• The match between Sevilla FC and SL Benfica in Turin was the first UEFA Europa League final to end goalless and the first to be decided on penalties.
• It was just the fourth penalty shoot-out in five seasons of the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final. As in the previous three, the winning team scored four spot kicks. Sevilla were also victorious in the competition's only other shoot-out of 2013/14, winning 4-3 at city rivals Real Betis Balompié after a pair of 2-0 away triumphs in the round of 16.
• Sevilla's Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitić was the first player to captain a team to victory in the UEFA Europa League final and also pick up the official man of the match award.
• Unai Emery became the third different Spanish coach to win the UEFA Europa League – after Quique Sánchez Flores (Club Atlético de Madrid, 2010) and Rafael Benítez (Chelsea FC, 2013).
• Benfica became the first club to lose two UEFA Europa League finals, their shoot-out reverse against Sevilla coming 12 months after a 2-1 defeat by Chelsea in Amsterdam. Jorge Jesus is also the first coach to lose two UEFA Europa League finals.
• The result in Turin means that Spanish teams have won three of the four UEFA Europa League finals that they have contested, the only beaten side being Athletic Club in the all-Spanish decider against Atlético in 2012. In direct contrast, Portuguese clubs have lost three of the four finals they have
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