Europa league champions: the UEFA Europa League

europa league champions The UEFA Europa League , formerly the UEFA Cup, is an association football competition established in 1971 by UEFA . [ 1 ] It is considered the second most important international competition for European clubs, after the UEFA Champions League . Clubs qualify for the Europa League based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs , one at each participating club's stadium, but in 1998, Inter Milan defeated Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris. [ 2 ] Tottenham Hotspur won the inaugural competition in 1972 , defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate. [ 3 ] Eleven finals have featured teams from the same national association: Italy ( 1990 , 1991 , 1995 and 1998 ), England ( 1972 , 2019 and 2025 ), Spain ( 2007 and 2012 ), Germany ( 1980 ) and Portugal ( 2011 ).. bốc thăm europa league Một thống kê thú vị: từ 2015 đến 2023, chỉ có Villarreal và Eintracht Frankfurt vô địch ngoài Sevilla, cho thấy sự áp đảo của đội bóng xứ Andalusia. tỷ số europa league The winner of the UEFA Europa League gets a qualification spot in the next year’s UEFA Champions League . They also play in the UEFA Super Cup, where they take on the champion of the UEFA Champions League. Only the football clubs of Europe can participate in this competition.