Football League Tables
Football League Tables The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL) is an annual football club competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the respective European football clubs . It is the second single-tier competition of European football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League and above the UEFA Europa League after the 1/3 level competitions from 1971 to 1999, before the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup was discontinued. Clubs qualify for the competition solely on the basis of their overall results in league and cup competitions across the country. Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup, it changed the Fairs Cup between cities. In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. Since the 2004/05 season, the group stage has been changed to the one that was added before the knockout section . The competition has been called the Europa League since the 2009-10 season, after the format change. The rebranding of 2009 prot...