Introduced as successor of the Fairs Cup in 1971, basically entered by teams finishing on the places just below the champions (and possibly cup winners), though for some countries also the winners of so-called League Cups were allowed to enter. Allocation of number of places per country based on performances of teams from the country over five previous seasons; every country is guaranteed one entry, the best three countries entered up to four teams. (Nowadays, the strongest countries are guaranteed four entrants in the so-called Champions League, and obtain at most three places in this secondary tournament.)
Traditionally, the UEFA Cup was contested by 64 clubs, but partially due to the appearance of new countries on the map of Europe, UEFA increased the number of entrants, adding additional qualifying rounds. For more detailed information, check out Martin Protzen's FAQ.
Starting with the 2004/05 season, a group phase was included in the tournament. In 2009/10, the competition was renamed Europa League but apart from an extension of the group phase (from 40 to 48 clubs) there was no real change in the set-up of the tournament.
UEFA Cup 1971/72 Tottenham Hotspur 1972/73 Liverpool 1973/74 Feyenoord 1974/75 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1975/76 Liverpool 1976/77 Juventus 1977/78 PSV 1978/79 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1979/80 Eintracht Frankfurt 1980/81 Ipswich Town 1981/82 IFK Göteborg 1982/83 Anderlecht 1983/84 Tottenham Hotspur 1984/85 Real Madrid 1985/86 Real Madrid 1986/87 IFK Göteborg 1987/88 Bayer Leverkusen 1988/89 Napoli 1989/90 Juventus 1990/91 Internazionale 1991/92 Ajax 1992/93 Juventus 1993/94 Internazionale 1994/95 Parma 1995/96 Bayern München 1996/97 Schalke 04 1997/98 Internazionale 1998/99 Parma 1999/00 Galatasaray 2000/01 Liverpool 2001/02 Feyenoord 2002/03 Porto 2003/04 Valencia 2004/05 CSKA Moskva 2005/06 Sevilla 2006/07 Sevilla 2007/08 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 2008/09 Shakhtar Donetsk Europa League 2009/10 Atlético Madrid 2010/11 Porto 2011/12 Atlético Madrid 2012/13 Chelsea 2013/14 Sevilla 2014/15 Sevilla 2015/16 Sevilla 2016/17 Manchester United 2017/18 Atlético Madrid 2018/19 Chelsea 2019/20 Sevilla 2020/21 Villarreal 2021/22 Eintracht Frankfurt 2022/23 Sevilla 2023/24 Atalanta
Sevilla 7 Atlético Madrid 3 Internazionale 3 Juventus 3 Liverpool 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 Chelsea 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 Feyenoord 2 IFK Göteborg 2 Parma 2 Porto 2 Real Madrid 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Ajax 1 Anderlecht 1 Atalanta 1 Bayer Leverkusen 1 Bayern München 1 CSKA Moskva 1 Galatasaray 1 Ipswich Town 1 Manchester United 1 Napoli 1 PSV 1 Schalke 04 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Valencia 1 Villarreal 1 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 1
Spain 14 Italy 10 England 9 Germany 7 Netherlands 4 Portugal 2 Russia 2 Sweden 2 Belgium 1 Turkey 1 Ukraine 1
71/72 Wolverhampton Wand 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
72/73 Liverpool 3-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia MG 2-0 Liverpool
73/74 Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Feyenoord
Feyenoord 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
74/75 Borussia MG 0-0 FC Twente
FC Twente 1-5 Borussia Mönchengladbach
75/76 Liverpool 3-2 FC Brugge
FC Brugge 1-1 Liverpool
76/77 Juventus 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Juventus
77/78 Bastia 0-0 PSV
PSV 3-0 Bastia
78/79 Crvena zvezda 1-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia MG 1-0 Crvena zvezda
79/80 Borussia MG 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankft. 1-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
80/81 Ipswich Town 3-0 AZ '67
AZ '67 4-2 Ipswich Town
81/82 IFK Göteborg 1-0 Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV 0-3 IFK Göteborg
82/83 Anderlecht 1-0 Benfica
Benfica 1-1 Anderlecht
83/84 Anderlecht 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Anderlecht [aet, 4-3 pen]
84/85 Videoton 0-3 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 0-1 Videoton
85/86 Real Madrid 5-1 1.FC Köln
1.FC Köln 2-0 Real Madrid
86/87 IFK Göteborg 1-0 Dundee United
Dundee United 1-1 IFK Göteborg
87/88 Español 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Español [aet, 3-2 pen]
88/89 Napoli 2-1 VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart 3-3 Napoli
89/90 Juventus 3-1 Fiorentina
Fiorentina 0-0 Juventus
90/91 Internazionale 2-0 Roma
Roma 1-0 Internazionale
91/92 Torino 2-2 Ajax
Ajax 0-0 Torino
92/93 Borussia Dortmund 1-3 Juventus
Juventus 3-0 Borussia Dortmund
93/94 Austria Salzburg 0-1 Internazionale
Internazionale 1-0 Austria Salzburg
94/95 Parma 1-0 Juventus
Juventus 1-1 Parma
95/96 Bayern München 2-0 Girondins Bordeaux
Girondins Bordeaux 1-3 Bayern München
96/97 Schalke '04 1-0 Internazionale
Internazionale 1-0 Schalke '04 [aet, 1-4 pen]
97/98 Internazionale 3-0 Lazio
98/99 Parma 3-0 Olympique Marseille
99/00 Galatasaray 0-0 Arsenal [aet, 4-1 pen]
00/01 Liverpool 5-4 Alavés [asdet]
01/02 Feyenoord 3-2 Borussia Dortmund
02/03 Porto 3-2 Celtic [aet]
03/04 Valencia 2-0 Olympique Marseille
04/05 CSKA Moskva 3-1 Sporting CP
05/06 Sevilla 4-0 Middlesbrough
06/07 Sevilla 2-2 Espanyol [aet, 3-1 pen]
07/08 Zenit 2-0 Rangers
08/09 Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Werder Bremen [aet]
09/10 Atlético Madrid 2-1 Fulham [aet]
10/11 Porto 1-0 Braga
11/12 Atlético Madrid 3-0 Athletic Bilbao
12/13 Chelsea 2-1 Benfica
13/14 Sevilla 0-0 Benfica [aet, 4-2 pen]
14/15 Sevilla 3-2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
15/16 Sevilla 3-1 Liverpool
16/17 Manchester United 2-0 Ajax
17/18 Atlético Madrid 3-0 Olympique Marseille
18/19 Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal
19/20 Sevilla 3-2 Internazionale
20/21 Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United [aet, 11-10 pen]
21/22 Eintracht Frankft. 1-1 Rangers [aet, 5-4 pen]
22/23 Sevilla 1-1 Roma [aet, 4-1 pen]
23/24 Atalanta 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen
win fin
Spain 14 19
Italy 10 18
England 9 17
Germany 7 16
Netherlands 4 7
Portugal 2 7
Russia 2 2
Sweden 2 2
Belgium 1 3
Ukraine 1 2
Turkey 1 1
France 5
Scotland 4
Austria 1
Hungary 1
Yugoslavia 1
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