European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics
Clubs -- By semi-final appearances
Table:
Team

No.

Years

Real Madrid
29
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Bayern Munich
19
1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018

Barcelona
17
1960, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019

Milan
13
1956, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Manchester United
12
1957, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

Juventus
12
1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2015, 2017

Liverpool
11
1965, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019

Ajax
9
1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2019

Benfica
8
1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1990

Inter Milan
8
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1981, 2003, 2010

Chelsea
7
2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014

Atlético Madrid
6
1959, 1971, 1974, 2014, 2016, 2017

Red Star Belgrade
4
1957, 1971, 1991, 1992

Borussia Dortmund
4
1964, 1997, 1998, 2013

Celtic
4
1967, 1970, 1972, 1974

Monaco
4
1994, 1998, 2004, 2017

Hamburg
3
1961, 1980, 1983

Leeds United
3
1970, 1975, 2001

Panathinaikos
3
1971, 1985, 1996

PSV Eindhoven
3
1976, 1988, 2005

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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 .
The 1955-56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup , UEFA 's premier club football tournament . The tournament was won by Real Madrid , who defeated Reims 4-3 in the final at Parc des Princes , Paris , on 13 June 1956 . The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe . Of the originally selected teams , Chelsea of England were barred from participation by The Football Association , who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football . Chelsea were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland . In addition , Holland Sport , Honvéd and BK Copenhagen rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands , Hungary and Denmark respectively , being replaced by PSV Eindhoven , Vörös Lobogó and AGF Aarhus . This was also the only UEFA tournament to include a representative of Saarland , unified into West Germany in 1957 . The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches .
The 1956-57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup , Europe 's premier club football tournament . The competition was won for the second time by Real Madrid , who beat Fiorentina 2-0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium , Madrid , on 30 May 1957 . After the great success of the first tournament , six new nations entered representatives : Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , England , Luxembourg , Romania and Turkey . The English Football Association ( FA ) had not allowed Chelsea to enter in 1955 , and continued its stance on the European Cup as it being a distraction . However , against the wishes of the FA , Manchester United entered the competition as English champions , becoming the first English team to play in Europe . An additional place was awarded to Real Madrid as the competition 's reigning champions , occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany .
The 1957-58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup , Europe 's premier club football tournament . The competition was won by Real Madrid , who beat Milan 3-2 in the final , following a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes . This was Real Madrid 's third European Cup title in a row . However , the 1957-58 season was marred by the air disaster in Munich , when eight Manchester United players lost their lives on their way home from Belgrade , after a 3-3 draw in the quarter-final second leg with Red Star Belgrade . The English champions were ultimately defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up , AC Milan of Italy . It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland , Northern Ireland and East Germany participated , while Turkey could not send any club , since the Turkish FA failed to register Beşiktaş for the draw in time . Sevilla was invited despite having been runners-up in Spain the year before , as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders ; the two Spanish sides met in the quarter-finals , the first time two sides from the same country played against each other in the competition .
The 1958-59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup , Europe 's premier club football tournament . The competition was won by Real Madrid for the fourth time in a row , who beat Reims 2-0 in the final at Neckarstadion , Stuttgart , on 3 June 1959 . The two finalists also competed in the final of the first European Cup in 1956 . This season was the first one in which Turkey sent its official national champion , and the first time of a Finnish participation . Olympiakos , Greece 's first-ever entrants , withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie . Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up , as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders .
The 1959-60 European Cup was the fifth season of the European Cup , Europe 's premier club football tournament . The competition was won by Real Madrid , who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 in the final at Hampden Park , Glasgow . It remains the record score for the European Cup final . It was Real Madrid 's fifth consecutive European Cup title . It was also the first time that a German team , Eintracht Frankfurt , reached the final . The tournament saw the first participation by a Greek club , having withdrawn from the previous season .
The 1961-62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup . The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row , beating Real Madrid 5-3 at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam . Malta entered its champion for the first time this season .
The 1963-64 season of the European Cup club football tournament saw Internazionale win the title with a 3-1 victory over Real Madrid . It was the second consecutive season that an Italian team had won the competition . Milan , the defending champions , were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals . Cyprus entered its champion for the first time this season .
The 1965-66 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Real Madrid , winners of the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960 , for the sixth time in a close final against Partizan . Real Madrid eliminated title-holders Internazionale in the semi-finals .
The 1967-68 European Cup was the 13th European Cup , UEFA 's premier club football tournament . The competition was won by Manchester United , who beat Benfica 4-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium , London . The European Cup title marked the tenth year since the Munich air disaster , in which eight United players were killed and their manager , Matt Busby , was left close to death , the day after earning a place in the semi-finals of the 1957-58 competition . It was also the first time an English side had won the trophy . The away goals rule ( which had already been used in the Cup Winners ' Cup and the Fairs ' Cup ) was introduced if aggregate scores were level after two legs , but only for the first round of the competition . Extra time goals were not included in the rule . Celtic , the defending champions , were eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the first round .
The 1972-73 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus at Red Star Stadium in Belgrade . The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by a Dutch team .
The 1975-76 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Saint-Étienne at Hampden Park , Glasgow . It would be another 42 years before a club again won this tournament in three consecutive seasons , this being achieved by Real Madrid in 2018 .
The 1979-80 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by holders Nottingham Forest in the final against Hamburg . The winning goal was scored by John Robertson , who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area . Forest became the only side to win the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight league , a record which still stands .
The 1980-81 European Cup was the 26th season of the European Cup football club tournament , and was won for a third time by Liverpool , who beat six-time champions Real Madrid in the final . In the 11 seasons up to and including this one , there were only four winners of the European Cup ( Ajax , Bayern Munich , Nottingham Forest and Liverpool ) , but there were eleven different runners-up . This record would have continued into the next year as well , but Bayern lost to first-time finalists Aston Villa . Nottingham Forest , the defending champions , were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the first round .
The 1986-87 season was the 32nd season of the European Cup , Europe 's premier club football competition . The tournament was won by Porto , who came from behind in the final against Bayern Munich to give a Portuguese club its first title since 1962 . Steaua București , the defending champions , were eliminated by Anderlecht in the second round , having received a bye to reach that stage of the tournament due to the absence of the English champions ( Liverpool ) , as the ban on English clubs in European competitions was now in its second season .
The 1987-88 European Cup was the 33rd season of the European Cup club football tournament . The competition was won for the first time by PSV Eindhoven , who defeated two-time winners Benfica in the final at Neckarstadion in Stuttgart . PSV became the first Dutch team to win the title in 15 years . They also set a record by winning only three matches on their route to the Cup , including no wins from the quarter-final onwards . Porto , the defending champions , were eliminated by Real Madrid in the second round . English clubs were still banned , following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985 , so Everton were denied a place in the competition for the second time in three years .
The 1988-89 European Cup was the 34th season of the European Cup football club tournament . The competition was won for the first time since 1969 , and third time overall , by Milan comfortably in the final against former winners Steaua București . As the defending champions , PSV Eindhoven received a bye to the second round , but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals . English clubs were still banned , following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985 , so Liverpool were denied a place in the competition .
The 1997-98 UEFA Champions League was the 43rd season of the UEFA Champions League , UEFA 's premier club football tournament , and the sixth since its re-branding from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup or European Cup . The tournament was won by Real Madrid , winning for the first time in 32 years , beating 1-0 Juventus who were playing in a third consecutive final . It started a run of three victories in five seasons for the Spanish club . This season was the first to have six groups , instead of previous four , which meant that only two group runners-up qualified for the quarter finals as opposed to all the second-placed teams . It was also the first to have two qualifying rounds instead of just one . After three years of entering the UEFA Cup , champions of smaller nations returned to the Champions League . For the first time , the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered into the competition . Borussia Dortmund , the defending champions , were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Real Madrid . Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Slovakia and the Republic of Macedonia all entered their champions for the first time , while the champion of Yugoslavia returned to this competition for the first time after 1991-92 season and the abolishion of UN ban .
The 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League was the 45th season of the UEFA Champions League , UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , and the eighth season since its rebranding from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup or European Cup . The competition was won by Real Madrid , who clinched a historic eighth title win by beating fellow La Liga side , Valencia in the final . The final was hosted in the Stade de France in Paris , the city where the original roots of the competition had begun nearly 50 years earlier . The competition was dominated by the Spanish teams , with three of the four semi-finalists coming from Spain , namely Real Madrid , Valencia and Barcelona . The final between Real Madrid and Valencia marked the first time that both finalists in the competition had come from the same country . Manchester United were the defending champions , but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals .
The 2000-01 UEFA Champions League was the 46th season of the UEFA Champions League , UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , and the ninth since it was rebranded from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup or European Cup . The competition was won by Bayern Munich ( first title since 1976 ) , who beat Valencia 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time . It was their first UEFA Champions League title , and their fourth European Cup title overall , it was Valencia 's second consecutive final defeat , losing to Real Madrid in the previous season . The knockout phase saw Bayern eliminate the preceding two Champions League winners , Manchester United and Real Madrid , winning all four games in the process . Valencia , meanwhile , defeated English sides Arsenal and Leeds United in the knockout phase en route to the final . The 2001 final saw the two previous seasons ' losing finalists clash , Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in the 1999 final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 final . Real Madrid were the defending champions , but were eliminated by eventual winners Bayern Munich in the semi-finals .
The 2001-02 UEFA Champions League was the 47th season of the UEFA Champions League , UEFA 's premier club football tournament , and the 10th since its rebranding from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup or European Cup . The tournament was won by Real Madrid , who beat Bayer Leverkusen in the final to claim their ninth European Cup title . The final 's winning goal was scored by Zinedine Zidane , with a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area into the top left corner . Bayer Leverkusen eliminated all three English teams on their way to the final : Arsenal in the second group stage , followed by Liverpool in the quarter-finals and Manchester United in the semi-final . Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was the tournament 's top scorer , scoring 10 goals from the first group stage through to the semi-final . Bayern Munich were the defending champions , but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals .
The 2002-03 UEFA Champions League was the 11th season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , the UEFA Champions League , since its rebranding in 1992 , and the 48th European Cup tournament overall . The competition was won by Milan , who beat Juventus on penalties in the European Cup 's first ever all-Italian final , to win their sixth European title , and its first in nine years . Manchester United 's Ruud van Nistelrooy was again the top scorer , scoring 12 goals over the two group stages and knockout stage , in addition to two goals he had scored in the qualifying phase , although his side bowed out in the quarter-finals and missed out on the chance of playing in a final at their own stadium . Real Madrid were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Juventus in the semi-finals .
The 2010-11 UEFA Champions League was the 56th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 19th under the current UEFA Champions League format . The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011 , where Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3-1 . Internazionale were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals . As winners , Barcelona earned berths in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup and the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup .
The 2011-12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 20th season in its current Champions League format . As part of a trial that started in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League , two extra officials - one behind each goal - were used in all matches of the competition from the play-off round . The final was held at the Allianz Arena in Munich , Germany . Chelsea 's caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo led the club to win their first Champions League title after beating Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties in the final . As tenants of the Allianz Arena ( known as Fußball Arena München for the final ) , this meant that Bayern were the first finalists to have home advantage since 1984 . By winning the tournament , Chelsea earned a berth at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup and 2012 UEFA Super Cup . Barcelona were the defending champions , but were eliminated by the eventual winners Chelsea in the semi-finals .
The 2012-13 UEFA Champions League was the 58th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League . The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London , England , in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the formation of England 's Football Association , the world 's oldest football association . It came just two years after Wembley hosted the final in 2011 , making it the seventh occasion Wembley Stadium ( current and old ) had hosted the Champions League final . Bayern Munich , who had been runners-up in 2011-12 , won by defeating Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund 2-1 via an 89th-minute goal from Arjen Robben . This was Bayern 's 10th final , their first European Cup title in 12 years , and their fifth overall . This was the first all-German final , and the fourth final to feature two teams from the same association , after the finals of 2000 , 2003 , and 2008 . The defending champions , Chelsea , were eliminated in the group stage , becoming the first title holders to leave the competition at this stage . They went on to win the 2013 Europa League final , and became the first team to win the Europa League while still retaining their Champions League crown .
The 2013-14 UEFA Champions League was the 59th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League . The 2014 UEFA Champions League Final was played between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon , Portugal , marking the fifth final to feature two teams from the same association ( after the finals of 2000 , 2003 , 2008 and 2013 ) and the first time in tournament history that both finalists were from the same city . [ deprecated source ] Real Madrid , who eliminated the title holders , Bayern Munich , in the semi-finals , won in extra time , giving them a record-extending tenth title in the competition . Real equalized late in the second half through Sergio Ramos and then pulled away during extra time to win 4-1 . For the first time , the clubs who qualified for the group stage also qualified for the newly formed 2013-14 UEFA Youth League , a competition available to players aged 19 or under .
The 2014-15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League . The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final was played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin , Germany , with Spanish side Barcelona defeating Italian side Juventus by 3-1 to win their fifth title and complete their treble . Real Madrid were the title holders , but they were eliminated by Juventus in the semi-finals . This season was the first where clubs must comply with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in order to participate . Moreover , this season was the first where a club from Gibraltar competed in the tournament , after the Gibraltar Football Association was accepted as the 54th UEFA member at the UEFA Congress in May 2013 . They were granted one spot in the Champions League , which was taken by Lincoln Red Imps , the champions of the 2013-14 Gibraltar Premier Division . On 17 July 2014 , the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other until further notice due to the political unrest between the countries . Another ruling centred in regional instability was also made where Israeli teams were prohibited from hosting any UEFA competitions due to the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict . The rules regarding suspension due to yellow card accumulation were also changed such that all bookings expired on completion of the quarter-finals and were not carried forward to the semi-finals . Moreover , this was the first season in which vanishing spray was used .
The 2015-16 UEFA Champions League was the 61st season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League . Barcelona were the title holders , but were eliminated by Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals . The 2016 UEFA Champions League Final was played between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at the San Siro in Milan , Italy . It was the second time in the tournament 's history that both finalists were from the same city , after the same clubs faced each other in the 2014 final . Real Madrid defeated Atlético Madrid 5-3 on penalties ( 1-1 after extra time ) in the final to win a record-extending eleventh European Cup/Champions League title . As the winners of the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League , Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan ( their third Club World Cup appearance ) , and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League , Sevilla , in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup .
The 2016-17 UEFA Champions League was the 62nd season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League . The final was played between Juventus and Real Madrid at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , Wales . It was the second time that the two teams faced each other in the competition 's decisive match , having previously met in the 1998 final . Real Madrid , the defending champions , beat Juventus 4-1 to win a record-extending 12th title . With this victory , Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend their title in the Champions League era , and the first to successfully defend a European Cup since Milan in 1990 . As winners , Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative for the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates , and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League , Manchester United , in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup .
The 2017-18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League . The final was played between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev , Ukraine . Real Madrid , the defending champions , beat Liverpool 3-1 to win a record-extending 13th title and their third title in a row . As winners , Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates , and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League , Atlético Madrid , in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup . Moreover , they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League group stage , but since they had already qualified through their league performance , the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017-18 Czech First League , the 11th-ranked association according to the 2018-19 access list .
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 .
The 1973-74 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Bayern Munich , beginning their own three-year period of domination , in a replayed final against Atlético Madrid . This was the first time the cup went to Germany , and the first European Cup final to require a replay after the first match was drawn 1-1 after extra time . Ajax , the defending champions , were eliminated by CSKA September Flag in the second round .
The 1974-75 season was the 20th season of the European Cup , an annual football tournament for the champion clubs of the member nations of UEFA ( the Union of European Football Associations ) . It was won for the second consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Leeds United , the first English side to reach the final since Manchester United won it seven years earlier and only the second in the history of the competition .
The 1981-82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich . The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players . Villa 's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley 's cross in off the post . It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition . Liverpool , the defending champions , were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals .
The 1989-90 European Cup was the 35th edition of Europe 's premier club football tournament , the European Cup . The final was played at the Praterstadion in Vienna on 23 May 1990 . The final was contested by Italian defending champions Milan and Portuguese two-time former winners Benfica . Milan successfully defended their title with a 1-0 victory , securing their fourth European Cup trophy . Milan remained the last team to successfully defend their trophy until Real Madrid did it again in 2017 . This was the English clubs ' last year of ban from European competitions , following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985 , so Arsenal were denied a place in the competition . Since Liverpool were given an extra year 's ban , there would still be no English representative the following season .
The 1990-91 European Cup was the 36th season of the European Cup , a tournament for men 's football clubs in nations affiliated to the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ) . It was won for the first time by Red Star Belgrade on penalties in the final against Marseille ; both were first-time finalists . This was only the second time that an Eastern European side had won the competition , after Steaua București of Romania in 1986 . It was also the last tournament to be solely knock-out based , with a group stage added for the next season . Red Star won the tournament as the only Yugoslavian club shortly before the breakup of Yugoslavia . This was also the last season to feature a team from East Germany , since the East and its West counterpart reunified in October 1990 . This tournament would have marked the return of English clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 but English champions Liverpool had been banned for an additional year , so could not participate . Ajax , the Dutch champions , were not allowed to participate in a European Cup competition because of the poor behaviour of their fans during a game the previous season , so their spot in the qualification was simply vacated , giving Milan a first-round bye . Milan were the defending champions and were given a bye to the second round due to the absence of both an English and a Dutch side in the tournament , before being eliminated by Marseille in the quarter-finals after the second leg had been awarded as a 3-0 win for Marseille when the eventual runners-up were leading 1-0 , and 2-1 on aggregate , in injury time , when the floodlights failed . Milan refused to play on when floodlights were fixed and were banned , giving Marseille a 3-0 automatic win .
The 1994-95 UEFA Champions League was the 40th edition of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , and the third since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League . The tournament was won by Ajax of the Netherlands with a late goal in the final against defending champions Milan of Italy . Ajax won the competition without losing a game , either in the group or the knock-out stage in winning the title for the first time since 1973 . Compared to the previous edition of the European Cup , radical changes were made to the format of the tournament , due to a recently expired contract that bound UEFA to the EBU for the transmission of the final , and this gave occasion for a general review of the format , which attracted the interest of new and financially well-off private television companies . This year included four groups of four teams each in the group stage , up from two groups of four teams each in 1993-94 . It was also the first year in which eight teams advanced to the knock-out stage and the first of three years in which smaller clubs entered the UEFA Cup instead of the Champions League . It was also the first time that this competition was known as UEFA Champions League from the first to the last match of the competition , the two previous seasons , the UEFA Champions League involved the round ( s ) between the round of 16 and the final of the European Champions Cup . Former Yugoslavia was unable to participate for the third season in a row due to the UN economic sanctions . Milan were the defending champions , but were defeated by Ajax in the final .
The 1998-99 UEFA Champions League was the 44th season of the UEFA Champions League , Europe 's premier club football tournament , and the seventh since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup or European Cup . The competition was won by Manchester United , coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 2-1 in the final . Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored United 's goals after Bayern had hit the post and the bar . They were the first English club to win Europe 's premier club football tournament since 1984 and were also the first English club to reach a Champions League final since the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent banning of English clubs from all UEFA competitions between 1985 and 1990 . It was the first time since 1968 that Manchester United won the Champions League giving them their second title . Manchester United also completed the Treble , becoming the fourth side in Europe to do so and in the process prevented Bayern Munich from achieving the feat themselves , Bayern eventually finished runners-up in their domestic cup two weeks later . The Red Devils won the trophy without losing a single match , despite having competed in a group with Bayern Munich , Barcelona and Brøndby , plus two highly rated Italian clubs in the knock-out stages . However , United became champions with just five wins in total , the lowest number of wins recorded by a champion in the Champions League era to date , though the competition now has an extra round of two matches in the knock-out stages . It was the first time the Champions League was won by a team that had neither won their domestic league nor the Champions League the previous season and therefore would not have qualified for the tournament under the old qualification rules ( title holder or national league champion ) . For the second time , the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered the competition . Real Madrid were the defending champions , but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Dynamo Kyiv .
The 2009-10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format . The final was played on 22 May 2010 , at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium , home of Real Madrid , in Madrid , Spain . The final was won by Italian club Inter Milan , who beat German side Bayern Munich 2-0 . Internazionale went on to represent Europe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup , beating Congolese side TP Mazembe 3-0 in the final , and played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Atlético Madrid , losing 2-0 . Barcelona were the defending champions , but they were eliminated by eventual winners Inter Milan in the semi-finals .
Futbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan pronunciation : [ fubˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsəˈlonə ] ( listen ) ) , commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça ( [ ˈbaɾsə ] ) , is a Spanish professional football club based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss , Spanish , English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper , the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism , hence the motto Més que un club ( More than a club ) . Unlike many other football clubs , the supporters own and operate Barcelona . It is the fourth-most valuable sports team in the world , worth $ 4.06 billion , and the world 's richest football club in terms of revenue , with an annual turnover of €840,8 million . The official Barcelona anthem is the Cant del Barça , written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs . Domestically , Barcelona has won a record 74 trophies ; 26 La Liga , 30 Copa del Rey , 13 Supercopa de España , 3 Copa Eva Duarte , and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies , as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions . In international club football , the club has won 20 European and worldwide titles ; 5 UEFA Champions League titles , a record 4 UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , a joint record 5 UEFA Super Cup , a record 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup , and 3 FIFA Club World Cup . Barcelona was ranked first in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics Club World Ranking for 1997 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , and 2015 and currently occupies the second position on the UEFA club rankings . The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid ; matches between the two teams are referred to as El Clásico . Barcelona is one of the most widely supported teams in the world , and the club has one of the largest social media following in the world among sports teams . Barcelona players have won a record number of Ballon d'Or awards ( 12 ) , with recipients including Johan Cruyff , as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards ( 7 ) , with winners including Ronaldo , Romário , Ronaldinho , and Rivaldo . In 2010 , three players who came through the club 's youth academy ( Lionel Messi , Andrés Iniesta , and Xavi ) were chosen as the three best players in the world in the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards , an unprecedented feat for players from the same football school .
The 1960-61 European Cup was the sixth season of the European Cup , UEFA 's premier club football tournament . The competition was won by Benfica , who won 3-2 in the final against Barcelona , who had knocked out Spanish rivals Real Madrid , winners of the first five tournaments , in the first round . Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament . For the first time a Norwegian club participated .
The 1985-86 European Cup was the 31st season of UEFA 's premier club football tournament , the European Cup . The European Champion Clubs ' Cup was won by Steaua București on penalties in the final against Barcelona . Steaua București became the first Eastern Bloc side to win the tournament , mainly thanks to the heroics of their goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam , who after keeping a clean sheet in the final saved all four of Barcelona 's penalties to win the cup . No English club was entered into the competition this year , owing to a ban from European competition after the Heysel Stadium disaster . Had the ban not been imposed , Everton would have represented England in the competition . Juventus , the defending champions , were eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals .
The 1991-92 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Barcelona after extra time in the final against Sampdoria , the first victory in the tournament by a team from Spain since 1966 . The winning goal was scored by Ronald Koeman with a free kick . This was the last tournament before the competition was re-branded as the UEFA Champions League . It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second-round winners split into two groups , and the winner of each one met in the final . In addition , it was the last time an East Germany team competed in European Cup until RB Leipzig 's qualification for the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League , albeit through unified Germany 's league . This tournament also marked the first appearance of English clubs after a six-year absence resulting from the ban they received following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 . They would have returned one year earlier had any club other than Liverpool won the 1990 Football League championship , but Liverpool were unable to participate in the 1990-91 competition because they had been banned for an additional year beyond the five-year ban to which all English clubs had been subjected . Arsenal represented England this season and reached the second round . The defending champions , Red Star Belgrade , did not have an opportunity to play at their own ground because of Yugoslav Wars , thereby reducing their chances of defending their title . Red Star themselves were eliminated in the group stage . It was also the final season in which the clubs from that country were able to participate in any European football competition . While the clubs from some other former Yugoslav republics were allowed to compete as early as in the 1993-94 season , due to UN embargo it was only in the 1997-98 season when the clubs from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia returned to the European football elite .
The 1993-94 UEFA Champions League was the 39th season of the UEFA Champions League , UEFA 's premier club football tournament , and the second season with the UEFA Champions League logo ( it was adopted in the group stage and semi-finals , the rest of the tournament continued to be called European Champion Clubs ' Cup or European Cup ) . The competition was won by Milan , their fifth title , beating Barcelona 4-0 in the final . Marseille were the defending champions , but were not allowed to enter the competition due their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Division 1 the season prior . This saw them stripped of their league title and demoted to Division 2 at the end of 1993-94 . This was the first and only time which the defending champions did not participate in the following season of the competition . Third-placed Monaco took the vacated French berth ( second-placed Paris Saint-Germain , who refused the defaulted French title , competed in the Cup Winners ' Cup instead as Coupe de France winners ) . There were changes made to the UEFA Champions League 's format from the previous year . After two seasons , with the groups , it introduced one legged semi-finals taking place after the group stage , meaning the two sides qualified from each group as group winners playing the semi-finals at home . This edition was marked by the absence of Yugoslav participants because Yugoslavia was under UN economic sanctions . Yugoslav participants were frequently present in advanced stages of the competition with Red Star Belgrade having won the European Cup in 1991 and finished second in the group the following season . FK Partizan were to represent Yugoslavia in this edition , but were not allowed to participate . Meanwhile , Croatia , Belarus , Moldova , Georgia and Wales entered their champions for the first time this edition .
The 2005-06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , the UEFA Champions League and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992 . 74 teams from 50 football associations took part , starting with the first qualifying round played on 12 July 2005 . The tournament ended with a final between Arsenal and Barcelona at Stade de France , Paris , on 17 May 2006 . Barcelona won 2-1 with Juliano Belletti scoring a late winner . Arsenal had taken the lead through a Sol Campbell header in the 37th minute , despite Jens Lehmann being sent off in the 18th minute . Samuel Eto ' o brought Barcelona back on level terms in the 76th minute before Belletti scored the winner five minutes later . The defending champions Liverpool were eliminated by Benfica in the first knockout round .
The 2007-08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , the UEFA Champions League , since it was rebranded in 1992 , and the 53rd tournament overall . The final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow , where Manchester United played against Chelsea , making it an all-English final for the first time in the history of the European Cup . Manchester United won the match 6-5 on penalties , following a 1-1 draw after extra time . Milan were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Arsenal in the first knockout round .
The 2008-09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe 's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format . The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009 . It was the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in Italy and the fourth time it has been held at the Stadio Olimpico . The final was contested by the defending champions , Manchester United , and Barcelona , who had last won the tournament in 2006 . Barcelona won the match 2-0 , with goals from Samuel Eto ' o and Lionel Messi , securing The Treble in the process . In addition , both UEFA Cup finalists , Werder Bremen and Shakhtar Donetsk featured in the Champions League group stage . Anorthosis of Cyprus and BATE Borisov of Belarus were the first teams from their respective countries to qualify for the group stage . Romanian side CFR Cluj and Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg also made their Champions League debuts .
The 2018-19 UEFA Champions League was the 64th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 27th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs ' Cup to the UEFA Champions League . The final was played at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid , Spain , between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool , in the second all-English final after Manchester United beat Chelsea in Moscow in 2008 . Liverpool won the match 2-0 to claim their sixth European Cup - putting them outright third in the list of clubs with the most European Cup titles behind Real Madrid and Milan . The win gave them automatic qualification for the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League group stage and the right to play in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup and the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup , both of which they won . Real Madrid , who had won four of the last five titles , including each of the last three , were eliminated by Ajax in the round of 16 . For the first time , the video assistant referee ( VAR ) system was used in the competition from the round of 16 onward .
Associazione Calcio Milan ( Italian pronunciation : [ assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan ] ) , commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional football club in Milan , Italy , founded in 1899 . The club has spent its entire history , with the exception of the 1980-81 and 1982-83 seasons , in the top flight of Italian football , known as Serie A since 1929-30 . A.C. Milan 's 18 FIFA and UEFA trophies is the fourth highest out of any club ( joint with Boca Juniors ) , and the most out of any Italian club . Milan has won a joint record three Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup , seven European Cup/Champions League titles ( Italian record ) , the UEFA Super Cup a joint record five times and the Cup Winners ' Cup twice . With 18 league titles , Milan is also the joint-second most successful club in Serie A , along with local rivals Internazionale and behind Juventus ( 35 league titles ) . They have also won the Coppa Italia five times , and the Supercoppa Italiana seven . Milan 's home games are played at San Siro , also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza . The stadium , which is shared with city rivals Internazionale , is the largest in Italian football , with a total capacity of 80,018 . Inter are considered their biggest rivals , and matches between the two teams are called Derby della Madonnina , which is one of the most followed derbies in football . The club is one of the wealthiest in Italian and world football . It was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe 's leading football clubs as well as its replacement , the European Club Association .
The 1962-63 European Cup was the eighth season of the European Cup , a football competition for European clubs . The competition was won by Milan , who beat defending champions Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium in London . Milan 's victory was the first by an Italian club . Albania entered its champion for the first time this season .
The 1968-69 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Milan , who beat Ajax 4-1 in the final , giving Milan its first European Cup title since 1963 , and its second overall . A number of Eastern Bloc clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern Bloc clubs against one another . Substitutions of two players at any game time were allowed ; obligatory match dates were introduced ( two weeks between the legs ) and fixed on Wednesdays ; the away goal rule was extended to the first and second rounds . Manchester United , the defending champions , were eliminated by Milan in the semi-finals .
The 1992-93 UEFA Champions League was the 38th European Cup , the premier European club football tournament , and the first season with the UEFA Champions League branding ( originally adopted only in the group stage ) . It was the second season of the competition in which the eight second round winners would be split into two groups , with the winner of each one meeting in the final . In addition , a preliminary round was required as this was the first season after the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia , resulting in many new countries eligible to enter the champions of their own leagues into the competition . Israel and the Faroe Islands were also represented for the first time . The tournament was won for the first time by Marseille , defeating Milan in the final . However , soon after Marseille 's victory allegations of match fixing were levelled at them and their president Bernard Tapie . This involved a league game where Marseille , it emerged , had fixed their title-clinching Division 1 game against Valenciennes so they could concentrate on the Milan tie . It is believed that Tapie bribed Valenciennes to lose so that Marseille would win the French league earlier , giving them more time to prepare for the European Cup final . This resulted in Marseille being stripped of their league title by the French Football Federation ( although not the European Cup , as the match in question was not in that competition ) . They were banned from defending their European title in the 1993-94 season , and contesting the Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup . In 1994 , Marseille were also relegated to the Division 2 . Barcelona , the defending champions , were eliminated in the second round by CSKA Moscow .
The 2004-05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992 . The competition was won by Liverpool , who beat Milan on penalties in the final , having come back from 3-0 down at half-time . Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was named as UEFA 's Footballer of the Year for his key role in the final and throughout the Champions League season . The final , played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul , Turkey , is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament . As it was their fifth European Cup title , Liverpool were awarded the trophy permanently , and received the UEFA Badge of Honour . A new trophy was made for the 2005-06 season . Porto were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Milan 's cross-city rival Internazionale in the first knockout round .
The 2006-07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , the UEFA Champions League , since it was rebranded from the European Cup , and the 52nd season overall . The final was contested by Milan and Liverpool on 23 May 2007 . Beforehand , the match was billed as a repeat of the 2005 final , the only difference being that the 2007 final was to be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens , Greece . Milan won the match 2-1 to claim their seventh European Cup , with both goals coming from Filippo Inzaghi . Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool . Barcelona were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Liverpool in the first knockout round .
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 .
The 1996-97 UEFA Champions League was the 42nd season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , the fifth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League , and the last involving only clubs that were champions of their domestic leagues . Due to the Bosman ruling , restrictions on foreign players in matchday squads were lifted from this season . The tournament was won by Borussia Dortmund in a 3-1 final victory against defending champions Juventus . It was their only title in the tournament to date , and the first title for Germany since its reunification in 1990 .
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 .
The 1977-78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Brugge . The match finished 1-0 , starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1-0 after 90 minutes , five of them won by English clubs .
The 1982-83 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Hamburg , who beat Juventus 1-0 in the final at Athens ' Olympic Stadium . It was the first time since 1976 that the trophy did not go to a club from England . Aston Villa , the defending champions , were eliminated by Juventus in the quarter-finals . Liverpool , the other English side in the tournament , were defeated by Polish champions Widzew Lodz , also in the quarter-finals .
The 1984-85 season of the European Cup club football tournament was won for the first time by Juventus in a 1-0 win against defending champions Liverpool . With this victory , they became the first club to have won all three major European trophies ( European Cup/UEFA Champions League , UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League , and the Cup Winners ' Cup ) , as well as the one needed the shortest amount of time to complete ( 8 years ) . This remarkable achievement however , was overshadowed by the Heysel Stadium disaster happened prior to the decisive match . Following the disaster , English clubs received a five-year ban from entering any European competition , thus ending a period of great success for English clubs in the European Cup which had seen three clubs winning seven finals since 1977 , including six successive finals . There would be no English club to win the trophy until 1999 , when Manchester United beat Bayern Munich 2-1 .
The 1995-96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League . The tournament was won by Juventus , who beat defending champions Ajax on penalties in the final for their first European Cup since 1985 , and their second overall . It was the only Champions League title that Juventus won in the 1990s , despite their reaching the next two finals , and one of only three Italian wins in the final , despite there being a Serie A club in every final for seven consecutive years from 1992 to 1998 . It was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two .
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 .
The season 1964-65 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Internazionale for the second time in row , in a final match against two-time former champions Benfica , making it three consecutive titles for Italy ( Milan had won it in 1962-63 ) .
The 1976-77 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Liverpool in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach . Three-time defending champions Bayern Munich were knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv in the quarter-finals . It was only the second time an English side won the tournament , but it started a run of six consecutive wins by English clubs and an eight-year run during which the trophy was won by English clubs on seven occasions . Including this one , Liverpool reached five finals in nine years , of which they won four .
The 1983-84 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for a fourth time by Liverpool in a penalty shootout in the final against Roma . The game had finished 1-1 . Phil Neal had scored for Liverpool and Roberto Pruzzo for Roma . It was the seventh title in eight seasons for English clubs . Hamburg , the defending champions , were eliminated by Dinamo București in the second round .
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 .
The 1970-71 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos . It was the first time the cup went to Ajax , beginning a three-year period of domination , and the second consecutive championship for the Netherlands . UEFA had introduced for first time the penalty shoot-out as a way of deciding drawn ties - doing away with the unsatisfactory tossing of a coin . They had also decided that the away goals rule should apply to all rounds , and not just the first two , as had been the case . Feyenoord , the defending champions , were eliminated by Romanian club UTA Arad in the first round . This season marked the first time in European Cup history that Real Madrid failed to qualify for the tournament , having appeared in all 15 previous seasons . It was also the first time a Greek team reached the final .
The 1971-72 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the second consecutive time by Ajax , who beat Internazionale in the final .
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 .
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 .
The 1966-67 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Celtic for the first time in the final against Internazionale , who eliminated defending champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals . They were the first British team to win the cup and also remain the only Scottish team to do so . The Soviet Union entered its champion for the first time this season .
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 .
The 2003-04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th season of UEFA 's premier European club football tournament , the UEFA Champions League , since its rebranding from the European Cup in 1992 , and the 49th tournament overall . The competition was won by Portugal 's Porto , who defeated AS Monaco of France 3-0 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen , Germany for Portugal 's first win since 1987 . This was Porto 's second European trophy in two years , following their UEFA Cup success from the previous season . This was the first UEFA Champions League competition to feature a 16-team knockout round instead of a second group stage . After eliminating ( in order ) Manchester United , Lyon and Deportivo La Coruña , Porto met AS Monaco in the final . Monaco had previously knocked out Lokomotiv Moscow , Real Madrid and Chelsea . Milan were the defending champions , but were eliminated by Deportivo La Coruña in the quarter-finals .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
The 1969-70 European Cup football club tournament was won by Feyenoord in an extra time final victory against Celtic . It was the first time the cup was won by a Dutch club , as well as the first of four-straight years the tournament would be won by Dutch clubs . During this tournament , tiebreaker playoffs were abandoned in favour of away goals ; if both teams had scored the same number of away goals , one side was eliminated by the toss of a coin , something that was required in two of the matches ( marked on the table below by c/t ) . Milan , the defending champions , were eliminated by Feyenoord in the second round .
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA , commonly referred to as AS Monaco ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ɑ.ɛs mɔnako ] ) or Monaco , is a Monégasque professional football club that competes in Ligue 1 , the top tier of French football . Founded in 1924 , the team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille . Though based in Monaco , the club plays in the French football league system . Monaco is one of the most successful clubs in French football , having won eight league titles and five Coupe de France trophies . The club has also competed in European football , and were runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004 . The club 's traditional colours are red and white , and the club is known as Les Rouges et Blancs ( The Red and Whites ) . Monaco is a member of the European Club Association . In December 2011 , two-thirds of the club was sold to an investment group led by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev . With Rybolovlev 's financial backing , the club quickly returned to Ligue 1 and won the 2016-17 Ligue 1 , their first league title in 17 years .
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 ) .
Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . The club was formed in 1919 following the disbanding of Leeds City F.C . by the Football League and took over their Elland Road stadium . They play in the Championship , the second tier of English football . Leeds United have won three English league titles , one FA Cup , one League Cup , two Charity/Community Shields and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups . The club reached the 1975 European Cup Final , losing to Bayern Munich . Leeds also reached the semi-finals of the tournament 's successor , the Champions League in 2001 . The club were runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup final in 1973 . The majority of the honours were won under the management of Don Revie in the 1960s and 1970s . Leeds play in all-white kits at home matches . The club 's badge features the White Rose of York together with the monogram LUFC . The club 's anthem is Marching on Together .
Panathinaikos Football Club ( Greek : ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο . [ panaθinaiˈkos ] ( listen ) ) , known as Panathinaikos , or by its full name , and the name of its parent sports club , Panathinaikos A.O . or PAO ( Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος ; Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos , All-Athenian Athletic Club ) , is a Greek professional football club based in the capital-city of Athens , Greece . The name Panathinaikos was inspired by the ancient work of Isocrates , Panathenaicus , where the orator praises the Athenians for their democratic education and their military superiority , used for the benefit of all Greeks . Today a part of Panathinaikos A.O. , they are the oldest active football club in Greece , initially founded only to practice this sport . Created in 1908 as Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon ( Football Club of Athens ) by Georgios Kalafatis , they play in the Super League Greece , being one of the most successful clubs in Greek football and one of three clubs which have never been relegated from the top division . Amongst their major titles are 20 Greek Championships , 18 Greek Cups , achieving eight times the Double , and 3 Greek Super Cups . They are also one of the two clubs that won a championship undefeated , going without a loss in a top-flight campaign in the 1963-64 season . Panathinaikos is also the most successful Greek club in terms of achievements in the European competitions . It is the only Greek team that has reached the European Cup ( later renamed UEFA Champions League ) final in 1971 ( which they lost to Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 ) , and also the semi-finals twice , in 1985 and 1996 . It is also the only Greek team that has played for the Intercontinental Cup ( 1971 ) . Furthermore , they have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League on another two occasions ( in 1992 and 2002 ) , as well as the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup twice ( 1988 and 2003 ) .
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 .