Before the 2009/10 season, the UEFA Europa League was known as the UEFA Cup, and when the history of the two competitions are combined, and qualifying taken into account, the great Swedish striker ...

and the 54th since the UEFA Cup was first introduced. The UEFA Europa League trophy is, at 15kg, the heaviest piece of UEFA silverware. To make things extra interesting, it also has no handles.

Seven domestic cup winners qualified automatically along with five other teams by virtue of their domestic league placing, with the holders of the UEFA Europa Conference League (Olympiacos ...