ECL Final: West Ham get just 4,890 seat allocations

West Ham fans will be deeply disappointed by the 4,890 seats allocated to the team for the Europa Conference League final  and getting to Prague will be even more difficult now that travel prices have skyrocketed.

As the flagship event on June 7 takes place at the Eden Arena in Prague, the eyes of the world will be on the capital of Czechia.

But the stadium has a capacity of 19,370, less than a third the size of the London Stadium, West Ham’s home in Stratford.

UEFA initially reserved 8,500 tickets for the public and reserved 4,300 for sponsors and national associations. This means that each team receives only 4,890 tickets for the final.

For context, West Ham have sold 55,000 season tickets for the 2022-23 season, meaning fewer than one in 11 regular home fans will be able to legitimately buy a ticket to the Hammers section.

The 19,370-capacity Eden Arena will host the Europa Conference League final on June 7.

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Even Fiorentina’s Stadio Artemio Franchi holds 43,147, more than double the number in attendance that day.

Many fans are still expected to travel to Prague to soak up the atmosphere of the historic city, but there are fears that fans will be ripped off by secondary ticketing sites and scammers.

Even before West Ham’s place in the final was confirmed with a 1-0 victory over AZ Alkmaar, the Metropolitan Police and the FA raised concerns about public order, particularly regarding ticketless fans .

UEFA insisted they could not change venues as the game was given to Prague last year after a year-long bidding process. However, they accepted their mistake and vowed to put next year’s final in a stadium with a minimum capacity of 30,000.