First German trophy in the tournament in 25 years
On Wednesday, May 18, Frankfurt Eintracht won the Europa League after beating the Scottish Rangers in the penalty shoot-out. This trophy became the second significant European Cup in the history of the German club, and the performance in the Champions League of the 2022/2023 season will be the first for the Orlovs. SportArena has collected 10 facts about the Champions League final Eintracht-Rangers and the winner of the tournament.
See also: Eintracht – Rangers. Video review of the match for May 18
First over the past 25 years, the Europa League/UEFA Cup victory for Germany has been the Eintracht trophy. Prior to this triumph, the last of their German clubs in the tournament, then the UEFA Cup, was won by Schalke, who beat Inter on aggregate.
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First the European Cup trophy in his coaching career was won by Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner. He works with the club for the first season.
Glasner – first Austrian specialist who won the Europa League.
Winning the Europa League, Eintracht for the first time in its history play in the Champions League. Recall that in the German championship the team finished in 11th place.
Defeating Rangers, Eintracht won the second European cup trophy in history. It is noteworthy that 42 years have passed between the international triumphs of the club: in the 1979/1980 season, Eintrach won the UEFA Cup. The Eagles have two more minor trophies to their credit: the Intertoto Cup (1967) and the Alps Cup (1967).
Rangers lost third final European cups in a row, if we consider the duel for the Super Cup as such. Previously, the Scottish club lost the 1972 Super Bowl and the 2008 UEFA Cup final.
Eintracht became third team in history to win the Europa League unbeaten (eight wins, five draws). Before the Germans, Chelsea succeeded in 2019 and Villarreal in 2021.
Third Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor (40 years and 107 days) became the player over 40 years old who played in the European Cup final. Previously, two more goalkeepers managed to do this: Edwin van der Sar (40 years and 211 days in the 2011 Champions League final) and Dinu Zoffy (41 years and 86 days in the 1983 European Cup final).
Seven goals in the assets of the best sniper of the Europa League – Rangers defender James Tavernier, who played 15 matches in the tournament. It is noteworthy that the English footballer scored all his goals in the final.
Seven times German clubs have won the UEFA Cup/Europa League. Only three countries have more: Spain – 13 victories, England and Italy – nine each.
Source: Sportarena
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