List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals

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.
Founded	1971
Region	UEFA (Europe)
Number of teams	32 (group stage) 2 (finalists)
Current champions	Atalanta (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Sevilla (7 titles)
2024 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 Atalanta, who defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 in the 2024 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

• The "Season" column refers to the season during which the competition was held, and links to the article about that season.
• The two-legged final matches are listed in the order they were played.
• The "UCL" note by a team means that the team initially competed in the UEFA Champions League for that season (since the 1999–2000 season).
• The link in the "Score" column directs to the article about that season's final.

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* [lower-alpha 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* [lower-alpha 2]			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* [lower-alpha 3]			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* [lower-alpha 4]	Arsenal (UCL)	England	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	38,919
2000–01	England	Liverpool	5–4 § [lower-alpha 5]	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 † [lower-alpha 6]	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* [lower-alpha 7]	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 † [lower-alpha 8]	Werder Bremen (UCL)	Germany	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	37,357
2009–10	Spain	Atlético Madrid (UCL)	2–1 † [lower-alpha 9]	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* [lower-alpha 10]	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 [lower-alpha 11]	0 [lower-alpha 12]
2020–21	Spain	Villarreal	1–1* [lower-alpha 13]	Manchester United (UCL)	England	Stadion Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland	9,412
2021–22	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1* [lower-alpha 14]	Rangers (UCL)	Scotland	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	38,842
2022–23	Spain	Sevilla (UCL)	1–1* [lower-alpha 15]	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
Upcoming finals
Season	Country	Finalist	Match	Finalist	Country	Venue
2024–25			v			San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain
2025–26			v			Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
2026–27			v			Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Performances

By club

Performance in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League 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
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
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1972, 1984	1974
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	—
Anderlecht	1	1	1983	1984
Bayer Leverkusen	1	1	1988	2024
Ajax	1	1	1992	2017
Manchester United	1	1	2017	2021
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

Performance in finals by nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Total
Spain	14	5	19
Italy	10	8	18
England	9	8	17
Germany [lower-alpha 16]	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

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 Europa Conference League finals
• List of UEFA Super Cup matches
• List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winners

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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External links

• UEFA Europa League official history