Fiorentina became the first club to play in two UEFA Europa Conference League finals and the first to contest them consecutively.

With a win, Mendilibar would become the first manager to win two different major European trophies in consecutive seasons since fellow Spaniard Rafael Benítez won the 2003–04 UEFA Cup with Valencia and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League with Liverpool and the sixth manager ever to achieve that.

The proposed venues had to include natural grass and be ranked as a UEFA category four stadium, with a gross capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 preferred.

The bidding timeline was as follows:[5] The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Agia Sophia Stadium as the host during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.

The original identity of the 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 1 September 2023.

After the match Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a post on social media platform X, describing Olympiacos as "a true legend".