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 have been 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 can enter up to four teams.
It was traditionally contested by 64 teams, 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 there was no intrinsic change in the set-up of the tournament.
UEFA Cup 1971/72 Tottenham Hotspur 1972/73 Liverpool 1973/74 Feyenoord 1974/75 Borussia M�nchengladbach 1975/76 Liverpool 1976/77 Juventus 1977/78 PSV 1978/79 Borussia M�nchengladbach 1979/80 Eintracht Frankfurt 1980/81 Ipswich Town 1981/82 IFK G�teborg 1982/83 Anderlecht 1983/84 Tottenham Hotspur 1984/85 Real Madrid 1985/86 Real Madrid 1986/87 IFK G�teborg 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 M�nchen 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 Atl�tico Madrid 2010/11 Porto 2011/12 Atl�tico Madrid 2012/13 Chelsea 2013/14 Sevilla 2014/15 Sevilla
Sevilla 4 Internazionale 3 Juventus 3 Liverpool 3 Atl�tico Madrid 2 Borussia M�nchengladbach 2 Feyenoord 2 IFK G�teborg 2 Parma 2 Porto 2 Real Madrid 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Ajax 1 Anderlecht 1 Bayer Leverkusen 1 Bayern M�nchen 1 Chelsea 1 CSKA Moskva 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Galatasaray 1 Ipswich Town 1 Napoli 1 PSV 1 Schalke 04 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Valencia 1 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 1
Italy 9 Spain 9 England 7 Germany 6 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 M�nchengladbach
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 M�nchengladbach
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 M�nchengladbach
Borussia MG 1-0 Crvena zvezda
79/80 Borussia MG 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankft 1-0 Borussia M�nchengladbach
80/81 Ipswich Town 3-0 AZ '67
AZ '67 4-2 Ipswich Town
81/82 IFK G�teborg 1-0 Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV 0-3 IFK G�teborg
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 K�ln
1.FC K�ln 2-0 Real Madrid
86/87 IFK G�teborg 1-0 Dundee United
Dundee United 1-1 IFK G�teborg
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 M�nchen 2-0 Girondins Bordeaux
Girondins Bordeaux 1-3 Bayern M�nchen
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 Alav�s [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 Atl�tico Madrid 2-1 Fulham [aet]
10/11 Porto 1-0 Braga
11/12 Atl�tico 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
win fin
Italy 9 15
Spain 9 14
England 7 12
Germany 6 14
Netherlands 4 6
Portugal 2 7
Russia 2 2
Sweden 2 2
Belgium 1 3
Ukraine 1 2
Turkey 1 1
France 4
Scotland 3
Austria 1
Hungary 1
Yugoslavia 1
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