UEFA Europa League Past Winners List (Since 1972)

UEFA Europa League is the second fiddle cup competition at the european level behind UEFA’s flagship event “Champions League”. UEFA Europa League previous known as “UEFA Cup” was formed back in 1971. The history however dates back to 1955 when a European Inter-Cities cup compeition invloving 11 teams was introduced known as “Fairs Cup”. This competition was annually held event and became popular every year so much that by 1970 it had 64 teams participating and that is when UEFA officially overtook the competition and launched it as “UEFA Cup” in 1971-72 season, It started as a pure knockout tournament with two-legged ties all the way through to the final.

Sevilla has won Europa League record 5 times while Spanish teams leads with 10 UEFA Cup wins since 1972 closely followed by Italy’s 9 triumphs

Rebranding as “Europa League”: in 2009-10 season, UEFA re-branded the tournament as UEFA Europa League and since than it has grown from strength to strength. Although still behind Champions League in terms of prestige and money it holds significant important now as winners get the direct entry to champions league and the prize money is also increased substantially. Lets take a look at history winners of UEFA Cup/ UEFA Europa League.

UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup Past Winners Since 1972

YEAR	WINNERS	RUNNERS-UP	RESULT
2018	Atletico Madrid	Marseille	Atletico Madrid won 3-0
2017	Manchester United	Ajax	Manchester United won 2-1
2016	Sevilla	Liverpool	Sevilla won 3-1
2015	Sevilla	Dnipro	Sevilla won 3-1
2014	Sevilla	Benfica	Sevilla won on penalties
2013	Chelsea	Benfica	Chelsea won 2-1
2012	Atletico Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Atletico Madrid won 3-0
2011	FC Porto	SC Braga	Porto won 1-0
2010	Atlético Madrid	Fulham	Atletico Madrid won 2-1
2009	Shakhtar Donetsk	Werder Bremen	Shakhtar won 2-1
2008	Zenit	Rangers	Zenit won 2-0
2007	Sevilla	Espanyol	Sevilla won on penalties
2006	Sevilla	Middlesbrough	Sevilla won 4-0
2005	CSKA Moscow	Sporting Lisbon	CSKA won 3-1
2004	Valencia	Marseille	Valencia won 2-0
2003	FC Porto	Celtic	FC Porto won 3-2
2002	Feyenoord	B. Dortmund	Feyenoord won 3-2
2001	Liverpool	D. Alavés	Liverpool won via golden goal
2000	Galatasaray	Arsenal	Galatasaray won on penalties
1999	Parma	Marseille	Parma won 3-0
1998	Inter Milan	Lazio	Inter won 3-0
1997	FC Schalke	Inter Milan	Schalke won on penalties
1996	Bayern Munich	Bordeaux	Bayern Munich 5-1 aggregate
1995	Parma	Juventus	Parma 2-1 on aggregate
1994	Inter Milan	Casino Salzburg	Inter won on aggregate 2-0
1993	Juventus	Borussia Dortmund	Juventus won 6-1 on aggregate
1992	Ajax	Torino	Ajax won on away goal rule
1991	Inter Milan	As Roma	Inter won 2-1 on aggregate
1990	Juventus	Fiorentina	Juventus won 3-1 on aggregate
1989	Napoli	VfB Stuttgart	Napoli won 5-4 on aggregate
1988	Bayer Leverkusen	Espanyol	Leverkusen won on penalties
1987	IFK Göteborg	Dundee UTD	Goteborg 2-1 on aggregate
1986	Real Madrid	FC Köln	Real Madrid 5-3 aggregate
1985	Real Madrid	Videoton	Real Madrid 3-1 aggregate
1984	Tottenham	Anderlecht	Tottenham won on penalties
1983	Anderlecht	Benfica	Anderlecht won 2-1
1982	IFK Göteborg	Hamburg	Göteborg 4-1 on aggregate
1981	Ipswich Town	AZ Alkmaar	Ipswich won 5-4 on aggregate
1980	Eintracht Frankfurt	B. M’gladbach	Frankfurt won on away goals
1979	Borussia M’gladbach	Red Star Belgrade	Borussia M’gladbach  won 2-1
1978	PSV Eindhoven	Batsia	PSV won 3-0 on aggregate
1977	Juventus	Athletic Bilbao	Juventus won on away goals
1976	Liverpool	Club Brugge	Liverpool won 4-3 on aggregate
1975	Borussia M’gladbach	FC Twenty	B. M’gladbach 5-1 aggregate
1974	Feyenoord	Tottenham	Feyenoord won 4-2 aggregate
1973	Liverpool	B.M’gladbach	Liverpool won 3-2 aggregate
1972	Tottenham	Wolverhampton	Tottenham won 3-2
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1971	Leeds United	Juventus	Leeds won on away goals
1970	Arsenal FC	Anderlecht	Arsenal won 6-1
1969	Newcastle United	Újpesti Dózsa	Newcastle won 6-2 aggregate
1968	Leeds United	Ferencváros	Leeds won 1-0 aggregate
1967	Dinamo Zagreb	Leeds United	Zagreb won 2-0 aggregate
1966	FC Barcelona	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona 4-3 aggregate
1965	Ferencvárosi TC	Juventus	Ferencvárosi 1-0 win
1964	Real Zaragoza	Valencia	Zatagoza won 2-1
1963	Valencia CF	Dinamo Zagreb	Valencia won 4-1
1962	Valencia CF	Barcelona	Valencia won 7-3
1961	AS Roma	Birmingham City	Roma won 4-2
1958-60	Barcelona XI	Birmingham City	Barcelona 4-1 aggregate
1955-58	Barcelona XI	London XI	Barcelona XI won 8-2