The 2025 UEFA Nations League final was a football match that determined the winners of the final tournament of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League. It was the fourth final of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The match was held on 8 June 2025 at the Munich Football Arena in Munich, Germany, between Portugal and defending champions Spain. It was the first Iberian final and first final contested between two former winners of the competition.

Portugal won the match 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time, for their second UEFA Nations League title. In doing so, they became the first team to win multiple Nations League titles.

This was the last match featuring Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident less than a month later, on 3 July 2025.

Background This match was the first UEFA Nations League final featuring two past finalists, with Portugal winning the inaugural final in 2019 over the Netherlands and Spain playing in the two finals afterwards; they lost their first in 2021 against France before winning over Croatia on penalties two years later.

This was the 41st Iberian Derby, with Spain winning 17, drawing 17, and Portugal winning six.

Previous finals TeamPrevious final appearances1 (2019)2 (2021, 2023)

Venue

The Munich Football Arena was chosen by the German Football Association as one of the two venues for the Nations League Finals, along with the MHPArena. The stadium, which opened in 2005, is the home stadium of Bayern Munich, and hosted matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024. The stadium had just hosted the UEFA Champions League final eight days before this match, in which four Portuguese players—Gonçalo Ramos, João Neves, Vitinha, and Nuno Mendes—and one Spanish player (Fabián Ruiz) won the UEFA Champions League title with Paris Saint-Germain.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral). PortugalRoundSpainOpponentResultLeague phaseOpponentResult2–1 (H)Matchday 10–0 (A)2–1 (H)Matchday 24–1 (A)3–1 (A)Matchday 31–0 (H)0–0 (A)Matchday 43–0 (H)5–1 (H)Matchday 52–1 (A)1–1 (A)Matchday 63–2 (H)Group A1 winnersFinal standingsGroup A4 winnersOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg5–30–1 (A)5–2 (H)Quarter-finals5–5 2–2 (A)3–3 (H)2–1 (N)Semi-finals5–4 (N)

Match Summary In the 21st minute Spain went in front when Martín Zubimendi slotted into an empty net from close range after Lamine Yamal's ball into the box from the right caused confusion in the Portuguese defence. It was 1–1 in the 26th minute when Nuno Mendes scored with a low finish to the right corner from the left of the penalty area. Just before half-time, Mikel Oyarzabal finished low to the left corner after a pass from Pedri to put Spain back in front. Cristiano Ronaldo equalised in the 61st minute with a right foot volley finish after a deflected cross from Nuno Mendes from the left fell to him from close range. The match went to extra-time and finished 2–2 with the game going to a penalty shoot-out. All penalties were scored until Álvaro Morata saw his effort to the left saved by Diogo Costa. Rúben Neves then scored low to the left corner to win the game for Portugal 5–3 on penalties.

Details

GK 1 Diogo CostaRB 15João Neves CB 3 Rúben DiasCB 14Gonçalo Inácio LB 25Nuno Mendes CM 10Bernardo Silva CM 23VitinhaRW 20Pedro Neto AM 8 Bruno FernandesLW 26Francisco Conceição CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Substitutions:DF 2 Nélson Semedo MF 18Rúben Neves DF 13Renato Veiga FW 17Rafael Leão FW 9 Gonçalo Ramos FW 21Diogo Jota Manager: Roberto Martínez GK 23Unai Simón (c)RB 14Óscar Mingueza CB 3 Robin Le Normand CB 12Dean HuijsenLB 24Marc CucurellaCM 20Pedri CM 18Martín ZubimendiCM 8 Fabián Ruiz RF 19Lamine Yamal CF 21Mikel Oyarzabal LF 11Nico Williams Substitutions:MF 22Isco MF 6 Mikel Merino MF 16Álex Baena DF 2 Pedro Porro FW 15Yéremy Pino FW 7 Álvaro Morata Manager:Luis de la Fuente

Man of the Match: Nuno Mendes (Portugal)

Assistant referees: Jonas Erni (Switzerland) Susann Küng (Switzerland) Fourth official: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands) Video assistant referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) Assistant video assistant referees: Dennis Higler (Netherlands) Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Statistics

+First halfStatisticPortugalSpainGoals scored12Total shots27Shots on target12Saves00Ball possession42%58%Corner kicks12Fouls committed57Offsides10Yellow cards11Red cards00

+Second halfStatisticPortugalSpainGoals scored10Total shots35Shots on target13Saves30Ball possession36%64%Corner kicks12Fouls committed56Offsides23Yellow cards11Red cards00

+Extra timeStatisticPortugalSpainGoals scored00Total shots24Shots on target01Saves10Ball possession43%57%Corner kicks10Fouls committed46Offsides10Yellow cards22Red cards00

+OverallStatisticPortugalSpainGoals scored22Total shots716Shots on target26Saves40Ball possession40%60%Corner kicks34Fouls committed1419Offsides43Yellow cards44Red cards00

Post-match Portugal's win marked their second UEFA Nations League title, and third major title overall, becoming the first team to win multiple Nations League titles. The win also gave manager Roberto Martinez his first trophy in charge of Portugal. Spain's loss marked their first defeat in a final since the 2021 UEFA Nations League final, and their second defeat in a final ever. The match was also Luis de la Fuente's second defeat as manager of Spain.

The match would turn out to be the last for Portugal forward Diogo Jota, as he was killed in a car accident on 3 July 2025, just 25 days after the final.

Death of spectator During the first half of extra time, a spectator died after falling from the second tier of the main stand of the Allianz Arena. The man fell onto the seating area below, and was attended to by paramedics and stadium personnel. However, the man succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 00:06 local time on 9 June. The match was not interrupted during the incident. Players and coaches from both teams offered condolences during the post-match press conferences.

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