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The most successful club so far are Sevilla and Atlético Madrid with remarkable results, both collecting three trophies. 6 domestic cup winners from associations 50–55, 6 domestic league runners-up from associations 49–54, 4 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 48–51, 25 domestic cup winners from associations 25–49, 30 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–48 (except Liechtenstein), 31 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–47 (except Liechtenstein), 17 losers from Champions League first qualifying round, 3 losers from Champions League preliminary round, 7 domestic cup winners from associations 18–24, 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–15, 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15, 2 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 5–6 (League Cup winners for France), 4 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–4 (League Cup winners for England), 10 winners from second qualifying round for champions, 10 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for champions, 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12, 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6, 37 winners from second qualifying round for non-champions, 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round for non-champions, 10 winners from third qualifying round for champions, 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for champions, 26 winners from third qualifying round for non-champions, 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5, 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4, 6 losers from Champions League play-off round, 4 losers from Champions League third qualifying round for non-champions, 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15, 6 domestic cup winners from associations 7–12, 5 winners from qualifying round for champions, 3 winners from qualifying round for non-champions, 6 domestic cup winners from associations 1–6, 4 losers from Champions League play-off round for champions, 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round and play-off round for non-champions, 8 winners from preliminary knockout round, This page was last edited on 6 May 2021, at 11:46. The UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of Wolverhampton Wanderers against Tottenham Hotspur, with Spurs taking the first honours. Chelsea is a European champion. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. However, due to … Edinson Cavani made Europa League history after netting his second brace against Roma in the space of a week to help Manchester United win their semi-final tie. Iker Muniain. [7] However, under the new regulations, the trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times. Aritz Aduriz's goal against Östersund made him eighth top scorer across the history of the competition both in its Europa League and Uefa Cup formats. The losing finalists receive €4,500,000 and the champions receive €8,500,000.[22]. One of only two players to net in the Europa League at just 16, Muniain is one of a dying breed of... 3. In some cases where changes to the access list of the Champions League are made, the number of losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which are transferred to the Europa League is increased or decreased from the default number of 15, which means changes to the access list of the Europa League will also need to be made. The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992, Torino lost the final to Ajax on the away goals rule. Get the latest news, video and statistics from the UEFA Europa League; keep Thursday nights free for live match coverage. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the Champions League via their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round. However, every team except for the title-holder (up to 2014–15 season) and the highest ranked teams (usually the cup winner and/or the best Europa League qualified team) from the top (six in 2012–15 seasons, 12 since 2015–16 season) associations had to play at least one qualification round. Edinson Cavani made Europa League history after netting his second brace against Roma in the space of a week to help Manchester United win their semi-final tie. Europa League: Chukwueze chases history as Villarreal take on Arsenal. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations only one place. 12 hours ago. Manchester United and Edinson Cavani both made history as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side hammered in their Europa League semi-final on Thursday night. With the abolition of the Intertoto Cup, all participants of the Europa League are qualified through domestic routes. 14 hours ago. Get the latest news, video and statistics from the UEFA Europa League; keep Thursday nights free for live match coverage. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification. Credit Martin Meissner/Associated Press. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners (until 2015–16), and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners. From 1995 to 2015, three leagues gained one extra place via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking. Prior to its discontinuation in 2020–21, France offered a place to the winners of the Coupe de la Ligue. Get the latest news, video and statistics from the UEFA Europa League; keep Thursday nights free for live match coverage. Manchester star, Amad Diallo, on Thursday night, made history following his side's Europa League last-16 first-leg 1-1 draw with AC Milan. … If cup winners had already qualified for European competition through league performance, their place through the league is vacated and goes to the best ranked teams not qualified for European competition. [11], The competition's first anthem was composed by Yohann Zveig and recorded by the Paris Opera in early 2009. The year 1995 saw a third all-Italian final, with Parma proving their consistency, after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. Such were his performances for the Cheeseheads, including that goal at 17 in the Europa League against BATE Borisov in 2010/11, that he received five caps at … It is not to be confused with, 8 clubs join after Champions League group stage: the top two teams in each group advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-place teams in the, (in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian), guidelines on the use of different tenses, Learn how and when to remove this template message, UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics, UEFA Europa League clubs performance comparison, List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers, List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals, List of association football competitions, "The Europa League is back and more than ever is a competition to savour", "UEFA Europa Conference League: all you need to know", "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2007/08, page 6, II Cup and Medals, Article 4, Cup", "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10, page 7, III Trophies and medals, Article 5, Trophy", "Sevilla make it three in row at Liverpool's expense", "UEFA Europa League launches edgier brand identity", "New approach broadens Europa League appeal", "UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations", "How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League", "UEFA club competitions rights sales process for 2018-21 cycle kicks off", "UEFA Executive Committee approves new club competition", "2019/20 UEFA club competitions revenue distribution system", "FedEx Express renews as an Official Sponsor of the UEFA Europa League", "HEINEKEN extends UEFA club competition sponsorship", "Kia Motors and UEFA celebrate UEFA Europa League sponsorship agreement", "Europa League retains Enterprise backing until 2021", "Hankook Tire renews UEFA Europa League partnership", "Molten becomes UEFA Europa League match ball supplier", http://it.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/69/59/2236959_DOWNLOAD.pdf, https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/55/82/82/2558282_DOWNLOAD.pdf, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Europa_League&oldid=1021736981, Recurring sporting events established in 1971, Multi-national association football leagues in Europe, Multi-national professional sports leagues, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Articles with German-language sources (de), Articles with Italian-language sources (it), Articles with Spanish-language sources (es), Articles with Portuguese-language sources (pt), Articles with Russian-language sources (ru), Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 31 domestic cup winners from associations 24–54, 35 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–53 (except Liechtenstein), 35 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–51 (except Liechtenstein), 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking, (this is no longer applicable as of the beginning of the 2015–16 season, see also, 6 domestic cup winners from associations 18–23, 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17, 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15, 5 domestic cup winners from associations 13–17, 9 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–15, 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 5–9, 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France), 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England), 15 losers from Champions League third qualifying round, 12 domestic cup winners from associations 1–12, 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 4, 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3, 10 losers from Champions League play-off round, 8 third-placed teams from Champions League group stage. 2016 Sevilla become the first club to win the tournament trice and also by consecutive victories (2014, 2015 and 2016). Once the group stage is over the top two teams in the Europa League groups along with third-place teams in the Champions League groups enter the knock-out phase. Qualification has changed significantly. A victory in the group pays €570,000 and a draw €190,000. [1][2] The competition has been known as the Europa League since the 2009–10 season,[3][4] following a change in format.[5]. There could also be an all-Premier League Europa League final. 14 hours ago. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage advanced to the knock out round, together with eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage. The UEFA Europa League is UEFA's second tier European club competition and was previously known as the UEFA Cup. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by UEFA and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup. A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which had started in 1960, was absorbed into the UEFA Cup (now UEFA Europa League) in 1999. Manchester United have plenty of history in the Europa League across its various guises, dating back over 57 eventful years of continental action. Bundesliga hot-shot Taiwo Awoniyi returns from long injury layoff. The most successful club so far are Sevilla and Atlético Madrid with remarkable results, both collecting three trophies. The UEFA Europa League is down to the semifinal stage, with Premier League sides Arsenal and Manchester United one round away from silverware showdown. Espanyol got into the Europa League last season and were relegated. Radamel Falcao is the top scorer in Europa League history with 30 goals in only 31 games in the competition.Athletic Club icon Aritz Aduriz is a close second and Hoffenheim star Mu’nas Dabbur completes the top three. More recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League, at different stages (see below). They added a further sixth victory in 2020, after defeating Inter Milan. The UEFA Cup was preceded by the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Europa League. The UEFA Cup was preceded by the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. Romelu Lukaku. Starting with the 1997–98 season, the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged. 2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria’s matches for next month could be postponed . This article includes both season top scorers and overall top scorers. 10:55 Europa League - Villarreal – Arsenal : Samuel Chukwueze To Make History In Europa League; 10:34 Africa Soccer - Africa’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers postponed; 10:33 African players abroad - “I am Not Mr Milla Or Eto’o. [8] As of 2016–17, only Sevilla has earned the honour to wear the multiple-winner badge, having achieved both prerequired feats in 2016. The final is played in May, on the Wednesday ten days before the Champions League final. If the precessor, European Cup, is not counted the Champions League started in 1992. UEFA coefficients were introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they gave a greater number of berths in UEFA Cupto the more successful nations. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to each winner of the competition. In 2014, the distribution was changed to broaden the appeal of the competition, namely through giving the Europa League champions a Champions League qualification berth, which has been used since. From the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. 6: Sevilla FC: 3: Atlético Madrid: FC Barcelona: Inter: Juventus: Liverpool FC: Valencia CF [29] It will appear in the 2018–19 season for selected matches in the group stages and the round of 32. Qualification for the competition is based on UEFA coefficients, with better entrance rounds being offered to the more successful nations. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup (1955–58) to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in 1970–71. 2009 The competition is established. It was originally scheduled to be played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. Just one year later, in 2015, Sevilla won their fourth UEFA Cup/Europa League and, in an unprecedented feat, they defended their title a third year in a row beating Liverpool in the 2016 final, making them the most successful team in the history of the competition with five titles. More teams automatically qualify for the group stage. Before the 2009–10 season, both the competition and the trophy were known as the 'UEFA Cup'. The Europa League (née UEFA Cup) and Sevilla go together like peas and carrots. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by UEFA and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup was preceded by the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a European football competition played UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League: Current champions: Real Madrid (34th title) Most championships ... fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs. After its return, the club could keep a four-fifths scale replica of the original trophy. A comparison between countries show that Spanish clubs has been the most successful through history in the Champions League (concerning the seasons 1992-93 to 2018-19). [3] An extra 8 teams now qualify for the group stage consisting of 12 groups with four teams each (in a double round-robin), with teams finishing on the top two places in each group progressing. Radamel Falcao is the top scorer in Europa League history with 30 goals in only 31 games in the competition.Athletic Club icon Aritz Aduriz is a close second and Hoffenheim star Mu’nas Dabbur completes the top three. The jury is composed of the coaches of the clubs which participate in the group stage of the competition, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, one from each UEFA member association. [30] Associations ranked 7–9 in the UEFA coefficients sent the cup winners and three (two since 2015–16 season) other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations sent a cup winner and two other teams, except Andorra and San Marino, who sent only a cup winner and a runner-up, and Liechtenstein, who sent only a cup winner. Previously known as the UEFA Cup, it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1971. References: Reaching the knock-out stage triggers additional bonuses: €500,000 for the round of 32, €1,100,000 for the round of 16, €1,500,000 for the quarter-finals and €2,400,000 for the semi-finals. Since the inception of Europa League brand, the tournament has used its own hoardings (in that year it debuted in the round of 32) like UEFA Champions League. The UEFA Europa League place is then granted to another club or vacated if the maximum limit of teams qualifying for European competitions is exceeded. Bundesliga hot-shot Taiwo Awoniyi returns from long injury layoff. The access list above is provisional, as changes will need to be made in the following cases: Beginning with the 2018–19 tournament, all domestic champions eliminated in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League will transfer to the Europa League, rather than just teams that are eliminated in the third-qualifying and play-off rounds. The Uruguayan frontman scored both of the Red Devils' goals at Stadio Olimpico as they progressed to the final of Europe's second tier competition In 2014, Sevilla won their third cup in eight years after defeating Benfica on penalties. 2021 Europa League odds, May 6 picks: European soccer expert reveals best bets for Arsenal vs. Villarreal Martin Green has generated $19,000 for $100 bettors since the 2017-18 season History. 42 mins ago. The title has been won by 28 clubs, 13 of which have won it more than once. Record winners. The most successful club in the competition is Sevilla, with six titles. UEFA Europa League; 2020/2021; History; UEFA Europa League Europe - Season 2020/2021. Arsenal or Villarreal will face Roma or Manchester United in the final, which is the 50th in UEFA Cup/Europa League history… The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and, since the 2014–15 season, the following season's UEFA Champions League, entering at the group stage. In practice, each association has a standard number of three berths, except: Usually, each country's places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in its top-flight league and the winner of the main cup competition. The competition runs from September to May, and in the group stage teams feature in a group of four and play each other home and away, with the top two progressing to the knockout stage. 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