Who has won the most Europa League titles? All-time list of UEFA trophy winners

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The UEFA Europa League originated as the UEFA Cup in 1971, succeeding the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Like the European Cup (now the UEFA Champions League), it began as a straight knockout competition.

Tottenham Hotspur won the first UEFA Cup in 1971. From 1971 to 2009, three clubs — Inter Milan, Juventus, and Liverpool — each lifted the trophy three times.

Sevilla have been the most successful club in the history of the UEFA Cup/Europa League, with seven titles to date, including three consecutive wins in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Spanish teams have historically dominated the competition, with 14 victories. English and Italian clubs, meanwhile, are tied for second, each with nine titles. German teams, including those from the former West Germany, have won the competition seven times.

Initially, from 1971 to 1997, all UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs, before the 1997/98 final between Inter Milan and Lazio was the first to adopt a single-match format.

Here, The Sporting News takes a look at the most Europa League titles by club, as well as the history and scores from each final to date.

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Who has won the most Europa League titles?

The Europa League has been dominated by Spanish side Sevilla this century as they've won the trophy on seven occasions and have never lost a Europa League final.

No side has won more Europa League titles than Sevilla.

Their most recent triumph came on penalties in the 2023 final, when they faced Jose Mourinho's Roma. 

After Sevilla, four teams have won the competition on three occasions: Inter Milan, Liverpool, Juventus and Atletico Madrid.

ClubWinnersYears won
Sevilla72006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023
Inter Milan31991, 1994, 1998
Liverpool31973, 1976, 2001
Juventus31977, 1990, 1993
Atlético Madrid32010, 2012, 2018
Borussia Monchengladbach21975, 1979
Tottenham Hotspur21972, 1984
Feyenoord21974, 2002
Eintracht Frankfurt21980, 2022
IFK Gothenburg21982, 1987
Real Madrid21985, 1986
Parma21995, 1999
Porto22003, 2011
Chelsea22013, 2019
Anderlecht11983
Ajax11992
Manchester United12017
PSV Eindhoven11978
Ipswich Town11981
Bayer Leverkusen11988
Napoli11989
Bayern Munich11996
Schalke 0411997
Galatasaray12000
Valencia12004
CSKA Moscow12005
Zenit Saint Petersburg12008
Shakhtar Donetsk12009
Villarreal12021
Atalanta12024

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Europa League finals history and scores

YearWinnersScoreRunners-up
1971–72Tottenham Hotspur2–1, 1–1Wolverhampton Wanderers
1972–73Liverpool3–0, 0–2Borussia Monchengladbach
1973–74Feyenoord2–2, 2–0Tottenham Hotspur
1974–75Borussia Monchengladbach0–0, 5–1Twente
1975–76Liverpool3–2, 1–1Club Brugge
1976–77Juventus1–0, 1–2Athletic Bilbao
1977–78PSV Eindhoven0–0, 3–0Bastia
1978–79Borussia Monchengladbach1–1, 1–0Red Star Belgrade
1979–80Eintracht Frankfurt2–3, 1–0Borussia Monchengladbach
1980–81Ipswich Town3–0, 2–4AZ
1981–82IFK Gothenburg1–0, 3–0Hamburg
1982–83Anderlecht1–0, 1–1Benfica
1983–84Tottenham Hotspur1–1, 1–1*Anderlecht
1984–85Real Madrid3–0, 0–1Videoton
1985–86Real Madrid5–1, 0–2Cologne
1986–87IFK Gothenburg1–0, 1–1Dundee United
1987–88Bayer Leverkusen0–3, 3–0*Espanyol
1988–89Napoli2–1, 3–3VfB Stuttgart
1989–90Juventus3–1, 0–0Fiorentina
1990–91Inter Milan2–0, 0–1Roma
1991–92Ajax2–2, 0–0Torino
1992–93Juventus3–1, 3–0Borussia Dortmund
1993–94Inter Milan1–0, 1–0Austria Salzburg
1994–95Parma1–0, 1–1Juventus
1995–96Bayern Munich2–0, 3–1Bordeaux
1996–97Schalke 041–0, 0–1*Inter Milan
1997–98Inter Milan3–0Lazio
1998–99Parma3–0Marseille
1999–2000Galatasaray0–0*Arsenal
2000–01Liverpool5–4§Deportivo Alavés
2001–02Feyenoord3–2Borussia Dortmund
2002–03Porto3–2†Celtic
2003–04Valencia2–0Marseille
2004–05CSKA Moscow3–1Sporting CP
2005–06Sevilla4–0Middlesbrough
2006–07Sevilla2–2*Espanyol
2007–08Zenit Saint Petersburg2–0Rangers
2008–09Shakhtar Donetsk2–1†Werder Bremen
2009–10Atletico Madrid2–1†Fulham
2010–11Porto1–0Braga
2011–12Atlético Madrid3–0Athletic Bilbao
2012–13Chelsea2–1Benfica
2013–14Sevilla0–0*Benfica
2014–15Sevilla3–2Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2015–16Sevilla3–1Liverpool
2016–17Manchester United2–0Ajax
2017–18Atletico Madrid3–0Marseille
2018–19Chelsea4–1Arsenal
2019–20Sevilla3–2Inter Milan
2020–21Villarreal1–1*Manchester United
2021–22Eintracht Frankfurt1–1*Rangers
2022–23Sevilla1–1*Roma
2023-24Atalanta3-0Bayer Leverkusen

*Note: Scores with an asterisk () indicate the match was decided by penalties.
†Note: Scores with a dagger (†) indicate the match was decided after extra time.
§Note: Scores with a section symbol (§) indicate the match was decided by a golden goal.

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Brad is a content producer for The Sporting News and has previously worked for the likes of Squawka and The Athletic. His career highlight to date is reporting from the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final in Paris.