List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers

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The UEFA Europa League is the second most important club competition in Europe organized by UEFA. Originally a knock-out competition, it later evolved and included group stages and a series of qualifying rounds. It was known as the UEFA Cup from its beginning, in 1971, until 2009. This competition has been dominated by great players in the history of soccer who have scored many goals that helped their clubs to win the competition. This article includes season top scorers, overall top scorers, and club top scorers.

All-time top scorers (group stage to final)[]

As of 8 November2021^[1][2]

Rank	Nation	Player	Goals	Apps	Goal Ratio	Years	Club(s) (Goals)
1	Colombia	Radamel Falcao	30	31	0.967	2010–	Porto (17) Atlético Madrid (13)
	Netherlands	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		50	0.600	2004–	Heerenveen (5) Ajax (11) Schalke 04 (14)
3	West Germany	Dieter Müller	29	36	0.805	1973–1984	1. FC Köln (25) VfB Stuttgart (1) Bordeaux (3)
4	Spain	Aritz Aduriz	26	39	0.666	2012–2018	Valencia (0) Athletic Bilbao (26)
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Edin Džeko	25	49	0.510	2003–	Željezničar (0) VfL Wolfsburg (5) Manchester City (3) Roma (17)
	Italy	Alessandro Altobelli		58	0.431	1977–1989	Inter Milan (21) Juventus (4)
7	Georgia	Shota Arveladze	24	41	0.585	1994–2007	Dinamo Tbilisi (1) Trabzonspor (2) Ajax (10) Rangers (2) AZ (9)
	Israel	Mu'nas Dabbur		49	0.490	2011–	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) Red Bull Salzburg (14) Sevilla (3) 1899 Hoffenheim (6)
	France	Kevin Gameiro		54	0.444	2005–	Strasbourg (2) Paris Saint-Germain (0) Sevilla (17) Atlético Madrid (2) Valencia (3)
10	West Germany	Jupp Heynckes	23	21	1.095	1971–1975	Borussia Mönchengladbach (23)
	Brazil	Vágner Love		36	0.639	2004–	CSKA Moscow (20) Beşiktaş (3)
	Greece	Dimitris Salpingidis		67	0.343	1999–2015	PAOK (13) Panathinaikos (10)
13	England	Martin Chivers	22	34	0.647	1971–1978	Tottenham Hotspur (22)
	Germany	Jürgen Klinsmann		36	0.611	1988–1998	VfB Stuttgart (4) Inter Milan (3) Bayern Munich (15)
	Netherlands	Dennis Bergkamp		42	0.523	1988–2000	Ajax (9) Inter Milan (9) Arsenal (4)
	Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang		43	0.511	2009–	Lille (0) Borussia Dortmund (8) Arsenal (14)
	France	Alexandre Lacazette		48	0.458	2012–	Lyon (9) Arsenal (13)
	West Germany	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge		49	0.449	1977–1989	Bayern Munich (13) Inter Milan (9)

Bold = Still active

All-time top scorers (including qualifying rounds)[]

As of 9 November 2021^[1]

Rank	Nation	Player	Goals	Apps	Goal Ratio	Debut in Europe	Club(s)
1	Sweden	Henrik Larsson	40	56	0.714	1994	Feyenoord Celtic Helsingborg
2	Netherlands	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	34	54	0.630	2004	Heerenveen Ajax Schalke 04
3	Colombia	Radamel Falcao	31	34	0.912	2009	Porto Atlético Madrid Galatasaray
	Spain	Aritz Aduriz		47	0.660	2011	Valencia Athletic Bilbao
5	Germany	Dieter Müller	29	36	0.805	1973	1. FC Köln VfB Stuttgart Bordeaux
6	Brazil	Vágner Love	27	42	0.643	2004	CSKA Moscow Beşiktaş Kairat
	Georgia	Shota Arveladze		45	0.600	1993	Dinamo Tbilisi Trabzonspor Ajax Rangers AZ
	Colombia	Alfredo Morelos		51	0.529	2016	HJK Rangers
9	Israel	Mu'nas Dabbur	26	57	0.456	2011	Maccabi Tel Aviv Red Bull Salzburg Grasshopper Sevilla 1899 Hoffenheim
10	England	Jermain Defoe	25	40	0.625	2006	Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth Rangers
	Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang		49	0.510	2009	Lille Borussia Dortmund Arsenal
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Edin Džeko		49	0.510	2003	Željezničar VfL Wolfsburg Manchester City Roma
	Italy	Alessandro Altobelli		55	0.455	1977	Inter Milan Juventus
	Croatia	Mladen Petrić		72	0.347	2004	Grasshopper Basel Hamburger SV Panathinaikos
15	Peru	Claudio Pizarro	24	33	0.727	1999	Bayern Munich Werder Bremen
	France	Kevin Gameiro		54	0.444	2005	Strasbourg Paris Saint-Germain Sevilla Atlético Madrid Valencia
	Colombia	Carlos Bacca		60	0.400	2012	Club Brugge Sevilla Villarreal
18	Germany	Jupp Heynckes	23	21	1.095	1967	Hannover 96 Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Russia	Aleksandr Kerzhakov		44	0.523	2002	Zenit Saint Petersburg Sevilla Dynamo Moscow
	Netherlands	Ricky van Wolfswinkel		47	0.489	2010	FC Utrecht Sporting CP Saint-Étienne Basel
	France	Alexandre Lacazette		52	0.442	2012	Lyon Arsenal
	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo		60	0.383	2007	Benfica Trabzonspor Olympiacos
	North Macedonia	Ivan Trichkovski		61	0.378	2005	Vardar Rabotnički Red Star Belgrade APOEL Club Brugge Legia Warsaw AEK Larnaca
	Greece	Dimitris Salpingidis		76	0.303	1999	PAOK Panathinaikos

Bold = Still active

Top scorers by season[]

The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament (tournament phase differs from qualification phase).^[3]

Season	Player(s)	Club(s)	Goals[4]
1971–72	Ludwig Bründl	Eintracht Braunschweig	10
1972–73	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	12
	Jan Jeuring	Twente
1973–74	Lex Schoenmaker	Feyenoord	11
1974–75	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	10
1975–76	Ruud Geels	Ajax	14
1976–77	Stan Bowles	Queens Park Rangers	11
1977–78	Gerrie Deijkers	PSV Eindhoven	8
	Raimondo Ponte	Grasshopper
1978–79	Allan Simonsen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	9
1979–80	Dieter Hoeneß	Bayern Munich	7
	Harald Nickel	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1980–81	John Wark	Ipswich Town	14
1981–82	Torbjörn Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	9
1982–83	Zoran Filipović	Benfica	8
1983–84	Tibor Nyilasi	Austria Wien	9
1984–85	Edin Bahtić	Željezničar	7
	Gary Bannister	Queens Park Rangers
1985–86	Klaus Allofs	1. FC Köln	9
1986–87	Paulinho Cascavel	Vitória de Guimarães	5
	Peter Houtman	Groningen
	Wim Kieft	Torino
	Jari Rantanen	IFK Göteborg
1987–88	Kenneth Brylle Larsen	Club Brugge	6
	Dimitris Saravakos	Panathinaikos
1988–89	Torsten Gütschow	Dynamo Dresden	7
1989–90	Falko Götz	1. FC Köln	6
	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Werder Bremen
1990–91	Rudi Völler	Roma	10
1991–92	Dean Saunders	Liverpool	9
1992–93	Gérald Baticle	Auxerre	8
1993–94	Dennis Bergkamp	Inter Milan	8
	Edgar Schmitt	Karlsruher SC
1994–95	Ulf Kirsten	Bayer Leverkusen	10
1995–96	Jürgen Klinsmann	Bayern Munich	15
1996–97	Maurizio Ganz	Inter Milan	8
1997–98	Stéphane Guivarc'h	Auxerre	7
1998–99	Enrico Chiesa	Parma	8
	Darko Kovačević	Real Sociedad
	Tomasz Kulawik	Wisła Kraków
1999–2000	Darko Kovačević	Juventus	10
2000–01	Dimitar Berbatov	CSKA Sofia	7
	Bolo	Rayo Vallecano
2001–02	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Feyenoord	8
2002–03	Derlei	Porto	12
2003–04	Sonny Anderson	Villarreal	6
2004–05	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	11
2005–06	Matías Emilio Delgado	Basel	9
2006–07	Walter Pandiani	Espanyol	11
2007–08	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Zenit Saint Petersburg	10
	Luca Toni	Bayern Munich
2008–09	Vágner Love	CSKA Moscow	11
2009–10	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	9
	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen
2010–11	Radamel Falcao	Porto	17
2011–12	Radamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	12
2012–13	Libor Kozák	Lazio	8
2013–14	Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg	8
2014–15	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg	8
	Romelu Lukaku	Everton
2015–16	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	10
2016–17	Edin Džeko	Roma	8
	Giuliano	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2017–18	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	8
	Ciro Immobile	Lazio
2018–19	Olivier Giroud	Chelsea	11
2019–20	Bruno Fernandes[nb 1]	Sporting CP Manchester United	8
2020–21	Borja Mayoral	Roma	7
	Gerard Moreno	Villarreal
	Pizzi	Benfica
	Yusuf Yazıcı	Lille

By club[]

Rank	Club	Titles	Goals	Season(s)
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2	38	1972–73*, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80*
2	Bayern Munich	3	32	1979–80*, 1995–96, 2007–08*
	Benfica		24	1982–83, 2009–10*, 2020–21*
	Roma		25	1990–91, 2016–17*, 2020–21*
5	Feyenoord	2	19	1973–74, 2001–02
	Queens Park Rangers		18	1976–77, 1984–85*
	IFK Göteborg		14	1981–82, 1986–87*
	1. FC Köln		15	1985–86, 1989–90*
	Werder Bremen		15	1989–90*, 2009–10*
	Auxerre		15	1992–93, 1997–98
	Inter Milan		16	1993–94*, 1996–97
	Porto		29	2002–03, 2010–11
	Villareal		13	2003–04, 2020–21*
	Zenit Saint Petersburg		18	2007–08*, 2016–17*
	Lazio		16	2012–13, 2017–18*
	Red Bull Salzburg		16	2013–14, 2014–15*
	Athletic Bilbao		18	2015–16, 2017–18*
18	Twente	1	12	1972–73*
	Ajax		14	1975–76
	Grasshopper		8	1977–78*
	PSV Eindhoven		8	1977–78*
	Ipswich Town		14	1980–81
	Austria Wien		9	1983–84
	Željezničar		7	1984–85*
	Groningen		5	1986–87*
	Torino		5	1986–87*
	Vitória de Guimarães		5	1986–87*
	Club Brugge		6	1987–88*
	Panathinaikos		6	1987–88*
	Dynamo Dresden		7	1988–89
	Liverpool		9	1991–92
	Karlsruher SC		9	1993–94*
	Bayer Leverkusen		10	1994–95
	Parma		8	1998–99*
	Real Sociedad		8	1998–99*
	Wisła Kraków		8	1998–99*
	Juventus		10	1999–2000
	CSKA Sofia		7	2000–01*
	Rayo Vallecano		7	2000–01*
	Newcastle United		11	2004–05
	Basel		9	2005–06
	Espanyol		11	2006–07
	CSKA Moscow		11	2008–09
	Atlético Madrid		12	2011–12
	Everton		8	2014–15*
	Chelsea		11	2018–19
	Sporting CP		8	2019–20**
	Manchester United		8	2019–20**
	Lille		7	2020–21*

• ^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
• ^** A top scorer played for two different clubs during given season.
• List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By country[]

Rank	Country	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Germany[nb 2][nb 3]	11	104	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 4]	8	71	1972–73*, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78*, 1986–87*, 1986–87*, 1993–94*, 2001–02
3	Brazil	6	50	1986–87*, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2014–15*, 2016–17*
	Spain[nb 5]		47	2000–01*, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18*, 2020–21*, 2020–21*
5	Yugoslavia[nb 6]	4	33	1982–83, 1984–85*, 1998–99*, 1999–2000
	Italy		34	1996–97, 1998–99, 2007–08*, 2017–18*
7	England	3	35	1976–77, 1984–85*, 2004–05
	France		26	1992–93, 1997–98, 2018–19
9	Denmark	2	15	1978–79, 1987–88*
	Sweden		20	1981–82, 1985–86*
	East Germany		13	1988–89, 1989–90*
	Colombia		29	2010–11, 2011–12
	Portugal		15	2019–20, 2020–21*
14	Scotland	1	14	1980–81
	Hungary		9	1983–84
	Finland		5	1986–87*
	Greece		6	1987–88*
	Wales		9	1991–92
	Poland		8	1998–99*
	Bulgaria		7	2000–01*
	Argentina		9	2005–06
	Uruguay		11	2006–07
	Russia		10	2007–08*
	Paraguay		9	2009–10*
	Peru		9	2009–10*
	Czech Republic		8	2012–13
	Belgium		8	2014–15*
	Bosnia and Herzegovina		8	2016–17*
	Turkey		7	2020–21*

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

By player[]

Rank	Player	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Jupp Heynckes	2	23	1972–73*, 1974–75
	Darko Kovačević		18	1998–99*, 1999–2000
	Radamel Falcao		30	2010–11, 2011–12
	Aritz Aduriz		26	2015–16, 2017–18*

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

Most Goals scored in a single match[]

Player	Goals	Year	Club
Aritz Aduriz	5	2016	Athletic Bilbao
Radamel Falcao	4	2011	FC Porto
Edinson Cavani	4	2012	Napoli

• List is ordered by the number of goals scored.

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