UEFA Cup and Europa League
Here's our guide to what the Goalhanger still refers to as the UEFA Cup, but which has officially been titled the Europa League since the 2009-10 season.
It's Spanish club Sevilla who have become the cup specialists, lifting the trophy 5 times, including a fantastic hat-trick of years from 2013 to 2016. European heavyweights Liverpool, Internazionale and Juventus are the next most successful clubs, all having won it three times.
UEFA Cup / Europa League Winners
A list of all of the winners of the UEFA Cup since Spurs first lifted the trophy back in the 1971-72 season, as well as a list of the runner-ups and the scoreline.
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Manchester Utd | Ajax | 2:0 |
| 2015-16 | Sevilla FC | Liverpool | 3:1 |
| 2014-15 | Sevilla FC | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3:2 |
| 2013-14 | Sevilla FC | SL Benfica | 0:0 (4:2 pens) |
| 2012-13 | Chelsea FC | SL Benfica | 2:1 |
| 2011-12 | Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | 3:0 |
| 2010-11 | FC Porto | Sporting Braga | 1:0 |
| 2009-10 | Atlético Madrid | Fulham | 2:1 (aet) |
| 2008-09 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Werder Bremen | 2:1 (aet) |
| 2007-08 | Zenit St. Petersburg | Rangers Glasgow | 2:0 |
| 2006-07 | Sevilla FC | Espanyol | 2:2 (3:1 pens) |
| 2005-06 | Sevilla FC | Middlesbrough | 4:0 |
| 2004-05 | CSKA Moskva | Sporting CP Lisboa | 3:1 |
| 2003-04 | Valencia CF | Olympique Marseille | 2:0 |
| 2002-03 | FC Porto | Celtic Glasgow | 3:2 (aet) |
| 2001-02 | Feyenoord | Borussia Dortmund | 3:2 |
| 2000-01 | Liverpool | Deportivo Alavés | 5:4 (aet) |
| 1999-00 | Galatasaray | Arsenal | 0:0 (4:1 pens) |
| 1998-99 | Parma AC | Olympique Marseille | 3:0 |
| 1997-98 | Inter | Lazio | 3:0 |
| 1996-97 | FC Schalke 04 | Internazionale | 1:1 (1:0 0:1) (4:1 pens) |
| 1995-96 | Bayern München | Girondins Bordeaux | 5:1 (2:0 3:1) |
| 1994-95 | Parma AC | Juventus | 2:1 (1:0 1:1) |
| 1993-94 | Inter | Casino Salzburg | 2:0 (1:0 1:0) |
| 1992-93 | Juventus | Borussia Dortmund | 6:1 (3:1 3:0) |
| 1991-92 | Ajax | Torino | 2:2 (2:2 0:0) (Away goals rule) |
| 1990-91 | Inter | Roma | 2:1 (2:0 0:1) |
| 1989-90 | Juventus | Fiorentina | 3:1 (3:1 0:0) |
| 1988-89 | Napoli | VfB Stuttgart | 5:4 (2:1 3:3) |
| 1987-88 | Bayer Leverkusen | Español | 3:3 (0:3 3:0) (3:2 pens) |
| 1986-87 | IFK Göteborg | Dundee United | 2:1 (1:0 1:1) |
| 1985-86 | Real Madrid | 1.FC Köln | 5:3 (5:1 0:2) |
| 1984-85 | Real Madrid | Videoton | 3:1 (3:0 0:1) |
| 1983-84 | Tottenham Hotspur | RSC Anderlecht | 2:2 (1:1 1:1) (4-3 pens) |
| 1982-83 | Anderlecht | SL Benfica | 2:1 (1:0 1:1) |
| 1981-82 | IFK Göteborg | Hamburger SV | 4:0 (1:0 3:0) |
| 1980-81 | Ipswich Town | Ipswich Town | 5:4 (3:0 2:4) |
| 1979-80 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bor. Mönchengladbach | 3:3 (2:3 1:0) (Away goals rule) |
| 1978-79 | Bor. Mönchengladbach | Red Star Belgrade | 2:1 (1:1 1:0) |
| 1977-78 | PSV Eindhoven | SEC Bastia | 3:0 (0:0 3:0) |
| 1976-77 | Juventus | Athletic Bilbao | 2:2 (1:0 2:1) (Away goals rule) |
| 1975-76 | Liverpool FC | Club Brugge KV | 4:3 (3:2 1:1) |
| 1974-75 | Bor. Mönchengladbach | FC Twente (Enschede) | 5:1 (0:0 5:1) |
| 1973-74 | Feyenoord | Tottenham Hotspur | 4:2 (2:2 2:0) |
| 1972-73 | Liverpool FC | Bor. Mönchengladbach | 3:2 (3:0 0:2) |
| 1971-72 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wolves | 3:2 (2:1 1:1) |
Most Successful Clubs in the UEFA Cup / Europa League
A list of which clubs have won the UEFA Cup the most times.
| Num of Wins | Club | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sevilla | 2005-06 2006-07 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 1990-91 1993-94 1997-98 |
| 3 | Juventus | 1976-77 1989-90 1992-93 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 1972-73 1975-76 2000-01 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 2009-10 2011-12 |
| 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1974-75 1978-79 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 1973-74 2001-02 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 1981-82 1986-87 |
| 2 | Parma | 1994-95 1998-99 |
| 2 | Porto | 2002-03 2010-11 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 1984-85 1985-86 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1971-72 1983-84 |
| 1 | Ajax | 1991-92 |
| 1 | Anderlecht | 1982-83 |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1987-88 |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 1995-96 |
| 1 | Chelsea | 2012-13 |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 2004-05 |
| 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1979-80 |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 1999-00 |
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 1980-81 |
| 1 | Manchester Utd | 2016-17 |
| 1 | Napoli | 1988-89 |
| 1 | PSV | 1977-78 |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 1996-97 |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2008-09 |
| 1 | Valencia | 2003-04 |
| 1 | Zenit St.Peterburg | 2007-08 |