Champions
Internazionale 3
Juventus 3
Liverpool 3
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 Feyenoord 2
IFK Göteborg 2
Parma 2
Real Madrid 2
Sevilla 2
Tottenham Hotspur 2
Ajax 1
Anderlecht 1
Bayer Leverkusen 1
Bayern München 1
CSKA Moskva 1
Eintracht Frankfurt 1
Galatasaray 1
Ipswich Town 1
Napoli 1
Porto 1
PSV 1
Schalke 04 1
Valencia 1
UEFA Cup
| 1971-72 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1972-73 | Liverpool | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1973-74 | Feyenoord | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1974-75 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | FC Twente | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1975-76 | Liverpool | FC Brugge | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1976-77 | Juventus | Athletic Bilbao | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1977-78 | PSV | Bastia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1978-79 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Crvena zvezda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1979-80 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1980-81 | Ipswich Town | AZ '67 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1981-82 | IFK Göteborg | Hamburger SV | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1982-83 | Anderlecht | Benfica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1983-84 | Tottenham Hotspur | Anderlecht | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | aet |
| 1984-85 | Real Madrid | Videoton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1985-86 | Real Madrid | FC Köln | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1986-87 | IFK Göteborg | Dundee United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1987-88 | Bayer Leverkusen | Espanol | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | aet |
| 1988-89 | Napoli | VfB Stuttgart | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1989-90 | Juventus | Fiorentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990-91 | Internazionale | Roma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1991-92 | Ajax | Torino | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1992-93 | Juventus | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1993-94 | Internazionale | Austria Salzburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994-95 | Parma | Juventus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995-96 | Bayern München | Girondins Bordeaux | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1996-97 | Schalke 04 | Internazionale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | aet |
| 1997-98 | Internazionale | Lazio | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1998-99 | Parma | Olympique Marseille | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1999-00 | Galatasaray | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | aet | ||
| 2000-01 | Liverpool | Alavés | 5 | 4 | |||
| 2001-02 | Feyenoord | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | |||
| 2002-03 | Porto | Celtic | 3 | 2 | aet | ||
| 2003-04 | Valencia | Olympique Marseille | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2004-05 | CSKA Moskva | Sporting | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2005-06 | Sevilla | Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | |||
| 20067-07 | Sevilla | Espanyol | 2 | 2 | pen |
Introduced as successor of the Fairs Cup in 1971, basically entered by teams finishing on the places just below the champions (and possibly cup winners), though for some countries also the winners of so-called League Cups have been allowed to enter. Allocation of number of places per country based on performances of teams from the country over five previous seasons; every country is guaranteed one entry, the best three countries can enter up to four teams.
It was traditionally contested by 64 teams, but partially due to the appearance of new countries on the map of Europe, UEFA increased the number of entrants, adding additional qualifying rounds.
Starting with the 2004/05 season, a group phase will be included in the tournament.