2009–10 UEFA Europa League
Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1 Claudio Pizarro Werder Bremen 9 692
1 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 9 995
3 Jonathan Legear Anderlecht 6 487
3 Fernando Llorente Athletic Bilbao 6 544
3 Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 6 599
3 David Villa Valencia 6 710
3 Mladen Petrić Hamburg 6 870
3 Bobby Zamora Fulham 6 1027
3 Zoltán Gera Fulham 6 1276
10 Gervinho Lille 5 282
10 Rúben Micael Nacional 5 525
10 Alexander Frei Basel 5 531
10 Luiz Adriano Shakhtar Donetsk 5 690
10 Djibril Cissé Panathinaikos 5 720
10 Juan Mata Valencia 5 789
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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.