LaLiga was only once left without representation in the semifinals

Due to the deletion of FC Barcelona before him EintrachtFrankfurt German, the Spanish league was left unrepresented in the semifinals of European League for the second time in the history of the tournament under the current name.

The only time Spanish clubs did not reach the penultimate round was in the 2012-13 season. Ang Athletic fell on the group stage, the Athletic in the round of 32 battles Rubin-Kazan and the I lifted in the round of 16 against the Russian team itself.

Then they reached the semi-finals Chelsea, Benfica, Basel Y Fenerbahce. The English group that governs the Spaniards Rafael Benitez was proclaimed champion at the Amsterdam Arena by defeating the Portuguese team of George Jesus 2-1 with goals in Spanish Fernando Torres and the Serbian Branislav Ivanovic.

8 of 12 champions, Spanish

The rest of the season will always have the Spanish team, which is under the name of European League has won eight of the twelve editions contested so far: the Seville he won three consecutive titles between 2014 and 2016, as well as in 2020; ang Atletico Madrid he won the trophy in 2010, 2012 and 2018; and the Villarreal last year (2021).

Ang Athletic reached the 2012 final against Athleticthey have also reached the semifinals Villarreal (2011, 2016), Valencia (2012, 2014, 2019) at Celtic (2017).

The final, in Pizjuán

Surprisingly, the first year that Spain was the scene of the final –the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Seville- LaLiga ran out of its teams prematurely.

Four entered the fight in the knockout rounds. In the first change, in the sixteenth, the Real society before him RB Leipzig; the eighth produced the king of the contest, the Sevilleagainst him West Hamand the Calves against him Eintracht Frankfurt; who in the quarters gave a surprise before the Barca.

Eintracht, champion in 1980

the box of Frankfurt only he knows what it felt like to win this competition, when it was called the UEFA Cup. He took the title in 1980 by losing to Borussia Monchengladbach in the final with two feet for double the amount of goals in the opposite field (2-3 and 1-0).

Ang guards lost to him Zenith Saint Petersburg (2-0) the 2008 UEFA Cup final (2-0), played in Manchester and won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972 against Dynamo Moscow at Camp Nou.

Ang West Ham there is also the Recopa (in 1965) and Intertoto Cup (in 1999), and the RB Leipzig It has reference to the semifinals in the 2019/20 Champions League, where it fell PSG. He had previously removed the Tottenham and the Atletico Madrid.