All you need to know about the Europa League final

[BBC] Freiburg will face Aston Villa in this season's Europa League final following semi-final wins over Braga and Nottingham Forest respectively. The final between the sides from Germany and England will take place on Wednesday, 20 May in Istanbul, Turkey, kicking off at 20:00 BST. It is Villa's first major European final since winning the European Cup in 1982, while Freiburg have never been in a major continental showpiece of any kind before.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of the final. How can you get tickets? Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is chasing what would be a record-extending fifth Europa League title [Getty Images] Aston Villa did not waste any time in getting their allocation of tickets on sale for the match.

In fact, the sale process will be completed on Wednesday. But most Villans hoping to get hold of a ticket will be left disappointed, with an allocation of 10,758 seats - and that includes disabled and easy access areas, and some with a restricted view. That is less than a quarter of Villa Park's 42,640 capacity.

Season ticket holders who attended 12 or more Europa League matches - Villa have played 14 in total - got the first priority. To be in the second priority window, fans needed to have been to at least eight European games. Only these supporters were guaranteed a ticket and had to make their purchase by Tuesday.