Europa League: Dnipro - Napoli draws 5.9 million viewers in Italy on Canale 5 (22.5% audience share)

The FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - SSC Napoli (1-0) second leg semi-final match of the 2014-15 Europa League (the Ukrainian Dnipro club advanced 2-1 on aggregate), broadcast live in Italy on Canale 5, allowed the free-TV channel of the Mediaset group to garner 5.9 million viewers on average during the match (kickoff at 21:05 CET) on Thursday 14/05/2015.

This score represents an audience share of 22.51%, and allowed Canale 5 to achieve the best performance in the Italian television market for the entire day of 14/05/2015. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk are the second Ukrainian club to participate in a final of the Europa League, after Shakhtar Donetsk in 2008-09 (2-1 win against the German club SV Werder Bremen).

• The final of the 2014-15 Europa League places Sevilla FC (Liga BBVA Primera División, or "La Liga", the Spanish first division. 20 clubs. ) -- the defending cup champions and who have now reached the Europa League final for the fourth time since 2005-06 -- against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) at the Stadion Narodowy (National Stadium) in Warsaw (POL, UEFA Union of European…