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Post by White Lightning on Jan 8, 2014 11:05:40 GMT
Juventus will begin their bid to reach the UEFA Europa League final on home turf with a round of 32 tie against Trabzonspor AŞ following a draw which pitted 2013 runners-up SL Benfica against PAOK FC. Full fixtures and dates Helping to conduct proceedings in Nyon was Ciro Ferrara, the former Juve defender who won the UEFA Cup with SSC Napoli in 1989. His old clubs were among the eight sides to transfer from the UEFA Champions League, where Napoli had become the first team to be eliminated despite amassing 12 points. While Juventus can start preparing for another Turkish outfit – having lost to Galatasaray AŞ in a decisive matchday six encounter – Napoli's one-time Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC boss Rafael Benítez faces English Premier League opposition in Swansea City AFC. Tottenham Hotspur FC, who today dismissed André Villas-Boas, were paired with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, led by their former manager Juande Ramos. Ramos oversaw Sevilla FC's back-to-back UEFA Cup triumphs in 2006 and 2007 and his erstwhile employers will tackle NK Maribor, the first Slovenian club through to this juncture. PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, breaking ground at this stage for Bulgaria, were drawn against SS Lazio. Salzburg, like Tottenham, won all six group games and the runaway Austrian Bundesliga leaders will journey to AFC Ajax for the first leg of their tie. FC Basel 1893 are also away first – against Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC, the side they beat 4-3 on aggregate in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The round of 16 draw was also made and has served up a potential city derby between Sevilla and Liga strugglers Real Betis Balompié and an all-Serie A meeting of Juventus and ACF Fiorentina. Road to Turin Quarter-finals: Draw 21st March, matches 3rd & 10th April Semi-finals: Draw 11th April, matches 24th April & 1st May Final: Wednesday 14th May, Juventus Arena Round of 32 draw FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) v Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)Real Betis Balompié (ESP) v FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) Swansea City AFC (ENG) v SSC Napoli (ITA)Juventus (ITA) v Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) NK Maribor (SVN) v Sevilla FC (ESP) FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) FC Chornomorets Odesa (UKR) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) SS Lazio (ITA) v PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) Esbjerg fB (DEN) v ACF Fiorentina (ITA) AFC Ajax (NED) v FC Salzburg (AUT) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) v FC Basel 1893 (SUI) FC Porto (POR) v Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) FC Anji Makhachkala (RUS) v KRC Genk (BEL) FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v Valencia CF (ESP) PAOK FC (GRE) v SL Benfica (POR) FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) v AZ Alkmaar (NED) Round of 16 draw Liberec/AZ v Anji/Genk Lazio/Ludogorets v Dynamo/Valencia Porto/Eintracht v Swansea/NapoliChornomorets/Lyon v Plzeň/Shakhtar Maribor/Sevilla v Betis/Rubin Dnipro/Tottenham v PAOK/BenficaMaccabi Tel-Aviv/Basel v Ajax/Salzburg Juventus/Trabzonspor v Esbjerg/Fiorentina WL
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Post by White Lightning on Feb 20, 2014 20:02:55 GMT
Round of 32 - 20th February 2014 - Results Anji 0 - 0 Genk Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR) – Stadium: Saturn, Ramenskoye (RUS) Dynamo Kyiv 0 - 2 Valencia Referee: Liran Liany (ISR) – Stadium: GSP Stadium, Nicosia (CYP) PAOK 0 - 1 Benfica Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER) – Stadium: Stadio Toumba, Salonika (GRE) Liberec 0 - 1 AZ Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROU) – Stadium: U Nisy, Liberec (CZE) Esbjerg 1 - 3 Fiorentina Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS) – Stadium: Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg (DEN) Juventus 2 - 0 Trabzonspor Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR) – Stadium: Juventus Stadium, Turin (ITA) Chornomorets Odesa 0 - 0 Lyon Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO) – Stadium: Chornomorets, Odessa (UKR) Dnipro 1 - 0 Tottenham Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP) – Stadium: Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Feb 20, 2014 22:10:24 GMT
Round of 32 - 20th February 2014 - Results Betis 1 - 1 Rubin Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL) – Stadium: Benito Villamarín, Seville (ESP) Swansea 0 - 0 Napoli Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO) – Stadium: Swansea Stadium, Swansea (WAL)Lazio 0 - 1 Ludogorets Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER) – Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Rome (ITA) Maribor 2 - 2 Sevilla Referee: István Vad (HUN) – Stadium: Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor (SVN) Plzeň 1 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (GRE) – Stadium: Štruncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen (CZE) Ajax 0 - 3 Salzburg Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA) – Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (NED) M. Tel-Aviv 0 - 0 Basel Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (ESP) – Stadium: Bloomfield, Tel Aviv (ISR) Porto 2 - 2 Eintracht Frankfurt Referee: Matej Jug (SVN) – Stadium: Estádio do Dragão, Porto (POR) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Feb 27, 2014 20:16:08 GMT
Round of 32 - 27th February 2014 - Results Rubin 0 - 2 Betis Aggregate: 1 - 3 Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG) – Stadium: Rubin, Kazan (RUS) Napoli 3 - 1 Swansea Aggregate: 3 - 1 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU) – Stadium: Stadio San Paolo, Naples (ITA) Sevilla 2 - 1 Maribor Aggregate: 4 - 3 Referee: Luca Banti (ITA) – Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville (ESP) Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 2 Plzeň Aggregate: 2 - 3 Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED) – Stadium: Donbass Arena, Donetsk (UKR) Ludogorets 3 - 3 Lazio Aggregate: 4 - 3 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR) – Stadium: Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia (BUL) Salzburg 3 - 1 Ajax Aggregate: 6 - 1 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA) – Stadium: Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg (AUT) Basel 3 - 0 M. Tel-Aviv Aggregate: 3 - 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO) – Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Basel (SUI) Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 3 Porto Aggregate: 5 - 5 Porto win on away goals Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED) – Stadium: Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main (GER) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Feb 27, 2014 22:36:15 GMT
Round of 32 - 27th February 2014 - Results Genk 0 - 2 Anji Aggregate: 0 - 2 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER) – Stadium: KRC Genk Arena, Genk (BEL) Valencia 0 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv Aggregate: 2 - 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER) – Stadium: Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia (ESP) Benfica 3 - 0 PAOK Aggregate: 4 - 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL) – Stadium: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR) AZ 1 - 1 Liberec Aggregate: 2 - 1 Referee: Serhiy Boiko (UKR) – Stadium: AZ Stadion, Alkmaar (NED) Fiorentina 1 - 1 Esbjerg Aggregate: 4 - 2 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO) – Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence (ITA) Lyon 1 - 0 Chornomorets Odesa Aggregate: 1 - 0 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD) – Stadium: Stade de Gerland, Lyon (FRA) Trabzonspor 0 - 2 Juventus Aggregate: 0-4 Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE) – Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu, Trabzon (TUR) Tottenham 3 - 1 Dnipro Aggregate: 3 - 2 Referee: Antony Gautier (FRA) – Stadium: White Hart Lane, London (ENG) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Mar 13, 2014 22:19:56 GMT
Round of 16 - 13th March 2014 - Results Ludogorets 0 - 3 Valencia Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA) – Stadium: Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia (BUL) Porto 1 - 0 Napoli Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE) – Stadium: Estádio do Dragão, Porto (POR) Basel 0 - 0 Salzburg Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU) – Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Basel (SUI) Juventus 1 - 1 Fiorentina Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED) – Stadium: Juventus Stadium, Turin (ITA) Lyon 4 - 1 Plzeň Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP) – Stadium: Stade de Gerland, Lyon (FRA) Sevilla 0 - 2 Betis Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) – Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville (ESP) Tottenham 1 - 3 Benfica Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE) – Stadium: White Hart Lane, London (ENG)AZ 1 - 0 Anji Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA) – Stadium: AZ Stadion, Alkmaar (NED) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Mar 20, 2014 22:56:07 GMT
Round of 16 - 20th March 2014 - Results Anji 0 - 0 AZ Aggregate: 0 - 1 Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO) – Stadium: Saturn, Ramenskoye (RUS) Valencia 1 - 0 Ludogorets Aggregate: 4 - 0 Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (GRE) – Stadium: Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia (ESP) Plzeň 2 - 1 Lyon Aggregate: 3 - 5 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL) – Stadium: Štruncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen (CZE) Fiorentina 0 - 1 Juventus Aggregate: 1 - 2 Referee: Howard Webb (ENG) – Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence (ITA) Benfica 2 - 2 Tottenham Aggregate: 5 - 3 Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN) – Stadium: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR)Salzburg 1 - 2 Basel Aggregate: 1 - 2 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (GER) – Stadium: Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg (AUT) Napoli 2 - 2 Porto Aggregate: 2 - 3 Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG) – Stadium: Stadio San Paolo, Naples (ITA) Betis 0 - 2 Sevilla Aggregate 2 - 2, Sevilla go through on penalties following extra time 4 - 3 Referee: Pedro Proença (POR) – Stadium: Benito Villamarín, Seville (ESP) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Mar 21, 2014 13:59:25 GMT
Olympique Lyonnais are the next hurdle for Juventus as they bid to lift the UEFA Europa League trophy on home soil in May, but the pick of today's quarter-final draw is perhaps the meeting of two-time winners, FC Porto and Sevilla FC. Unai Emery's Sevilla completed a thrilling comeback against local rivals Real Betis Balompié on Thursday, edging through in a penalty shoot-out. Their next task could be just as tight; it certainly was when these clubs faced off in the round of 32 three seasons ago, Porto progressing on away goals. The Portuguese side went on to pick up the trophy under André Villas-Boas but Sevilla can take heart from the fact that on both previous occasions they reached the last eight, they too went all the way. With Sevilla in their fourth European quarter-final, Juventus are preparing for their 27th, though never in their long history in UEFA competition have the Turin team come up against seven-time French champions Lyon. The three-time winners, closing in on a third consecutive Scudetto, are seeking to become the first club since Feyenoord in 2001/02 to claim the trophy in their own stadium. AZ Alkmaar and SL Benfica will also lock horns for the first time following Friday's draw in Nyon, in the only tie not involving former winners. Both have plenty of pedigree, though. The Dutch side were runners-up in 1980/81 and are coached by Dick Advocaat, who won this competition with FC Zenit in 2008. Two-time European champions Benfica are in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals for the fourth time in five seasons. FC Basel 1893 are the only other survivors from the same stage last term, and their reward for coming from 1 - 0 and a man down to beat FC Salzburg is a tussle with 2003/04 winners Valencia CF. The Spanish team, nine UEFA Europa League games unbeaten since losing their first fixture to Swansea City AFC, have won three of the clubs' four previous encounters, drawing the other. "We are now only 12 games away from the final, which will be played at the Juventus Stadium on Wednesday 14th May," said UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino, who conducted the draw in Nyon with director of club competitions Giorgio Marchetti and final ambassador Ciro Ferrara. "It is a great venue for the final and all the clubs will now have the clear objective of being there." Quarter-finals (3rd & 10th April) AZ Alkmaar (NED) v SL Benfica (POR) Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v Juventus (ITA) FC Basel 1893 (SUI) v Valencia CF (ESP) FC Porto (POR) v Sevilla FC (ESP) The draw for the last four will be made in Nyon on Friday 11th April, with the ties being played on 24th April and 1st May. This year's final takes place at the Juventus Stadium in Turin on Wednesday 14th May. WL
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Post by White Lightning on Apr 3, 2014 21:09:38 GMT
Quarter-finals 3rd April 2014 - 1st Leg Results AZ 0 - 1 Benfica Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR) – Stadium: AZ Stadion, Alkmaar (NED) Lyon 0 - 1 Juventus Referee: William Collum (SCO) – Stadium: Stade de Gerland, Lyon (FRA) Basel 3 - 0 Valencia Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG) – Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Basel (SUI) Porto 1 - 0 Sevilla Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER) – Stadium: Estádio do Dragão, Porto (POR) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Apr 11, 2014 13:05:31 GMT
Quarter Finals 10th April 2014 - 2nd Leg Results SL Benfica 2 - 0 AZ Alkmaar Aggregate: 3 - 0 Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE) – Stadium: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR) Juventus 2 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais Aggregate: 3 - 1 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP) – Stadium: Juventus Stadium, Turin (ITA) Valencia CF 5 - 0 FC Basel 1893 Aggregate: 5 - 3 Valencia win after extra time Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN) – Stadium: Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia (ESP) Sevilla FC 4 - 1 FC Porto Aggregate: 4 - 2 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA) – Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville (ESP) WL
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Post by White Lightning on Apr 11, 2014 13:14:06 GMT
The UEFA Europa League semi-final draw threw up an all-Spanish tie between Sevilla FC and Valencia CF while SL Benfica stand between Juventus and a home Turin final. Semi-final draw (24th April & 1st May) Sevilla FC (ESP) v Valencia CF (ESP) SL Benfica (POR) v Juventus (ITA) Final (14th May, Juventus Stadium, Turin) Sevilla/Valencia v Benfica/Juventus Today's UEFA Europa League draw guaranteed a Spanish presence in the final after Sevilla FC were pitted against Valencia CF in an all-Liga semi-final while SL Benfica stand between Juventus and a place in the Turin showpiece. Sevilla, in 2006 and 2007, and Valencia, in 2004, each won this competition during the UEFA Cup era but only one of these domestic rivals can now proceed to the Juventus Stadium final. Both these teams started their UEFA Europa League campaigns in the group stage, with Sevilla having come through the third qualifying round and play-offs. The Bianconeri, meanwhile, will aim to lift the trophy for a fourth time following success in 1977, 1990 and 1993 but must first get past last season's runners-up Benfica. Ominously for the Portuguese club, Juventus beat Benfica en route to their triumph 21 years ago. This is a meeting of sides that came over from the UEFA Champions League group stage. The road to the 14th May final in the northern Italian city reached another key milestone with what was an open draw made by UEFA Europa League final ambassador Ciro Ferrara and UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino. The UEFA General Secretary hailed the "sensational entertainment" witnessed in the quarter-finals before assessing the last-four lineup. "We have three former winners of the competition, Juventus, Sevilla, Valencia – who qualified winning 5 - 0 after extra time – and last year's finalists Benfica. This certainly promises two fiercely contested semi-finals," Mr Infantino said. The semi-finals will be played on a home-and-away basis, with the first legs on Thursday 24th April and the returns the following Thursday. For administrative purposes, the last step of the draw defined the winner of semi-final 1 as the designated home team for the final, kicking off at 20.45CET on Wednesday 14th May. SL Benfica European semi-final record: W9 L4 Last semi-final appearance: 2012/13 (UEFA Europa League, 3 - 2 v Fenerbahçe SK) This season: W5 D1 L0 F12 A3 Top scorer: Lima & Rodrigo (3) Head-to-head v Juventus W3 D0 L1 F5 A4 Juventus European semi-final record: W12 L6 Last semi-final appearance: 2002/03 (UEFA Champions League, 4 - 3 v Real Madrid CF) This season: W5 D1 L0 F9 A2 Top scorer: Pablo Osvaldo, Arturo Vidal & Andrea Pirlo (2) European head-to-head v Benfica W1 D0 L3 F4 A5 Sevilla FC European semi-final record: W2 L0 Last semi-final appearance: 2006/07 (UEFA Cup, won 2 - 1 on agg v CA Osasuna) This season: W6 D4 L2 F19 A11 Top scorer: Kevin Gameiro (5) Never met Valencia in UEFA competition Valencia CF European semi-final record: W4 L1 Last semi-final appearance: 2011/12 (UEFA Europa League, 2 - 5 v Club Atlético de Madrid) This season: W8 D2 L2 F23 A10 Top scorer: Paco Alcácer (7) Never met Sevilla in UEFA competition *Statistics for this season refer only to the UEFA Europa League group stage onwards ©UEFA.com 1998-2014. All rights reserved. WL
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Post by White Lightning on Apr 25, 2014 21:39:12 GMT
Semi-finals 24th April 2014 - 1st Leg Sevilla FC 2 - 0 Valencia CF Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN) – Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville (ESP) SL Benfica 2 - 1 Juventus Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) – Stadium: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR) WL
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Post by White Lightning on May 2, 2014 21:32:12 GMT
Semi-finals 1st May 2014 - 2nd Leg Valencia CF 3 - 1 Sevilla FC Aggregate: 3 - 3 Sevilla win on away goals Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB) – Stadium: Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia (ESP) Juventus 0 - 0 SL Benfica Aggregate: 1 - 2 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG) – Stadium: Juventus Stadium, Turin (ITA) WL
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Post by White Lightning on May 2, 2014 21:42:48 GMT
SL Benfica have become the first side to reach a UEFA Europa League final unbeaten, while Sevilla FC have played 18 games to reach the decider. • For the first time in the five seasons of the UEFA Europa League both semi-finals were won by the team playing the second leg away from home. • In eliminating Juventus, SL Benfica became the first club to reach successive UEFA Europa League finals. They will be the second club to contest two finals, after Club Atlético de Madrid, winners in both 2009/10 and 2011/12. • The 0 - 0 draw in Turin maintained Benfica's unbeaten run in this season's competition, their eight matches having produced six wins and two draws. Last season, having also entered the competition at the knockout phase after transferring over from the UEFA Champions League, they reached the final with six wins, one draw and one defeat. • No club has ever previously reached a UEFA Europa League final with an unbeaten record, although Atlético won every one of their eight games in the knockout phase (having lost once in the group stage) before lifting the trophy in 2011/12. • Juventus, like Hamburger SV in the inaugural 2009/10 competition, missed out on contesting the final in their own stadium after losing their semi-final 2 - 1 on aggregate. Then, as now, Hamburg lost 2 - 1 away and drew 0 - 0 at home, to Fulham FC, although the ties were in reverse order. • The three sendings-off in the Juventus-Benfica match equalled a UEFA Europa League record. The only previous game in the competition, group stage to final, to have yielded three red cards came earlier this season in a Group C fixture between FC Salzburg and R. Standard de Liège. • Valencia CF's elimination by Sevilla FC was the club's third in as many UEFA Europa League ties against Spanish opposition, having previously been knocked out of the competition twice by Atlético. It was the second time in the competition that Valencia have been eliminated on the away goals rule, the club having suffered the same fate against Atlético in the 2009/10 quarter-finals. • The Valencia-Sevilla tie was the third UEFA Europa League semi-final to be decided on the away goals rule. Atlético used that method to defeat Liverpool FC in 2009/10, as did SC Braga against Benfica in 2010/11. • Valencia's 3 - 1 win, though insufficient to take them to the final, took them above Atlético as the highest-scoring Spanish club in the UEFA Europa League, their 62 goals in 34 matches eclipsing Atlético's 61 in 38. Despite the stalemate in Turin, Benfica remain the competition's top-scoring team, with 68 in 37. • The final will be Sevilla's 19th game in this season's UEFA Europa League, their road to Turin having started in the third qualifying round with a 9 - 1 aggregate victory over Montenegrin side FK Mladost Podgorica. They will be hoping to emulate Atlético, whose path to victory in 2011/12 also began in the third qualifying round. • Benfica, on the other hand, will be bidding to become the third UEFA Europa League winners out of five to have crossed over mid-season from the UEFA Champions League, the previous two being Atlético in 2009/10 and Chelsea FC in 2012/13. • The Iberian domination of the UEFA Europa League is reflected by the fact that Benfica will be the fourth finalists from Portugal, and Sevilla the fourth from Spain. Only one other country, England, has been involved in the competition decider, with two teams from the same West London borough: Fulham finishing runners-up in 2009/10 and Chelsea lifting the trophy in 2012/13. ©UEFA.com 1998-2014. All rights reserved. WL
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Post by White Lightning on May 14, 2014 21:38:56 GMT
Final : 14th May 2014 Sevilla 0 - 0 Benfica Sevilla win 4 - 2 on penalties Referee: Felix Brych (GER) – Stadium: Juventus Stadium, Turin (ITA) WL
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