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Calculated Shard: 198 (from laksa059)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa198.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League","crawl_time":1773769197,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,fandom!football,\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League s443","src_root_hash":"11439660390604180198","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"UEFA Europa League | Football Wiki | Fandom","meta_descriptions":["The UEFA Europa League, previously called the UEFA Cup, is an annual association football club competition organized by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions, often (with..."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"UEFA Europa League\nFounded\n1971 (2009 in its\ncurrent format)\nRegion\nEurope (\nUEFA\n)\nNumber of teams\n36 (league phase)\n58 (total)\nTournament information\nCurrent champions\nTottenham\n(3rd title)\nMost successful team(s)\nSevilla\n(7 titles)\nCurrent\nWebsite\nOfficial website\nThe\nUEFA Europa League\n, previously called the\nUEFA Cup\n, is an annual\nassociation football\nclub competition organized by\nUEFA\nsince 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions, often (with some exceptions) the clubs that finished just lower than the clubs that qualified for the more prestigious\nUEFA Champions League\nclub competition.\nPreviously called the\nUEFA Cup\n, the competition has been known as the\nUEFA Europa League\nsince the\n2009–10 season\n,following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a rebranding.\nIn\n1999\n, the\nUEFA Cup Winners' Cup\nwas abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004–05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the\nUEFA Intertoto Cup\n, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The league format will replace the group stage format, starting from 2024. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the\nUEFA Super Cup\nto play against the winner of the\nUEFA Champions League\n.\nThe title has been won by 30 different clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once.\nSevilla\nis the most successful team, having won seven titles, including three consecutive titles from\n2014\nto\n2016\n.\nHistory\n[\n]\nThe UEFA Cup was preceded by the\nInter-Cities Fairs Cup\n, which was a European\nfootball\ncompetition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup (\n1955–58\n) to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in\n1970–71\n. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by\nUEFA\nand relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup.\nThe UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of\nWolverhampton Wanderers\nversus\nTottenham Hotspur\n, with Spurs taking the first honors. The Second all-English final was the\nChelsea F.C.\n-\nArsenal\nwith Chelsea defeating Arsenal 4-2. The title was retained by another English club,\nLiverpool\nin 1973, beating\nBorussia Mönchengladbach\nin the final. Borussia would win the competition in 1975 and 1979, and reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool won the competition for the second time in 1976, beating\nClub Brugge\nin the final.\nDuring the 1980s,\nIFK Göteborg\n(1982 and 1987) and\nReal Madrid\n(1985 and 1986) won the competition twice each, with\nAnderlecht\nreaching two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. 1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs' domination, when Maradona's\nNapoli\nbeat\nStuttgart\n. The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992,\nTorino\nlost the final to\nAjax\non the\naway goals rule\n.\nJuventus\nwon the competition for a third time in 1993 and\nInternazionale\nkept the cup in Italy the following year. 1995 saw a third all-Italian final, with\nParma\nproving their consistency, after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. The only final with no Italians during that decade was in 1996. Internazionale reached the final the following two years, losing in 1997 to\nSchalke\non penalties, and winning yet another all-Italian final in 1998, taking home the cup for the third time in only eight years. Parma won the cup in 1999, which ended the Italian club era.\nLiverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and\nPorto\ntriumphed in the 2003 and 2011 tournaments, with the latter against fellow Portuguese team\nBraga\n. In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with\nValencia\nbeing victorious, and then\nSevilla\nsucceeded on two consecutive occasions in 2006 and 2007, the latter in a final against fellow Spaniards\nEspanyol\n. Either side of Sevilla's success, two Russian teams,\nCSKA Moscow\nin 2005 and\nZenit Saint Petersburg\nin 2008, had their glory and yet another former Soviet club, Ukraine's\nShakhtar Donetsk\n, won in 2009.\nAtlético Madrid\nwould themselves win twice in three seasons, in 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final. In 2013,\nChelsea\nwould become the first Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup\/Europa League the following year. In 2014\nSevilla\nwins their third cup in eight years after beating\nBenfica\non penalties, thus becoming Spain's sixth cup from 2004 to 2014.\nThe competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues, but the competition was merged with UEFA's previous second-tier European competition, the\nUEFA Cup Winners' Cup\n, in 1999. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three\nFair Play\nrepresentatives and winners of some selected domestic\nLeague Cup\ncompetitions.\nThe winners keep the trophy for a year before returning it to UEFA. After its return, the club can keep a four-fifths scale replica of the original trophy.\nFour teams have won the UEFA Cup as well as their domestic league and cup competitions in the same season, those being\nIFK Göteborg\nin\n1982\n,\nGalatasaray\nin\n2000\n,\nFC Porto\nin\n2003\nand\n2011\n, and\nCSKA Moscow\nin\n2005\n. This accomplishment is known as a\ntreble\nthat only Galatasaray completed with the\nEuropean Super Cup\n. Additionally, Tottenham Hotspur,\nBorussia Mönchengladbach\n,\nIFK Göteborg\n(twice),\nAFC Ajax\n, Galatasaray, and\nFeyenoord\nare the only teams to have won the cup without suffering a single loss in their campaign.\nRCD Espanyol\nis the single runner-up without a defeat. IFK Göteborg played 25 consecutive matches in the UEFA Cup between 1980 and 1987 without a single loss, including their 1981–82 and 1986–87 winning campaigns.\nSince the 2009–10 season, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League. At the same time, the\nUEFA Intertoto Cup\n, UEFA's third-tier competition, was discontinued and merged into the new Europa League.\nTrophy\n[\n]\nThe UEFA Cup, also known as the Coupe UEFA, is the\ntrophy\nawarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Europa League. Before the\n2009–10 season\n, both the competition and the trophy were known as 'the UEFA Cup'.\nBefore the competition was renamed the UEFA Europa League in the\n2009–10 season\n, the UEFA regulations stated that a club could keep the original trophy upon their third consecutive win or fifth win overall.However under the new regulations the trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to each winner of the competition. Also a club that wins three consecutive times or five times overall will receive a 'special mark of recognition'.\nThe trophy was designed and crafted by\nBertoni\nfor the\n1972 UEFA Cup Final\n. It weighs 15 kg and is silver on a yellow marble plinth.\nAnthem\n[\n]\nThe competition's anthem was composed by\nYohann Zveig\nand recorded by the\nParis Opera\nin early 2009. The theme for the re-branded UEFA Cup competition was first officially unveiled at the\nGrimaldi Forum\non 28 August 2009 before the\n2009–10 season group stage\ndraw. The anthem is to be played before every Europa League game at a stadium hosting such an event and also before every television broadcast of a Europa League game as a musical element of the competition's opening sequence.A new anthem was composed by Michael Kadelbach and recorded in Berlin and was launched as part of the competition's rebranding at the start of the\n2015–16 season\n.\nA new anthem created by MassiveMusic was composed for the start of the\n2018–19 season\n. It also can be heard at the start of\nUEFA Conference League\nmatches.\nFormat\n[\n]\nQualification\n[\n]\nQualification for the competition is based on\nUEFA coefficients\n, with better entrance rounds being offered to the more successful nations. In practice, each association has a standard number of three berths, excluding:\nNations ranked 7 to 9, which have four berths\nNations ranked 52 and 53 (\nAndorra\nand\nSan Marino\nin the 2013–14 season), which have two berths\nThe nation ranked 54 (\nGibraltar\nin the 2014-15 season) which has one berth.\nLiechtenstein\n, which qualifies only the Cup Winners\nUsually, places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions but the only countries which currently grant a UEFA Europa League place to their secondary cup winners are\nEngland\nand\nFrance\n.\nIf the previous UEFA Europa League title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League) by virtue of their domestic form, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Europa League competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association.\nA team may qualify for European competitions through more than one route. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the\nUEFA Champions League\nthen the Champions League place takes precedence and the club does not enter the UEFA Europa League. The UEFA Europa League place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the \"spare\" UEFA Europa League place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association.\nThree more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in\nUEFA's Fair Play table\n. The top three federations automatically receive a Fair Play entry if their rating is at least 8.0. The berth goes to the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe.\nMore recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League, at different stages (see below).\nBackground\n[\n]\nUEFA coefficients\nwere introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they gave a greater number of berths in UEFA Cup to the more successful nations. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations only one place. Since 1999, a similar system has been used for the\nUEFA Champions League\n. Before 1980, the entrance criteria of the last\nFairs Cup\nwas used.\nHistorical formats\n[\n]\nThe competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the\n1997–98 season\n, the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged.\nBefore the\n2004–05 season\n, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the\nChampions League\nentered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group phase of the Champions League.\nFrom the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower entered the first qualifying round with those from associations ranked 9–18 joining them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the\nUEFA Fair Play ranking\nwinners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the\nUEFA Intertoto Cup\nwinners.\nWinners of the qualifying rounds then joined teams from the associations ranked 1–13 in the first round proper. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the\nUEFA Champions League\nvia their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round.\nAfter the first knockout round, the 40 survivors entered a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase was played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. From then on a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a single-legged final, traditionally held on the Wednesday in May immediately preceding the Champions League final.\nFrom the\n2009–10 season\n, the competition has been rebranded as the\nUEFA Europa League\nin a bid to increase the competition's profile. As well as changing the competition's name, an extra 16 teams now qualify for the main stages of the competition, with the group stage now consisting of 12 groups of four teams (in a double round robin), with the top two placed teams in each group progressing. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's\nCategory Four stadium criteria\n. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final.\nQualification has also changed significantly. Associations ranked 7–9 in the\nUEFA coefficients\nwill send the Cup winner and three other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations send a Cup winner and two other teams, except Andorra and San Marino, who will send only a Cup winner and a runner-up, and Liechtenstein, who will send only a Cup winner. Since Gibraltar was accepted as a full UEFA member at the UEFA congress held in London on 24 May 2013, their Cup winner will also be sent from the 2014-15 season onwards. Usually, the other teams will be the next highest ranked clubs in each domestic league after those qualifying for the\nUEFA Champions League\n, however France and England will continue to use one spot for their League Cup winner. Additionally, three places in the first of four qualifying rounds are still reserved for\nFair Play winners\n. For the inaugural\n2009–10 season\nthese places went to\nRosenborg\nof Norway,\nRanders\nof Denmark and\nMotherwell\nof Scotland. With the scrapping of the\nIntertoto Cup\nthere will no longer be spaces reserved in the qualifying rounds for teams qualifying through that route. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification, however every team except the title holder and the highest ranked team (usually the cup winner) from the top six associations has to play at least one qualification round.\nApart from the teams mentioned, an additional 15 teams from the Champions League qualification round three will enter in the fourth and last UEFA Europa League qualification round, formerly known as the first round, and the 10 non-qualifiers of the Champions League qualification round 4 will directly enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage will advance to the first knock out round, together with eight 3rd placed teams from the Champions League group stage. The losing finalist for the domestic cup competition will still be entitled to be entered for the UEFA Europa League should the domestic cup winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League.\nCurrent format\n[\n]\nPreviously, the competition used grouping format, which was also used in other UEFA competitions, where 32 teams (48 teams before the introduction of\nUEFA Conference League\nin 2021) were drawn into groups of four, and teams would play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Starting from the\n2024–25 season\n, league format will be used instead of group stage, and there will be 36 teams that will participate in the competition. Teams that finish on 1st to 8th in the final league standings will qualify directly to the knockout rounds, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will advance to knockout round play-offs.\nThe competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with a play-off round of two-legged matches for knockout round, 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final.\nDistribution\n[\n]\nAs of the\n2024–25 season\n.\nTeams entering in this round\nTeams advancing from the previous round\nTeams transferred from Champions League\nFirst qualifying round\n(18 teams)\n18 domestic cup winners from associations 16–33\nSecond qualifying round\n(16 teams)\n6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12\n1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6\n9 winners from the first qualifying round\nThird qualifying round\nChampions\n(12 teams)\n12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for champions\nNon-champions\n(14 teams)\n3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15\n8 winners from second qualifying round for non-champions\n3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for non-champions\nPlay-off round\n(24 teams)\n5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12\n6 winners from third qualifying round for champions\n7 winners from third qualifying round for non-champions\n6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for champions\nLeague stage\n(36 teams)\nUEFA Conference League\ntitle holders\n7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7\n5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5\n12 winners from play-off round\n5 losers from Champions League play-off round for champions\n6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round and play-off round for non-champions\nReferees\n[\n]\nThe Europa League have implemented the extra officials rule since September 2009. Under the rule, there will be a total of six officials: the main referee, two assistant referees, fourth official of the sideline, and two extra assistants (one alongside each goal).\nPrize money\n[\n]\nSimilar to the\nUEFA Champions League\n, the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend of the value of their TV market.\nA group stage participation in the Europa League awards a base fee of €1.3 million. A victory in the group pays €200,000 and a draw €100,000. Also, each group winner earns €400,000 and each runner-up €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggers additional bonuses: €200,000 for the round of 32, €350,000 for the round of 16, €450,000 for the quarter-finals and €1 million for the semi-finals. The losing finalists receive €2.5 million and the champions get €5 million.\nFirst qualifying round: €120,000\nSecond qualifying round: €130,000\nThird qualifying round: €140,000\nPlay-off round elimination: €150,000\nBase fee for group stage: €1,300,000\nGroup match victory: €200,000\nGroup match draw: €100,000\nGroup winners: €400,000\nGroup runners-up: €200,000\nRound of 32: €200,000\nRound of 16: €350,000\nQuarter-finals: €450,000\nSemi-finals: €1,000,000\nLosing finalist: €2,500,000\nWinners: €5,000,000\n[\n]\nThe tournament's main sponsors for the 2024–27 cycle are:\nJust Eat Takeaway (with different regional variations)\nHankook\nEngelbert Strauss\nSwissquote\nDecathlon's Kipsta sub-brand is the official match ball supplier from the 2024–25 season onwards for a three-year period.\nIndividual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Europa League. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey (plus that of the manufacturer), and if clubs play a match in a country where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted (such as alcohol in the case of France), then they must remove that logo from their jerseys.\nRecords and statistics\n[\n]\nThe UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until\n1997\n. The first final was played on 3 May 1972 in Wolverhampton and 17 May 1972 in London. The first leg between\nWolverhampton Wanderers\nand\nTottenham Hotspur\nwas won 2–1 by the away side. The second leg finished as a 1–1 draw, meaning that Tottenham Hotspur became the first UEFA Cup winners.\nThe one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. A venue must meet or exceed UEFA Category three standards to host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions, the final was played at a finalist's home ground:\nFeyenoord\ndefeated\nBorussia Dortmund\nat\nDe Kuip\n, Rotterdam in\n2002\n, and\nSporting CP\nlost to\nCSKA Moscow\nat their own\nJosé Alvalade Stadium\n, Lisbon in\n2005\n.\nThe winner of the last UEFA Cup final (prior to the competition being rebranded as the UEFA Europa League) was\nShakhtar Donetsk\non 20 May 2009. The Ukrainian team beat\nWerder Bremen\nof Germany 2–1 at\nŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium\n, Istanbul,\nTurkey\n.\nThe first ever winner of the rebranded Europa League was\nAtlético Madrid\n, beating\nPremier League\nside\nFulham\n2–1 after extra time.\nWinners\n[\n]\nExternal links\n[\n]\nOfficial website\nUEFA website (archive)","attrs_markdown":"[Sign In](https:\/\/auth.fandom.com\/signin?source=mw&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Ffootball.fandom.com%2Fwiki%2FUEFA_Europa_League)\n\n[Register](https:\/\/auth.fandom.com\/register?source=mw&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Ffootball.fandom.com%2Fwiki%2FUEFA_Europa_League)\n\n[![Football Wiki](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/e\/e6\/Site-logo.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20210713142010)](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Football_Wiki)   [Football Wiki](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Football_Wiki)\n\n- Explore\n  - [Main Page](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Football_Wiki)\n  - [Discuss](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/f)\n  - 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Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions, often (with some exceptions) the clubs that finished just lower than the clubs that qualified for the more prestigious [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") club competition.\n\nPreviously called the *UEFA Cup*, the competition has been known as the *UEFA Europa League* since the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"),following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a rebranding.\n\nIn 1999, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup \"UEFA Cup Winners' Cup\") was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004–05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\"), producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The league format will replace the group stage format, starting from 2024. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the [UEFA Super Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Super_Cup \"UEFA Super Cup\") to play against the winner of the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\").\n\nThe title has been won by 30 different clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once. [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_FC \"Sevilla FC\") is the most successful team, having won seven titles, including three consecutive titles from [2014](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2014_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2014 UEFA Europa League Final\") to [2016](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2016_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2016 UEFA Europa League Final\").\n\n## Contents\n- [1 History](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#History)\n- [2 Trophy](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Trophy)\n- [3 Anthem](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Anthem)\n- [4 Format](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Format)\n  - [4\\.1 Qualification](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Qualification)\n  - [4\\.2 Background](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Background)\n  - [4\\.3 Historical formats](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Historical_formats)\n  - [4\\.4 Current format](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Current_format)\n  - [4\\.5 Distribution](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Distribution)\n- [5 Referees](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Referees)\n- [6 Prize money](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Prize_money)\n- [7 Sponsorship](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Sponsorship)\n- [8 Records and statistics](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Records_and_statistics)\n- [9 Winners](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#Winners)\n- [10 External links](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League#External_links)\n## History\\[ \\]\nThe UEFA Cup was preceded by the [Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup \"Inter-Cities Fairs Cup\"), which was a European [football](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Association_football \"Association football\") competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup (1955–58) to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in 1970–71. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by [UEFA](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA \"UEFA\") and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup.\n\nThe UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. \"Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.\") versus [Tottenham Hotspur](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. \"Tottenham Hotspur F.C.\"), with Spurs taking the first honors. The Second all-English final was the [Chelsea F.C.](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Chelsea_F.C. \"Chelsea F.C.\")\\-[Arsenal](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Arsenal \"Arsenal\") with Chelsea defeating Arsenal 4-2. The title was retained by another English club, [Liverpool](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Liverpool_F.C. \"Liverpool F.C.\") in 1973, beating [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach \"Borussia Mönchengladbach\") in the final. Borussia would win the competition in 1975 and 1979, and reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool won the competition for the second time in 1976, beating [Club Brugge](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Club_Brugge_KV \"Club Brugge KV\") in the final.\n\nDuring the 1980s, [IFK Göteborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg \"IFK Göteborg\") (1982 and 1987) and [Real Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Real_Madrid_C.F. \"Real Madrid C.F.\") (1985 and 1986) won the competition twice each, with [Anderlecht](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/R.S.C._Anderlecht \"R.S.C. Anderlecht\") reaching two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. 1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs' domination, when Maradona's [Napoli](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.S.C._Napoli \"S.S.C. Napoli\") beat [Stuttgart](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/VfB_Stuttgart \"VfB Stuttgart\"). The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992, [Torino](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Torino_FC \"Torino FC\") lost the final to [Ajax](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/AFC_Ajax \"AFC Ajax\") on the [away goals rule](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Away_goals_rule \"Away goals rule\"). [Juventus](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Juventus_FC \"Juventus FC\") won the competition for a third time in 1993 and [Internazionale](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/F.C._Internazionale_Milano \"F.C. Internazionale Milano\") kept the cup in Italy the following year. 1995 saw a third all-Italian final, with [Parma](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Parma_F.C. \"Parma F.C.\") proving their consistency, after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. The only final with no Italians during that decade was in 1996. Internazionale reached the final the following two years, losing in 1997 to [Schalke](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Schalke_04 \"FC Schalke 04\") on penalties, and winning yet another all-Italian final in 1998, taking home the cup for the third time in only eight years. Parma won the cup in 1999, which ended the Italian club era.\n\nLiverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and [Porto](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/F.C._Porto \"F.C. Porto\") triumphed in the 2003 and 2011 tournaments, with the latter against fellow Portuguese team [Braga](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.C._Braga \"S.C. Braga\"). In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with [Valencia](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Valencia_C.F. \"Valencia C.F.\") being victorious, and then [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_FC \"Sevilla FC\") succeeded on two consecutive occasions in 2006 and 2007, the latter in a final against fellow Spaniards [Espanyol](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/RCD_Espanyol \"RCD Espanyol\"). Either side of Sevilla's success, two Russian teams, [CSKA Moscow](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PFC_CSKA_Moscow \"PFC CSKA Moscow\") in 2005 and [Zenit Saint Petersburg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg \"FC Zenit Saint Petersburg\") in 2008, had their glory and yet another former Soviet club, Ukraine's [Shakhtar Donetsk](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Shakhtar_Donetsk \"Shakhtar Donetsk\"), won in 2009. [Atlético Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid \"Atlético Madrid\") would themselves win twice in three seasons, in 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final. In 2013, [Chelsea](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Chelsea_F.C. \"Chelsea F.C.\") would become the first Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup\/Europa League the following year. In 2014 [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_FC \"Sevilla FC\") wins their third cup in eight years after beating [Benfica](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.L._Benfica \"S.L. Benfica\") on penalties, thus becoming Spain's sixth cup from 2004 to 2014.\n\nThe competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues, but the competition was merged with UEFA's previous second-tier European competition, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup \"UEFA Cup Winners' Cup\"), in 1999. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three Fair Play representatives and winners of some selected domestic [League Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/League_Cup \"League Cup\") competitions.\n\nThe winners keep the trophy for a year before returning it to UEFA. After its return, the club can keep a four-fifths scale replica of the original trophy.\n\nFour teams have won the UEFA Cup as well as their domestic league and cup competitions in the same season, those being [IFK Göteborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg \"IFK Göteborg\") in 1982, [Galatasaray](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Galatasaray_S.K._\\(football_team\\) \"Galatasaray S.K. (football team)\") in 2000, [FC Porto](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/F.C._Porto \"F.C. Porto\") in 2003 and 2011, and [CSKA Moscow](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PFC_CSKA_Moscow \"PFC CSKA Moscow\") in 2005. This accomplishment is known as a treble that only Galatasaray completed with the [European Super Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Super_Cup \"UEFA Super Cup\"). Additionally, Tottenham Hotspur, [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach \"Borussia Mönchengladbach\"), [IFK Göteborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg \"IFK Göteborg\") (twice), [AFC Ajax](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/AFC_Ajax \"AFC Ajax\"), Galatasaray, and [Feyenoord](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feyenoord \"Feyenoord\") are the only teams to have won the cup without suffering a single loss in their campaign. [RCD Espanyol](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/RCD_Espanyol \"RCD Espanyol\") is the single runner-up without a defeat. IFK Göteborg played 25 consecutive matches in the UEFA Cup between 1980 and 1987 without a single loss, including their 1981–82 and 1986–87 winning campaigns.\n\nSince the 2009–10 season, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League. At the same time, the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\"), UEFA's third-tier competition, was discontinued and merged into the new Europa League.\n\n## Trophy\\[ \\]\nThe UEFA Cup, also known as the Coupe UEFA, is the trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Europa League. Before the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"), both the competition and the trophy were known as 'the UEFA Cup'.\n\nBefore the competition was renamed the UEFA Europa League in the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"), the UEFA regulations stated that a club could keep the original trophy upon their third consecutive win or fifth win overall.However under the new regulations the trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to each winner of the competition. Also a club that wins three consecutive times or five times overall will receive a 'special mark of recognition'.\n\nThe trophy was designed and crafted by Bertoni for the [1972 UEFA Cup Final](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1972_UEFA_Cup_Final \"1972 UEFA Cup Final\"). It weighs 15 kg and is silver on a yellow marble plinth.\n\n## Anthem\\[ \\]\nThe competition's anthem was composed by Yohann Zveig and recorded by the Paris Opera in early 2009. The theme for the re-branded UEFA Cup competition was first officially unveiled at the Grimaldi Forum on 28 August 2009 before the 2009–10 season group stage draw. The anthem is to be played before every Europa League game at a stadium hosting such an event and also before every television broadcast of a Europa League game as a musical element of the competition's opening sequence.A new anthem was composed by Michael Kadelbach and recorded in Berlin and was launched as part of the competition's rebranding at the start of the [2015–16 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League \"2015–16 UEFA Europa League\").\n\nA new anthem created by MassiveMusic was composed for the start of the [2018–19 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League \"2018–19 UEFA Europa League\"). It also can be heard at the start of [UEFA Conference League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Conference_League \"UEFA Conference League\") matches.\n\n## Format\\[ \\]\n### Qualification\\[ \\]\nSee also: [UEFA coefficient](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_coefficient \"UEFA coefficient\")\n\nQualification for the competition is based on [UEFA coefficients](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_coefficient \"UEFA coefficient\"), with better entrance rounds being offered to the more successful nations. In practice, each association has a standard number of three berths, excluding:\n\n- Nations ranked 7 to 9, which have four berths\n- Nations ranked 52 and 53 (Andorra and [San Marino](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/San_Marino_Football_Federation \"San Marino Football Federation\") in the 2013–14 season), which have two berths\n- The nation ranked 54 ([Gibraltar](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Gibraltar_Football_Association \"Gibraltar Football Association\") in the 2014-15 season) which has one berth.\n- [Liechtenstein](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Liechtenstein_Football_Association \"Liechtenstein Football Association\"), which qualifies only the Cup Winners\n\nUsually, places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions but the only countries which currently grant a UEFA Europa League place to their secondary cup winners are [England](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Football_League_Cup \"Football League Cup\") and [France](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Coupe_de_la_Ligue \"Coupe de la Ligue\").\n\nIf the previous UEFA Europa League title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League) by virtue of their domestic form, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Europa League competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association.\n\nA team may qualify for European competitions through more than one route. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") then the Champions League place takes precedence and the club does not enter the UEFA Europa League. The UEFA Europa League place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the \"spare\" UEFA Europa League place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association.\n\nThree more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table. The top three federations automatically receive a Fair Play entry if their rating is at least 8.0. The berth goes to the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe.\n\nMore recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League, at different stages (see below).\n\n### Background\\[ \\]\n[UEFA coefficients](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_coefficient \"UEFA coefficient\") were introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they gave a greater number of berths in UEFA Cup to the more successful nations. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations only one place. Since 1999, a similar system has been used for the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\"). Before 1980, the entrance criteria of the last Fairs Cup was used.\n\n### Historical formats\\[ \\]\nThe competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the [1997–98 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup \"1997–98 UEFA Cup\"), the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged.\n\nBefore the 2004–05 season, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the [Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group phase of the Champions League.\n\nFrom the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower entered the first qualifying round with those from associations ranked 9–18 joining them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\") winners.\n\nWinners of the qualifying rounds then joined teams from the associations ranked 1–13 in the first round proper. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") via their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round.\n\nAfter the first knockout round, the 40 survivors entered a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase was played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. From then on a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a single-legged final, traditionally held on the Wednesday in May immediately preceding the Champions League final.\n\nFrom the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"), the competition has been rebranded as the **UEFA Europa League** in a bid to increase the competition's profile. As well as changing the competition's name, an extra 16 teams now qualify for the main stages of the competition, with the group stage now consisting of 12 groups of four teams (in a double round robin), with the top two placed teams in each group progressing. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final.\n\nQualification has also changed significantly. Associations ranked 7–9 in the UEFA coefficients will send the Cup winner and three other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations send a Cup winner and two other teams, except Andorra and San Marino, who will send only a Cup winner and a runner-up, and Liechtenstein, who will send only a Cup winner. Since Gibraltar was accepted as a full UEFA member at the UEFA congress held in London on 24 May 2013, their Cup winner will also be sent from the 2014-15 season onwards. Usually, the other teams will be the next highest ranked clubs in each domestic league after those qualifying for the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\"), however France and England will continue to use one spot for their League Cup winner. Additionally, three places in the first of four qualifying rounds are still reserved for Fair Play winners. For the inaugural 2009–10 season these places went to [Rosenborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Rosenborg_BK \"Rosenborg BK\") of Norway, [Randers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Randers_FC \"Randers FC\") of Denmark and [Motherwell](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Motherwell_F.C. \"Motherwell F.C.\") of Scotland. With the scrapping of the [Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\") there will no longer be spaces reserved in the qualifying rounds for teams qualifying through that route. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification, however every team except the title holder and the highest ranked team (usually the cup winner) from the top six associations has to play at least one qualification round.\n\nApart from the teams mentioned, an additional 15 teams from the Champions League qualification round three will enter in the fourth and last UEFA Europa League qualification round, formerly known as the first round, and the 10 non-qualifiers of the Champions League qualification round 4 will directly enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage will advance to the first knock out round, together with eight 3rd placed teams from the Champions League group stage. The losing finalist for the domestic cup competition will still be entitled to be entered for the UEFA Europa League should the domestic cup winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League.\n\n### Current format\\[ \\]\nPreviously, the competition used grouping format, which was also used in other UEFA competitions, where 32 teams (48 teams before the introduction of [UEFA Conference League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Conference_League \"UEFA Conference League\") in 2021) were drawn into groups of four, and teams would play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Starting from the [2024–25 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League \"2024–25 UEFA Europa League\"), league format will be used instead of group stage, and there will be 36 teams that will participate in the competition. Teams that finish on 1st to 8th in the final league standings will qualify directly to the knockout rounds, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will advance to knockout round play-offs.\n\nThe competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with a play-off round of two-legged matches for knockout round, 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final.\n\n### Distribution\\[ \\]\n*As of the [2024–25 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League \"2024–25 UEFA Europa League\").*\n\n|   | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League |   |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| First qualifying round (18 teams) | 18 domestic cup winners from associations 16–33 |   |   |   |\n| Second qualifying round (16 teams) | 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6 | 9 winners from the first qualifying round |   |   |\n| Third qualifying round | Champions (12 teams) |   |   | 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for champions |\n| Non-champions (14 teams) | 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15 | 8 winners from second qualifying round for non-champions | 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for non-champions |   |\n| Play-off round (24 teams) | 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12 | 6 winners from third qualifying round for champions 7 winners from third qualifying round for non-champions | 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for champions |   |\n| League stage (36 teams) | [UEFA Conference League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Conference_League \"UEFA Conference League\") title holders 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5 | 12 winners from play-off round | 5 losers from Champions League play-off round for champions 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round and play-off round for non-champions |   |\n## Referees\\[ \\]\nThe Europa League have implemented the extra officials rule since September 2009. Under the rule, there will be a total of six officials: the main referee, two assistant referees, fourth official of the sideline, and two extra assistants (one alongside each goal).\n\n## Prize money\\[ \\]\nSimilar to the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\"), the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend of the value of their TV market. A group stage participation in the Europa League awards a base fee of €1.3 million. A victory in the group pays €200,000 and a draw €100,000. Also, each group winner earns €400,000 and each runner-up €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggers additional bonuses: €200,000 for the round of 32, €350,000 for the round of 16, €450,000 for the quarter-finals and €1 million for the semi-finals. The losing finalists receive €2.5 million and the champions get €5 million.\n\n- First qualifying round: €120,000\n- Second qualifying round: €130,000\n- Third qualifying round: €140,000\n- Play-off round elimination: €150,000\n- Base fee for group stage: €1,300,000\n- Group match victory: €200,000\n- Group match draw: €100,000\n- Group winners: €400,000\n- Group runners-up: €200,000\n- Round of 32: €200,000\n- Round of 16: €350,000\n- Quarter-finals: €450,000\n- Semi-finals: €1,000,000\n- Losing finalist: €2,500,000\n- Winners: €5,000,000\n## Sponsorship\\[ \\]\nThe tournament's main sponsors for the 2024–27 cycle are:\n\n- Just Eat Takeaway (with different regional variations)\n- Hankook\n- Engelbert Strauss\n- Swissquote\n\nDecathlon's Kipsta sub-brand is the official match ball supplier from the 2024–25 season onwards for a three-year period.\n\nIndividual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Europa League. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey (plus that of the manufacturer), and if clubs play a match in a country where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted (such as alcohol in the case of France), then they must remove that logo from their jerseys.\n\n## Records and statistics\\[ \\]\nThe UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until 1997. The first final was played on 3 May 1972 in Wolverhampton and 17 May 1972 in London. The first leg between [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. \"Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.\") and [Tottenham Hotspur](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. \"Tottenham Hotspur F.C.\") was won 2–1 by the away side. The second leg finished as a 1–1 draw, meaning that Tottenham Hotspur became the first UEFA Cup winners.\n\nThe one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. A venue must meet or exceed UEFA Category three standards to host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions, the final was played at a finalist's home ground: [Feyenoord](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feyenoord \"Feyenoord\") defeated [Borussia Dortmund](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_Dortmund \"Borussia Dortmund\") at [De Kuip](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feijenoord_Stadion \"Feijenoord Stadion\"), Rotterdam in [2002](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2002_UEFA_Cup_Final \"2002 UEFA Cup Final\"), and [Sporting CP](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sporting_Clube_de_Portugal \"Sporting Clube de Portugal\") lost to [CSKA Moscow](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PFC_CSKA_Moscow \"PFC CSKA Moscow\") at their own [José Alvalade Stadium](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Est%C3%A1dio_Jos%C3%A9_Alvalade \"Estádio José Alvalade\"), Lisbon in 2005.\n\nThe winner of the last UEFA Cup final (prior to the competition being rebranded as the UEFA Europa League) was [Shakhtar Donetsk](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk \"FC Shakhtar Donetsk\") on 20 May 2009. The Ukrainian team beat [Werder Bremen](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/SV_Werder_Bremen \"SV Werder Bremen\") of Germany 2–1 at [Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_Saraco%C4%9Flu_Stadium \"Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium\"), Istanbul, [Turkey](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Turkey \"Turkey\").\n\nThe first ever winner of the rebranded Europa League was [Atlético Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid \"Atlético Madrid\"), beating [Premier League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Premier_League \"Premier League\") side [Fulham](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Fulham_F.C. \"Fulham F.C.\") 2–1 after extra time.\n\n## Winners\\[ \\]\n| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_FC \"Sevilla FC\") | 7 | 0 | 2006, 2007, [2014](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League \"2013–14 UEFA Europa League\"), [2015](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Europa_League \"2014–15 UEFA Europa League\"), [2016](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League \"2015–16 UEFA Europa League\"), [2020](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Europa_League \"2019–20 UEFA Europa League\"), [2023](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League \"2022–23 UEFA Europa League\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Inter Milan](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Inter_Milan \"Inter Milan\") | 3 | 2 | 1991, 1994, [1998](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup \"1997–98 UEFA Cup\") | [1997](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup \"1996–97 UEFA Cup\"), [2020](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Europa_League \"2019–20 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Liverpool](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Liverpool_F.C. \"Liverpool F.C.\") | 3 | 1 | 1973, 1976, [2001](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2000%E2%80%9301_UEFA_Cup \"2000–01 UEFA Cup\") | [2016](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League \"2015–16 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Juventus](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Juventus_FC \"Juventus FC\") | 3 | 1 | 1977, 1990, 1993 | 1995 |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Tottenham Hotspur](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. \"Tottenham Hotspur F.C.\") | 3 | 1 | 1972, 1984, [2024–25](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League \"2024–25 UEFA Europa League\") | 1974 |\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Atlético Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid \"Atlético Madrid\") | 3 | 0 | [2010](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"), [2012](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Europa_League \"2011–12 UEFA Europa League\"), [2018](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Europa_League \"2017–18 UEFA Europa League\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach \"Borussia Mönchengladbach\") | 2 | 2 | 1975, 1979 | 1973, 1980 |\n| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/3\/32\/Netherlands.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191810 \"Flag of Netherlands\") [Feyenoord](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feyenoord \"Feyenoord\") | 2 | 0 | 1974, [2002](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2001%E2%80%9302_UEFA_Cup \"2001–02 UEFA Cup\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Sweden](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/1\/16\/Flag_of_Sweden_Good_one.jpg\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621132857 \"Flag of Sweden\") [IFK Göteborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg \"IFK Göteborg\") | 2 | 0 | 1982, 1987 | — |\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Real Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Real_Madrid_CF \"Real Madrid CF\") | 2 | 0 | 1985, 1986 | — |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Parma](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Parma_Calcio_1913 \"Parma Calcio 1913\") | 2 | 0 | 1995, [1999](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%9399_UEFA_Cup \"1998–99 UEFA Cup\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/1\/17\/Flag_of_Portugal.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130627171707 \"Flag of Portugal\") [Porto](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Porto \"FC Porto\") | 2 | 0 | 2003, [2011](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League \"2010–11 UEFA Europa League\") | — |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Chelsea](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Chelsea_F.C. \"Chelsea F.C.\") | 2 | 0 | [2013](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League \"2012–13 UEFA Europa League\"), [2019](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League \"2018–19 UEFA Europa League\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Eintracht Frankfurt](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Eintracht_Frankfurt \"Eintracht Frankfurt\") | 2 | 0 | 1980, [2022](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League \"2021–22 UEFA Europa League\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Belgium](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/3\/32\/Belgium.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627164202 \"Flag of Belgium\") [Anderlecht](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/R.S.C._Anderlecht \"R.S.C. Anderlecht\") | 1 | 1 | 1983 | 1984 |\n| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/3\/32\/Netherlands.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191810 \"Flag of Netherlands\") [Ajax](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/AFC_Ajax \"AFC Ajax\") | 1 | 1 | 1992 | [2017](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League \"2016–17 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Manchester United](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Manchester_United_F.C. \"Manchester United F.C.\") | 1 | 1 | [2017](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League \"2016–17 UEFA Europa League\") | [2021](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League \"2020–21 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Bayer Leverkusen](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bayer_04_Leverkusen \"Bayer 04 Leverkusen\") | 1 | 1 | 1988 | [2024](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2023%E2%80%9324_UEFA_Europa_League \"2023–24 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/3\/32\/Netherlands.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191810 \"Flag of Netherlands\") [PSV Eindhoven](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PSV_Eindhoven \"PSV Eindhoven\") | 1 | 0 | 1978 | — |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Ipswich Town](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ipswich_Town_F.C. \"Ipswich Town F.C.\") | 1 | 0 | [1981](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1980%E2%80%9381_UEFA_Cup \"1980–81 UEFA Cup\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Napoli](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.S.C._Napoli \"S.S.C. Napoli\") | 1 | 0 | 1989 | — |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Bayern Munich](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Bayern_Munich \"FC Bayern Munich\") | 1 | 0 | 1996 | — |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Schalke 04](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Schalke_04 \"FC Schalke 04\") | 1 | 0 | [1997](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup \"1996–97 UEFA Cup\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Turkey](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/8\/87\/Flag_of_Turkey.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130622200857 \"Flag of Turkey\") [Galatasaray](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Galatasaray_S.K. \"Galatasaray S.K.\") | 1 | 0 | [2000](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1999%E2%80%932000_UEFA_Cup \"1999–2000 UEFA Cup\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Valencia](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Valencia_CF \"Valencia CF\") | 1 | 0 | 2004 | — |\n| [![Flag of Russia](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/d\/d4\/Flag_of_Russia.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130807202803 \"Flag of Russia\") [CSKA Moscow](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PFC_CSKA_Moscow \"PFC CSKA Moscow\") | 1 | 0 | 2005 | — |\n| [![Flag of Russia](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/d\/d4\/Flag_of_Russia.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130807202803 \"Flag of Russia\") [Zenit Saint Petersburg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg \"FC Zenit Saint Petersburg\") | 1 | 0 | [2008](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Cup \"2007–08 UEFA Cup\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Ukraine](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/d\/d2\/Flag_of_Ukraine.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130622201020 \"Flag of Ukraine\") [Shakhtar Donetsk](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk \"FC Shakhtar Donetsk\") | 1 | 0 | 2009 | — |\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Villarreal](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Villarreal_CF \"Villarreal CF\") | 1 | 0 | [2021](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League \"2020–21 UEFA Europa League\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Atalanta](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Atalanta_BC \"Atalanta BC\") | 1 | 0 | [2024](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2023%E2%80%9324_UEFA_Europa_League \"2023–24 UEFA Europa League\") | — |\n| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/1\/17\/Flag_of_Portugal.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130627171707 \"Flag of Portugal\") [Benfica](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.L._Benfica \"S.L. Benfica\") | 0 | 3 | — | 1983, [2013](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League \"2012–13 UEFA Europa League\"), [2014](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League \"2013–14 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of France](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/6\/62\/Flag_of_France.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621122732 \"Flag of France\") [Marseille](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Olympique_de_Marseille \"Olympique de Marseille\") | 0 | 3 | — | [1999](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%9399_UEFA_Cup \"1998–99 UEFA Cup\"), 2004, [2018](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Europa_League \"2017–18 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Athletic Bilbao](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Athletic_Bilbao \"Athletic Bilbao\") | 0 | 2 | — | 1977, [2012](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Europa_League \"2011–12 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Espanyol](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/RCD_Espanyol \"RCD Espanyol\") | 0 | 2 | — | 1988, 2007 |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Borussia Dortmund](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_Dortmund \"Borussia Dortmund\") | 0 | 2 | — | 1993, [2002](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2001%E2%80%9302_UEFA_Cup \"2001–02 UEFA Cup\") |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Arsenal](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Arsenal_F.C. \"Arsenal F.C.\") | 0 | 2 | — | [2000](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1999%E2%80%932000_UEFA_Cup \"1999–2000 UEFA Cup\"), [2019](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League \"2018–19 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Scotland](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/27\/Scotland.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627152502 \"Flag of Scotland\") [Rangers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Rangers_F.C. \"Rangers F.C.\") | 0 | 2 | — | [2008](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Cup \"2007–08 UEFA Cup\"), [2022](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League \"2021–22 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Roma](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/AS_Roma \"AS Roma\") | 0 | 2 | — | 1991, [2023](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League \"2022–23 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. \"Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1972 |\n| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/3\/32\/Netherlands.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191810 \"Flag of Netherlands\") [Twente](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Twente \"FC Twente\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1975 |\n| [![Flag of Belgium](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/3\/32\/Belgium.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627164202 \"Flag of Belgium\") [Club Brugge](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Club_Brugge_KV \"Club Brugge KV\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1976 |\n| [![Flag of France](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/6\/62\/Flag_of_France.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621122732 \"Flag of France\") [Bastia](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/SC_Bastia \"SC Bastia\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1978 |\n| [![Flag of Serbia](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/94\/Flag_of_Serbia.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130623080939 \"Flag of Serbia\") [Red Star Belgrade](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Red_Star_Belgrade \"Red Star Belgrade\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1979 |\n| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/3\/32\/Netherlands.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191810 \"Flag of Netherlands\") [AZ](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/AZ_Alkmaar \"AZ Alkmaar\") | 0 | 1 | — | [1981](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1980%E2%80%9381_UEFA_Cup \"1980–81 UEFA Cup\") |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Hamburg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Hamburger_SV \"Hamburger SV\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1982 |\n| [![Flag of Hungary](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/0\/00\/Flag_of_Hungary.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130622204359 \"Flag of Hungary\") [Fehérvár](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_FC \"Fehérvár FC\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1985 |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Köln](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1._FC_K%C3%B6ln \"1. FC Köln\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1986 |\n| [![Flag of Scotland](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/27\/Scotland.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627152502 \"Flag of Scotland\") [Dundee United](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dundee_United_F.C. \"Dundee United F.C.\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1987 |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Stuttgart](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/VfB_Stuttgart \"VfB Stuttgart\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1989 |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Fiorentina](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/ACF_Fiorentina \"ACF Fiorentina\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1990 |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Torino](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Torino_FC \"Torino FC\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1992 |\n| [![Flag of Austria](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/7\/76\/Flag_of_Austria.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130623081438 \"Flag of Austria\") [Red Bull Salzburg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Red_Bull_Salzburg \"FC Red Bull Salzburg\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1994 |\n| [![Flag of France](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/6\/62\/Flag_of_France.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621122732 \"Flag of France\") [Bordeaux](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux \"FC Girondins de Bordeaux\") | 0 | 1 | — | 1996 |\n| [![Flag of Italy](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/b\/b2\/Flag_of_Italy.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621150718 \"Flag of Italy\") [Lazio](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/SS_Lazio \"SS Lazio\") | 0 | 1 | — | [1998](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup \"1997–98 UEFA Cup\") |\n| [![Flag of Spain](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Alavés](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Deportivo_Alav%C3%A9s \"Deportivo Alavés\") | 0 | 1 | — | [2001](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2000%E2%80%9301_UEFA_Cup \"2000–01 UEFA Cup\") |\n| [![Flag of Scotland](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/27\/Scotland.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627152502 \"Flag of Scotland\") [Celtic](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Celtic_F.C. \"Celtic F.C.\") | 0 | 1 | — | 2003 |\n| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/1\/17\/Flag_of_Portugal.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130627171707 \"Flag of Portugal\") [Sporting CP](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sporting_CP \"Sporting CP\") | 0 | 1 | — | 2005 |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Middlesbrough](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Middlesbrough_F.C. \"Middlesbrough F.C.\") | 0 | 1 | — | 2006 |\n| [![Flag of Germany](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/9\/9b\/Germany.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150805191750 \"Flag of Germany\") [Werder Bremen](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/SV_Werder_Bremen \"SV Werder Bremen\") | 0 | 1 | — | 2009 |\n| [![Flag of England](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Fulham](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Fulham_F.C. \"Fulham F.C.\") | 0 | 1 | — | [2010](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/1\/17\/Flag_of_Portugal.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130627171707 \"Flag of Portugal\") [Braga](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.C._Braga \"S.C. Braga\") | 0 | 1 | — | [2011](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League \"2010–11 UEFA Europa League\") |\n| [![Flag of Ukraine](data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/d\/d2\/Flag_of_Ukraine.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130622201020 \"Flag of Ukraine\") Dnipro | 0 | 1 | — | [2015](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Europa_League \"2014–15 UEFA Europa League\") |\n## External links\\[ \\]\n- [Official website](http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefaeuropaleague\/index.html)\n- [UEFA website (archive)](http:\/\/en.archive.uefa.com\/competitions\/uefacup\/history\/index.html)\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| **UEFA Cup and Europa League** |\n| **UEFA Cup seasons** |\n| [1996–97](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup \"1996–97 UEFA Cup\") · [1997–98](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup \"1997–98 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[2012–13](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League \"2012–13 UEFA Europa League\") · [2013–14](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League \"2013–14 UEFA Europa League\") · [2014–15](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Europa_League \"2014–15 UEFA Europa League\") · [2015–16](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League \"2015–16 UEFA Europa League\") · [2016–17](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League \"2016–17 UEFA Europa League\") · [2017–18](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Europa_League \"2017–18 UEFA Europa League\") · [2018–19](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League \"2018–19 UEFA Europa League\") · [2019–20](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Europa_League \"2019–20 UEFA Europa League\") · [2020–21](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League \"2020–21 UEFA Europa League\") · [2021–22](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League \"2021–22 UEFA Europa League\") · [2022–23](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League \"2022–23 UEFA Europa League\") · [2023–24](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2023%E2%80%9324_UEFA_Europa_League \"2023–24 UEFA Europa League\") · [2024–25](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League \"2024–25 UEFA Europa League\") · [2025–26](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2025%E2%80%9326_UEFA_Europa_League \"2025–26 UEFA Europa League\") · [2026–27](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2026%E2%80%9327_UEFA_Europa_League \"2026–27 UEFA Europa League\") · |\n| **UEFA Cup and Europa League Finals** |\n| [1990](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1990_UEFA_Cup_Final \"1990 UEFA Cup Final\") · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 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[2014](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2014_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2014 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2015](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2015_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2015 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2016](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2016_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2016 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2017](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2017_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2017 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2018](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2018_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2018 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2019](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2019_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2019 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2020](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2020_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2020 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2021](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2021_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2021 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2022](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2022_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2022 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2023](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2023_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2023 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2024](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2024 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2025](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2025_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2025 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2026](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2026_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2026 UEFA Europa League Final\") · [2027](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2027_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2027 UEFA Europa League Final\") · |\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [Union of European Football Associations](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Union_of_European_Football_Associations \"Union of European Football Associations\") |\n| [UEFA club competitions](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") |\n| [Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") · **Europa League** · [Cup 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|\n|---|\n| **UEFA Cup\/UEFA Europa League top scorers** |\n| **1972:** Bründl · **1973:** [Heynckes](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Jupp_Heynckes \"Jupp Heynckes\") & Jeuring · **1974:** Schoenmaker · **1975:** [Heynckes](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Jupp_Heynckes \"Jupp Heynckes\") · **1976:** Geels · **1977:** Bowles · **1978:** Deijkers & Ponte · **1979:** Simonsen · **1980:** Hoeneß & Nickel · **[1981](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1980%E2%80%9381_UEFA_Cup \"1980–81 UEFA Cup\"):** [Wark](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/John_Wark \"John Wark\") · **1982:** Nilsson · **1983:** Filipović · **1984:** Nyilasi · **1985:** Bahtić & Bannister · **1986:** Allofs · **1987:** Cascavel, Houtman, Kieft & Rantanen · **1988:** Brylle & Saravakos · **1989:** Gütschow · **1990:** Götz & Riedle · **1991:** Völler · **1992:** [Saunders](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dean_Saunders \"Dean Saunders\") · **1993:** Baticle · **1994:** [Bergkamp](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dennis_Bergkamp \"Dennis Bergkamp\") & Schmitt · **1995:** Kirsten · **1996:** [Klinsmann](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/J%C3%BCrgen_Klinsmann \"Jürgen Klinsmann\") · **[1997](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup \"1996–97 UEFA Cup\"):** Ganz · **[1998](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup \"1997–98 UEFA Cup\"):** Guivarc'h · **[1999](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1998%E2%80%9399_UEFA_Cup \"1998–99 UEFA Cup\"):** Chiesa, Kovačević & Kulawik · **[2000](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1999%E2%80%932000_UEFA_Cup \"1999–2000 UEFA Cup\"):** Kovačević · **[2001](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2000%E2%80%9301_UEFA_Cup \"2000–01 UEFA Cup\"):** [Berbatov](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dimitar_Berbatov \"Dimitar Berbatov\") & Bolo · **[2002](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2001%E2%80%9302_UEFA_Cup \"2001–02 UEFA Cup\"):** [Van Hooijdonk](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Pierre_van_Hooijdonk \"Pierre van Hooijdonk\") · **2003:** Derlei & [Larsson](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Henrik_Larsson \"Henrik Larsson\") · **2004:** Anderson, [Drogba](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Didier_Drogba \"Didier Drogba\"), Kežman & [Shearer](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Alan_Shearer \"Alan Shearer\") · **2005:** [Shearer](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Alan_Shearer \"Alan Shearer\") · **2006:** Delgado · **2007:** Pandiani · **[2008](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Cup \"2007–08 UEFA Cup\"):** [Pogrebnyak](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Pavel_Pogrebnyak \"Pavel Pogrebnyak\") & Toni · **2009:** Vágner Love · **[2010](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Cardozo](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Cardozo \"Óscar Cardozo\") & [Pizarro](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Claudio_Pizarro \"Claudio Pizarro\") · **[2011](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League \"2010–11 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Falcao](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Radamel_Falcao \"Radamel Falcao\") · **[2012](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Europa_League \"2011–12 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Falcao](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Radamel_Falcao \"Radamel Falcao\") · **[2013](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League \"2012–13 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Kozák](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Libor_Koz%C3%A1k \"Libor Kozák\") · **[2014](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League \"2013–14 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Soriano](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Jonathan_Soriano \"Jonathan Soriano\") · **[2015](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Europa_League \"2014–15 UEFA Europa League\"):** Alan & [Lukaku](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Romelu_Lukaku \"Romelu Lukaku\") · **[2016](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League \"2015–16 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Aduriz](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Aritz_Aduriz \"Aritz Aduriz\") · **[2017](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League \"2016–17 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Džeko](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Edin_D%C5%BEeko \"Edin Džeko\") & Giuliano · **[2018](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Europa_League \"2017–18 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Aduriz](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Aritz_Aduriz \"Aritz Aduriz\") & [Immobile](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ciro_Immobile \"Ciro Immobile\") · **[2019](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League \"2018–19 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Giroud](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Olivier_Giroud \"Olivier Giroud\") · **[2020](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Europa_League \"2019–20 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Fernandes](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bruno_Fernandes \"Bruno Fernandes\") · **[2021](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League \"2020–21 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Mayoral](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borja_Mayoral \"Borja Mayoral\"), [Moreno](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Gerard_Moreno \"Gerard Moreno\"), Pizzi & [Yazıcı](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Yusuf_Yaz%C4%B1c%C4%B1 \"Yusuf Yazıcı\") · **[2022](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League \"2021–22 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Tavernier](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/James_Tavernier \"James Tavernier\") · **[2023](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League \"2022–23 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Boniface](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Victor_Boniface \"Victor Boniface\") & [Rashford](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Marcus_Rashford \"Marcus Rashford\") · **[2024](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2023%E2%80%9324_UEFA_Europa_League \"2023–24 UEFA Europa League\"):** [Aubameyang](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Pierre-Emerick_Aubameyang \"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang\") · **[2025](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League \"2024–25 UEFA Europa League\"):** [El Kaabi](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ayoub_El_Kaabi \"Ayoub El Kaabi\"), [Fernandes](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bruno_Fernandes \"Bruno Fernandes\") & [Høgh](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Kasper_H%C3%B8gh \"Kasper Høgh\") · |\n\nCategories\n\n- [Categories](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Special:Categories \"Special:Categories\"):\n- [UEFA Club Competitions](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:UEFA_Club_Competitions \"Category:UEFA Club Competitions\")\n- [Cups](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:Cups 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information |   |\n| **Current champions** | [![Flag of England](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest\/scale-to-width-down\/22?cb=20150627163926)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/2\/21\/England.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20150627163926 \"Flag of England\") [Tottenham](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. \"Tottenham Hotspur F.C.\") (3rd title) |\n| **Most successful team(s)** | [![Flag of Spain](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest\/scale-to-width-down\/22?cb=20130621114431)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/4\/41\/Flag_of_Spain.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621114431 \"Flag of Spain\") [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_F.C. \"Sevilla F.C.\") (7 titles) |\n| [![Football current event](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/7\/70\/Football_current_event.png\/revision\/latest\/scale-to-width-down\/33?cb=20130621115231)](https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/the-football-database\/images\/7\/70\/Football_current_event.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20130621115231) *[Current](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Europa_League_2024-25 \"UEFA Europa League 2024-25\")* |   |\n| **Website** | [Official website](http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefaeuropaleague\/index.html) |\n\nThe **UEFA Europa League**, previously called the **UEFA Cup**, is an annual [association football](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Association_football \"Association football\") club competition organized by [UEFA](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA \"UEFA\") since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions, often (with some exceptions) the clubs that finished just lower than the clubs that qualified for the more prestigious [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") club competition.\n\nPreviously called the *UEFA Cup*, the competition has been known as the *UEFA Europa League* since the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"),following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a rebranding.\n\nIn 1999, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup \"UEFA Cup Winners' Cup\") was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004–05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\"), producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The league format will replace the group stage format, starting from 2024. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the [UEFA Super Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Super_Cup \"UEFA Super Cup\") to play against the winner of the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\").\n\nThe title has been won by 30 different clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once. [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_FC \"Sevilla FC\") is the most successful team, having won seven titles, including three consecutive titles from [2014](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2014_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2014 UEFA Europa League Final\") to [2016](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2016_UEFA_Europa_League_Final \"2016 UEFA Europa League Final\").\n\n## History\\[\\]\nThe UEFA Cup was preceded by the [Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup \"Inter-Cities Fairs Cup\"), which was a European [football](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Association_football \"Association football\") competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup (1955–58) to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in 1970–71. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by [UEFA](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA \"UEFA\") and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup.\n\nThe UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. \"Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.\") versus [Tottenham Hotspur](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. \"Tottenham Hotspur F.C.\"), with Spurs taking the first honors. The Second all-English final was the [Chelsea F.C.](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Chelsea_F.C. \"Chelsea F.C.\")\\-[Arsenal](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Arsenal \"Arsenal\") with Chelsea defeating Arsenal 4-2. The title was retained by another English club, [Liverpool](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Liverpool_F.C. \"Liverpool F.C.\") in 1973, beating [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach \"Borussia Mönchengladbach\") in the final. Borussia would win the competition in 1975 and 1979, and reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool won the competition for the second time in 1976, beating [Club Brugge](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Club_Brugge_KV \"Club Brugge KV\") in the final.\n\nDuring the 1980s, [IFK Göteborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg \"IFK Göteborg\") (1982 and 1987) and [Real Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Real_Madrid_C.F. \"Real Madrid C.F.\") (1985 and 1986) won the competition twice each, with [Anderlecht](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/R.S.C._Anderlecht \"R.S.C. Anderlecht\") reaching two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. 1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs' domination, when Maradona's [Napoli](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.S.C._Napoli \"S.S.C. Napoli\") beat [Stuttgart](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/VfB_Stuttgart \"VfB Stuttgart\"). The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992, [Torino](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Torino_FC \"Torino FC\") lost the final to [Ajax](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/AFC_Ajax \"AFC Ajax\") on the [away goals rule](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Away_goals_rule \"Away goals rule\"). [Juventus](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Juventus_FC \"Juventus FC\") won the competition for a third time in 1993 and [Internazionale](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/F.C._Internazionale_Milano \"F.C. Internazionale Milano\") kept the cup in Italy the following year. 1995 saw a third all-Italian final, with [Parma](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Parma_F.C. \"Parma F.C.\") proving their consistency, after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. The only final with no Italians during that decade was in 1996. Internazionale reached the final the following two years, losing in 1997 to [Schalke](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Schalke_04 \"FC Schalke 04\") on penalties, and winning yet another all-Italian final in 1998, taking home the cup for the third time in only eight years. Parma won the cup in 1999, which ended the Italian club era.\n\nLiverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and [Porto](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/F.C._Porto \"F.C. Porto\") triumphed in the 2003 and 2011 tournaments, with the latter against fellow Portuguese team [Braga](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.C._Braga \"S.C. Braga\"). In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with [Valencia](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Valencia_C.F. \"Valencia C.F.\") being victorious, and then [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_FC \"Sevilla FC\") succeeded on two consecutive occasions in 2006 and 2007, the latter in a final against fellow Spaniards [Espanyol](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/RCD_Espanyol \"RCD Espanyol\"). Either side of Sevilla's success, two Russian teams, [CSKA Moscow](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PFC_CSKA_Moscow \"PFC CSKA Moscow\") in 2005 and [Zenit Saint Petersburg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg \"FC Zenit Saint Petersburg\") in 2008, had their glory and yet another former Soviet club, Ukraine's [Shakhtar Donetsk](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Shakhtar_Donetsk \"Shakhtar Donetsk\"), won in 2009. [Atlético Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid \"Atlético Madrid\") would themselves win twice in three seasons, in 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final. In 2013, [Chelsea](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Chelsea_F.C. \"Chelsea F.C.\") would become the first Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup\/Europa League the following year. In 2014 [Sevilla](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sevilla_FC \"Sevilla FC\") wins their third cup in eight years after beating [Benfica](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/S.L._Benfica \"S.L. Benfica\") on penalties, thus becoming Spain's sixth cup from 2004 to 2014.\n\nThe competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues, but the competition was merged with UEFA's previous second-tier European competition, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup \"UEFA Cup Winners' Cup\"), in 1999. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three Fair Play representatives and winners of some selected domestic [League Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/League_Cup \"League Cup\") competitions.\n\nThe winners keep the trophy for a year before returning it to UEFA. After its return, the club can keep a four-fifths scale replica of the original trophy.\n\nFour teams have won the UEFA Cup as well as their domestic league and cup competitions in the same season, those being [IFK Göteborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg \"IFK Göteborg\") in 1982, [Galatasaray](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Galatasaray_S.K._\\(football_team\\) \"Galatasaray S.K. (football team)\") in 2000, [FC Porto](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/F.C._Porto \"F.C. Porto\") in 2003 and 2011, and [CSKA Moscow](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PFC_CSKA_Moscow \"PFC CSKA Moscow\") in 2005. This accomplishment is known as a treble that only Galatasaray completed with the [European Super Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Super_Cup \"UEFA Super Cup\"). Additionally, Tottenham Hotspur, [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach \"Borussia Mönchengladbach\"), [IFK Göteborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg \"IFK Göteborg\") (twice), [AFC Ajax](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/AFC_Ajax \"AFC Ajax\"), Galatasaray, and [Feyenoord](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feyenoord \"Feyenoord\") are the only teams to have won the cup without suffering a single loss in their campaign. [RCD Espanyol](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/RCD_Espanyol \"RCD Espanyol\") is the single runner-up without a defeat. IFK Göteborg played 25 consecutive matches in the UEFA Cup between 1980 and 1987 without a single loss, including their 1981–82 and 1986–87 winning campaigns.\n\nSince the 2009–10 season, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League. At the same time, the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\"), UEFA's third-tier competition, was discontinued and merged into the new Europa League.\n\n## Trophy\\[\\]\nThe UEFA Cup, also known as the Coupe UEFA, is the trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Europa League. Before the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"), both the competition and the trophy were known as 'the UEFA Cup'.\n\nBefore the competition was renamed the UEFA Europa League in the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"), the UEFA regulations stated that a club could keep the original trophy upon their third consecutive win or fifth win overall.However under the new regulations the trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to each winner of the competition. Also a club that wins three consecutive times or five times overall will receive a 'special mark of recognition'.\n\nThe trophy was designed and crafted by Bertoni for the [1972 UEFA Cup Final](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1972_UEFA_Cup_Final \"1972 UEFA Cup Final\"). It weighs 15 kg and is silver on a yellow marble plinth.\n\n## Anthem\\[\\]\nThe competition's anthem was composed by Yohann Zveig and recorded by the Paris Opera in early 2009. The theme for the re-branded UEFA Cup competition was first officially unveiled at the Grimaldi Forum on 28 August 2009 before the 2009–10 season group stage draw. The anthem is to be played before every Europa League game at a stadium hosting such an event and also before every television broadcast of a Europa League game as a musical element of the competition's opening sequence.A new anthem was composed by Michael Kadelbach and recorded in Berlin and was launched as part of the competition's rebranding at the start of the [2015–16 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League \"2015–16 UEFA Europa League\").\n\nA new anthem created by MassiveMusic was composed for the start of the [2018–19 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League \"2018–19 UEFA Europa League\"). It also can be heard at the start of [UEFA Conference League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Conference_League \"UEFA Conference League\") matches.\n\n## Format\\[\\]\n### Qualification\\[\\]\nQualification for the competition is based on [UEFA coefficients](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_coefficient \"UEFA coefficient\"), with better entrance rounds being offered to the more successful nations. In practice, each association has a standard number of three berths, excluding:\n\n- Nations ranked 7 to 9, which have four berths\n- Nations ranked 52 and 53 (Andorra and [San Marino](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/San_Marino_Football_Federation \"San Marino Football Federation\") in the 2013–14 season), which have two berths\n- The nation ranked 54 ([Gibraltar](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Gibraltar_Football_Association \"Gibraltar Football Association\") in the 2014-15 season) which has one berth.\n- [Liechtenstein](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Liechtenstein_Football_Association \"Liechtenstein Football Association\"), which qualifies only the Cup Winners\n\nUsually, places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions but the only countries which currently grant a UEFA Europa League place to their secondary cup winners are [England](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Football_League_Cup \"Football League Cup\") and [France](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Coupe_de_la_Ligue \"Coupe de la Ligue\").\n\nIf the previous UEFA Europa League title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League) by virtue of their domestic form, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Europa League competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association.\n\nA team may qualify for European competitions through more than one route. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") then the Champions League place takes precedence and the club does not enter the UEFA Europa League. The UEFA Europa League place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the \"spare\" UEFA Europa League place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association.\n\nThree more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table. The top three federations automatically receive a Fair Play entry if their rating is at least 8.0. The berth goes to the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe.\n\nMore recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League, at different stages (see below).\n\n### Background\\[\\]\n[UEFA coefficients](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_coefficient \"UEFA coefficient\") were introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they gave a greater number of berths in UEFA Cup to the more successful nations. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations only one place. Since 1999, a similar system has been used for the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\"). Before 1980, the entrance criteria of the last Fairs Cup was used.\n\n### Historical formats\\[\\]\nThe competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the [1997–98 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup \"1997–98 UEFA Cup\"), the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged.\n\nBefore the 2004–05 season, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the [Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group phase of the Champions League.\n\nFrom the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower entered the first qualifying round with those from associations ranked 9–18 joining them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\") winners.\n\nWinners of the qualifying rounds then joined teams from the associations ranked 1–13 in the first round proper. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\") via their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round.\n\nAfter the first knockout round, the 40 survivors entered a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase was played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. From then on a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a single-legged final, traditionally held on the Wednesday in May immediately preceding the Champions League final.\n\nFrom the [2009–10 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League \"2009–10 UEFA Europa League\"), the competition has been rebranded as the **UEFA Europa League** in a bid to increase the competition's profile. As well as changing the competition's name, an extra 16 teams now qualify for the main stages of the competition, with the group stage now consisting of 12 groups of four teams (in a double round robin), with the top two placed teams in each group progressing. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final.\n\nQualification has also changed significantly. Associations ranked 7–9 in the UEFA coefficients will send the Cup winner and three other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations send a Cup winner and two other teams, except Andorra and San Marino, who will send only a Cup winner and a runner-up, and Liechtenstein, who will send only a Cup winner. Since Gibraltar was accepted as a full UEFA member at the UEFA congress held in London on 24 May 2013, their Cup winner will also be sent from the 2014-15 season onwards. Usually, the other teams will be the next highest ranked clubs in each domestic league after those qualifying for the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\"), however France and England will continue to use one spot for their League Cup winner. Additionally, three places in the first of four qualifying rounds are still reserved for Fair Play winners. For the inaugural 2009–10 season these places went to [Rosenborg](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Rosenborg_BK \"Rosenborg BK\") of Norway, [Randers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Randers_FC \"Randers FC\") of Denmark and [Motherwell](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Motherwell_F.C. \"Motherwell F.C.\") of Scotland. With the scrapping of the [Intertoto Cup](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup \"UEFA Intertoto Cup\") there will no longer be spaces reserved in the qualifying rounds for teams qualifying through that route. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification, however every team except the title holder and the highest ranked team (usually the cup winner) from the top six associations has to play at least one qualification round.\n\nApart from the teams mentioned, an additional 15 teams from the Champions League qualification round three will enter in the fourth and last UEFA Europa League qualification round, formerly known as the first round, and the 10 non-qualifiers of the Champions League qualification round 4 will directly enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage will advance to the first knock out round, together with eight 3rd placed teams from the Champions League group stage. The losing finalist for the domestic cup competition will still be entitled to be entered for the UEFA Europa League should the domestic cup winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League.\n\n### Current format\\[\\]\nPreviously, the competition used grouping format, which was also used in other UEFA competitions, where 32 teams (48 teams before the introduction of [UEFA Conference League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Conference_League \"UEFA Conference League\") in 2021) were drawn into groups of four, and teams would play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Starting from the [2024–25 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League \"2024–25 UEFA Europa League\"), league format will be used instead of group stage, and there will be 36 teams that will participate in the competition. Teams that finish on 1st to 8th in the final league standings will qualify directly to the knockout rounds, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will advance to knockout round play-offs.\n\nThe competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with a play-off round of two-legged matches for knockout round, 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final.\n\n### Distribution\\[\\]\n*As of the [2024–25 season](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League \"2024–25 UEFA Europa League\").*\n\n|   | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League |   |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| First qualifying round (18 teams) | 18 domestic cup winners from associations 16–33 |   |   |   |\n| Second qualifying round (16 teams) | 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6 | 9 winners from the first qualifying round |   |   |\n| Third qualifying round | Champions (12 teams) |   |   | 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for champions |\n| Non-champions (14 teams) | 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15 | 8 winners from second qualifying round for non-champions | 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for non-champions |   |\n| Play-off round (24 teams) | 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12 | 6 winners from third qualifying round for champions 7 winners from third qualifying round for non-champions | 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for champions |   |\n| League stage (36 teams) | [UEFA Conference League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Conference_League \"UEFA Conference League\") title holders 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5 | 12 winners from play-off round | 5 losers from Champions League play-off round for champions 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round and play-off round for non-champions |   |\n## Referees\\[\\]\nThe Europa League have implemented the extra officials rule since September 2009. Under the rule, there will be a total of six officials: the main referee, two assistant referees, fourth official of the sideline, and two extra assistants (one alongside each goal).\n\n## Prize money\\[\\]\nSimilar to the [UEFA Champions League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/UEFA_Champions_League \"UEFA Champions League\"), the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend of the value of their TV market. A group stage participation in the Europa League awards a base fee of €1.3 million. A victory in the group pays €200,000 and a draw €100,000. Also, each group winner earns €400,000 and each runner-up €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggers additional bonuses: €200,000 for the round of 32, €350,000 for the round of 16, €450,000 for the quarter-finals and €1 million for the semi-finals. The losing finalists receive €2.5 million and the champions get €5 million.\n\n- First qualifying round: €120,000\n- Second qualifying round: €130,000\n- Third qualifying round: €140,000\n- Play-off round elimination: €150,000\n- Base fee for group stage: €1,300,000\n- Group match victory: €200,000\n- Group match draw: €100,000\n- Group winners: €400,000\n- Group runners-up: €200,000\n- Round of 32: €200,000\n- Round of 16: €350,000\n- Quarter-finals: €450,000\n- Semi-finals: €1,000,000\n- Losing finalist: €2,500,000\n- Winners: €5,000,000\n## \\[\\]\nThe tournament's main sponsors for the 2024–27 cycle are:\n\n- Just Eat Takeaway (with different regional variations)\n- Hankook\n- Engelbert Strauss\n- Swissquote\n\nDecathlon's Kipsta sub-brand is the official match ball supplier from the 2024–25 season onwards for a three-year period.\n\nIndividual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Europa League. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey (plus that of the manufacturer), and if clubs play a match in a country where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted (such as alcohol in the case of France), then they must remove that logo from their jerseys.\n\n## Records and statistics\\[\\]\nThe UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until 1997. The first final was played on 3 May 1972 in Wolverhampton and 17 May 1972 in London. The first leg between [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. \"Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.\") and [Tottenham Hotspur](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. \"Tottenham Hotspur F.C.\") was won 2–1 by the away side. The second leg finished as a 1–1 draw, meaning that Tottenham Hotspur became the first UEFA Cup winners.\n\nThe one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. A venue must meet or exceed UEFA Category three standards to host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions, the final was played at a finalist's home ground: [Feyenoord](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feyenoord \"Feyenoord\") defeated [Borussia Dortmund](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Borussia_Dortmund \"Borussia Dortmund\") at [De Kuip](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Feijenoord_Stadion \"Feijenoord Stadion\"), Rotterdam in [2002](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/2002_UEFA_Cup_Final \"2002 UEFA Cup Final\"), and [Sporting CP](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sporting_Clube_de_Portugal \"Sporting Clube de Portugal\") lost to [CSKA Moscow](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/PFC_CSKA_Moscow \"PFC CSKA Moscow\") at their own [José Alvalade Stadium](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Est%C3%A1dio_Jos%C3%A9_Alvalade \"Estádio José Alvalade\"), Lisbon in 2005.\n\nThe winner of the last UEFA Cup final (prior to the competition being rebranded as the UEFA Europa League) was [Shakhtar Donetsk](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk \"FC Shakhtar Donetsk\") on 20 May 2009. The Ukrainian team beat [Werder Bremen](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/SV_Werder_Bremen \"SV Werder Bremen\") of Germany 2–1 at [Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_Saraco%C4%9Flu_Stadium \"Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium\"), Istanbul, [Turkey](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Turkey \"Turkey\").\n\nThe first ever winner of the rebranded Europa League was [Atlético Madrid](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid \"Atlético Madrid\"), beating [Premier League](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Premier_League \"Premier League\") side [Fulham](https:\/\/football.fandom.com\/wiki\/Fulham_F.C. \"Fulham F.C.\") 2–1 after extra time.\n\n## Winners\\[\\]\n## External links\\[\\]\n- [Official website](http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefaeuropaleague\/index.html)\n- [UEFA website (archive)](http:\/\/en.archive.uefa.com\/competitions\/uefacup\/history\/index.html)","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	UEFA Europa League Founded 1971 (2009 in its current format) Region Europe ( UEFA ) Number of teams 36 (league phase) 58 (total) Tournament information Current champions Tottenham (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Sevilla (7 titles) Current Website Official website The UEFA Europa League , previously called the UEFA Cup , is an annual association football club competition organized by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions, often (with some exceptions) the clubs that finished just lower than the clubs that qualified for the more prestigious UEFA Champions League club competition. Previously called the UEFA Cup , the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League since the 2009–10 season ,following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a rebranding. In 1999 , the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004–05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup , producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The league format will replace the group stage format, starting from 2024. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup to play against the winner of the UEFA Champions League . The title has been won by 30 different clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once. Sevilla is the most successful team, having won seven titles, including three consecutive titles from 2014 to 2016 . History [ ] The UEFA Cup was preceded by the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup , which was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup ( 1955–58 ) to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in 1970–71 . It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by UEFA and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of Wolverhampton Wanderers versus Tottenham Hotspur , with Spurs taking the first honors. The Second all-English final was the Chelsea F.C. - Arsenal with Chelsea defeating Arsenal 4-2. The title was retained by another English club, Liverpool in 1973, beating Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final. Borussia would win the competition in 1975 and 1979, and reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool won the competition for the second time in 1976, beating Club Brugge in the final. During the 1980s, IFK Göteborg (1982 and 1987) and Real Madrid (1985 and 1986) won the competition twice each, with Anderlecht reaching two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. 1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs' domination, when Maradona's Napoli beat Stuttgart . The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992, Torino lost the final to Ajax on the away goals rule . Juventus won the competition for a third time in 1993 and Internazionale kept the cup in Italy the following year. 1995 saw a third all-Italian final, with Parma proving their consistency, after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. The only final with no Italians during that decade was in 1996. Internazionale reached the final the following two years, losing in 1997 to Schalke on penalties, and winning yet another all-Italian final in 1998, taking home the cup for the third time in only eight years. Parma won the cup in 1999, which ended the Italian club era. Liverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and Porto triumphed in the 2003 and 2011 tournaments, with the latter against fellow Portuguese team Braga . In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with Valencia being victorious, and then Sevilla succeeded on two consecutive occasions in 2006 and 2007, the latter in a final against fellow Spaniards Espanyol . Either side of Sevilla's success, two Russian teams, CSKA Moscow in 2005 and Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2008, had their glory and yet another former Soviet club, Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk , won in 2009. Atlético Madrid would themselves win twice in three seasons, in 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final. In 2013, Chelsea would become the first Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League the following year. In 2014 Sevilla wins their third cup in eight years after beating Benfica on penalties, thus becoming Spain's sixth cup from 2004 to 2014. The competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues, but the competition was merged with UEFA's previous second-tier European competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , in 1999. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three Fair Play representatives and winners of some selected domestic League Cup competitions. The winners keep the trophy for a year before returning it to UEFA. After its return, the club can keep a four-fifths scale replica of the original trophy. Four teams have won the UEFA Cup as well as their domestic league and cup competitions in the same season, those being IFK Göteborg in 1982 , Galatasaray in 2000 , FC Porto in 2003 and 2011 , and CSKA Moscow in 2005 . This accomplishment is known as a treble that only Galatasaray completed with the European Super Cup . Additionally, Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Mönchengladbach , IFK Göteborg (twice), AFC Ajax , Galatasaray, and Feyenoord are the only teams to have won the cup without suffering a single loss in their campaign. RCD Espanyol is the single runner-up without a defeat. IFK Göteborg played 25 consecutive matches in the UEFA Cup between 1980 and 1987 without a single loss, including their 1981–82 and 1986–87 winning campaigns. Since the 2009–10 season, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League. At the same time, the UEFA Intertoto Cup , UEFA's third-tier competition, was discontinued and merged into the new Europa League. Trophy [ ] The UEFA Cup, also known as the Coupe UEFA, is the trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Europa League. Before the 2009–10 season , both the competition and the trophy were known as 'the UEFA Cup'. Before the competition was renamed the UEFA Europa League in the 2009–10 season , the UEFA regulations stated that a club could keep the original trophy upon their third consecutive win or fifth win overall.However under the new regulations the trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to each winner of the competition. Also a club that wins three consecutive times or five times overall will receive a 'special mark of recognition'. The trophy was designed and crafted by Bertoni for the 1972 UEFA Cup Final . It weighs 15 kg and is silver on a yellow marble plinth. Anthem [ ] The competition's anthem was composed by Yohann Zveig and recorded by the Paris Opera in early 2009. The theme for the re-branded UEFA Cup competition was first officially unveiled at the Grimaldi Forum on 28 August 2009 before the 2009–10 season group stage draw. The anthem is to be played before every Europa League game at a stadium hosting such an event and also before every television broadcast of a Europa League game as a musical element of the competition's opening sequence.A new anthem was composed by Michael Kadelbach and recorded in Berlin and was launched as part of the competition's rebranding at the start of the 2015–16 season . A new anthem created by MassiveMusic was composed for the start of the 2018–19 season . It also can be heard at the start of UEFA Conference League matches. Format [ ] Qualification [ ] Qualification for the competition is based on UEFA coefficients , with better entrance rounds being offered to the more successful nations. In practice, each association has a standard number of three berths, excluding: Nations ranked 7 to 9, which have four berths Nations ranked 52 and 53 ( Andorra and San Marino in the 2013–14 season), which have two berths The nation ranked 54 ( Gibraltar in the 2014-15 season) which has one berth. Liechtenstein , which qualifies only the Cup Winners Usually, places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions but the only countries which currently grant a UEFA Europa League place to their secondary cup winners are England and France . If the previous UEFA Europa League title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League) by virtue of their domestic form, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Europa League competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association. A team may qualify for European competitions through more than one route. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the UEFA Champions League then the Champions League place takes precedence and the club does not enter the UEFA Europa League. The UEFA Europa League place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the "spare" UEFA Europa League place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association. Three more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table . The top three federations automatically receive a Fair Play entry if their rating is at least 8.0. The berth goes to the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe. More recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League, at different stages (see below). Background [ ] UEFA coefficients were introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they gave a greater number of berths in UEFA Cup to the more successful nations. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations only one place. Since 1999, a similar system has been used for the UEFA Champions League . Before 1980, the entrance criteria of the last Fairs Cup was used. Historical formats [ ] The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the 1997–98 season , the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged. Before the 2004–05 season , the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the Champions League entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group phase of the Champions League. From the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower entered the first qualifying round with those from associations ranked 9–18 joining them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners. Winners of the qualifying rounds then joined teams from the associations ranked 1–13 in the first round proper. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round. After the first knockout round, the 40 survivors entered a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase was played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. From then on a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a single-legged final, traditionally held on the Wednesday in May immediately preceding the Champions League final. From the 2009–10 season , the competition has been rebranded as the UEFA Europa League in a bid to increase the competition's profile. As well as changing the competition's name, an extra 16 teams now qualify for the main stages of the competition, with the group stage now consisting of 12 groups of four teams (in a double round robin), with the top two placed teams in each group progressing. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria . The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final. Qualification has also changed significantly. Associations ranked 7–9 in the UEFA coefficients will send the Cup winner and three other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations send a Cup winner and two other teams, except Andorra and San Marino, who will send only a Cup winner and a runner-up, and Liechtenstein, who will send only a Cup winner. Since Gibraltar was accepted as a full UEFA member at the UEFA congress held in London on 24 May 2013, their Cup winner will also be sent from the 2014-15 season onwards. Usually, the other teams will be the next highest ranked clubs in each domestic league after those qualifying for the UEFA Champions League , however France and England will continue to use one spot for their League Cup winner. Additionally, three places in the first of four qualifying rounds are still reserved for Fair Play winners . For the inaugural 2009–10 season these places went to Rosenborg of Norway, Randers of Denmark and Motherwell of Scotland. With the scrapping of the Intertoto Cup there will no longer be spaces reserved in the qualifying rounds for teams qualifying through that route. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification, however every team except the title holder and the highest ranked team (usually the cup winner) from the top six associations has to play at least one qualification round. Apart from the teams mentioned, an additional 15 teams from the Champions League qualification round three will enter in the fourth and last UEFA Europa League qualification round, formerly known as the first round, and the 10 non-qualifiers of the Champions League qualification round 4 will directly enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage will advance to the first knock out round, together with eight 3rd placed teams from the Champions League group stage. The losing finalist for the domestic cup competition will still be entitled to be entered for the UEFA Europa League should the domestic cup winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Current format [ ] Previously, the competition used grouping format, which was also used in other UEFA competitions, where 32 teams (48 teams before the introduction of UEFA Conference League in 2021) were drawn into groups of four, and teams would play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Starting from the 2024–25 season , league format will be used instead of group stage, and there will be 36 teams that will participate in the competition. Teams that finish on 1st to 8th in the final league standings will qualify directly to the knockout rounds, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will advance to knockout round play-offs. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with a play-off round of two-legged matches for knockout round, 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final. Distribution [ ] As of the 2024–25 season . Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round Teams transferred from Champions League First qualifying round (18 teams) 18 domestic cup winners from associations 16–33 Second qualifying round (16 teams) 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6 9 winners from the first qualifying round Third qualifying round Champions (12 teams) 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for champions Non-champions (14 teams) 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15 8 winners from second qualifying round for non-champions 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for non-champions Play-off round (24 teams) 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12 6 winners from third qualifying round for champions 7 winners from third qualifying round for non-champions 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for champions League stage (36 teams) UEFA Conference League title holders 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5 12 winners from play-off round 5 losers from Champions League play-off round for champions 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round and play-off round for non-champions Referees [ ] The Europa League have implemented the extra officials rule since September 2009. Under the rule, there will be a total of six officials: the main referee, two assistant referees, fourth official of the sideline, and two extra assistants (one alongside each goal). Prize money [ ] Similar to the UEFA Champions League , the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend of the value of their TV market. A group stage participation in the Europa League awards a base fee of €1.3 million. A victory in the group pays €200,000 and a draw €100,000. Also, each group winner earns €400,000 and each runner-up €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggers additional bonuses: €200,000 for the round of 32, €350,000 for the round of 16, €450,000 for the quarter-finals and €1 million for the semi-finals. The losing finalists receive €2.5 million and the champions get €5 million. First qualifying round: €120,000 Second qualifying round: €130,000 Third qualifying round: €140,000 Play-off round elimination: €150,000 Base fee for group stage: €1,300,000 Group match victory: €200,000 Group match draw: €100,000 Group winners: €400,000 Group runners-up: €200,000 Round of 32: €200,000 Round of 16: €350,000 Quarter-finals: €450,000 Semi-finals: €1,000,000 Losing finalist: €2,500,000 Winners: €5,000,000 [ ] The tournament's main sponsors for the 2024–27 cycle are: Just Eat Takeaway (with different regional variations) Hankook Engelbert Strauss Swissquote Decathlon's Kipsta sub-brand is the official match ball supplier from the 2024–25 season onwards for a three-year period. Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Europa League. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey (plus that of the manufacturer), and if clubs play a match in a country where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted (such as alcohol in the case of France), then they must remove that logo from their jerseys. Records and statistics [ ] The UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until 1997 . The first final was played on 3 May 1972 in Wolverhampton and 17 May 1972 in London. The first leg between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur was won 2–1 by the away side. The second leg finished as a 1–1 draw, meaning that Tottenham Hotspur became the first UEFA Cup winners. The one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. A venue must meet or exceed UEFA Category three standards to host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions, the final was played at a finalist's home ground: Feyenoord defeated Borussia Dortmund at De Kuip , Rotterdam in 2002 , and Sporting CP lost to CSKA Moscow at their own José Alvalade Stadium , Lisbon in 2005 . The winner of the last UEFA Cup final (prior to the competition being rebranded as the UEFA Europa League) was Shakhtar Donetsk on 20 May 2009. The Ukrainian team beat Werder Bremen of Germany 2–1 at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , Istanbul, Turkey . The first ever winner of the rebranded Europa League was Atlético Madrid , beating Premier League side Fulham 2–1 after extra time. Winners [ ] External links [ ] Official website UEFA website (archive)
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"Tottenham Hotspur F.C.") (3rd title) \| \| Most successful team(s)** \| [![Flag of Spain](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621114431)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_F.C. "Sevilla F.C.") (7 titles) \| \| [![Football current event](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/7/70/Football_current_event.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621115231) [Current](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League_2024-25 "UEFA Europa League 2024-25") \| \| \| Website \| [Official website](http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.html) \| The UEFA Europa League, previously called the UEFA Cup, is an annual [association football](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Association_football "Association football") club competition organized by [UEFA](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA "UEFA") since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions, often (with some exceptions) the clubs that finished just lower than the clubs that qualified for the more prestigious [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") club competition. Previously called the UEFA Cup, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League since the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"),following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a rebranding. In 1999, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup") was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004–05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup"), producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The league format will replace the group stage format, starting from 2024. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the [UEFA Super Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup "UEFA Super Cup") to play against the winner of the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"). The title has been won by 30 different clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once. [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_FC "Sevilla FC") is the most successful team, having won seven titles, including three consecutive titles from [2014](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2014_UEFA_Europa_League_Final "2014 UEFA Europa League Final") to [2016](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2016_UEFA_Europa_League_Final "2016 UEFA Europa League Final"). ## Contents - [1 History](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#History) - [2 Trophy](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Trophy) - [3 Anthem](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Anthem) - [4 Format](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Format) - [4\.1 Qualification](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Qualification) - [4\.2 Background](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Background) - [4\.3 Historical formats](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Historical_formats) - [4\.4 Current format](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Current_format) - [4\.5 Distribution](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Distribution) - [5 Referees](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Referees) - [6 Prize money](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Prize_money) - [7 Sponsorship](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Sponsorship) - [8 Records and statistics](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Records_and_statistics) - [9 Winners](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#Winners) - [10 External links](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League#External_links) ## History\[ \] The UEFA Cup was preceded by the [Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup"), which was a European [football](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Association_football "Association football") competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup (1955–58) to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in 1970–71. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by [UEFA](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA "UEFA") and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. "Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.") versus [Tottenham Hotspur](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. "Tottenham Hotspur F.C."), with Spurs taking the first honors. The Second all-English final was the [Chelsea F.C.](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Chelsea_F.C. "Chelsea F.C.")\-[Arsenal](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Arsenal "Arsenal") with Chelsea defeating Arsenal 4-2. The title was retained by another English club, [Liverpool](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Liverpool_F.C. "Liverpool F.C.") in 1973, beating [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach "Borussia Mönchengladbach") in the final. Borussia would win the competition in 1975 and 1979, and reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool won the competition for the second time in 1976, beating [Club Brugge](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Club_Brugge_KV "Club Brugge KV") in the final. During the 1980s, [IFK Göteborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg "IFK Göteborg") (1982 and 1987) and [Real Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F. "Real Madrid C.F.") (1985 and 1986) won the competition twice each, with [Anderlecht](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht "R.S.C. Anderlecht") reaching two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. 1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs' domination, when Maradona's [Napoli](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.S.C._Napoli "S.S.C. Napoli") beat [Stuttgart](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/VfB_Stuttgart "VfB Stuttgart"). The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992, [Torino](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Torino_FC "Torino FC") lost the final to [Ajax](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/AFC_Ajax "AFC Ajax") on the [away goals rule](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Away_goals_rule "Away goals rule"). [Juventus](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Juventus_FC "Juventus FC") won the competition for a third time in 1993 and [Internazionale](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/F.C._Internazionale_Milano "F.C. Internazionale Milano") kept the cup in Italy the following year. 1995 saw a third all-Italian final, with [Parma](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Parma_F.C. "Parma F.C.") proving their consistency, after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. The only final with no Italians during that decade was in 1996. Internazionale reached the final the following two years, losing in 1997 to [Schalke](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Schalke_04 "FC Schalke 04") on penalties, and winning yet another all-Italian final in 1998, taking home the cup for the third time in only eight years. Parma won the cup in 1999, which ended the Italian club era. Liverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and [Porto](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/F.C._Porto "F.C. Porto") triumphed in the 2003 and 2011 tournaments, with the latter against fellow Portuguese team [Braga](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.C._Braga "S.C. Braga"). In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with [Valencia](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Valencia_C.F. "Valencia C.F.") being victorious, and then [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_FC "Sevilla FC") succeeded on two consecutive occasions in 2006 and 2007, the latter in a final against fellow Spaniards [Espanyol](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/RCD_Espanyol "RCD Espanyol"). Either side of Sevilla's success, two Russian teams, [CSKA Moscow](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow "PFC CSKA Moscow") in 2005 and [Zenit Saint Petersburg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg "FC Zenit Saint Petersburg") in 2008, had their glory and yet another former Soviet club, Ukraine's [Shakhtar Donetsk](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Shakhtar_Donetsk "Shakhtar Donetsk"), won in 2009. [Atlético Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid "Atlético Madrid") would themselves win twice in three seasons, in 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final. In 2013, [Chelsea](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Chelsea_F.C. "Chelsea F.C.") would become the first Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League the following year. In 2014 [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_FC "Sevilla FC") wins their third cup in eight years after beating [Benfica](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.L._Benfica "S.L. Benfica") on penalties, thus becoming Spain's sixth cup from 2004 to 2014. The competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues, but the competition was merged with UEFA's previous second-tier European competition, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup"), in 1999. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three Fair Play representatives and winners of some selected domestic [League Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/League_Cup "League Cup") competitions. The winners keep the trophy for a year before returning it to UEFA. After its return, the club can keep a four-fifths scale replica of the original trophy. Four teams have won the UEFA Cup as well as their domestic league and cup competitions in the same season, those being [IFK Göteborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg "IFK Göteborg") in 1982, [Galatasaray](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._\(football_team\) "Galatasaray S.K. (football team)") in 2000, [FC Porto](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/F.C._Porto "F.C. Porto") in 2003 and 2011, and [CSKA Moscow](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow "PFC CSKA Moscow") in 2005. This accomplishment is known as a treble that only Galatasaray completed with the [European Super Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup "UEFA Super Cup"). Additionally, Tottenham Hotspur, [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach "Borussia Mönchengladbach"), [IFK Göteborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg "IFK Göteborg") (twice), [AFC Ajax](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/AFC_Ajax "AFC Ajax"), Galatasaray, and [Feyenoord](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feyenoord "Feyenoord") are the only teams to have won the cup without suffering a single loss in their campaign. [RCD Espanyol](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/RCD_Espanyol "RCD Espanyol") is the single runner-up without a defeat. IFK Göteborg played 25 consecutive matches in the UEFA Cup between 1980 and 1987 without a single loss, including their 1981–82 and 1986–87 winning campaigns. Since the 2009–10 season, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League. At the same time, the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup"), UEFA's third-tier competition, was discontinued and merged into the new Europa League. ## Trophy\[ \] The UEFA Cup, also known as the Coupe UEFA, is the trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Europa League. Before the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"), both the competition and the trophy were known as 'the UEFA Cup'. Before the competition was renamed the UEFA Europa League in the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"), the UEFA regulations stated that a club could keep the original trophy upon their third consecutive win or fifth win overall.However under the new regulations the trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to each winner of the competition. Also a club that wins three consecutive times or five times overall will receive a 'special mark of recognition'. The trophy was designed and crafted by Bertoni for the [1972 UEFA Cup Final](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1972_UEFA_Cup_Final "1972 UEFA Cup Final"). It weighs 15 kg and is silver on a yellow marble plinth. ## Anthem\[ \] The competition's anthem was composed by Yohann Zveig and recorded by the Paris Opera in early 2009. The theme for the re-branded UEFA Cup competition was first officially unveiled at the Grimaldi Forum on 28 August 2009 before the 2009–10 season group stage draw. The anthem is to be played before every Europa League game at a stadium hosting such an event and also before every television broadcast of a Europa League game as a musical element of the competition's opening sequence.A new anthem was composed by Michael Kadelbach and recorded in Berlin and was launched as part of the competition's rebranding at the start of the [2015–16 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League "2015–16 UEFA Europa League"). A new anthem created by MassiveMusic was composed for the start of the [2018–19 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League "2018–19 UEFA Europa League"). It also can be heard at the start of [UEFA Conference League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League "UEFA Conference League") matches. ## Format\[ \] ### Qualification\[ \] See also: [UEFA coefficient](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_coefficient "UEFA coefficient") Qualification for the competition is based on [UEFA coefficients](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_coefficient "UEFA coefficient"), with better entrance rounds being offered to the more successful nations. In practice, each association has a standard number of three berths, excluding: - Nations ranked 7 to 9, which have four berths - Nations ranked 52 and 53 (Andorra and [San Marino](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/San_Marino_Football_Federation "San Marino Football Federation") in the 2013–14 season), which have two berths - The nation ranked 54 ([Gibraltar](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Gibraltar_Football_Association "Gibraltar Football Association") in the 2014-15 season) which has one berth. - [Liechtenstein](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Liechtenstein_Football_Association "Liechtenstein Football Association"), which qualifies only the Cup Winners Usually, places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions but the only countries which currently grant a UEFA Europa League place to their secondary cup winners are [England](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Football_League_Cup "Football League Cup") and [France](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Coupe_de_la_Ligue "Coupe de la Ligue"). If the previous UEFA Europa League title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League) by virtue of their domestic form, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Europa League competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association. A team may qualify for European competitions through more than one route. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") then the Champions League place takes precedence and the club does not enter the UEFA Europa League. The UEFA Europa League place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the "spare" UEFA Europa League place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association. Three more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table. The top three federations automatically receive a Fair Play entry if their rating is at least 8.0. The berth goes to the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe. More recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League, at different stages (see below). ### Background\[ \] [UEFA coefficients](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_coefficient "UEFA coefficient") were introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they gave a greater number of berths in UEFA Cup to the more successful nations. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations only one place. Since 1999, a similar system has been used for the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"). Before 1980, the entrance criteria of the last Fairs Cup was used. ### Historical formats\[ \] The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the [1997–98 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup "1997–98 UEFA Cup"), the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged. Before the 2004–05 season, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the [Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group phase of the Champions League. From the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower entered the first qualifying round with those from associations ranked 9–18 joining them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup") winners. Winners of the qualifying rounds then joined teams from the associations ranked 1–13 in the first round proper. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") via their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round. After the first knockout round, the 40 survivors entered a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase was played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. From then on a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a single-legged final, traditionally held on the Wednesday in May immediately preceding the Champions League final. From the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"), the competition has been rebranded as the UEFA Europa League in a bid to increase the competition's profile. As well as changing the competition's name, an extra 16 teams now qualify for the main stages of the competition, with the group stage now consisting of 12 groups of four teams (in a double round robin), with the top two placed teams in each group progressing. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final. Qualification has also changed significantly. Associations ranked 7–9 in the UEFA coefficients will send the Cup winner and three other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations send a Cup winner and two other teams, except Andorra and San Marino, who will send only a Cup winner and a runner-up, and Liechtenstein, who will send only a Cup winner. Since Gibraltar was accepted as a full UEFA member at the UEFA congress held in London on 24 May 2013, their Cup winner will also be sent from the 2014-15 season onwards. Usually, the other teams will be the next highest ranked clubs in each domestic league after those qualifying for the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"), however France and England will continue to use one spot for their League Cup winner. Additionally, three places in the first of four qualifying rounds are still reserved for Fair Play winners. For the inaugural 2009–10 season these places went to [Rosenborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Rosenborg_BK "Rosenborg BK") of Norway, [Randers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Randers_FC "Randers FC") of Denmark and [Motherwell](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Motherwell_F.C. "Motherwell F.C.") of Scotland. With the scrapping of the [Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup") there will no longer be spaces reserved in the qualifying rounds for teams qualifying through that route. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification, however every team except the title holder and the highest ranked team (usually the cup winner) from the top six associations has to play at least one qualification round. Apart from the teams mentioned, an additional 15 teams from the Champions League qualification round three will enter in the fourth and last UEFA Europa League qualification round, formerly known as the first round, and the 10 non-qualifiers of the Champions League qualification round 4 will directly enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage will advance to the first knock out round, together with eight 3rd placed teams from the Champions League group stage. The losing finalist for the domestic cup competition will still be entitled to be entered for the UEFA Europa League should the domestic cup winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League. ### Current format\[ \] Previously, the competition used grouping format, which was also used in other UEFA competitions, where 32 teams (48 teams before the introduction of [UEFA Conference League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League "UEFA Conference League") in 2021) were drawn into groups of four, and teams would play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Starting from the [2024–25 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League "2024–25 UEFA Europa League"), league format will be used instead of group stage, and there will be 36 teams that will participate in the competition. Teams that finish on 1st to 8th in the final league standings will qualify directly to the knockout rounds, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will advance to knockout round play-offs. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with a play-off round of two-legged matches for knockout round, 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final. ### Distribution\[ \] As of the [2024–25 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League "2024–25 UEFA Europa League"). \| \| Teams entering in this round \| Teams advancing from the previous round \| Teams transferred from Champions League \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| First qualifying round (18 teams) \| 18 domestic cup winners from associations 16–33 \| \| \| \| \| Second qualifying round (16 teams) \| 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6 \| 9 winners from the first qualifying round \| \| \| \| Third qualifying round \| Champions (12 teams) \| \| \| 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for champions \| \| Non-champions (14 teams) \| 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15 \| 8 winners from second qualifying round for non-champions \| 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for non-champions \| \| \| Play-off round (24 teams) \| 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12 \| 6 winners from third qualifying round for champions 7 winners from third qualifying round for non-champions \| 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for champions \| \| \| League stage (36 teams) \| [UEFA Conference League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League "UEFA Conference League") title holders 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5 \| 12 winners from play-off round \| 5 losers from Champions League play-off round for champions 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round and play-off round for non-champions \| \| ## Referees\[ \] The Europa League have implemented the extra officials rule since September 2009. Under the rule, there will be a total of six officials: the main referee, two assistant referees, fourth official of the sideline, and two extra assistants (one alongside each goal). ## Prize money\[ \] Similar to the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"), the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend of the value of their TV market. A group stage participation in the Europa League awards a base fee of €1.3 million. A victory in the group pays €200,000 and a draw €100,000. Also, each group winner earns €400,000 and each runner-up €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggers additional bonuses: €200,000 for the round of 32, €350,000 for the round of 16, €450,000 for the quarter-finals and €1 million for the semi-finals. The losing finalists receive €2.5 million and the champions get €5 million. - First qualifying round: €120,000 - Second qualifying round: €130,000 - Third qualifying round: €140,000 - Play-off round elimination: €150,000 - Base fee for group stage: €1,300,000 - Group match victory: €200,000 - Group match draw: €100,000 - Group winners: €400,000 - Group runners-up: €200,000 - Round of 32: €200,000 - Round of 16: €350,000 - Quarter-finals: €450,000 - Semi-finals: €1,000,000 - Losing finalist: €2,500,000 - Winners: €5,000,000 ## Sponsorship\[ \] The tournament's main sponsors for the 2024–27 cycle are: - Just Eat Takeaway (with different regional variations) - Hankook - Engelbert Strauss - Swissquote Decathlon's Kipsta sub-brand is the official match ball supplier from the 2024–25 season onwards for a three-year period. Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Europa League. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey (plus that of the manufacturer), and if clubs play a match in a country where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted (such as alcohol in the case of France), then they must remove that logo from their jerseys. ## Records and statistics\[ \] The UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until 1997. The first final was played on 3 May 1972 in Wolverhampton and 17 May 1972 in London. The first leg between [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. "Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.") and [Tottenham Hotspur](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. "Tottenham Hotspur F.C.") was won 2–1 by the away side. The second leg finished as a 1–1 draw, meaning that Tottenham Hotspur became the first UEFA Cup winners. The one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. A venue must meet or exceed UEFA Category three standards to host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions, the final was played at a finalist's home ground: [Feyenoord](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feyenoord "Feyenoord") defeated [Borussia Dortmund](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund "Borussia Dortmund") at [De Kuip](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feijenoord_Stadion "Feijenoord Stadion"), Rotterdam in [2002](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2002_UEFA_Cup_Final "2002 UEFA Cup Final"), and [Sporting CP](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sporting_Clube_de_Portugal "Sporting Clube de Portugal") lost to [CSKA Moscow](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow "PFC CSKA Moscow") at their own [José Alvalade Stadium](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Jos%C3%A9_Alvalade "Estádio José Alvalade"), Lisbon in 2005. The winner of the last UEFA Cup final (prior to the competition being rebranded as the UEFA Europa League) was [Shakhtar Donetsk](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk "FC Shakhtar Donetsk") on 20 May 2009. The Ukrainian team beat [Werder Bremen](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/SV_Werder_Bremen "SV Werder Bremen") of Germany 2–1 at [Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_Saraco%C4%9Flu_Stadium "Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium"), Istanbul, [Turkey](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Turkey "Turkey"). The first ever winner of the rebranded Europa League was [Atlético Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid "Atlético Madrid"), beating [Premier League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Premier_League "Premier League") side [Fulham](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Fulham_F.C. "Fulham F.C.") 2–1 after extra time. ## Winners\[ \] \| Club \| Winners \| Runners-up \| Years won \| Years runner-up \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_FC "Sevilla FC") \| 7 \| 0 \| 2006, 2007, [2014](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League "2013–14 UEFA Europa League"), [2015](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Europa_League "2014–15 UEFA Europa League"), [2016](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League "2015–16 UEFA Europa League"), [2020](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Europa_League "2019–20 UEFA Europa League"), [2023](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League "2022–23 UEFA Europa League") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Inter Milan](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Inter_Milan "Inter Milan") \| 3 \| 2 \| 1991, 1994, [1998](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup "1997–98 UEFA Cup") \| [1997](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup "1996–97 UEFA Cup"), [2020](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Europa_League "2019–20 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Liverpool](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Liverpool_F.C. "Liverpool F.C.") \| 3 \| 1 \| 1973, 1976, [2001](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_UEFA_Cup "2000–01 UEFA Cup") \| [2016](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League "2015–16 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Juventus](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Juventus_FC "Juventus FC") \| 3 \| 1 \| 1977, 1990, 1993 \| 1995 \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Tottenham Hotspur](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. "Tottenham Hotspur F.C.") \| 3 \| 1 \| 1972, 1984, [2024–25](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League "2024–25 UEFA Europa League") \| 1974 \| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Atlético Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid "Atlético Madrid") \| 3 \| 0 \| [2010](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"), [2012](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Europa_League "2011–12 UEFA Europa League"), [2018](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Europa_League "2017–18 UEFA Europa League") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach "Borussia Mönchengladbach") \| 2 \| 2 \| 1975, 1979 \| 1973, 1980 \| \| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/32/Netherlands.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191810 "Flag of Netherlands") [Feyenoord](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feyenoord "Feyenoord") \| 2 \| 0 \| 1974, [2002](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_UEFA_Cup "2001–02 UEFA Cup") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Sweden](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/1/16/Flag_of_Sweden_Good_one.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130621132857 "Flag of Sweden") [IFK Göteborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg "IFK Göteborg") \| 2 \| 0 \| 1982, 1987 \| — \| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Real Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Real_Madrid_CF "Real Madrid CF") \| 2 \| 0 \| 1985, 1986 \| — \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Parma](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Parma_Calcio_1913 "Parma Calcio 1913") \| 2 \| 0 \| 1995, [1999](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_UEFA_Cup "1998–99 UEFA Cup") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/1/17/Flag_of_Portugal.png/revision/latest?cb=20130627171707 "Flag of Portugal") [Porto](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Porto "FC Porto") \| 2 \| 0 \| 2003, [2011](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League "2010–11 UEFA Europa League") \| — \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Chelsea](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Chelsea_F.C. "Chelsea F.C.") \| 2 \| 0 \| [2013](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League "2012–13 UEFA Europa League"), [2019](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League "2018–19 UEFA Europa League") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Eintracht Frankfurt](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Eintracht_Frankfurt "Eintracht Frankfurt") \| 2 \| 0 \| 1980, [2022](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League "2021–22 UEFA Europa League") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Belgium](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/32/Belgium.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627164202 "Flag of Belgium") [Anderlecht](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht "R.S.C. Anderlecht") \| 1 \| 1 \| 1983 \| 1984 \| \| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/32/Netherlands.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191810 "Flag of Netherlands") [Ajax](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/AFC_Ajax "AFC Ajax") \| 1 \| 1 \| 1992 \| [2017](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League "2016–17 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Manchester United](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C. "Manchester United F.C.") \| 1 \| 1 \| [2017](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League "2016–17 UEFA Europa League") \| [2021](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League "2020–21 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Bayer Leverkusen](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen "Bayer 04 Leverkusen") \| 1 \| 1 \| 1988 \| [2024](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_UEFA_Europa_League "2023–24 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/32/Netherlands.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191810 "Flag of Netherlands") [PSV Eindhoven](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven "PSV Eindhoven") \| 1 \| 0 \| 1978 \| — \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Ipswich Town](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C. "Ipswich Town F.C.") \| 1 \| 0 \| [1981](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_UEFA_Cup "1980–81 UEFA Cup") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Napoli](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.S.C._Napoli "S.S.C. Napoli") \| 1 \| 0 \| 1989 \| — \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Bayern Munich](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich "FC Bayern Munich") \| 1 \| 0 \| 1996 \| — \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Schalke 04](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Schalke_04 "FC Schalke 04") \| 1 \| 0 \| [1997](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup "1996–97 UEFA Cup") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Turkey](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/87/Flag_of_Turkey.png/revision/latest?cb=20130622200857 "Flag of Turkey") [Galatasaray](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K. "Galatasaray S.K.") \| 1 \| 0 \| [2000](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UEFA_Cup "1999–2000 UEFA Cup") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Valencia](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Valencia_CF "Valencia CF") \| 1 \| 0 \| 2004 \| — \| \| [![Flag of Russia](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/d/d4/Flag_of_Russia.png/revision/latest?cb=20130807202803 "Flag of Russia") [CSKA Moscow](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow "PFC CSKA Moscow") \| 1 \| 0 \| 2005 \| — \| \| [![Flag of Russia](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/d/d4/Flag_of_Russia.png/revision/latest?cb=20130807202803 "Flag of Russia") [Zenit Saint Petersburg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg "FC Zenit Saint Petersburg") \| 1 \| 0 \| [2008](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Cup "2007–08 UEFA Cup") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Ukraine](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/d/d2/Flag_of_Ukraine.png/revision/latest?cb=20130622201020 "Flag of Ukraine") [Shakhtar Donetsk](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk "FC Shakhtar Donetsk") \| 1 \| 0 \| 2009 \| — \| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Villarreal](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Villarreal_CF "Villarreal CF") \| 1 \| 0 \| [2021](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League "2020–21 UEFA Europa League") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Atalanta](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Atalanta_BC "Atalanta BC") \| 1 \| 0 \| [2024](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_UEFA_Europa_League "2023–24 UEFA Europa League") \| — \| \| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/1/17/Flag_of_Portugal.png/revision/latest?cb=20130627171707 "Flag of Portugal") [Benfica](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.L._Benfica "S.L. Benfica") \| 0 \| 3 \| — \| 1983, [2013](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League "2012–13 UEFA Europa League"), [2014](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League "2013–14 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of France](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/6/62/Flag_of_France.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621122732 "Flag of France") [Marseille](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Olympique_de_Marseille "Olympique de Marseille") \| 0 \| 3 \| — \| [1999](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_UEFA_Cup "1998–99 UEFA Cup"), 2004, [2018](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Europa_League "2017–18 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Athletic Bilbao](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Athletic_Bilbao "Athletic Bilbao") \| 0 \| 2 \| — \| 1977, [2012](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Europa_League "2011–12 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Espanyol](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/RCD_Espanyol "RCD Espanyol") \| 0 \| 2 \| — \| 1988, 2007 \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Borussia Dortmund](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund "Borussia Dortmund") \| 0 \| 2 \| — \| 1993, [2002](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_UEFA_Cup "2001–02 UEFA Cup") \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Arsenal](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Arsenal_F.C. "Arsenal F.C.") \| 0 \| 2 \| — \| [2000](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UEFA_Cup "1999–2000 UEFA Cup"), [2019](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League "2018–19 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Scotland](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/27/Scotland.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627152502 "Flag of Scotland") [Rangers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Rangers_F.C. "Rangers F.C.") \| 0 \| 2 \| — \| [2008](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Cup "2007–08 UEFA Cup"), [2022](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League "2021–22 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Roma](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/AS_Roma "AS Roma") \| 0 \| 2 \| — \| 1991, [2023](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League "2022–23 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. "Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1972 \| \| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/32/Netherlands.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191810 "Flag of Netherlands") [Twente](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Twente "FC Twente") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1975 \| \| [![Flag of Belgium](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/32/Belgium.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627164202 "Flag of Belgium") [Club Brugge](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Club_Brugge_KV "Club Brugge KV") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1976 \| \| [![Flag of France](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/6/62/Flag_of_France.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621122732 "Flag of France") [Bastia](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/SC_Bastia "SC Bastia") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1978 \| \| [![Flag of Serbia](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/94/Flag_of_Serbia.png/revision/latest?cb=20130623080939 "Flag of Serbia") [Red Star Belgrade](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Star_Belgrade "Red Star Belgrade") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1979 \| \| [![Flag of Netherlands](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/32/Netherlands.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191810 "Flag of Netherlands") [AZ](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/AZ_Alkmaar "AZ Alkmaar") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| [1981](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_UEFA_Cup "1980–81 UEFA Cup") \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Hamburg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Hamburger_SV "Hamburger SV") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1982 \| \| [![Flag of Hungary](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/0/00/Flag_of_Hungary.png/revision/latest?cb=20130622204359 "Flag of Hungary") [Fehérvár](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_FC "Fehérvár FC") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1985 \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Köln](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1._FC_K%C3%B6ln "1. FC Köln") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1986 \| \| [![Flag of Scotland](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/27/Scotland.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627152502 "Flag of Scotland") [Dundee United](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Dundee_United_F.C. "Dundee United F.C.") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1987 \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Stuttgart](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/VfB_Stuttgart "VfB Stuttgart") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1989 \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Fiorentina](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/ACF_Fiorentina "ACF Fiorentina") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1990 \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Torino](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Torino_FC "Torino FC") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1992 \| \| [![Flag of Austria](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/7/76/Flag_of_Austria.png/revision/latest?cb=20130623081438 "Flag of Austria") [Red Bull Salzburg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Red_Bull_Salzburg "FC Red Bull Salzburg") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1994 \| \| [![Flag of France](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/6/62/Flag_of_France.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621122732 "Flag of France") [Bordeaux](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux "FC Girondins de Bordeaux") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 1996 \| \| [![Flag of Italy](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130621150718 "Flag of Italy") [Lazio](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/SS_Lazio "SS Lazio") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| [1998](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup "1997–98 UEFA Cup") \| \| [![Flag of Spain](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Alavés](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Deportivo_Alav%C3%A9s "Deportivo Alavés") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| [2001](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_UEFA_Cup "2000–01 UEFA Cup") \| \| [![Flag of Scotland](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/27/Scotland.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627152502 "Flag of Scotland") [Celtic](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Celtic_F.C. "Celtic F.C.") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 2003 \| \| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/1/17/Flag_of_Portugal.png/revision/latest?cb=20130627171707 "Flag of Portugal") [Sporting CP](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sporting_CP "Sporting CP") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 2005 \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Middlesbrough](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C. "Middlesbrough F.C.") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 2006 \| \| [![Flag of Germany](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/9b/Germany.png/revision/latest?cb=20150805191750 "Flag of Germany") [Werder Bremen](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/SV_Werder_Bremen "SV Werder Bremen") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| 2009 \| \| [![Flag of England](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Fulham](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Fulham_F.C. "Fulham F.C.") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| [2010](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Portugal](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/1/17/Flag_of_Portugal.png/revision/latest?cb=20130627171707 "Flag of Portugal") [Braga](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.C._Braga "S.C. Braga") \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| [2011](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League "2010–11 UEFA Europa League") \| \| [![Flag of Ukraine](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/d/d2/Flag_of_Ukraine.png/revision/latest?cb=20130622201020 "Flag of Ukraine") Dnipro \| 0 \| 1 \| — \| [2015](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Europa_League "2014–15 UEFA Europa League") \| ## External links\[ \] - [Official website](http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.html) - [UEFA website (archive)](http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/index.html) \| \| \|---\| \| UEFA Cup and Europa League \| \| UEFA Cup seasons \| \| [1996–97](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup "1996–97 UEFA Cup") · [1997–98](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup "1997–98 UEFA Cup") · 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[1981](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_UEFA_Cup "1980–81 UEFA Cup"): [Wark](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/John_Wark "John Wark") · 1982: Nilsson · 1983: Filipović · 1984: Nyilasi · 1985: Bahtić & Bannister · 1986: Allofs · 1987: Cascavel, Houtman, Kieft & Rantanen · 1988: Brylle & Saravakos · 1989: Gütschow · 1990: Götz & Riedle · 1991: Völler · 1992: [Saunders](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Dean_Saunders "Dean Saunders") · 1993: Baticle · 1994: [Bergkamp](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp "Dennis Bergkamp") & Schmitt · 1995: Kirsten · 1996: [Klinsmann](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Klinsmann "Jürgen Klinsmann") · [1997](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Cup "1996–97 UEFA Cup"): Ganz · [1998](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup "1997–98 UEFA Cup"): Guivarc'h · [1999](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_UEFA_Cup "1998–99 UEFA Cup"): Chiesa, Kovačević & Kulawik · [2000](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UEFA_Cup "1999–2000 UEFA Cup"): Kovačević · [2001](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_UEFA_Cup "2000–01 UEFA Cup"): [Berbatov](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Dimitar_Berbatov "Dimitar Berbatov") & Bolo · [2002](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_UEFA_Cup "2001–02 UEFA Cup"): [Van Hooijdonk](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Pierre_van_Hooijdonk "Pierre van Hooijdonk") · 2003: Derlei & [Larsson](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Henrik_Larsson "Henrik Larsson") · 2004: Anderson, [Drogba](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Didier_Drogba "Didier Drogba"), Kežman & [Shearer](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Alan_Shearer "Alan Shearer") · 2005: [Shearer](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Alan_Shearer "Alan Shearer") · 2006: Delgado · 2007: Pandiani · [2008](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Cup "2007–08 UEFA Cup"): [Pogrebnyak](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Pavel_Pogrebnyak "Pavel Pogrebnyak") & Toni · 2009: Vágner Love · [2010](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"): [Cardozo](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/%C3%93scar_Cardozo "Óscar Cardozo") & [Pizarro](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Claudio_Pizarro "Claudio Pizarro") · [2011](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League "2010–11 UEFA Europa League"): [Falcao](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Radamel_Falcao "Radamel Falcao") · [2012](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Europa_League "2011–12 UEFA Europa League"): [Falcao](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Radamel_Falcao "Radamel Falcao") · [2013](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League "2012–13 UEFA Europa League"): [Kozák](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Libor_Koz%C3%A1k "Libor Kozák") · [2014](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Europa_League "2013–14 UEFA Europa League"): [Soriano](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Soriano "Jonathan Soriano") · [2015](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_UEFA_Europa_League "2014–15 UEFA Europa League"): Alan & [Lukaku](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Romelu_Lukaku "Romelu Lukaku") · [2016](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League "2015–16 UEFA Europa League"): [Aduriz](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Aritz_Aduriz "Aritz Aduriz") · [2017](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League "2016–17 UEFA Europa League"): [Džeko](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Edin_D%C5%BEeko "Edin Džeko") & Giuliano · [2018](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Europa_League "2017–18 UEFA Europa League"): [Aduriz](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Aritz_Aduriz "Aritz Aduriz") & [Immobile](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Ciro_Immobile "Ciro Immobile") · [2019](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League "2018–19 UEFA Europa League"): [Giroud](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Olivier_Giroud "Olivier Giroud") · [2020](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Europa_League "2019–20 UEFA Europa League"): [Fernandes](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Bruno_Fernandes "Bruno Fernandes") · [2021](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League "2020–21 UEFA Europa League"): [Mayoral](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borja_Mayoral "Borja Mayoral"), [Moreno](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Gerard_Moreno "Gerard Moreno"), Pizzi & [Yazıcı](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Yusuf_Yaz%C4%B1c%C4%B1 "Yusuf Yazıcı") · [2022](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League "2021–22 UEFA Europa League"): [Tavernier](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/James_Tavernier "James Tavernier") · [2023](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League "2022–23 UEFA Europa League"): [Boniface](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Victor_Boniface "Victor Boniface") & 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Readable Markdown	\| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| UEFA Europa League \| \| \| [![UEFA Europa League (2021)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/d/d4/UEFA_Europa_League_%282021%29.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/135?cb=20241220171417)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/d/d4/UEFA_Europa_League_%282021%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20241220171417) \| \| \| Founded \| 1971 (2009 in its current format) \| \| Region \| Europe ([UEFA](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Union_of_European_Football_Associations "Union of European Football Associations")) \| \| Number of teams \| 36 (league phase) 58 (total) \| \| Tournament information \| \| \| Current champions \| [![Flag of England](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20150627163926)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/21/England.png/revision/latest?cb=20150627163926 "Flag of England") [Tottenham](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. "Tottenham Hotspur F.C.") (3rd title) \| \| Most successful team(s) \| [![Flag of Spain](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621114431)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621114431 "Flag of Spain") [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_F.C. "Sevilla F.C.") (7 titles) \| \| [![Football current event](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/7/70/Football_current_event.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/33?cb=20130621115231)](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/7/70/Football_current_event.png/revision/latest?cb=20130621115231) [Current](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League_2024-25 "UEFA Europa League 2024-25") \| \| \| Website \| [Official website](http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.html) \| The UEFA Europa League, previously called the UEFA Cup, is an annual [association football](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Association_football "Association football") club competition organized by [UEFA](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA "UEFA") since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions, often (with some exceptions) the clubs that finished just lower than the clubs that qualified for the more prestigious [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") club competition. Previously called the UEFA Cup, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League since the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"),following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a rebranding. In 1999, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup") was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004–05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup"), producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The league format will replace the group stage format, starting from 2024. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the [UEFA Super Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup "UEFA Super Cup") to play against the winner of the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"). The title has been won by 30 different clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once. [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_FC "Sevilla FC") is the most successful team, having won seven titles, including three consecutive titles from [2014](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2014_UEFA_Europa_League_Final "2014 UEFA Europa League Final") to [2016](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2016_UEFA_Europa_League_Final "2016 UEFA Europa League Final"). ## History\[\] The UEFA Cup was preceded by the [Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup"), which was a European [football](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Association_football "Association football") competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup (1955–58) to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in 1970–71. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by [UEFA](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA "UEFA") and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. "Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.") versus [Tottenham Hotspur](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. "Tottenham Hotspur F.C."), with Spurs taking the first honors. The Second all-English final was the [Chelsea F.C.](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Chelsea_F.C. "Chelsea F.C.")\-[Arsenal](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Arsenal "Arsenal") with Chelsea defeating Arsenal 4-2. The title was retained by another English club, [Liverpool](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Liverpool_F.C. "Liverpool F.C.") in 1973, beating [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach "Borussia Mönchengladbach") in the final. Borussia would win the competition in 1975 and 1979, and reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool won the competition for the second time in 1976, beating [Club Brugge](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Club_Brugge_KV "Club Brugge KV") in the final. During the 1980s, [IFK Göteborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg "IFK Göteborg") (1982 and 1987) and [Real Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F. "Real Madrid C.F.") (1985 and 1986) won the competition twice each, with [Anderlecht](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht "R.S.C. Anderlecht") reaching two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. 1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs' domination, when Maradona's [Napoli](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.S.C._Napoli "S.S.C. Napoli") beat [Stuttgart](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/VfB_Stuttgart "VfB Stuttgart"). The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992, [Torino](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Torino_FC "Torino FC") lost the final to [Ajax](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/AFC_Ajax "AFC Ajax") on the [away goals rule](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Away_goals_rule "Away goals rule"). [Juventus](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Juventus_FC "Juventus FC") won the competition for a third time in 1993 and [Internazionale](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/F.C._Internazionale_Milano "F.C. Internazionale Milano") kept the cup in Italy the following year. 1995 saw a third all-Italian final, with [Parma](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Parma_F.C. "Parma F.C.") proving their consistency, after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. The only final with no Italians during that decade was in 1996. Internazionale reached the final the following two years, losing in 1997 to [Schalke](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Schalke_04 "FC Schalke 04") on penalties, and winning yet another all-Italian final in 1998, taking home the cup for the third time in only eight years. Parma won the cup in 1999, which ended the Italian club era. Liverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and [Porto](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/F.C._Porto "F.C. Porto") triumphed in the 2003 and 2011 tournaments, with the latter against fellow Portuguese team [Braga](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.C._Braga "S.C. Braga"). In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with [Valencia](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Valencia_C.F. "Valencia C.F.") being victorious, and then [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_FC "Sevilla FC") succeeded on two consecutive occasions in 2006 and 2007, the latter in a final against fellow Spaniards [Espanyol](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/RCD_Espanyol "RCD Espanyol"). Either side of Sevilla's success, two Russian teams, [CSKA Moscow](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow "PFC CSKA Moscow") in 2005 and [Zenit Saint Petersburg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg "FC Zenit Saint Petersburg") in 2008, had their glory and yet another former Soviet club, Ukraine's [Shakhtar Donetsk](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Shakhtar_Donetsk "Shakhtar Donetsk"), won in 2009. [Atlético Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid "Atlético Madrid") would themselves win twice in three seasons, in 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final. In 2013, [Chelsea](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Chelsea_F.C. "Chelsea F.C.") would become the first Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League the following year. In 2014 [Sevilla](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sevilla_FC "Sevilla FC") wins their third cup in eight years after beating [Benfica](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/S.L._Benfica "S.L. Benfica") on penalties, thus becoming Spain's sixth cup from 2004 to 2014. The competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues, but the competition was merged with UEFA's previous second-tier European competition, the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup"), in 1999. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three Fair Play representatives and winners of some selected domestic [League Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/League_Cup "League Cup") competitions. The winners keep the trophy for a year before returning it to UEFA. After its return, the club can keep a four-fifths scale replica of the original trophy. Four teams have won the UEFA Cup as well as their domestic league and cup competitions in the same season, those being [IFK Göteborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg "IFK Göteborg") in 1982, [Galatasaray](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._\(football_team\) "Galatasaray S.K. (football team)") in 2000, [FC Porto](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/F.C._Porto "F.C. Porto") in 2003 and 2011, and [CSKA Moscow](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow "PFC CSKA Moscow") in 2005. This accomplishment is known as a treble that only Galatasaray completed with the [European Super Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup "UEFA Super Cup"). Additionally, Tottenham Hotspur, [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach "Borussia Mönchengladbach"), [IFK Göteborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg "IFK Göteborg") (twice), [AFC Ajax](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/AFC_Ajax "AFC Ajax"), Galatasaray, and [Feyenoord](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feyenoord "Feyenoord") are the only teams to have won the cup without suffering a single loss in their campaign. [RCD Espanyol](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/RCD_Espanyol "RCD Espanyol") is the single runner-up without a defeat. IFK Göteborg played 25 consecutive matches in the UEFA Cup between 1980 and 1987 without a single loss, including their 1981–82 and 1986–87 winning campaigns. Since the 2009–10 season, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League. At the same time, the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup"), UEFA's third-tier competition, was discontinued and merged into the new Europa League. ## Trophy\[\] The UEFA Cup, also known as the Coupe UEFA, is the trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Europa League. Before the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"), both the competition and the trophy were known as 'the UEFA Cup'. Before the competition was renamed the UEFA Europa League in the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"), the UEFA regulations stated that a club could keep the original trophy upon their third consecutive win or fifth win overall.However under the new regulations the trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to each winner of the competition. Also a club that wins three consecutive times or five times overall will receive a 'special mark of recognition'. The trophy was designed and crafted by Bertoni for the [1972 UEFA Cup Final](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1972_UEFA_Cup_Final "1972 UEFA Cup Final"). It weighs 15 kg and is silver on a yellow marble plinth. ## Anthem\[\] The competition's anthem was composed by Yohann Zveig and recorded by the Paris Opera in early 2009. The theme for the re-branded UEFA Cup competition was first officially unveiled at the Grimaldi Forum on 28 August 2009 before the 2009–10 season group stage draw. The anthem is to be played before every Europa League game at a stadium hosting such an event and also before every television broadcast of a Europa League game as a musical element of the competition's opening sequence.A new anthem was composed by Michael Kadelbach and recorded in Berlin and was launched as part of the competition's rebranding at the start of the [2015–16 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League "2015–16 UEFA Europa League"). A new anthem created by MassiveMusic was composed for the start of the [2018–19 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League "2018–19 UEFA Europa League"). It also can be heard at the start of [UEFA Conference League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League "UEFA Conference League") matches. ## Format\[\] ### Qualification\[\] Qualification for the competition is based on [UEFA coefficients](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_coefficient "UEFA coefficient"), with better entrance rounds being offered to the more successful nations. In practice, each association has a standard number of three berths, excluding: - Nations ranked 7 to 9, which have four berths - Nations ranked 52 and 53 (Andorra and [San Marino](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/San_Marino_Football_Federation "San Marino Football Federation") in the 2013–14 season), which have two berths - The nation ranked 54 ([Gibraltar](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Gibraltar_Football_Association "Gibraltar Football Association") in the 2014-15 season) which has one berth. - [Liechtenstein](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Liechtenstein_Football_Association "Liechtenstein Football Association"), which qualifies only the Cup Winners Usually, places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions but the only countries which currently grant a UEFA Europa League place to their secondary cup winners are [England](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Football_League_Cup "Football League Cup") and [France](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Coupe_de_la_Ligue "Coupe de la Ligue"). If the previous UEFA Europa League title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League) by virtue of their domestic form, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Europa League competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association. A team may qualify for European competitions through more than one route. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") then the Champions League place takes precedence and the club does not enter the UEFA Europa League. The UEFA Europa League place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the "spare" UEFA Europa League place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association. Three more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table. The top three federations automatically receive a Fair Play entry if their rating is at least 8.0. The berth goes to the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe. More recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League, at different stages (see below). ### Background\[\] [UEFA coefficients](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_coefficient "UEFA coefficient") were introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they gave a greater number of berths in UEFA Cup to the more successful nations. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations only one place. Since 1999, a similar system has been used for the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"). Before 1980, the entrance criteria of the last Fairs Cup was used. ### Historical formats\[\] The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the [1997–98 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup "1997–98 UEFA Cup"), the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged. Before the 2004–05 season, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the [Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group phase of the Champions League. From the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower entered the first qualifying round with those from associations ranked 9–18 joining them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the [UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup") winners. Winners of the qualifying rounds then joined teams from the associations ranked 1–13 in the first round proper. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League") via their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round. After the first knockout round, the 40 survivors entered a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase was played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. From then on a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a single-legged final, traditionally held on the Wednesday in May immediately preceding the Champions League final. From the [2009–10 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League "2009–10 UEFA Europa League"), the competition has been rebranded as the UEFA Europa League in a bid to increase the competition's profile. As well as changing the competition's name, an extra 16 teams now qualify for the main stages of the competition, with the group stage now consisting of 12 groups of four teams (in a double round robin), with the top two placed teams in each group progressing. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final. Qualification has also changed significantly. Associations ranked 7–9 in the UEFA coefficients will send the Cup winner and three other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations send a Cup winner and two other teams, except Andorra and San Marino, who will send only a Cup winner and a runner-up, and Liechtenstein, who will send only a Cup winner. Since Gibraltar was accepted as a full UEFA member at the UEFA congress held in London on 24 May 2013, their Cup winner will also be sent from the 2014-15 season onwards. Usually, the other teams will be the next highest ranked clubs in each domestic league after those qualifying for the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"), however France and England will continue to use one spot for their League Cup winner. Additionally, three places in the first of four qualifying rounds are still reserved for Fair Play winners. For the inaugural 2009–10 season these places went to [Rosenborg](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Rosenborg_BK "Rosenborg BK") of Norway, [Randers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Randers_FC "Randers FC") of Denmark and [Motherwell](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Motherwell_F.C. "Motherwell F.C.") of Scotland. With the scrapping of the [Intertoto Cup](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup "UEFA Intertoto Cup") there will no longer be spaces reserved in the qualifying rounds for teams qualifying through that route. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification, however every team except the title holder and the highest ranked team (usually the cup winner) from the top six associations has to play at least one qualification round. Apart from the teams mentioned, an additional 15 teams from the Champions League qualification round three will enter in the fourth and last UEFA Europa League qualification round, formerly known as the first round, and the 10 non-qualifiers of the Champions League qualification round 4 will directly enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage will advance to the first knock out round, together with eight 3rd placed teams from the Champions League group stage. The losing finalist for the domestic cup competition will still be entitled to be entered for the UEFA Europa League should the domestic cup winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League. ### Current format\[\] Previously, the competition used grouping format, which was also used in other UEFA competitions, where 32 teams (48 teams before the introduction of [UEFA Conference League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League "UEFA Conference League") in 2021) were drawn into groups of four, and teams would play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Starting from the [2024–25 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League "2024–25 UEFA Europa League"), league format will be used instead of group stage, and there will be 36 teams that will participate in the competition. Teams that finish on 1st to 8th in the final league standings will qualify directly to the knockout rounds, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will advance to knockout round play-offs. The competition then progresses in much the same way as the previous format, with a play-off round of two-legged matches for knockout round, 4 rounds of two-legged knockout rounds and a one-off final held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category Four stadium criteria. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final. ### Distribution\[\] As of the [2024–25 season](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League "2024–25 UEFA Europa League"). \| \| Teams entering in this round \| Teams advancing from the previous round \| Teams transferred from Champions League \| \| \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \| First qualifying round (18 teams) \| 18 domestic cup winners from associations 16–33 \| \| \| \| \| Second qualifying round (16 teams) \| 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6 \| 9 winners from the first qualifying round \| \| \| \| Third qualifying round \| Champions (12 teams) \| \| \| 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for champions \| \| Non-champions (14 teams) \| 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15 \| 8 winners from second qualifying round for non-champions \| 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for non-champions \| \| \| Play-off round (24 teams) \| 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12 \| 6 winners from third qualifying round for champions 7 winners from third qualifying round for non-champions \| 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for champions \| \| \| League stage (36 teams) \| [UEFA Conference League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League "UEFA Conference League") title holders 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5 \| 12 winners from play-off round \| 5 losers from Champions League play-off round for champions 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round and play-off round for non-champions \| \| ## Referees\[\] The Europa League have implemented the extra officials rule since September 2009. Under the rule, there will be a total of six officials: the main referee, two assistant referees, fourth official of the sideline, and two extra assistants (one alongside each goal). ## Prize money\[\] Similar to the [UEFA Champions League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League "UEFA Champions League"), the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend of the value of their TV market. A group stage participation in the Europa League awards a base fee of €1.3 million. A victory in the group pays €200,000 and a draw €100,000. Also, each group winner earns €400,000 and each runner-up €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggers additional bonuses: €200,000 for the round of 32, €350,000 for the round of 16, €450,000 for the quarter-finals and €1 million for the semi-finals. The losing finalists receive €2.5 million and the champions get €5 million. - First qualifying round: €120,000 - Second qualifying round: €130,000 - Third qualifying round: €140,000 - Play-off round elimination: €150,000 - Base fee for group stage: €1,300,000 - Group match victory: €200,000 - Group match draw: €100,000 - Group winners: €400,000 - Group runners-up: €200,000 - Round of 32: €200,000 - Round of 16: €350,000 - Quarter-finals: €450,000 - Semi-finals: €1,000,000 - Losing finalist: €2,500,000 - Winners: €5,000,000 ## \[\] The tournament's main sponsors for the 2024–27 cycle are: - Just Eat Takeaway (with different regional variations) - Hankook - Engelbert Strauss - Swissquote Decathlon's Kipsta sub-brand is the official match ball supplier from the 2024–25 season onwards for a three-year period. Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Europa League. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey (plus that of the manufacturer), and if clubs play a match in a country where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted (such as alcohol in the case of France), then they must remove that logo from their jerseys. ## Records and statistics\[\] The UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until 1997. The first final was played on 3 May 1972 in Wolverhampton and 17 May 1972 in London. The first leg between [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C. "Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.") and [Tottenham Hotspur](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C. "Tottenham Hotspur F.C.") was won 2–1 by the away side. The second leg finished as a 1–1 draw, meaning that Tottenham Hotspur became the first UEFA Cup winners. The one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. A venue must meet or exceed UEFA Category three standards to host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions, the final was played at a finalist's home ground: [Feyenoord](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feyenoord "Feyenoord") defeated [Borussia Dortmund](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund "Borussia Dortmund") at [De Kuip](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Feijenoord_Stadion "Feijenoord Stadion"), Rotterdam in [2002](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2002_UEFA_Cup_Final "2002 UEFA Cup Final"), and [Sporting CP](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Sporting_Clube_de_Portugal "Sporting Clube de Portugal") lost to [CSKA Moscow](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow "PFC CSKA Moscow") at their own [José Alvalade Stadium](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Jos%C3%A9_Alvalade "Estádio José Alvalade"), Lisbon in 2005. The winner of the last UEFA Cup final (prior to the competition being rebranded as the UEFA Europa League) was [Shakhtar Donetsk](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk "FC Shakhtar Donetsk") on 20 May 2009. The Ukrainian team beat [Werder Bremen](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/SV_Werder_Bremen "SV Werder Bremen") of Germany 2–1 at [Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_Saraco%C4%9Flu_Stadium "Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium"), Istanbul, [Turkey](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Turkey "Turkey"). The first ever winner of the rebranded Europa League was [Atlético Madrid](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid "Atlético Madrid"), beating [Premier League](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Premier_League "Premier League") side [Fulham](https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Fulham_F.C. "Fulham F.C.") 2–1 after extra time. ## Winners\[\] ## External links\[\] - [Official website](http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.html) - [UEFA website (archive)](http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/index.html)
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