UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics
This article lists the official records and statistics of the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Cup.[1]
General performances
By club
Club | Finals Appearances | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sevilla | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 | |
Juventus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1977, 1990, 1993 | 1995 |
Internazionale | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1991, 1994, 1998 | 1997 |
Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1973, 1976, 2001 | |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1975, 1979 | 1973, 1980 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1972, 1984 | 1974 |
Feyenoord | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1974, 2002 | |
IFK Göteborg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1982, 1987 | |
Real Madrid | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1985, 1986 | |
Parma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1995, 1999 | |
Porto | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2003, 2011 | |
Atlético Madrid | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2010, 2012 | |
Anderlecht | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1983 | 1984 |
PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1978 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1980 | |
Ipswich Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1981 | |
Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1988 | |
Napoli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1989 | |
Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1992 | |
Bayern Munich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1996 | |
Schalke 04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1997 | |
Galatasaray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2000 | |
Valencia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2004 | |
CSKA Moscow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2005 | |
Zenit St. Petersburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2008 | |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2009 | |
Chelsea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2013 |
By country
The UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1971–72 season, so the Fairs Cup is not considered a UEFA competition, and hence clubs' records in the Fairs Cup are not considered part of their European record.[2]
The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in the UEFA Cup and Europa League. Italy and Spain are leading the field with nine titles each, followed by Spain and England with seven titles, and Germany with six titles; 31 of 42 editions were won by teams from these four countries. Teams from a total of 11 countries have won the competition.
The 1980 UEFA Cup saw four Bundesliga teams (i.e., Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and VfB Stuttgart) make up all of the semi-finals competitors — a unique record for one country. Frankfurt beat Mönchengladbach in the final.
Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
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Italy | 9 | 6 |
Spain | 9 | 5 |
England | 7 | 5 |
Germany | 6 | 8 |
Netherlands | 4 | 2 |
Portugal | 2 | 5 |
Sweden | 2 | 0 |
Russia | 2 | 0 |
Belgium | 1 | 2 |
Ukraine | 1 | 1 |
Turkey | 1 | 0 |
France | 0 | 4 |
Scotland | 0 | 3 |
Austria | 0 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 |
By city
Number of participating clubs of the Europa League era
The following is a list of clubs that have played in the Europa League group stages.
Team in Bold: qualified for knockout phase
Number of participating clubs in the group stage of the UEFA Cup era
Team in Bold: qualified for knockout phase
Clubs
By semi-final appearances
Team in Bold | = | Finalist team in season |
Undefeated champions
- The only teams in UEFA Cup history to win the tournament undefeated are Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Mönchengladbach, IFK Göteborg (twice), Ajax, Galatasaray and Feyenoord.
- Benfica (in 2013–14) and Espanyol (in 2006–07) were undefeated in the competition, despite losing the trophy on penalties.
Consecutive wins
- Atlético Madrid hold the record of most consecutive wins (both home and away) with 16 in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League (including the final game against Athletic Bilbao), the 2012 UEFA Super Cup final and in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
Miscellaneous records
- Only four clubs have won the treble of their national league championship, domestic cup competition and the UEFA Cup all in same season. They are:
- Porto (2003, 2011)
- IFK Göteborg (1982)
- Galatasaray (2000)
- CSKA Moscow (2005)
- 12 clubs have won their national league championship and the UEFA Cup in the same season. They are:
- Liverpool (1973, 1976)
- IFK Göteborg (1982, 1987)
- Porto (2003, 2011)
- Feyenoord (1974)
- Borussia Mönchengladbach (1975)
- Juventus (1977)
- PSV (1978)
- Real Madrid (1986)
- Galatasaray (2000)
- Valencia (2004)
- CSKA Moscow (2005)
- Zenit Saint Petersburg (2008)
- Until 1997, the UEFA Cup was the only European club competition which routinely allocated multiple entrants to many countries. This has led to several finals featuring two clubs from the same country:
- During the 1979–80 season, West Germany had five entrants including cup holders Borussia Mönchengladbach. All five managed to reach the quarter-final stage and both semi-finals ended up being all West German affairs. Ultimately, Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final. No West German club that season was eliminated by a non-German club.
- During the 1997–98 season, France had seven entrants: Strasbourg as winner of French Coupe de la Ligue, Metz as runner-up of French Coupe de la Ligue, Nantes Atlantique as 3rd placed team from French Division 1, FC Girondins de Bordeaux as 4th placed team from French Division 1, and also Auxerre, Bastia & Lyon as 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group winners. Nevertheless, only one, AJ Auxerre, reach the quarter-final stage, where was eliminated by Lazio.
- Two clubs have managed to win consecutive UEFA Cups/Europa League: Real Madrid in 1985 and 1986, and Sevilla (twice) in 2006 and 2007 and then in 2014 and 2015.
- The only country to have won for three consecutive seasons is Italy, and they did so on two occasions: between 1988–89 and 1990–91 (Napoli, Juventus, and Internazionale the winners) and between 1992–93 and 1994–95 (Juventus, Internazionale, and Parma).
- The record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup/Europa League is 19 by Club Brugge. All teams to play at least six consecutive seasons (including eliminations in the qualifying rounds of the tournament proper) are–:
Entries | Club | Seasons |
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20 | Club Brugge | 1996/97–present |
9 | PAOK | 1997/98–2005/06 |
8 | Celtic | 1996/97–2003/04 |
8 | Red Star Belgrade | 1998/99–2005/06 |
8 | CSKA Sofia | 1998/99–2005/06 |
8 | Grazer | 1998/99–2005/06 |
8 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1998/99–2005/06 |
8 | Slavia Prague | 1998/99–2005/06 |
8 | Brøndby | 1999/00–2006/07 |
7 | PSV | 1979/80–1985/86 |
7 | Spartak Moscow | 1981/82–1987/88 |
7 | Sporting CP | 1988/89–1994/95 |
7 | Parma | 1998/99–2004/05 |
7 | Vaduz | 1999/00–2005/06 |
6 | Köln | 1971/72–1976/77 |
6 | Grasshopper | 1972/73–1977/78 |
6 | Dundee United | 1977/78–1982/83 |
6 | Werder Bremen | 1982/83–1987/88 |
6 | Internazionale | 1983/84–1988/89 |
6 | Rangers | 1997/98–2002/03 |
6 | Ventspils | 2000/01–2005/06 |
6 | Wisła Kraków | 2000/01–2005/06 |
- Entering both the Champions League and/or its qualifying rounds and the UEFA Cup in the same season has now become so common that a separate statistic of all clubs having done so in three or more consecutive seasons may be of interest (the means of entering the UEFA Cup is indicated in the last column in chronological order, G denoting group stage, q denoting qualifying round):
Entries | Club | Seasons | Stages |
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6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2000/01–2005/06 | GqqqGq |
3 | Rangers | 1999/00–2001/02 | GGq |
3 | Celtic | 2000/01–2003/04 | GqG |
3 | Grazer | 2002/03–2004/05 | qqq |
3 | Club Brugge | 2002/03–2004/05 | qGq |
3 | Wisła Kraków | 2003/04–2005/06 | qqq |
- Several times, winning the UEFA Cup was a club's only chance to qualify for European competition in the next season. A win by such a mid-table (and non-domestic-cup-winning) club then led to an extra place in the UEFA Cup for the country in question. The following clubs managed to save their season by winning the UEFA Cup:
Season | Club | Country | Domestic position |
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1971–72 | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 6th |
1978–79 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 10th |
1979–80 | Eintracht Frankfurt | West Germany | 9th |
1983–84 | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 8th |
1987–88 | Bayer Leverkusen | West Germany | 8th |
1993–94 | Internazionale | Italy | 13th |
1996–97 | Schalke | Germany | 12th |
Most goals in a single season
UEFA Cup and Europa League
Goals | Player(s) |
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17 | Radamel Falcao |
15 | Jürgen Klinsmann |
14 | Geertruida Maria Geels, John Wark |
12 | Radamel Falcao, Derlei, Jupp Heynckes, Jan Jeuring |
11 | Alan Shearer, Walter Pandiani, Vágner Love, Stan Bowles, Lex Schoenmaker |
10 | Jupp Heynckes, Rudi Völler, Ludwig Bründl, Luca Toni, Ulf Kirsten, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Darko Kovačević, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
All-time top goalscorers
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
Including qualifying games
Rank | Nat. | Player | Goals | Games | Goal Ratio | Debut in Europe | Clubs |
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1 | Henrik Larsson | 40 | 56 | 0.714 | 1994 | Feyenoord, Celtic, Helsingborg | |
2 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 33 | 40 | 0.825 | 2004 | SC Heerenveen, Ajax, Schalke 04 | |
3 | Radamel Falcao | 31 | 33 | 0.939 | 2009 | Porto, Atlético Madrid | |
4 | Dieter Müller | 29 | 36 | 0.805 | 1973 | Köln, Stuttgart, Bordeaux | |
5 | Shota Arveladze | 27 | 44 | 0.613 | 1993 | Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, Ajax, Rangers, AZ | |
6 | Alessandro Altobelli | 25 | 58 | 0.431 | 1977 | Internazionale, Juventus | |
7 | Mladen Petrić | 24 | 63 | 0.380 | 2004 | Basel, Hamburg | |
8 | Claudio Pizarro | 24 | 33 | 0.727 | 1999 | Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen | |
9 | Jupp Heynckes | 23 | 21 | 1.095 | 1967 | Hannover 96, Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
10 | Martin Chivers | 22 | 34 | 0.647 | 1971 | Tottenham Hotspur, Servette |
Bold = Still active
All time Top scorers
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
Excluding qualifying games
All-time appearances
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
Excluding qualifying games
Bold | = | Still active |
Records
- Highest win in one leg, most goals in game:
- 1984–85, 1st round:
- Ajax 14–0 Red Boys Differdange
- 1984–85, 1st round:
- Highest aggregate win, most goals in tie:
(tie for record for all European Cups for highest aggregate win)
- Best come-backs:
- 1975–76, 2nd round:
- Ipswich Town 3–0 Club Brugge
- Club Brugge 4–0 Ipswich Town
- Club Brugge win 4–3 on aggregate
- 1975–76, 2nd round:
- Best come-backs after lost first game at home:
- 2008–09, play off:
- Dinamo Bucuresti 0–3 Slovan Liberec
- Slovan Liberec 0–3 Dinamo Bucuresti
- Dinamo Bucuresti win 9–8 on penalty
- 1981–82, Quarter-final:
- Real Madrid 3–1 Kaiserslautern
- Kaiserslautern 5–0 Real Madrid
- Kaiserslautern win 6–3 on aggregate
- 1984–85, 2nd round:
- Queens Park Rangers 6–2 Partizan
- Partizan 4–0 Queens Park Rangers
- 6–6 on aggregate, Partizan win on away goals
- 1984–85, Semi-final:
- Internazionale 2–0 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 3–0 Internazionale
- Real Madrid win 3–2 on aggregate
- 1985–86, 3rd round:
- Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–1 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 4–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 5–5 on aggregate, Real Madrid win on away goals
- 1985–86, Semi-final:
- Internazionale 3–1 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 5–1 Internazionale aet
- Real Madrid win 6–4 on aggregate
- 1987–88, 1st round
- Zenit Leningrad 2–0 Club Brugge
- Club Brugge 5–0 Zenit Leningrad
- Club Brugge win 5–2 on aggregate
- 1987–88, 2nd round
- Red Star Belgrade 3–1 Club Brugge
- Club Brugge 4–0 Red Star Belgrade
- Club Brugge win 5–3 on aggregate
- 1987–88, 2nd round
- Spartak Moscow 4–1 Werder Bremen
- Werder Bremen 6–2 Spartak Moscow aet
- Werder Bremen win 7–6 on aggregate
- 1987–88, 2nd round
- Brøndby 3–0 Sportul Studentesc
- Sportul Studentesc 3–0 Brøndby
- 3–3 on aggregate; Sportul Studentesc win on pens
- 1987–88, 3rd round:
- Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Club Brugge
- Club Brugge 5–0 Borussia Dortmund
- Club Brugge win 5–3 on aggregate
- 1987–88, 3rd round:
- Budapest Honvéd 5–2 Panathinaikos [after 5–0]
- Panathinaikos 5–1 Budapest Honvéd
- Panathinaikos win 7–6 on aggregate
- 1988–89, 3rd round:
- Bayern Munich 0–2 Internazionale
- Internazionale 1–3 Bayern Munich
- 3–3 on aggregate, Bayern Munich win on away goals
- 1988–89, 3rd round:
- 1988–89, Quarter-final:
- 2004–05, 2nd qualifying round:
- AEK Larnaca 3–0 Maccabi Petach-Tikwa
- Maccabi Petach-Tikwa 4–0 AEK Larnaca
- Maccabi Petach-Tikwa win 4–3 on aggregate
- 2005–06, 1st round:
- Maccabi Petach-Tikwa 0–2 Partizan Belgrade
- Partizan Belgrade 2–5 Maccabi Petach-Tikwa
- Maccabi Petach-Tikwa win 5–4 on aggregate
- 2005–06, Quarter-final:
- Basel 2–0 Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough 4–1 Basel [after 0–1 at 23']
- Middlesbrough win 4–3 on aggregate
- 2005–06, Semi-final:
- Steaua București 1–0 Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough 4–2 Steaua București [after 0–2 at 24']
- Middlesbrough win 4–3 on aggregate
- 2009–10, Round of 16;
- 2013–14, Semi-final:
- FC Basel 3–0 FC Valencia
- FC Valencia 5–0 FC Basel aet
- 2008–09, play off:
- Final come-back:
- 1987–88, final:
- Espanyol 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen
- Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 Espanyol [aet] [after 0–0 at 56']
- 3–3 on aggregate, Bayer Leverkusen won 3–2 on penalties
- 1987–88, final:
- Highest aggregate score:
- 1992–93, final:
- Borussia Dortmund 1–3 Juventus
- Juventus 3–0 Borussia Dortmund
- Juventus win 6–1 on aggregate
- 1992–93, final:
References
See also
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