Europa League final LIVE: Sevilla take on Jose Mourinho’s Roma in Hungary – UK kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Jose Mourinho's Roma will be looking to make it back-to-back European triumphs when they face Sevilla in the Europa League final this week.

The Serie A side won the inaugural Europa Conference League last term and now could go one better in UEFA's secondary competition.

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Eintracht Frankfurt lifted the Europa League last year following a thrilling penalty shootout win over Rangers.

But their promotion into the Champions League as a result means there will be a new name on the trophy at the end of this campaign.

And Mourinho's Roma are now just one win away from glory having edged past Bayer Leverkusen in the final four.

Standing in their way are serial Europa League winners Sevilla who have already eliminated Manchester United and Juventus.

Sevilla vs Roma: talkSPORT coverage

The 2022/23 Europa League final will take place on Wednesday, May 31. 

Kick-off at the Puskas Arena in Budapest is scheduled for 8pm UK time.

The talkSPORT network will have live coverage from Hungary, with Adrian Durham serving as your presenter.

Commentary will the come from Jim Proudfoot and former Chelsea fullback Scott Minto.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Europa League: Road to the final

Semi-finals first legs

• Juventus 1-1 Sevilla
• Roma 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen

Semi-finals second legs

• Sevilla 2-1 Juventus
• Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Roma

Final

• Sevilla vs Roma

Sevilla vs Roma: Match facts

• Sevilla’s Jesús Navas will be 37 years and 191 days old on the day of this match, and could therefore be the oldest outfielder to start the final of the UEFA Cup/Europa League since David Weir for Rangers vs Zenit in 2008 (38 years and 4 days). Navas won the UEFA Cup in 2006 with Sevilla against Middlesbrough when he was 20 years and 170 days old.
• Roma manager José Mourinho has won five major European titles to date – UEFA Cup in 2003, UEFA Champions League in 2004 and 2010, UEFA Europa League in 2017 and UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022. Should Roma lift the trophy this season, Mourinho will be the most decorated manager in the history of major European competition, going clear of Giovanni Trapattoni (5).
• The UEFA Cup/Europa League has been won by a Spanish manager on 12 previous occasions, more than the managers from any other nation, with six of the last 10 finals being won by Spanish managers. This will be Sevilla boss José Luis Mendilibar’s first major European final.
• Having won the UEFA Europa Conference League last season, Roma could win a major European title in consecutive seasons, which has been achieved by an Italian club on four previous occasions – Internazionale in 1964 and 1965, Milan in 1968 and 1969, Juventus in 1984 and 1985, and Milan again in 1989 and 1990.
• The final of a major European competition is being hosted in Hungary for the fourth time, and for the first time since 1985 – Leeds United vs Ferencvárosi TC in the Fairs Cup in 1968 (second leg), Newcastle United vs Újpest in the Fairs Cup in 1969 (second leg), and Real Madrid vs Fehérvár in the UEFA Cup in 1985.
• This game will be the 14th instance of a Spanish side facing an Italian side in the final of a major European competition, with the Spanish side being crowned champions on nine of the previous 13 occasions, including each of the last three in a row.
• Sevilla have won six major European titles to date, with each one coming in the UEFA Cup/Europa League. Should they win their seventh title here, only five sides will have more major European trophies – Real Madrid (16), Barcelona (12), Milan (9), Liverpool (9) and Bayern Munich (8).
• The only previous meeting between Sevilla and Roma in Europe saw the Spanish side win 2-0 in the last 16 of this competition in 2019-20, which was the last season in which Sevilla won the competition.
• Roma will contest the final of the UEFA Cup/Europa League for the second time, losing in the showpiece in 1991 against Internazionale. This is their fifth major European final overall, after 1961 (Fairs Cup), 1984 (European Cup), 1991 (UEFA Cup) and 2022 (Europa Conference League).
• Sevilla have reached the final of the UEFA Cup/Europa League for the seventh time, two more times than any other club. They have won the competition on each previous occasion they have reached the final (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020).