The last five teams to win the Europa League

Freiburg and Aston Villa will meet in Istanbul to decide this season's Europa League, with both clubs chasing a first major European trophy. Villa have been one of the competition's standout sides, and the final sets up as one of the more intriguing in recent years.

With the final approaching, the Freiburg vs Aston Villa Odds market has attracted plenty of attention. Before the final, here is a look back at the five clubs who have lifted the trophy in the last five years.

Tottenham Hotspur (2024-25)

Tottenham Hotspur lifted the trophy most recently, beating Manchester United 1-0 in the final at San Mames in Bilbao. It was their third time winning the competition, having previously claimed the old UEFA Cup in 1972 and 1984. The victory ended a 17-year wait for silverware and came in a season in which Spurs had navigated a difficult group stage and knockout rounds against strong continental opposition.

For a club that had spent much of the 2024-25 season in the bottom half of the Premier League, it represented a sharp turnaround.

Atalanta (2023-24)

Atalanta's 3-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin was one of the more remarkable results in the competition's recent history. Leverkusen had gone the entire Bundesliga season unbeaten and were widely expected to complete a domestic and European double. Atalanta had other ideas.

Gianluca Scamacca scored twice before halftime, and the Italian side ran out comfortable winners in a result that underlined what the Europa League can produce when an unfashionable club takes their opportunity. It was Atalanta's first major European trophy.

Sevilla FC (2022-23)

No club has dominated this competition like Sevilla. Their seventh title, won on penalties against AS Roma in Budapest, added to a record that no other side comes close to matching. The final itself finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, with Sevilla winning 4-1 in the shootout. It was their fourth Europa League triumph in a decade, and it came under manager Jose Luis Mendilibar, who had only been in charge for a matter of weeks after replacing the sacked Sampaoli.

Anyone who had tracked the Europa League final odds throughout that campaign would have found Sevilla drifting in the market before the final stages, which has become something of a pattern with this club in this competition.

Eintracht Frankfurt (2021-22)

Eintracht Frankfurt's triumph in Seville against Rangers was the second time the German club had won the competition, their first coming more than 40 years earlier in 1980. The 2021-22 run was built on remarkable European form throughout, with Frankfurt eliminating Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

The final at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan finished 1-1, with Frankfurt winning 5-4 on penalties. Oliver Glasner's side drew enormous support from their travelling fanbase, with Frankfurt fans famously filling a significant portion of the Camp Nou when they faced Barcelona.

Villarreal CF (2020-21)

Villarreal's win in Gdansk against Manchester United was the longest penalty shootout in a major European final, finishing 11-10 after both sides converted all 11 of their spot kicks until David De Gea missed the decisive one. The match had finished 1-1 after extra time.

It was Villarreal's first major European title, and it arrived under Unai Emery, who has since become one of the foremost experts in this competition. Emery has now won the Europa League four times as a manager, with Sevilla accounting for three of those and this Villarreal triumph the other.