Sevilla FC

Sevilla FC, based at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán in Seville with a capacity of 42,714, have won a record seven UEFA Europa League titles, including three consecutive from 2014 to 2016 and a seventh in 2023.

No club in European football history has dominated a single competition the way Sevilla have dominated the Europa League. The 2023 final in Budapest against Roma, decided on penalties, was Sevilla’s seventh Europa League triumph and came in a season in which the club had been in serious relegation trouble in La Liga. José Luis Mendilibar was appointed with the club in crisis in March of that year and guided them to the trophy in May. It is the most unlikely title in the competition’s history and the most concentrated expression of what Sevilla have built in European knockout football.

The squad under Quique Sánchez Flores has undergone significant rebuilding. The departures of Jesús Navas, after a career spanning two spells totalling over 450 appearances for the club, and Ivan Rakitic left gaps in experience and leadership that took several transfer windows to address. Lucas Ocampos remains the most recognisable attacker, combining aerial strength with a pressing intensity that makes him the embodiment of the Sevilla playing style.

Monchi, the club’s sporting director, has built one of European football’s most efficient transfer operations over two decades. The system of buying undervalued players, improving them, and selling them for multiples of the purchase price has funded Europa League campaigns while La Liga’s spending hierarchy left Sevilla structurally unable to challenge for the title.

When does Sevilla play? La Liga kickoffs at the Pizjuán are typically 21:00 CET (UTC+1) on Saturday or Sunday evenings. Seville is Spain time, meaning 20:00 GMT in London, 15:00 ET in New York. The stadium atmosphere on European nights, when the Pizjuán shakes before a knockout game, is one of the loudest experiences in Spanish football. See the La Liga schedule for upcoming fixtures.