English sides moved alongside Spain in second spot in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League all-time rankings after Chelsea FC sealed the nation's seventh win. Italy lead the way with nine winners.

Chelsea FC became only the fourth club to win the European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. AFC Ajax, FC Bayern München and Juventus are the others.

Chelsea FC's triumph meant Rafael Benítez joined Giovanni Trapattoni, Luis Molowny and Juande Ramos as only the fourth coach to win the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League more than once.

For the first time in the four stagings of the UEFA Europa League, the competition concluded without a single encounter between two teams of the same country.

SL Benfica set a new UEFA Europa League record in the first leg of their semi-final against Fenerbahçe SK, with their 21st appearance in the knockout phase of the competition.

SL Benfica's 3-1 semi-final win at home to Fenerbahçe SK extended the Lisbon club's unbeaten home record in the competition to 14 matches (13 wins, one draw).

Óscar Cardozo's penalty for SL Benfica against Newcastle United FC took his tally in the UEFA Europa League to 17, which equals the competition high by a player for one club, Falcao.

Two of the 2012/13 semi-finalists, FC Basel 1893 and Fenerbahçe SK, had never before reached the last four of a major UEFA club competition.

FC Rubin Kazan won 2-0 in the first leg of their round of 32 tie to end Club Atlético de Madrid's 12-match home winning streak in Europe.

VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach were awarded a hat-trick of penalties in the first leg of their round of 32 tie against S.S. Lazio. Martin Stranzl scored the first but missed the second, while Thorben Max converted the third.