UEFA Cup/Europa League


Introduced as successor of the Fairs Cup in 1971, basically entered by teams finishing on the places just below the champions (and possibly cup winners), though for some countries also the winners of so-called League Cups were allowed to enter. Allocation of number of places per country based on performances of teams from the country over five previous seasons; every country is guaranteed one entry, the best three countries entered up to four teams. (Nowadays, the strongest countries are guaranteed four entrants in the so-called Champions League, and obtain at most three places in this secondary tournament.)

Traditionally, the UEFA Cup was contested by 64 clubs, but partially due to the appearance of new countries on the map of Europe, UEFA increased the number of entrants, adding additional qualifying rounds. For more detailed information, check out Martin Protzen's FAQ.

Starting with the 2004/05 season, a group phase was included in the tournament. In 2009/10, the competition was renamed Europa League but apart from an extension of the group phase (from 40 to 48 clubs) there was no real change in the set-up of the tournament.


Palmares

UEFA Cup
1971/72 Tottenham Hotspur
1972/73 Liverpool
1973/74 Feyenoord
1974/75 Borussia Mönchengladbach
1975/76 Liverpool
1976/77 Juventus
1977/78 PSV
1978/79 Borussia Mönchengladbach
1979/80 Eintracht Frankfurt
1980/81 Ipswich Town
1981/82 IFK Göteborg
1982/83 Anderlecht
1983/84 Tottenham Hotspur
1984/85 Real Madrid
1985/86 Real Madrid
1986/87 IFK Göteborg
1987/88 Bayer Leverkusen
1988/89 Napoli
1989/90 Juventus
1990/91 Internazionale
1991/92 Ajax
1992/93 Juventus
1993/94 Internazionale
1994/95 Parma
1995/96 Bayern München
1996/97 Schalke 04
1997/98 Internazionale
1998/99 Parma
1999/00 Galatasaray 
2000/01 Liverpool
2001/02 Feyenoord
2002/03 Porto
2003/04 Valencia
2004/05 CSKA Moskva
2005/06 Sevilla
2006/07 Sevilla
2007/08 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg
2008/09 Shakhtar Donetsk  
Europa League
2009/10 Atlético Madrid
2010/11 Porto
2011/12 Atlético Madrid
2012/13 Chelsea
2013/14 Sevilla
2014/15 Sevilla
2015/16 Sevilla
2016/17 Manchester United
2017/18 Atlético Madrid
2018/19 Chelsea
2019/20 Sevilla
2020/21 Villarreal
2021/22 Eintracht Frankfurt
2022/23 Sevilla
2023/24 Atalanta

Clubwise list of winners

Sevilla                   7

Atlético Madrid           3
Internazionale            3
Juventus                  3
Liverpool                 3

Borussia Mönchengladbach  2
Chelsea                   2
Eintracht Frankfurt       2
Feyenoord                 2
IFK Göteborg              2
Parma                     2
Porto                     2
Real Madrid               2
Tottenham Hotspur         2

Ajax                      1
Anderlecht                1
Atalanta                  1
Bayer Leverkusen          1
Bayern München            1
CSKA Moskva               1
Galatasaray               1
Ipswich Town              1
Manchester United         1
Napoli                    1
PSV                       1
Schalke 04                1
Shakhtar Donetsk          1
Valencia                  1
Villarreal                1
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg     1

Countrywise list of winners

Spain                    14

Italy                    10

England                   9

Germany                   7

Netherlands               4

Portugal                  2
Russia                    2
Sweden                    2

Belgium                   1
Turkey                    1
Ukraine                   1

Finals

71/72   Wolverhampton Wand 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
        Tottenham Hotspur  1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
72/73   Liverpool          3-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
        Borussia MG        2-0 Liverpool
73/74   Tottenham Hotspur  2-2 Feyenoord
        Feyenoord          2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
74/75   Borussia MG        0-0 FC Twente
        FC Twente          1-5 Borussia Mönchengladbach
75/76   Liverpool          3-2 FC Brugge
        FC Brugge          1-1 Liverpool
76/77   Juventus           1-0 Athletic Bilbao
        Athletic Bilbao    2-1 Juventus
77/78   Bastia             0-0 PSV
        PSV                3-0 Bastia
78/79   Crvena zvezda      1-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
        Borussia MG        1-0 Crvena zvezda
79/80   Borussia MG        3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
        Eintracht Frankft. 1-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
80/81   Ipswich Town       3-0 AZ '67
        AZ '67             4-2 Ipswich Town
81/82   IFK Göteborg       1-0 Hamburger SV
        Hamburger SV       0-3 IFK Göteborg
82/83   Anderlecht         1-0 Benfica
        Benfica            1-1 Anderlecht
83/84   Anderlecht         1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
        Tottenham Hotspur  1-1 Anderlecht                  [aet, 4-3 pen]
84/85   Videoton           0-3 Real Madrid
        Real Madrid        0-1 Videoton
85/86   Real Madrid        5-1 1.FC Köln
        1.FC Köln          2-0 Real Madrid
86/87   IFK Göteborg       1-0 Dundee United
        Dundee United      1-1 IFK Göteborg
87/88   Español            3-0 Bayer Leverkusen
        Bayer Leverkusen   3-0 Español                     [aet, 3-2 pen]
88/89   Napoli             2-1 VfB Stuttgart
        VfB Stuttgart      3-3 Napoli
89/90   Juventus           3-1 Fiorentina
        Fiorentina         0-0 Juventus
90/91   Internazionale     2-0 Roma
        Roma               1-0 Internazionale
91/92   Torino             2-2 Ajax
        Ajax               0-0 Torino
92/93   Borussia Dortmund  1-3 Juventus
        Juventus           3-0 Borussia Dortmund
93/94   Austria Salzburg   0-1 Internazionale
        Internazionale     1-0 Austria Salzburg
94/95   Parma              1-0 Juventus
        Juventus           1-1 Parma
95/96   Bayern München     2-0 Girondins Bordeaux
        Girondins Bordeaux 1-3 Bayern München
96/97   Schalke '04        1-0 Internazionale
        Internazionale     1-0 Schalke '04                 [aet, 1-4 pen]
97/98   Internazionale     3-0 Lazio
98/99   Parma              3-0 Olympique Marseille
99/00   Galatasaray        0-0 Arsenal                     [aet, 4-1 pen]
00/01   Liverpool          5-4 Alavés                      [asdet]
01/02   Feyenoord          3-2 Borussia Dortmund
02/03   Porto              3-2 Celtic                      [aet]
03/04   Valencia           2-0 Olympique Marseille
04/05   CSKA Moskva        3-1 Sporting CP
05/06   Sevilla            4-0 Middlesbrough
06/07   Sevilla            2-2 Espanyol                    [aet, 3-1 pen]
07/08   Zenit              2-0 Rangers
08/09   Shakhtar Donetsk   2-1 Werder Bremen               [aet]
09/10   Atlético Madrid    2-1 Fulham                      [aet]
10/11   Porto              1-0 Braga
11/12   Atlético Madrid    3-0 Athletic Bilbao
12/13   Chelsea            2-1 Benfica  
13/14   Sevilla            0-0 Benfica                     [aet, 4-2 pen]
14/15   Sevilla            3-2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
15/16   Sevilla            3-1 Liverpool
16/17   Manchester United  2-0 Ajax
17/18   Atlético Madrid    3-0 Olympique Marseille
18/19   Chelsea            4-1 Arsenal
19/20   Sevilla            3-2 Internazionale
20/21   Villarreal         1-1 Manchester United           [aet, 11-10 pen]
21/22   Eintracht Frankft. 1-1 Rangers                     [aet, 5-4 pen]
22/23   Sevilla            1-1 Roma                        [aet, 4-1 pen]
23/24   Atalanta           3-0 Bayer Leverkusen

            win   fin
Spain       14     19
Italy       10     18
England      9     17
Germany      7     16
Netherlands  4      7
Portugal     2      7
Russia       2      2
Sweden       2      2
Belgium      1      3
Ukraine      1      2
Turkey       1      1
France              5
Scotland            4
Austria             1
Hungary             1
Yugoslavia          1
            53    106


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