List of Europa League and UEFA Cup winners, all-time finals
Inside you'll find an abridged history of the UEFA Cup/Europa League, as well as a list of all finals in what's become Europe's second-biggest club competition.
Tottenham Hotspur are now just one of six teams to win three or more UEFA Cups after beating Manchester United 1-0 in the 2024-25 Europa League Final in Bilbao, Spain. MORE — Man United v Tottenham Hotspur live updates Brennan Johnson's goal was the difference as Spurs claimed Europe's second-biggest club prize in a tournament that has evolved over the years to become more powerful and increasingly-similar to the UEFA Champions League. Here's a abridged history of the UEFA Cup/Europa League, as well as a list of all finals.
What is the Europa League and why was it started? The Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup, is the second most-prestigious competition in European football after the UEFA Champions League. The Champions League was formerly the European Cup and was limited in berths, which opened up room for a second tournament that featured the best teams to not have won their domestic league.
Instead there were two: The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as the third tournament in 1971, then slid up to second when it essentially merged with the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. Who have won the most UEFA Cups?
Sevilla have been to the most UEFA Cup/Europa League Finals with seven, and they've won all of them. Perhaps even more remarkably, Sevilla's first UEFA Cup was in 2006, making them the force of the tournament this century and all-time. Inter Milan, Liverpool, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, and now Tottenham Hotspur have each won three UEFA Cups.