UEFA Europa League

annual association football competition in Europe

The UEFA Europa League is a football tournament for teams that did not make the UEFA Champions League. They qualify by being not the best in the country and not making the best competition. For example in England, teams that finish after the first four teams can go to the Europa League. There is another option, which if you finish 3rd in the UEFA Champions League Group Stage, you will qualify for the last 32 in the Europa League, and the 3rd option is when a club which being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League 3rd round (Into the UEFA Europa League Playoff Round). In 2009, it was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League. It was previously known as the UEFA Cup. The winner of the UEFA Europa League plays the winner of the UEFA Champions League in the UEFA Super Cup.

UEFA Europa League
Founded1971; 53 years ago (1971)
(rebranded in 2009)
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teams32 (group stage)
58 (total)
Qualifier forUEFA Super Cup
UEFA Champions League
Related competitionsInter-Cities Fairs Cup (precessor)
UEFA Champions League (1st tier)
UEFA Europa Conference League (planned 3rd tier)
Current championsSpain Villarreal (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Sevilla (6 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Competition Winners

Performance in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League by club
ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Sevilla602006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
Inter Milan321991, 1994, 19981997, 2020
Liverpool311973, 1976, 20012016
Juventus311977, 1990, 19931995
Atlético Madrid302010, 2012, 2018
Borussia Mönchengladbach221975, 19791973, 1980
Tottenham Hotspur211972, 19841974
Feyenoord201974, 2002
IFK Göteborg201982, 1987
Real Madrid201985, 1986
Parma201995, 1999
Porto202003, 2011
Chelsea202013, 2019
Anderlecht1119831984
Ajax1119922017
Manchester United1020172021
PSV Eindhoven101978
Eintracht Frankfurt101980
Ipswich Town101981
Bayer Leverkusen101988
Napoli101989
Bayern Munich101996
Schalke 04101997
Galatasaray102000
Valencia102004
CSKA Moscow102005
Zenit Saint Petersburg102008
Shakhtar Donetsk102009
Villarreal102021
Benfica031983, 2013, 2014
Marseille031999, 2004, 2018
Athletic Bilbao021977, 2012
Espanyol021988, 2007
Borussia Dortmund021993, 2002
Arsenal022000, 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers011972
Twente011975
Club Brugge011976
Bastia011978
Red Star Belgrade011979
AZ011981
Hamburg011982
Fehérvár011985
Köln011986
Dundee United011987
Stuttgart011989
Fiorentina011990
Roma011991
Torino011992
Red Bull Salzburg011994
Bordeaux011996
Lazio011998
Alavés012001
Celtic012003
Sporting CP012005
Middlesbrough012006
Rangers012008
Werder Bremen012009
Fulham012010
Braga012011
Dnipro012015

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