The UEFA Europa League, known as the UEFA Cup before 2009, is a European association football competition contested since 1971. English manager Bill Nicholson led Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the inaugural final, an all-English encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each club's stadium. In 1998, Luigi Simoni led Inter Milan to victory over Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.
Since the 2010s, the finals have been dominated by Spanish managers, who achieved nine victories between 2010 and 2026; Spanish managers have also won the most overall titles, fourteen. Twelve managers have won the title in charge of teams from a country other than their own; the most recent was Spaniard Unai Emery as manager of English club Aston Villa.
Only seven managers have won the competition more than once. Unai Emery is a record five-time winner: he won three consecutive editions with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and another two titles with Villarreal and Aston Villa in 2021 and 2026, respectively. Three-time winner Giovanni Trapattoni led Juventus to victory in 1977, Inter Milan in 1991, and Juventus once again in 1993, and Luis Molowny led Real Madrid to consecutive wins in 1985 and 1986, as did fellow Spaniard Juande Ramos who managed Sevilla to victory in both the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup finals. Rafael Benítez became the first manager to win the competition as both the UEFA Cup (in 2004) and as the Europa League (in 2013), a feat later achieved by José Mourinho, who won the UEFA Cup with Porto in 2003 and the Europa League with Manchester United in 2017. Diego Simeone won in 2012 and 2018, both times with Atlético Madrid.
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By year +UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managersFinalNationalityWinning managerNationClubRef.1972Tottenham Hotspur1973Liverpool1974Feyenoord1975Borussia Mönchengladbach1976Liverpool1977Juventus1978PSV Eindhoven1979Borussia Mönchengladbach1980Eintracht Frankfurt1981Ipswich Town1982IFK Göteborg1983Anderlecht1984Tottenham Hotspur1985Real Madrid1986Real Madrid1987IFK Göteborg1988Bayer Leverkusen1989Napoli1990Juventus1991Inter Milan1992Ajax1993Juventus1994Inter Milan1995Parma1996Bayern Munich1997Schalke 041998Inter Milan1999Parma2000Galatasaray2001Liverpool2002Feyenoord2003Porto2004Valencia2005CSKA Moscow2006Sevilla2007Sevilla2008Zenit Saint Petersburg2009Shakhtar Donetsk2010Atlético Madrid2011Porto2012Atlético Madrid2013Chelsea2014Sevilla2015Sevilla2016Sevilla2017Manchester United2018Atlético Madrid2019Chelsea2020Sevilla2021Villarreal2022Eintracht Frankfurt2023Sevilla2024Atalanta2025Tottenham Hotspur2026Aston Villa
Managers with multiple titles +Managers who have won multiple UEFA Cups/Europa LeaguesRankNationalityManagerNumber of winsYears wonClub(s)1Unai Emery52014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2026Sevilla (3), Villarreal, Aston Villa2Giovanni Trapattoni31977, 1991, 1993Juventus (2), Inter Milan3Luis Molowny21985, 1986Real MadridJuande Ramos22006, 2007SevillaRafael Benítez22004, 2013Valencia, ChelseaJosé Mourinho22003, 2017Porto, Manchester UnitedDiego Simeone22012, 2018Atlético Madrid
By nationality This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality. +UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers by nationalityNationality Number ofwins 14 11 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
See also UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals
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