I-UEFA Champions League

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I**UEFA Champions League**, eyaziwa ngcono njenge **Champions League** okanye ngokulula **iNtshatsheli**, lolona khuphiswano lwebhola ekhatywayo luhloniphekileyo lwelizwekazi lonke lwamaqela eeklabhu oluququzelelwa yi UEFA .Kwi-1992, igama le-*Champions League* lithathe indawo *yeNdebe yaseYurophu* eyimbali, eyasekwa ngo-1955. Ukusukela kuhlelo lokuqala nakwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesihlanu ilandelayo, le tumente iquke ngokukodwa imijikelo ephindwe kabini yokukhutshwa ngokuthe ngqo kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwamaqela aphumeleleyo kuphela kumacandelo ahlukeneyo esizwe aphezulu; kwiminyaka yamashumi alithoba iimfuno zokufikelela kumnyhadala zahlaziywa zaza zandiswa, ekuqaleni ukuze kuxhamle amaqela athile aphume kwindawo yesibini kubuntshatsheli bawo yaye kamva kwakhona kuquka neqela elikwindawo yesithathu neyesine, ngokusekelwe kuluhlu lwe-UEFA lwelizwe abakulo. Ngaphaya koko, inqanaba leqela elinye okanye ngaphezulu liye laziswa ukususela ngo-1991.

Kwifomathi yayo yangoku, i-UEFA Champions League iqala ngoJuni ngemijikelo emithathu yokuqala yokufaneleka kunye nomjikelo wokudlala . Amaqela amathandathu aphumeleleyo kweli nqanaba angena kwinqanaba lamaqela, adityaniswe namashumi amabini anesithandathu asele ephumelele. Amaqela angamashumi amathathu anesibini ke ngoko ahlulwe angamaqela asibhozo akhiwe ngabadlali abane lilinye, lijongene kumdlalo wasekhaya nowasemzini. Abalishumi elinesithandathu abahlulwe kwindawo yokuqala neyesibini kumaqela bamkelwa kwinqanaba lokuphelisa ngokuthe ngqo, eliqala ngoFebruwari ngomjikelo we-16 lize liphele ngomdlalo wokugqibela kumdlalo omnye, oza kudlalwa ngoMeyi okanye ngoJuni. Amaqela asibhozo akwindawo yesithathu aya kudlala kumdlalo wokudlala kwisigaba sokuphelisa ngokuthe ngqo i -UEFA Europa League . Iqela eliphumeleleyo kwitumente lifumana ilungelo lokudlala umdlalo osemthethweni ukuze liwongelwe iEuropean Super Cup kwaye likwazile ukungena kwiClub World Cup .

Eyona klabhu iphumeleleyo kulo msitho IRealMadrid ephumelele i-14, ilandelwa IMilan nge-7 Trophies. Ukhuphiswano lunamaqela angamashumi amabini anesithathu aphumeleleyo, aneshumi elinesithathu kuwo amaxesha amaninzi: ukongeza kwezi zimbini zikhankanywe, kwakhona ILiverpool kunye IBayern Monaco (impumelelo ye-6), IBarcelloma (5), IAyax (4), IManchester united kunye ne-IInter (3), IBenfica, INottingham forest, IJuventus, IPorto kunye ne ICelsea (2).

Ngamaqela amabini kuphela kwimbali yokhuphiswano aphumelele indebe ngokudlala umdlalo wokugqibela kwibala labo: iReal Madrid eSantiago Bernabéu ngo -1957 kunye ne- Inter eSan Siro ngo -1965, ngelixa iRoma kunye neBayern Munich balahlekelwa umdlalo wokugqibela odlalwe ekhaya, zombini emva kwezohlwayo, ngokulandelanayo kwi-Olympic Stadium kwi -1984 nakwi-Allianz Arena kwi-2012.

Ukususela ngo -1964, iMilan iye yaba sisixeko kuphela esinokukwazi ukuziqhayisa ngamaqela amabini aphumeleleyo ubuncinane kanye kukhuphiswano oluphezulu lwelizwekazi, oku de kube yi -2023 xa emva kweminyaka engama-59 iManchester nayo yakwazi ukuziqhayisa ngesi sihloko; ekuhambeni kweminyaka ezinye izixeko bezisondele kwesi siphumo njengeMadrid ne -Atletico Madrid yoyisiwe kumdlalo wokugqibela izihlandlo ezithathu, iLondon neArsenal neTottenham kwaye ekugqibeleni iBelgrade nePartizan Belgrade.