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BASEL, SWITZERLAND – MAY 18: Captian Jose Antonio Reyes (C) of Sevilla lifts the Europa League trophy as players celebrate at the award ceremoy after the UEFA Europa League Final match between Liverpool and Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park on May 18, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Deja vu: Sevilla wins controversial Europa League Final for third consecutive year

Sevilla holds onto their Europa League dominance with a 3-1 win over Liverpool in the UEFA Europa League Final. Amid being down 1-0 and being fortunate on multiple handball no-calls, Sevilla made the perfect adjustments during halftime to take the fifth Europa League title and a trip back to the UEFA Champions League. The first […]

Liverpool and Sevilla look to take the Europa League title

The road to Basel, Switzerland has been a long one, but finally two teams have emerged and will battle it out for the Europa League title. Liverpool from the English Premier League will take on back-to-back Europa League champions Sevilla representing La Liga at St. Jakob-Park for the Europa League final. Sevilla look for an unprecedented […]

Sevilla FC's Grzegorz Krychowiak lifts the Europa League trophy WARSAW, POLAND – MAY 27: Grzegorz Krychowiak of Sevilla celebrates with the trophy after the UEFA Europa League Final match between FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Sevilla FC on May 27, 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Sevilla’s history in the Europa League Final

Sevilla is truly an enigma in the footballing world. Three years ago they qualified to the Europa League as a ninth place team because two teams ahead of Sevilla got hit with bans from UEFA, so they were thrust into the European spotlight. Who knew that Sevilla, a team who many thought had no business […]

Who is going to the Europa League Final?

The Europa League is drawing closer to its conclusion and Basel is awaiting the finalists as the semifinals conclude this week. Liverpool and Villarreal will have the deciding fixture at Anfield, meanwhile Shakhtar and Sevilla will try and break their 2-2 deadlock in Seville. The Shakhtar and Sevilla matchup will be an interesting one as […]

during the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Anfield on April 23, 2016 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Liverpool visits Villarreal for first leg of Europa League semifinal

Liverpool has been in the news this week for more somber reasons, as the inquest into the Hillsborough tragedy has dominated headlines. Tonight, in the first leg of the Europa League semifinal (3 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1), Liverpool visits Villarreal in an effort to shift the focus back to the pitch. With a nine-point […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 21: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City scores his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Manchester City and Sevilla at Etihad Stadium on October 21, 2015 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Sevilla and Manchester City fans fight in public again

Matching what happened in their first Champions League game against each other two weeks ago in Manchester, Sevilla and Manchester City fans fought again before their Champions League game today in Seville, Spain. Two weeks ago, Manchester City fans were possibly involved in a chair throwing fight outside of a Manchester restaurant before the Manchester […]

TBILISI, GEORGIA – AUGUST 11: Andres Iniesta of Barcelona lifts the UEFA Cup trophy as Barcelona celebrate victoy during the UEFA Super Cup between Barcelona and Sevilla FC at Dinamo Arena on August 11, 2015 in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Barcelona outlasts Sevilla 5-4 in a thrilling UEFA Super Cup match

This was supposed to be a simple blowout by Barcelona and a nice tune up to their La Liga title defense. What it turned out to be was a thrilling UEFA Super Cup game between the Champions League winners Barcelona and Europa Cup winners Sevilla. To borrow a quote from Alexi Lalas, the game started […]

Sevilla FC's Grzegorz Krychowiak lifts the Europa League trophy WARSAW, POLAND – MAY 27: Grzegorz Krychowiak of Sevilla celebrates with the trophy after the UEFA Europa League Final match between FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Sevilla FC on May 27, 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Sevilla FC’s Surprising Success: How to Run a Club

With Sevilla FC winning the Europa League for the second time in as many years, and for the fourth time in a decade, it has become clear Sevilla FC aren’t simply just another “also ran” in La Liga. This largely comes down to how extremely well the club is run. While much of the credit […]

WARSAW, POLAND – MAY 27: Nikola Kalinic of Dnipro celebrates scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Europa League Final match between FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and FC Sevilla on May 27, 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Dnipro scores early in Europa League Final, possible upset

The matchup in today’s UEFA Europa League didn’t necessarily scream “close game.” The defending champions Sevilla faced Ukrainian team Dnipro and many expect Sevilla to simply walk right over Dnipro to win the Europa League once again. Dnipro has another idea and they took the lead 1-0 within seven minutes with this monstrous header of […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – APRIL 21: Neymar of Barcelona celebrates with Luis Suarez (R) as he scores their second goal during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final second leg match between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain at Camp Nou on April 21, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

UEFA Champions League and Europa League Semifinal draw provides interesting matchups

Early this morning, the UEFA Champions League and Europa League conducted their Semifinal draws and depending on what you wanted, you either left excited or disappointed. The Semifinal will not provide us with another edition of El Clasico but it leaves the possibility of an El Clasico Champions League Final. Each matchup, no matter how […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – AUGUST 30: Christian Stuani of RCD Espanyol duels for the ball with Fernando Navarro of Sevilla FC during the La Liga Match between RCD Espanyol and Sevilla FC at Cornella-El Prat Stadium on August 30, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Sevilla player urinates during game while sitting on bench

File this one under bizarre. Sevilla defender Fernando Navarro was warming up during his game against Elche last Sunday and got an urgent call from nature that he had to pick up. Navarro couldn’t risk being called on to enter the game or miss any exciting action while he was away relieving himself so he […]

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