Wednesday 18 May 2016 19:48, UK
Liverpool take on Sevilla in the Europa League final on Wednesday night looking to join the Spaniards on four wins in Europe's second-tier competition.
Jurgen Klopp's side travel to Basel having won the competition on three previous occasions - in 1973, 1976 and 2001 - when it was in its former guise of the UEFA Cup.
In fact, the 1973 triumph was the first of the club's eight major European titles and victory against Sevilla at St Jakob-Park this week will make the Reds the joint-most successful team in the history of the competition.
Ahead of the contest with Unai Emery's holders, we take a trip down memory lane to recall the Merseysiders' three previous UEFA Cup triumphs…
1972/73
First round: Eintracht Frankfurt: 2-0 (h) and 0-0 (a)
Second round: AEK Athens: 3-0 (h) and 3-1 (a)
Third round: Berliner FC Dynamo: 0-0 (a) and 3-1 (h)
Quarter-finals: Dynamo Dresden: 2-0 (a) and 1-0 (h)
Semi-finals: Tottenham Hotspur: 1-0 (h) and 1-2 (a)
Final: Borussia Monchengladbach: 3-0 (h) and 0-2 (a)
Liverpool, who had qualified for Europe's second-tier competition on the back of a third-place finish in the league the previous campaign, enjoyed a comfortable passage through to the final.
The Reds, who would go on to win that season's First Division title, breezed past opponents from both West and East Germany, as well as Greece, before facing a far tougher challenge in the semi-finals against the holders Tottenham Hotspur.
Bill Shankly's side won a tight first leg at Anfield thanks to full-back Alec Lindsay's first-half strike, before making it through to the final on the away-goals rule. Winger Steve Heighway scored the crucial goal for the Reds in the return leg at White Hart Lane either side of a Martin Peters brace as Liverpool won the Battle of Britain.
That set up a final showdown with Borussia Monchengladbach, with the first leg at Anfield having to be abandoned after just 27 minutes due to torrential rain with the scoreline still goalless.
The game was replayed the following day, with Liverpool racing into a 2-0 lead after only 33 minutes thanks to Kevin Keegan's double, although it could have been even better for the Merseysiders had the England striker not also seen his 25th-minute penalty saved.
However, that miss was soon forgotten when defender Larry Lloyd headed in Keegan's corner on the hour-mark to seemingly put the home side out of sight, but they were more than grateful to goalkeeper Ray Clemence for keeping out Jupp Heynckes' spot-kick 25 minutes from time.
That save was ultimately to prove crucial as the Bundesliga side won the second leg 2-0 at the Bokelbergstadion a fortnight later thanks to two Heynckes goals before the break, meaning Liverpool held on for a 3-2 aggregate win.
And in the process, the Reds became the first English club to win the league title and a European trophy in the same season.
1975/76
First round: Hibernian: 0-1 (a) and 3-1 (h)
Second round: Real Sociedad: 3-1 (a) and 6-0 (h)
Third round: Slask Wroclaw: 2-1 (a) and 3-0 (h)
Quarter-finals: Dynamo Dresden: 0-0 (a) and 2-1 (h)
Semi-finals: Barcelona: 1-0 (a) and 1-1 (h)
Final: Club Brugge: 3-2 (h) and 1-1 (a)
Liverpool were competing in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup after finishing runners-up in the First Division the season before, however they lost their first tie in the competition 1-0 to Hibs at Easter Road.
A John Toshack hat-trick in the return encounter saw Bob Paisley's side progress 3-2 on aggregate, while a Jimmy Case treble also helped the Reds get the better of Slask Wroclaw over two legs in the third round.
Liverpool needed another Clemence penalty stop to help edge past Dynamo Dresden in the last eight. And Toshack's 13th-minute goal gave them an historic first-leg win against Barcelona at the Nou Camp in the semi-finals, with the Reds making it through to the final 2-1 on aggregate.
In the first leg of the final at Anfield, though, Liverpool found themselves 2-0 down to Brugge after just a quarter of an hour, before the half-time introduction of Case turned the match on its head.
The home team proceeded to score three times in just seven minutes through Ray Kennedy's long-ranger, a Case tap in and a Keegan penalty midway through the second period to hand them a narrow advantage going into the return tie at the Olympiastadion.
In the three-week interval before the second leg, both sides won their respective domestic titles, but it was Liverpool who went on to make it a memorable league and UEFA Cup double for the second time in just three years.
The visitors did fall behind to an 11th-minute spot-kick that put the Belgians in charge on away goals. But Keegan again popped up with the crucial strike just four minutes later, as the curly-haired striker drove in an indirect free kick from the edge of the area to hand Liverpool their second European trophy.
2000/01
First round: Rapid Bucuresti: 1-0 (a) and 0-0 (h)
Second round: Slovan Liberec: 1-0 (h) and 3-2 (a)
Third round: Olympiakos: 2-2 (a) and 2-0 (h)
Fourth round: Roma: 2-0 (a) and 0-1 (h)
Quarter-finals: Porto: 0-0 (a) and 2-0 (h)
Semi-finals: Barcelona: 0-0 (a) and 1-0 (h)
Final: Alaves: 5-4 (aet)
Liverpool had recorded a fourth-place finish in the Premier League in the 1999/2000 season to qualify for Europe's second-tier competition and they began with a slender 1-0 aggregate victory over Rapid Bucuresti.
However, after seeing off Slovan Liberec from the Czech Republic, the Reds came up against some big-name European opponents en route to the semi-finals in the shape of Olympiakos, Roma and Porto.
It was the Giallorossi who provided the sternest test for Liverpool in a topsy-turvy fourth-round encounter. Gerard Houllier's men won the first leg 2-0 in Rome thanks to Michael Owen's second-half double, only to be given a scare in the return match when Gianni Guigou reduced the deficit with 20 minutes to go.
And there was drama at Anfield when the referee seemingly awarded the soon-to-be Serie A champions a late penalty, only to suddenly change his mind as the home team held on for a nervy 2-1 aggregate win.
After getting past Porto in the last eight, the Reds were once again drawn to face La Liga giants Barcelona in the semis, with the first leg ending goalless at the Nou Camp.
In the return contest, a Gary McAllister penalty just before half-time was enough to separate the two teams and see Liverpool progress to their first European final for 16 years.
Liverpool - who had already won the League Cup and FA Cup that season, the latter just four days earlier - made a dream start in the final against another Spanish team, Alaves.
Right-back Markus Babbel headed the Reds in front after just three minutes at the Westfalenstadion (the final was now played in a one-off game at a neutral venue), before Steven Gerrard doubled their lead 13 minutes later.
Despite recently introduced substitute Ivan Alonso soon pulling a goal back for the underdogs, Liverpool went in at the interval 3-1 ahead thanks to McAllister's penalty after Owen had been fouled.
But if Houllier and Co thought that was game over, they were mistaken as Spain international striker Javi Moreno struck twice in just three minutes right at the start of the second period to level matters up.
Substitute Robbie Fowler fired Liverpool back in front with just 18 minutes remaining, only for Jordi Cruyff, son of the famous Johan, to break Reds hearts after heading in a dramatic 88th-minute equaliser.
In a dramatic period of extra time in which the La Liga side were reduced to nine men, it was Liverpool who eventually got their hands on a third UEFA Cup.
However, the Merseysiders still needed a last-gasp Golden Goal winner from Alaves right-back Delfi Geli, who headed McAllister's free kick past his own goalkeeper with a penalty shootout within sight, to claim an unprecedented cup treble.
