Ball IQEvery UEFA Cup & Europa League Winner (1971-72 to 2024-25)
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Europe's second-tier club competition began life as the UEFA Cup in 1971-72, replacing the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. For its first 26 seasons the final was played over two legs, home and away, with the trophy decided on aggregate score. From the 1997-98 edition onwards it switched to a single showpiece match at a neutral venue.
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Which club provided the most players to the Euro 2020 winning Italian squad?
Italy's two veteran centre-backs that summer both came from the same Turin club, which had four squad members in all.
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Eder scored the winner for Portugal in the 2016 Euro final — which club was he playing for at the time?
Eder, who had just made his loan move to Lille permanent, drove home a low 25-yard shot for the extra-time winner to beat France 1-0 in Paris, Portugal's first major trophy.
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Which Premier League club had the most players in England's final 26-man squad for Euro 2024?
Crystal Palace had 4 players (Dean Henderson, Marc Guéhi, Eberechi Eze, Adam Wharton). Arsenal had 3 (Ramsdale, Rice, Saka); Man City had 3 (Stones, Walker, Foden).
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Which country hosted Euro 1988 — losing to the eventual champions Netherlands in a famous semi-final at Hamburg?
Matthäus scored a first-half penalty for the hosts, but Koeman and Van Basten turned it around in the 88th minute to send the Oranje into the Munich final, which they won 2-0 against the Soviet Union.
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Which Italy midfielder won Euro 2020, was born in Brazil, and later played for both Chelsea and Arsenal?
Jorginho was born in Imbituba, Brazil, won Euro 2020 with Italy, and played for Chelsea then Arsenal.
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-72 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-2 agg |
| 1972-73 | Liverpool | Borussia Monchengladbach | 3-2 agg |
| 1973-74 | Feyenoord | Tottenham Hotspur | 4-2 agg |
| 1974-75 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Twente | 5-1 agg |
| 1975-76 | Liverpool | Club Brugge | 4-3 agg |
| 1976-77 | Juventus | Athletic Bilbao | 2-2 agg (won on away goals) |
| 1977-78 | PSV Eindhoven | Bastia | 3-0 agg |
| 1978-79 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Red Star Belgrade | 2-1 agg |
| 1979-80 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Borussia Monchengladbach | 3-3 agg (won on away goals) |
| 1980-81 | Ipswich Town | AZ Alkmaar | 5-4 agg |
| 1981-82 | IFK Goteborg | Hamburg | 4-0 agg |
| 1982-83 | Anderlecht | Benfica | 2-1 agg |
| 1983-84 | Tottenham Hotspur | Anderlecht | 2-2 agg (4-3 pens) |
| 1984-85 | Real Madrid | Videoton | 3-1 agg |
| 1985-86 | Real Madrid | Koln | 5-3 agg |
| 1986-87 | IFK Goteborg | Dundee United | 2-1 agg |
| 1987-88 | Bayer Leverkusen | Espanyol | 3-3 agg (3-2 pens) |
| 1988-89 | Napoli | Stuttgart | 5-4 agg |
| 1989-90 | Juventus | Fiorentina | 3-1 agg |
| 1990-91 | Inter Milan | Roma | 2-1 agg |
| 1991-92 | Ajax | Torino | 2-2 agg (won on away goals) |
| 1992-93 | Juventus | Borussia Dortmund | 6-1 agg |
| 1993-94 | Inter Milan | Salzburg | 2-0 agg |
| 1994-95 | Parma | Juventus | 2-1 agg |
| 1995-96 | Bayern Munich | Bordeaux | 5-1 agg |
| 1996-97 | Schalke 04 | Inter Milan | 1-1 agg (4-1 pens) |
| 1997-98 | Inter Milan | Lazio | 3-0 |
| 1998-99 | Parma | Marseille | 3-0 |
| 1999-2000 | Galatasaray | Arsenal | 0-0 (4-1 pens) |
| 2000-01 | Liverpool | Alaves | 5-4 (golden goal) |
| 2001-02 | Feyenoord | Borussia Dortmund | 3-2 |
| 2002-03 | Porto | Celtic | 3-2 (aet) |
| 2003-04 | Valencia | Marseille | 2-0 |
| 2004-05 | CSKA Moscow | Sporting CP | 3-1 |
| 2005-06 | Sevilla | Middlesbrough | 4-0 |
| 2006-07 | Sevilla | Espanyol | 2-2 (3-1 pens) |
| 2007-08 | Zenit St Petersburg | Rangers | 2-0 |
| 2008-09 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Werder Bremen | 2-1 (aet) |
| 2009-10 | Atletico Madrid | Fulham | 2-1 (aet) |
| 2010-11 | Porto | Braga | 1-0 |
| 2011-12 | Atletico Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | 3-0 |
| 2012-13 | Chelsea | Benfica | 2-1 |
| 2013-14 | Sevilla | Benfica | 0-0 (4-2 pens) |
| 2014-15 | Sevilla | Dnipro | 3-2 |
| 2015-16 | Sevilla | Liverpool | 3-1 |
| 2016-17 | Manchester United | Ajax | 2-0 |
| 2017-18 | Atletico Madrid | Marseille | 3-0 |
| 2018-19 | Chelsea | Arsenal | 4-1 |
| 2019-20 | Sevilla | Inter Milan | 3-2 |
| 2020-21 | Villarreal | Manchester United | 1-1 (11-10 pens) |
| 2021-22 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Rangers | 1-1 (5-4 pens) |
| 2022-23 | Sevilla | Roma | 1-1 (4-1 pens) |
| 2023-24 | Atalanta | Bayer Leverkusen | 3-0 |
| 2024-25 | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester United | 1-0 |
| 2025-26 | Aston Villa | SC Freiburg | 3-0 |
In 2009-10 the tournament was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League and folded in the former UEFA Cup and Intertoto strands, expanding to a group-stage format. The competition has become a Spanish stronghold in the modern era: Sevilla alone have lifted the trophy a record seven times, while Italian, German and English clubs have all enjoyed sustained runs of success.
The table below lists every champion by season, from Tottenham's inaugural 1972 win through to their 2025 triumph in Bilbao. Aggregate scores are given for the two-legged finals up to 1996-97; single-match results follow, with penalty shootouts and extra time noted where relevant.
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