UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League (uisually referred tae as simply the Champions League or historically as the European Cup) is an annual association fitbaa cup competition organised bi UEFA since 1955 for the top fitbaa clubs in Europe. The final o the competition is the maist watched annual sportin event warldwide, drawin juist ower 100 million television viewers.

Prior tae 1992 the tournament wis offeecially cawed the European Champion Clubs' Cup but wis uisually referred tae as simply the European Cup or European Champions' Cup. The competition wis initially a straight knockoot competition open anerlie tae the champion club o ilka kintra. Durin the 1990s the tournament began tae be expandit, incorporatin a roond-robin group phase an mair teams. Europe's strangest naitional leagues nou provide up tae fower teams ilka for the competeetion. The UEFA Champions League shoud no be ramfeeselt wi the UEFA Europa League, umwhile kent as the UEFA Cup.

Records and statistics
Winners an runners-up
ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wanYears runners-up Real Madrid15 3 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1962, 1964, 1981, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024  Milan7 4 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007  1958, 1993, 1995, 2005 Bayern Munich6 5 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020  1982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012 Liverpool6 3 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019 1985, 2007, 2018 Barcelona5 3 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015  1961, 1986, 1994 Ajax4 2 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995  1969, 1996 Manchester United 3  2 1968, 1999, 2008  2009, 2011 Internazionale3 2  1964, 1965, 2010  1967, 1972  Juventus2 7  1985, 1996  1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2017 Benfica2 5 1961, 1962  1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990 Chelsea2 1 2012, 2021  2008 Nottingham Forest2 0 1979, 1980  Porto2 0 1987, 2004  Celtic1 1 1967  1970 Hamburg1 1 1983  1980 Steaua București1 1 1986  1989 Marseille1 1  1993  1991 Borussia Dortmund1 1  1997  2013 Manchester City1 120232021 Paris S.G.1 120252020 Feyenoord1 0 1970  Aston Villa1 0 1982  PSV Eindhoven1 0 1988  Reid Starn Belgrade1 0 1991  Atlético Madrid0 3  1974, 2014 Stade de Reims0 2  1956, 1959  Valencia0 2   2000, 2001 Fiorentina0 1  1957 Eintracht Frankfurt0 1  1960  Partizan0 1  1966 Panathinaikos0 1  1971 Leeds United0 1  1975 Saint-Étienne0 1  1976 Borussia Mönchengladbach0 1  1977 Brugge0 1  1978 Malmö FF0 1  1979 Roma0 1  1984 Sampdoria0 1  1992 Bayer Leverkusen0 1  2002 Monaco0 1  2004 Arsenal0 12006 Tottenham Hotspur0 12019

References


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