Nici una dintre cele doua finaliste ale acestei editii a Cupei UEFA nu s-a mai calificat pina acum in ultimul act al competitiei, care si-a desfasurat prima finala in 1972. Totusi, portughezii au avut doua echipe in finale, FC Porto si Benfica, ultima dupa ce a eliminat Universitatea Craiova, iar Porto a cistigat trofeul in 2003. Rusia nu a fost prezenta pina acum in nici o finala a celei de-a doua competitii europene intercluburi.
Iata finalele disputate in Cupa UEFA de-a lungul timpului:
1971-72: Tottenham – Wolverhampton 2-1 (in tur, 1-1); 1972-73: Liverpool – Mönchengladbach 3-0 (0-2); 1973-74: Feyenoord – Tottenham 2-2 (2-0); 1974-75: Mönchengladbach – Twente Enschede 0-0 (5-1); 1975-76: Liverpool – FC Bruges 3-2 (1-1); 1976-77: Juventus – Athletic Bilbao 1-0 (1-2); 1977-78: PSV Eindhoven – Bastia 0-0 (3-0); 1978-79: Mönchengladbach – Steaua Rosie Belgrad 1-1 (1-0); 1979-80: Eintracht Frankfurt – Mönchengladbach 2-3 (1-0); 1980-81: Ipswich Town – AZ Alkmaar 3-0 (2-4); 1981-82: IFK Göteborg – SV Hamburg 1-0 (3-0); 1982-83: Anderlecht – Benfica Lisabona 1-0 (1-1); 1983-84: Tottenham – Anderlecht 1-1 (1-1), 4-3 la penaltiuri; 1984-85: Real Madrid – Videoton 3-0 (0-1); 1985-86: Real Madrid – FC Köln 5-1 (0-2); 1986-87: IFK Göteborg – Dundee United 1-0 (1-1); 1987-88: Leverkusen – Espanyol 0-3 (3-0), 3-2 la penaltiuri; 1988-89: SSC Napoli – VfB Stuttgart 2-1 (3-3); 1989-90: Juventus – Fiorentina 3-1 (0-0); 1990-91: Inter – AS Roma 2-0 (0-1); 1991-92: Ajax – AC Torino 0-0 (2-2); 1992-93: Juventus – Borussia Dortmund 3-0 (3-1); 1993-94: Inter – SV Salzburg 1-0 (1-0); 1994-95: AC Parma – Juventus 1-0 (1-1); 1995-96: Bayern München – Bordeaux 2-0 (3-1); 1996-97: Schalke 04 – Inter 1-0 (0-1), 4-1 la penaltiuri; 1997-98: Inter – Lazio 3-0 (Paris); 1998-99: AC Parma – Olympique Marseille 3-0 (Moscova); 1999-2000: Galatasaray – Arsenal 0-0, 4-1 la penaltiuri (Copenhaga); 2000-01: Liverpool – Deportivo Alaves 5-4, dupa prelungiri (Dortmund); 2001-02: Feyenoord – Borussia Dortmund 3-2 (Rotterdam); 2002-03: FC Porto – Celtic Glasgow 3-2, dupa prelungiri (Sevilla); 2003-04: Valencia – Olympique Marseille 2-0 (Göteborg).