Teams with the Most Finals Lost in the UEFA Europa League
Full list of soccer teams that played finals in the UEFA Europa League, ordered from those who lost the most to those who didn't lost any finals.
Which team has lost the most finals?
Benfica and Olympique de Marseille are the teams with the most finals lost in the history of the UEFA Europa League, having been the lossers 3 times each in definitions with final game format. That means that each of them have been the team that lost in the 5.7% of a total of 53 finals.
Most Finals Lost
3 finals
2 teams
Benfica and Olympique de Marseille
A total of 62 teams played at least once in one of the 53 finals disputed in the UEFA Europa League. Most of them (41), lost at least once and 10 of them lost 2 finals or more. Here you can see the full list of these teams ordered by finals lost.
Teams with the Most Finals Lost - Full List
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| Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 1. |  | Benfica | 3 | 1983, 2013, 2014 | 5.7% | 3 | - | 0.0% |
 | Olympique de Marseille | 3 | 1999, 2004, 2018 | 5.7% | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
| 3. |  | Arsenal | 2 | 2000, 2019 | 3.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
 | Athletic Club | 2 | 1977, 2012 | 3.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1993, 2002 | 3.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
 | RCD Espanyol | 2 | 1988, 2007 | 3.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Rangers | 2 | 2008, 2022 | 3.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Roma | 2 | 1991, 2023 | 3.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 1973, 1980 | 3.8% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
 | Inter | 2 | 1997, 2020 | 3.8% | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 11. |  | Alavés | 1 | 2001 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
 | AZ Alkmaar | 1 | 1981 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | SC Bastia | 1 | 1978 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Celtic | 1 | 2003 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Club Brugge | 1 | 1976 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | 2015 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Dundee United | 1 | 1987 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | FC Koln | 1 | 1986 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Fehérvár | 1 | 1985 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Fiorentina | 1 | 1990 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Fulham | 1 | 2010 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Girondins de Bordeaux | 1 | 1996 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Hamburger SV | 1 | 1982 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Lazio | 1 | 1998 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 2006 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | 1994 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Red Star Belgrade | 1 | 1979 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 2011 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Sporting CP | 1 | 2005 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Stuttgart | 1 | 1989 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Torino | 1 | 1992 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | FC Twente | 1 | 1975 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Wanderers | 1 | 1972 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Werder Bremen | 1 | 2009 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Ajax | 1 | 2017 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Anderlecht | 1 | 1984 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 2024 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Manchester United | 1 | 2021 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Tottenham | 1 | 1974 | 1.9% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
 | Juventus | 1 | 1995 | 1.9% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
 | Liverpool | 1 | 2016 | 1.9% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 42. |  | Atalanta | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
 | Bayern Munich | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | CSKA Moscow | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Galatasaray | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Ipswich Town | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Napoli | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | PSV | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Schalke 04 | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Valencia | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Villarreal | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Zenit | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Chelsea | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | Feyenoord | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | IFK Göteborg | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | Parma | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | Porto | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | Real Madrid | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
 | Sevilla | 0 | - | 0.0% | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | |