List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers

The UEFA Europa League is the second most important club competition in Europe organised by UEFA. Originally a knock-out competition, it later evolved and included group stages and a series of qualifying rounds. It was known as UEFA Cup from its beginning, in 1971, until 2009. This article includes both season top scorers and overall top scorers.

All-time top scorers (including qualifying rounds)

Bold indicates players still active in the game.

Rank	Player	Goals	Games	Goal Ratio	Debut in Europe	Clubs
1	Henrik Larsson	40	56	0.714	1994	Feyenoord, Celtic, Helsingborg
2	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	33	40	0.825	2004	SC Heerenveen, Ajax, Schalke 04
3	Radamel Falcao	31	33	0.939	2009	Porto, Atlético Madrid
4	Dieter Müller	29	36	0.805	1973	Köln, Stuttgart, Bordeaux
5	Shota Arveladze	27	44	0.613	1993	Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, Ajax, Rangers, AZ
6	Alessandro Altobelli	25	58	0.431	1977	Internazionale, Juventus
7	Mladen Petrić	24	63	0.380	2004	Basel, Hamburg
8	Claudio Pizarro	24	33	0.727	1999	Werder Bremen
9	Jupp Heynckes	23	21	1.095	1967	Hannover 96, Borussia Mönchengladbach
10	Martin Chivers	22	34	0.647	1971	Tottenham Hotspur, Servette
10	Dennis Bergkamp	22	41	0.536	1986	Ajax, Internazionale, Arsenal

Bold = Still active

Winners by seasons

The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament. (Tournament phase differs from qualification phase)

Season	Player	Country	Club	Goals^[1]
1971–72	Ludwig Bründl	West Germany	Eintracht Braunschweig	10
1972–73	Jupp Heynckes	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	12
1972–73	Jan Jeuring	Netherlands	Twente	12
1973–74	Lex Schoenmaker	Netherlands	Feyenoord	11
1974–75	Jupp Heynckes	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	10
1975–76	Ruud Geels	Netherlands	Ajax	14
1976–77	Stan Bowles	England	Queens Park Rangers	11
1977–78	Gerrie Deijkers	Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven	8
1977–78	Raimondo Ponte	Switzerland	Grasshopper	8
1978–79	Allan Simonsen	Denmark	Borussia Mönchengladbach	9
1979–80	Dieter Hoeneß	West Germany	Bayern Munich	7
1979–80	Harald Nickel	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7
1980–81	John Wark	Scotland	Ipswich Town	14
1981–82	Torbjörn Nilsson	Sweden	Göteborg	9
1982–83	Zoran Filipovic	Yugoslavia	Benfica	8
1983–84	Tibor Nyilasi	Hungary	Austria Wien	9
1984–85	Edin Bahtić	Yugoslavia	Željezničar Sarajevo	7
1984–85	Gary Bannister	England	Queens Park Rangers	7
1985–86	Klaus Allofs	West Germany	Köln	9
1986–87	Paulinho Cascavel	Brazil	Vitória de Guimarães	5
	Peter Houtman	Netherlands	Groningen
	Wim Kieft	Netherlands	Torino
	Jari Rantanen	Finland	Göteborg
1987–88	Kenneth Brylle Larsen	Denmark	Club Brugge	6
1987–88	Dimitris Saravakos	Greece	Panathinaikos	6
1988–89	Torsten Gütschow	East Germany	Dynamo Dresden	7
1989–90	Falko Götz	East Germany	Köln	6
1989–90	Karl-Heinz Riedle	West Germany	Werder Bremen	6
1990–91	Rudi Völler	Germany	Roma	10
1991–92	Dean Saunders	Wales	Liverpool	9
1992–93	Gérald Baticle	France	Auxerre	8
1993–94	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	Internazionale	8
1993–94	Edgar Schmitt	Germany	Karlsruher	8
1994–95	Ulf Kirsten	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	10
1995–96	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	Bayern Munich	15
1996–97	Maurizio Ganz	Italy	Internazionale	8
1997–98	Stéphane Guivarc'h	France	Auxerre	7
1998–99	Enrico Chiesa	Italy	Parma	8
1998–99	Tomasz Kulawik	Poland	Wisła Kraków	8
1999–00	Darko Kovačević	Yugoslavia	Juventus	10
2000–01	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	CSKA Sofia	7
2000–01	Bolo	Spain	Rayo Vallecano	7
2001–02	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Netherlands	Feyenoord	8
2002–03	Derlei	Brazil	Porto	12
2003–04	Sonny Anderson	Brazil	Villarreal	7
2004–05	Alan Shearer	England	Newcastle United	11
2005–06	Matías Emilio Delgado	Argentina	Basel	9
2006–07	Walter Pandiani	Uruguay	Espanyol	11
2007–08	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Russia	Zenit St. Petersburg	10
2007–08	Luca Toni	Italy	Bayern Munich	10
2008–09	Vágner Love	Brazil	CSKA Moscow	11
2009–10	Óscar Cardozo	Paraguay	Benfica	9
2009–10	Claudio Pizarro	Peru	Werder Bremen	9
2010–11	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	Porto	17
2011–12	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	Atlético Madrid	12
2012–13	Libor Kozák	Czech Republic	Lazio	8
2013–14	Jonathan Soriano	Spain	Red Bull Salzburg	8
2014–15	Alan	Brazil	Red Bull Salzburg	8
2014–15	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	Everton	8
2015–16	Aritz Aduriz	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	10

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By team

	Team	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4	38	1972–73, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80
2	Bayern Munich	3	32	1979–80, 1995–96, 2007–08
3	Queens Park Rangers	2	18	1976–77, 1984–85*
	Göteborg	2	14	1981–82, 1986–87*
	Köln	2	15	1985–86, 1989–90*
	Internazionale	2	16	1993–94*, 1996–97
	Auxerre	2	15	1992–93, 1997–98
	Feyenoord	2	19	1973–74, 2001–02
	Benfica	2	17	1982–83, 2009–10*
	Werder Bremen	2	15	1989–90, 2009–10
	Porto	2	29	2002–03, 2010–11
	Red Bull Salzburg	2	16	2013–14, 2014–15*

^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By country

	Country	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Germany^{[nb 1]}^{[nb 2]}	11	121	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 3]}	8	71	1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1986–87, 1986–87, 1993–94*, 2001–02
3	Brazil	5	41	1986–87, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2014–15*
4	France	3	22	1982–83*, 1992–93, 1997–98
	England	3	35	1976–77, 1984–85*, 2004–05
	Italy	3	26	1996–97, 1998–99, 2007–08*
	Spain	3	25	2000–01*, 2013–14, 2015–16
8	Denmark	2	15	1978–79, 1987–88*
	East Germany	2	13	1988–89, 1989–90*
	Sweden	2	20	1981–82, 2002–03*
	Yugoslavia	2	13	1982-83, 1984–85*
	Colombia	2	29	2010–11, 2011–12

^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By player

	Country	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Jupp Heynckes	2	22	1972–73*, 1974–75
1	Radamel Falcao	2	29	2010–11, 2011–12

^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

Notes

↑ 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.

References

↑ Excluding the qualifying rounds since the 2004–05 season.
↑ "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers".

UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League

UEFA Cup (1971–2009)

Seasons

1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09

Finals

Two-legged	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Single-legged	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

UEFA Europa League (2009–present)

Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

UEFA Europa League top scorers

UEFA Cup	1971–72: Bründl 1972–73: Heynckes & Jeuring 1973–74: Schoenmaker 1974–75: Heynckes 1975–76: Geels 1976–77: Bowles 1977–78: Deijkers & Ponte 1978–79: Simonsen 1979–80: Hoeneß & Nickel 1980–81: Wark 1981–82: Nilsson 1982–83: Filipović 1983–84: Nyilasi 1984–85: Bahtić & Bannister 1985–86: Allofs 1986–87: Cascavel, Houtman, Kieft & Rantanen 1987–88: Brylle & Saravakos 1988–89: Gütschow 1989–90: Götz & Riedle 1990–91: Völler 1991–92: Saunders 1992–93: Baticle 1993–94: Bergkamp & Schmitt 1994–95: Kirsten 1996–96: Klinsmann 1996–97: Ganz 1997–98: Guivarc'h 1998–99: Chiesa & Kulawik 1999–2000: Kovačević 2000–01: Berbatov & Bolo 2001–02: Van Hooijdonk 2002–03: Derlei & Larsson 2003–04: Anderson 2004–05: Shearer 2005–06: Delgado 2006–07: Pandiani 2007–08: Pogrebnyak & Toni 2008–09: Vágner Love

UEFA Europa League	2009–10: Cardozo & Pizarro 2010–11: Falcao 2011–12: Falcao 2012–13: Kozák 2013–14: Soriano 2014–15: Alan & Lukaku 2015–16: Aduriz

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