UEFA Cup Records

Juventus' Bosniac midfielder Hasan Salihamidzic celebrates after scoring a goal with Juventus' French forward David Trezeguet and Juventus' defender Domenico Criscito during their Serie A match between Juventus and Reggina at Stadio ComunaleThe following UEFA Cup records are drawn from the combined history of the UEFA Cup and the Inter Cities Fairs Cup.

UEFA Cup Records – Countries

  • Number of UEFA Cup winning countries: 12
  • Nation with most UEFA Cup titles: Spain - 11
  • Nation with most UEFA Cup winning clubs: England, Germany – 6
  • Nation with most successive UEFA Cup titles: Italy – 3 (1989-1991/1993-1995)

UEFA Cup Records – Clubs

  • Number of UEFA Cup winning clubs: 31
  • Most successful club: Juventus – 3 wins, 6 UEFA Cup finals appearances
  • Most Successive UEFA Cup titles: 2 - Real Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Valencia (all from Spain)
  • Most losing appearances in a final: 2 – Birmingham City, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Espanyol
  • Most consecutive appearances in UEFA Cup tournaments: 12 – FC Brugge
  • Clubs with trebles (2 domestic trophies + UEFA Cup): IFK Göteborg, Galatasary (2000), Porto (2003), CSKA Moscow (2005) - Liverpool and Sevilla both captured unique trebles when they won the UEFA Cup alongside domestic knockout and super-cup trophies.
  • Lowest ranked club to win the UEFA Cup: Inter Milan, ranked 13 in the Serie A in the 1993/1994 season.

UEFA Cup Records – Goals

  • Most goals in a single-tie UEFA Cup final: 9 – Liverpool vs. Deportivo Alavés (2001)
  • Highest goal aggregate in a two-legged UEFA Cup final: 9 – Napoli vs. VfB Stuttgart (1989), Ipswich Town vs. AZ (1981)
  • Highest goal aggregate in a single UEFA Cup game: 14 – Ajax Amsterdam vs. Reds Boys Differdange (1985)
  • Highest goals aggregate in a two-legged UEFA Cup tie: 21 – Feyenoord vs. US Rumelange (1972)
  • Biggest losing margin in a UEFA Cup single-game final: 4 goals - Sevilla 4-0 Middlesbrough (2006)
  • Biggest aggregate losing margin in a UEFA Cup two-legged final: 5 goals – Juventus 6-1 Borussia Dortmund (1993)
  • Most goals scored by a club in a UEFA Cup game: 14 – Ajax Amsterdam vs. Red Boys Differdange (1985)
  • Biggest UEFA Cup comeback over a two-legged tie: Leipzig XI 6-3 Lausanne Sports, Leipzig XI 3-7 Lausanne sports (Lausanne won 10-9 on aggregate)
  • Biggest UEFA Cup comeback in a two-legged final: Espanyol 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen, Espanyol 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 in the resulting penalty shootout.