List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers
The UEFA Europa League is the second most important club competition in Europe organized by UEFA. Originally a knock-out competition, it later evolved and included group stages and a series of qualifying rounds. It was known as the UEFA Cup from its beginning, in 1971, until 2009. This competition has been dominated by great players in the history of football who have scored many goals that helped their clubs to win the competition. This article includes season top scorers, overall top scorers, and club top scorers.
All-time top scorers (group stage to final)
- Players taking part in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League are highlighted in bold.
- Players still active but not in this year's Europa League are highlighted in italics.
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Club(s) (Goals) |
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1 | Henrik Larsson | 31 | 45 | 0.69 | 1994–2008 | Feyenoord (1/6), Celtic (24/31), Helsingborg (6/8) |
2 | Radamel Falcao | 30 | 31 | 0.97 | 2010– | Porto (17/14), Atlético Madrid (13/17) |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 30 | 50 | 0.6 | 2004–2020 | Heerenveen (5/13), Ajax (11/15), Schalke 04 (14/22) | |
4 | Dieter Müller | 29 | 36 | 0.81 | 1973–1984 | 1. FC Köln (25/31), VfB Stuttgart (1/2), Bordeaux (3/3) |
5 | Aritz Aduriz | 26 | 39 | 0.67 | 2012–2018 | Valencia (0/6), Athletic Bilbao (26/33) |
6 | Edin Džeko | 25 | 48 | 0.52 | 2003– | Željezničar (0/1), VfL Wolfsburg (5/14), Manchester City (3/7), Roma (17/26) |
Alessandro Altobelli | 25 | 58 | 0.43 | 1977–1989 | Inter Milan (21/50), Juventus (4/8) | |
8 | Shota Arveladze | 24 | 41 | 0.59 | 1994–2007 | Dinamo Tbilisi (1/2), Trabzonspor (2/2), Ajax (10/13), Rangers (2/7), AZ (9/17) |
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 24 | 49 | 0.49 | 2009– | Lille (0/7), Borussia Dortmund (8/10), Arsenal (14/26), Barcelona (2/6) | |
Mu'nas Dabbur | 24 | 49 | 0.49 | 2011– | Maccabi Tel Aviv (1/8), Red Bull Salzburg (14/28), Sevilla (3/6), 1899 Hoffenheim (6/7) | |
Kevin Gameiro | 24 | 54 | 0.44 | 2005– | Strasbourg (2/3), Paris Saint-Germain (0/5), Sevilla (17/33), Atlético Madrid (2/5), Valencia (3/8) | |
12 | Jupp Heynckes | 23 | 21 | 1.1 | 1971–1975 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Vágner Love | 23 | 36 | 0.64 | 2004–2018 | CSKA Moscow (20/31), Beşiktaş (3/5) | |
Dimitris Salpingidis | 23 | 67 | 0.34 | 1999–2015 | PAOK (13/43), Panathinaikos (10/24) | |
15 | Martin Chivers | 22 | 34 | 0.65 | 1971–1978 | Tottenham Hotspur |
Jürgen Klinsmann | 22 | 36 | 0.61 | 1988–1998 | VfB Stuttgart (4/8), Inter Milan (3/13), Bayern Munich (15/14), Sampdoria (0/1) | |
Dennis Bergkamp | 22 | 42 | 0.52 | 1988–2000 | Ajax (9/21), Inter Milan (9/13), Arsenal (4/8) | |
Alexandre Lacazette | 22 | 48 | 0.46 | 2012– | Lyon (9/21), Arsenal (13/27) | |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 22 | 49 | 0.45 | 1977–1989 | Bayern Munich (13/22), Inter Milan (9/23), Servette (0/4) |
All-time top scorers (including qualifying rounds)
- Players taking part in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League (including qualifying rounds) are highlighted in bold.
- Players still active but not in this year's Europa League are highlighted in italics.
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Club(s) (Goals) |
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1 | Henrik Larsson | 40 | 56 | 0.71 | 1994–2009 | Feyenoord (1/6), Celtic (27/35), Helsingborg (12/15) |
2 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 34 | 54 | 0.63 | 2004–2020 | Heerenveen (5/13), Ajax (11/17), Schalke 04 (18/24) |
3 | Alfredo Morelos | 32 | 62 | 0.52 | 2016– | HJK (4/6), Rangers (28/56) |
4 | Radamel Falcao | 31 | 35 | 0.89 | 2009– | Porto (18/16), Atlético Madrid (13/17), Galatasaray (0/2) |
Aritz Aduriz | 31 | 47 | 0.66 | 2011–2018 | Valencia (0/6), Athletic Bilbao (31/41) | |
6 | Dieter Müller | 29 | 36 | 0.81 | 1973–1984 | 1. FC Köln (25/31), VfB Stuttgart (1/2), Bordeaux (3/3) |
7 | Vágner Love | 27 | 44 | 0.61 | 2004–2022 | CSKA Moscow (20/32), Beşiktaş (4/8), Kairat (3/4) |
Shota Arveladze | 27 | 45 | 0.6 | 1993–2007 | Dinamo Tbilisi (2/4), Trabzonspor (4/4), Ajax (10/13), Rangers (2/7), AZ (9/17) | |
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 27 | 55 | 0.49 | 2009– | Lille (0/9), Borussia Dortmund (11/14), Arsenal (14/26), Barcelona (2/6) | |
10 | Mu'nas Dabbur | 26 | 57 | 0.46 | 2011– | Maccabi Tel Aviv (1/12), Red Bull Salzburg (16/30), Grasshopper (0/2), Sevilla (3/6), 1899 Hoffenheim (6/7) |
Kevin Gameiro | 26 | 57 | 0.46 | 2005–2019 | Strasbourg (2/3), Paris Saint-Germain (1/7), Sevilla (18/34), Atlético Madrid (2/5), Valencia (3/8) | |
12 | Jermain Defoe | 25 | 40 | 0.63 | 2006–2021 | Tottenham Hotspur (20/28), Portsmouth (2/4), Rangers (3/8) |
Edin Džeko | 25 | 49 | 0.51 | 2003– | Željezničar (0/1), VfL Wolfsburg (5/14), Manchester City (3/7), Roma (17/26) | |
Alessandro Altobelli | 25 | 55 | 0.45 | 1977–1989 | Inter Milan (21/50), Juventus (4/8) | |
Mladen Petrić | 25 | 72 | 0.35 | 2004–2016 | Grasshopper (1/11), Basel (8/26), Hamburger SV (15/27), Panathinaikos (1/8) | |
16 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 24 | 44 | 0.55 | 2002–2017 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (21/34), Sevilla (2/8), Dynamo Moscow (1/2) |
Carlos Bacca | 24 | 60 | 0.4 | 2012– | Club Brugge (3/7), Sevilla (14/31), Villarreal (7/22) | |
Ivan Trichkovski | 24 | 67 | 0.36 | 2005– | Vardar (1/6), Rabotnički (0/6), Red Star Belgrade (0/2), APOEL (1/5), Club Brugge (1/3), Legia Warsaw (0/6), AEK Larnaca (21/39) | |
19 | Jupp Heynckes | 23 | 21 | 1.1 | 1972–1975 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Claudio Pizarro | 23 | 33 | 0.7 | 1999–2010 | Werder Bremen | |
Ricky van Wolfswinkel | 23 | 47 | 0.49 | 2010– | FC Utrecht (9/12), Sporting CP (9/20), Saint-Étienne (1/6), Basel (4/9) | |
Alexandre Lacazette | 23 | 52 | 0.44 | 2012– | Lyon (10/25), Arsenal (13/27) | |
Óscar Cardozo | 23 | 59 | 0.39 | 2007–2017 | Benfica (22/43), Trabzonspor (1/11), Olympiacos (0/5) | |
Dimitris Salpingidis | 23 | 76 | 0.3 | 1999–2015 | PAOK (13/52), Panathinaikos (10/24) |
Top scorers by season
The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament (tournament phase differs from qualification phase).[5]
By club
Rank | Club | Titles | Goals | Season(s) |
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1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 38 | 1972–73*, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80* |
2 | Bayern Munich | 3 | 32 | 1979–80*, 1995–96, 2007–08* |
Benfica | 24 | 1982–83, 2009–10*, 2020–21* | ||
Roma | 25 | 1990–91, 2016–17*, 2020–21* | ||
5 | Feyenoord | 2 | 19 | 1973–74, 2001–02 |
Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 1976–77, 1984–85* | ||
IFK Göteborg | 14 | 1981–82, 1986–87* | ||
1. FC Köln | 15 | 1985–86, 1989–90* | ||
Werder Bremen | 15 | 1989–90*, 2009–10* | ||
Auxerre | 15 | 1992–93, 1997–98 | ||
Inter Milan | 16 | 1993–94*, 1996–97 | ||
Porto | 29 | 2002–03, 2010–11 | ||
Villareal | 13 | 2003–04, 2020–21* | ||
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 18 | 2007–08*, 2016–17* | ||
Lazio | 16 | 2012–13, 2017–18* | ||
Red Bull Salzburg | 16 | 2013–14, 2014–15* | ||
Athletic Bilbao | 18 | 2015–16, 2017–18* | ||
Manchester United | 14 | 2019–20**, 2022–23* | ||
19 | Twente | 1 | 12 | 1972–73* |
Ajax | 14 | 1975–76 | ||
Grasshopper | 8 | 1977–78* | ||
PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 1977–78* | ||
Ipswich Town | 14 | 1980–81 | ||
Austria Wien | 9 | 1983–84 | ||
Željezničar | 7 | 1984–85* | ||
Groningen | 5 | 1986–87* | ||
Torino | 5 | 1986–87* | ||
Vitória de Guimarães | 5 | 1986–87* | ||
Club Brugge | 6 | 1987–88* | ||
Panathinaikos | 6 | 1987–88* | ||
Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 1988–89 | ||
Liverpool | 9 | 1991–92 | ||
Karlsruher SC | 9 | 1993–94* | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 1994–95 | ||
Parma | 8 | 1998–99* | ||
Real Sociedad | 8 | 1998–99* | ||
Wisła Kraków | 8 | 1998–99* | ||
Juventus | 10 | 1999–2000 | ||
CSKA Sofia | 7 | 2000–01* | ||
Rayo Vallecano | 7 | 2000–01* | ||
Newcastle United | 11 | 2004–05 | ||
Basel | 9 | 2005–06 | ||
Espanyol | 11 | 2006–07 | ||
CSKA Moscow | 11 | 2008–09 | ||
Atlético Madrid | 12 | 2011–12 | ||
Everton | 8 | 2014–15* | ||
Chelsea | 11 | 2018–19 | ||
Sporting CP | 8 | 2019–20** | ||
Lille | 7 | 2020–21* | ||
Rangers | 7 | 2021–22 | ||
Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2022–23* |
- * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
- ** A top scorer played for two different clubs during given season.
- List is ordered by date of accomplishment.
By country
Rank | Country | Titles | Goals | Seasons |
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1 | Germany[nb 2][nb 3] | 11 | 104 | 1971–72, 1972–73*, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1979–80*, 1979–80*, 1985–86, 1989–90*, 1990–91, 1993–94*, 1994–95, 1995–96 |
2 | Netherlands[nb 4] | 8 | 71 | 1972–73*, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78*, 1986–87*, 1986–87*, 1993–94*, 2001–02 |
3 | Brazil | 6 | 50 | 1986–87*, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2014–15*, 2016–17* |
Spain[nb 5] | 47 | 2000–01*, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18*, 2020–21*, 2020–21* | ||
5 | England | 5 | 48 | 1976–77, 1984–85*, 2004–05, 2021–22, 2022–23* |
6 | Yugoslavia[nb 6] | 4 | 33 | 1982–83, 1984–85*, 1998–99*, 1999–2000 |
Italy | 34 | 1996–97, 1998–99, 2007–08*, 2017–18* | ||
8 | France | 3 | 26 | 1992–93, 1997–98, 2018–19 |
9 | Denmark | 2 | 15 | 1978–79, 1987–88* |
Sweden | 20 | 1981–82, 1985–86* | ||
East Germany | 13 | 1988–89, 1989–90* | ||
Colombia | 29 | 2010–11, 2011–12 | ||
Portugal | 15 | 2019–20, 2020–21* | ||
14 | Scotland | 1 | 14 | 1980–81 |
Hungary | 9 | 1983–84 | ||
Finland | 5 | 1986–87* | ||
Greece | 6 | 1987–88* | ||
Wales | 9 | 1991–92 | ||
Poland | 8 | 1998–99* | ||
Bulgaria | 7 | 2000–01* | ||
Argentina | 9 | 2005–06 | ||
Uruguay | 11 | 2006–07 | ||
Russia | 10 | 2007–08* | ||
Paraguay | 9 | 2009–10* | ||
Peru | 9 | 2009–10* | ||
Czech Republic | 8 | 2012–13 | ||
Belgium | 8 | 2014–15* | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 2016–17* | ||
Turkey | 7 | 2020–21* | ||
Nigeria | 6 | 2022–23* |
- * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
- List is ordered by date of accomplishment.
By player
Rank | Player | Titles | Goals | Seasons |
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1 | Jupp Heynckes | 2 | 23 | 1972–73*, 1974–75 |
Darko Kovačević | 18 | 1998–99*, 1999–2000 | ||
Radamel Falcao | 30 | 2010–11, 2011–12 | ||
Aritz Aduriz | 26 | 2015–16, 2017–18* |
- * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
- List is ordered by date of accomplishment.
Notes
- Player featured in two clubs during the same season after the squad changes were introduced from the 2018–19 season onwards.
- Includes West Germany but not East Germany.
- In the 1979–80 season two German players were joint top scorers.
- In the 1986–87 season two Dutch players were joint top scorers.
- In the 2020–21 season two Spanish players were joint top scorers.
- Includes SFR Yugoslavia.
References
- "UEFA Europa League - All-time Topscorers". UEFA.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- "Europa League - All-time Topscorers". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- "Europa League All-time Topscorers". World Football.
- "Europa League Qual All-time Topscorers". World Football.
- "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". RSSSF.
- Excluding the qualifying rounds since the 2004–05 season.
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