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King of the Europa League! Sevilla FC won 7 times + won all the finals to set a record 6 La Liga 14 titles

King of the Europa League! Sevilla FC won 7 times + won all the finals to set a record 6 La Liga 14 titles

Beijing time on June 1, this season's Europa League final, Sevilla beat Roma on penalties to win the championship! This is their 7th time winning the tournament and is worthy of being the "King of the Europa League"!

King of the Europa League! Sevilla FC won 7 times + won all the finals to set a record 6 La Liga 14 titles

The road to the championship

Sevilla FC have played in the Champions League group stage this season, but faced Manchester City and Dort, finishing third in the group, and manager Julen Lopetegui was also sacked. Europa League knockout play-offs, they lost 2-0 in the second leg after 3-0 in the first leg, eliminating PSV Eindhoven by one goal; The 1/8 final was also won first and then lost, and it was a thrilling advance, and Sampaoli could not escape the class.

In the 1/4 final, Sevilla FC taken over by Mendiliba against Manchester United, trailing 0-2 in the first 20 minutes, but with the own goals of Malaysia and Maguire, it was magically equalized! In the second leg, it was De Gea who made a series of mistakes to win 3-0 at home.

Facing Juve in the semi-finals, Sevi drew 1-1 away in the first leg, 0-0 in regular time in the second leg, and in extra time, Lamela won with a header and Acuña turned red to reach the final with great difficulty.

King of the Europa League! Sevilla FC won 7 times + won all the finals to set a record 6 La Liga 14 titles

Win on penalties and win with difficulty

Facing Jose Mourinho's Roma in the final, Sevilla returned to their true colors as "kings of the Europa League". In the 35th minute, Dybala's goal brought them 1-0 down, but in the 55th minute, Keylor Navas's cross caused Mancini's own goal to equalize 1-1!

King of the Europa League! Sevilla FC won 7 times + won all the finals to set a record 6 La Liga 14 titles

In the 75th minute, Ocampos was brought down in the box and referee Anthony Taylor initially awarded a penalty, but it was cancelled after watching the video replay, Seve missed the chance to comeback and the game had to go into extra time.

In the 30 minutes of extra time, the two teams could not score again and could only come to a penalty shootout. As a result, Morocco international Bunnu, who shone brightly in the World Cup, saved Mancini's shot and Ibáñez hit the post, and Sevilla defeated Roma to win this season's Europa League!

King of the Europa League! Sevilla FC won 7 times + won all the finals to set a record 6 La Liga 14 titles

King of the Europa League, a record breaker

In this way, Seville has set several historical records! The data shows that, first, this is the 7th time they have won the Europa League, at least 4 more than any other team, worthy of the "king of the Europa League"! The previous 6 were in 2006, 2007, 2014-16 and 2020.

Second, Sevilla FC have reached the Europa League final 7 times, winning all of them with a 100% win rate!

Third, Sevilla FC became the fifth-most European team in history with seven titles, behind Real Madrid with 16, Barcelona with 12, AC Milan and Liverpool with 9 titles, and Bayern with 8 titles.

Fourth, La Liga and Serie A teams meet in the European final for the 14th time, with La Liga winning 10 games and winning all four of their last four matches.

Fifth, La Liga teams won the Europa League for the 14th time, beating Serie A and the Premier League nine times.

Sixth, manager Mendiliba reached the European final for the first time in his managerial career and won the title.

You know, Sevilla FC only finished 11th in La Liga this season and did not get a European ticket, but in their "own turf" Europa League, their performance was in stark contrast, and they finally won the title and qualified for next season's Champions League.

At this point, the first European title of the season has been produced, followed by the UEFA Europa League and the most important Champions League final. We'll see!

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