Roma vs Feyenoord facts

The two finalists of last season's inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League take the field for the second leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final at the Stadio Olimpico with visitors Feyenoord 1-0 up on hosts Roma following the first leg in Rotterdam.

Roma, who beat Feyenoord 1-0 in Tirana to lift their first UEFA trophy last spring, avoided a return to the UEFA Europa Conference League by finishing as runners-up in UEFA Europa League Group C to Real Betis. José Mourinho's team then came from behind to beat Salzburg in the knockout play-offs (0-1 a, 2-0 h), thereby prolonging the club's run of European last-16 participations to a ninth successive season, before reaching the quarter-finals at the expense of Real Sociedad, a 2-0 win in Rome preceding a goalless second leg in San Sebastián.

Feyenoord claimed top spot in UEFA Europa League Group F, where all four teams registered eight points, the Dutch side edging out Roma's city rivals Lazio and Sturm Graz on goal difference and runners-up Midtjylland on goals scored. Arne Slot's side then overwhelmed Shakhtar Donetsk 8-2 on aggregate in the round of 16, their 7-1 second-leg victory in Rotterdam equalling the biggest win ever recorded in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final.

Previous meetings

Feyenoord reversed the scoreline of the UEFA Europa Conference League final in the first leg of this tie, midfielder Mats Wieffer winning the game with his first European goal – a bouncing volley from distance (53) – after Roma skipper Lorenzo Pellegrini had missed a penalty late in the first half.

Last year's UEFA Europa Conference League final in Tirana was won by Mourinho's Roma at the expense of Slot's Feyenoord thanks to a 32nd-minute goal from Nicolò Zaniolo, giving the Italian club their first UEFA club competition triumph.

There had been just one prior UEFA contest between the clubs, Roma also winning that tie, 3-2 on aggregate in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League round of 32 when they followed up a 1-1 first-leg draw at the Stadio Olimpico with an incident-packed 2-1 victory in Rotterdam in which three players – one from Fred Rutten's Feyenoord, two from Rudi Garcia's Roma – were sent off.

Roma's record in UEFA competition against Dutch clubs is W5 D4 L3. Including last season's final, they have won all five of their previous knockout ties against opponents from the Netherlands and were unbeaten in eight games against Eredivisie sides, drawing all four at home and winning all four outside Italy, before losing the first leg of this tie in Rotterdam. Their all-time record against Dutch visitors in Rome is W1 D4, the Giallorossi scoring once in each of the five matches, the last four of which have all been drawn. Their only win came back in November 1969 against PSV Eindhoven in the second round of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Feyenoord have now faced Italian opposition in 18 UEFA encounters with the record W7 D4 L7. They have lost six of their previous nine matches in Italy (W2 D1), the most recent 2-4 in the Stadio Olimpico against Lazio on Matchday 1 of this season's UEFA Europa League. One of their two wins did, however, come in Rome, 2-1 against Lazio in the second group stage of the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League.

Although they have lost both previous UEFA ties against Roma, Feyenoord have won their other two knockout contests against Italian opposition, the most recent in the semi-final of the club's 2001/02 UEFA Cup triumph against Inter Milan (1-0 a, 2-2 h).

Form guide

Roma

Mourinho's team qualified for the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League group stage via two routes last season – as the sixth-placed side in Serie A and as a result of their triumph in the UEFA Europa Conference League, the win against Feyenoord coming after knockout phase successes against Vitesse, Bodø/Glimt – a team they had also faced in the group stage – and Leicester City.

The Giallorossi got off to a false start this term in UEFA Europa League Group C, losing their opening game 2-1 at Ludogorets. They also went down by the same score at home to Betis, but seven points from their final three matches, the last of them 3-1 at home to the Bulgarian champions, lifted them into second place to secure their further progress.

UEFA Cup runners-up in 1990/91, Roma are making their second appearance in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, their one previous tie at this stage, in 2020/21, having also been against Dutch opponents as they prevailed 3-2 on aggregate against Ajax (2-1 a, 1-1 h). Last season they won their UEFA Europa Conference League last-eight tie against Bodø/Glimt (1-2 a, 4-0 h) to make their all-time record in UEFA competition quarter-finals W6 L8, wins in each of the last three ties having been preceded by six successive defeats.

Roma's run of 20 European games unbeaten at the Stadio Olimpico (W14 D6) ended on Matchday 3 with that defeat against Betis, which is also their only loss at home in the UEFA Europa League group stage (W10 D4). In the competition's knockout phase their home record is W7 D2 L3 with no defeats in the last eight matches (W7 D1), four of the last five wins by margins of two goals or more.

Roma have already overturned a 0-1 away first-leg deficit this season, beating Salzburg in the knockout play-offs. That 2-0 second-leg win at the Stadio Olimpico made their aggregate record W10 L16 when they have been beaten on the road in the first leg of a UEFA tie. When losing the first away leg 1-0, Roma have won four of the eight ties, though they had lost three in a row before February's success against Salzburg.

Feyenoord

Feyenoord finished third in last season's Eredivisie, 12 points adrift of champions Ajax, and also played 19 matches in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League. Slot's side progressed all the way from the second qualifying round to the final, which they lost to Roma after eliminating Partizan, Slavia Praha and Marseille with an unbeaten run in the knockout rounds.

UEFA Cup winners in 1974 and 2002, the Rotterdam club competed in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the fifth time this season and made further progress for only the second time, emulating their first-place finish of 2014/15 thanks chiefly to a 6-0 win at home to Sturm on Matchday 2 that boosted their goal difference and a Matchday 6 1-0 home win against Lazio that clinched top spot as all four teams ended with two wins, two draws and two defeats.

This is Feyenoord's first appearance in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, their one previous knockout phase participation having been brought to a halt in the 2014/15 round of 32 by Roma. At the equivalent stage of last season's UEFA Europa Conference League they knocked out Slavia (3-3 h, 3-1 a) in what was the club's first European quarter-final since they beat fellow Dutch side PSV on penalties after two 1-1 draws in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup. Feyenoord's all-time record in European quarter-finals is W8 L4.

The Dutch side's away record last season in the UEFA Europa Conference League was W4 D4 L1, but they are without a European victory on the road this term (D2 L2), stretching their winless run of away fixtures in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, to 14 matches (D6 L8). Their sole away win in the competition proper came on Matchday 6 in 2014/15, when they defeated Standard Liège 3-0 in Belgium.

Feyenoord have won 22 of the 27 previous UEFA ties in which they recorded a home victory in the first leg, the latest win against Marseille in last season's UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final (3-2 h, 0-0 a). The five aggregate defeats have all come when they won the first home leg by a one-goal margin, including the most recent instance when the first-leg score was 1-0, against Gent in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League qualifying play-offs (0-2 a). Their overall aggregate record following a 1-0 home first-leg win is W6 L3, though it is over 20 years since the last such victory – against Fenerbahçe in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League qualifying round (2-0 a).

Links and trivia 

Roma's on-loan midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum was born in Rotterdam and began his professional career with Feyenoord, scoring 25 goals in 135 appearances for the club between 2007 and 2011, when he left for PSV.

Roma's Dutch right-back Rick Karsdorp was a Feyenoord player from 2014 and 2017 before leaving for Italy and also spent 2019/20 back on loan at the Rotterdam club. Over his two spells he made 123 appearances in all competitions, scoring three goals.

Feyenoord's Danish defender Jacob Rasmussen is on loan from Fiorentina. Although he has yet to feature for the Viola, he played 14 Serie A games for their Tuscan neighbours Empoli in 2018/19. Rasmussen's Feyenoord team-mate Dávid Hancko played five games in Serie A for Fiorentina during the same campaign.

Roma's Nemanja Matić spent 2010/11 on loan at Dutch club Vitesse from Chelsea.

Roma's Nicola Zalewski and Feyenoord's Sebastian Szymański both play for Poland, featuring together in their country's 2022 FIFA World Cup squad, while Zeki Çelik (Roma) and Orkun Kökçü (Feyenoord) are both Turkish internationals.

Mourinho led Manchester United to victory in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League after a 2-0 defeat of Feyenoord's traditional rivals Ajax in the Stockholm final. He is the only coach still active in the competition this season to have previously won it.

Roma's Rui Patrício is one appearance short of the all-time UEFA Europa League record of 66, group stage to final, held by Austrian defender Aleksandar Dragović. The Portuguese goalkeeper has played 45 times in the competition for Sporting CP and ten each for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Roma.

Feyenoord are one of just two group winners to have made it to the quarter-finals, along with Union Saint-Gilloise.

Roma and Feyenoord are two of just three teams in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals who kicked off their 2022/23 European campaign in the competition, the other Manchester United.

Both clubs claimed convincing domestic league victories on Sunday, Roma winning 3-0 at home to Udinese to remain third in Serie A after Feyenoord had won by the same score earlier in the day at Cambuur, their ninth successive Eredivisie victory, to maintain their eight-point advantage over Ajax at the top of the standings.

The winners of this tie will face either Bayer Leverkusen or Union Saint-Gilloise in the semi-final.

Penalty shoot-outs

Roma's record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L3:
4-2 v Norrköping, 1982/83 UEFA Cup second round
3-4 v Liverpool, 1983/84 European Cup final
3-4 v Real Zaragoza, 1986/87 European Cup Winners' Cup first round
6-7 v Arsenal, 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16

Feyenoord's record in two UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W2 L0:
5-3 v Sion, 1991/92 European Cup Winners’ Cup second round
5-4 v PSV Eindhoven, 2001/02 UEFA Cup quarter-final