UEFA Europa League trophy to be brought to Baku in May

Baku, March 2, AZERTAC The UEFA Europa League cup will be brought to Baku on May 16. The UEFA Europa League final will take place at Baku Olympic Stadium on May 29. The UEFA Europa League Trophy is the heaviest of all UEFA silverware. Tipping the scales at 15kg, it is 65cm high, 33cm wide and 23cm deep. The trophy, a silver cup on a yellow marble plinth, was designed and crafted by the Bertoni workshop in Milan. Unlike the other cups handed out at European club competitions, the trophy has no handles. Just above the plinth, a group of players seem to be jostling for the ball, when, in fact, they are supporting the octagonal 'cup' which is emblazoned with the UEFA emblem. The original trophy remains in UEFA's keeping at all times, with a full-sized replica awarded to the winning club. Any club which wins the trophy three consecutive times or five times in total receives a special mark of recognition, with the club then starting a new cycle from zero. This happened last season as Sevilla fulfilled both criteria, winning a third successive title, their fifth in all.