At the final of the Football Conference League in Prague for four times the living wage
photo: Jiří Zemen, PrahaIN.cz/Eden, venue of the 2022/2023 Conference League final
The editorial staff of PrahaIN.cz addressed the topic of overpriced football tickets from travel agencies already at the beginning of the season. So far, it has become clear that it is worth traveling abroad for a team match on your own, in most cases you can save up to three times the price. The same applies to the final of the Conference League, which will be played in Eden. FOTBALTOUR accepts advance reservations for tickets, starting at CZK 14,500.
The second ever final of the Football Conference League will be held in the temple of Prague’s Slavia. The seamstresses thought about it, the dream of playing the last duel at home was definitely not a complete fiction, but it will not meet reality in the end.
Slavia, despite being a favorite group, disappointed and did not advance to the knockout stages.
There are now twenty-four teams in the competition. Among the biggest favorites are the Yellow Submarine from Villareal, the English West Ham with ex-Slav players Souček and Coufal, the Italian teams Florence and Lazio Rome are also strongly represented.
Years later in Vršovice again
Eden has already hosted a top UEFA event once. In 2013, the Super Cup was held here, which is traditionally played by the winner of the Champions League and Europa League. Back then, Bayern Munich and Chelsea played a prestigious match for the trophy. The match is remembered to this day not only by those who saw the match with their own eyes, but also by the entire football world. The spectacular battle came down to a penalty shootout. Prague thus enjoyed the football holiday as long as possible.
But Petr Čech did not celebrate in the Chelsea goal. The Bavarian players raised the trophy above their heads.
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Another football holiday under the baton of UEFA was found in Eden two years later. In 2015, the Czechia hosted the European Under-11 Football Championship. In addition to the duels of our national team in the group, the final also took place in Eden. And the disinterested spectators were once again in a frenzy, the fans of their teams again on the verge of a heart attack.
Sweden defeated Portugal on penalties to become European U-21 champions.
Travel is accepting bookings…
Nevertheless, the winning pair of the Conference League is not yet known, as it has not even entered the second phase yet, so the FOTBALTOUR sports office, which organizes tours mainly to Bundesliga, Serie A and LaLiga football matches, is accepting pre-bookings for tickets to Eden.
The price will definitely surprise you. According to the preliminary reservation on FOTBALTOUR, a ticket for the final of the Conference League, which also includes any telephone assistance and an info package, will cost a hard-to-believable 14,500 crowns. And that seems like the price for the lowest ticket category.
FOTBALTOUR lists three price categories in the Eden map.
Source: FOOTBALL TOUR
We attempted to contact the said delegate for more information, but were unsuccessful.
The sale has not started
Again, it should be noted that the travel agency only has non-binding reservations available. But even so, the price is quite surprising, especially when we arrive at the amount from the last Conference League, which took place in Tirana, Albania.
The winner then was AS Roma led by José Mourinho. The final match took place at the end of May. UEFA started selling tickets to the public at the beginning of the same month. Arena Kombëtare has a similar capacity to Slavia’s home stand, i.e. twenty thousand seats. The Union of European Football Associations provided four thousand tickets to each fan camp.
8,500 leaves were sold for free, which they could buy “football tourists” or locals. 3,500 traditionally went to officials or other people closely connected with UEFA organizations.
Similar numbers can be assumed in Prague as well.
Whether the ticket prices will be similar is a question. However, despite high inflation, it is unlikely that the amount would rise to a similar level as on the FOTBALTOUR travel card.
In Tirana, peels were sold in four price categories. The cheapest for 25 euros (about 620 crowns), the third category for 45 euros (about 1,120 crowns), the second category for 85 euros (about 2,120 crowns) and the most expensive cost 125 euros (about 3,125 crowns).
Here again, it is clear that buying tickets through an intermediary is not worthwhile.
The final of the Conference League in Prague is planned for June 7, 2023. We estimate free ticket sales during May, as the pair will be known on May 18.