Arsenal and Chelsea made it four English teams from four in European finals this season but most of their fans will have to stay home with each club getting just 6,000 tickets to the final. It's been quite the week for English clubs in Europe and the country's football teams are more stubborn than the government over getting out of the continent with both the Champions League and Europa League finals now full with Premier League sides. On Thursday night Arsenal and Chelsea qualified for the Europa League final, with far less drama than Liverpool and Spurs had managed even with the Blues needing a penalty shoot out. Loading… Advert 10 Players and fans of both sides were obviously jubilant after frustrating up and down seasons can culminate in a European final and both could now qualify for next season's Champions League, impressive considering how their season have gone. However there was still something for them to be annoyed about with the announcement that each team will get just 6,000 tickets for the final in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 29th. The Olympic Stadium holds near 69,000 and people are rightly not happy about the situation: If you thought the UCL ticket allocation was a disgrace - Arsenal and Chelsea will have just 6000 tickets per team for fans for the #UEL final. The stadium holds 68,700 fans. That's less than 9% of tickets going to actual supporters. Disgusting. - Will Gavin (@WillGav) May 9, 2019 Advert 10 6000 tickets each to @ChelseaFC @Arsenal for @EuropaLeague final @AFTVMedia @ChelseaFC Fans should boycott the final that is woeful! fans make football we have to contend with airlines taking the Micky with prices hotels charging crazy fees now this! #boycotteuropaleaguefinal - rhys shirley (@rhysshirl) May 10, 2019 Olympic Stadium has a capacity of 69870 Arsenal and Chelsea fans are being allocated 6000-7000 tickets each. Rest of the tickets are for sponsors and officials etc Whats the point of actually playing then? Sunday League would have a better atmosphere than that. - Yureed Elahi (@yureedelahii) May 10, 2019 Never mind the Champions League final, this is a total disgrace. 6000 tickets for each team & how much to get to Baku. Absolutely shameful from @UEFA, yet another example of the average fan being snubbed. The worst thing is that it's not even surprising anymore. https://t.co/zgSO2d2nTW - Roddy Cons (@TheTeamOnTour) May 10, 2019 Advert 10 Winds me up how little tickets teams are awarded for finals.16000 each for Spurs and Liverpool in a81000 seater stadium. 6000 each for Chelsea and Arsenal.Sickening for fans who have gone to every match to have some rich fucking prick or some daughter of the sponsor go! - Fid (@FidBrown) May 10, 2019 You can tell they've fucked up the Europa final when each side only getting 6000 tickets isn't even an issue. Yous and your ticket collection, £1000 flights and middle of nowhere location can get to fuck @ChelseaFC @UEFA - Rory (@Rory_Carefree98) May 10, 2019 On top of the lack of tickets there's also an issue with the travel to Azerbaijan with flights from London costing in the region of £1000 for a journey of more than eight hours. That really is some way to take the shine off reaching the final of a European competition. Advert 10 As usual it is the fans who pay the price for the money grabbing and greed that runs the sport and that only ever ruins it. Tickets will be available through UEFA for all fans and Chelsea and Arsenal supporters will get their hands on some of those but it is the dignitaries and corporate sponsors who will make up a lot of the crowd.<doc-sep>Arsenal have expressed their disappointment after they and Chelsea were handed a measly allocation of 6,000 tickets each for the Europa League final. As revealed by Sportsmail last month, thousands of fans of both London clubs will be left disappointed ahead of the all-English final. Unai Emery’s side defeated Valencia 4-2 in their semi-final second leg while Chelsea relied on penalties to see off Eintracht Frankfurt at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal and Chelsea can expect to receive fewer than 7,000 tickets for the Europa League final Afterwards, Arsenal updated their fans on the situation ahead of the all-English showdown in Baku on May 29, showing their frustration in a statement. ‘As many of you will be aware, we are proud to have approximately 45,000 season ticket holders and over 180,000 official members,’ Arsenal wrote on their website. ‘It is inevitable that with an allocation of just 6,000 tickets for the final, there will be thousands of fans who have supported the club for years and been part of our Europa League journey this season, who will be unable to attend this match. 'This is a disappointing situation.’<doc-sep>London (CNN) They're two of the English Premier League's best supported clubs, separated by less than 13 kilometers -- but both Arsenal and Chelsea will have to travel over 4,000 km away from home to play the Europa League final. Why? It's a question many football and non-football fans were asking after the two London clubs booked their places in the May 29 final scheduled to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan. For Arsenal and Chelsea supporters, there are so many questions, chiefly why UEFA, European football's governing body, appears to have allocated less than 12,000 tickets to the two clubs for a match with 64,000 tickets on offer. Throw in the cost of flights from London to Baku, the price of accommodation and the length of the journey, and it's clear why fan groups and clubs are up in arms, not to mention the enormous carbon footprint that will be stamped all over the final. UEFA selected Baku as the venue for the final back in 2017 and a long way before anyone could have predicted two of English football's biggest teams would make the final -- but that has not stopped critics from questioning the decision. Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool coach, whose side will play Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid on June 1, told reporters Friday that the decision looked "irresponsible." "With Madrid it's unbelievably expensive, but it's not another part of the world at least," Klopp said. "Going to Baku for a Europa League final is really funny, I think. "The guys who make the decisions, I don't know what they have for breakfast. Last year we went to Kiev, which is a wonderful city, but that a Russian team or a team from that part of the world would be involved is not really likely. Then they had to prepare. "Now Madrid has to prepare for 200,000 English fans but it knew already that it could happen. Baku, I don't even know how to go there or if there is any regular flight. "These decisions, they must be much more sensible and reasonable. It looks irresponsible." Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp has criticized the pricing of tickets for the Champions League final. According to European football's governing body, UEFA's logistical planning for the Europa League final had estimated 15,000 spectators would be able to travel from abroad. "Offering more tickets to fans of the participating teams, without any guarantee that they would be able to arrange suitable travel to reach Baku, was therefore not a responsible option," said UEFA in a statement sent to CNN. "Based on these circumstances, for this year's UEFA Europa League final in Baku, 6,000 tickets have been made available to each of the finalists. UEFA remains in close contact with the finalists regarding the travel arrangements of their supporters and any other operational aspects with regards to the final." Ticket troubles As supporters of Chelsea and Arsenal began to soak up the success of their side's achievements, the bitter reality of missing out on being able to get a ticket for the final started to dawn on them. "We are in active discussions with UEFA for more tickets for our fans but this disappointing ticket allocation obviously presents us with extreme difficulties in how we allocate tickets to you, our loyal supporters," a statement on the Arsenal website read. "As many of you will be aware, we are proud to have approximately 45,000 season ticket holders and over 180,000 official members. "It is inevitable that with an allocation of just 6,000 tickets for the final, there will be thousands of fans who have supported the club for years and been part of our Europa League journey this season, who will be unable to attend this match." Chelsea, meanwhile, was given even fewer tickets -- a figure of 5,801 was quoted on the club's website, though it was not immediately clear if the club would be asking for more. According to UEFA, 37,500 tickets have been made available to football fans from across the world through a ballot on its website. Nonetheless there are just under 14,700 tickets, which UEFA says are allocated to the local organizing committee, national associations, commercial broadcasters, "and to serve the corporate hospitality program with competitive packages." 'Time to stop cashing in on fan loyalty' Criticism of UEFA's ticketing policy is not confined to the Europa League. Given the gross commercial revenue from the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League, the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League and the 2018 UEFA Super Cup is estimated at around $3.65 billion by European football's governing body, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur supporters groups say it's "time to stop cashing in on fan loyalty." Lucas Moura scored a hat-trick in Tottenham's 3-2 semifinal victory at Ajax. Ticket prices for the June 1 final n the Spanish capital published on the Liverpool website range from £513 ($668) down to the cheapest of £60 ($78), though only 20% of Liverpool's allocation includes the cheapest option. According to the two supporter groups, prices of flights have increased by an astonishing 840%. It also says that hotel rooms in Madrid are going for more than £1,000 ($1,300) a night and that there have been examples of "room bookings being canceled and resold at vastly inflated rates." Labeling the ticket prices as exorbitant, the statement added: "There needs to be transparency from UEFA and both clubs in how tickets are priced and allocated. "For many, the final is not a one-off event. It is the culmination of a season-long journey for fans, who have spent thousands of pounds already traveling to support their team, bringing the spectacle and atmosphere that is a key part of the game so prized by television. "<doc-sep>
The two London clubs have discovered their dismal ticket allocation for the showpiece at the 68,700 capacity Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan Arsenal and Chelsea will only receive approximately 6,000 tickets for the Europa League final in Baku’s Olympic Stadium on May 29. The arena in Azerbaijan, 2,850 miles from London, has an official capacity of 68,700. 2 Baku will host the Europa League final The Gunners have already insisted they are working with UEFA to gain a larger percentage of seats to add to the “disappointing ticket allocation”. “We are in active discussions with UEFA for more tickets for our fans but this disappointing ticket allocation obviously presents us with extreme difficulties in how we allocate tickets to you, our loyal supporters,” the club said in a statement. LATEST FOOTBALL NEWS GLORY Now Capoue and Foyth have shown Kane what can happen if you leave Tottenham NEWS Woeful De Gea stat, Solskjaer 'not at Man United's level', Rashford abused after final LIVE Transfer news: Poch Tottenham talks, £18m Leicester deal, Bayern sign English defender shameful Marcus Rashford receives 'over 70 racial slurs' and reveals teacher among abusers Finished Solskjaer ‘not Man United standard’ with Conte ideal replacement after final loss INQUIRY Questions will be asked of Solskjaer after 'master' Emery nullified Man United DRAMA Man United stunned by Villarreal as Solskjaer's search for silverware goes on shocker De Gea's commitment doubted as he concedes 36th straight pen and misses in EL final “It is inevitable that with an allocation of just 6,000 tickets for the final, there will be thousands of fans who have supported the club for years and been part of our Europa League journey this season, who will be unable to attend this match. This is a disappointing situation.” Chelsea said their official allocation was 5,801 tickets. They did not say whether they would be asking for more. talkSPORT host Alan Brazil has slammed UEFA over the ‘disgraceful’ allocation. getty 2 Both London clubs face a 2,850-mile trek to Azerbejian The Sports Breakfast host said: “It’s a long, long way to go. And then we’re hearing there’s less than 7,000 tickets for each team. I mean, come on!”Absolutely ridiculous. 6,000 tickets for each club for the Europa League final for each club. “What an absolute disgrace. What are UEFA thinking?” LIVE ON talkSPORT talkSPORT is your home of live football! Here's what's coming up on talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2... Tranmere vs Forest Green (Friday, 7:45pm) – talkSPORT 2 Aston Villa vs West Brom (Saturday, 12:30pm) – talkSPORT Derby vs Leeds United (Saturday, 5:15pm) – talkSPORT Sunderland vs Portsmouth (Saturday, 7:30pm) – talkSPORT 2 Doncaster vs Charlton (Sunday, 12:15pm) – talkSPORT 2 Tottenham vs Everton (Sunday, 3pm) – talkSPORT 2 Mansfield vs Newport (Sunday, 6pm) – talkSPORT 2 Football fans face a scramble for tickets for the Champions and Europa League finals after English teams completed a clean sweep of the continent’s top two competitions. Arsenal and Chelsea booked their places in the Europa League final on Thursday night following the thrilling progress of Liverpool and Tottenham into the Champions League showpiece. The Reds and Spurs have each been allocated 16,613 tickets for the Champions League final, which will take place at Atletico Madrid’s 67,800-capacity Wanda Metropolitano stadium on June 1.