UEFA Cup records and statistics

This article lists the official records and statistics of the UEFA Cup [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/index.html] .

Performances

By country

The UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1971/72 season, so the Fairs Cup is not considered a UEFA competition, and hence clubs' records in the Fairs Cup are not considered part of their European record [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/kind=1/newsid=2571.html]

The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in the UEFA Cup. Italy is leading the field with 9 titles, followed by Germany and England with 6 titles each and Spain with 5 titles. 26 of 36 editions were won by teams from these four countries . Teams from a total of 10 countries have won the UEFA Cup.

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. [http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/news_story/?ID=203889&hubname=soccer]

* 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 (Napoli, Juventus, and Internazionale the winners) and between 1992/93 and 1994/95 (Juventus, Internazionale, and Parma).

* 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):

All-time leading goalscorers

*31 - Walter Machado da Silva
*29 - Jupp Heynckes
*29 - Dieter Müller
*25 - Johannes Lohr
*25 - Alessandro Altobelli
*25 - Henrik Larsson
*24 - Flórián Albert
*24 - Roberto Boninsegna
*22 - Martin Chivers
*22 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
*22 - Jürgen Klinsmann
*22 - Dennis Bergkamp
*21 - Peter Lorimer
*21 - Slobodan Santrac
*21 - Ulf Kirsten
*21 - Themistoklis Nikolaidis

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 for highest aggregate win)

* Best come-backs:
** 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

* Highest aggregate score:
** 1992/93, final:
*** Borussia Dortmund 1-3 Juventus
*** Juventus 3-0 Borussia Dortmund
*** Juventus FC win 6-1 on aggregate

ee also

* UEFA competition records
* Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup statistics