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.
The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in the UEFA Cup and Europa League. Spain leads the field with 10 titles, followed by Italy with nine, England with seven, and Germany with six titles; 32 of 43 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.
The following is a list of clubs that have played in the Europa League group stages.
Team in Bold: qualified for knockout phase
Team in Bold: qualified for knockout phase
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.
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.
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 countries to have won for three consecutive seasons are Italy (twice) and Spain. Italy: between 1988–89 and 1990–91 (Napoli, Juventus, and Internazionale the winners) and between 1992–93 and 1994–95 (Juventus, Internazionale, and Parma). Spain: 2014 and 2015 and 2016 (Sevilla)
The record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup/Europa League is 20 by Club Brugge. All teams to play at least six consecutive seasons (including eliminations in the qualifying rounds of the tournament proper) are:
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):
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:
1. 80,465 – Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Gent, 23/02/2017, round of 32 second leg
2. 75,180 – Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool, 17/03/2016, round of 16 second leg
3. 73,063 – Manchester United 4-1 Fenerbahçe, 20/10/2016, group stage
4. 67,553 – Dynamo Kyiv 5-2 Everton, 19/03/2015, round of 16 second leg
5. 67,328 – Manchester United 1-2 Ajax, 23/02/2012, round of 32 second leg
The record for goals scored in a single Europa League match is held by Aritz Aduriz, after he scored all of Athletic Bilbao's five goals against Genk in 2016, twenty-two years after Fabrizio Ravanelli scored five goals in the UEFA Cup for Juventus, against CSKA Sofia.
Europa League only
UEFA Cup and Europa League
UEFA Cup and Europa League
As of 16 February 2017
Bold = Still active
Excluding qualifying games
Highest win in one leg, most goals in game:
1984–85, 1st round:
Ajax 14–0 Red Boys Differdange
Highest aggregate win, most goals in tie:
1972–73, 1st round:
Feyenoord 9–0 Rumelange
Rumelange 0–12 Feyenoord
Feyenoord win 21–0 on aggregate
(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
Best come-backs after lost first game at home:
2009–10, 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:
Brøndby 1–3 Karlsruhe [after 0–3 at 81']
Karlsruhe 0–5 Brøndby
Brøndby win 6–3 on aggregate
1988–89, Quarter-final:
Juventus 2–0 Napoli
Napoli 3–0 Juventus aet
Napoli win 3–2 on aggregate
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;
Juventus 3–1 Fulham
Fulham 4–1 Juventus [After 0–1 at 2']
Fulham win 5–4 on aggregate
2013–14, Semi-final:
FC Basel 3–0 FC Valencia
FC Valencia 5–0 FC Basel aet
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
Highest aggregate score:
1992–93, final:
Borussia Dortmund 1–3 Juventus
Juventus 3–0 Borussia Dortmund
Juventus win 6–1 on aggregate
