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The UEFA Europa League is an annual football club competition organized by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. The clubs qualify for the competition based on their performances in national leagues and cup competitions. This is the second-tier competition of European club football, which ranks below the UEFA Champions League.2

Previously called the UEFA Cup, the competition was known as the UEFA Europa League since the 2009-2010 season, 34 following a change in format. For the purposes of UEFA football records, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, the name change being simply a change of mark.5

In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup6. For the 2004-2005 competition, a group stage was added before the elimination phase. The 2009 reshuffle included a merger with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an expanded competition format, with an enlarged group phase and modified qualification criteria. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and since the 2014-15 season, the UEFA Europa League winner has also qualified for the next UEFA Champions League. The winner enters the group phase.

The title was won by 28 clubs, of which 12 have won the title more than once. The most competitive club of the competition is Seville, with five titles. The current champions are Atlético Madrid, after defeating Marseille in the final to win the 2017-2018 UEFA Europa League.

History:

The UEFA Cup was preceded by the Inter-City Fairs Cup, a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition went from 11 teams in the first cup (1955-1958) to 64 at the last cup contested. in 1970-1971. He became so important on the European football scene that in the end he was taken over by UEFA and relaunched the following season as the UEFA Cup.

The UEFA Cup was played for the first time in 1971-72, with an all-England final against Wolverhampton Wanderers against Tottenham Hotspur. The Spurs won the first honors. The title was held by another English club, Liverpool, in 1973, who beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final. Borussia won the competition in 1975 and 1979 and will reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool wins the competition for the second time in 1976 after defeating Club Brugge in the final.

In the 1980s, IFK Gothenburg (1982 and 1987) and Real Madrid (1985 and 1986) won the competition twice each. Anderlecht reached two consecutive finals, winning in 1983 and losing to Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. The year 1989 dominated the Italian clubs, when Diego Maradona's Napoli defeated Stuttgart. The 90s started with two Italian finals and in 1992 Torino lost the final against Ajax after the victory. Juventus won the competition for the third time in 1993 and Internazionale retained the cup in Italy the following year. The year 1995 was marked by a third 100% Italian final. Parma has proved its consistency after two consecutive finals in the Cup Winners' Cup. The only final with no Italian during this decade took place in 1996. Internazionale reached the final the next two years, losing in 1997 against Schalke 04 on penalties and winning another 100% Italian final in 1998. in just eight years. Parma won the Cup in 1999, which ended the era of the Italian club.

Liverpool won the competition for the third time in 2001 and Porto triumphed in the tournaments of 2003 and 2011, the latter against the Portuguese team Braga. In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with victorious Valencia, then Sevilla made two consecutive wins in 2006 and 2007, the latter in the final against his compatriots Espanyol. On both sides of Sevilla's success, two Russian teams, CSKA Moscow in 2005 and Zenit St. Petersburg in 2008, won the victory in 2009. Atlético Madrid has won twice in three seasons, 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final. In 2013, Chelsea would become the first UEFA Champions League holder to win the UEFA / Europa League Cup the following year. In 2014, Sevilla won its third Cup in eight years after defeating Benfica on penalties. A year later, in 2015, Sevilla won its fourth UEFA / Europa League Cup, becoming the most successful club in the competition.

Since the 2009-2010 season, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League34. Meanwhile, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, the third-tier UEFA competition, was dropped and integrated into the new Europa League.

Trophy:

The UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup, also known as the UEFA Cup, is the trophy awarded by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Europa League every year. Before the 2009-2010 season, the competition and the trophy were known as the UEFA Cup.

Before the competition was renamed UEFA Europa League for the 2009-2010 season, UEFA regulations stipulated that a club could retain the original trophy for a year before sending it back to UEFA. After his return, the club could keep a replica at the scale of four fifths of the original trophy. In their third consecutive victory or their fifth overall victory, a club could retain the trophy permanently.7 However, under the new rules, the trophy remains permanently available to UEFA. A full size trophy is awarded to each contest winner. In addition, a club that wins three consecutive times or five times the total will receive a badge of several winners8. As of 2016-2017, only Sevilla had the honor of wearing the badge of several winners, having achieved both achievements required in 2016.9

The trophy was designed and manufactured by Bertoni for the 1972 UEFA Cup final. It weighs 15 kg and is silver on a yellow marble base.10

Anthem:

The first anthem of the competition was composed by Yohann Zveig and recorded by the Paris Opera at the beginning of 2009. The theme of the UEFA Cup competition was officially unveiled at the Grimaldi Forum on August 28, 2009 before the draw. the lot of the 2009-2010 season. . The anthem must be played before each Europa League match in a stadium hosting such an event and before each television broadcast of a Europa League match as a musical element of the opening sequence of the competition11.

A new anthem was composed by Michael Kadelbach and recorded in Berlin and was launched as part of the new image of the competition at the beginning of the 2015-16 season.

A new hymn created by MassiveMusic was composed for the start of the 2018-2013 season.

Format:

Qualification

The qualification for the competition is based on UEFA's coefficients, with better rounds of entry offered to the best performing countries. In practice, each association has a standard number of three places, except:

The nations ranked 52 and 53 (Andorra and San Marino in the 2013-2014 season), which have two places

The nation ranked 54th (Gibraltar in the 2014-2015 season) and has one place.

Liechtenstein, which only qualifies the winners of the cup

Usually, the places in each country are awarded to the teams that finish in the different places of the first division and to the winner of the main competition. As a general rule, teams qualified through the league are the highest places not eligible for the UEFA Champions League; However, the Belgian league allocates a place through a playoff between the teams First A and First B. Some countries organize events of the secondary cup, but the only ones to be awarded a place in the UEFA Europa League are the England and France.

A team can be qualified for European competitions via several courses. In any case, if a club is eligible to play in the UEFA Champions League, the Champions League place is a priority and the club does not enter the UEFA Europa League. The place of the UEFA Europa League is then granted to another club or released if the maximum limit of teams qualified for European competitions is exceeded. If a team qualifies for the European competition by winning both a cup and a standings, the UEFA Europa League "spare" spot will be awarded to the highest team that has not yet qualified for the UEFA Europa League. the European competition. or vacant, if the limit described is reached.

The top three ranked associations can qualify for fourth place if the Champions League and Europa League champions are both from this association and do not qualify for the European competition due to their national performance. In this case, the team ranked fourth of this association will join the Europa League instead of the Champions League, in addition to its other qualifying teams.

More recently, clubs eliminated in the playoffs and group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Europa League at different stages (see below). In the past, the defending champions have qualified to defend their title, but since 2015 they have qualified for the Champions League. From 1995 to 2015, three leagues earned an additional place through the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.

Context:

UEFA's coefficients were introduced in 1980 and, until 1999, they offered more UEFA Cup seats to the best-performing countries. Three nations had four places, five nations had three places, thirteen nations had two places, and eleven nations one place. Since 1999, a similar system has been used for the UEFA Champions League. Before 1980, the entry criteria of the last Fairs Cup were used.

Historical formats:

The competition was traditionally a knockout tournament. All games were two-legged, including the final. Starting in the 1997-98 season, the final became a unique match, but all the other ties remained on both legs.

Prior to the 2004-2005 season, the tournament consisted of a qualifying round followed by a round of 16. The sixteen non-qualifiers of the final qualifying round of the Champions League entered the first round proper; Later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by the third finalists in the (first) group stage of the Champions League.

Starting in the 2004-2005 season, the competition started in July and August with two playoffs. The participants of associations ranked 18 and under entered the first qualifying round with those of associations ranked 9 to 18 who joined them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the winners of UEFA's fair play ranking (until 2015-2016) and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners.

The winners of the qualifying rounds then joined the teams of the associations ranked 1 to 13 in the first round proper. In addition, the non-qualifiers of the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition with current title holders (unless they qualified for the Champions League via their national championship), to a total of 80 teams. in the first round.

After the round of 16, the 40 survivors entered a group stage with the clubs divided into eight groups of five. Unlike the UEFA Champions League group stage, the UEFA Cup group stage took place in a single round, with each club playing two home matches and two away matches. The top three teams in each of the eight groups advanced to the round of 16 with the eight teams ranked third in the Champions League group stage. From then on, a series of two-legged knockout matches took place before a one-day final, traditionally held on a Wednesday in May, exactly one week before the Champions League final.

Current format:

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In 2009-2010, the competition was renamed the UEFA Europa League in order to strengthen the profile of the competition3. An additional 8 teams now qualify for the group stage, consisting of 12 groups with four teams each (in a double round-robin). , with teams ranked in the top two places in each progressive group. The competition then takes place in much the same way as the previous format, with four two-legged knockout rounds and a single final played on neutral ground meeting UEFA's Category 4 stadium criteria. The final is played in May, Wednesday, ten days before the final of the Champions League.

The qualification has changed considerably. The associations ranked 7 to 9 in the UEFA coefficients sent the winners of the cup and three other teams (two 2015-2016) to the UEFA Europa League qualification. All other nations sent one cup and two other teams, with the exception of only one Cup winner and a second, and Liechtenstein, which sent only one Cup winner . Since Gibraltar was accepted as a full UEFA member at the UEFA Congress held in London on May 24, 2013, its Cup winner has also qualified for the Europa League. The other teams will usually be the top ranked clubs after each UEFA Champions League qualifier, but France and England will continue to use a place for their League Cup winner. With the abolition of the Intertoto Cup, all participants of the Europa League are qualified on the national roads. As a general rule, the more an association is ranked in UEFA's coefficients, the more its clubs start late in qualifying. However, each team, with the exception of the title holder (up to the 2014-15 season) and the top ranked teams (usually the cup winner and / or the best qualified Europa League team) summit (six in 2012-15, 12 since 2015-16 season) associations had to play at least one qualifying round.

In addition to the teams mentioned, 15 more teams eliminated in the third qualifying round of the Champions League are transferred to the Europa League play-offs and the 10 losing teams in the Champions League play-offs are transferred to the group stage. The 12 winners and 12 other finalists from the group stage qualified for the round of 16, as well as eight other teams from the group stage of the Champions League.

In 2014, the distribution was modified to increase the attractiveness of the competition, in particular by giving the champions of the Europa League a place of qualification in the Champions League, used since. More teams automatically qualify for the group stage. If the cup winners have already qualified for the European competition through the league's performance, their place in the league is vacant and is awarded to the best ranked teams not qualified for the European competition. 14 These rules came into effect for the 2015-2016 season.

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Founded in: 1971; 47 years ago (renamed 2009)

Region: Europe (UEFA)

Number of teams: 48 (group stage), 8 clubs join after the group stage of the Champions League, 160 (total)

Qualification for: UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Champions League

Related competitions: UEFA Champions League

Current Champions: Spain Atlético Madrid (3rd title)

Club (s) having had the most success: Spain Sevilla (5 titles)

Website: official website