List of UEFA Cup winners

The UEFA Cup is an association football competition established in 1972.cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/format/index.html |title=Competition format |publisher=UEFA |date=2005-07-13 |accessdate=2008-07-09 ] It is considered to be the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League. Clubs qualify for the UEFA Cup based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium, but in 1998, Internazionale defeated Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/finals/index.html |title=2009 final: Istanbul |publisher=UEFA |date=2008-05-31 |accessdate=2008-07-09 ] Tottenham Hotspur won the inaugural competition in 1972 defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=1971/intro.html |title=Spurs keep Wolves at bay |publisher=UEFA |date=2006-01-02 |accessdate=2008-06-29 ]

Juventus, Internazionale and Liverpool hold the record for the most victories, with each team winning the competition three times since its inception. Real Madrid and Sevilla are the only teams to have retained the UEFA Cup. Real Madrid won the competition in 1985 and 1986, whilst Sevilla retained the cup in 2007 after winning it in 2006. Teams from Italy have won the competition the most times, with nine winners coming from the country. Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille and Espanyol hold the distinction of losing in the final the most times, each team has lost the final twice. The current champions are Zenit St. Petersburg who beat Rangers 2–0 in the 2008 Final. [Cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7393752.stm|title= Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 Rangers| publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-05-14 |date=2008-05-14]

While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, UEFA do not consider the tournament to be an official UEFA contest, and therefore successes in this competition are not included in the list. [Cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/kind=1/newsid=2571.html | title = UEFA Cup: All-time finals | date = 2005-06-30 | accessdate = 2008-03-15 | publisher = UEFA ]

Key

Results by teams

Winners by country

ee also

*List of UEFA Cup winning managers
*List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners
*List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners

Notes

*note label|Note1|a|a Juventus played their home leg at the San Siro due to problems with the landlords of their home stadium the Stadio delle Alpi.
*note label|Note2|b|b Galatasaray won 4–1 in a penalty shootout.
*note label|Note3|c|c Sevilla won 3–1 in a penalty shootout.

References

General

*Cite web | url = http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/uefacuphistory.html | title = Inter Cities Fairs Cup/Uefa Cup | publisher = Channel 4 | accessdate = 2008-07-29
*Cite web | url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/ec3b.html | title = UEFA Cup | publisher = rsssf.com | work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | date = 2007-05-18| accessdate = 2008-03-11

pecific

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/index.html UEFA Cup official history]