2018 mei
Atlético Madrid officially confirmed itself as the Europa League champions 2017/2018. You could say this is a blessing behind the disaster, because Diego Simeone squad early in the season thrown from the Champions League group phase. But do you know that they are not the only club to do that?
Noted there are already 8 teams doing it, including Atlético Madrid this season, starting from the 1999/2000 season when the new UEFA Cup format is applied by entering the Champions League alumnus that season into the Europa League / UEFA Cup. Who are they and when did they happen?
Atlético Madrid (2017/2018)
Here it is. Coming to the Europa League with only better achievements than Qarabağ in Group C of the Champions League, Atleti's smile instantly broke again in the Europa League. FC Copenhagen and Lokomotiv Moscow were chipped off with great scores, Sporting Lisbon and Arsenal were beaten 2-1 on aggregate, and Marseille was subdued in his own country with three goals without reply.
Galatasaray (1999/2000)
The Turkish club became the first to register as Europa League champions (then still called UEFA Cup), which comes from the "exiles" of the Champions League. Avrupa Fatihi was finishing third in the group inhabited Chelsea, Hertha Berlin, and AC Milan. When thrown into the Europa League, Galatasaray drove smoothly to the top of the party. They beat Arsenal with a score of 4-1 on penalties in the final.
Feyenoord (2001/2002)
De Trots van Zuid became a lunatic in the Champions League that season, in a group containing Spartak Moscow, Sparta Prague, and Bayern Munich. They were thrown into the Europa League, but who would have thought it was where his fate turned 180 °. Feyenoord beat rivals PSV Eindhoven in the quarter-finals, then got rid of Inter Milan in the semi-finals, and champions after beating Dortmund 3-2 in the final.
CSKA Moscow (2004/2005)
Success listed as the first Russian club that won the Europa League, armed with the status as contestants who are marginalized from the Champions League. The CSKA Moscow squad was indeed one of the best in their history. There are Vagner Love, young Igor Akinfeev, Berezutski brothers, plus Yuri Zhirkov and Miloš Krasić, making Sporting Lisbon powerless in the final and losing 1-3.
Shakhtar Donetsk (2008/2009)
After the success of CSKA Moscow, the club's long enough Champions League exiles did not win the Europa League. But in the 2008/2009 season the trend was broken in the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk. Fernandinho, Willian, Luiz Adriano and his colleagues managed to become the first Europa League champions from Ukraine and still the only one to date, beating fellow Champions League alumni Werder Bremen in the final.
Atlético Madrid (2009/2010)
Prior to doing so this year, Los Rojiblancos had already become a Europa League champion with the eliminated status of the Champions League, in the 2009/2010 season. At that time Atleti is still strengthened duo Diego Forlán and Sergio Agüero on the front lines. At the top of the party, Quique Sánchez Flores's side beat Fulham 2-1 in extra time. All of Atlético Madrid's goals are driven by Forlán.
Chelsea (2012/2013)
The Blues also got a blessing behind the calamity, knocked out of the Champions League and finished Europa League champions. It happened in the 2012/2013 season, which marked the turn of the coach from Roberto Di Matteo to Rafael Benítez. Chelsea, who failed to qualify from Group E for failing to compete against Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk, went smoothly in the Europa League by scoring 17 goals from the last 32 to the finals.
Sevilla (2015/2016)
Sevilla's third season won the Europa League in a row, which was uniquely made after a knock out of the Champions League. Sevilla concoction Unai Emery was not able to do much in the group that occupied Manchester City, Juventus, and Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, when returning to