The UEFA Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup, is an association football competition established in 1971 by UEFA. 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. Tottenham Hotspur won the inaugural competition in 1972, defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate. Eleven finals have featured teams from the same national association: Italy (1990, 1991, 1995 and 1998), England (1972, 2019 and 2025), Spain (2007 and 2012), Germany (1980) and Portugal (2011).
Willy van der Kuijlen lifting the UEFA Cup in 1978 following PSV Eindhoven's victory over Bastia. | |
| Founded | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Region | UEFA (Europe) |
| Teams | 36 (league stage) 2 (finalists) |
| Current champions | Tottenham Hotspur (3rd title) |
| Most championships | Sevilla (7 titles) |
| 2025 UEFA Europa League final | |
Sevilla holds the record for the most victories, having won the competition seven times since its inception. 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. 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. Benfica and Marseille have lost the most finals, with three losses in the competition. The current champions are Tottenham Hotspur, who defeated Manchester United 1–0 in the 2025 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.
List of finals
| † | Match won after extra time |
| * | Match won after a penalty shoot-out |
| § | Match won by a golden goal |
| # | Team won on away goals |
- The two-legged final matches are listed in the order they were played.
- The link in the "Score" column directs to the article about that season's final.
| 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* | 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* | 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* | 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 | 0–0* | Arsenal | England | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | 38,919 |
| 2000–01 | England | Liverpool | 5–4§ | Deportivo Alavés | Spain | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany | 48,050 |
| 2001–02 | Netherlands | Feyenoord | 3–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | 45,611 |
| 2002–03 | Portugal | Porto | 3–2† | Celtic | Scotland | Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain | 52,972 |
| 2003–04 | Spain | Valencia | 2–0 | Marseille | France | Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | 39,000 |
| 2004–05 | Russia | CSKA Moscow | 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* | Espanyol | Spain | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | 47,602 |
| 2007–08 | Russia | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0 | Rangers | Scotland | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England | 43,878 |
| 2008–09 | Ukraine | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–1† | Werder Bremen | Germany | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | 37,357 |
| 2009–10 | Spain | Atlético Madrid | 2–1† | Fulham | England | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany | 49,000 |
| 2010–11 | Portugal | Porto | 1–0 | Braga | 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 | 2–1 | Benfica | Portugal | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands | 46,163 |
| 2013–14 | Spain | Sevilla | 0–0* | Benfica | Portugal | Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy | 33,120 |
| 2014–15 | Spain | Sevilla | 3–2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine | National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland | 45,000 |
| 2015–16 | Spain | Sevilla | 3–1 | Liverpool | England | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 34,429 |
| 2016–17 | England | Manchester United | 2–0 | Ajax | Netherlands | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | 46,961 |
| 2017–18 | Spain | Atlético Madrid | 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 | Italy | Stadion Köln, Cologne, Germany | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Spain | Villarreal | 1–1* | Manchester United | England | Stadion Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland | 9,412 |
| 2021–22 | Germany | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1* | Rangers | Scotland | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain | 38,842 |
| 2022–23 | Spain | Sevilla | 1–1* | Roma | Italy | Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary | 61,476 |
| 2023–24 | Italy | Atalanta | 3–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Germany | Dublin Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 47,135 |
| 2024–25 | England | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Manchester United | England | San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain | 49,224 |
| Upcoming finals | |||||||
| Season | Country | Finalist | Match | Finalist | Country | Venue | |
| 2025–26 | v | Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | |||||
| 2026–27 | v | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany | |||||
Performances
By club
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevilla | 7 | 0 | 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023 | — |
| Inter Milan | 3 | 2 | 1991, 1994, 1998 | 1997, 2020 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 1 | 1972, 1984, 2025 | 1974 |
| Liverpool | 3 | 1 | 1973, 1976, 2001 | 2016 |
| Juventus | 3 | 1 | 1977, 1990, 1993 | 1995 |
| Atlético Madrid | 3 | 0 | 2010, 2012, 2018 | — |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 2 | 1975, 1979 | 1973, 1980 |
| Feyenoord | 2 | 0 | 1974, 2002 | — |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 0 | 1980, 2022 | — |
| IFK Göteborg | 2 | 0 | 1982, 1987 | — |
| Real Madrid | 2 | 0 | 1985, 1986 | — |
| Parma | 2 | 0 | 1995, 1999 | — |
| Porto | 2 | 0 | 2003, 2011 | — |
| Chelsea | 2 | 0 | 2013, 2019 | — |
| Manchester United | 1 | 2 | 2017 | 2021, 2025 |
| Anderlecht | 1 | 1 | 1983 | 1984 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 1988 | 2024 |
| Ajax | 1 | 1 | 1992 | 2017 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 0 | 1978 | — |
| Ipswich Town | 1 | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Napoli | 1 | 0 | 1989 | — |
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 0 | 1996 | — |
| Schalke 04 | 1 | 0 | 1997 | — |
| Galatasaray | 1 | 0 | 2000 | — |
| Valencia | 1 | 0 | 2004 | — |
| CSKA Moscow | 1 | 0 | 2005 | — |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | 0 | 2008 | — |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 2009 | — |
| Villarreal | 1 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| Atalanta | 1 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| Benfica | 0 | 3 | — | 1983, 2013, 2014 |
| Marseille | 0 | 3 | — | 1999, 2004, 2018 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 0 | 2 | — | 1977, 2012 |
| Espanyol | 0 | 2 | — | 1988, 2007 |
| Roma | 0 | 2 | — | 1991, 2023 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 2 | — | 1993, 2002 |
| Arsenal | 0 | 2 | — | 2000, 2019 |
| Rangers | 0 | 2 | — | 2008, 2022 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 1 | — | 1972 |
| Twente | 0 | 1 | — | 1975 |
| Club Brugge | 0 | 1 | — | 1976 |
| Bastia | 0 | 1 | — | 1978 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 0 | 1 | — | 1979 |
| AZ | 0 | 1 | — | 1981 |
| Hamburger SV | 0 | 1 | — | 1982 |
| Fehérvár | 0 | 1 | — | 1985 |
| 1. FC Köln | 0 | 1 | — | 1986 |
| Dundee United | 0 | 1 | — | 1987 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0 | 1 | — | 1989 |
| Fiorentina | 0 | 1 | — | 1990 |
| Torino | 0 | 1 | — | 1992 |
| Austria Salzburg | 0 | 1 | — | 1994 |
| Bordeaux | 0 | 1 | — | 1996 |
| Lazio | 0 | 1 | — | 1998 |
| Alavés | 0 | 1 | — | 2001 |
| Celtic | 0 | 1 | — | 2003 |
| Sporting CP | 0 | 1 | — | 2005 |
| Middlesbrough | 0 | 1 | — | 2006 |
| Werder Bremen | 0 | 1 | — | 2009 |
| Fulham | 0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| Braga | 0 | 1 | — | 2011 |
| Dnipro | 0 | 1 | — | 2015 |
By nation
| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| England | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Italy | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Germany | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 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 |
Finals between teams from the same nation
| Nation | Finals | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 4 | 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998 |
| England | 3 | 1972, 2019, 2025 |
| Spain | 2 | 2007, 2012 |
| Germany | 1 | 1980 |
| Portugal | 1 | 2011 |
See also
- List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers
- List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals
- List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals
- List of UEFA Conference League finals
- List of UEFA Super Cup matches
- List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winners
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