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The UEFA Europa League, known until 2009 as the UEFA Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971, and it is the second most important club competition in Europe. Originally a knockout competition, it later evolved to include group stages and a series of qualifying rounds.
The award, originally called Soulier d'Or, French for Golden Shoe, was launched in the 1967–68 season, and was given to the top goalscorer in all European leagues during a season. Since 1997, it has been calculated using a weighting in favour of the highest ranked leagues.
There are other claims to the record; Guinness World Records credits Pelé as the scorer of the "most career goals", with 1,279, [45] and Brazilian striker Romário celebrated scoring what he claimed was his 1,000th goal in 2007 but later admitted his tally included friendly matches; [46] they are reported to have scored 767 and 772 goals ...
Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs ...
Denotes national top scorer (or joint top scorer) at the Euro [ ] Denotes tournaments where the player was part of the squad, but did not play in a match ( ) Denotes tournaments where the player played in a match, but did not score a goal Year: Denotes tournaments where the player's team won the title T Denotes tournaments where the player was ...
Celtic also won their secondary domestic cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, in the 1966–67 season and it is the only European club historically that was able to achieve four major titles in one season (UEFA Champions League, top national league, the main domestic cup competition, and the second domestic cup championship; This does not ...
Country Titles Seasons Uwe Gensheimer: 3: 2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18 Carlos Resende: 2: 1995–96, 1996–97 Zlatko Saračević: 2: 1998–99, 1999–00
The following is a list of clubs that have played in the Europa League group stage (league phase since the 2024–25 season). Season in bold represents teams that qualified for the knockout phase that season. Starting from the 2021–22 season with the introduction of the knockout round play-offs, round of 16 teams are considered to be qualified.