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Europa League

UEFA Europa League

uefa europa league

The UEFA Europa League is an annual competition organized by UEFA second in importance after the UEFA Champions League. Clubs qualify for this competition based on their performances in the championships and cup competitions in their countries.

According to the current format, in the first stage the teams are divided into 12 groups of 4 teams each. At the end of the group stage, the teams ranked in the first two places of each group qualify for further. In the subsequent phase, these 24 teams are joined by the 8 teams ranked third in the Champions League groups. In the future, the competition is played with a knock-out system with two matches per match. Finally, the final is played in a single match at a pre-determined location.

The most successful team in this competition is Sevilla, 6 times winner of the Europa league. After her, 4 other teams have managed to win the trophy 3 times and they are Inter, Liverpool, Juventus and Atletico Madrid. The defending champions are precisely the Spaniards of Sevilla, who defeated Inter in the final of the previous season.

The best scorer in the history of the UEFA Europa League is the Swedish Henrik Larsson with 31 goals scored with the shirt of Feyenoord, Celtic and Helsingborg. Radamel Falcao and Klass-Jan Huntelar are ranked behind him with 30 goals scored, with 30 goals each. As for appearances without including those in the qualifying stages, the record is held by Giuseppe Bergomi who recorded 96 appearances in this competition, all with the Inter shirt.