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List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals
Image
Willy van der Kuijlen lifting the UEFA Cup in 1978 following PSV Eindhoven's victory over Bastia.
Founded1971
RegionUEFA (Europe)
Teams36 (league stage)
2 (finalists)
Current championsEngland Aston Villa
(1st title)
Most championshipsSpain Sevilla
(7 titles)
Image 2026 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] 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).

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 Aston Villa, who defeated SC Freiburg 3–0 in the 2026 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

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Key
† Match went to extra time
* Match won on 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 Image England Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Image England Molineux, Wolverhampton, England 45,000
1–1 White Hart Lane, London, England 54,000
1972–73 Image England Liverpool 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Image West Germany Anfield, Liverpool, England 41,169
0–2 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany 35,000
1973–74 Image Netherlands Feyenoord 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur Image England White Hart Lane, London, England 46,281
2–0 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 59,000
1974–75 Image West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 Twente Image Netherlands Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany 42,000
5–1 Diekman Stadion, Enschede, Netherlands 21,000
1975–76 Image England Liverpool 3–2 Club Brugge Image Belgium Anfield, Liverpool, England 56,000
1–1 Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium 32,000
1976–77 Image Italy Juventus# 1–0 Athletic Bilbao Image Spain Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy 75,000
1–2 San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain 43,000
1977–78 Image Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 Bastia Image France Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia, France 15,000
3–0 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 27,000
1978–79 Image West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Red Star Belgrade Image Yugoslavia Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia 87,000
1–0 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany 45,000
1979–80 Image West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt# 2–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Image West Germany Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany 25,000
1–0 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany 59,000
1980–81 Image England Ipswich Town 3–0 AZ Image Netherlands Portman Road, Ipswich, England 27,532
2–4 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands 28,500
1981–82 Image Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–0 Hamburger SV Image West Germany Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 42,548
3–0 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany 60,000
1982–83 Image Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 Benfica Image Portugal Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 55,000
1–1 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 80,000
1983–84 Image England Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Anderlecht Image Belgium Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium 40,000
1–1*[a] White Hart Lane, London, England 46,205
1984–85 Image Spain Real Madrid 3–0 Videoton Image Hungary Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár, Hungary 30,000
0–1 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 90,000
1985–86 Image Spain Real Madrid 5–1 1. FC Köln Image West Germany Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 85,000
0–2 Olympiastadion, Berlin, West Germany 15,000
1986–87 Image Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–0 Dundee United Image Scotland Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 50,023
1–1 Tannadice Park, Dundee, Scotland 20,911
1987–88 Image West Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0–3 Espanyol Image Spain Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain 42,000
3–0*[b] Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, West Germany 22,000
1988–89 Image Italy Napoli 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Image West Germany Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy 83,000
3–3 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany 67,000
1989–90 Image Italy Juventus 3–1 Fiorentina Image Italy Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy 45,000
0–0 Stadio Partenio, Avellino, Italy 32,000
1990–91 Image Italy Inter Milan 2–0 Roma Image Italy San Siro, Milan, Italy 68,887
0–1 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy 70,901
1991–92 Image Netherlands Ajax# 2–2 Torino Image Italy Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy 65,377
0–0 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands 42,000
1992–93 Image Italy Juventus 3–1 Borussia Dortmund Image Germany Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany 37,000
3–0 Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy 62,781
1993–94 Image Italy Inter Milan 1–0 Austria Salzburg Image Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 47,500
1–0 San Siro, Milan, Italy 80,326
1994–95 Image Italy Parma 1–0 Juventus Image Italy Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy 22,062
1–1 San Siro, Milan, Italy 80,754
1995–96 Image Germany Bayern Munich 2–0 Bordeaux Image France Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany 62,000
3–1 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France 36,000
1996–97 Image Germany Schalke 04 1–0 Inter Milan Image Italy Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 56,000
0–1*[c] San Siro, Milan, Italy 83,000
Single match format
1997–98 Image Italy Inter Milan 3–0 Lazio Image Italy Parc des Princes, Paris, France 44,412
1998–99 Image Italy Parma 3–0 Marseille Image France Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 61,000
1999–2000 Image Turkey Galatasaray 0–0*[d] Arsenal Image England Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 38,919
2000–01 Image England Liverpool 5–4§[e] Alavés Image Spain Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany 48,050
2001–02 Image Netherlands Feyenoord 3–2 Borussia Dortmund Image Germany De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 45,611
2002–03 Image Portugal Porto 3–2†[f] Celtic Image Scotland Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain 52,972
2003–04 Image Spain Valencia 2–0 Marseille Image France Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 39,000
2004–05 Image Russia CSKA Moscow 3–1 Sporting CP Image Portugal Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal 47,085
2005–06 Image Spain Sevilla 4–0 Middlesbrough Image England Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 33,100
2006–07 Image Spain Sevilla 2–2*[g] Espanyol Image Spain Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 47,602
2007–08 Image Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 Rangers Image Scotland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England 43,878
2008–09 Image Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1†[h] Werder Bremen Image Germany Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey 37,357
2009–10 Image Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1†[i] Fulham Image England Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany 49,000
2010–11 Image Portugal Porto 1–0 Braga Image Portugal Lansdowne Road Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 45,391
2011–12 Image Spain Atlético Madrid 3–0 Athletic Bilbao Image Spain Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania 52,347
2012–13 Image England Chelsea 2–1 Benfica Image Portugal Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 46,163
2013–14 Image Spain Sevilla 0–0*[j] Benfica Image Portugal Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy 33,120
2014–15 Image Spain Sevilla 3–2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Image Ukraine National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland 45,000
2015–16 Image Spain Sevilla 3–1 Liverpool Image England St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 34,429
2016–17 Image England Manchester United 2–0 Ajax Image Netherlands Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden 46,961
2017–18 Image Spain Atlético Madrid 3–0 Marseille Image France Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu, France 55,768
2018–19 Image England Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal Image England Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 51,370
2019–20 Image Spain Sevilla 3–2 Inter Milan Image Italy Stadion Köln, Cologne, Germany 0[k]
2020–21 Image Spain Villarreal 1–1*[l] Manchester United Image England Stadion Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland 9,412[m]
2021–22 Image Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1*[n] Rangers Image Scotland Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain 38,842
2022–23 Image Spain Sevilla 1–1*[o] Roma Image Italy Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary 61,476
2023–24 Image Italy Atalanta 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Image Germany Dublin Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 47,135
2024–25 Image England Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Manchester United Image England San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain 49,224
2025–26 Image England Aston Villa 3–0 SC Freiburg Image Germany Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey 37,324
Upcoming final(s)
Season Country Finalist Match Finalist Country Venue
2026–27 v Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Performances

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By club

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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 Tottenham Hotspur 3 1 1972, 1984, 2025 1974
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
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 —
England Manchester United 1 2 2017 2021, 2025
Belgium Anderlecht 1 1 1983 1984
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 1988 2024
Netherlands Ajax 1 1 1992 2017
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 0 1978 —
England Ipswich Town 1 0 1981 —
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 —
Italy Atalanta 1 0 2024 —
England Aston Villa 1 0 2026 —
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 Videoton 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
Germany SC Freiburg 0 1 — 2026

By nation

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Performance in finals by nation
Nation Winners Runners-up Total
Image Spain 14 5 19
Image England 11 9 20
Image Italy 10 8 18
Image Germany[p] 7 10 17
Image Netherlands 4 3 7
Image Portugal 2 5 7
Image Russia 2 0 2
Image Sweden 2 0 2
Image Belgium 1 2 3
Image Ukraine 1 1 2
Image Turkey 1 0 1
Image France 0 5 5
Image Scotland 0 4 4
Image Austria 0 1 1
Image Hungary 0 1 1
Image Yugoslavia[q] 0 1 1

Finals between teams from the same nation

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Nation Finals Years
Image Italy 4 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998
Image England 3 1972, 2019, 2025
Image Spain 2 2007, 2012
Image Germany 1 1980
Image Portugal 1 2011

See also

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Notes

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  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 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[18]
  12. ↑ The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Villarreal won the penalty shoot-out 11–10.
  13. ↑ The 2021 final was played with limited capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[19]
  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.
  17. ↑ The Yugoslav final appearance was by a club from SR Serbia.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "UEFA Cup/Europa League". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "1997/98 season history". UEFA. 31 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Spurs keep Wolves at bay". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
  4. ↑ "Europa League kings Sevilla beat Roma on penalties to win seventh crown". Reuters. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk claim Uefa Cup final glory over Werder Bremen". The Guardian. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "UEFA Cup: All-time finals". UEFA. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2022. See also "2022–23 Season Update" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "1983/84: Tottenham keep cool to dispatch Anderlecht". UEFA. 22 August 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "1987/88: Leverkusen overturn 3-0 final deficit". UEFA. 22 August 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "1996/97: Spot-on Schalke hold off Inter". UEFA. 22 August 2020. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "1999/00: Galatasaray the pride of Turkey". UEFA. 1 June 2000. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "2000/01: Liverpool triumph after nine-goal thriller". UEFA. 1 June 2001. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "2002/03: Mourinho's silver lining for Porto". UEFA. 1 June 2003. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "2006/07: Palop the hero". UEFA. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  15. ↑ "2008/09: Last UEFA Cup brings Shakhtar first". UEFA. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "2009/10: Atlético end wait for European title". UEFA. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "2013/14: Spot-on Sevilla show their mettle". UEFA. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA. 9 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  19. ↑ "All you need to know: 2021 Europa League final". UEFA. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
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