UEFA Europa League teams from the last 10 years

UEFA Europa League and Saudi Pro League

UEFA Europa League and Saudi Pro League: The Two Giants Building the Global Football Landscape
The typology underlying inherent shifts in the power configuration between traditional European leagues and the offshoot competitions from the Middle East, notably the Saudi Pro League (SPL), has become a thing of beauty and intrigue in the football universe within the last few years. At the same time, the UEFA Europa League, Europe’s second-tier competition, thus remains a key player in shaping the career journeys of both players and clubs; this article focuses on the two leagues, the UEFA Europa League, and the Saudi Pro League, analyzing their effect upon the world football turf, deriving an investment out of player development, and molding football’s future landscape.

UEFA Europa League: Second Tier of Europe’s Enlightened Competitors
The UEFA Europa League has been around for the longest while in European football. It provided clubs that fail to attain qualifying positions in the prestigious UEFA Champions League with another opportunity to show their talents. With its own claims to global recognition, when compared to the Champions League, the tournament is still highly competitive with its own vaunted charm.

A Platform for the Mid-Range Club
The EU affords the mid-range clubs from the top leagues of Europe, namely ITA, SPA, GER, and ENG, and other clubs from smaller leagues to compete with the bigger fish on the European continent on a fair platform. It is also known that it is these smaller leagues where clubs often find it difficult to qualify for the Champions League, due to depleted or non-existent financial coffers and/or lack of squad depth.

Sevilla FC, Atletico Madrid, and Chelsea have been some of the big teams that have tasted success in the tournament: among these, Sevilla FC stands out as the most successful club in this competition; having triumphed in this competition on six occasions is an undeniable achievement. But these accolades do a lot more than bring these clubs continental fame; they augment their value while making substantial financial contributions.

1.UEFA Europa League winners

Here’s a comprehensive table showing UEFA Europa League winners over the last ten seasons and highlights during that period:

1. 2022-23: Sevilla FC (Spain)

Final Score: Sevilla 2-1 Roma (after extra time)
Venue: Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary
Final Highlight: Sevilla FC clinched their seventh title in the UEFA Europa League by overcoming AS Roma in tense action that went 2-1 after extra time. This victory stretched their record for the most Europa League trophies.
Highlight Player: Gonzalo Montiel, who scored the winning penalty during the shootout.

2. 2021-22: Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)

Final Score: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers (5-4 on penalties)
Venue: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain
Final Highlight: Eintracht Frankfurt triumphed over Rangers in a thrilling final; after 90 minutes and extra time, the game finished at 1-1. Frankfurt won 5-4 on penalties. This was the second Europa League title for the club since winning it in 1980.
Highlight Player: Rafael Borré, who scored the equalizer in the final.

3. 2020-21: Villarreal CF (Spain)

Final Score: Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United (11-10 on penalties)
Venue: Stadion Miejski, Gdańsk, Poland
Final Highlight: Villarreal set a new milestone by winning their first-ever Europa League title by coming through one of the most intense penalty shoot-outs which saw 22 successful penalties before Gerard Moreno made it through. This was a historic achievement for the Spanish club in their own right.
Highlight Player: Gerónimo Rulli, Villarreal’s goalkeeper, saved two penalties and scored one of his own during the shoot-out.

4. 2019-20: Sevilla FC (Spain)

Final Score: Sevilla 3-2 Inter Milan (after extra time)
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
Final Highlight: Sevilla won their sixth title after a thrilling final against Inter Milan; they triumphed 3-2 as goals by Lucas Ocampos and header Diego Carlos clinched the victory for the Spanish side.
Highlight player: Diego Carlos who gave Sevilla the lead with a decisive header.

5. 2018-19: Chelsea FC (England)

Final Score: Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal
Venue: Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan
Final Highlight: Chelsea bamboozled Arsenal.

2. In a completely English final,

In a completely English final, the Blues well on track with a 4-1 win thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud, Pedro, and Eden Hazard.
Key Player: Eden Hazard was responsible for one goal and one assist during the final.

6. 2017-18: Atleti(Madrid)

Final Score: Atleti 3-0 Marseille
Location: Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France
Final Highlight: Atleti won their third UEFA Europa League by comfortably beating Marseille 3-0. Antoine Griezmann was the player with a distinctive role in the final, scoring two goals.
Key Player: Antoine Griezmann, who was definitely the star of the final!

7. 2016-17: Manchester United

Final Score: Manchester United 2-0 Ajax
Location: Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
Final Highlight: Manchester United won their first Europa League title in a final without much trouble with a 2-0 margin over Ajax by goals from Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. It meant everything to United as they booked a place in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League.
Key Player: Paul Pogba; a great long-range effort opened the scoring.

8. 2015-16: Sevilla FC (Spain)

Final Score: Sevilla 3-1 Liverpool (after extra time)
Location: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
Final Highlight: On a high note, Sevilla won their fifth seventeenth UEFA Europa League title in spectacular fashion after trailing Liverpool for 5 after extra time. Two goals from Coke were augmented by another from Kevin Gameiro.
Key Player: Coke scored two goals in extra time for the qualification of the win.

9. 2014-15: Sevilla FC (Spain)

Final Score: Sevilla 3-2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
Location: National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland
Final Highlight: The 4th UEFA title for Sevilla for previously gained October was reached by defeating Dnipro on lowerside in one of the neck-breaking finals with a score of 2-3. This award keeps the supremacy of Sevilla in this event of the year.
Key Player: Carlos Bacca proved himself through qualifiers.

10. 2013-14: Sevilla FC (Spain)

Final Score: Sevilla 4-2 Benfica (after penalty shootout)
Location: Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy
Final Highlight: The third final for Sevilla club laid anxious sceneries of intensity, in one of the tougher matches of that fact, Sevilla won 4-2 based on one-round playoff shots.