UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup existed from 1971 to 2009 until it change its name to the Europa League. At the same time the structure changed from a knockout tournament to a group tournament. Whereas the European Cup included teams that had won their domestic leagues the UEFA Cup included the closest runners-up (how many teams that qualified from each league differed depending on rankings and seeding. From the season 1999-2000 the tournament also included winners of the domestic cups due to a merge of the Cup Winner's Cup.

Winners and runners-up

All the winners and runners-up trough the years of the UEFA Cup. The very last UEFA Cup tournament was played in the season 2008-2009. After that, the tournament changed setup and was renamed Europa League, continue to Europe League winners and runners-up.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2008-2009	Shakhtar Donetsk	Werder Bremen
2007-2008	Zenit	Rangers
2006-2007	Sevilla	Espanyol
2005-2006	Sevilla	Middlesbrough
2004-2005	CSKA Moscow	Sporting
2003-2004	Valencia	Marsielle
2002-2003	Porto	Celtic
2001-2002	Feyernoord	Borussia Dortmund
2000-2001	Liverpool	Deportivo Alavés
1999-2000	Galatasaray	Arsenal
1998-1999	Parma	Marsielle
1997-1998	Internazionale	Lazio
1996-1997	Schalke 04	Internazionale
1995-1996	Bayern Munich	Bordeaux
1994-1995	Parma	Juventus
1993-1994	Internazionale	Casino Salzburg
1992-1993	Juventus	Borussia Dortmund
1991-1992	Ajax	Torino
1990-1991	Internazionale	Roma
1989-1990	Juventus	Fiorentina
1988-1989	Napoli	Stuttgart
1987-1988	Bayer Leverkusen	Espanyol
1986-1987	IFK Göteborg	Dundee United
1985-1986	Real Madrid	Köln
1984-1985	Real Madrid	Videoton
1983-1984	Tottenham	Anderlecht
1982-1983	Anderlecht	Benfica
1981-1982	IFK Göteborg	Hamburger
1980-1981	Ipswich	AZ
1979-1980	Eintracht Frankfurt	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1978-1979	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Red Star
1977-1978	PSV Eindhoven	Bastia
1976-1977	Juventus	Athletic Bilbao
1975-1976	Liverpool	Club Brugge
1974-1975	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Twente
1973-1974	Feyernoord	Tottenham
1972-1973	Liverpool	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1971-1972	Tottenham	Wolverhampton

As the table show, the UEFA Cup started in 1971. It was preceded by the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup that existed between 1955 and 1971, but was not originally arranged by UEFA.

History

Including the 1996-1997 season, the final was played in a two-legged match. It would when change to a one match final on a neutral ground from 1997-1998 season.

In the first decade of the UEFA Cup English and West Germany club performed well. In the 1980s Swedish teams won quite surprisingly the tournament twice. Italy was dominating in the 1990s and Spain in the 2000s.

Statistics

The most successful clubs in the tournament's history are Juventus, Internazionale and Liverpool, with three trophies each. Six clubs have won the tournament twice: Borussia Mönchengladbach, Tottenham, Feyernoord, IFK Göteborg, Real Madrid and Parma.

Table 2. Clubs and UEFA Cup titles

Club	Titles	1st title
Juventus	3	1977-77
Internazionale	3	1990-91
Liverpool	3	1972-73
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2	1974-75
Tottenham	2	1971-72
Feyernoord	2	1973-74
IFK Göteborg	2	1981-81
Real Madrid	2	1984-85
Parma	2	1994-95

In addition, these teams have won once: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Twente, Brugge, Bastia, Red Star Belgrade, Benfica, Marseille, AZ, Hamburg, Vidi, Köln, Dundee United, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Roma, Torino, Salzburg, Bordeaux, Lazio, Arsenal, Alavés, Celtic, Sporting, Middlesbrough, Rangers, Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao and Werder Bremen.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Cup_and_Europa_League_finals