The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain.

[5] Villarreal won the match 11–10 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time, thus winning its first trophy in the competition.

[14][15][16][17] On the other hand, this was head coach Unai Emery's fifth European final, all in the UEFA Europa League; he won three successive titles with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016, before losing in 2019 with Arsenal.

[19] The clubs previously met four times, in the 2005–06 and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stages.

Turpin had been a FIFA referee since 2010, and was previously the fourth official in the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final.

Slavko Vinčić of Slovenia was the fourth official, while Dutchman Pol van Boekel served as the remaining assistant VAR.

[2] Villarreal opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a goal from Gerard Moreno, diverting the ball into the net with his right leg from six yards out after a free-kick from the left side delivered by Dani Parejo.

Villarreal keeper Gerónimo Rulli converted his penalty, and then saved David de Gea's attempt to his left, winning his side the trophy.