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.

Records and statistics
 Winners and runners-up 
+ Performances in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League by club  Club Title(s) Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up  Real Madrid 15 3 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024 1962, 1964, 1981  Milan 7 4 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 1958, 1993, 1995, 2005  Bayern Munich 6 5 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020 1982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012  Liverpool 6 4 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019 1985, 2007, 2018, 2022  Barcelona 5 3 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 1961, 1986, 1994  Ajax 4 2 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 1969, 1996  Inter Milan 3 4 1964, 1965, 2010 1967, 1972, 2023, 2025  Manchester United 3 2 1968, 1999, 2008 2009, 2011  Juventus 2 7 1985, 1996 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2017  Benfica 2 5 1961, 1962 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990  Chelsea 2 1 2012, 2021 2008  Nottingham Forest 2 0 1979, 1980   Porto 2 0 1987, 2004   Borussia Dortmund 1 2 1997 2013, 2024  Celtic 1 1 1967 1970  Hamburger SV 1 1 1983 1980  Steaua București 1 1 1986 1989  Marseille 1 1 1993 1991  Manchester City 1 1 2023 2021  Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 2025 2020  Feyenoord 1 0 1970   Aston Villa 1 0 1982   PSV Eindhoven 1 0 1988   Red Star Belgrade 1 0 1991   Atlético Madrid 0 3  1974, 2014, 2016  Reims 0 2  1956, 1959  Valencia 0 2  2000, 2001  Fiorentina 0 1  1957  Eintracht Frankfurt 0 1  1960  Partizan 0 1  1966  Panathinaikos 0 1  1971  Leeds United 0 1  1975  Saint-Étienne 0 1  1976  Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 1  1977  Club Brugge 0 1  1978  Malmö FF 0 1  1979  Roma 0 1  1984  Sampdoria 0 1  1992  Bayer Leverkusen 0 1  2002  Monaco 0 1  2004  Arsenal 0 1  2006  Tottenham Hotspur 0 1  2019<noinclude>

By nation
+ Performances in finals by nation Nation Title(s) Runners-up 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</onlyinclude>

Final venues

StadiumHostsYears Wembley Stadium (original), London 51963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1992 Bernabéu, Madrid 4 1957, 1969, 1980, 2010 San Siro, Milan1965, 1970, 2001, 2016 Stadio Olimpico, Rome1977, 1984, 1996, 2009 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels1958, 1966, 1974, 1985 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Wien1964, 1987, 1990, 1995 Parc des Princes, Paris 31956, 1975, 1981 Stade de France, Saint-Denis2000, 2006, 2022 Olympiastadion, Munich1979, 1993, 1997 Hampden Park, Glasgow1960, 1976, 2002 Olympic Stadium, Athens1983, 1994, 2007 Wembley Stadium (current), London2011, 2013, 2024 Camp Nou, Barcelona 21989, 1999 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon2014, 2020 De Kuip, Rotterdam1972, 1982 Allianz Arena, Munich2012, 2025 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart1959, 1988 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul2005, 2023 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern1 1961 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam1962 Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon1967 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade1973 Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville1986 Stadio San Nicola, Bari1991 Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam1998 Old Trafford, Manchester2003 Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen2004 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow2008 Olympiastadion, Berlin2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff2017 NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv2018 Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid2019 Estádio do Dragão, Porto2021 Puskás Arena, Budapest2026

 All-time top goalscorers 
 Rank Player Goals  Ratio Years Club(s) (Goals) 1  Cristiano Ronaldo 140 183 0.77 2003– , ,  2  Lionel Messi 129 161 0.8 2005– , 3  91 111 0.82 2011– , , 4  Karim Benzema 86 145 0.59 2005– ,  5  Raúl 71 142 0.5  ,  6  Ruud van Nistelrooy 56 73 0.77 1998–2009 , ,  7  Thomas Müller 53 138  2009– Bayern Munich 8  Thierry Henry 50 112 0.45 1997–2012 , ,  9  Alfredo Di Stéfano  49 58 0.84 1955–1964 Real Madrid 10  Andriy Shevchenko 48 100 0.48 1994–2012 , ,   Zlatan Ibrahimović 48 124  2001– , , , , ,  12  Eusébio  46 65 0.71 1961–1974 Benfica  Filippo Inzaghi 46 81 0.57 1997–2012 ,  14  Didier Drogba  44 92 0.48 2003–2015 , , 15  Mohamed Salah 43 77 0.56 2013– , ,   Neymar	 43 80 0.54	 2013–	 , 17  Alessandro Del Piero 42 89 0.47 1995–2009 Juventus 18  Sergio Agüero 41 79 0.52 2008–2021 ,  19  Kylian Mbappé 40 59 0.68 2016– ,  20  Ferenc Puskás  36 41 0.88 1956–1966 , 

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