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Last 10 different British runners up in the Europa League

Jaquob Crooke Updated: 31 minutes ago

British teams have a proud record in Europe's second tier club competition with 11 winners of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League since its inception.

No nation has been represented in more finals than England (20), with only Spanish clubs winning the Europa League (14) more times than English clubs (11).

Scottish clubs have reached the final of the competition on four occasions, but failed to win in each of those fixtures.

Only Italian clubs have contested more same nation finals (4) than England, with three Europa League finals being all-English affairs, the last of which was in 2025 as Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United which starts this list.

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Rangers enjoyed a dream run to the 2021/22 Europa League final in Seville, but Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side were cruelly beaten on penalties by Eintracht Frankfurt following a 1-1 draw after extra time.

It was a second final defeat in the competition for the Gers, who also suffered heartache in 2008 as they lost to Zenit Saint Petersburg in Manchester.

2019 served another all-English affair between Chelsea and Arsenal, where the Blues were emphatic 4-1 winners in Baku.

Liverpool have won the UEFA Cup./Europa League a joint second-most three times, but the Reds suffered their first final defeat in 2016 as Sevilla secured a record-extending fifth title in Basel.

In 2010, Fulham embarked on a superb run to the final, conquering Juventus, Wolfsburg and Hamburger SV before falling to an extra time defeat against Atletico Madrid in Hamburg.

Four years before that, Middlesbrough also reached their maiden European final, eliminating the likes of Roma, Basel and Steaua Bucharest, only to fall to a comprehensive defeat to Sevilla in the final in Eindhoven.

1967 European Cup winners Celtic reached the 2003 final of the UEFA Cup but were beaten by Jose Mourinho's Porto, while 16 years before that, Dundee United progressed to the 1987 showpiece, only to lose 2-1 on aggregate against IFK Göteborg.

Tottenham Hotspur were the second British club to lose a final in the competition as they were beaten by Feyenoord in 1974, but two years earlier in the inaugural edition, Spurs beat Wolverhampton Wanderers over two legs to win the 1972 UEFA Cup.