 Channel 5 showed three Europa League Finals as first choice broadcaster, before losing the rights to ITV Sport;

In the early days, Channel 5 had matches involving Chelsea and Newcastle United in the last two seasons of the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.They showed the Cup Winners' Cup in the early days of Channel 5, they showed virtually every Chelsea match in 1997–98 and 1998–99 and also Newcastle when they were in it in 1998

At the start of the 21st century, Channel 5 would occasionally cover Champions League qualifiers involving British teams.They showed qualifiers of Newcastle in 1997, Liverpool in 2001 and 2004 and Manchester United in 2005.