The UEFA Europa League formerly known as The UEFA Cup is Europe’s second most prestigious cup competition after The UEFA Champions League. It is between teams from all over Europe. Its current format is 160 teams start and 48 teams play in the group stages.
After the group stages 8 teams join from The UEFA Champions League who finished 3rd in their respective groups and then a knockout round of 32 teams commences. The UEFA League and The UEFA Cup are considered the same tournament.
Winners of Europa League
- Atletico Madrid
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Zenit St Petersburg
- Espanyol
- Sevilla
- Moscow
- Valencia
- Porto
- Feyenoord
- Liverpool
- Galatasaray
- Parma
- Internazionale
- Schalke 04
- Bayern Munich
- Parma
- Internazionale
- Juventus
- Ajax
- Internazionale
- Juventus
- Napoli
- Leverkusen
- Gothenburg
- Real Madrid
- Real Madrid
- Tottenham
- Anderlecht
- Gothenburg
- Ispwich
- Franfurt
- Borrusia
- PSV
- Juventus
- Liverpool
- Borussia
- Feyenoord
- Liverpool
- Tottenham
Usually, it is believed that the Champions League in European club football is the most popular club football tournament in the world. This might be correct but the popularity of the Europa League cannot be denied.
The most important reason for its popularity is that any top club who fails to make it to the top slots to qualify for the Champions League makes it to the Europa League. This automatically makes this tournament equally thrilling and equally star-studded.
