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UEFA Europa League

Europe's second club competition. Aston Villa won it in 2026.

First held 1971
17 editions listed
Reigning: Aston Villa
Every season

Overview

The UEFA Europa League has been played under that name since 2009-10. Aston Villa beat SC Freiburg 3-0 in the 2026 final in Istanbul for their first title; Sevilla have won it five times.

Sevilla are the most successful club in the competition, winning in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2023. Atletico Madrid won it three times, Chelsea twice, and Manchester United (2017) and Tottenham (2025, a 1-0 win over United in Bilbao) once each.

Aston Villa became the sixth English club to win it when they beat Freiburg on 20 May 2026.

How it works

Clubs play a league phase and then a knockout stage ending in a one-match final. The winner enters the following season's Champions League.

Who has won it most?

Titles won by each team across the 17 editions listed here.

Sevilla 5 titles

2022-23, 2019-20, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14
Atletico Madrid 3 titles

2017-18, 2011-12, 2009-10
Chelsea 2 titles

2018-19, 2012-13
Porto 1 title

2010-11
Manchester United 1 title

2016-17
Villarreal 1 title

2020-21
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 title

2021-22
Atalanta 1 title

2023-24
Tottenham Hotspur 1 title

2024-25
Aston Villa 1 title

2025-26

Winners by year

Newest first.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Host / final	Result
2025-26	Aston Villa	SC Freiburg	Istanbul	3-0Villa's first Europa League title, on 20 May 2026.
2024-25	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester United	Bilbao	1-0
2023-24	Atalanta	Bayer Leverkusen	Dublin	3-0
2022-23	Sevilla	Roma	Budapest	1-1 aet, 4-1 on penalties
2021-22	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rangers	Seville	1-1 aet, 5-4 on penalties
2020-21	Villarreal	Manchester United	Gdansk	1-1 aet, 11-10 on penalties
2019-20	Sevilla	Inter Milan	Cologne	3-2
2018-19	Chelsea	Arsenal	Baku	4-1
2017-18	Atletico Madrid	Marseille	Lyon	3-0
2016-17	Manchester United	Ajax	Stockholm	2-0
2015-16	Sevilla	Liverpool	Basel	3-1
2014-15	Sevilla	Dnipro	Warsaw	3-2
2013-14	Sevilla	Benfica	Turin	0-0 aet, 4-2 on penalties
2012-13	Chelsea	Benfica	Amsterdam	2-1
2011-12	Atletico Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Bucharest	3-0
2010-11	Porto	Braga	Dublin	1-0
2009-10	Atletico Madrid	Fulham	Hamburg	2-1 aet