The 2019 UEFA Nations League Final was a football match that determined the winners of the

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of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. It was the inaugural final of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of

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. The match was held on 9 June 2019 at the

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, Portugal, and was contested by hosts

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and the

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. Portugal won the final 1–0 to become the first champions of the UEFA Nations League.

Venue

The final was played at the

— Portugal's second largest city. The stadium is home to FC Porto.

Background

Ahead of the inaugural final, hosts

held a

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of 7, while opponents the

were ranked sixteenth. En route to the Nations League final, the Netherlands beat world champions

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—who had won their world title approximately four months prior to their match. Portugal and the Netherlands beat

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and

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respectively in their

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Route to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Pre-match

Officials

On 7 June 2019, UEFA announced the appointment of Spaniard

Alberto Undiano Mallenco Alberto Undiano Mallenco (; born 6 October 1973) is a retired Spanish football referee. He was a full international referee for FIFA from 2004 to 2019. Undiano is also a part-time sociologist. Career Mallenco was born in Pamplona. Club On 8 M ...

as referee for the final, in what would be his final match as a professional referee. He was joined by compatriots Roberto Alonso Fernández and Juan Yuste Jiménez as assistant referees, Antonio Mateu Lahoz as the

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, and Raúl Cabañero Martínez as the reserve official.

Alejandro Hernández Hernández Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (born 10 November 1982) is a Spanish professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), mean ...

served as the

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and

Juan Martínez Munuera Juan Martínez Munuera (born 13 July 1982) is a Spanish football referee who officiates in La Liga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2015, and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee. Refereeing career Munuera began officiating in the Segun ...

as the assistant video assistant referee.

Match

Details

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if necessary. *

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if scores still level. *Maximum of twelve named substitutes. *Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uefa Nations League Final 2019

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2019

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