand the UEFA Cup toIFK Göteborgof Sweden following a 1–0 defeat in the first leg atUlleviinGothenburg.The second one was the1983 European Super Cupfirst leg where the1983 European Cupwinners Hamburg drew 0–0 with the1983 European Cup Winners' CupwinnersAberdeen.

A total of sixEuropean Cup/UEFA Champions League finalsand threeUEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalshave been played in German cities, as well as oneUEFA Cup finalsince it became a single-legged match.[7]

The Volksparkstadion was opened in 2000 on the site of Hamburg's previous stadia: the Bahrenfelder Stadium and the original Volksparkstadion. The Bahrenfelder Stadium was built in 1925, but after a two-year renovation, it was replaced by the 75,000-capacity Volksparkstadion in 1953.Hamburger SVmoved into the Volksparkstadion from their previous home atRothenbaumin 1963. The stadium then played host to three Group 1 matches at the1974 FIFA World CupinWest Germany.14 years later,UEFA Euro 1988was held in West Germany and the Volksparkstadion was chosen to host the semi-final betweenWest Germanyand theNetherlands.By the late 1990s, plans were laid down for a complete renovation of the stadium; the playing surface was rotated by 90 degrees to take advantage of the natural angle of sunlight and the stadium was rebuilt to hold more than 57,000 spectators. Building work began in 1998 and Hamburger SV returned to the ground in 2000. The stadium was used as a venue for the2006 FIFA World Cup,playing host to four group stage matches and the quarter-final betweenItalyandUkraine.[9][10]

The 'hosts' for the final, Hamburger SV were only eliminated from the tournament by Fulham at the semi-final stage. The disappointment of coming so close to playing a final at home was doubled for the Hamburg fans as this was the second consecutive year in which they had been knocked out at the same stage in the UEFA Cup/Europa League – in 2008–09, they lost out to local rivalsWerder Bremen.Two recent finals had involved a team playing at their usual stadium:FeyenoorddefeatedBorussia Dortmundin Rotterdam in 2002, whileSporting CPlost toCSKA MoscowinLisbonin 2005.

Route to the final[edit]

See also:2009–10 UEFA Europa League
Atlético Madrid Fulham
Champions League Round Europa League
Opponent Result Legs Qualifying phase Opponent Result Legs
Bye Third qualifying round LithuaniaVėtra 6–0 3–0 away; 3–0 home
GreecePanathinaikos 5–2 2–0 away; 3–2 home Play-off round RussiaAmkar Perm 3–2 3–1 home; 0–1 away
Main article:2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage: Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
EnglandChelsea 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14
PortugalPorto 6 4 0 2 8 3 +5 12
SpainAtlético Madrid 6 0 3 3 3 12 −9 3
CyprusAPOEL 6 0 3 3 4 7 −3 3
Group stage
Main article:2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage: Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
ItalyRoma 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
EnglandFulham 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
SwitzerlandBasel 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3 9
BulgariaCSKA Sofia 6 0 1 5 2 12 −10 1
Europa League
Opponent Result Legs Final phase Opponent Result Legs
TurkeyGalatasaray 3–2 1–1 home; 2–1 away Round of 32 UkraineShakhtar Donetsk 3–2 2–1 home; 1–1 away
PortugalSporting CP 2–2 (a) 0–0 home; 2–2 away Round of 16 ItalyJuventus 5–4 1–3 away; 4–1 home
SpainValencia 2–2 (a) 2–2 away; 0–0 home Quarter-finals GermanyVfL Wolfsburg 3–1 2–1 home; 1–0 away
EnglandLiverpool 2–2 (a) 1–0 home; 1–2 away (a.e.t.) Semi-finals GermanyHamburger SV 2–1 0–0 away; 2–1 home

Pre-match[edit]

Match ball

Identity[edit]

Like the recent finals of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup, the 2010 Europa League final was given its own unique visual identity. The design concept is intended to give the public a distinctive impression of the host city and will be used on all media associated with the event. The logo for the 2010 final was revealed at the EAST Hotel Cinema in Hamburg on 30 November 2009 – to coincide with the opening of ticket sales for German residents on 1 December – and the ceremony was attended by Karin Von Welck, the regional officer for sport and culture,German Football Associationgeneral secretaryWolfgang Niersbach,Hamburger SV chairmanBernd HoffmannandGermany Under-19coachHorst Hrubesch.The logo features an artistic impression of two footballers competing for a ball, set against a modern drawing of various elements of the Hamburg skyline.[11]

Related events[edit]

A trophy handover ceremony was held at theFischauktionshallein Hamburg on 13 April 2010, at which a delegation from holdersShakhtar Donetsk– including chief executiveSerhiy Palkin,coachMircea Lucescu,defenderMariusz Lewandowskiand midfielderJádson– returned the trophy to UEFA PresidentMichel Platini.Platini then presented the trophy to the mayor of Hamburg,Ole von Beust,for it to be put on display in the city until the day of the final. Also present at the ceremony were the presidents of Hamburger SV and the German Football Association: Bernd Hoffmann andTheo Zwanziger.[12][13]

Ambassador[edit]

Former Hamburg playerUwe Seelerwas appointed as ambassador of the final.

Ticketing[edit]

The regular capacity of the Volksparkstadion was just over 57,000; however, for the 2010 Europa League final and other international matches, the standing area in the north stand was converted to seating, reducing the capacity to around 51,500. Approximately 25% of the available tickets were allocated to each club for distribution to their own fans,[14]while approximately 5,100 tickets were retained for the international general public. Following the ticket application process for German residents – which ran from 1 December 2009 to 15 January 2010[11][15]– applications were opened to the international general public on 24 February 2010 and closed on 19 March. As demand exceeded the number of tickets available, successful applications were determined by a ballot at the end of March.[16][17]

Officials[edit]

The referee for the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final wasNicola Rizzoli,representing theItalian Football Federation.[2]Rizzoli had been an international referee since 2007, and took charge of his firstUEFA Champions Leaguematch in the August of that year, even before his first UEFA Cup match.[2]Since then, he refereed a further 10 Champions League matches and nine UEFA Cup/Europa League matches. His only Europa League assignment in 2009–10 – other than the final – was the second leg ofLiverpool's round of 16 tie againstLilleatAnfieldon 18 March 2010. Rizzoli had previously refereed quarter-finals in both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.[18][19]

The refereeing team was entirely made up of officials from the same country; Rizzoli was joined by assistant referees Cristiano Copelli and Luca Maggiani, and the fourth official was Gianluca Rocchi.[2]As part of an ongoing experiment throughout the entire 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, there were also two additional assistant referees with the task of monitoring each penalty area; the extra officials for the 2010 final were Paolo Tagliavento and Andrea De Marco.[2]

Team selection[edit]

The opening ceremony took place immediately before the teams emerged.

For Atlético, onlySergio Asenjowas unavailable through injury; the Spanish back-up goalkeeper started Atlético's match away toSporting de Gijónon 8 May after managerQuique Sánchez Floresrested his regular number 1,David de Gea,ahead of the Europa League final, but he tore ligaments in his right knee after 13 minutes and was ruled out for six months. As well as De Gea, Flores rested a further six regular first-team players for their penultimate league match:Luis Perea,Paulo Assunção,Simão,Raúl García,Diego Forlán,andSergio Agüero.[20]

In the Fulham camp, the most severe injury concerns related to top-scorerBobby Zamoraand wingerDamien Duff;Zamora strained his Achilles tendon in the second leg of Fulham's semi-final againstHamburgon 29 April and missed the last three league games of the season, while Duff picked up a calf injury in the penultimate league game againstStoke Cityon 5 May. Other players with minor injuries includedPaul Konchesky(ankle),Brede Hangeland(knee),Aaron Hughes(groin),John Paintsil(muscle strain), andBjørn Helge Riise(stomach cramps).[21]

Neither team had any players missing through suspension, so the final team selections were largely as expected; the biggest surprise was from Fulham managerRoy Hodgson,who namedChris Bairdat right-back ahead of Ghanaian internationalJohn Paintsil.[22]

Match[edit]

Summary[edit]

Atlético started the stronger side and had a chance to take the lead in the 12th minute whenSergio Agüerolatched onto a backpass fromDanny Murphyand played the ball intoDiego Forlán,whose shot struck the post.[23]The sustained pressure from the Spanish club was eventually rewarded when a mistimed shot from Agüero fell to Forlán, who struck the ball pastMark Schwarzerto give Atlético a 1–0 lead. The lead, however, only lasted for five minutes, beforeSimon DaviesstruckZoltán Gera's cross into the net on thehalf-volleyto level the scores at 1–1.[6]

In the second half, Fulham began to gain a foothold in the game and went close to taking the lead after an hour when Simon Davies struck a shot following a poor clearance, which required a save from Atlético goalkeeperDavid de Gea.In the 55th minute,Bobby Zamora,who had been a fitness doubt prior to the game, was replaced byClint Dempsey,who became the first American to appear in a major European football final.[24]Atlético finished the 90 minutes as the stronger side, but with neither team able to score, the game went into extra time.[23]In extra time, it was again Atlético who looked the more likely to score, with both Forlán and Agüero having opportunities to hit the net. As the tie approached 120 minutes, however, the Spanish side scored a winner, when Agüero turned Fulham defenderAaron Hughesand crossed the ball to Forlán, who flicked the ball into the goal.[6]Forlán was subsequently named man of the match for his performance.[1]

Details[edit]

Atlético MadridSpain2–1 (a.e.t.)EnglandFulham
Forlán32',116' Report Davies37'
Attendance: 49,000[3]
Atlético Madrid[25]
Fulham[25]
GK 43 SpainDavid de Gea
RB 17 Czech RepublicTomáš Ujfaluši
CB 21 ColombiaLuis Perea
CB 18 SpainÁlvaro Domínguez
LB 3 SpainAntonio López(c)
RM 19 SpainJosé Antonio Reyes downward-facing red arrow78'
CM 12 BrazilPaulo Assunção
CM 8 SpainRaúl García Yellow card114'
LM 20 PortugalSimão downward-facing red arrow68'
CF 7 UruguayDiego Forlán Yellow card117'
CF 10 ArgentinaSergio Agüero downward-facing red arrow119'
Substitutes:
GK 42 SpainJoel Robles
DF 2 SpainJuan Valera upward-facing green arrow119'
DF 16 SpainJuanito
DF 24 UruguayLeandro Cabrera
MF 6 SpainIgnacio Camacho
MF 9 SpainJosé Manuel Jurado upward-facing green arrow68'
FW 14 ArgentinaEduardo Salvio Yellow card107' upward-facing green arrow78'
Manager:
SpainQuique Sánchez Flores
GK 1 AustraliaMark Schwarzer
RB 6 Northern IrelandChris Baird
CB 18 Northern IrelandAaron Hughes
CB 5 NorwayBrede Hangeland Yellow card63'
LB 3 EnglandPaul Konchesky
RM 16 Republic of IrelandDamien Duff downward-facing red arrow84'
CM 20 NigeriaDickson Etuhu
CM 13 EnglandDanny Murphy(c) downward-facing red arrow118'
LM 29 WalesSimon Davies
AM 11 HungaryZoltán Gera
CF 25 EnglandBobby Zamora downward-facing red arrow55'
Substitutes:
GK 19 SwitzerlandPascal Zuberbühler
DF 4 GhanaJohn Paintsil
MF 17 NorwayBjørn Helge Riise
MF 23 United StatesClint Dempsey upward-facing green arrow55'
MF 27 EnglandJonathan Greening upward-facing green arrow118'
MF 34 South AfricaKagisho Dikgacoi
FW 10 NorwayErik Nevland upward-facing green arrow84'
Manager:
EnglandRoy Hodgson

Man of the Match:
Diego Forlán(Atlético Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
Luca Maggiani (Italy)
Fourth official:[2]
Gianluca Rocchi(Italy)
Additional assistant referees:[2]
Paolo Tagliavento(Italy)
Andrea De Marco(Italy)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Nicola Nicoletti (Italy)

Statistics[edit]

See also[edit]

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