UEFA Europa League Logo — The UEFA Europa League ( UEFA Europa League in English) is an international competition of football created by the European Union of Football Associations in 1971 under the name of the UEFA Cup ( UEFA Cup English), name that was known until the end of the season 2008/09 , , replacing the Fairs Cup , a tournament that was not afliliado to that confederation.
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UEFA argues that UEFA Europa League-formerly known as UEFA Cup-born of the Fairs Cup . In 1971 it played at the Fairs Cup championship, then went on to organize the UEFA championship and restructured , substituting the name and competition for the UEFA Cup, now known as UEFA Europa League. 4 This change was driven by Italian Artemio Franchi -UEFA president in 1970 — to “modernize the competition.” More