UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics
Club appearances -- Semi-final appearances
Table:
Team

No. of appearances

Seasons

Inter Milan
7
1984–85, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02

Juventus
6
1974–75, 1976–77, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2013–14

Borussia Mönchengladbach
5
1972–73, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1986–87

Liverpool
5
1972–73, 1975–76, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2015–16

Atlético Madrid
5
1997–98, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18

Sevilla
5
2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Tottenham Hotspur
4
1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1983–84

1. FC Köln
4
1974–75, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1989–90

Barcelona
4
1975–76, 1977–78, 1995–96, 2000–01

Hamburger SV
4
1975–76, 1981–82, 2008–09, 2009–10

Bayern Munich
4
1979–80, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2007–08

Benfica
4
1982–83, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

Werder Bremen
4
1987–88, 1989–90, 2006–07, 2008–09

Valencia
4
2003–04, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2018–19

Real Madrid
3
1984–85, 1985–86, 1991–92

VfB Stuttgart
3
1973–74, 1979–80, 1988–89

Fiorentina
3
1989–90, 2007–08, 2014–15

Borussia Dortmund
3
1992–93, 1994–95, 2001–02

Parma
3
1994–95, 1998–99, 2004–05

Sporting CP
3
1990–91, 2004–05, 2011–12

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Football Club Internazionale Milano , commonly referred to as Internazionale ( pronounced [ ˌinternattsjoˈnaːle ] ) or simply Inter , and known as Inter Milan outside Italy , is an Italian professional football club based in Milan , Lombardy . Inter is the only Italian club to have never been relegated from the top flight . Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club ( now A.C. Milan ) , Inter won its first championship in 1910 . Since its formation , the club has won 30 domestic trophies , including 18 league titles , 7 Coppa Italia and 5 Supercoppa Italiana . From 2006 to 2010 , the club won five successive league titles , equalling the all-time record at that time . They have won the Champions League three times : two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010 . Their latest win completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble , with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the same year . The club has also won three UEFA Cups , two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup . Inter 's home games are played at the San Siro stadium , which they share with local rivals A.C. Milan . The stadium is the largest in Italian football with a capacity of 80,018 . Matches between A.C. Milan and Inter , known as the Derby della Madonnina , are one of the most followed derbies in football . As of 2019 [ update ] , Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the sixth hightest attendance in Europe .
The 1984-85 UEFA Cup was won by Real Madrid on aggregate over Videoton .
The 1985-86 UEFA Cup was won by Real Madrid on aggregate over 1 . FC Köln . This was the first season in which English clubs were serving an indefinite ban from European football competitions , which meant two-time UEFA Cup winners Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur , as well as Southampton and Norwich City were unable to compete .
The 1990-91 UEFA Cup was won by Internazionale on aggregate over Roma . This tournament also marked the return of English clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985 . However , for this season only one English club ( English First Division runners-up Aston Villa ) competed in the UEFA Cup from a previous total of four .
The 1993-94 UEFA Cup was won by Internazionale on aggregate over Austria Salzburg . Juventus were the defending champions , but got eliminated in the quarter-finals by Cagliari .
The 1996-97 UEFA Cup was won by Schalke 04 in penalties over Internazionale . This was the last year in which the UEFA Cup Final was played in a two-legged , home-and-away format . Starting with the 1998 Final , the UEFA Cup was decided by a single-game final .
The 1997-98 UEFA Cup was won by Internazionale in an all-Italian final against Lazio . It was their third title in eight years in the competition . It was the first instance of the UEFA Cup final being a one-game contest at a neutral stadium , having previously being decided over two legs with each team having one home game .
The 2001-02 UEFA Cup was won by Feyenoord at their home ground in the final against Borussia Dortmund . It was the second time they won the competition .
Juventus Football Club ( from Latin : iuventūs , youth ; Italian pronunciation : [ juˈvɛntus ] ) , colloquially known as Juve ( pronounced [ ˈjuːve ] ) , is an Italian professional association football club based in Turin , Piedmont . Founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students , the club has worn a black and white striped home kit since 1903 and has played home matches in different grounds around its city , the latest being the 41,507-capacity Juventus Stadium . Nicknamed Vecchia Signora ( the Old Lady ) , the club has won 35 official league titles , 13 Coppa Italia titles and eight Supercoppa Italiana titles , being the record holder for all these competitions ; two Intercontinental Cups , two European Cups / UEFA Champions Leagues , one European Cup Winners ' Cup , a joint national record of three UEFA Cups , two UEFA Super Cups and a joint national record of one UEFA Intertoto Cup . Consequently , the side leads the historical Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio ( FIGC ) ranking [ a ] whilst on the international stage occupies the 5th position in Europe and the eleventh in the world for most confederation titles won with eleven trophies , having led the UEFA ranking during seven seasons since its inception in 1979 , the most for an Italian team and joint second overall . Founded with the name of Sport-Club Juventus , initially as an athletics club , it is the second oldest of its kind still active in the country after Genoa 's football section ( 1893 ) and has competed uninterruptedly in the top flight league ( reformulated as Serie A from 1929 ) since its debut in 1900 after changing its name to Foot-Ball Club Juventus , with the exception of the 2006-07 season , being managed by the industrial Agnelli family almost continuously since 1923 . [ b ] The relationship between the club and that dynasty is the oldest and longest in national sports , making Juventus the first professional sporting club ante litteram in the country , having established itself as a major force in the national stage since the 1930s and at confederation level since the mid-1970s and becoming one of the first ten wealthiest in world football in terms of value , revenue and profit since the mid-1990s , being listed on the Borsa italiana since 2001 . Under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni , the club won 13 trophies in the ten years before 1986 , including six league titles and five international titles , and became the first to win all three seasonal competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations : the 1976-77 UEFA Cup ( first Southern European side to do so ) , the 1983-84 Cup Winners ' Cup and the 1984-85 European Champions ' Cup . With successive triumphs in the 1984 European Super Cup and 1985 Intercontinental Cup , it became the first and thus far only in the world to complete a clean sweep of all confederation trophies ; an achievement that they revalidated with the title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup after another successful era led by Marcello Lippi , becoming in addition the only professional Italian club to have won every ongoing honour available to the first team and organised by a national or international football association . In December 2000 , Juventus was ranked seventh in the FIFA 's historic ranking of the best clubs in the world and nine years later was ranked second best club in Europe during the 20th Century based on a statistical study series by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ( IFFHS ) , the highest for an Italian club in both . The club 's fan base is the largest at national level and one of the largest worldwide . Unlike most European sporting supporters ' groups , which are often concentrated around their own club 's city of origin , it is widespread throughout the whole country and the Italian diaspora , making Juventus a symbol of anticampanilismo ( anti-parochialism ) and italianità ( Italianness ) . Juventus players have won eight Ballon d'Or awards , four of these in consecutive years ( 1982-1985 , an overall record ) , among these the first player representing Serie A , Omar Sívori , as well as Michel Platini and three of the five recipients with Italian nationality as the former member of the youth sector Paolo Rossi ; they have also won four FIFA World Player of the Year awards , with winners as Roberto Baggio and Zinédine Zidane , a national record and third and joint second highest overall , respectively , in the cited prizes .
The 1974-75 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach over Twente on aggregate . The third club was revoked to Scotland and Belgium , and it was assigned to the Netherlands and Austria .
The 1976-77 UEFA Cup was won by Juventus over Athletic Bilbao on away goals . This is the only triumph for an Italian side in an international tournament without foreigners in its first team squad as well as the first for an Italian and Southern European team in this competition . The third club was revoked to The Soviet Union and Sweden , and it was assigned to Hungary and Romania .
The 1989-90 UEFA Cup was won by Juventus on aggregate over Fiorentina . This was the first final between two Italian sides in the UEFA competitions history and the third between two clubs of the same country . It was the last season for which English clubs were banned from European competitions , as sequel to the Heysel disaster in May 1985 . The English clubs who missed out of this season of the competition were Nottingham Forest and Norwich City .
The 1992-93 UEFA Cup was won by Juventus , who beat Borussia Dortmund 6-1 in the final aggregate over , a record score for a UEFA Cup final . It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team ( first club to reach this record ) . Three seasons had now passed since the ban on English clubs in European competitions as a result of the Heysel disaster ( 1985 ) had been lifted , and for this campaign the number of English clubs in the competition was increased from one to two . English league runners-up Manchester United were joined by third placed Sheffield Wednesday , though both teams ultimately had a short-lived run in the competition . Even Poland earned one more seat , while Finland and Hungary lost one . Ajax were the defending champions , but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Auxerre .
The 1994-95 UEFA Cup was won by Parma on aggregate over Juventus . Internazionale were the defending champions with a wild card , but were knocked out in the First Round by Aston Villa .
The 2013-14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the fifth season under its current title . The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Sevilla and Benfica at the Juventus Stadium in Turin , Italy , which was won by Sevilla on penalties , giving them a record-equalling third UEFA Cup/Europa League title . Chelsea were the title holders , but did not defend their title because they qualified for the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League and reached the knockout stage .
Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach e.V. , commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach ( pronounced [ boˈʁʊsi̯aː mœnçn̩ˈɡlatbax ] ) , Mönchengladbach or Gladbach , ( abbreviated as Borussia MG ) , is a professional football club based in Mönchengladbach , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , that plays in the Bundesliga , the top flight of German football . The club has won five League titles , three DFB-Pokals , and two UEFA Europa League titles . Borussia Mönchengladbach were founded in 1900 , with its name derived from a Latinized form of Prussia , which was a popular name for German clubs in the former Kingdom of Prussia . The team joined the Bundesliga in 1965 , and saw the majority of its success in the 1970s , where , under the guidance of Hennes Weisweiler , they captured five league championships with Die Fohlen [ diː ˈfoːlən ] team ; a term coined as the squad were young with a fast , aggressive playing style . Mönchengladbach also won two UEFA Cup titles during this period . Since 2004 , Borussia Mönchengladbach have played at Borussia-Park , having previously played at the Bökelbergstadion since 1919 . Based on membership , Borussia Mönchengladbach is the fifth largest club in Germany , with over 75,000 members . The club 's main rivals are FC Köln and Bayer Leverkusen .
The 1972-73 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool over Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate . A new team distribution was decided by UEFA , abolishing the Fairs Cup criteria . Two clubs for a nation became the ordinary assignment . However , the five strongest federations had a third club , and the three biggest ones a fourth team : consequently , the eight minor nations could enlist a single club only .
The 1978-79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade . The third club was revoked to Switzerland and Poland , and it was assigned to Bulgaria and East Germany .
The 1979-80 UEFA Cup was won by Eintracht Frankfurt on away goals over Borussia Mönchengladbach . The tournament was notable for all four semi-finalists coming from West-Germany , with a 5th being eliminated in the quarter-finals . This is the only time all the semifinalists came from one nation . The third club was revoked to Bulgaria and East Germany , and it was assigned to Czechoslovakia . The title holders obtained a place .
The 1986-87 UEFA Cup was won by IFK Göteborg of Sweden on aggregate over Dundee United of Scotland . This was the second season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions , preventing West Ham United , Manchester United , Sheffield Wednesday and Oxford United from competing in the 1986-87 UEFA Cup .
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool , England , that competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . The club has won six European Cups , more than any other English club , three UEFA Cups , four UEFA Super Cups ( both also English records ) , one FIFA Club World Cup , eighteen League titles , seven FA Cups , a record eight League Cups , fifteen FA Community Shields and one Football League Super Cup . Founded in 1892 , the club joined the Football League the following year and has played at Anfield since its formation . Liverpool established itself as a major force in English and European football in the 1970s and 1980s when Bill Shankly , Bob Paisley , Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish led the club to a combined eleven League titles and four European Cups . Under the management of Rafael Benítez and captained by homegrown player Steven Gerrard , Liverpool became European champions for the fifth time in 2005 , before a sixth title was added under Jürgen Klopp in 2019 . Liverpool was the seventh highest-earning football club in the world in 2019 , with an annual revenue of €513.7 million , and the world 's eighth most valuable football club in 2019 , valued at $ 2.183 billion . The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world . Liverpool has long-standing rivalries with Manchester United and Everton . The club 's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies : the Heysel Stadium disaster , where escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels , with 39 people - mostly Italians and Juventus fans - dying , after which English clubs were given a five-year ban from European competition , and the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 , where 96 Liverpool supporters died in a crush against perimeter fencing . The team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all-red home strip in 1964 which has been used ever since . Red has been the main shirt colour ever since 1896 . The club 's anthem is You 'll Never Walk Alone .
The 1975-76 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool over Club Brugge on aggregate . The third club was revoked to The Netherlands and Austria , and it was assigned to the Soviet Union and Sweden .
Liverpool won the 2000-01 UEFA Cup with a golden goal in the final against Alavés for their third title in the competition . It completed a cup treble for the club , as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season . The conclusion of the tournament by a golden goal is the only instance in any of the major European club cup competitions until the abolition of the rule in 2002 . English clubs had been banned from European competitions between 1985 and 1990 as a result of the Heysel disaster , and Liverpool were the first English side of the post-Heysel era to win the trophy . The previous English winners were Tottenham Hotspur in 1984 . It was also Liverpool 's first European trophy of the post-Heysel era .
The 2009-10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League , Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA . The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup , which had been in existence for 38 years . Spain 's Atlético Madrid won the tournament for the first time , beating Fulham - who were playing in their first European final - at the HSH Nordbank Arena , home ground of Hamburger SV , in Hamburg , Germany .
The 2015-16 UEFA Europa League was the 45th season of Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League . The 2016 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Liverpool and Sevilla at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel , Switzerland , and won by Sevilla , their fifth title ( extending their own record ) and third win in a row ( also a tournament record ) . Sevilla initially started the 2015-16 European club season in the Champions League as the Europa League title holders , but qualified for the Europa League by finishing third in the Champions League group stage , and successfully defended their title . As the winners of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League , they qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League , and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League , Real Madrid , in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup .
Club Atlético de Madrid ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈkluβ aˈtletiko ðe maˈðɾið ] ; meaning Athletic Club of Madrid ) , commonly referred to as Atlético de Madrid or simply as Atlético or Atleti , is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid , that play in La Liga . The club play their home games at the Metropolitano Stadium , which has a capacity of 68,456 . In terms of league titles won , Atlético Madrid are the third most successful club in Spanish football - behind Real Madrid and Barcelona . Atlético have won La Liga on 10 occasions , including a league and cup double in 1996 ; the Copa del Rey on 10 occasions ; two Supercopas de España and one Copa Eva Duarte ; in Europe , they won the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1962 , were runners-up in 1963 and 1986 , were Champions League runners-up in 1974 , 2014 and 2016 , won the Europa League in 2010 , 2012 and 2018 , and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010 , 2012 and 2018 as well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup . Atlético 's home kit is red and white vertical striped shirts , with blue shorts , and blue and red socks . This combination has been used since 1911 . Throughout their history the club has been known by a number of nicknames , including Los Colchoneros ( The Mattress Makers ) , due to their first team stripes being the same colours as traditional mattresses . During the 1970s , they became known as Los Indios , which some attribute to the club 's signing several South American players after the restrictions on signing foreign players were lifted . However , there are a number of alternative theories which claim they were named so because their stadium is camped on the river bank , or because Los Indios ( The Indians ) were the traditional enemy of Los Blancos ( The Whites ) , which is the nickname of the club 's city rivals , Real Madrid . Felipe VI , the king of Spain , has been the honorary president of the club since 2003 . The club co-owned the Indian Super League franchise in Kolkata , formerly named Atlético de Kolkata , which won the competition twice , but in 2017 Atlético decided to end its franchise partnership with the ISL club due to broken commitments . Atlético also co-owns Liga MX club Atlético San Luis , and the Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa .
The 1998-99 UEFA Cup was won by Parma comfortably in the final against Marseille . It was their second title in the competition . It was the last edition of the old format UEFA Cup , before the Cup Winners ' Cup was merged into it to include domestic cup winners , and an extra knockout round was added . The new format was last played in the 2003-04 season and was later replaced by a Group Stage format in 2004-05 .
The 2011-12 UEFA Europa League was the third season of the UEFA Europa League , Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 41st edition overall including its predecessor , the UEFA Cup . It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round , and ended on 9 May 2012 with the final held at Arena Națională in Bucharest , Romania . As part of a trial that started in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League , two extra officials - one on each goal line - were used in all matches of the competition from the group stage . Atlético Madrid won the title , defeating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in an all-Spanish final . Porto were the defending champions , but they were beaten by Manchester City in the Round of 32 .
The 2017-18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League . The final was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu , France . Atlético Madrid defeated Marseille to win their third Europa League title . As winners , Atlético Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League , Real Madrid , in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup . Moreover , they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League group stage , but since they had already qualified through their league performance , the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2017-18 Ligue 1 , the fifth-ranked association according to next season 's access list . Manchester United qualified for the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League as the title holders of Europa League . They were unable to defend their title as they qualified for the Champions League knockout phase .
Sevilla Fútbol Club ( Spanish pronunciation : [ seˈβiʎa ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ ] ) , commonly referred to as Sevilla , is a professional football club based in Seville , the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia , Spain . It plays in Spanish football 's top flight , La Liga . It is Spain 's oldest sporting club solely devoted to football . The club was formed on 25 January 1890 , with the Scottish born Edward Farquharson Johnston as their first president . On 14 October 1905 , the club 's articles of association were registered in the Civil Government of Seville under the presidency of the Jerez-born José Luis Gallegos Arnosa . Sevilla FC is also the most successful club in Andalusia , winning a national league title in 1945-46 , five Spanish Cups ( 1935 , 1939 , 1948 , 2007 and 2010 ) , one Spanish Super Cup ( 2007 ) , a record five UEFA Cups/UEFA Europa Leagues ( 2006 , 2007 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 ) and the 2006 UEFA Super Cup . They were also designated by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the World 's best club in 2006 and 2007 , thus being the first club to achieve this distinction in two consecutive years . Its youth team Sevilla Atlético , founded in 1958 , currently play in Segunda División B . The club are affiliated to a side in Puerto Rico of the same name . Other clubs related to Sevilla FC include their women 's team , futsal team and former Superleague Formula team . The Club 's home ground is the 43,883-seat Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium . It is located in the neighborhood of Nervión , Seville and owes its name to Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan , who was Sevilla FC 's President for 17 years .
The 2005-06 UEFA Cup season was won by Sevilla FC , beating Middlesbrough F.C . in the final . It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition , and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final . The final took place at Philips Stadion , in Eindhoven , Netherlands . The match was refereed by Herbert Fandel . Middlesbrough sealed their place in the final on the back of two dramatic comebacks . In the quarter finals they beat FC Basel of Switzerland 4-3 on aggregate ( after losing the first leg 2-0 and being 1-0 down in the second leg , they scored 4 goals ) , this put them into the semi-final to face Steaua București . The first leg finished 1-0 to Steaua , and the second leg ( at the Riverside Stadium again ) finished 4-2 ( after being 2-0 down ) . Sevilla went on to defend the trophy the following year . CSKA Moscow were the defending champions , but were eliminated in the group stage .
The 2006-07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup , Europe 's second tier club football tournament . On 16 May 2007 , at Hampden Park , Glasgow , Scotland , Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup , defeating Espanyol 3-1 on penalties after the match finished 2-2 after extra time . Sevilla became the first side to win the competition two years in a row since Real Madrid achieved this feat in 1985 and 1986 . Walter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goalscorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals scored .
The 2014-15 UEFA Europa League was the 44th season of Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the sixth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League . The 2015 UEFA Europa League Final was played at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw , with Spanish side and title holders Sevilla defeating Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-2 to win a record fourth title . This season was the first where clubs must comply with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in order to participate . Moreover , this season was the first where a club from Gibraltar competed in the tournament , after the Gibraltar Football Association was accepted as the 54th UEFA member at the UEFA Congress in May 2013 . They were granted one spot in the Europa League , which was taken by College Europa , the runners-up of the 2014 Rock Cup . Starting from this edition , the UEFA Europa League winners automatically qualify for the subsequent UEFA Champions League season even if they do not qualify for the Champions League through their domestic performance . Therefore , the winners of this tournament qualify for the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League . They are guaranteed to enter at least the play-off round , and since the group stage berth reserved for the Champions League title holders will not be used ( the winners of the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League are guaranteed to qualify for the group stage through domestic performance ) , they will be elevated to enter the group stage via this berth . On 17 July 2014 , the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other until further notice due to the political unrest between the countries . Another ruling centred in regional instability was also made where Israeli teams were prohibited from hosting any UEFA competitions due to the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict ( whilst the ruling ended a short time after the war , all the country 's sides were eliminated before it ended ) . The rules regarding suspension due to yellow card accumulation were also changed such that all bookings expired on completion of the quarter-finals and were not carried forward to the semi-finals . Moreover , this was the first season in which vanishing spray was used .
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Tottenham ( /ˈtɒtənəm/ ) or Spurs , is an English professional football club in Tottenham , London , that competes in the Premier League . Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been the club 's home ground since April 2019 , replacing their former home of White Hart Lane , which had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same site . Their training ground is on Hotspur Way in Bulls Cross in the London Borough of Enfield . The club is owned by ENIC Group . Tottenham have played in a first ( home ) strip of white shirts and navy blue shorts since the 1898-99 season . The club 's emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football , with a Latin motto Audere est Facere ( To Dare Is to Do ) . Founded in 1882 , Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901 , the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888 . Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double , winning both competitions in the 1960-61 season . After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962 , in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition - the European Cup Winners ' Cup . They were also the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972 , becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies . They have collected at least one major trophy in each of the six decades from the 1950s to 2000s - an achievement only matched by Manchester United . In total , Spurs have won two league titles , eight FA Cups , four League Cups , seven FA Community Shields , one European Cup Winners ' Cup and two UEFA Cups .
The 1971-72 UEFA Cup was the inaugural year of the competition , which effectively replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup . It was won by English side Tottenham Hotspur over their countrymen Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 on aggregate after a two-legged final . The tournament was open to the highest-placed European teams that had not qualified for the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup . It commenced on 14 September 1971 and concluded on 17 May 1972 . A total of 64 football clubs entered the first round draw . Team distribution was inherited from the Fairs Cup with only little changes : seat cessions between Denmark and Sweden and between Scotland and East Germany were yet decided . Three nations never joined the Fairs Cup , so Yugoslavia ceded a team to near Albania , Greece to near Cyprus , while a place for Soviet Union was obtained from the holders . The tournament 's top scorer was Ludwig Bründl of Eintracht Braunschweig with ten goals .
The 1973-74 UEFA Cup was the third edition of the UEFA Cup since its inception in 1971 . It was won by Dutch side Feyenoord Rotterdam who defeated English side Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 on aggregate after two matches .
The 1983-84 UEFA Cup was won by Tottenham Hotspur on penalties over Anderlecht .
1 . Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V. , commonly known as simply 1 . FC Köln or FC Cologne in English ( German pronunciation : [ ʔɛf ˈtseː ˈkœln ] ) , is a German association football club based in Cologne . It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07 . Köln gained promotion back to the Bundesliga in the 2018-19 season after being relegated to 2 . Bundesliga the previous season . The team won the first Bundesliga in 1963 . The club 's nickname Die Geißböcke ( The Billy Goats ) refers to the club 's mascot , a male goat named Hennes after the veteran FC player and ( later ) manager Hennes Weisweiler . The first Hennes was donated by a circus entrepreneur as a Cologne carnival joke . The current mascot is Hennes IX as of 1 August 2019 after Hennex VIII was retired by the club due to old age . Another nickname for the club , more common locally due to its ambiguity , is FC ( often written as Effzeh ) , a common German abbreviation for football clubs . Characteristic for the dialect spoken around Cologne , this is pronounced EF-tsay , [ Colognian IPA needed ] in contrast to the Standard German pronunciation of the abbreviation where the second syllable is emphasized ( [ ʔɛf ˈtseː ] ) .
The 1980-81 UEFA Cup was won by Ipswich Town on aggregate over AZ . According to the 1979 UEFA decision , Fairs Cup entry criteria were finally abolished , and UEFA ranking was introduced . Albania did not join , and it ceded its place to the West German title holders .
Futbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan pronunciation : [ fubˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsəˈlonə ] ( listen ) ) , commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça ( [ ˈbaɾsə ] ) , is a Spanish professional football club based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss , Spanish , English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper , the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism , hence the motto Més que un club ( More than a club ) . Unlike many other football clubs , the supporters own and operate Barcelona . It is the fourth-most valuable sports team in the world , worth $ 4.06 billion , and the world 's richest football club in terms of revenue , with an annual turnover of €840,8 million . The official Barcelona anthem is the Cant del Barça , written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs . Domestically , Barcelona has won a record 74 trophies ; 26 La Liga , 30 Copa del Rey , 13 Supercopa de España , 3 Copa Eva Duarte , and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies , as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions . In international club football , the club has won 20 European and worldwide titles ; 5 UEFA Champions League titles , a record 4 UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , a joint record 5 UEFA Super Cup , a record 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup , and 3 FIFA Club World Cup . Barcelona was ranked first in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics Club World Ranking for 1997 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , and 2015 and currently occupies the second position on the UEFA club rankings . The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid ; matches between the two teams are referred to as El Clásico . Barcelona is one of the most widely supported teams in the world , and the club has one of the largest social media following in the world among sports teams . Barcelona players have won a record number of Ballon d'Or awards ( 12 ) , with recipients including Johan Cruyff , as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards ( 7 ) , with winners including Ronaldo , Romário , Ronaldinho , and Rivaldo . In 2010 , three players who came through the club 's youth academy ( Lionel Messi , Andrés Iniesta , and Xavi ) were chosen as the three best players in the world in the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards , an unprecedented feat for players from the same football school .
The 1977-78 UEFA Cup was won by PSV Eindhoven on aggregate over SEC Bastia . The third club was revoked to Hungary and Romania , and it was assigned to Switzerland and Poland .
The 1995-96 UEFA Cup was the 25th season of Europe 's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA . It was won by German club Bayern Munich on aggregate over Bordeaux of France . Girondins de Bordeaux went to the finals all the way from the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup . With this victory , Bayern became the third club to have won all three major European trophies ( European Cup/UEFA Champions League , UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League , and the Cup Winners ' Cup ) . The finals itself was the only UEFA Cup final during the 1990s to not feature any Italian sides . This was the first time that English clubs had all four of their UEFA Cup places back , five years after the end of their ban as a result of the Heysel disaster in 1985 . However , the only team to reach the quarter-finals of this European competition ( or indeed any of the three European competitions ) were Nottingham Forest . The 1995-96 season also saw the return of Yugoslav clubs on the international scene after three years of ban due to UN embargo . However , Yugoslav national champion , Red Star Belgrade , was eliminated as early as in the qualifying round .
Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V . ( [ hamˈbʊʁɡɐ ˌʃpɔʁt fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯n ] ) , commonly known as Hamburger SV , Hamburg or HSV [ haː ʔɛs ˈfaʊ̯ ] , is a German sport club based in Hamburg , its largest branch being its football department . Although the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three earlier clubs , it officially traces its origin to 29 September 1887 when the first of the predecessors , SC Germania , was founded . Until 2018 when the team were relegated for the first time in history , HSV 's football team had the distinction of being the only team that had played continuously in the top tier of the German football league system since the founding of the club at the end of World War I . It was consequently also the only team that had played in every season of the Bundesliga since its foundation in 1963 . HSV has won the German national championship six times , the DFB-Pokal three times and the League Cup twice . The team 's most successful period was from the mid-1970s until the mid-1980s when , in addition to several domestic honours , they won the 1976-77 European Cup Winners ' Cup and the 1982-83 European Cup . The outstanding players of this period were Horst Hrubesch , Manfred Kaltz , and Felix Magath , all of whom were regulars in the German National Team . To date , HSV 's last major trophy was the 1986-87 DFB-Pokal . HSV play their home games at the Volksparkstadion in Bahrenfeld , a western district of Hamburg . The club colours are officially blue , white and black but the home kit of the team is white jerseys and red shorts . The team 's most common nickname is die Rothosen ( the Red Shorts ) .
The 1981-82 UEFA Cup was won by IFK Göteborg on aggregate over Hamburger SV .
The 2008-09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Cup football tournament . The final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , home ground of Fenerbahçe , in Istanbul on 20 May 2009 . This season was the final one to use the UEFA Cup format ; starting in 2009 , the event was known as the UEFA Europa League . Ukraine 's Shakhtar Donetsk beat Werder Bremen 2-1 after extra time to win their first European title . Zenit Saint Petersburg were the defending champions but were eliminated by Udinese in the Round of 16 .
Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. , commonly known as FC Bayern München ( German pronunciation : [ ʔɛf tseː ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩ ] ) , FCB , Bayern Munich , or FC Bayern , is a German sports club based in Munich , Bavaria . It is best known for its professional football team , which plays in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system , and is the most successful club in German football history , having won a record 29 national titles and 19 national cups . FC Bayern was founded in 1900 by 11 football players , led by Franz John . Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932 , the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963 . The club had its period of greatest success in the middle of the 1970s when , under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer , it won the European Cup three consecutive times ( 1974-1976 ) . Overall , Bayern has reached ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals , most recently winning their fifth title in 2013 as part of a continental treble . Bayern has also won one UEFA Cup , one European Cup Winners ' Cup , one UEFA Super Cup , one FIFA Club World Cup and two Intercontinental Cups , making it one of the most successful European clubs internationally and the only German club to have won both international titles . Since the formation of the Bundesliga , Bayern has been the dominant club in German football , winning 29 titles , including seven consecutively since 2013 . They have traditional local rivalries with 1860 Munich and 1 . FC Nürnberg , as well as with Borussia Dortmund since the mid-1990s . Since the beginning of the 2005-06 season , Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena . Previously the team had played at Munich 's Olympiastadion for 33 years .
The 1988-89 UEFA Cup was won by Napoli over Stuttgart . It was the fourth season that English clubs were banned from European competitions . The English league clubs who otherwise would have qualified were Manchester United and Luton Town . Romania ceded a place to Sweden . German title holders obtained a place for another Albanian retirement .
The 2007-08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup , UEFA 's second tier club football tournament . The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium , Manchester , England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia . Zenit won the match 2-0 , with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov , to claim their first UEFA Cup title . The first qualifying games were played on 19 July 2007 and the main tournament commenced on 20 September 2007 . A total of 123 football clubs took part in the tournament ( including its qualifying rounds ) . Each European football nation is represented by a different number of its associate clubs , depending on the UEFA coefficients . Budućnost Podgorica was the first team from Montenegro to enter the competition . The tournament 's top scorers were Pavel Pogrebnyak of Zenit Saint Petersburg and Luca Toni of Bayern Munich , each with 10 goals .
Sport Lisboa e Benfica ComC MHIH OM ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ ] ) , commonly known as Benfica , is a professional football club based in Lisbon , Portugal , that competes in the Primeira Liga , the top flight of Portuguese football , where they are the current champions and the most successful team in terms of overall titles . Founded on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa , Benfica is one of the Big Three clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from Primeira Liga , along with rivals Sporting CP and FC Porto . Benfica are nicknamed As Águias ( The Eagles ) , for the symbol atop the club 's crest , and Os Encarnados ( The Reds ) , for the shirt colour . Since 2003 , their home ground has been the Estádio da Luz , which replaced the larger , original one , built in 1954 . Benfica is the most supported Portuguese club and the European club with the highest percentage of supporters in its own country , having over 230,000 members and an estimated 14 million supporters worldwide . The club 's anthem , Ser Benfiquista , refers to Benfica supporters , who are called benfiquistas . E pluribus unum is the club motto ; Águia Vitória , the mascot . Benfica is honoured with three Portuguese Orders : those of Christ ( Commander ) , of Prince Henry ( Honorary Member ) and of Merit ( Officer ) . With 83 major trophies won - 84 including the Latin Cup - Benfica is the most decorated club in Portugal . They have won 80 domestic trophies : a record 37 Primeira Liga titles , a record 26 Taça de Portugal , a record 7 Taça da Liga , 8 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and 3 Campeonato de Portugal . Internationally , they won back-to-back European Cups in 1961 and 1962 - a unique feat in Portuguese football - and were runners-up at the Intercontinental Cup in 1961 and '62 , at the European Cup in 1963 , '65 , '68 , '88 and '90 , and at the UEFA Cup/Europa League in 1983 , 2013 and '14 . Benfica 's ten European finals are a domestic record and ranked seventh all-time among UEFA clubs in 2014 .
The 1982-83 UEFA Cup was the 12th edition of the UEFA Cup . It was won by Belgian club Anderlecht on 2-1 aggregate over Portuguese club Benfica .
The 2010-11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League , Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor , the UEFA Cup . It began on 1 July 2010 , with the first qualifying round matches , and concluded on 18 May 2011 , with the final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin , Republic of Ireland , between Porto and first-time finalists Braga . This was the first all-Portuguese final of a European competition and only the third time that two Portuguese teams faced each other in Europe , following Braga 's elimination of Benfica in the semi-finals . Porto defeated Braga 1-0 , with a goal from the competition 's top goalscorer Radamel Falcao , and won their second title in the competition , after victory in the 2002-03 UEFA Cup . Atletico Madrid were the defending champions but were eliminated in group stage .
The 2012-13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League . The final was played at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam , Netherlands . It was contested on 15 May 2013 between Portuguese club Benfica and English club Chelsea , who entered the competition at the Round of 32 after they finished in third place in the group stage of the 2012-13 Champions League . Chelsea won the final 2-1 for their first Europa League title , making them the fourth club - after Juventus , Ajax and Bayern Munich - and the first English club to have won all three major European trophies ( UEFA Champions League , Europa League , and the Cup Winners ' Cup ) . For the 2012-13 edition , the following changes were made from the 2011-12 edition :
Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. ( German pronunciation : [ ˈvɛɐ̯dɐ ˈbʁeːmən ] ) , commonly known as Werder Bremen , is a German sports club based in Bremen in the northwest German federal state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . The club was founded in 1899 and has grown to 40,400 members . It is best known for its association football team . Bremen 's football club has been a mainstay in the Bundesliga , the top league of the German football league system . Bremen has won the Bundesliga championship four times and the DFB-Pokal six times . Their latest Bundesliga championship came in 2004 , when they won a double , and their last win of the German cup came in 2009 . Bremen has also had European success , winning the 1992 European Cup Winners ' Cup . Bremen also reached the final of the last edition of the UEFA Cup in 2009 , before it was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League the following season . During the mid-2000s , Bremen was one of the most successful teams in the Bundesliga , but the club has not played in a European competition since the 2010-11 campaign . Since 1924 , Werder Bremen 's stadium is the Weserstadion . The club has a rivalry with Hamburger SV , another club in northern Germany , known as the Nordderby ( English : North derby ) .
The 1987-88 UEFA Cup was won by Bayer Leverkusen on penalty kicks over Español . It was the third season of English clubs being barred from this and indeed all European competitions as the sequel of the Heysel disaster of May 1985 . The English clubs who missed out on this season of the UEFA Cup were Liverpool , Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal . Soviet Union gained a fourth place , Austria and Romania a third one , while France , East Germany and Czechoslovakia remained with two places .
Valencia Club de Fútbol ( Spanish : [ baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ] , Valencian : València Club de Futbol [ vaˈlensia ˈklub de fubˈbɔl ] ) , commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia , is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia . They play in La Liga . Valencia have won six La Liga titles , eight Copa del Rey titles , one Supercopa de España and one Copa Eva Duarte . In European competitions , they 've won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups ( the predecessor to the UEFA Cup ) , one UEFA Cup , one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup . They also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row , losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 2001 . Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs and since its end has been part of the original members of the European Club Association . In total , Valencia have reached seven major European finals , winning four of them . Valencia were founded in 1919 and have played their home games at the 55,000-seater Mestalla since 1923 . They were due to move into the new 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the northwest of the city in 2013 , but the final move date has been postponed while the stadium remains under construction . Valencia is the third-most supported football club in Spain , behind heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona . It is also one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates ( registered paying supporters ) , with more than 50,000 season ticket holders and another 20,000+ season ticket holders on the waiting list , who can be accommodated in the new 75,000-seater stadium . Over the years , the club has achieved a global reputation for their prolific youth academy , or Acàdemia .
The 2003-04 UEFA Cup was won by Valencia in the final against Marseille . It wrapped up a league and UEFA Cup double for Valencia .
The 2018-19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League . The final was played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku , Azerbaijan , between English sides Chelsea and Arsenal - which was the first Europa League final to feature two teams from one city . Chelsea defeated Arsenal 4-1 and have earned the right to play against Liverpool , the winners of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League , in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup . As winners , Chelsea would also have been qualified for the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League group stage ; however , since they had already qualified after finishing third in the Premier League , the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 - the 5th-ranked association according to next season 's access list . For the first time , the video assistant referee ( VAR ) system was used in the competition , where it was implemented in the final . As the title holders of the Europa League , Atlético Madrid qualified for the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League , although they had already qualified before the final through their league performance . They were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the Champions League knockout stage .
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol ( Spanish pronunciation : [ reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ] ( listen ) , meaning Royal Madrid Football Club ) , commonly referred to as Real Madrid , is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid . Founded on 6 March 1902 as Madrid Football Club , the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since inception . The word real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem . The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947 . Unlike most European sporting entities , Real Madrid 's members ( socios ) have owned and operated the club throughout its history . The club was estimated to be worth €3.8 billion ( $ 4.2 billion ) in 2019 , and it was the second highest-earning football club in the world , with an annual revenue of €757,3 million in 2019 . The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world . Real Madrid is one of three founding members of La Liga that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929 , along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona . The club holds many long-standing rivalries , most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and El Derbi with Atlético Madrid . Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s , winning five consecutive European Cups and reaching the final seven times . This success was replicated in the league , which the club won five times in the space of seven years . This team , which consisted of players such as Alfredo Di Stéfano , Ferenc Puskás , Francisco Gento , and Raymond Kopa , is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time .
The 1991-92 UEFA Cup was the 21st season of Europe 's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA . It was won by Dutch club Ajax on away goals over Torino of Italy . The victory made Ajax only the second team - after Torino 's city rivals Juventus - to have won all three major European trophies ( European Cup/UEFA Champions League , UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League , and the Cup Winners ' Cup ) . Although this was the second season since the ban on English clubs in European competitions was lifted , only one English club was entered into the 1991-92 UEFA Cup . Liverpool , who had been forced to serve an extra year over all other English clubs as they had been the team present at the Heysel disaster which had sparked the ban in 1985 , was England 's representatives in the competition , and ultimately reached the quarter-finals . The defending champion was Internazionale , which was eliminated in the first round by Boavista .
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. , commonly known as VfB Stuttgart ( German pronunciation : [ faʊ̯ ʔɛf beː ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt ] ) , is a German sports club based in Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg . The club is best known for its football team which is currently part of Germany 's second division 2 . Bundesliga . VfB Stuttgart has won the national championship five times , most recently in 2006-07 ; the DFB-Pokal three times ; and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record three times . The football team plays its home games at the Mercedes-Benz Arena , in the Neckarpark which is located near the Cannstatter Wasen where the city 's fall beer festival takes place . Second team side VfB Stuttgart II currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest , which is the second highest division allowed for a reserve team . The club 's junior teams have won the national U19 championships a record ten times and the Under 17 Bundesliga six times . A membership-based club with over 64,000 members ( as of June 2018 ) , VfB is the largest sports club in Baden-Württemberg and the fifth-largest in Germany . It has departments for fistball , hockey , track and field , table-tennis and football referees , all of which compete only at the amateur level . The club also maintains a social department , the VfB-Garde .
Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina , commonly referred to as Fiorentina [ fjorenˈtiːna ] , is an Italian professional football club based in Florence , Tuscany . Founded by a merger in August 1926 , and refounded in August 2002 following bankruptcy , Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence ; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons . Fiorentina has won two Italian Championships , in 1955-56 and again in 1968-69 , as well as six Coppa Italia trophies and one Supercoppa Italiana . On the European stage , Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup in 1960-61 and lost the final one year later . They finished runners-up in the 1956-57 European Cup , losing against Real Madrid , and also came close to winning the 1989-90 UEFA Cup , finishing as runners-up against Juventus after losing the first leg in Turin and drawing in the second one in Avellino . Fiorentina is one of the fifteen European teams that played the finals in all three major continental competitions : the Champions League ( 1956-1957 , the first Italian team to reach the final in the top continental competition ) , the UEFA Cup Winners ( 1960-1961 and 1961-1962 ) and the UEFA Cup ( 1989-1990 ) . Since 1931 , the club have played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi , which currently has a capacity of 43,147 . The stadium has used several names over the years and has undergone several renovations . Fiorentina are known widely by the nickname Viola , a reference to their distinctive purple colours .
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V . Dortmund , commonly known as Borussia Dortmund [ boˈʁʊsi̯aː ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt ] , BVB , or simply Dortmund , is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia . It is best known for its men 's professional football team , which plays in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system . The club have won eight league championships , four DFB-Pokals , one UEFA Champions League , one Intercontinental Cup , and one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup . Founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund , the football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 145,000 members , making Borussia Dortmund the second largest sports club by membership in Germany . Since 1974 , Dortmund have played their home games at Westfalenstadion ; the stadium is the largest in Germany , and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world . Borussia Dortmund 's colours are black and yellow , giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben . The club has active departments in other sports , namely in women 's handball , and hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04 , known as the Revierderby . They also compete in Der Klassiker with fellow German club , Bayern Munich . In terms of Deloitte 's annual Football Money League , Dortmund was ranked as the second richest sports club in Germany , and the 12th richest football team in the world . Moreover , under the directorship of Michael Zorc in the 2010s , Dortmund have cultivated a reputation for spotting and developing young talent , and have remained focused on developing a youth system . They have also received plaudits for generally adhering to an attacking footballing philosophy .
Parma Calcio 1913 , commonly referred to as Parma , is an Italian football club based in Parma , Emilia-Romagna . It currently plays in Serie A . Founded as Parma Football Club in December 1913 , the club plays its home matches in the 26,969-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini , often referred to as simply Il Tardini , from 1923 . Financed by Calisto Tanzi , the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002 , a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish , as runners-up in the 1996-97 season . The club has won three Coppa Italia , one Supercoppa Italiana , two UEFA Cups , one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup . Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007 . The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and re-founded in Serie D but secured a record three straight promotions to return to Serie A in 2018 .
The 2004-05 UEFA Cup was the 34th edition of the UEFA Cup . The format of the competition had changed from previous seasons , replacing that from the previous one after the defunction of the Cup Winners ' Cup in 1999 ; an extra qualifying round was introduced , as was a group phase after the first round . The group stage operated in a single round-robin format consisting of eight groups of five teams , each team plays two games at home and two away and the top three finishers of each group progress to the knock-out round , joining the eight third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage . The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow , coming from behind in the final against Sporting Clube de Portugal . It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition , and was even more impressive considering that the final was held at the José Alvalade Stadium , the home of Sporting . The match was refereed by Graham Poll . Valencia were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Steaua București in the Round of 32 after dropping out of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage .
Sporting Clube de Portugal ComC MHIH OM ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ( ɨ ) ˈkluβ ( ɨ ) ðɨ puɾtuˈɣaɫ ] ) ( Euronext : SCP ) , otherwise known as Sporting , Sporting CP , and referred to colloquially as Sporting Lisbon , is a football club based in Lisbon , Portugal . Founded on 1 July 1906 , Sporting is one of the Três Grandes ( Big Three ) clubs in Portugal , along with rivals S.L . Benfica and FC Porto , that have never been relegated from the top flight of Portuguese football , Primeira Liga , since 1934 . Sporting are nicknamed Leões ( Lions ) and Verde e Brancos ( Green and Whites ) . The club 's anthem , A Marcha do Sporting ( Sporting 's March ) , was written in 1955 . In March 2019 , Sporting reported having more than 80,500 paying members , with the rest of them , 98,400 , without their fees paid in full . Sporting are the third most decorated Portuguese football team , with a total of 50 trophies , including one international title , the 1963-64 European Cup Winners ' Cup . Domestically , they have won 18 Primeira Liga titles , 17 Portuguese Cups ( Taça de Portugal ) , 4 Championship of Portugal ( a record tied with Porto ) , 2 Taça da Liga and 8 Portuguese Super Cup trophies . Internationally , Sporting are currently ranked 31st in UEFA club rankings .