2009–10 UEFA Europa League
Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hamburg 6-5 Anderlecht 3-1 3-4
Rubin Kazan 2-3 Wolfsburg 1-1 1-2 ( aet )
Atlético Madrid 2-2 ( a ) Sporting CP 0-0 2-2
Benfica 3-2 Marseille 1-1 2-1
Panathinaikos 1-4 Standard Liège 1-3 0-1
Lille 1-3 Liverpool 1-0 0-3
Juventus 4-5 Fulham 3-1 1-4
Valencia 5-5 ( a ) Werder Bremen 1-1 4-4
Knockout phase -- Round of 16
The first legs were played on 11 March , and the second legs were played on 18 March 2010 .
The 2009-10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years. Spain's Atlético Madrid won the tournament for the first time, beating Fulham - who were playing in their first European final - at the HSH Nordbank Arena, home ground of Hamburger SV, in Hamburg, Germany.