List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals
Willy van der Kuijlen lifting the UEFA Cup in 1978 following PSV Eindhoven's victory over Bastia.
Founded1971
RegionUEFA (Europe)
Number of teams32 (group stage)
2 (finalists)
Current championsSpain Sevilla
(7th title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Sevilla
(7 titles)
2023 UEFA Europa League final

The UEFA Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup, is an association football competition established in 1971 by UEFA.[1] It is considered the second most important international competition for European clubs, after the UEFA Champions League. Clubs qualify for the Europa League based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium, but in 1998, Inter Milan defeated Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.[2] Tottenham Hotspur won the inaugural competition in 1972, defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate.[3] Ten finals have featured teams from the same national association: Italy (1990, 1991, 1995 and 1998), Spain (2007 and 2012), England (1972 and 2019), Germany (1980) and Portugal (2011).

Sevilla holds the record for the most victories, having won the competition seven times since its inception.[4] Real Madrid (winners in 1985 and 1986) and Sevilla (winners in 2006 and 2007, and 2014, 2015 and 2016) are the only teams to have retained their title. The competition has been won fourteen times by teams from Spain, more than any other country.[1] The last champions before the UEFA Cup was renamed to UEFA Europa League were Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat Werder Bremen 2–1 after extra time in the 2009 final.[5] Benfica and Marseille have lost the most finals, with three losses in the competition. The current champions are Sevilla, who defeated Roma 4–1 on penalties in the 2023 final.

While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, UEFA does not recognise the Fairs Cup as one of its official club competitions, and therefore its records are not included in the list.[6]

List of finals

Key
† Match won after extra time
* Match won after a penalty shoot-out
§ Match won by a golden goal
# Team won on away goals
UEFA Cup and Europa League finals[1][7]
Season Country Winners Score Runners-up Country Venue Attendance
Two-legged format
1971–72  England Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  England Molineux, Wolverhampton, England 45,000
1–1 White Hart Lane, London, England 54,000
1972–73  England Liverpool 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach  West Germany Anfield, Liverpool, England 41,169
0–2 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany 35,000
1973–74  Netherlands Feyenoord 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur  England White Hart Lane, London, England 46,281
2–0 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 59,000
1974–75  West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 Twente  Netherlands Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany 42,000
5–1 Diekman Stadion, Enschede, Netherlands 21,000
1975–76  England Liverpool 3–2 Club Brugge  Belgium Anfield, Liverpool, England 56,000
1–1 Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium 32,000
1976–77  Italy Juventus# 1–0 Athletic Bilbao  Spain Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy 75,000
1–2 San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain 43,000
1977–78  Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 Bastia  France Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia, France 15,000
3–0 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 27,000
1978–79  West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Red Star Belgrade  Yugoslavia Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia 87,000
1–0 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany 45,000
1979–80  West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt# 2–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach  West Germany Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany 25,000
1–0 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany 59,000
1980–81  England Ipswich Town 3–0 AZ  Netherlands Portman Road, Ipswich, England 27,532
2–4 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands 28,500
1981–82  Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–0 Hamburger SV  West Germany Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 42,548
3–0 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany 60,000
1982–83  Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 Benfica  Portugal Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 55,000
1–1 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 80,000
1983–84  England Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Anderlecht  Belgium Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium 40,000
1–1*[a] White Hart Lane, London, England 46,205
1984–85  Spain Real Madrid 3–0 Videoton  Hungary Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár, Hungary 30,000
0–1 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 90,000
1985–86  Spain Real Madrid 5–1 1. FC Köln  West Germany Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 85,000
0–2 Olympiastadion, Berlin, West Germany 15,000
1986–87  Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–0 Dundee United  Scotland Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 50,023
1–1 Tannadice Park, Dundee, Scotland 20,911
1987–88  West Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0–3 Espanyol  Spain Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain 42,000
3–0*[b] Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, West Germany 22,000
1988–89  Italy Napoli 2–1 VfB Stuttgart  West Germany Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy 83,000
3–3 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany 67,000
1989–90  Italy Juventus 3–1 Fiorentina  Italy Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy 45,000
0–0 Stadio Partenio, Avellino, Italy 32,000
1990–91  Italy Inter Milan 2–0 Roma  Italy San Siro, Milan, Italy 68,887
0–1 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy 70,901
1991–92  Netherlands Ajax# 2–2 Torino  Italy Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy 65,377
0–0 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands 42,000
1992–93  Italy Juventus 3–1 Borussia Dortmund  Germany Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany 37,000
3–0 Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy 62,781
1993–94  Italy Inter Milan 1–0 Austria Salzburg  Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 47,500
1–0 San Siro, Milan, Italy 80,326
1994–95  Italy Parma 1–0 Juventus  Italy Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy 22,062
1–1 San Siro, Milan, Italy 80,754
1995–96  Germany Bayern Munich 2–0 Bordeaux  France Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany 62,000
3–1 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France 36,000
1996–97  Germany Schalke 04 1–0 Inter Milan  Italy Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 56,000
0–1*[c] San Siro, Milan, Italy 83,000
Single match format
1997–98  Italy Inter Milan 3–0 Lazio  Italy Parc des Princes, Paris, France 44,412
1998–99  Italy Parma 3–0 Marseille  France Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 61,000
1999–2000  Turkey Galatasaray (UCL) 0–0*[d] Arsenal (UCL)  England Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 38,919
2000–01  England Liverpool 5–4§[e] Deportivo Alavés  Spain Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany 48,050
2001–02  Netherlands Feyenoord (UCL) 3–2 Borussia Dortmund (UCL)  Germany De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 45,611
2002–03  Portugal Porto 3–2†[f] Celtic (UCL)  Scotland Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain 52,972
2003–04  Spain Valencia 2–0 Marseille (UCL)  France Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 39,000
2004–05  Russia CSKA Moscow (UCL) 3–1 Sporting CP  Portugal Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal 47,085
2005–06  Spain Sevilla 4–0 Middlesbrough  England PSV Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 33,100
2006–07  Spain Sevilla 2–2*[g] Espanyol  Spain Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 47,602
2007–08  Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 Rangers (UCL)  Scotland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England 43,878
2008–09  Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL) 2–1†[h] Werder Bremen (UCL)  Germany Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey 37,357
2009–10  Spain Atlético Madrid (UCL) 2–1†[i] Fulham  England Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany 49,000
2010–11  Portugal Porto 1–0 Braga (UCL)  Portugal Lansdowne Road Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 45,391
2011–12  Spain Atlético Madrid 3–0 Athletic Bilbao  Spain Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania 52,347
2012–13  England Chelsea (UCL) 2–1 Benfica (UCL)  Portugal Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 46,163
2013–14  Spain Sevilla 0–0*[j] Benfica (UCL)  Portugal Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy 33,120
2014–15  Spain Sevilla 3–2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UCL)  Ukraine Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland 45,000
2015–16  Spain Sevilla (UCL) 3–1 Liverpool  England St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 34,429
2016–17  England Manchester United 2–0 Ajax (UCL)  Netherlands Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden 46,961
2017–18  Spain Atlético Madrid (UCL) 3–0 Marseille  France Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu, France 55,768
2018–19  England Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal  England Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 51,370
2019–20  Spain Sevilla 3–2 Inter Milan (UCL)  Italy Stadion Köln, Cologne, Germany[k] 0[l]
2020–21  Spain Villarreal 1–1*[m] Manchester United (UCL)  England Stadion Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland 9,412
2021–22  Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1*[n] Rangers (UCL)  Scotland Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain 38,842
2022–23  Spain Sevilla (UCL) 1–1*[o] Roma  Italy Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary 61,476
Upcoming finals
Season Country Finalist Match Finalist Country Venue
2023–24 v Dublin Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
2024–25 v San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain

Performances

By club

Performance in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League by club
Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Spain Sevilla 7 0 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023 —
Italy Inter Milan 3 2 1991, 1994, 1998 1997, 2020
England Liverpool 3 1 1973, 1976, 2001 2016
Italy Juventus 3 1 1977, 1990, 1993 1995
Spain Atlético Madrid 3 0 2010, 2012, 2018 —
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 2 1975, 1979 1973, 1980
England Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1972, 1984 1974
Netherlands Feyenoord 2 0 1974, 2002 —
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0 1980, 2022 —
Sweden IFK Göteborg 2 0 1982, 1987 —
Spain Real Madrid 2 0 1985, 1986 —
Italy Parma 2 0 1995, 1999 —
Portugal Porto 2 0 2003, 2011 —
England Chelsea 2 0 2013, 2019 —
Belgium Anderlecht 1 1 1983 1984
Netherlands Ajax 1 1 1992 2017
England Manchester United 1 1 2017 2021
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 0 1978 —
England Ipswich Town 1 0 1981 —
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 1988 —
Italy Napoli 1 0 1989 —
Germany Bayern Munich 1 0 1996 —
Germany Schalke 04 1 0 1997 —
Turkey Galatasaray 1 0 2000 —
Spain Valencia 1 0 2004 —
Russia CSKA Moscow 1 0 2005 —
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 0 2008 —
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1 0 2009 —
Spain Villarreal 1 0 2021 —
Portugal Benfica 0 3 — 1983, 2013, 2014
France Marseille 0 3 — 1999, 2004, 2018
Spain Athletic Bilbao 0 2 — 1977, 2012
Spain Espanyol 0 2 — 1988, 2007
Italy Roma 0 2 — 1991, 2023
Germany Borussia Dortmund 0 2 — 1993, 2002
England Arsenal 0 2 — 2000, 2019
Scotland Rangers 0 2 — 2008, 2022
England Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 1 — 1972
Netherlands Twente 0 1 — 1975
Belgium Club Brugge 0 1 — 1976
France Bastia 0 1 — 1978
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0 1 — 1979
Netherlands AZ 0 1 — 1981
Germany Hamburger SV 0 1 — 1982
Hungary Fehérvár 0 1 — 1985
Germany 1. FC Köln 0 1 — 1986
Scotland Dundee United 0 1 — 1987
Germany VfB Stuttgart 0 1 — 1989
Italy Fiorentina 0 1 — 1990
Italy Torino 0 1 — 1992
Austria Austria Salzburg 0 1 — 1994
France Bordeaux 0 1 — 1996
Italy Lazio 0 1 — 1998
Spain Alavés 0 1 — 2001
Scotland Celtic 0 1 — 2003
Portugal Sporting CP 0 1 — 2005
England Middlesbrough 0 1 — 2006
Germany Werder Bremen 0 1 — 2009
England Fulham 0 1 — 2010
Portugal Braga 0 1 — 2011
Ukraine Dnipro 0 1 — 2015

By nation

Performance in finals by nation
Nation Winners Runners-up Total
 Spain 14 5 19
 England 9 8 17
 Italy 9 8 17
 Germany[p] 7 8 15
 Netherlands 4 3 7
 Portugal 2 5 7
 Russia 2 0 2
 Sweden 2 0 2
 Belgium 1 2 3
 Ukraine 1 1 2
 Turkey 1 0 1
 France 0 5 5
 Scotland 0 4 4
 Austria 0 1 1
 Hungary 0 1 1
 Yugoslavia 0 1 1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Tottenham Hotspur won the penalty shoot-out 4–3.[8]
  2. ^ The score was 3–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Bayer Leverkusen won the penalty shoot-out 3–2.[9]
  3. ^ The score was 0–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Schalke 04 won the penalty shoot-out 4–1.[10]
  4. ^ The score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Galatasaray won the penalty shoot-out 4–1.[11]
  5. ^ The score was 4–4 after 90 minutes. Liverpool scored the golden goal in the 26th minute of extra time.[12]
  6. ^ The score was 2–2 after 90 minutes.[13]
  7. ^ The score was 2–2 after 90 minutes and extra time. Sevilla won the penalty shoot-out 3–1.[14]
  8. ^ The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.[15]
  9. ^ The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.[16]
  10. ^ The score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Sevilla won the penalty shoot-out 4–2.[17]
  11. ^ The match was originally planned to be held at the Stadion Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland, but was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
  12. ^ The 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[18]
  13. ^ The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Villarreal won the penalty shoot-out 11–10.
  14. ^ The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Eintracht Frankfurt won the penalty shoot-out 5–4.
  15. ^ The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Sevilla won the penalty shoot-out 4–1.
  16. ^ Includes clubs representing West Germany. No clubs representing East Germany appeared in a final.

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