Ten Europas between them: how Atléti's three and Sevilla's record seven made this LaLiga's most contested mid-table fixture

Atlético Madrid have lifted the UEFA Europa League three times — Hamburg 2010, Bucharest 2012, Lyon 2018. Sevilla have lifted it seven — Eindhoven 2006, Glasgow 2007, Turin 2014, Warsaw 2015, Basel 2016, Cologne 2020, Budapest 2023. No other club has won the competition more than three times. Combined, they are responsible for ten of the trophy's modern era — a number unmatched by any other LaLiga pairing outside the Madrid–Barcelona axis. The fixture itself does not promise glamour. It promises the opposite: two sides built on physical, tactical, defensive football, both shaped by long-tenured architects (Diego Simeone and Monchi), both allergic to giving up an inch in midfield. When they meet, somebody usually limps out and the touchline gestures last as long as the goals.