UEFA Europa League Winners: 1972-73 Champion Liverpool

The UEFA Europa League (previously known as the UEFA Cup, abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL) is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the second-tier competition of European club football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League and above the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup, it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The UEFA Cup was the third-tier competition from 1971 to 1999 before the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued, and it is still often referred to as the "C3" in reference to this. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions.
In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was merged with the UEFA Cup and discontinued as a separate competition. From the 2004–05 season a group stage was added before the knockout phase. The competition took on its current name in 2009, following a change in format. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and a change in qualifying criteria. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup, for the following season's UEFA Champions League since the 2014–15 season, entering at the group stage, as well as for the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge — a friendly cup against the winners of the CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana — since 2023.
Spanish clubs have the highest number of victories (14 wins), followed by teams from England and Italy (9 wins each). The title has been won by 29 clubs, 14 of which have won it more than once.


The most successful club in the competition is Sevilla, with seven titles. Colombian striker Radamel Falcao holds the record of most goals (17) scored in a single season of the tournament. Here is a link of his all Europa league goals;
https://youtu.be/qR1vghjwnIw?si=8H3-SKLsVSQ3qBK_

Let's look at UEFA Europa League winners up to the 2022-2023 season:

1971-1972 - Tottenham Hotspur (England)1972-1973 - Liverpool (England)1973-1974 - Feyenoord (Netherlands)
1974-1975 - Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany)
1975-1976 - Liverpool (England)1976-1977 - Juventus (Italy)
1977-1978 - PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)1978-1979 - Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany)
1979-1980 - Eintracht Frankfurt (West Germany)1980-1981 - Ipswich Town (England)1981-1982 - IFK Göteborg (Sweden)1982-1983 - Anderlecht (Belgium)1983-1984 - Tottenham Hotspur (England)1984-1985 - Real Madrid (Spain)1985-1986 - Real Madrid (Spain)1986-1987 - IFK Göteborg (Sweden)1987-1988 - Bayer Leverkusen (West Germany)1988-1989 - Napoli (Italy)1989-1990 - Juventus (Italy)
1990-1991 - Internazionale (Italy)1991-1992 - Ajax (Netherlands)1992-1993 - Juventus (Italy)
1993-1994 - Internazionale (Italy)1994-1995 - Parma (Italy)1995-1996 - Bayern Munich (Germany)1996-1997 - Schalke 04 (Germany)1997-1998 - Internazionale (Italy)1998-1999 - Parma (Italy)1999-2000 - Galatasaray (Turkey)2000-2001 - Liverpool (England)2001-2002 - Feyenoord (Netherlands)
2002-2003 - Porto (Portugal)2003-2004 - Valencia (Spain)2004-2005 - CSKA Moscow (Russia)2005-2006 - Sevilla (Spain)2006-2007 - Sevilla (Spain)2007-2008 - Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)2008-2009 - Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)2009-2010 - Atlético Madrid (Spain)2010-2011 - Porto (Portugal)2011-2012 - Atlético Madrid (Spain)2012-2013 - Chelsea (England)2013-2014 - Sevilla (Spain)2014-2015 - Sevilla (Spain)2015-2016 - Sevilla (Spain)2016-2017 - Manchester United (England)2017-2018 - Atlético Madrid (Spain)2018-2019 - Chelsea (England)2019-2020 - Sevilla (Spain)2020-2021 - Villarreal (Spain)2021-2022 - Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)2022-2023 - Sevilla (Spain)

Let's deep dive into 1972-73 UEFA Cup Tournament;

The 1972–73 UEFA Cup was the second season of the UEFA Cup, a football competition organised by UEFA for clubs affiliated to its member associations. It was won by Liverpool, who beat Borussia Mönchengladbach over two legs in the final. The first leg was played at Anfield in Liverpool, where Liverpool won the match 3–0. Mönchengladbach won the second leg in Germany 2–0 for an aggregate score of 3–2.

Bracket of the 1972-73 Tournament;

References;

1. ^ 64 teams were scheduled to participate, but HJK from Finland withdrew before their first match.
2. ^ 30 associations were scheduled to participate, but HJK from Finland withdrew before their first match.
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4. ^ Buchspieß, Dieter (31 October 1972). "An Terletzkis "Geschoß" wird Staikow noch lange denken!" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 44. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
5. ^ Schaefer, Otto (5 December 1972). "BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 49. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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8. ^ Schaefer, Otto (5 December 1972). "BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 49. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
9. ^ "Liverpool FC – Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)".
10. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur – Liverpool FC 2:1 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)".
11. ^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – FC Twente 3:0 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)".
12. ^ "FC Twente – Bor. Mönchengladbach 1:2 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)".
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14. a b "European Competition 1972–73 – UEFA-Cup". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2022.