Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Egypt
El Salvador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
Peru
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Scotland
Serbia
South Africa
Spain
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Wales

Europa Conference League: Feyenoord's Dessers finishes ahead of AS Roma's Abraham as top scorer

goal.com, 25 May 2022, 22:28
GOAL takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world The new £51-million arrival from Borussia Dortmund was at the Etihad Campus on Tuesday as he prepares to join the Premier League champions The Blaugrana president has discussed the possibility of bringing two club legends back to Camp Nou

Feyenoord forward Cyriel Dessers has finished as top scorer of the inaugural Uefa Europa Conference League.

The Nigeria international, whose team lost 1-0 to AS Roma in the final on Wednesday evening, scored 10 goals in 13 appearances.

Dessers began his goal haul in the Dutch side's 2-1 away triumph over German outfit Union Berlin in November 2021. He then followed it up with a brace against Slavia Prague.

The 27-year-old then found the net on three more occasions, before adding two more to his tally in the quarter-final tie against Peter Olayinka's Slavia Prague.

Against Olympique Marseille in the first leg semi-final, he was on song twice as the Rotterdam based outfit claimed a 3-2 home win.

Dessers was unable to find the net in the reverse fixture and could not beat goalkeeper Rui Patricio at the Arena Kombetare.

His inability to get a goal saw him fail to become the third Nigerian to score in the final of a European cup after Alex Iwobi and Joe Aribo.

AS Roma's Tammy Abraham finished the campaign as runner-up in the scoring chart following his nine goals in 14 appearances.

Nigeria's Yira Sor who represents Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt's Ola Solbakken and Feyenoord's Luis Sinisterra complete the top five with six goals each.

The average age of Feyenoord's starting XI in this match was 24 years and 176 days, the youngest in a major European final since Ajax in 2016-17 in the Europa League (22 years and 282 days).

Coincidentally, Ajax was also defeated by a Jose Mourinho coached side in that match (Manchester United).

Thanks to this triumph, Mourinho becomes the second manager to win five European titles after Giovanni Trapattoni, with the Portuguese now winning the Europa Conference League, the Champions League twice and also the Uefa Cup/Europa League twice.

"I've been at Roma for 11 months, I knew the moment I arrived what it meant to the people. They had been waiting for something like this," Mourinho told Sky Sports.

"This was not work tonight, this was history. We had to write history. We wrote it."

Europa Conference League 2021-22 top goalscorers
Read full version: https://www.goal.com/en/news/europa-conference-league-top-scorers-feyenoord-s-dessers/blt904e4b45eebd3cfe
  • Abraham
  • African All Stars
  • Borussia Dortmund
  • Cyriel Dessers
  • Europa FC
  • Feyenoord
  • Goals
  • La Liga
  • Marseille
  • Olympique Marseille
  • Peter Olayinka
  • Premier League
  • Roma
  • Roma v Feyenoord
  • Rui Patricio
  • Rumours
  • Serie A
  • Slavia Prague
  • UEFA
  • UEFA Europa Conference League
  • Union Berlin

Top News

23 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Hatayspor vs. Adana Demirspor (Monday, 5.00pm) The battle of the bottom feeders in the Turkish Super Lig unfolds on Monday as Hatayspor host Adana Demirspor at the Mersin Stadyumu. 23 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Benfica vs. Estoril (Monday, 6.45pm) Separated by 10 places in the Primeira Liga table before gameweek 15, second-placed Benfica are clear favourites to outdo Estoril Praia at Estadio da Luz on Monday. 23 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Fiorentina vs. Udinese (Monday, 5.30pm) After their incredible success streak was finally brought to an end last week, Fiorentina will aim to start another winning run on Monday, when they meet Udinese. 23 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Yemen and Saudi Arabia will celebrate Christmas Day by facing each other on matchday two of the Arabian Gulf Cup on Wednesday at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City. 23 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk First place in Group B of the Arabian Gulf Cup will be at stake on Wednesday as Bahrain and Iraq celebrate Christmas Day at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait. 23 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester United transfer target Randal Kolo Muani is very likely to leave Paris Saint-Germain in the January transfer window, according to reports. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester City have reportedly set their sights on West Ham United attacker Mohammed Kudus, with Pep Guardiola keen to strengthen his struggling squad. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester United are reportedly set to rival Arsenal for the signature of Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic in the summer of 2025. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk The final Premier League gameweek before Christmas appropriately served up some crackers, including a festive feast of goals in North London, where Liverpool ran riot in an exhilarating 6-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur. 22 December 2024 talksport.com Even when the pulse settled a little after this compellingspectacle it was still difficult to know quite where to start todissect this nine-goal thriller. 22 December 2024 talksport.com Ange Postecoglou cut an irritated figure as he claimed he's going to stop answering questions about Tottenham's tactics. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Tottenham Hotspur have supposedly expressed an interest in signing Borussia Dortmund attacker Julian Brandt next month. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Liverpool's Mohamed Salah refused to give anything away when asked whether he could break Ian Rush's all-time goalscoring record after the Reds' remarkable 6-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Liverpool's astonishing 6-3 Premier League win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday evening saw a multitude of records and achievements surpassed, as the Reds moved four points clear at the top of the table. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Al-Ahli have reportedly emerged as the favourites to sign Marcus Rashford, with the Manchester United attacker widely expected to be on the move during the January transfer window. 22 December 2024 talksport.com Everton have become surprise leaders in one statistic across Europe thanks to their draw at home to Chelsea. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Liverpool will spend Christmas Day four points clear at the top of the Premier League table thanks to a breathtaking 6-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur in North London. 22 December 2024 talksport.com Kylian Mbappe struck a landmark effort to put himself firmly among Real Madrid's elite. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has insisted that he is "absolutely happy" with his side's goalless draw at Everton on Sunday. 22 December 2024 talksport.com If you thought Mohamed Salah couldn't set yet another record, think again. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk For a second time in successive Gulf Cup competitions, The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait will meet in the group stage, with this upcoming game taking place on Tuesday at Jaber Al-Amad International Stadium in Kuwait City. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Bayer Leverkusen defender Jeremie Frimpong is supposedly not a 'concrete target' for Liverpool amid speculation over Trent Alexander-Arnold's future. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Real Madrid moved into second spot in the La Liga table courtesy of a 4-2 success over Sevilla in Sunday afternoon's contest at Bernabeu, with Los Blancos ending 2024 on a high note. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Oman and Qatar will compete in the Gulf Cup for the first time in over a decade on Tuesday at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, each seeking their first victory in this edition of the tournament. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Barcelona have reportedly received offers from three clubs for defender Eric Garcia, but the player is pushing against a move away from Catalonia during the January transfer window. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester United have broken two unwanted club Premier League records in their humiliating 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk New Wolverhampton Wanderers' boss Vitor Pereira earned three points when his side comfortably beat Ruud van Nistelrooy's Leicester City 3-0 away from home on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League. 22 December 2024 talksport.com Aaron Ramsdale was spotted wearing a modified goalkeeper glove in Southampton's Premier League clash at Fulham. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Chelsea squandered the chance to go top of the Premier League table for a couple of hours as Everton held the Blues to a goalless stalemate at Goodison Park. 22 December 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Djed Spence has been named in the Tottenham Hotspur starting XI for their Premier League clash with Liverpool, while Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo get the nod up front for the visitors.