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Uefa conference league qualification8/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk, won in 2009, the first Ukrainian side to do so. Sevilla succeeded on two consecutive occasions in 20, the latter in a final against fellow Spaniards Espanyol. In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with Valencia being victorious. Porto triumphed in the 20 tournaments, with the latter victory against fellow Portuguese side Braga. In 2002, Feyenoord became winners for the second time, defeating Borussia Dortmund. Liverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001. The era of the 2000s began with victory for Galatasaray, the first Turkish team to win the trophy. The match between Lech Poznań and Deportivo La Coruña in the 2008–09 season. It was the last UEFA Cup/Europa League final appearance for any Italian club until Internazionale reached the 2020 final. Parma won the cup in 1999, the last win of the Italian-domination era. Internazionale reached the final the following two years, losing in 1997 to Schalke 04 on penalties, and winning another all-Italian final in 1998, taking home the cup for the third time in only eight years. The only final with no Italians in the 1990s was in 1996. ġ995 saw a third all-Italian final, with Parma proving their consistency after two consecutive Cup Winners' Cup finals. Internazionale kept the cup in Italy in 1994. Juventus won the competition for a third time in 1993. The 1990s started with two all-Italian finals, and in 1992, Torino lost the final to Ajax on the away goals rule. 1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs' domination, when Diego Maradona's Napoli defeated VfB Stuttgart. ĭuring the 1980s, IFK Göteborg (19) and Real Madrid (19) won the competition twice each, with Anderlecht reaching two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. Liverpool won the competition for the second time in 1976 after defeating Club Brugge in the final. Feyenoord won the cup in 1974 after defeating Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 on aggregate (2–2 in London, 2–0 in Rotterdam). Gladbach won the competition in 19, and reached the final in 1980. The title was retained by another English club, Liverpool, in 1973, who defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final. The competition has since gained greater prestige and interest from the mass media than the Fairs Cup. The UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, and ended with an all-English final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur, with Spurs taking the first honours. It was replaced by the UEFA Cup, a new seasonal confederation competition which has a different regulation, format and disciplinary committee. The competition grew from 11 teams during the first edition ( 1955–58) to 64 teams by the last edition which was played in 1970–71. The UEFA Cup was preceded by the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a European football competition played between 19. The most successful club in the competition is Sevilla, with seven titles The title has been won by 29 clubs, 14 of which have won it more than once. Spanish clubs have the highest number of victories (13 wins), followed by teams from England and Italy (10 wins each). The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and, since the 2014–15 season, for the following season's UEFA Champions League, entering at the group stage, as well as for the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge since 2023. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and a change in qualifying criteria. The competition took on its current name in 2009, following a change in format. From the 2004–05 season a group stage was added before the knockout phase. In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was merged with the UEFA Cup and discontinued as a separate competition. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. The UEFA Cup was the third-tier competition from 1971 to 1999 before the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued, and it is still often referred to as the "C3" in reference to this. Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup, it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It is the second-tier competition of European club football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League and above the UEFA Europa Conference League. The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL) is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ![]()
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