UEFA Cup records and statistics

Performances

[edit] By country
The 1980 competition saw Bundesliga teams Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Stuttgart make the semi-finals, a record for one country. Frankfurt beat Mönchengladbach in the final.

In 2007, La Liga teams Sevilla, Osasuna and Espanyol made the final four.[1]

Nation Winners Runners-up
Spain 11 7
Italy 10 8
England 10 8
Germany 6 7
Netherlands 4 2
Sweden 2 0
Belgium 1 3
Hungary 1 3
Portugal 1 2
Croatia 1 1
Russia 1 0
Turkey 1 0
France 0 4
Scotland 0 2
Austria 0 1
Serbia 0 1


[edit] By club
Team Winners Runners-Up Years Won Years Runner-up
1 Juventus FC 3 3 (1977, 1990, 1993) (1965, 1971, 1995)
2 FC Barcelona 3 1 (1958, 1960, 1966) (1962)
3 FC Internazionale 3 1 (1991, 1994, 1998) (1997)
4 Valencia CF 3 1 (1962, 1963, 2004) (1964)
5 Liverpool FC 3 0 (1973, 1976, 2001) -
6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 2 (1975, 1979) (1973, 1980)
7 Leeds Utd 2 1 (1968, 1971) (1967)
8 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 (1972, 1984) (1974)
9 Real Madrid CF 2 0 (1985, 1986) -
10 IFK Göteborg 2 0 (1982, 1987) -
11 Parma F.C. 2 0 (1995, 1999) -
12 Feyenoord 2 0 (1974, 2002) -
13 Sevilla FC 2 0 (2006, 2007) -
14 Anderlecht 1 2 (1983) (1979, 1984)
15 AS Roma 1 1 (1961) (1991)
16 Real Zaragoza 1 1 (1964) (1966)
17 Ferencvaros 1 1 (1965) (1968)
18 Dinamo Zagreb 1 1 (1967) (1963)
19 Arsenal FC 1 1 (1970) (2000)
20 Newcastle Utd 1 0 (1969) -
21 PSV Eindhoven 1 0 (1978) -
22 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 (1980) -
23 Ipswich 1 0 (1981) -
24 Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 (1988) -
25 Napoli 1 0 (1989) -
26 Ajax 1 0 (1992) -
Bayern Munich 1 0 (1996) -
Schalke 04 1 0 (1997) -
Galatasaray 1 0 (2000) -
FC Porto 1 0 (2003) -
CSKA Moscow 1 0 (2005) -
33 Birmingham City 0 2 - (1960, 1961)
Borussia Dortmund 0 2 - (1993, 2002)
Marseille 0 2 - (1999, 2004)
Espanyol 0 2 - (1988, 2007)
35 London XI 0 1 - (1958)
Újpest 0 1 - (1969)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 1 - (1972)
Twente 0 1 - (1975)
Club Brugge 0 1 - (1976)
Athletic Bilbao 0 1 - (1977)
Bastia 0 1 - (1978)
Red Star Belgrade 0 1 - (1979)
AZ Alkmaar 0 1 - (1981)
Hamburg 0 1 - (1982)
SL Benfica 0 1 - (1983)
Videoton 0 1 - (1985)
FC Köln 0 1 - (1986)
Dundee Utd 0 1 - (1987)
VfB Stuttgart 0 1 - (1989)
Fiorentina 0 1 - (1990)
Torino F.C. 0 1 - (1992)
Red Bull Salzburg 0 1 - (1994)
Bordeaux 0 1 - (1996)
Lazio 0 1 - (1998)
Alavés 0 1 - (2001)
Celtic 0 1 - (2003)
Sporting Clube de Portugal 0 1 - (2005)
Middlesbrough 0 1 - (2006)


[edit] Miscellaneous records
Only 4 teams have won the treble of their national league championship, domestic cup competition and the UEFA Cup all in same season. They are:
IFK Göteborg (1982)
Galatasaray (2000)
FC Porto (2003)
CSKA Moscow (2005)
12 teams have won their national league championship and the UEFA Cup in the same season. They are:
Liverpool (1973, 1976)
IFK Göteborg (1982, 1987)
Barcelona (1960)
Feyenoord (1974)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (1975)
Juventus (1977)
PSV Eindhoven (1978)
Real Madrid (1986)
Galatasaray (2000)
FC Porto (2003)
Valencia (2004)
CSKA Moscow (2005)



Until 1997, the UEFA Cup was the only European club competition which routinely allocated multiple entrants to many countries. This has led to several finals featuring two clubs from the same country:
Season Country
1971/72 England Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers
1979/80 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Mönchengladbach
1989/90 Italy Juventus v Fiorentina
1990/91 Italy Internazionale v Roma
1994/95 Italy Parma v Juventus
1997/98 Italy Internazionale v Lazio
2006/07 Spain Espanyol v Sevilla

During the UEFA Cup 1979-80 season, West Germany had five entrants including cup holders Borussia Mönchengladbach. All five managed to reach the quarter-final stage and both semi-finals ended up being all West German affairs. Ultimately, Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final. No West German club that season was eliminated by a non-German club.
Two clubs have managed to win consecutive UEFA Cups: Real Madrid in 1985 and 1986, and Sevilla FC in 2006 and 2007.
The only country to keep it 3 consecutive seasons is Italy, and they did so on two occasions: between 1988/89 and 1990/91 (SSC Napoli, Juventus, and Internazionale the winners) and between 1992/93 and 1994/95 (Juventus, Internazionale, and Parma).
If one combines the records of the Fairs' Cup and the UEFA Cup, English clubs won 6 times between 1967/68 and 1972/73.
The record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup is 10; all teams to play at least 6 consecutive seasons (including eliminations in the qualifying rounds of the tournament proper):
Entries Club Seasons
10 Club Brugge 1996/97-2005/06
9 PAOK Thessaloniki 1997/98-2005/06
8 Celtic 1996/97-2003/04
8 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 1998/99-2005/06
8 CSKA Sofia 1998/99-2005/06
8 Grazer AK 1998/99-2005/06
8 Shakhtar Donetsk 1998/99-2005/06
8 Slavia Praha 1998/99-2005/06
7 PSV Eindhoven 1979/80-1985/86
7 Spartak Moscow 1981/82-1987/88
7 Sporting CP 1988/89-1994/95
7 Parma 1998/99-2004/05
7 Brøndby 1999/00-2005/06
7 FC Vaduz 1999/00-2005/06
6 FC Köln
(also in Fairs' Cup 1970/71) 1971/72-1976/77
6 Grasshoppers 1972/73-1977/78
6 Dundee United 1977/78-1982/83
6 Werder Bremen 1982/83-1987/88
6 Internazionale 1983/84-1988/89
6 Rangers 1997/98-2002/03
6 FK Ventspils 2000/01-2005/06
6 Wisła Kraków 2000/01-2005/06


Apart from FC Köln, Vitória FC (Setúbal) also has a series of 7 seasons if we take the Fairs' Cup into account: 1968/69 -1974/75 (3 seasons in the Fairs and 4 in the UEFA Cup).
Entering both the Champions League and/or its qualifying rounds and the UEFA Cup in the same season has now become so common that a separate statistic of all clubs having done so in three or more consecutive seasons may be of interest (between square brackets the means of entering the UEFA Cup is indicated in chronological order, G denoting group stage, q denoting qualifying round):
Entries Club Seasons Stages
6 Shakhtar Donetsk 2000/01-2005/06 GqqqGq
3 Rangers 1999/00-2001/02 GGq
3 Celtic 2000/01-2003/04 GqG
3 Grazer AK 2002/03-2004/05 qqq
3 Club Brugge 2002/03-2004/05 qGq
3 Wisła Kraków 2003/04-2005/06 qqq


Benfica and Panathinaikos had a chance to join this group 2005/06 if they finished third in the Champions League group stage (series started 2003/04), but neither did so. Panathinaikos finished fourth in their group, knocking them out of European competition entirely. Benfica avoided the UEFA Cup completely, finishing second in their group and thereby advancing to the Champions League round of 16.
Several times, winning the UEFA Cup was a club's only chance to qualify for European competition in the next season. A win by such a mid-table (and non-domestic-cup-winning) club then led to an extra place in the UEFA Cup for the country in question. The following clubs managed to save their season by winning the UEFA Cup:
Season Club Country Domestic position
1971/72 Tottenham Hotspur England 6th
1978/79 Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 10th
1979/80 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 9th
1983/84 Tottenham Hotspur England 8th
1987/88 Bayer Leverkusen West Germany 8th
1993/94 Internazionale Italy 13th
1996/97 Schalke 04 Germany 12th


Spurs did it twice; the Germans four times and Internazionale's 1993/94 finish is the worst by any winner of a European club title.

[edit] Records
Highest win in one leg, most goals in game:
1984/85, 1st round:
Ajax 14-0 FA Red Boys Differdange
Highest aggregate win, most goals in tie:
1972/73, 1st round:
Feyenoord 9-0 US Rumelange
US Rumelange 0-12 Feyenoord
Feyenoord win 21-0 on aggregate
(tie for record for all European Cups)

Best come-backs:
1955/58, Group Stage
Leipzig XI 6–3 Lausanne Sports
Lausanne Sports 7–3 Leipzig XI
Lausanne Sports win 10-9 on aggregate
1984/85, 2nd round:
Queens Park Rangers 6-2 Partizan Belgrade
Partizan Belgrade 4-0 Queens Park Rangers
6-6 on aggregate, Partizan Belgrade win on away goals
1985/86, 3rd round:
Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-1 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 4-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
5-5 on aggregate, Real Madrid win on away goal
1987/88, 3rd round:
Honvéd 5-2 Panathinaikos [after 5-0]
Panathinaikos 5-1 Honvéd
Panathinaikos win 7-6 on aggregate
1996/97, 3rd round:
Brøndby IF 1-3 Karlsruher SC [after 0-3 at 81']
Karlsruher SC 0-5 Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF win 6-3 on aggregate
2005/06, Quarter Final:
FC Basel 1893 2-0 Middlesbrough FC
Middlesbrough FC 4-1 FC Basel 1893 [after 0-1 at 23']
Middlesbrough FC win 4-3 on aggregate
2005/06, Semi Final:
Steaua Bucuresti 1-0 Middlesbrough FC
Middlesbrough FC 4-2 Steaua Bucuresti [after 0-2 at 24']
Middlesbrough FC win 4-3 on aggregate
Final come-back:
1987/88, final:
Espanyol 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Espanyol [aet] [after 0-0 at 56']
3-3 on aggregate, Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 on penalties