Lookman’s heroics and other records broken in the Europa league

Ademola Lookman made history in the Europa League final, becoming the first player since Jupp Heynckes for Gladbach in 1975 to score a hat-trick in the single-match format.

Lookman achieved this feat in the 2023–24 Europa League final, playing for Atalanta against Bayer Leverkusen to become the first African player. Lookman also broke the record for the fastest two goals scored by one player in the Europa League final, doing so within 26 minutes. This surpassed Joseph Keegan’s record of 32 minutes in the 1973 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also set a record, breaking Henrik Larsson’s mark for most goals scored in the Europa League’s group stages and finals. Aubameyang has scored 34 goals, moving him up to second place overall, with 37 goals scored when including qualifying rounds.

Italy celebrated a successful season, breaking their tie with England to become the nation with the second-most Europa League trophies, winning 10 times. Spain holds the top spot with 14 championships. Italy also joined Spain, England, and Germany as the only nations with 5 individual clubs winning the Europa League.

Other records 

In addition, as published by http://Wettfreunde.net, Italy broke their tie with England for the second-most finals appearances in the Europa League, with 18 appearances in 2024. Germany, meanwhile, broke their tie with Italy and England to become the sole holder of the record for the most second-place trophies won in the Europa League, with 9 times and 7 different teams.

The UK tied Germany for the most individual clubs appearing in the Europa League (group stages) after Brighton & Hove Albion became the 18th club to make an appearance. Sporting Clube De Portugal set multiple records, increasing their mark for most season appearances in the Europa League (36) and most games played (203). They also broke their tie with Inter Milan and PAOK to become the club with the most games ending in a draw (48). Additionally, they broke their tie with PSV Eindhoven to become the club with the most goals scored (321) in the Europa League.

Sporting Clube De Portugal is close to breaking more records, needing just one win to surpass Inter Milan’s mark for most games won in the Europa League (95) and one loss to break Club Brugge’s record for most games lost (61). Roma and Benfica also achieved milestones, joining the top 5 clubs with the most quarter-finals appearances in the Europa League, with 9 and 8 appearances, respectively.