List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals explained

Founded:1971
Region:UEFA (Europe)
Number Of Teams:36 (league stage)
2 (finalists)
Most Successful Club: Sevilla
(7 titles)
Current:2024 UEFA Europa League final

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 Atalanta, who defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 in the 2024 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]

List of finals

Key
Match won after extra time
Match won after a penalty shoot-out
§Match won by a golden goal
Team won on away goals
UEFA Cup and Europa League finals[7]
scope=colSeasonscope=colCountryscope=colWinnersscope=colScorescope=colRunners-upscope=colCountryscope=colVenuescope=colAttendance
Two-legged format
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1971–72Tottenham Hotspur2–1Wolverhampton WanderersMolineux, Wolverhampton, England45,000
1–1White Hart Lane, London, England54,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1972–73Liverpool3–0Borussia MönchengladbachAnfield, Liverpool, England41,169
0–2Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany35,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1973–74Feyenoord2–2Tottenham HotspurWhite Hart Lane, London, England46,281
2–0De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands59,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1974–75Borussia Mönchengladbach0–0TwenteRheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany42,000
5–1Diekman Stadion, Enschede, Netherlands21,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1975–76Liverpool3–2Club BruggeAnfield, Liverpool, England56,000
1–1Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium32,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1976–77bgcolor=lavender rowspan=2Juventus1–0Athletic BilbaoStadio Comunale, Turin, Italy75,000
1–2San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain43,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1977–78PSV Eindhoven0–0BastiaStade Armand Cesari, Bastia, France15,000
3–0Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands27,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1978–79Borussia Mönchengladbach1–1Red Star BelgradeStadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia87,000
1–0Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany45,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1979–80bgcolor=lavender rowspan=2Eintracht Frankfurt2–3Borussia MönchengladbachBökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany25,000
1–0Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany59,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1980–81Ipswich Town3–0AZPortman Road, Ipswich, England27,532
2–4Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands28,500
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1981–82IFK Göteborg1–0Hamburger SVNya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden42,548
3–0Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany60,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1982–83Anderlecht1–0BenficaHeysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium55,000
1–1Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal80,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1983–84Tottenham Hotspur1–1AnderlechtConstant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium40,000
bgcolor=cedff2 align=center1–1White Hart Lane, London, England46,205
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1984–85Real Madrid3–0VideotonSóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár, Hungary30,000
0–1Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain90,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1985–86Real Madrid5–11. FC KölnSantiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain85,000
0–2Olympiastadion, Berlin, West Germany15,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1986–87IFK Göteborg1–0Dundee UnitedNya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden50,023
1–1Tannadice Park, Dundee, Scotland20,911
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1987–88Bayer Leverkusen0–3EspanyolEstadi de Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain42,000
bgcolor=cedff2 align=center3–0Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, West Germany22,000
scope= row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1988–89Napoli2–1VfB StuttgartStadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy83,000
3–3Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany67,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1989–90Juventus3–1FiorentinaStadio Comunale, Turin, Italy45,000
0–0Stadio Partenio, Avellino, Italy32,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1990–91Inter Milan2–0RomaSan Siro, Milan, Italy68,887
0–1Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy70,901
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1991–92bgcolor=lavender rowspan=2Ajax2–2TorinoStadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy65,377
0–0Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands42,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1992–93Juventus3–1Borussia DortmundWestfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany37,000
3–0Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy62,781
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1993–94Inter Milan1–0Austria SalzburgErnst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria47,500
1–0San Siro, Milan, Italy80,326
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1994–95Parma1–0JuventusStadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy22,062
1–1San Siro, Milan, Italy80,754
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1995–96Bayern Munich2–0BordeauxOlympiastadion, Munich, Germany62,000
3–1Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France36,000
scope=row rowspan=2 style=text-align:center1996–97Schalke 041–0Inter MilanParkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany56,000
bgcolor=cedff2 align=center0–1San Siro, Milan, Italy83,000
Single match format
1997–98Inter Milan3–0LazioParc des Princes, Paris, France44,412
1998–99Parma3–0MarseilleLuzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia61,000
1999–2000align=center bgcolor=cedff20–0Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark38,919
2000–01Liverpoolbgcolor=ccf7b5 align=center5–4§Deportivo AlavésWestfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany48,050
2001–023–2De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands45,611
2002–03Portobgcolor=FBCEB1 align=center3–2Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain52,972
2003–04Valencia2–0Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden39,000
2004–053–1Sporting CPEstádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal47,085
2005–06Sevilla4–0MiddlesbroughPSV Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands33,100
2006–07Sevillaalign=center bgcolor=cedff22–2EspanyolHampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland47,602
2007–08Zenit Saint Petersburg2–0City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England43,878
2008–09bgcolor=FBCEB1 align=center2–1Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey37,357
2009–10bgcolor=FBCEB1 align=center2–1FulhamVolksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany49,000
2010–11Porto1–0Lansdowne Road Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland45,391
2011–12Atlético Madrid3–0Athletic BilbaoArena Națională, Bucharest, Romania52,347
2012–132–1Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands46,163
2013–14Sevillaalign=center bgcolor=cedff20–0Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy33,120
2014–15Sevilla3–2National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland45,000
2015–163–1LiverpoolSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland34,429
2016–17Manchester United2–0Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden46,961
2017–183–0MarseilleParc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu, France55,768
2018–19Chelsea4–1ArsenalOlympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan51,370
2019–20Sevilla3–2Stadion Köln, Cologne, Germany0
2020–21Villarrealalign=center bgcolor=cedff21–1Stadion Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland9,412
2021–22Eintracht Frankfurtalign=center bgcolor=cedff21–1Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain38,842
2022–23align=center bgcolor=cedff21–1RomaPuskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary61,476
2023–24Atalanta3–0Bayer LeverkusenDublin Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland47,135
Upcoming finals
SeasonCountryFinalistMatchFinalistCountryVenue
2024–25vSan Mamés, Bilbao, Spain
2025–26vBeşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
2026–27vWaldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Performances

By nation

Nation!scope=col
Winnersscope=colRunners-upscope=colTotal
scope=row14519
scope=row10818
scope=row9817
scope=row7916
scope=row437
scope=row257
scope=row202
scope=row202
scope=row123
scope=row112
scope=row101
scope=row055
scope=row044
scope=row011
scope=row011
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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UEFA Cup/Europa League . . 1 June 2023.
  2. Web site: 1997/98 season history . 31 May 2008 . UEFA . 13 May 2020 . 2 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201202031151/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/seasons/1997/ . live .
  3. Web site: Spurs keep Wolves at bay . UEFA . 2 January 2006 . 29 June 2008 . 20 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320051306/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.html . live .
  4. Web site: Europa League kings Sevilla beat Roma on penalties to win seventh crown . Reuters . 1 June 2023 . en . 1 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Shakhtar Donetsk claim Uefa Cup final glory over Werder Bremen. 21 May 2009. The Guardian. 11 August 2009.
  6. Web site: UEFA Cup: All-time finals . 30 June 2005 . 15 March 2008 . UEFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20080309094213/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D2571.html . 9 March 2008.
  7. Web site: UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook . UEFA . 10 November 2022 . PDF . See also Web site: 2022–23 Season Update .

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