The final of the first edition of the European Conference League, organized by the European Football Association, took place at the Competari stadium in the Albanian capital Tirana, and the coronation went to the Italian team Roma at the expense of Feyenoord. Netherlands, 1-0, thanks to a goal scored by Nicolo Zaniolo.
With this title, Roma manager José Mourinho became the first manager in history to win four European titles with four different clubs.
The preliminary rounds of the first edition of the tournament began on June 8, 2021, and the group stage of the tournament began on September 16, 2021.
The European Conference League has more clubs representing the lower leagues on the European continent, as well as sixth place out of the top five leagues in Europe “Spain, England, Italy, Germany” and fifth place in the French league. along with the League Cup champion.
Roma, the champions of this tournament, will take part directly in the group stage of the Europa League in its next edition.
The prizes received by the teams participating in this tournament are 235 million euros for the 32 teams participating in the group stage, which is equivalent to 3 million euros for each team, and each team is awarded when it wins 500,000 euros and when it draws it receives 166 thousand Euro.
The leader of each group received 650,000 euros, while the runner-up received 325,000 euros.
Source: El Iktisad