The Soccer Geek

Here I have a complete list for you of the Europa League winners and UEFA Cup winners. The Europa League became the new name for the UEFA Cup in 2009/10, after a group stage was added to the tournament in 2004/5, and its first champion was Atletico Madrid who beat Fulham 2-1 in the final. The original UEFA Cup replaced the Fairs Cup in 1971/2 and its first champion was Tottenham Hotspur who beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final.

Spurs have won the cup twice overall, whilst Inter, Juventus and Liverpool share the crown for the greatest number of wins: the tally so far stands at 3. Italy is the nation whose clubs have had the most triumphs, with England, Germany and Spain coming 3 spots behind them on 6 each. The highest scoring single-leg final in the tournament’s history came in 200/01 when Liverpool defeated Alaves by 5 goals to 4, whilst 9 goals were also scored over 2 legs between Ipswich and AZ ’67 in 1980/1, and again in 1988/9 between Napoli and Stuttgart.

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1971/2: Tottenham Hotspur (beat Wolves in the final)

1972/3: Liverpool (defeat Burussia Monchengladbach)

1973/4: Feyenoord (beat Tottenham Hotspur)

1974/5: Borussia MG (beat FC Twente)

1975/6: Liverpool (beat FC Brugge)

1976/7: Juventus (defeated Athletic Bilbao)

1977/8: PSV (beat Bastia)

1978/9: Borussia MG (beat Crvena zvezda)

1979/80: Eintracht Frankfurt (beat Borussia MG)

1980/1: Ipswich Town (beat AZ ’67)

1981/2: IFK Goteborg (beat Hamburg)

1982/3: Anderlecht (defeated Benfica)

1983/4: Tottenham Hotspur (beat Anderlecht on penalties)

1984/5: Real Madrid (beat Videoton)

1985/6: Real Madrid (beat FC Koln)

1986/7: IFK Goteborg (beat Dundee United)

1987/8: Bayer Leverkusen (defeated Espanol)

1988/9: Napoli (beat VfB Stuttgart)

1989/90: Juventus (defeated Fiorentina)

1990/91: Inter (beat Roma)

1991/2: Ajax (won against Torino)

1992/3: Juventus (defeated Borussia Dortmund)

1993/4: Inter (beat Austria Salzburg)

1994/5: Parma (beat Jeventus)

1995/6: Bayern Munich (won against Bordeaux)

1996/7: Schalke 04 (beat Inter on penalties)

1997/8: Inter (beat Lazio)

1998/9: Parma (defeated Olympique Marseille)

1999/00: Galatasaray (won against Arsenal on penalties)

2000/01: Liverpool (beat Alavez)

2001/02: Feyenoord (defeated Borussia Dortmund)

2002/3: Porto (beat Celtic)

2003/4: Valencia (won against Olympique Marseille)

2004/5: CSKA Moscow (beat Sporting Lisbon)

2005/6: Sevilla (beat Middlesbrough)

2006/7: Sevilla (defeated Espanol on penalties)

2007/8: Zenit (beat Rangers)

2008/9: Shakhtar Donetsk (beat Werder Bremen)

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2009/10: Atletico Madrid (defeated Fulham)

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this post and found all the details you wanted. I had considered just writing a list of Europa League winners alone, but I don’t think that would have lasted very long! So I decided to review all the UEFA Cup winners since the tournament began, and was sad to be reminded that my team Arsenal only made the final once, and lost to Galatasaray, 4-1 on penalties! How has your club done in this competition over the years?

Have fun,

Soccer Geek

P.S. Why not take a look at my list of European Cup Winners Cup winners too?

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