The UEFA Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup, is an association football competition established in 1971 by UEFA.[1] It is considered the second most important international competition for European clubs, after the UEFA Champions League. Clubs qualify for the Europa League based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium, but in 1998, Inter Milan defeated Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.[2]Tottenham Hotspur won the inaugural competition in 1972, defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate.[3] Ten finals have featured teams from the same national association: Italy (1990, 1991, 1995 and 1998), Spain (2007 and 2012), England (1972 and 2019), Germany (1980) and Portugal (2011).
Sevilla holds the record for the most victories, having won the competition seven times since its inception.[4]Real Madrid (winners in 1985 and 1986) and Sevilla (winners in 2006 and 2007, and 2014, 2015 and 2016) are the only teams to have retained their title. The competition has been won fourteen times by teams from Spain, more than any other country.[1] The last champions before the UEFA Cup was renamed to UEFA Europa League were Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat Werder Bremen 2–1 after extra time in the 2009 final.[5] Benfica and Marseille have lost the most finals, with three losses in the competition. The current champions are Sevilla, who defeated Roma 4–1 on penalties in the 2023 final.
While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, UEFA does not recognise the Fairs Cup as one of its official club competitions, and therefore its records are not included in the list.[6]
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The UEFA Europa League formerly the UEFA Cup is an association football competition established in 1971 by UEFA 1 It is considered the second most important international competition for European clubs after the UEFA Champions League Clubs qualify for the Europa League based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions For the first 25 years of the competition the final was contested over two legs one at each participating club s stadium but in 1998 Inter Milan defeated Lazio in the competition s first single legged final held at a neutral venue the Parc des Princes in Paris 2 Tottenham Hotspur won the inaugural competition in 1972 defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 2 on aggregate 3 Ten finals have featured teams from the same national association Italy 1990 1991 1995 and 1998 Spain 2007 and 2012 England 1972 and 2019 Germany 1980 and Portugal 2011 List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finalsWilly van der Kuijlen lifting the UEFA Cup in 1978 following PSV Eindhoven s victory over Bastia Founded1971RegionUEFA Europe Number of teams32 group stage 2 finalists Current championsSevilla 7th title Most successful club s Sevilla 7 titles 2023 UEFA Europa League finalSevilla holds the record for the most victories having won the competition seven times since its inception 4 Real Madrid winners in 1985 and 1986 and Sevilla winners in 2006 and 2007 and 2014 2015 and 2016 are the only teams to have retained their title The competition has been won fourteen times by teams from Spain more than any other country 1 The last champions before the UEFA Cup was renamed to UEFA Europa League were Shakhtar Donetsk who beat Werder Bremen 2 1 after extra time in the 2009 final 5 Benfica and Marseille have lost the most finals with three losses in the competition The current champions are Sevilla who defeated Roma 4 1 on penalties in the 2023 final While the Inter Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the predecessor to the UEFA Cup UEFA does not recognise the Fairs Cup as one of its official club competitions and therefore its records are not included in the list 6 Contents 1 List of finals 2 Performances 2 1 By club 2 2 By nation 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksList of finals editKey Match won after extra time Match won after a penalty shoot out Match won by a golden goal Team won on away goalsThe Season column refers to the season during which the competition was held and links to the article about that season The two legged final matches are listed in the order they were played The UCL note by a team means that the team initially competed in the UEFA Champions League for that season since the 1999 2000 season The link in the Score column directs to the article about that season s final UEFA Cup and Europa League finals 1 7 Season Country Winners Score Runners up Country Venue AttendanceTwo legged format1971 72 nbsp England Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers nbsp England Molineux Wolverhampton England 45 0001 1 White Hart Lane London England 54 0001972 73 nbsp England Liverpool 3 0 Borussia Monchengladbach nbsp West Germany Anfield Liverpool England 41 1690 2 Bokelbergstadion Monchengladbach West Germany 35 0001973 74 nbsp Netherlands Feyenoord 2 2 Tottenham Hotspur nbsp England White Hart Lane London England 46 2812 0 De Kuip Rotterdam Netherlands 59 0001974 75 nbsp West Germany Borussia Monchengladbach 0 0 Twente nbsp Netherlands Rheinstadion Dusseldorf West Germany 42 0005 1 Diekman Stadion Enschede Netherlands 21 0001975 76 nbsp England Liverpool 3 2 Club Brugge nbsp Belgium Anfield Liverpool England 56 0001 1 Olympiastadion Bruges Belgium 32 0001976 77 nbsp Italy Juventus 1 0 Athletic Bilbao nbsp Spain Stadio Comunale Turin Italy 75 0001 2 San Mames Bilbao Spain 43 0001977 78 nbsp Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 0 Bastia nbsp France Stade Armand Cesari Bastia France 15 0003 0 Philips Stadion Eindhoven Netherlands 27 0001978 79 nbsp West Germany Borussia Monchengladbach 1 1 Red Star Belgrade nbsp Yugoslavia Stadion Crvena Zvezda Belgrade SFR Yugoslavia 87 0001 0 Rheinstadion Dusseldorf West Germany 45 0001979 80 nbsp West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2 3 Borussia Monchengladbach nbsp West Germany Bokelbergstadion Monchengladbach West Germany 25 0001 0 Waldstadion Frankfurt West Germany 59 0001980 81 nbsp England Ipswich Town 3 0 AZ nbsp Netherlands Portman Road Ipswich England 27 5322 4 Olympisch Stadion Amsterdam Netherlands 28 5001981 82 nbsp Sweden IFK Goteborg 1 0 Hamburger SV nbsp West Germany Nya Ullevi Gothenburg Sweden 42 5483 0 Volksparkstadion Hamburg West Germany 60 0001982 83 nbsp Belgium Anderlecht 1 0 Benfica nbsp Portugal Heysel Stadium Brussels Belgium 55 0001 1 Estadio da Luz Lisbon Portugal 80 0001983 84 nbsp England Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 Anderlecht nbsp Belgium Constant Vanden Stock Brussels Belgium 40 0001 1 a White Hart Lane London England 46 2051984 85 nbsp Spain Real Madrid 3 0 Videoton nbsp Hungary Sostoi Stadion Szekesfehervar Hungary 30 0000 1 Santiago Bernabeu Madrid Spain 90 0001985 86 nbsp Spain Real Madrid 5 1 1 FC Koln nbsp West Germany Santiago Bernabeu Madrid Spain 85 0000 2 Olympiastadion Berlin West Germany 15 0001986 87 nbsp Sweden IFK Goteborg 1 0 Dundee United nbsp Scotland Nya Ullevi Gothenburg Sweden 50 0231 1 Tannadice Park Dundee Scotland 20 9111987 88 nbsp West Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0 3 Espanyol nbsp Spain Estadi de Sarria Barcelona Spain 42 0003 0 b Ulrich Haberland Stadion Leverkusen West Germany 22 0001988 89 nbsp Italy Napoli 2 1 VfB Stuttgart nbsp West Germany Stadio San Paolo Naples Italy 83 0003 3 Neckarstadion Stuttgart West Germany 67 0001989 90 nbsp Italy Juventus 3 1 Fiorentina nbsp Italy Stadio Comunale Turin Italy 45 0000 0 Stadio Partenio Avellino Italy 32 0001990 91 nbsp Italy Inter Milan 2 0 Roma nbsp Italy San Siro Milan Italy 68 8870 1 Stadio Olimpico Rome Italy 70 9011991 92 nbsp Netherlands Ajax 2 2 Torino nbsp Italy Stadio delle Alpi Turin Italy 65 3770 0 Olympisch Stadion Amsterdam Netherlands 42 0001992 93 nbsp Italy Juventus 3 1 Borussia Dortmund nbsp Germany Westfalenstadion Dortmund Germany 37 0003 0 Stadio delle Alpi Turin Italy 62 7811993 94 nbsp Italy Inter Milan 1 0 Austria Salzburg nbsp Austria Ernst Happel Stadion Vienna Austria 47 5001 0 San Siro Milan Italy 80 3261994 95 nbsp Italy Parma 1 0 Juventus nbsp Italy Stadio Ennio Tardini Parma Italy 22 0621 1 San Siro Milan Italy 80 7541995 96 nbsp Germany Bayern Munich 2 0 Bordeaux nbsp France Olympiastadion Munich Germany 62 0003 1 Parc Lescure Bordeaux France 36 0001996 97 nbsp Germany Schalke 04 1 0 Inter Milan nbsp Italy Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen Germany 56 0000 1 c San Siro Milan Italy 83 000Single match format1997 98 nbsp Italy Inter Milan 3 0 Lazio nbsp Italy Parc des Princes Paris France 44 4121998 99 nbsp Italy Parma 3 0 Marseille nbsp France Luzhniki Stadium Moscow Russia 61 0001999 2000 nbsp Turkey Galatasaray UCL 0 0 d Arsenal UCL nbsp England Parken Stadium Copenhagen Denmark 38 9192000 01 nbsp England Liverpool 5 4 e Deportivo Alaves nbsp Spain Westfalenstadion Dortmund Germany 48 0502001 02 nbsp Netherlands Feyenoord UCL 3 2 Borussia Dortmund UCL nbsp Germany De Kuip Rotterdam Netherlands 45 6112002 03 nbsp Portugal Porto 3 2 f Celtic UCL nbsp Scotland Estadio Olimpico de Sevilla Seville Spain 52 9722003 04 nbsp Spain Valencia 2 0 Marseille UCL nbsp France Nya Ullevi Gothenburg Sweden 39 0002004 05 nbsp Russia CSKA Moscow UCL 3 1 Sporting CP nbsp Portugal Estadio Jose Alvalade Lisbon Portugal 47 0852005 06 nbsp Spain Sevilla 4 0 Middlesbrough nbsp England PSV Stadion Eindhoven Netherlands 33 1002006 07 nbsp Spain Sevilla 2 2 g Espanyol nbsp Spain Hampden Park Glasgow Scotland 47 6022007 08 nbsp Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 0 Rangers UCL nbsp Scotland City of Manchester Stadium Manchester England 43 8782008 09 nbsp Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk UCL 2 1 h Werder Bremen UCL nbsp Germany Sukru Saracoglu Stadium Istanbul Turkey 37 3572009 10 nbsp Spain Atletico Madrid UCL 2 1 i Fulham nbsp England Volksparkstadion Hamburg Germany 49 0002010 11 nbsp Portugal Porto 1 0 Braga UCL nbsp Portugal Lansdowne Road Stadium Dublin Ireland 45 3912011 12 nbsp Spain Atletico Madrid 3 0 Athletic Bilbao nbsp Spain Arena Națională Bucharest Romania 52 3472012 13 nbsp England Chelsea UCL 2 1 Benfica UCL nbsp Portugal Amsterdam Arena Amsterdam Netherlands 46 1632013 14 nbsp Spain Sevilla 0 0 j Benfica UCL nbsp Portugal Juventus Stadium Turin Italy 33 1202014 15 nbsp Spain Sevilla 3 2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UCL nbsp Ukraine Stadion Narodowy Warsaw Poland 45 0002015 16 nbsp Spain Sevilla UCL 3 1 Liverpool nbsp England St Jakob Park Basel Switzerland 34 4292016 17 nbsp England Manchester United 2 0 Ajax UCL nbsp Netherlands Friends Arena Solna Sweden 46 9612017 18 nbsp Spain Atletico Madrid UCL 3 0 Marseille nbsp France Parc Olympique Lyonnais Decines Charpieu France 55 7682018 19 nbsp England Chelsea 4 1 Arsenal nbsp England Olympic Stadium Baku Azerbaijan 51 3702019 20 nbsp Spain Sevilla 3 2 Inter Milan UCL nbsp Italy Stadion Koln Cologne Germany k 0 l 2020 21 nbsp Spain Villarreal 1 1 m Manchester United UCL nbsp England Stadion Gdansk Gdansk Poland 9 4122021 22 nbsp Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 n Rangers UCL nbsp Scotland Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Seville Spain 38 8422022 23 nbsp Spain Sevilla UCL 1 1 o Roma nbsp Italy Puskas Arena Budapest Hungary 61 476Upcoming finalsSeason Country Finalist Match Finalist Country Venue2023 24 v Dublin Arena Dublin Republic of Ireland2024 25 v San Mames Bilbao SpainPerformances editBy club edit Performance in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League by club Club Winners Runners up Years won Years runner up nbsp Sevilla 7 0 2006 2007 2014 2015 2016 2020 2023 nbsp Inter Milan 3 2 1991 1994 1998 1997 2020 nbsp Liverpool 3 1 1973 1976 2001 2016 nbsp Juventus 3 1 1977 1990 1993 1995 nbsp Atletico Madrid 3 0 2010 2012 2018 nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 2 2 1975 1979 1973 1980 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1972 1984 1974 nbsp Feyenoord 2 0 1974 2002 nbsp Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0 1980 2022 nbsp IFK Goteborg 2 0 1982 1987 nbsp Real Madrid 2 0 1985 1986 nbsp Parma 2 0 1995 1999 nbsp Porto 2 0 2003 2011 nbsp Chelsea 2 0 2013 2019 nbsp Anderlecht 1 1 1983 1984 nbsp Ajax 1 1 1992 2017 nbsp Manchester United 1 1 2017 2021 nbsp PSV Eindhoven 1 0 1978 nbsp Ipswich Town 1 0 1981 nbsp Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 1988 nbsp Napoli 1 0 1989 nbsp Bayern Munich 1 0 1996 nbsp Schalke 04 1 0 1997 nbsp Galatasaray 1 0 2000 nbsp Valencia 1 0 2004 nbsp CSKA Moscow 1 0 2005 nbsp Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 0 2008 nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk 1 0 2009 nbsp Villarreal 1 0 2021 nbsp Benfica 0 3 1983 2013 2014 nbsp Marseille 0 3 1999 2004 2018 nbsp Athletic Bilbao 0 2 1977 2012 nbsp Espanyol 0 2 1988 2007 nbsp Roma 0 2 1991 2023 nbsp Borussia Dortmund 0 2 1993 2002 nbsp Arsenal 0 2 2000 2019 nbsp Rangers 0 2 2008 2022 nbsp Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 1 1972 nbsp Twente 0 1 1975 nbsp Club Brugge 0 1 1976 nbsp Bastia 0 1 1978 nbsp Red Star Belgrade 0 1 1979 nbsp AZ 0 1 1981 nbsp Hamburger SV 0 1 1982 nbsp Fehervar 0 1 1985 nbsp 1 FC Koln 0 1 1986 nbsp Dundee United 0 1 1987 nbsp VfB Stuttgart 0 1 1989 nbsp Fiorentina 0 1 1990 nbsp Torino 0 1 1992 nbsp Austria Salzburg 0 1 1994 nbsp Bordeaux 0 1 1996 nbsp Lazio 0 1 1998 nbsp Alaves 0 1 2001 nbsp Celtic 0 1 2003 nbsp Sporting CP 0 1 2005 nbsp Middlesbrough 0 1 2006 nbsp Werder Bremen 0 1 2009 nbsp Fulham 0 1 2010 nbsp Braga 0 1 2011 nbsp Dnipro 0 1 2015By nation edit Performance in finals by nation Nation Winners Runners up Total nbsp Spain 14 5 19 nbsp England 9 8 17 nbsp Italy 9 8 17 nbsp Germany p 7 8 15 nbsp Netherlands 4 3 7 nbsp Portugal 2 5 7 nbsp Russia 2 0 2 nbsp Sweden 2 0 2 nbsp Belgium 1 2 3 nbsp Ukraine 1 1 2 nbsp Turkey 1 0 1 nbsp France 0 5 5 nbsp Scotland 0 4 4 nbsp Austria 0 1 1 nbsp Hungary 0 1 1 nbsp Yugoslavia 0 1 1See also editList of UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals List of UEFA Cup Winners Cup finals List of UEFA Super Cup matches List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winnersNotes edit The score was 1 1 after 90 minutes and extra time Tottenham Hotspur won the penalty shoot out 4 3 8 The score was 3 0 after 90 minutes and extra time Bayer Leverkusen won the penalty shoot out 3 2 9 The score was 0 1 after 90 minutes and extra time Schalke 04 won the penalty shoot out 4 1 10 The score was 0 0 after 90 minutes and extra time Galatasaray won the penalty shoot out 4 1 11 The score was 4 4 after 90 minutes Liverpool scored the golden goal in the 26th minute of extra time 12 The score was 2 2 after 90 minutes 13 The score was 2 2 after 90 minutes and extra time Sevilla won the penalty shoot out 3 1 14 The score was 1 1 after 90 minutes 15 The score was 1 1 after 90 minutes 16 The score was 0 0 after 90 minutes and extra time Sevilla won the penalty shoot out 4 2 17 The match was originally planned to be held at the Stadion Gdansk in Gdansk Poland but was moved due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe The 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe 18 The score was 1 1 after 90 minutes and extra time Villarreal won the penalty shoot out 11 10 The score was 1 1 after 90 minutes and extra time Eintracht Frankfurt won the penalty shoot out 5 4 The score was 1 1 after 90 minutes and extra time Sevilla won the penalty shoot out 4 1 Includes clubs representing West Germany No clubs representing East Germany appeared in a final References edit a b c UEFA Cup Europa League RSSSF Retrieved 1 June 2023 1997 98 season history UEFA 31 May 2008 Archived from the original on 2 December 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2020 Spurs keep Wolves at bay UEFA 2 January 2006 Archived from the original on 20 March 2012 Retrieved 29 June 2008 Europa League kings Sevilla beat Roma on penalties to win seventh crown Reuters 1 June 2023 Retrieved 1 June 2023 Shakhtar Donetsk claim Uefa Cup final glory over Werder Bremen The Guardian 21 May 2009 Retrieved 11 August 2009 UEFA Cup All time finals UEFA 30 June 2005 Archived from the original on 9 March 2008 Retrieved 15 March 2008 UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook PDF UEFA Retrieved 10 November 2022 2022 23 Season Update 1983 84 Tottenham keep cool to dispatch Anderlecht UEFA 22 August 2020 Archived from the original on 26 November 2020 Retrieved 22 August 2020 1987 88 Leverkusen overturn 3 0 final deficit UEFA 22 August 2020 Archived from the original on 28 October 2020 Retrieved 22 August 2020 1996 97 Spot on Schalke hold off Inter UEFA 22 August 2020 Archived from the original on 3 December 2020 Retrieved 22 August 2020 1999 00 Galatasaray the pride of Turkey UEFA 1 June 2000 Archived from the original on 14 February 2012 Retrieved 1 March 2012 2000 01 Liverpool triumph after nine goal thriller UEFA 1 June 2001 Archived from the original on 7 June 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2020 2002 03 Mourinho s silver lining for Porto UEFA 1 June 2003 Archived from the original on 17 June 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2020 2006 07 Palop the hero UEFA 1 June 2007 Archived from the original on 26 May 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2020 2008 09 Last UEFA Cup brings Shakhtar first UEFA 1 June 2007 Archived from the original on 26 May 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2020 2009 10 Atletico end wait for European title UEFA 1 June 2007 Archived from the original on 26 May 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2020 2013 14 Spot on Sevilla show their mettle UEFA 1 June 2007 Archived from the original on 26 May 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2020 Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed UEFA com Union of European Football Associations 9 July 2020 Archived from the original on 9 August 2020 Retrieved 10 July 2020 External links editUEFA Europa League official history Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals amp oldid 1172040284, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,