The Uefa Cup football competition is the second most important club
tournament in European football after the Champions League. This
tournament was established in 1971 when it replaced the Inter-Cities
Fairs Cup and took the name of Uefa Cup.
Teams are participating in the Uefa Cup thanks to their position
in league standings and progress in national cups. It has been regarded
as a competition weaker team than the Champions League but every
ear it proves otherwise with the quality of football and players.
This football competition is a chance for the underdogs to prove
their value and show the world that there are good teams outside
the Champions League.
In the 2004-2005 season group stages where introduced to the Uefa
Cup, there are 8 groups consisting of 5 teams, to get there teams
must go trough qualifying round and no team is directly qualifying
to the groups.
Each of the five teams in the group must play four matches, two
on home pitch and two outside, there are no return legs.
Teams that finish top tree in the Uefa Cup group go forward to the
knock out stage, first place teams play teams that finish third
in other groups, second place teams play teams that come from the
Champions League and of course third place teams play first placed
teams in the Uefa Cup groups.
The teams that have won the Uefa Cup in descending order starting
with 2005-2006 winner Fc Sevilla,2005 CSKA Moscow, 2004 Valencia,
2003 FC Porto, 2002 Feyenoord, 2001 Liverpool, 2000 Galatasaray,
1999 Parma, 1998 Inter Milan, 1997 Schalke 04, 1996 Bayern Munchen,
1995 Parma 1994 Inter Milan 1993 Juventus 1992 Ajax 1991 Inter Milan
1990 Juventus, 1989 Napoli, 1988 Bayer Leverkusen, 1987 IFK Goteburg,
1986 Real Madrid, 1985 Real Madrid, 1984 Tottenham Hotspur, 1983
Anderlecht, 1982 IFK Goteburg, 1981 Ipswich Town, 1980 Eintract
Frankfurt, 1979 Borussia Monchengladbach, 1978 PSV Eindhoven, 1977
Juventus, 1976 Liverpool, 1975 Borussia Monchengladbach, 1974, Feyenoord,
1973 Liverpool, 1972 Tottenham Hotspur, 1971 Leeds United.
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