UEFA Champions League

The **UEFA Champions League**, or simply known as the **UCL**, a football competition organized by UEFA, between some of the top club teams in Europe. The top team in the league comes out UEFA champions league every year. 32 teams will play the game and determines the best football club. At first, it was started by France, not the European Football Federation. It was played only as a home and away tournament, but a group stage was added from the 1991-92 season. The teams are selected because of good performances in their respective domestic leagues. The teams used to have to win their countries' league, but more than one team can play in the competition depending on how good their league is. For example: the Spanish League can get 4 Spanish clubs in the competition compared to the Kazakhstan League which can only get one team in the competition.

Real Madrid won the Champions League the first five times it was held, still a record. They have also won the Champions League/European Cup 15 times, which is also a record.

A total of 23 clubs from 10 European countries won the Champions League. 12 clubs won it more than once: Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern, Liverpool, Barcelona, Ajax, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Juventus, Benfica, Porto, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest.

### Winners and runners-up

|scope="col"|Club|scope="col"|Title(s)|scope="col"|Runners-up|scope="col"|Seasons won|scope="col"|Seasons runner-up|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|3|1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024|1962, 1964, 1981|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|4|1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007|1958, 1993, 1995, 2005|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|5|1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020|1982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|4|1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019|1985, 2007, 2018, 2022|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|3|1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015|1961, 1986, 1994|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|2|1971, 1972, 1973, 1995|1969, 1996|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|3|style="text-align:center;"|4|1964, 1965, 2010|1967, 1972, 2023, 2025|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|3|style="text-align:center;"|2|1968, 1999, 2008|2009, 2011|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|7|1985, 1996|1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2017|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|5|1961, 1962|1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|1|2012, 2021|2008|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|0|1979, 1980||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|0|1987, 2004||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|2|1997|2013, 2024|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|1|1967|1970|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|1|1983|1980|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|1|1986|1989|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|1|1993|1991|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|1|2023|2021|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|1|2025|2020|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0|1970||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0|1982||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0|1988||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0|1991||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|3||1974, 2014, 2016|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|2||1956, 1959|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|2||2000, 2001|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1957|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1960|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1966|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1971|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1975|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1976|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1977|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1978|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1979|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1984|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||1992|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||2002|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||2004|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||2006|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|1||2019|||||

### By nation

|scope="col"|Nation|scope="col"|Title(s)|scope="col"|Runners-up|scope="col"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20|11|31||||||
|15|11|26||||||
|12|18|30||||||
|8|11|19||||||
|6|2|8||||||
|4|5|9||||||
|2|6|8||||||
|1|1|2||||||
|1|1|2||||||
|1|1|2||||||
|0|1|1||||||
|0|1|1||||||
|0|1|1||||||

## Final venues

|width="140"|Stadium|width="20"|Hosts|width="220"|Years|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Wembley Stadium (original), London|align=center|5|1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1992|||
|Bernabéu, Madrid|rowspan=5 align=center|4|1957, 1969, 1980, 2010|||
|San Siro, Milan|1965, 1970, 2001, 2016|||||
|Stadio Olimpico, Rome|1977, 1984, 1996, 2009|||||
|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels|1958, 1966, 1974, 1985|||||
|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Wien|1964, 1987, 1990, 1995|||||
|Parc des Princes, Paris|rowspan=6 align=center|3|1956, 1975, 1981|||
|Stade de France, Saint-Denis|2000, 2006, 2022|||||
|Olympiastadion, Munich|1979, 1993, 1997|||||
|Hampden Park, Glasgow|1960, 1976, 2002|||||
|Olympic Stadium, Athens|1983, 1994, 2007|||||
|Wembley Stadium (current), London|2011, 2013, 2024|||||
|Camp Nou, Barcelona|rowspan=6 align=center|2|1989, 1999|||
|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon|2014, 2020|||||
|De Kuip, Rotterdam|1972, 1982|||||
|Allianz Arena, Munich|2012, 2025|||||
|Neckarstadion, Stuttgart|1959, 1988|||||
|Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul|2005, 2023|||||
|Stadion Wankdorf, Bern|rowspan=16 align="center"|1|1961|||
|Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam|1962|||||
|Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon|1967|||||
|Red Star Stadium, Belgrade|1973|||||
|Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville|1986|||||
|Stadio San Nicola, Bari|1991|||||
|Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam|1998|||||
|Old Trafford, Manchester|2003|||||
|Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen|2004|||||
|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow|2008|||||
|Olympiastadion, Berlin|2015|||||
|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff|2017|||||
|NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv|2018|||||
|Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid|2019|||||
|Estádio do Dragão, Porto|2021|||||
|Puskás Arena, Budapest|2026|||||

## All-time top goalscorers

|scope="col"|Rank|scope="col"|Player|scope="col"|Goals|scope="col"||scope="col"|Ratio|scope="col"|Years|scope="col"|Club(s) (Goals)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||||||||||||||
|140|183|0.77|2003–|style="text-align:left;"|, ,|||||||||
|2||||||||||||||
|129|161|0.8|2005–|style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||
|3||||||||||||||
|91|111|0.82|2011–|style="text-align:left;"|, ,|||||||||
|4||||||||||||||
|86|145|0.59|2005–|style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||
|5||||||||||||||
|71|142|0.5||style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||
|6||||||||||||||
|56|73|0.77|1998–2009|style="text-align:left;"|, ,|||||||||
|7||||||||||||||
|53|138||2009–|style="text-align:left;"|Bayern Munich|||||||||
|8||||||||||||||
|50|112|0.45|1997–2012|style="text-align:left;"|, ,|||||||||
|9||||||||||||||
|49|58|0.84|1955–1964|style="text-align:left;"|Real Madrid|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|10|||||||||||||
|48|100|0.48|1994–2012|style="text-align:left;"|, ,|||||||||
|48|124||2001–|style="text-align:left;"|, , , , ,|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|12|||||||||||||
|46|65|0.71|1961–1974|style="text-align:left;"|Benfica|||||||||
|46|81|0.57|1997–2012|style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||
|14||||||||||||||
|44|92|0.48|2003–2015|style="text-align:left;"|, ,|||||||||
|rowspan=2|15|||||||||||||
|43|77|0.56|2013–|style="text-align:left;"|, ,|||||||||
|43|80|0.54|2013–|style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||
|17||||||||||||||
|42|89|0.47|1995–2009|style="text-align:left;"|Juventus|||||||||
|18||||||||||||||
|41|79|0.52|2008–2021|style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||
|19||||||||||||||
|40|59|0.68|2016–|style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||
|20||||||||||||||
|36|41|0.88|1956–1966|style="text-align:left;"|,|||||||||

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (football tournament)

- **name**: UEFA Champions League
- **image**:
- **founded**:
(rebranded in 1992)
- **region**: Europe (UEFA)
- **number of teams**: 32 (league phase)
79 (total)
- **qualifier for**: UEFA Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
- **related comps**:

- **current champions**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain (1st title)
- **most successful club**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid (15 titles)
- **current**: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League