UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics
General performances -- By nation
Table:
Country

Winners

Runners-up

Winning clubs

Runners-up

Spain

11

5

Sevilla (5), Atlético Madrid (3), Real Madrid (2), Valencia (1)

Espanyol (2), Athletic Bilbao (2), Alavés (1)

England

9

7

Liverpool (3), Tottenham Hotspur (2), Chelsea (2), Ipswich Town (1), Manchester United (1)

Arsenal (2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1), Tottenham Hotspur (1), Middlesbrough (1), Fulham (1), Liverpool (1)

Italy

9

6

Juventus (3), Inter Milan (3), Parma (2), Napoli (1)

Fiorentina (1), Roma (1), Torino (1), Juventus (1), Inter Milan (1), Lazio (1)

Germany

6

8

Borussia Mönchengladbach (2), Eintracht Frankfurt (1), Bayer Leverkusen (1), Bayern Munich (1), Schalke 04 (1)

Borussia Mönchengladbach (2), Borussia Dortmund (2), Hamburger SV (1), 1. FC Köln (1), VfB Stuttgart (1), Werder Bremen (1)

Netherlands

4

3

Feyenoord (2), PSV Eindhoven (1), Ajax (1)

Twente (1), AZ (1), Ajax (1)

Portugal

2

5

Porto (2)

Benfica (3), Sporting CP (1), Braga (1)

Sweden

2

0

IFK Göteborg (2)

—

Russia

2

0

CSKA Moscow (1), Zenit Saint Petersburg (1)

—

Belgium

1

2

Anderlecht (1)

Club Brugge (1), Anderlecht (1)

Ukraine

1

1

Shakhtar Donetsk (1)

Dnipro (1)

Turkey

1

0

Galatasaray (1)

—

France

0

5

—

Marseille (3), Bastia (1), Bordeaux (1)

Scotland

0

3

—

Dundee United (1), Celtic (1), Rangers (1)

Yugoslavia

0

1

—

Red Star Belgrade (1)

Hungary

0

1

—

Videoton (1)

Austria

0

1

—

Red Bull Salzburg (1)

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Spain ( Spanish : España [ esˈpaɲa ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Spanish : Reino de España ) , [ a ] [ b ] is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean . Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula . Its territory also includes two archipelagoes : the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa , and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea . The African enclaves of Ceuta , Melilla , and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country ( Morocco ) . [ h ] Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory . The country 's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . With an area of 505,990 km2 ( 195,360 sq mi ) , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe , the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union , and the fourth largest country in the European continent . By population ( about 47 million ) , Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union . Spain 's capital and largest city is Madrid ; other major urban areas include Barcelona , Valencia , Seville , Zaragoza , Málaga and Bilbao . Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 35,000 years ago . Iberian cultures along with ancient Phoenician , Greek , Celtic and Carthaginian settlements developed on the peninsula until it came under Roman rule around 200 BCE , after which the region was named Hispania , based on the earlier Phoenician name Sp ( a ) n or Spania . At the end of the Western Roman Empire the Germanic tribal confederations migrated from Central Europe , invaded the Iberian peninsula and established relatively independent realms in its western provinces , including the Suebi , Alans and Vandals .
Sevilla Fútbol Club ( Spanish pronunciation : [ seˈβiʎa ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ ] ) , commonly referred to as Sevilla , is a professional football club based in Seville , the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia , Spain . It plays in Spanish football 's top flight , La Liga . It is Spain 's oldest sporting club solely devoted to football . The club was formed on 25 January 1890 , with the Scottish born Edward Farquharson Johnston as their first president . On 14 October 1905 , the club 's articles of association were registered in the Civil Government of Seville under the presidency of the Jerez-born José Luis Gallegos Arnosa . Sevilla FC is also the most successful club in Andalusia , winning a national league title in 1945-46 , five Spanish Cups ( 1935 , 1939 , 1948 , 2007 and 2010 ) , one Spanish Super Cup ( 2007 ) , a record five UEFA Cups/UEFA Europa Leagues ( 2006 , 2007 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 ) and the 2006 UEFA Super Cup . They were also designated by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the World 's best club in 2006 and 2007 , thus being the first club to achieve this distinction in two consecutive years . Its youth team Sevilla Atlético , founded in 1958 , currently play in Segunda División B . The club are affiliated to a side in Puerto Rico of the same name . Other clubs related to Sevilla FC include their women 's team , futsal team and former Superleague Formula team . The Club 's home ground is the 43,883-seat Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium . It is located in the neighborhood of Nervión , Seville and owes its name to Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan , who was Sevilla FC 's President for 17 years .
Club Atlético de Madrid ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈkluβ aˈtletiko ðe maˈðɾið ] ; meaning Athletic Club of Madrid ) , commonly referred to as Atlético de Madrid or simply as Atlético or Atleti , is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid , that play in La Liga . The club play their home games at the Metropolitano Stadium , which has a capacity of 68,456 . In terms of league titles won , Atlético Madrid are the third most successful club in Spanish football - behind Real Madrid and Barcelona . Atlético have won La Liga on 10 occasions , including a league and cup double in 1996 ; the Copa del Rey on 10 occasions ; two Supercopas de España and one Copa Eva Duarte ; in Europe , they won the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1962 , were runners-up in 1963 and 1986 , were Champions League runners-up in 1974 , 2014 and 2016 , won the Europa League in 2010 , 2012 and 2018 , and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010 , 2012 and 2018 as well as the 1974 Intercontinental Cup . Atlético 's home kit is red and white vertical striped shirts , with blue shorts , and blue and red socks . This combination has been used since 1911 . Throughout their history the club has been known by a number of nicknames , including Los Colchoneros ( The Mattress Makers ) , due to their first team stripes being the same colours as traditional mattresses . During the 1970s , they became known as Los Indios , which some attribute to the club 's signing several South American players after the restrictions on signing foreign players were lifted . However , there are a number of alternative theories which claim they were named so because their stadium is camped on the river bank , or because Los Indios ( The Indians ) were the traditional enemy of Los Blancos ( The Whites ) , which is the nickname of the club 's city rivals , Real Madrid . Felipe VI , the king of Spain , has been the honorary president of the club since 2003 . The club co-owned the Indian Super League franchise in Kolkata , formerly named Atlético de Kolkata , which won the competition twice , but in 2017 Atlético decided to end its franchise partnership with the ISL club due to broken commitments . Atlético also co-owns Liga MX club Atlético San Luis , and the Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa .
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol ( Spanish pronunciation : [ reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ] ( listen ) , meaning Royal Madrid Football Club ) , commonly referred to as Real Madrid , is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid . Founded on 6 March 1902 as Madrid Football Club , the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since inception . The word real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem . The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947 . Unlike most European sporting entities , Real Madrid 's members ( socios ) have owned and operated the club throughout its history . The club was estimated to be worth €3.8 billion ( $ 4.2 billion ) in 2019 , and it was the second highest-earning football club in the world , with an annual revenue of €757,3 million in 2019 . The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world . Real Madrid is one of three founding members of La Liga that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929 , along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona . The club holds many long-standing rivalries , most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and El Derbi with Atlético Madrid . Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s , winning five consecutive European Cups and reaching the final seven times . This success was replicated in the league , which the club won five times in the space of seven years . This team , which consisted of players such as Alfredo Di Stéfano , Ferenc Puskás , Francisco Gento , and Raymond Kopa , is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time .
Valencia Club de Fútbol ( Spanish : [ baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ] , Valencian : València Club de Futbol [ vaˈlensia ˈklub de fubˈbɔl ] ) , commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia , is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia . They play in La Liga . Valencia have won six La Liga titles , eight Copa del Rey titles , one Supercopa de España and one Copa Eva Duarte . In European competitions , they 've won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups ( the predecessor to the UEFA Cup ) , one UEFA Cup , one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup . They also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row , losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 2001 . Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs and since its end has been part of the original members of the European Club Association . In total , Valencia have reached seven major European finals , winning four of them . Valencia were founded in 1919 and have played their home games at the 55,000-seater Mestalla since 1923 . They were due to move into the new 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the northwest of the city in 2013 , but the final move date has been postponed while the stadium remains under construction . Valencia is the third-most supported football club in Spain , behind heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona . It is also one of the biggest clubs in the world in terms of number of associates ( registered paying supporters ) , with more than 50,000 season ticket holders and another 20,000+ season ticket holders on the waiting list , who can be accommodated in the new 75,000-seater stadium . Over the years , the club has achieved a global reputation for their prolific youth academy , or Acàdemia .
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona ( Catalan : [ rəˈjal ˈklub dəpuɾˈtiw əspəˈɲɔl də βəɾsəˈlonə ] ; Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona ) , commonly known as Espanyol , is a professional sports club based in Barcelona , Spain . Founded in 1900 , the club plays in La Liga , the highest division of Spanish football and play their home games at the RCDE Stadium , which holds up to 40,000 spectators . Espanyol has won the Copa del Rey four times , most recently in 2006 , and reached the UEFA Cup final in 1988 and 2007 . The team competes in the Barcelona Derby against FC Barcelona .
Athletic Club , also commonly known as Athletic Bilbao ( Basque : Bilboko Athletic Kluba / Spanish : Athletic Club de Bilbao ) , is a Spanish professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country ( Spain ) . They are known as Los Leones ( The Lions ) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés ( Saint Mammes ) . Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans . Mammes pacified the lions and was later made a saint and The team plays it 's home matches at the San Mamés Stadium . Athletic have won La Liga on eight occasions , fourth most in the history of the league . In the table of Copa del Rey titles , Athletic is second only to Barcelona , having won it 23 times . [ note 1 ] The club also has one of the most successful women 's teams in Spain , which has won five championships in the Primera División Femenina . The club is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929 , the others being Real Madrid and Barcelona . These three clubs , along with Osasuna , are the only four professional clubs in Spain that are not sports corporations ; instead they are owned and operated by club members . Athletic 's main rivals are Real Sociedad , against whom it contests the Basque derby , and Real Madrid , due to sporting and political rivalry . At various points in the club 's history , further Basque league derbies have been contested against Alavés , Eibar and Osasuna . The club is known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks , as well as recruiting players from other Basque clubs like Joseba Etxeberria and Javi Martínez .
Deportivo Alavés , S.A.D . ( Spanish pronunciation : [ depoɾˈtiβo alaˈβes ] ; Sporting Alavés ) , usually abbreviated to Alavés , is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Álava , in the autonomous community of the Basque Country . Founded on January 23rd , 1921 as Sport Friends Club , it plays in the highest football category of The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , La Liga , since the 2016-17 season . It is recognized as the least successful team in the Basque Country following Athletic Club of Bilbao and Real Sociedad de Futbol of San Sebastián . Its biggest success was in 2001 when , in the year of its debut in European competition , it was one of the finalists in the 2001 UEFA Cup Final against Liverpool , being defeated 5-4 by golden goal . In 2017 , the club reached the final of the Copa del Rey , losing out 3-1 to Barcelona . The team 's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt , blue shorts and white socks . It holds home matches at the 19,840-seater Mendizorrotza Stadium and uses other facilities located in Ibaia dedicated to training .
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north . The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain , which lies in the North Atlantic , and includes over 100 smaller islands , such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight . It is the largest country of British Isles . The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period , but takes its name from the Angles , a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula , who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries . England became a unified state in the 10th century , and since the Age of Discovery , which began during the 15th century , has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world . The English language , the Anglican Church , and English law - the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world - developed in England , and the country 's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations . The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England , transforming its society into the world 's first industrialised nation . England 's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains , especially in central and southern England . However , there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north ( for example , the Lake District and Pennines ) and in the west ( for example , Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills ) .
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool , England , that competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . The club has won six European Cups , more than any other English club , three UEFA Cups , four UEFA Super Cups ( both also English records ) , one FIFA Club World Cup , eighteen League titles , seven FA Cups , a record eight League Cups , fifteen FA Community Shields and one Football League Super Cup . Founded in 1892 , the club joined the Football League the following year and has played at Anfield since its formation . Liverpool established itself as a major force in English and European football in the 1970s and 1980s when Bill Shankly , Bob Paisley , Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish led the club to a combined eleven League titles and four European Cups . Under the management of Rafael Benítez and captained by homegrown player Steven Gerrard , Liverpool became European champions for the fifth time in 2005 , before a sixth title was added under Jürgen Klopp in 2019 . Liverpool was the seventh highest-earning football club in the world in 2019 , with an annual revenue of €513.7 million , and the world 's eighth most valuable football club in 2019 , valued at $ 2.183 billion . The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world . Liverpool has long-standing rivalries with Manchester United and Everton . The club 's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies : the Heysel Stadium disaster , where escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels , with 39 people - mostly Italians and Juventus fans - dying , after which English clubs were given a five-year ban from European competition , and the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 , where 96 Liverpool supporters died in a crush against perimeter fencing . The team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all-red home strip in 1964 which has been used ever since . Red has been the main shirt colour ever since 1896 . The club 's anthem is You 'll Never Walk Alone .
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Tottenham ( /ˈtɒtənəm/ ) or Spurs , is an English professional football club in Tottenham , London , that competes in the Premier League . Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been the club 's home ground since April 2019 , replacing their former home of White Hart Lane , which had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same site . Their training ground is on Hotspur Way in Bulls Cross in the London Borough of Enfield . The club is owned by ENIC Group . Tottenham have played in a first ( home ) strip of white shirts and navy blue shorts since the 1898-99 season . The club 's emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football , with a Latin motto Audere est Facere ( To Dare Is to Do ) . Founded in 1882 , Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901 , the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888 . Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double , winning both competitions in the 1960-61 season . After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962 , in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition - the European Cup Winners ' Cup . They were also the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972 , becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies . They have collected at least one major trophy in each of the six decades from the 1950s to 2000s - an achievement only matched by Manchester United . In total , Spurs have won two league titles , eight FA Cups , four League Cups , seven FA Community Shields , one European Cup Winners ' Cup and two UEFA Cups .
Chelsea Football Club are an English professional football club based in Fulham , London . Founded in 1905 , they compete in the Premier League , the top division of English football . Chelsea are among England 's most successful clubs ; they have been league champions six times and won over thirty competitive honours , including six European trophies . Their home ground is Stamford Bridge . Chelsea won their first major honour , the League Championship , in 1955 . They won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970 and their first European honour , the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , in 1971 . After a period of decline in the late 1970s and 1980s , the club enjoyed a revival in the 1990s and had more success in cup competitions . The past two decades have been the most successful in Chelsea 's history : they won five of their six league titles and the UEFA Champions League during this period . Chelsea are one of five clubs to have won all three of UEFA 's main club competitions , and the only London club to have won the Champions League . Chelsea 's home kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks . The club 's crest features a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff . The club have rivalries with neighbouring teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur , and a historic rivalry with Leeds United .
Ipswich Town Football Club ( also known as Ipswich , The Blues , Town , or The Tractor Boys ) is a professional association football club based in Ipswich , Suffolk , England . They play in League One , the third tier of the English football league system , having been relegated from the Championship in the 2018/19 season . The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936 , and was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938 . They play their home games at Portman Road in Ipswich . The only fully professional football club in Suffolk , they have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Norwich City in Norfolk , with whom they have contested the East Anglian derby 148 times since 1902 . The club 's traditional home colours are blue shirts with white shorts and blue socks . Ipswich have won the English league title once , in their first season in the top flight in 1961-62 , and have twice finished runners-up , in 1980-81 and 1981-82 . They won the FA Cup in 1977-78 , and the UEFA Cup in 1980-81 . They have competed in all three major European club competitions , and have never lost at home in European competition , defeating Real Madrid , A.C. Milan , Inter Milan , Lazio and Barcelona , among others .
Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford , Greater Manchester , England , that competes in the Premier League , the top flight of English football . Nicknamed the Red Devils , the club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878 , changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current stadium , Old Trafford , in 1910 . Manchester United have won more trophies than any other club in English football , with a record 20 League titles , 12 FA Cups , five League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields . United have also won three UEFA Champions Leagues , one UEFA Europa League , one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , one UEFA Super Cup , one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup . In 1998-99 , the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the continental European treble . By winning the UEFA Europa League in 2016-17 , they became one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions . The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players . In 1968 , under the management of Matt Busby , Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup . Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies as manager , including 13 Premier League titles , 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues , between 1986 and 2013 , when he announced his retirement . Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016-17 , with an annual revenue of €676.3 million , and the world 's third most valuable football club in 2019 , valued at £3.15 billion ( $ 3.81 billion ) . As of June 2015 , it is the world 's most valuable football brand , estimated to be worth $ 1.2 billion . After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991 , the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £800 million , after which the company was taken private again , before going public once more in August 2012 , when they made an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange .
Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Islington , London , England , that plays in the Premier League , the top flight of English football . The club has won 13 League titles , a record 13 FA Cups , 2 League Cups , 15 FA Community Shields , 1 League Centenary Trophy , 1 UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup and 1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup . Arsenal was the first club from the South of England to join The Football League , in 1893 , and they reached the First Division in 1904 . Relegated only once , in 1913 , they continue the longest streak in the top division , and have won the second-most top-flight matches in English football history . In the 1930s , Arsenal won five League Championships and two FA Cups , and another FA Cup and two Championships after the war . In 1970-71 , they won their first League and FA Cup Double . Between 1989 and 2005 , they won five League titles and five FA Cups , including two more Doubles . They completed the 20th century with the highest average league position . Herbert Chapman won Arsenal 's first national trophies , but died prematurely . He helped introduce the WM formation , floodlights , and shirt numbers , and added the white sleeves and brighter red to the club 's kit . Arsène Wenger was the longest-serving manager and won the most trophies . He won a record 7 FA Cups , and his title-winning team set an English record for the longest top-flight unbeaten league run at 49 games between 2003 and 2004 , receiving the nickname The Invincibles .
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club /ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/ ( listen ) , commonly known as Wolves , is an English professional football club based in Wolverhampton , West Midlands . Formed as St. Luke 's FC in 1877 , the club has played at Molineux Stadium since 1889 and competes in the Premier League , the top division of English football , after winning the 2017-18 EFL Championship . The Wolves also compete in the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League : this is the first time the club has qualified for a European tournament for 39 years , by virtue of finishing in seventh place in the 2018-19 Premier League , their first season in the top tier since the 2011-12 season . Wolves was one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888 . The club in 2019-20 is enjoying its 65th season of top flight football ; Wolves 's longest continuous period in the top tier was 26 consecutive seasons in the 33 years between 1932 and 1965 ( n.b . there was no league football between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II ) . In the 1950s , Wolves were English League champions three times ( 1953-54 , 1957-58 and 1958-59 ) , under the management of Stan Cullis . Wolves have also finished League runners-up on five occasions , most recently in 1959-60 . Wolves have won the FA Cup four times , most recently in 1960 , and finished runners-up on a further four occasions . The club has also won the Football League Cup twice , in 1974 and 1980 . In 1953 , Wolves was one of the first British clubs to install floodlights , taking part in televised floodlit friendlies against leading overseas club sides between 1953 and 1956 in the run-up to the creation of the European Cup in 1955 and the first participation of an English club side in that competition in 1956 . Wolves reached the quarter-finals of the 1959-60 European Cup and the semi-finals of the 1960-61 European Cup Winners ' Cup , and were runners-up to Tottenham Hotspur in the inaugural UEFA Cup Final in 1972 .
Middlesbrough Football Club ( /ˈmɪdəlzbrə/ ( listen ) MID-əlz-brə ) is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough , North Yorkshire , England . They are currently competing in the EFL Championship , the second tier of English football . Formed in 1876 , they have played at the Riverside Stadium since 1995 , their third ground since turning professional in 1889 . The club played at the Linthorpe Road ground from 1882 to 1903 and at Ayresome Park for 92 years , from 1903 to 1995 . Middlesbrough were one of the founding members of the Premier League in 1992 and became one of the first clubs to be relegated from it following the 1992-93 season . The club came close to folding in 1986 after experiencing severe financial difficulties before it was saved by a consortium led by then board member and later chairman Steve Gibson . The club 's main rivals are Sunderland , Newcastle United and Leeds United . The club 's achievements include winning the League Cup in 2004 , their first and to date only major trophy , and they also reached the 2006 UEFA Cup Final , losing to Spanish club Sevilla . Their highest league finish to date was third place in the top flight in the 1913-14 season and the club have only spent two seasons outside the top two divisions of English football . The League Cup win and the UEFA Cup run was part of an 11-year consecutive stay in the Premier League , before a relegation in 2009 . Although the club returned in 2016 , instant relegation followed . The club 's traditional kit is red with white detailing .
Fulham Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fulham , London , England . They compete in the EFL Championship , the second tier of English football . Founded in 1879 , they are the oldest football club from London to play in the Football League . The club has spent 26 seasons in English football 's top division , the majority of these in two spells during the 1960s and 2000s . The latter spell was associated with former chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed , after the club had climbed up from the fourth tier in the 1990s . Fulham have reached two major finals : in 1975 , as a Second Division team , they contested the FA Cup Final for the only time in their history , losing 2-0 to West Ham United , and in 2010 they reached the final of the UEFA Europa League , which they contested with Atlético Madrid in Hamburg , losing 2-1 after extra time . Fulham 's main rivalries are with fellow West London clubs Chelsea , Queens Park Rangers and Brentford .
Italy ( Italian : Italia [ iˈtaːlja ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Italian Republic ( Italian : Repubblica Italiana [ reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna ] ) , is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands . Italy is located in south-central Europe , and it is also considered a part of Western Europe . The country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 ( 116,350 sq mi ) and shares land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino . Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland ( Campione ) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian Sea ( Lampedusa ) . With around 60 million inhabitants , Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city is Rome ; other major cities are Milan , Naples , Turin , Palermo , Genoa , Bologna , Florence and Venice . Due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean , Italy has historically been home to myriad peoples and cultures . In addition to the various ancient peoples dispersed throughout what is now modern-day Italy , the most predominant being the Indo-European Italic peoples who gave the peninsula its name , beginning from the classical era , Phoenicians and Carthaginians founded colonies mostly in insular Italy , Greeks established settlements in the so-called Magna Graecia of Southern Italy , while Etruscans and Celts inhabited central and northern Italy respectively . An Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC , which eventually became a republic with a government of the Senate and the People . The Roman Republic initially conquered and assimilated its neighbours on the Italian peninsula , eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europe , North Africa and Asia . By the first century BC , the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural , political and religious centre , inaugurating the Pax Romana , a period of more than 200 years during which Italy 's law , technology , economy , art , and literature developed . Italy remained the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of the empire , whose legacy can also be observed in the global distribution of culture , governments , Christianity and the Latin script .
Juventus Football Club ( from Latin : iuventūs , youth ; Italian pronunciation : [ juˈvɛntus ] ) , colloquially known as Juve ( pronounced [ ˈjuːve ] ) , is an Italian professional association football club based in Turin , Piedmont . Founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students , the club has worn a black and white striped home kit since 1903 and has played home matches in different grounds around its city , the latest being the 41,507-capacity Juventus Stadium . Nicknamed Vecchia Signora ( the Old Lady ) , the club has won 35 official league titles , 13 Coppa Italia titles and eight Supercoppa Italiana titles , being the record holder for all these competitions ; two Intercontinental Cups , two European Cups / UEFA Champions Leagues , one European Cup Winners ' Cup , a joint national record of three UEFA Cups , two UEFA Super Cups and a joint national record of one UEFA Intertoto Cup . Consequently , the side leads the historical Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio ( FIGC ) ranking [ a ] whilst on the international stage occupies the 5th position in Europe and the eleventh in the world for most confederation titles won with eleven trophies , having led the UEFA ranking during seven seasons since its inception in 1979 , the most for an Italian team and joint second overall . Founded with the name of Sport-Club Juventus , initially as an athletics club , it is the second oldest of its kind still active in the country after Genoa 's football section ( 1893 ) and has competed uninterruptedly in the top flight league ( reformulated as Serie A from 1929 ) since its debut in 1900 after changing its name to Foot-Ball Club Juventus , with the exception of the 2006-07 season , being managed by the industrial Agnelli family almost continuously since 1923 . [ b ] The relationship between the club and that dynasty is the oldest and longest in national sports , making Juventus the first professional sporting club ante litteram in the country , having established itself as a major force in the national stage since the 1930s and at confederation level since the mid-1970s and becoming one of the first ten wealthiest in world football in terms of value , revenue and profit since the mid-1990s , being listed on the Borsa italiana since 2001 . Under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni , the club won 13 trophies in the ten years before 1986 , including six league titles and five international titles , and became the first to win all three seasonal competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations : the 1976-77 UEFA Cup ( first Southern European side to do so ) , the 1983-84 Cup Winners ' Cup and the 1984-85 European Champions ' Cup . With successive triumphs in the 1984 European Super Cup and 1985 Intercontinental Cup , it became the first and thus far only in the world to complete a clean sweep of all confederation trophies ; an achievement that they revalidated with the title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup after another successful era led by Marcello Lippi , becoming in addition the only professional Italian club to have won every ongoing honour available to the first team and organised by a national or international football association . In December 2000 , Juventus was ranked seventh in the FIFA 's historic ranking of the best clubs in the world and nine years later was ranked second best club in Europe during the 20th Century based on a statistical study series by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ( IFFHS ) , the highest for an Italian club in both . The club 's fan base is the largest at national level and one of the largest worldwide . Unlike most European sporting supporters ' groups , which are often concentrated around their own club 's city of origin , it is widespread throughout the whole country and the Italian diaspora , making Juventus a symbol of anticampanilismo ( anti-parochialism ) and italianità ( Italianness ) . Juventus players have won eight Ballon d'Or awards , four of these in consecutive years ( 1982-1985 , an overall record ) , among these the first player representing Serie A , Omar Sívori , as well as Michel Platini and three of the five recipients with Italian nationality as the former member of the youth sector Paolo Rossi ; they have also won four FIFA World Player of the Year awards , with winners as Roberto Baggio and Zinédine Zidane , a national record and third and joint second highest overall , respectively , in the cited prizes .
Football Club Internazionale Milano , commonly referred to as Internazionale ( pronounced [ ˌinternattsjoˈnaːle ] ) or simply Inter , and known as Inter Milan outside Italy , is an Italian professional football club based in Milan , Lombardy . Inter is the only Italian club to have never been relegated from the top flight . Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club ( now A.C. Milan ) , Inter won its first championship in 1910 . Since its formation , the club has won 30 domestic trophies , including 18 league titles , 7 Coppa Italia and 5 Supercoppa Italiana . From 2006 to 2010 , the club won five successive league titles , equalling the all-time record at that time . They have won the Champions League three times : two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010 . Their latest win completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble , with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the same year . The club has also won three UEFA Cups , two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup . Inter 's home games are played at the San Siro stadium , which they share with local rivals A.C. Milan . The stadium is the largest in Italian football with a capacity of 80,018 . Matches between A.C. Milan and Inter , known as the Derby della Madonnina , are one of the most followed derbies in football . As of 2019 [ update ] , Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the sixth hightest attendance in Europe .
Parma Calcio 1913 , commonly referred to as Parma , is an Italian football club based in Parma , Emilia-Romagna . It currently plays in Serie A . Founded as Parma Football Club in December 1913 , the club plays its home matches in the 26,969-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini , often referred to as simply Il Tardini , from 1923 . Financed by Calisto Tanzi , the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002 , a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish , as runners-up in the 1996-97 season . The club has won three Coppa Italia , one Supercoppa Italiana , two UEFA Cups , one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup . Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007 . The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and re-founded in Serie D but secured a record three straight promotions to return to Serie A in 2018 .
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli , commonly referred to as Napoli ( pronounced [ ˈnaːpoli ] ) , is an Italian professional football club based in Naples , Campania that plays in Serie A , the top flight of Italian football . The club have won two league titles , five Coppa Italias , two Supercoppa Italiana titles , and one UEFA Cup . Formed in 1926 , the club saw relatively little success in its early years , winning one Coppa Italia until 1965 , where they were refounded . Napoli then saw increased success in the 1980s , after the club acquired Diego Maradona . During his time in Naples , Maradona helped the team win several trophies , which led to the club retiring his number 10 jersey . During this period , Napoli won their sole league titles , in 1987 and 1990 . Following his departure , however , Napoli struggled financially , and endured several relegations , prior to being refounded in 2004 by film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis . Under his guise , the club has stabilized , which has led to renewed on-field success , winning the 2012 and 2014 Coppa Italia titles . By attendance , Napoli have the fourth biggest fanbase in Italy , and were ranked as the fifth highest-earning football club in Serie A , with $ 182 million in revenue during the 2017-18 season . In 2018 , Forbes estimated the club is the fifth most valuable club in Italy , worth $ 379 million . Napoli are also one of the associate members of the European Club Association . Since 1959 , the club has played their home games at Stadio San Paolo , and have traditionally worn sky blue shirts and white shorts .
Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina , commonly referred to as Fiorentina [ fjorenˈtiːna ] , is an Italian professional football club based in Florence , Tuscany . Founded by a merger in August 1926 , and refounded in August 2002 following bankruptcy , Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence ; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons . Fiorentina has won two Italian Championships , in 1955-56 and again in 1968-69 , as well as six Coppa Italia trophies and one Supercoppa Italiana . On the European stage , Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup in 1960-61 and lost the final one year later . They finished runners-up in the 1956-57 European Cup , losing against Real Madrid , and also came close to winning the 1989-90 UEFA Cup , finishing as runners-up against Juventus after losing the first leg in Turin and drawing in the second one in Avellino . Fiorentina is one of the fifteen European teams that played the finals in all three major continental competitions : the Champions League ( 1956-1957 , the first Italian team to reach the final in the top continental competition ) , the UEFA Cup Winners ( 1960-1961 and 1961-1962 ) and the UEFA Cup ( 1989-1990 ) . Since 1931 , the club have played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi , which currently has a capacity of 43,147 . The stadium has used several names over the years and has undergone several renovations . Fiorentina are known widely by the nickname Viola , a reference to their distinctive purple colours .
Associazione Sportiva Roma ( BIT : ASR , LSE : 0MT1 ; Rome Sport Association ) , commonly referred to as Roma ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈroːma ] ) , is an Italian professional football club based in Rome . Founded by a merger in 1927 , Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence except for 1951-52 . Roma have won Serie A three times , in 1941-42 , 1982-83 and 2000-01 , as well as winning nine Coppa Italia titles and two Supercoppa Italiana titles . In European competitions , Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960-61 and were runners-up in the 1983-84 European Cup and the 1990-91 UEFA Cup . Fifteen players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing at Roma : Ferraris , Guaita and Masetti ( 1934 ) ; Donati , Monzeglio and Serantoni ( 1938 ) ; Bruno Conti ( 1982 ) ; Rudi Voller and Berthold ( 1990 ) ; Aldair ( 1994 ) ; Candela ( 1998 ) ; Cafu ( 2002 ) ; Daniele De Rossi , Simone Perrotta and Francesco Totti ( 2006 ) . Since 1953 , Roma have played their home matches at the Stadio Olimpico , a venue they share with city rivals Lazio . With a capacity of over 72,000 , it is the second-largest of its kind in Italy , with only the San Siro able to seat more . The club plan to move to a new stadium , though this is yet to start construction . The club 's home colours are Tyrian purple and gold , which gives Roma their nickname I Giallorossi ( The Yellow and Reds ) . These colours have often been combined with white shorts . Their club badge features a she-wolf , an allusion to the founding myth of Rome .
Torino Football Club ( Italian pronunciation : [ toˈriːno ] ) , commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro , is an Italian professional football club based in Turin , Piedmont . It currently plays in Serie A . Founded as Foot-Ball Club Torino in 1906 , Torino are among the most successful clubs in Italy with seven league titles , including five consecutive league titles during the 1940s . The Grande Torino , as the team was known , was widely recognised as one of the strongest footballing sides of the period , until the entire team was killed in the 1949 Superga air disaster . They have also won the Coppa Italia five times , the last of which was in the 1992-93 season . Internationally , Torino won the Mitropa Cup in 1991 and were finalists in the UEFA Cup in 1991-92 . Torino plays all of its home games at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino ( also known as the Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo until 2006 ) . The club 's colour is maroon , and its symbol is a rampant bull , the traditional symbol of the city of Turin , from which the club 's nickname is derived , Il Toro ( The Bull ) .
Società Sportiva Lazio ( BIT : SSL ; Lazio Sport Club ) , commonly referred to as Lazio ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈlattsjo ] ) , is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome , most known for its football activity . The society , founded in 1900 , plays in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football . Lazio have been Italian champions twice ( 1974 , 2000 ) , and have won the Coppa Italia seven times , the Supercoppa Italiana five times , and both the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion . The club had their first major success in 1958 , winning the domestic cup . In 1974 , they won their first Serie A title . The 1990s have been the most successful period in Lazio 's history , seeing them win the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999 , the Serie A title in 2000 , and reaching their first UEFA Cup final in 1998 . Due to a severe economic crisis in 2002 that forced president Sergio Cragnotti out of the club along with several star players being sold , Lazio 's success in the league declined . In spite of the lower funds , the club has won four Coppa Italia titles since then ; in 2004 , 2009 , 2013 and 2019 . Current president Claudio Lotito took charge of the club in 2004 after two years of a vacuum after Cragnotti 's departure . Lazio 's traditional kit colours are sky blue shirts and white shorts with white socks ; the colours are reminiscent of Rome 's ancient Hellenic legacy . Sky blue socks have also been interchangeably used as home colours . Their home is the 70,634 capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome , which they share with A.S. Roma .
Germany ( German : Deutschland , German pronunciation : [ ˈdɔʏtʃlant ] ) , constitutionally the Federal Republic of Germany ( German : Bundesrepublik Deutschland , listen ( help·info ) ) , [ f ] is a country in Central and Western Europe . It borders Denmark to the north , Poland and the Czech Republic to the east , Austria and Switzerland to the south , France to the southwest , and Luxembourg , Belgium , and the Netherlands to the west . Germany includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of 357,386 square kilometres ( 137,988 sq mi ) , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With 83 million inhabitants , it is the second most populous state of Europe after Russia , the most populous state lying entirely in Europe , as well as the most populous member state of the European Union . Germany is a very decentralised country . Its capital and largest metropolis is Berlin , while Frankfurt serves as its financial capital and has the country 's busiest airport . Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity . A region named Germania was documented before AD 100 . Beginning in the 10th century , German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire . During the 16th century , northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation . After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire , the German Confederation was formed in 1815 . The German revolutions of 1848-49 resulted in the Frankfurt Parliament establishing major democratic rights .
Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach e.V. , commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach ( pronounced [ boˈʁʊsi̯aː mœnçn̩ˈɡlatbax ] ) , Mönchengladbach or Gladbach , ( abbreviated as Borussia MG ) , is a professional football club based in Mönchengladbach , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , that plays in the Bundesliga , the top flight of German football . The club has won five League titles , three DFB-Pokals , and two UEFA Europa League titles . Borussia Mönchengladbach were founded in 1900 , with its name derived from a Latinized form of Prussia , which was a popular name for German clubs in the former Kingdom of Prussia . The team joined the Bundesliga in 1965 , and saw the majority of its success in the 1970s , where , under the guidance of Hennes Weisweiler , they captured five league championships with Die Fohlen [ diː ˈfoːlən ] team ; a term coined as the squad were young with a fast , aggressive playing style . Mönchengladbach also won two UEFA Cup titles during this period . Since 2004 , Borussia Mönchengladbach have played at Borussia-Park , having previously played at the Bökelbergstadion since 1919 . Based on membership , Borussia Mönchengladbach is the fifth largest club in Germany , with over 75,000 members . The club 's main rivals are FC Köln and Bayer Leverkusen .
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V . ( German pronunciation : [ ˈʔaɪntʁaxt ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ] ) is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt , Hesse , that is best known for its football club , currently playing in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system , The club was founded in 1899 and have won one German championship , five DFB-Pokals and one UEFA Cup . Since 1925 , their stadium has been the Waldstadion , which was renamed Commerzbank-Arena in 2005 .
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH , also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen [ ˌbaɪ̯ɐ ˈleːvɐˌkuːzn̩ ] , Bayer Leverkusen , Leverkusen or simply Bayer , is a German football club based in Leverkusen , North Rhine-Westphalia . The club plays in the Bundesliga , the top tier of German football , and hosts matches at the BayArena . The club was founded in 1904 by employees of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer , whose headquarters are in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its name . It was formerly the best-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen , a sports club whose members also participate in athletics , gymnastics , basketball and other sports including the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen ( rowing , tennis and hockey ) . In 1999 the football department was separated from the sports club and is now a separate entity formally called Bayer 04 Leverkusen GmbH . The club 's main colours are red and black , both having been used as the main shirt colour and with red and black stripes also having been used as home colours . Bayer Leverkusen have won one DFB-Pokal and one UEFA Cup . Their local rivals are 1 . FC Köln .
Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. , commonly known as FC Bayern München ( German pronunciation : [ ʔɛf tseː ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩ ] ) , FCB , Bayern Munich , or FC Bayern , is a German sports club based in Munich , Bavaria . It is best known for its professional football team , which plays in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system , and is the most successful club in German football history , having won a record 29 national titles and 19 national cups . FC Bayern was founded in 1900 by 11 football players , led by Franz John . Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932 , the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963 . The club had its period of greatest success in the middle of the 1970s when , under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer , it won the European Cup three consecutive times ( 1974-1976 ) . Overall , Bayern has reached ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals , most recently winning their fifth title in 2013 as part of a continental treble . Bayern has also won one UEFA Cup , one European Cup Winners ' Cup , one UEFA Super Cup , one FIFA Club World Cup and two Intercontinental Cups , making it one of the most successful European clubs internationally and the only German club to have won both international titles . Since the formation of the Bundesliga , Bayern has been the dominant club in German football , winning 29 titles , including seven consecutively since 2013 . They have traditional local rivalries with 1860 Munich and 1 . FC Nürnberg , as well as with Borussia Dortmund since the mid-1990s . Since the beginning of the 2005-06 season , Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena . Previously the team had played at Munich 's Olympiastadion for 33 years .
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V. , commonly known as FC Schalke 04 ( German : [ ɛf tseː ˈʃalkə nʊl fiːɐ̯ ] ) , Schalke , Schalke 04 or abbreviated as S04 ( German : [ ˈɛs nʊl fiːɐ̯ ] ) , is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia . The 04 in the club 's name derives from its formation in 1904 . Schalke has long been one of the most popular professional football teams and multi-sports club in Germany , even though the club 's heyday was in the 1930s and 1940s . Schalke play in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system . As of June 2018 , the club has 155,000 members , making it the second-largest sports club in Germany and the fourth-largest sports club in the world in terms of membership . [ not verified in body ] Other activities offered by the club include athletics , basketball , handball , table tennis , winter sports and eSports . Founded in 1904 , Schalke has won seven German championships , five DFB-Pokals , one DFL-Supercup and one UEFA Cup . Schalke also succeeded as the first German club to win a cup double in 1937 . Since 2001 , Schalke 's stadium has been the Veltins-Arena . Schalke holds a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Borussia Dortmund , arguably one of the most widespread and well-known rivalries in German football , and matches between the two teams are referred to as the Revierderby . Schalke was ranked as the seventh-best football team in Europe by UEFA 's 2015 UEFA club rankings . In terms of operating income , Schalke possesses the seventh-highest operating income of any football club at $ 64.4 million or £38.2 million ( €48 million ) , and 0% debt as of August 2014 .
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V . Dortmund , commonly known as Borussia Dortmund [ boˈʁʊsi̯aː ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt ] , BVB , or simply Dortmund , is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia . It is best known for its men 's professional football team , which plays in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system . The club have won eight league championships , four DFB-Pokals , one UEFA Champions League , one Intercontinental Cup , and one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup . Founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund , the football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 145,000 members , making Borussia Dortmund the second largest sports club by membership in Germany . Since 1974 , Dortmund have played their home games at Westfalenstadion ; the stadium is the largest in Germany , and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world . Borussia Dortmund 's colours are black and yellow , giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben . The club has active departments in other sports , namely in women 's handball , and hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04 , known as the Revierderby . They also compete in Der Klassiker with fellow German club , Bayern Munich . In terms of Deloitte 's annual Football Money League , Dortmund was ranked as the second richest sports club in Germany , and the 12th richest football team in the world . Moreover , under the directorship of Michael Zorc in the 2010s , Dortmund have cultivated a reputation for spotting and developing young talent , and have remained focused on developing a youth system . They have also received plaudits for generally adhering to an attacking footballing philosophy .
Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V . ( [ hamˈbʊʁɡɐ ˌʃpɔʁt fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯n ] ) , commonly known as Hamburger SV , Hamburg or HSV [ haː ʔɛs ˈfaʊ̯ ] , is a German sport club based in Hamburg , its largest branch being its football department . Although the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three earlier clubs , it officially traces its origin to 29 September 1887 when the first of the predecessors , SC Germania , was founded . Until 2018 when the team were relegated for the first time in history , HSV 's football team had the distinction of being the only team that had played continuously in the top tier of the German football league system since the founding of the club at the end of World War I . It was consequently also the only team that had played in every season of the Bundesliga since its foundation in 1963 . HSV has won the German national championship six times , the DFB-Pokal three times and the League Cup twice . The team 's most successful period was from the mid-1970s until the mid-1980s when , in addition to several domestic honours , they won the 1976-77 European Cup Winners ' Cup and the 1982-83 European Cup . The outstanding players of this period were Horst Hrubesch , Manfred Kaltz , and Felix Magath , all of whom were regulars in the German National Team . To date , HSV 's last major trophy was the 1986-87 DFB-Pokal . HSV play their home games at the Volksparkstadion in Bahrenfeld , a western district of Hamburg . The club colours are officially blue , white and black but the home kit of the team is white jerseys and red shorts . The team 's most common nickname is die Rothosen ( the Red Shorts ) .
1 . Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V. , commonly known as simply 1 . FC Köln or FC Cologne in English ( German pronunciation : [ ʔɛf ˈtseː ˈkœln ] ) , is a German association football club based in Cologne . It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07 . Köln gained promotion back to the Bundesliga in the 2018-19 season after being relegated to 2 . Bundesliga the previous season . The team won the first Bundesliga in 1963 . The club 's nickname Die Geißböcke ( The Billy Goats ) refers to the club 's mascot , a male goat named Hennes after the veteran FC player and ( later ) manager Hennes Weisweiler . The first Hennes was donated by a circus entrepreneur as a Cologne carnival joke . The current mascot is Hennes IX as of 1 August 2019 after Hennex VIII was retired by the club due to old age . Another nickname for the club , more common locally due to its ambiguity , is FC ( often written as Effzeh ) , a common German abbreviation for football clubs . Characteristic for the dialect spoken around Cologne , this is pronounced EF-tsay , [ Colognian IPA needed ] in contrast to the Standard German pronunciation of the abbreviation where the second syllable is emphasized ( [ ʔɛf ˈtseː ] ) .
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. , commonly known as VfB Stuttgart ( German pronunciation : [ faʊ̯ ʔɛf beː ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt ] ) , is a German sports club based in Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg . The club is best known for its football team which is currently part of Germany 's second division 2 . Bundesliga . VfB Stuttgart has won the national championship five times , most recently in 2006-07 ; the DFB-Pokal three times ; and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record three times . The football team plays its home games at the Mercedes-Benz Arena , in the Neckarpark which is located near the Cannstatter Wasen where the city 's fall beer festival takes place . Second team side VfB Stuttgart II currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest , which is the second highest division allowed for a reserve team . The club 's junior teams have won the national U19 championships a record ten times and the Under 17 Bundesliga six times . A membership-based club with over 64,000 members ( as of June 2018 ) , VfB is the largest sports club in Baden-Württemberg and the fifth-largest in Germany . It has departments for fistball , hockey , track and field , table-tennis and football referees , all of which compete only at the amateur level . The club also maintains a social department , the VfB-Garde .
Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. ( German pronunciation : [ ˈvɛɐ̯dɐ ˈbʁeːmən ] ) , commonly known as Werder Bremen , is a German sports club based in Bremen in the northwest German federal state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . The club was founded in 1899 and has grown to 40,400 members . It is best known for its association football team . Bremen 's football club has been a mainstay in the Bundesliga , the top league of the German football league system . Bremen has won the Bundesliga championship four times and the DFB-Pokal six times . Their latest Bundesliga championship came in 2004 , when they won a double , and their last win of the German cup came in 2009 . Bremen has also had European success , winning the 1992 European Cup Winners ' Cup . Bremen also reached the final of the last edition of the UEFA Cup in 2009 , before it was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League the following season . During the mid-2000s , Bremen was one of the most successful teams in the Bundesliga , but the club has not played in a European competition since the 2010-11 campaign . Since 1924 , Werder Bremen 's stadium is the Weserstadion . The club has a rivalry with Hamburger SV , another club in northern Germany , known as the Nordderby ( English : North derby ) .
The Netherlands ( Dutch : Nederland , [ ˈneːdərlɑnt ] ( listen ) ) , informally Holland , is a country in Northwestern Europe with some overseas territories in the Caribbean . In Europe , it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom . Together with the Caribbean Netherlands - Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba - it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The official language is Dutch and a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian . In the north and east of the country , Low Saxon is also spoken , and in the southeast , Limburgish . In the Caribbean Netherlands English and Papiamento are recognised languages . The five largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague , Utrecht and Eindhoven . Amsterdam is the country 's most populous city and nominal capital , while The Hague holds the seat of the States General , Cabinet and Supreme Court . The Port of Rotterdam is the busiest seaport in Europe , and the busiest in any country outside Asia . Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands , and the third busiest in Europe . The country is a founding member of the EU , Eurozone , G10 , NATO , OECD and WTO , as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union . It hosts several intergovernmental organisations and international courts , many of which are centered in The Hague , which is consequently dubbed 'the world 's legal capital ' .
Feyenoord Rotterdam ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈfɛiənoːrt ] ) is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam , that plays in the Eredivisie , the top tier in Dutch football . Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908 , the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its neighborhood in 1912 as SC Feijenoord , updated in 1974 to SC Feyenoord , and then to Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1978 , when it split from the amateur club under its wing , SC Feyenoord . Since 1937 , Feyenoord 's home ground has been the Stadion Feijenoord , nicknamed De Kuip ( 'the tub ' ) , one of the largest stadiums in the Netherlands and Europe . Feyenoord is one of the most successful clubs in Dutch football , winning 15 Eredivisie titles , 13 KNVB Cups , and 4 Johan Cruyff Shields . Internationally , it has won one European Cup , two UEFA Cups , and one Intercontinental Cup . The club has played continuously in the top tier of the Dutch football system since gaining promotion to Eerste Klasse ( the Eredivisie 's forerunner competition ) in 1921 , more times than any other club in the country , including the likes of Ajax and PSV Eindhoven . Feyenoord is known as a people 's club with a huge national and international support . Its most successful period was the 1960s and 1970s , when Coen Moulijn and Ove Kindvall led the club to six league titles , two European trophies , and an Intercontinental Cup , thereby becoming the first Dutch club in history to win both the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup . In the 21st century , Feyenoord ended an 18-year league title drought in 2017 and won the 2002 UEFA Cup against Borussia Dortmund in its home stadium . Feyenoord has a longstanding rivalry with Ajax , a clash between two teams from the two biggest cities in the Netherlands , called De Klassieker ( The Classic ) . The club 's anthem is Hand in Hand . As of 2019 , Feyenoord will become a multi-sports club ; HC Feijenoord Field hockey , Sportclub Feyenoord ( amateur football team ) , and Feyenoord Basketbal are part of the club .
The Philips Sport Vereniging ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈfilɪps ˌspɔrt fəˈreːnəɣɪŋ ] ; [ nb 1 ] English : Philips Sports Union ) , abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven [ ˌpeːjɛsˈfeː ˈɛintɦoːvə ( n ) ] , [ nb 2 ] is a sports club from Eindhoven , Netherlands , that plays in the Eredivisie , the top tier in Dutch football . It is best known for its professional football department , which plays in the Eredivisie since its inception in 1956 . Along with Ajax and Feyenoord , PSV is one of the country 's big three clubs that have dominated the Eredivisie . The club was founded in 1913 as a team for Philips employees . PSV 's history contains two golden eras revolving around the UEFA Cup victory in 1978 and the 1987-88 European Cup victory as part of the seasonal treble in 1988 . The team has won the Eredivisie 24 times , the KNVB Cup nine times and the Johan Cruyff Shield ten times . Currently ( as of Nov 2018 ) , PSV is 39th on the UEFA club coefficients ranking . Throughout the years , PSV established itself as a stepping stone for future world class players like Ruud Gullit , Ronald Koeman , Romário , Ronaldo , Phillip Cocu , Jaap Stam , Park Ji-Sung , Ruud van Nistelrooy , and Arjen Robben . Since its foundation , it has played in the Philips Stadion and has upheld its club colours ( red and white ) . Its elaborate connection with Philips can be witnessed in its sponsoring , shared technology and board member ties . Fans have named themselves 'boeren ' ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈbuːrə ( n ) ] , Dutch for either peasants or farmers ) , taking pride in Eindhoven 's status of being a provincial city and their Brabantian heritage .
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈaːjɑks ] ) , also known as AFC Ajax , Ajax Amsterdam , or simply Ajax , is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam , that plays in the Eredivisie , the top tier in Dutch football . Historically , Ajax ( named after the legendary Greek hero ) has been the most successful club in the Netherlands , with 34 Eredivisie titles and 19 KNVB Cups . It has continuously played in the Eredivisie , since the league 's inception in 1956 and , along with Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven , it is one of the country 's big three clubs that have dominated that competition . Ajax has historically been one of the most successful clubs in the world . According to the IFFHS , Ajax were the seventh-most successful European club of the 20th century and The World 's Club Team of the Year in 1992 . According to German magazine Kicker , Ajax were the second-most successful European club of the 20th century . The club is one of the five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge ; they won consecutively in 1971-1973 . In 1972 , they completed the continental treble by winning the Eredivisie , KNVB Cup , and the European Cup . It also won the first organized UEFA Super Cup in 1972 against Glasgow Rangers ( played in 1973 ) . Ajax 's last international trophies were the 1995 Intercontinental Cup , 1995 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 Champions League , where they defeated Milan in the final ; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus . In 1995 , Ajax was crowned as World Team of the Year by World Soccer magazine . Ajax is also one of four teams to win the continental treble and the Intercontinental Cup or Club World Cup in the same season/calendar year ; This was achieved in the 1971-72 season .
Football Club Twente ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ɛfˈseː ˈtʋɛntə ] ) is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede . In 2018-19 , it competed in and won the Eerste Divisie . The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions , Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys . They were the holders of the 2011 KNVB Cup and Johan Cruijff Schaal trophies , and were Eredivisie champions in the 2009-10 season ; the team has also finished as Eredivisie runner-up twice , was runner-up in the 1974-75 UEFA Cup , and has won the KNVB Cup three times . Twente 's home ground since 1998 is De Grolsch Veste .
Alkmaar Zaanstreek ( [ ˈɑlkmaːr ˈzaːnstreːk ] ) , better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ ( Dutch pronunciation : [ aːˈzɛt ] ) , is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaanstreek . The club plays in the Eredivisie , the highest professional football league in the Netherlands , and hosts home matches at the AFAS Stadion . AZ has won the Eredivisie twice , in 1980-81 and 2008-09 . In the same season as their first league title , they also reached the UEFA Cup Final , which they lost to Ipswich Town . In addition , the team has won the KNVB Cup on four occasions .
Portugal ( Portuguese : [ puɾtuˈɣal ] ) , officially the Portuguese Republic ( Portuguese : República Portuguesa [ ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ ] ) , [ note 5 ] is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula , in southwestern Europe . It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe , being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain . Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira , both autonomous regions with their own regional governments . Portugal is the oldest nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe and the world , its territory having been continuously settled , invaded and fought over since prehistoric times . The pre-Celtic people , Iberians , Celts , Carthaginians and Romans were followed by the invasions of the Visigoths and Suebi Germanic peoples . After the Muslim conquests of the Iberian Peninsula , most of the territory was part of Al-Andalus until their expulsion . Portugal as a country was established during the early Christian Reconquista . Founded in 868 , the County of Portugal gained prominence after the Battle of São Mamede in 1128 . The Kingdom of Portugal was later proclaimed following the Battle of Ourique in 1139 , and independence from León was recognised by the Treaty of Zamora in 1143 . On 12 December 2017 , the Portuguese Navy commemorated the 700th anniversary of its official creation by King Denis of Portugal . Tracing its origins back to the 12th century , it is the oldest continuously serving navy in the world . In the 15th and 16th centuries , Portugal established the first global empire , becoming one of the world 's major economic , political and military powers .
Futebol Clube do Porto , MHIH , OM ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβ ( ɨ ) ðu ˈpoɾtu ] ) , commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto . It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga , the top flight of Portuguese football , Founded on 28 September 1893 , Porto is one of the Big Three ( Portuguese : Os Três Grandes ) teams in Portugal - together with Lisbon-based rivals Benfica and Sporting CP - that have appeared in every season of the Primeira Liga since its establishment in 1934 . They are nicknamed Dragões ( Dragons ) , for the mythical creature atop the club 's crest , and Azuis e brancos ( Blue-and-whites ) , for the shirt colours . The club supporters are called Portistas . Since 2003 , Porto have played their home matches at the Estádio do Dragão , which replaced the previous 103-year-old ground , the Estádio das Antas . Porto is the second most decorated team in Portugal , with 76 major trophies , of which 69 were achieved in domestic competitions . These comprise 28 Primeira Liga titles ( five of which were won consecutively between 1994-95 and 1998-99 , a Portuguese football record ) , 16 Taça de Portugal , 4 Campeonato de Portugal , and a record 21 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira . Porto is the second team in Portuguese league history to have won two titles without any defeat , namely in the 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons . In the former , Porto achieved the largest-ever difference of points between champion and runner-up in a three-points-per-win system ( 21 points ) , on their way to a second quadruple . In international competitions , Porto is the most decorated Portuguese team , with seven trophies . They won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1987 and 2004 , the UEFA Cup/Europa League in 2003 and 2011 , the UEFA Super Cup in 1987 , and the Intercontinental Cup in 1987 and 2004 . In addition , they were runners-up in the 1983-84 European Cup Winners ' Cup and in the 2003 , 2004 and 2011 editions of the UEFA Super Cup .
Sport Lisboa e Benfica ComC MHIH OM ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ ] ) , commonly known as Benfica , is a professional football club based in Lisbon , Portugal , that competes in the Primeira Liga , the top flight of Portuguese football , where they are the current champions and the most successful team in terms of overall titles . Founded on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa , Benfica is one of the Big Three clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from Primeira Liga , along with rivals Sporting CP and FC Porto . Benfica are nicknamed As Águias ( The Eagles ) , for the symbol atop the club 's crest , and Os Encarnados ( The Reds ) , for the shirt colour . Since 2003 , their home ground has been the Estádio da Luz , which replaced the larger , original one , built in 1954 . Benfica is the most supported Portuguese club and the European club with the highest percentage of supporters in its own country , having over 230,000 members and an estimated 14 million supporters worldwide . The club 's anthem , Ser Benfiquista , refers to Benfica supporters , who are called benfiquistas . E pluribus unum is the club motto ; Águia Vitória , the mascot . Benfica is honoured with three Portuguese Orders : those of Christ ( Commander ) , of Prince Henry ( Honorary Member ) and of Merit ( Officer ) . With 83 major trophies won - 84 including the Latin Cup - Benfica is the most decorated club in Portugal . They have won 80 domestic trophies : a record 37 Primeira Liga titles , a record 26 Taça de Portugal , a record 7 Taça da Liga , 8 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and 3 Campeonato de Portugal . Internationally , they won back-to-back European Cups in 1961 and 1962 - a unique feat in Portuguese football - and were runners-up at the Intercontinental Cup in 1961 and '62 , at the European Cup in 1963 , '65 , '68 , '88 and '90 , and at the UEFA Cup/Europa League in 1983 , 2013 and '14 . Benfica 's ten European finals are a domestic record and ranked seventh all-time among UEFA clubs in 2014 .
Sporting Clube de Portugal ComC MHIH OM ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ( ɨ ) ˈkluβ ( ɨ ) ðɨ puɾtuˈɣaɫ ] ) ( Euronext : SCP ) , otherwise known as Sporting , Sporting CP , and referred to colloquially as Sporting Lisbon , is a football club based in Lisbon , Portugal . Founded on 1 July 1906 , Sporting is one of the Três Grandes ( Big Three ) clubs in Portugal , along with rivals S.L . Benfica and FC Porto , that have never been relegated from the top flight of Portuguese football , Primeira Liga , since 1934 . Sporting are nicknamed Leões ( Lions ) and Verde e Brancos ( Green and Whites ) . The club 's anthem , A Marcha do Sporting ( Sporting 's March ) , was written in 1955 . In March 2019 , Sporting reported having more than 80,500 paying members , with the rest of them , 98,400 , without their fees paid in full . Sporting are the third most decorated Portuguese football team , with a total of 50 trophies , including one international title , the 1963-64 European Cup Winners ' Cup . Domestically , they have won 18 Primeira Liga titles , 17 Portuguese Cups ( Taça de Portugal ) , 4 Championship of Portugal ( a record tied with Porto ) , 2 Taça da Liga and 8 Portuguese Super Cup trophies . Internationally , Sporting are currently ranked 31st in UEFA club rankings .
Sporting Clube de Braga ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈspɔɾtĩŋ ˈkluβ ( ɨ ) ðɨ ˈβɾaɣɐ ] ) ( Euronext : SCB ) , commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga , is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga . Its football team plays in the Primeira Liga ( the top tier of Portuguese football ) at the Estádio Municipal de Braga ( also known as The Quarry ) . Domestically , Braga have won the 1965-66 and 2015-16 Taça de Portugal and the 2012-13 and 2019-20 Taça da Liga . In the 2000s , the club gradually became one of Portugal 's most decorated clubs ( 7th ) after the Big Three and has competed with some success in European competitions , winning the last ever UEFA Intertoto Cup ( the only Portuguese club to do so ) in 2008 and reaching the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2011 . After finishing in second place for the only time to date in the 2009-10 Primeira Liga , Braga achieved a place in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history by eliminating Celtic and Sevilla . Braga also qualified for the group stage of the Champions League in 2012-13 by eliminating Udinese .
Sweden ( Swedish : Sverige [ ˈsvæ̌rjɛ ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : Konungariket Sverige [ ˈkôːnɵŋaˌriːkɛt ˈsvæ̌rjɛ ] ( listen ) ) , is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait . At 450,295 square kilometres ( 173,860 sq mi ) , Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe , the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area . The capital city is Stockholm . Sweden has a total population of 10.3 million of which 2.5 million have a foreign background . Persons who have foreign backgrounds are defined as persons who are foreign born , or born in Sweden with foreign born parents . It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 57/sq mi ) and the highest urban concentration is in the central and southern half of the country . Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia . The climate is in general mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence . In spite of the high latitude , Sweden often has warm continental summers , being located in between the North Atlantic , the Baltic Sea and the vast Eurasian Russian landmass . The general climate and environment varies significantly from the south and north due to the vast latitudal difference and much of Sweden has reliably cold and snowy winters . Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural , while the north is heavily forested and includes a portion of the Scandinavian Mountains .
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg ( officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll ) , commonly known as IFK Göteborg , IFK ( especially locally ) or simply Göteborg , is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg . Founded in 1904 , it is the only club in the Nordic countries that has won one of the main UEFA competitions , having won the UEFA Cup in both 1982 and 1987 . IFK is affiliated with Göteborgs Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Gamla Ullevi . The club colours are blue and white , colours shared both with the sports society which the club originated from , Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna , and with the coat of arms of the city of Gothenburg . Besides the two UEFA Cup titles , IFK have won 18 Swedish championship titles , second most in Swedish football after Malmö FF , and have the third most national cup titles with seven . The team has qualified for four group stages of the UEFA Champions League , and reached the semi-finals of the 1985-86 European Cup . IFK Göteborg is the only club team in any sport to have won the Radiosportens Jerringpris , an award for best Swedish sports performance of the year voted by the Swedish people , for the 1982 UEFA Cup victory . IFK is the most popular football club in Sweden , with diverse country-wide support . IFK Göteborg play in the highest Swedish league , Allsvenskan , where they have played for the majority of their history . They have played in the Swedish first tier continuously since 1977 , which is the longest ongoing top-flight tenure in Sweden . The club won its first Swedish championship in 1908 , four years after the founding , and has won at least one championship title in every decade since , except the 1920s , 1970s and 2010s . IFK Göteborg 's most successful period was from 1982 to 1996 , when the team prospered in European football and won 10 out of 15 Swedish championships .
Russia ( Russian : Росси́я , tr . Rossiya , IPA : [ rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , or the Russian Federation , [ e ] is a European country located in Eastern Europe with a vast expanse of territory that stretches across Northern Asia . At 17,125,200 square kilometres ( 6,612,100 sq mi ) , it is by far the largest country in the world by area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , spanning eleven time zones , and bordering 16 sovereign nations . The territory of Russia extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east , and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south . With 146.7 million inhabitants living in the country 's 85 federal subjects as of 2020 , Russia is the most populous nation in Europe and the ninth-most populous nation in the world . Russia 's capital and largest city is Moscow ; other major urban areas include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan and Chelyabinsk . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states , until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian SFSR ) became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR/Soviet Union ) , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state .
Professional Football Club CSKA ( Russian : Профессиональный футбольный клуб - ЦСКА , derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии ' , English : Central Sports Club of the Army ) , commonly referred to as CSKA Moscow outside of Russia , or simply as CSKA [ tsɛ ɛs ˈka ] , is a Russian professional football club . It is based in Moscow , playing its home matches at the 30,000-capacity VEB Arena . The club is the 2nd best known part of the CSKA Moscow sports club , following the hockey club . Founded in 1911 , CSKA is the oldest football club in Russia and it had its most successful period after World War II with five titles in six seasons . It won a total of 7 Soviet Top League championships and 5 Soviet Cups , including the double in the last-ever season in 1991 . The club has also won 6 Russian Premier League titles as well as record 7 Russian Cups . CSKA Moscow became the first club in Russia to win one of the European cup competitions , the UEFA Cup , after defeating Sporting CP in the final in Lisbon in 2005 . CSKA was the official team of the Soviet Army during the communist era . Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union it has become privately owned . In 2012 , the Ministry of Defence sold all of its shares ( 24,94% ) to Bluecastle Enterprises Ltd , a conglomerate owning 100% of the club since then . On 13 December 2019 , state-owned development corporation VEB.RF announced they will take control of over 75% of club shares that were used as collateral by previous owners for the VEB Arena financing . Russian businessman Roman Abramovich 's Sibneft corporation was a leading sponsor of the club from 2004 to 2006 .
Football Club Zenit ( Russian : Футбольный клуб « Зенит » [ fʊdˈbolʲnɨj ˈkɫup zʲɪˈnʲit ] ) , also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit , is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Saint Petersburg . Founded in 1925 ( or in 1914 , according to some Russian sources ) , the club plays in the Russian Premier League . Zenit are the reigning champions of the Russian Premier League . Previously they won the 2007 , 2010 , 2011-12 , 2014-15 and 2018-19 seasons of the Russian Premier League , as well as the 2007-08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup . The club is owned and sponsored by the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom , The team play it 's home matches at the Gazprom Arena .
Belgium , [ A ] officially the Kingdom of Belgium , is a country in Western Europe . It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north , Germany to the east , Luxembourg to the southeast , France to the southwest , and the North Sea to the northwest . It covers an area of 30,689 km2 ( 11,849 sq mi ) and has a population of more than 11.5 million , making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe , with a density of 376 per square kilometre ( 970/sq mi ) . The capital and largest city is Brussels ; other major cities are Antwerp , Ghent , Charleroi and Liège . The sovereign state is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system . Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds . It is divided into three highly autonomous regions : the Flemish Region in the north , Wallonia in the south , and the Brussels-Capital Region . Brussels is the smallest and most densely populated region , as well as the richest region in terms of GDP per capita . Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups or communities : the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community , which constitutes about 60 percent of the population , and the French-speaking Community , which comprises about 40 percent of all Belgians . A small German-speaking Community , numbering around one percent , exists in the East Cantons . The Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual ( French and Dutch ) , although French is the dominant language . Belgium 's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance , made up of six different governments .
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht , usually known as Anderlecht ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈɑndərlɛxt ] , French : [ ɑ̃dəʁlɛkt ] , German : [ ˈandɐlɛçt ] ) or RSCA ( Dutch : [ ˌɛrɛseːˈjaː , -seːˈʔaː ] , French : [ ɛʁɛsse.ɑ ] , German : [ ˌɛɐ̯ʔɛs.tseːˈʔaː ] ) , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht , Brussels Capital-Region . Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Division A and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions , with five trophies , as well as in the Belgian domestic league , with 34 championship wins . They have also won nine Belgian Cups and hold the record for most consecutive Belgian championship titles , winning five between the 1963-64 and 1967-68 seasons . Founded in 1908 , the club first reached the highest level in Belgian football in 1921-22 and have been playing in the first division continuously since 1935-36 and in Europe since 1964-65 . They won their first major trophy after World War II with a championship win in 1946-47 . Since then , they have never finished outside the top six of the Belgian first division . They are ranked 14th amongst all-time UEFA club competition winners , tenth in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics continental Clubs of the 20th Century European ranking and were 41st in the 2012 UEFA team rankings . In 1986 , they achieved their best UEFA ranking with a joint first place with Juventus . Anderlecht have been playing their matches in the Astrid Park in the municipality of Anderlecht since 1917 . Their current stadium , Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , was first opened in 1983 , and replaced the former Emile Versé Stadium . They play in purple and white outfits . They have long-standing rivalries with Club Brugge and Standard Liège .
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging ( Dutch pronunciation : [ klʏˈbrʏɣə ˌkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈvudbɑlvəreːnəɣɪŋ ] ) , commonly referred to as just Club Brugge , or Club Bruges commonly in English , is a football club based in Bruges in Belgium . It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium , which has a capacity of 29,062 . One of the most decorated clubs in Belgian football , the club have been crowned Belgian league champions 15 times , second only to major rivals Anderlecht , and it shares the Jan Breydel Stadium with city rival Cercle Brugge , with whom they contest the Bruges derby . Throughout its long history , Club Brugge has enjoyed much European football success , reaching two European finals and two European semi-finals . Club Brugge is the only Belgian club to have played the final of the European Cup ( forerunner of the current UEFA Champions League ) so far , losing to Liverpool in the final of the 1978 season . They also lost in the 1976 UEFA Cup Final to the same opponents . Club Brugge holds the European record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Europa League ( 20 ) , the record number of Belgian Cups ( 11 ) , and the record number of Belgian Super Cups ( 15 ) .
Ukraine ( Ukrainian : Україна , romanized : Ukrayina , pronounced [ ʊkrɐˈjinɐ ] ( listen ) ) is a country in Eastern Europe . It is bordered by Russia to the north-east ; Belarus to the north ; Poland , Slovakia and Hungary to the west ; and Romania , Moldova , and the Black Sea to the south . Ukraine is currently in a territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula , which Russia annexed in 2014 . Including Crimea , Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 ( 233,062 sq mi ) , making it both the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . Excluding Crimea , Ukraine has a population of about 42 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Its capital and largest city is Kiev . Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic . The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodoxy . The territory of modern Ukraine has been inhabited since 32,000 BC . During the Middle Ages , the area was a key centre of East Slavic culture , with the powerful state of Kievan Rus ' forming the basis of Ukrainian identity . Following its fragmentation in the 13th century , the territory was contested , ruled and divided by a variety of powers , including the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , Austria-Hungary , the Ottoman Empire and Russia . A Cossack republic emerged and prospered during the 17th and 18th centuries , but its territory was eventually split between Poland and the Russian Empire .
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( Ukrainian : Футбольний клуб « Шахта́р » Донецьк [ fʊdˈbɔlʲnɪj ˈklub ʃɐxˈtɑr doˈnɛtsʲk ] , short nickname miners ) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk . In 2014 , due to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine , the club was forced to move to Lviv , and has since early 2017 played in the city of Kharkiv ( at the stadium Metalist ) whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv . Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant in the UEFA Champions League . The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009 , the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League . FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs , the other being Dynamo Kyiv , who have won a major UEFA competition . The club formerly played its home matches in Donetsk at the newly built Donbass Arena , however , due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine , the team were forced to relocate 1000 kilometers to the west in Arena Lviv in the interim . Following the winter break of the 2016-17 season the club then moved again to the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv ( 250 kilometers to the northwest of Donetsk ) early in 2017 . Shakhtar Donetsk is Ukraine 's most popular football club , and is particularly favoured in the eastern Donbas region . The club draws its history from the very start of the Soviet football league competitions and is one of the oldest clubs in Ukraine . The club was a member of the Soviet Voluntary Sports Society of Shakhtyor , having connections with other Soviet teams from Karaganda ( Kazakhstan ) , Soligorsk ( Belarus ) , among others . In the late Soviet period , Shakhtar was considered a tough mid-table club of the Soviet Top League and a cup competition specialist after winning the Soviet Cup two years in a row in 1961 and 1962 . The team has played under the following names : Stakhanovets ( 1936-46 ) , Shakhtyor ( Shakhtar ) ( 1946-92 ) , and FC Shakhtar ( 1992-present ) .
Football Club Dnipro ( Ukrainian : Футбо́льний Клуб « Дніпро́ » , IPA : [ d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈprɔ ] ( listen ) ) was [ a ] a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro . Dnipro , named after the Dnieper river in Ukraine , is the name taken by a range of sports clubs in its city . Besides the association football club , there are also bandy and basketball teams , among others , with the same name . FC Dnipro , however , is not a multi-sports club . The club is owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv . During the Soviet era , the club was a member of the Soviet Volunteer Sports Society Metallurg ( therefore it carried names Metallurg/Metalurh and Stal ) and until 1961 was under sponsorship of the Petrovsky Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Plant . After that , the club was sponsored by the Southern Machine-building Plant Yuzhmash and carried both names Russian Dnepr and Ukrainian Dnipro , while Dnepr was also used for international competitions . During the Soviet era , the club was the second most successful club , based in Ukraine , that participated in the Soviet Top League , winning in 1983 and 1988 . After the fall of the Soviet Union , the club was privatized .
Turkey ( Turkish : Türkiye [ ˈtyɾcije ] ) , officially the Republic of Turkey ( Turkish : Türkiye Cumhuriyeti [ ˈtyɾcije dʒumˈhuːɾijeti ] ( listen ) ) , is a transcontinental country located mostly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe . East Thrace , the part of Turkey in Europe , is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara , the Bosporus and the Dardanelles ( collectively called the Turkish Straits ) . Istanbul , mostly located on the European side , is the largest city in the country while Ankara is the capital . Turkey is bordered by Greece and Bulgaria to its northwest , the Black Sea to its north , Georgia to its northeast , Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to its east , Iraq and Syria to its southeast , the Mediterranean Sea to its south , and the Aegean Sea to its west . Approximately 70 to 80 percent of the country 's citizens identify as Turkish , while Kurds are the largest minority at anywhere from 15 to 20 percent of the population . At various points in its history , the region has been inhabited by diverse civilisations including the Assyrians , Greeks , Thracians , Phrygians , Urartians , and Armenians . Hellenization started during the era of Alexander the Great and continued into the Byzantine era . The Seljuk Turks began migrating into the area in the 11th century , and their victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 symbolises the start and foundation of Turkey . The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm ruled Anatolia until the Mongol invasion in 1243 , when it disintegrated into small principalities called beyliks . Beginning in the late 13th century , the Ottomans started uniting beyliks and conquering the Balkans . After Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453 , Ottoman expansion continued under Selim I . During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent the Ottoman Empire encompassed much of Southeast Europe , West Asia and North Africa and became a world power .
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü ( Turkish pronunciation : [ ɡaɫatasaˈɾaj ˈspoɾ kulyˈby ] , Galatasaray Sports Club ) , is a Turkish professional football club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey . It is the association football branch of the larger Galatasaray Sports Club of the same name , itself a part of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee which includes Galatasaray High School where the football club was founded in October 1905 consisting entirely of student members . Galatasaray is the most successful Turkish football club ; domestically , they have won 22 Süper Lig titles , 18 Turkish Cups and 16 Turkish Super Cups . Galatasaray won a total of 72 domestic trophies , more than any other Turkish football club . Galatasaray is one of three teams to have participated in all seasons of the Süper Lig since 1959 , following the dissolution of the Istanbul Football League . Internationally , Galatasaray has won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000 , becoming the first and only Turkish team to win a major UEFA competition . In the 1999-2000 season , the club achieved the rare feat of completing a quadruple by winning the Süper Lig , the Turkish Cup , the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in a single season . Galatasaray is also the only Turkish club to have been ranked first on the IFFHS World Rankings . Since 2011 , the club 's stadium is the 52,332-capacity Türk Telekom Stadium in Seyrantepe , Istanbul . Previously , the club had played at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium , as well as a succession of other grounds in Istanbul , which included groundshares with Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe at the Taksim Stadium and İnönü Stadium . The club has a long-standing rivalry with other major Istanbul teams , namely with Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe . The derby between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe is dubbed the Kıtalar Arası Derbi ( English : Intercontinental Derby ) due to the location of their headquarters and stadiums on the European ( Galatasaray ) and Asian ( Fenerbahçe ) sides of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul .
France ( French : [ fʁɑ̃s ] ( listen ) ) , officially the French Republic ( French : République française , pronounced [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz ] ( listen ) ) , is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . [ XIII ] The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . It is bordered by Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast , Switzerland and Italy to the east , and Andorra and Spain to the south . The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . The country 's 18 integral regions ( five of which are situated overseas ) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres ( 248,573 sq mi ) and a total population of 67.02 million ( as of July 2019 [ update ] ) . France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris , the country 's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban areas include Lyon , Marseille , Toulouse , Bordeaux , Lille and Nice . France , including its overseas territories , has the most number of time zones of any country , with a total of 12 . During the Iron Age , what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls , a Celtic people . Rome annexed the area in 51 BC , holding it until the arrival of Germanic Franks in 476 , who formed the Kingdom of Francia . The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned Francia into East Francia , Middle Francia and West Francia . West Francia , which became the Kingdom of France in 987 , emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages , following its victory in the Hundred Years ' War ( 1337-1453 ) .
Olympique de Marseille ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ɔlɛ̃pik də maʁsɛj ] , locally [ ɔlɛ̃ˈpikə də mɑχˈsɛjə ] ; Occitan : Olimpic de Marselha , pronounced [ uˈlimpik de maʀˈsejɔ ] ) , also known as OM ( IPA : [ o.ɛm ] , locally [ oˈɛmə ] ) or simply Marseille , is a French professional football club based in Marseille in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , Founded in 1899 , the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of their history in the top tier of French football . The club has won ten official league titles ( nine times in Ligue 1 ) , ten Coupes de France and three Coupes de la Ligue . In 1993 , coach Raymond Goethals led the team to become the first and only French club to win the UEFA Champions League , defeating AC Milan 1-0 in the final . In 2010 , Marseille won its first Ligue 1 title in 18 years under the managing of former club captain Didier Deschamps . Marseille 's home ground is the 67,000-capacity Stade Vélodrome in the southern part of the city , where they have played since 1937 . The club has a large fan-base , having regularly averaged the highest attendance in French football . Marseille 's average home gate for the 2008-09 season was 52,276 , the highest in Ligue 1 . The stadium underwent renovation in 2011 , going from its previous capacity of 60,031 to 42,000 . Following completion in August 2014 , the final capacity increased to 67,000 ahead of France 's hosting of UEFA Euro 2016 . In 2015 , the club was ranked 23rd globally in terms of annual revenue , generating €130.5 million . In 1997 , Marseille was purchased by Franco-Swiss businessman Robert Louis-Dreyfus . Following his death in 2009 , his widow Margarita became the club 's majority shareholder in 2010 .
Sporting Club Bastiais ( Corsican : Sporting Club di Bastia , commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia ) is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica . The club plays in Championnat National 2 , the fourth tier of French football , after being demoted four levels from Ligue 1 in 2017 due to financial difficulties after playing in the first tier for five seasons . The club plays its home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari located within the city . Bastia is managed by Mathieu Chabert and captained by defender Gilles Cioni . Bastia 's main historical success include reaching the final of the 1977-78 edition of the UEFA Cup . The team was defeated by Dutch club PSV Eindhoven ( 0-0 at home , 0-3 away ) . Domestically , Bastia won the second division of French football in 1968 and 2012 , and the Coupe de France in 1981 . During the club 's infancy , it was league champions of the Corsican League 17 times . They are the local rivals of Ajaccio and contest the Corsica derby . The club has produced several famous players in its history , Dragan Džajić , Claude Papi , Johnny Rep , Roger Milla , Michael Essien , Alex Song , Sébastien Squillaci , Antar Yahia and Florian Thauvin are among players who have played in Bastia 's colours . In 2017 the club was relegated to the third tier of Championnat National due to financial irregularities and lost its professional licence ; therefore the official name was changed from Sporting Club de Bastia to Sporting Club Bastiais .
Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʒiʁɔ̃dɛ̃ də bɔʁdo ] ) , commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux or simply Bordeaux , is a French professional football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Nouvelle Aquitaine , The club currently play in Ligue 1 , the top division of French football . The team is currently coached by Paulo Sousa and captained by Benoît Costil . Bordeaux was founded in 1 October 1881 as a multi-sports club and is one of the most successful football clubs in France . The club has won six Ligue 1 titles . Bordeaux have also won four Coupe de France titles , three Coupe de la Ligue titles , and three Trophée des champions titles as well . Bordeaux also reached the Uefa Cup final in 1996 . From a year to its inception , the club 's stadium was the Stade Chaban-Delmas , though since 2015 , Bordeaux 's home ground has been the Matmut Atlantique .
Scotland ( Scots : Scotland , Scottish Gaelic : Alba [ ˈal̪ˠapə ] ( listen ) ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain , with a border with England to the southeast , and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west , the North Sea to the northeast , the Irish Sea to the south , and more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the European Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1707 . By inheritance in 1603 , James VI , King of Scots , became king of England and Ireland , thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms . Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain . The union also created a new Parliament of Great Britain , which succeeded both the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England . In 1801 , Great Britain entered into a political union with Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( in 1922 , the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom , leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927 ) . Within Scotland , the monarchy of the United Kingdom has continued to use a variety of styles , titles and other royal symbols of statehood specific to the pre-union Kingdom of Scotland . The legal system within Scotland has also remained separate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland ; Scotland constitutes a distinct jurisdiction in both public and private law . The continued existence of legal , educational , religious and other institutions distinct from those in the remainder of the UK have all contributed to the continuation of Scottish culture and national identity since the 1707 union with England . In 1997 , a Scottish Parliament was re-established , in the form of a devolved unicameral legislature comprising 129 members , having authority over many areas of domestic policy . The head of the Scottish Government is the first minister of Scotland , who is supported by the deputy first minister of Scotland .
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee . Formed in 1909. originally as Dundee Hibernian , the club changed to the present name in 1923 . United are nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs . The club has played in tangerine kits since the 1960s and have played at the present ground , Tannadice Park , since their foundation in 1909 . United were founder members of the Scottish Premier League ( SPL ) in 1998 and were ever-present in the competition until it was abolished in 2013 to make way for the SPFL structure . United were relegated in 2016 to the Scottish Championship , which is the second tier of the SPFL . Domestically , the club has won the Scottish Premier Division on one occasion ( 1982-83 ) , the Scottish Cup twice ( 1994 and 2010 ) and the Scottish League Cup twice ( 1979 and 1980 ) . United appeared in European competition for the first time in the 1966-67 season , going on to appear in Europe in 14 successive seasons from 1976 . They also reached the European Cup semi-finals in 1983-84 season and the UEFA Cup final in 1987 . The club has a 100% record in four matches against Barcelona in competitive European ties . The club 's main rivals are Dundee . The two teams contest the Dundee derby , with the local rivals ' Dens Park stadium being located virtually next door to Tannadice Park .
The Celtic Football Club ( /ˈsɛltɪk/ SEL-tik ) is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow , which plays in the Scottish Premiership . The club was founded in 1887 [ nb 1 ] with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant Irish population in the East End of Glasgow . They played their first match in May 1888 , a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5-2 . Celtic established themselves within Scottish football , winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century . The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein when they won nine consecutive league titles and the 1967 European Cup . Celtic have played in green and white for the entirety of its history , adopting hoops in 1903 , those being used ever since . Celtic are one of only five clubs in the world ( which also includes their rivals Rangers ) to have won over 100 trophies in their history . The club has won the Scottish league championship 50 times , most recently in 2018-19 , the Scottish Cup 39 times and the Scottish League Cup 19 times . The club 's greatest season was 1966-67 , when Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup , also winning the Scottish league championship , the Scottish Cup , the League Cup and the Glasgow Cup . Celtic also reached the 1970 European Cup Final and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final , losing in both . Celtic have a long-standing fierce rivalry with Rangers , and the clubs are known as the Old Firm , seen by some as the world 's biggest football derby . The club 's fanbase was estimated in 2003 as being around nine million worldwide , and there are more than 160 Celtic supporters clubs in over 20 countries .
Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow . It has played in the Scottish Premiership , the first tier of the Scottish Professional Football League , since winning the 2015-16 Scottish Championship . Their home ground , Ibrox Stadium , in the southwest of the city , is the third largest football stadium in the country . Although not the club 's official name , it is occasionally referred to as Glasgow Rangers . Rangers have played in royal blue shirts since the inception of the club . Rangers are the second most successful club in world football in terms of trophies won , behind only Egyptian club Al Ahly . The club has won more league titles and domestic trebles than any other team in the world , winning the league title 54 times , the Scottish Cup 33 times and the Scottish League Cup 27 times , and achieving the treble of all three in the same season seven times . Rangers won the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1972 after being losing finalists twice , in 1961 ( the first British club to reach a UEFA tournament final ) and 1967 . A third runners-up finish in Europe came in the UEFA Cup in 2008 . Rangers have a long-standing rivalry with Celtic , the two Glasgow clubs being collectively known as the Old Firm , which is considered one of the world 's biggest football derbies . Founded in March 1872 , Rangers is the fourth-oldest football club in Scotland and was one of the 11 original members of the Scottish Football League and it remained in the top division continuously until a financial crisis during the 2011-12 season saw an administration event occur and the original company liquidated with the assets moved to a new company structure . The club was accepted as an associate member of the Scottish Football League and placed in the fourth tier of Scottish football league system in time for the start of the following season .
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) , also known as SFR Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia , was a country located in Central and Southeastern Europe that existed from its foundation in the aftermath of World War II until its dissolution in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars . Covering an area of 255,804 km² ( 98,766 sq mi ) , the SFRY was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west , Austria and Hungary to the north , Bulgaria and Romania to the east , and Albania and Greece to the south . The nation was a socialist state and a federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and made up of six socialist republics - Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Macedonia , Montenegro , Serbia , and Slovenia - with Belgrade as its capital . In addition , it included two autonomous provinces within Serbia : Kosovo and Vojvodina . The SFRY 's origin is traced to 26 November 1942 , when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was formed during World War II . On 29 November 1945 , the Federal People 's Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed after the deposition of King Peter II , thus ending the monarchy . Until 1948 , the new communist government originally sided with the Eastern Bloc under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito at the beginning of the Cold War , but after the Tito-Stalin split of 1948 , Yugoslavia pursued a policy of neutrality . It became one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement , and transitioned from a command economy to market-based socialism . The SFRY maintained neutrality during the Cold War as part of its foreign policy . It was a founding member of CERN , the United Nations , Non-Aligned Movement , OSCE , IFAD , WTO , Eutelsat , and BTWC . Following the death of Tito on 4 May 1980 , the Yugoslav economy started to collapse , which increased unemployment and inflation . The economic crisis led to a rise in ethnic nationalism in the late 1980s and early 1990s ; dissidence resulted among the multiple ethnicities within the constituent republics .
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( Serbian Cyrillic : Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда , IPA : [ fûdbalskiː klûːb tsř̩ʋenaː zʋěːzda ] ; English : Red Star Football Club ) , which translates into English as simply Red Star ( Serbian : Црвена звезда / Crvena zvezda ) , is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade commonly known elsewhere as Red Star Belgrade ( Serbian : Црвена звезда Београд / Crvena zvezda Beograd ) , the major part of the Red Star multi-sport club . They are the only Serbian and Yugoslav club to have won the European Cup , having done so in 1991 , and the only team to have won the Intercontinental Cup , also in 1991 . With 30 national championships , 24 national cups , 2 national supercups and one league cup between Serbian and Yugoslav competitions , Red Star was the most successful club in Yugoslavia and finished first in the Yugoslav First League all-time table , and is the most successful club in Serbia . Since the 1991-92 season , Red Star 's best results are in the UEFA Champions League group stage and UEFA Europa League knockout phase . According to 2008 polls , Red Star Belgrade is the most popular football club in Serbia , with 48.2% of the population supporting them . They have many supporters in other former Yugoslav republics and in the Serbian diaspora . Their main rivals are fellow Belgrade side Partizan . The championship matches between these two clubs are known as The Eternal derby . According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ' list of the Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century , Red Star is the highest-ranked Serbian and ex-Yugoslavian club , sharing the 27th position on the list with Dutch club Feyenoord .
Hungary ( Hungarian : Magyarország [ ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ ] ( listen ) ) is a country in Central Europe . Spanning 93,030 square kilometres ( 35,920 sq mi ) in the Carpathian Basin , it borders Slovakia to the north , Ukraine to the northeast , Romania to the east and southeast , Serbia to the south , Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest , and Austria to the west . With about 10 million inhabitants , Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union . The official language is Hungarian , which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world , and among the few non-Indo-European languages to be widely spoken in Europe . Hungary 's capital and largest city is Budapest ; other major urban areas include Debrecen , Szeged , Miskolc , Pécs and Győr . The territory of modern Hungary was for centuries inhabited by a succession of peoples , including Celts , Romans , Germanic tribes , Huns , West Slavs and the Avars . The foundations of the Hungarian state were established in the late ninth century CE by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád following the conquest of the Carpathian Basin . His great-grandson Stephen I ascended the throne in 1000 , converting his realm to a Christian kingdom . By the 12th century , Hungary became a regional power , reaching its cultural and political height in the 15th century . Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526 , Hungary was partially occupied by the Ottoman Empire ( 1541-1699 ) . It came under Habsburg rule at the turn of the 18th century , and later joined Austria to form the Austro-Hungarian Empire , a major European power . The Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed after World War I , and the subsequent Treaty of Trianon established Hungary 's current borders , resulting in the loss of 71% of its territory , 58% of its population , and 32% of ethnic Hungarians .
Fehérvár Football Club ( commonly known as Fehérvár , Vidi , or MOL Fehérvár Football Club for reasons of sponsorship ) , is a Hungarian professional football club based in Székesfehérvár , which plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I , the top level of the Hungarian league system . Due to sponsorship reasons , the club changed its name from Videoton FC to MOL Vidi FC in 2018 , the main sponsor of the club being oil and gas multinational company MOL . In 2019 the club changed its name once again to MOL Fehérvár FC . Fehérvár has won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I three times , in 2011 , 2015 , and 2018 . They have also won the Magyar Kupa twice : in 2006 , after defeating Vasas on penalties in the final , and in 2019 , after defeating Budapest Honvéd FC . They won the defunct Hungarian League Cup three times in 2008 , 2009 , and 2012 and the also defunct Hungarian Super Cup two times in 2011 and 2012 . Fehérvár is best known in European football for reaching the 1985 UEFA Cup Final , being led by Ferenc Kovács . Most recently , the team has participated in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League in the 2012-13 and 2018-19 seasons . The club colours are blue and red . Since 1967 , Fehérvár has been playing its home matches the Sóstói Stadion , currently called MOL Aréna Sóstó due to sponsorship reasons . During the reconstruction of the stadium between 2016 and 2018 , they played their home games in the Pancho Aréna in Felcsút .
Austria ( /ˈɒstriə/ ( listen ) , /ˈɔːs-/ ; German : Österreich [ ˈøːstɐʁaɪ̯ç ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Republic of Austria ( German : Republik Österreich , listen ( help·info ) ) , is a landlocked East Alpine country in the southern part of Central Europe . It is composed of nine federated states ( Bundesländer ) , one of which is Vienna , Austria 's capital and its largest city . It is bordered by Germany to the northwest , Czech Republic to the north , Slovakia to the northeast , Hungary to the east , Slovenia and Italy to the south , and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west . Austria occupies an area of 83,879 km2 ( 32,386 sq mi ) and has a population of nearly 9 million people . While German is the country 's official language , many Austrians communicate informally in a variety of Bavarian dialects . Austria initially emerged as a margraviate around 976 and developed into a duchy and archduchy . In the 16th century , Austria started serving as the heart of the Habsburg Monarchy and the junior branch of the House of Habsburg - one of the most influential royal dynasties in history . As an archduchy , it was a major component and administrative centre of the Holy Roman Empire . Early in the 19th century , Austria established its own empire , which became a great power and the leading force of the German Confederation but pursued its own course independently of the other German states . Following the Austro-Prussian War and the compromise with Hungary , the Dual Monarchy was established . Austria was involved in World War I under Emperor Franz Joseph following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand , the presumptive successor to the Austro-Hungarian throne . After the defeat and the dissolution of the Monarchy , the Republic of German-Austria was proclaimed with the intent of the union with Germany , which eventually failed because of the Allied Powers and the state remained unrecognized .
FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian football club based in Wals-Siezenheim . Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena . Due to sponsorship restrictions , the club is known as FC Salzburg and wears a modified crest when playing in UEFA competitions . The club was known as SV Austria Salzburg , and had several sponsored names , before being bought by Red Bull GmbH in 2005 who renamed the club and changed its colours from its traditional violet and white to red and white . The change resulted in some of the team 's fans forming a new club , SV Austria Salzburg . Founded in 1933 , and refounded in 2005 as Red Bull Salzburg , the club won its first Bundesliga title in 1994 , which was the first of three in the span of four seasons which also saw them reach the 1994 UEFA Cup final . The club has won thirteen league titles and six Austrian Cups , all six of which came as doubles and also three Austrian Supercups .