european association football tournament
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Football tournament

The UEFA Champions League ( abbreviated as UCL ) is an annual club football rival organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ) and contested by top-division european clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club contest in European football, played by the national league champions ( and, for some nations, one or more runner-up ) of their national associations. Introduced in 1955 as the Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens ( french for European Champion Clubs’ Cup ), and normally known as the European Cup, it was initially a straight hard tournament open entirely to the champions of Europe ‘s domestic leagues, with its winner reckoned as the European club supporter. The competition took on its current name in 1992, adding a round-robin group phase in 1991 and allowing multiple entrants from certain countries since the 1997–1998 season. [ 1 ] It has since been expanded, and while most of Europe ‘s national leagues can distillery entirely enter their ace, the strongest leagues now provide up to four teams. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Clubs that complete next-in-line in their national league, having not qualified for the Champions League, are eligible for the second-tier UEFA Europa League contest, and from 2021, teams not eligible for the UEFA Europa League will qualify for a new third-tier rival called the UEFA Europa Conference League. [ 4 ] In its award format, the Champions League begins in late June with a preliminary round, three qualifying rounds and a play-off round, all played over two legs. The six surviving teams enter the group stagecoach, joining 26 teams qualified in advance. The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams and play each other in a double round-robin system. The eight group winners and eight runners-up go to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match in late May or early June. [ 5 ] The winner of the Champions League qualifies for the take after year ‘s Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] spanish clubs have the highest number of victories ( 18 wins ), followed by England ( 14 wins ) and Italy ( 12 wins ). England has the largest number of winning teams, with five clubs having won the style. The competition has been won by 22 clubs, 13 of which have won it more than once and eight successfully defended their title. [ 8 ] Real Madrid is the most successful club in the tournament ‘s history, having won it 13 times, including its first five seasons and besides three in a row from 2016 to 2018. Bayern Munich remains to be the merely club to have won all of their matches in a unmarried tournament en road to their tournament victory in the 2019–2020 season. [ 9 ] Chelsea are the reigning champions, having beaten Manchester City 1–0 in the 2021 final .

history [edit ]

The foremost clock time the champions of two european leagues met was in what was nicknamed the 1895 World Championship, when english champions Sunderland beat scots champions Hearts 5–3. [ 10 ] The first base pan-European tournament was the Challenge Cup, a contest between clubs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. [ 11 ] The Mitropa Cup, a contest modelled after the Challenge Cup, was created in 1927, an theme of austrian Hugo Meisl, and played between central european club. [ 12 ] In 1930, the Coupe des Nations ( french : Nations Cup ), the first attack to create a cup for national champion clubs of Europe, was played and organised by Swiss baseball club Servette. [ 13 ] Held in Geneva, it brought together ten-spot champions from across the continent. The tournament was won by Újpest of Hungary. [ 13 ] Latin european nations came together to form the Latin Cup in 1949. [ 14 ] After receiving reports from his journalists over the highly successful South american english Championship of Champions of 1948, Gabriel Hanot, editor program of L’Équipe, began proposing the creation of a continent-wide tournament. [ 15 ] In interviews, Jacques Ferran ( one of the founders of the european Champions Cup, together with Gabriel Hanot ), [ 16 ] said that the south american english Championship of Champions was the inspiration for the european Champions Cup. [ 17 ] After Stan Cullis declared Wolverhampton Wanderers “ Champions of the World ” following a successful run of friendlies in the 1950s, in especial a 3–2 friendly victory against Budapest Honvéd, Hanot ultimately managed to convince UEFA to put into practice such a tournament. [ 1 ] It was conceived in Paris in 1955 as the european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup. [ 1 ]

1955–1967 : Beginnings [edit ]

Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1959. He led Real Madrid to win five consecutive European Cups between 1956 and 1960. The inaugural version of the european Cup took topographic point during the 1955–56 season. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Sixteen teams participated ( some by invitation ) : AC Milan ( Italy ), AGF Aarhus ( Denmark ), Anderlecht ( Belgium ), Djurgården ( Sweden ), Gwardia Warszawa ( Poland ), Hibernian ( Scotland ), Partizan ( Yugoslavia ), PSV Eindhoven ( Netherlands ), Rapid Wien ( Austria ), real Madrid ( Spain ), Rot-Weiss Essen ( West Germany ), Saarbrücken ( Saar ), Servette ( Switzerland ), Sporting CP ( Portugal ), Stade de Reims ( France ), and Vörös Lobogó ( Hungary ). [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The beginning european Cup equal took place on 4 September 1955, and ended in a 3–3 draw between Sporting CP and Partizan. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The first goal in european Cup history was scored by João Baptista Martins of Sporting CP. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The inaugural final took place at the Parc des Princes between Stade de Reims and Real Madrid on 13 June 1956. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The spanish police squad came back from behind to win 4–3 thanks to goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano and Marquitos, a well as two goals from Héctor Rial. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] real Madrid successfully defended the trophy next temper in their home stadium, the Santiago Bernabéu, against Fiorentina. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] After a scoreless first base half, real Madrid scored doubly in six minutes to defeat the Italians. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In 1958, Milan failed to capitalise after going ahead on the scoreline twice, entirely for Real Madrid to equalise. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The concluding, held in Heysel Stadium, went to extra time where Francisco Gento scored the game-winning finish to allow Real Madrid to retain the title for the third consecutive season. [ 20 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In a replay of the first final examination, real Madrid faced Stade Reims at the Neckarstadion for the 1959 final, and won 2–0. [ 20 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] west german side Eintracht Frankfurt became the first non-Latin team to reach the european Cup final. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The 1960 final holds the record for the most goals scored, with real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in Hampden Park, courtesy of four goals by Ferenc Puskás and a hat-trick by Alfredo Di Stéfano. [ 20 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] This was real Madrid ‘s fifth consecutive title, a record that still stands today. [ 8 ] real Madrid ‘s reign ended in the 1960–61 season when bitter rivals Barcelona dethroned them in the inaugural round. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Barcelona themselves, however, would be defeated in the final by portuguese side Benfica 3–2 at Wankdorf Stadium. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Reinforced by Eusébio, Benfica defeated Real Madrid 5–3 at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam and kept the title for a second back-to-back season. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Benfica wanted to repeat Real Madrid ‘s successful melt of the 1950s after reaching the collector’s item event of the 1962–63 european Cup, but a brace from Brazilian-Italian José Altafini at the Wembley Stadium gave the spoils to Milan, making the trophy leave the iberian Peninsula for the first base clock time always. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Inter Milan beat an ageing real madrid 3–1 in the Ernst-Happel-Stadion to win the 1963–64 temper and replicate their local-rival ‘s achiever. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The championship stayed in the city of Milan for the third gear year in a course after Inter beat Benfica 1–0 at their home flat coat, the San Siro. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Under the leadership of Jock Stein, Scottish clubhouse Celtic defeated Inter Milan 2–1 in the 1967 final to become the first british clubhouse to win the european Cup. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The Celtic players that day subsequently became known as the “ Lisbon Lions “, all of whom were born within 30 miles ( 48 kilometer ) of Glasgow. [ 45 ]
Johan Cruyff holding the European Cup during celebrations in Amsterdam following Ajax’s 1972 triumph The 1967–68 temper saw Manchester United become the inaugural English team to win the european Cup, beating Benfica 4–1 in the final. [ 46 ] This final examination came 10 years after the Munich air catastrophe, which claimed the lives of eight United players and left their director, Matt Busby, fighting for his biography. [ 47 ] In the 1968–69 season, Ajax became the first Dutch team to reach the european Cup final, but they were beaten by AC Milan 4–1, who claimed their second european Cup, with Pierino Prati scoring a hat-trick. [ 48 ] The 1969–70 season saw the first Dutch winners of the competition. Rotterdam -based clubhouse Feyenoord knocked out the fight champions, Milan in the second round, [ 49 ] before defeating Celtic in the final. [ 50 ] In the 1970–71 season Ajax won the claim, beating greek side Panathinaikos in the concluding. [ 51 ] the season saw a number of changes, with penalty shoot-outs being introduced, and the away goals predominate being changed so that it would be used in all rounds except the final. [ 52 ] It was besides the beginning time a greek team reached the concluding, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as the beginning season that Real Madrid failed to qualify, having finished sixth in La Liga the former season. [ 53 ] Ajax would go on to win the competition three years in quarrel ( 1971 to 1973 ), which Bayern Munich would emulate from 1974 to 1976, before Liverpool won their inaugural two titles in 1977 and 1978. [ 54 ]

anthem [edit ]

“ Magic … it ’ mho magic above all else. When you hear the hymn it captivates you straight off. ”

— Zinedine Zidane [ 55 ]
The UEFA Champions League hymn, officially titled just as “ Champions League ”, was written by Tony Britten, and is an adaptation of George Frideric Handel ‘s 1727 hymn Zadok the Priest ( one of his Coronation Anthems ). [ 56 ] [ 57 ] UEFA commissioned Britten in 1992 to arrange an anthem, and the firearm was performed by London ‘s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. [ 56 ] Stating “ the anthem is now about american samoa iconic as the trophy ”, UEFA ‘s official web site adds it is “ known to set the hearts of many of the world ‘s top footballers aflutter ”. [ 56 ]
The Champions League anthem is played before the starting signal of each equal as the two teams are lined up while the Champions League “ starball ” logo is displayed in the center lap. The chorus contains the three official languages used by UEFA : english, german, and French. [ 58 ] The climactic moment is set to the exclamations ‘ Die Meister ! Die Besten ! Les Grandes Équipes ! The Champions ! ’. [ 59 ] The anthem ‘s chorus is played before each UEFA Champions League bet on as the two teams are lined up, ampere well as at the begin and goal of television broadcasts of the matches. In addition to the anthem, there is besides capture music, which contains parts of the anthem itself, which is played as teams enter the field. [ 60 ] The arrant hymn is about three minutes retentive, and has two short verses and the chorus. [ 58 ] special outspoken versions have been performed live at the Champions League Final with lyrics in other languages, changing over to the host state ‘s linguistic process for the chorus. These versions were performed by Andrea Bocelli ( italian ) ( rome 2009, Milan 2016 and Cardiff 2017 ), Juan Diego Flores ( spanish ) ( madrid 2010 ), All Angels ( Wembley 2011 ), Jonas Kaufmann and David Garrett ( Munich 2012 ), and Mariza ( Lisbon 2014 ). In the 2013 final examination at Wembley Stadium, the chorus was played doubly. In the 2018 and 2019 finals, held in Kyiv and Madrid respectively, the instrumental translation of the chorus was played, by 2Cellos ( 2018 ) and Asturia Girls ( 2019 ). [ 61 ] [ 62 ] The hymn has been released commercially in its original adaptation on iTunes and Spotify with the title of Champions League Theme. In 2018, composer Hans Zimmer remixed the hymn with knocker Vince Staples for EA Sports ‘ television crippled FIFA 19, with it besides featuring in the game ‘s reveal trailer. [ 63 ]

Branding [edit ]

The “ starball ” logo is besides incorporated into the competition ‘s official match ball, the Adidas Finale In 1991, UEFA asked its commercial partner, Television Event and Media Marketing ( TEAM ), to help “ brand ” the Champions League. This resulted in the hymn, “ house coloring material ” of black and white or silver and a logo, and the “ starball ”. The starball was created by Design Bridge, a London-based firm selected by TEAM after a rival. [ 64 ] TEAM gives particular attention to detail in how the color and starball are depicted at matches. According to TEAM, “ Irrespective of whether you are a spectator pump in Moscow or Milan, you will constantly see the like stadium dressing materials, the same opening ceremony featuring the ‘starball ‘ center circle ceremony, and hear the same UEFA Champions League Anthem ”. Based on research it conducted, TEAM concluded that by 1999, “ the starball logo had achieved a recognition pace of 94 percentage among fans ”. [ 65 ]

format [edit ]

reservation [edit ]

 

UEFA member country that has been represented in the group stagecoach

 

UEFA penis department of state that has not been represented in the group stagecoach Map of UEFA countries whose teams reached the group stagecoach of the UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League begins with a double round-robin group stagecoach of 32 teams, which since the 2009–10 temper is preceded by two qualification ‘streams ‘ for teams that do not receive calculate introduction to the tournament proper. The two streams are divided between teams qualified by merit of being league champions, and those qualified by virtue of finishing 2nd–4th in their national backing. The number of teams that each association enters into the UEFA Champions League is based upon the UEFA coefficients of the member associations. These coefficients are generated by the results of clubs representing each association during the former five Champions League and UEFA Cup/Europa League seasons. The higher an association ‘s coefficient, the more teams represent the association in the Champions League, and the fewer qualification rounds the association ‘s teams must compete in. Four of the remaining six qualify places are granted to the winners of a six-round qualify tournament between the remaining 43 or 44 national champions, within which those champions from associations with higher coefficients receive byes to later rounds. The other two are granted to the winners of a three-round qualify tournament between the 11 clubs from the associations ranked 5 through 15, which have qualified based upon finishing second, or third base in their respective home league. In addition to sporting criteria, any club must be licensed by its national association to participate in the Champions League. To obtain a license, the clubhouse must meet certain stadium, infrastructure and finance requirements. In 2005–06, Liverpool and Artmedia Bratislava became the first teams to reach the Champions League group stage after playing in all three qualifying rounds. real Madrid and Barcelona hold the record for the most appearances in the group stage, having qualified 25 times, followed by Porto and Bayern on 24. [ 66 ] between 1999 and 2008, no differentiation was made between champions and non-champions in reservation. The 16 top-ranked teams spread across the biggest domestic leagues qualified directly for the tournament group stagecoach. Prior to this, three preliminary hard qualifying rounds whittled down the remaining teams, with teams starting in unlike rounds. An exception to the common european qualification system happened in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification position in the Premier League that season. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers. [ 67 ] UEFA subsequently ruled that the defending champions qualify for the competition the follow class careless of their domestic league place. however, for those leagues with four entrants in the Champions League, this entail that, if the Champions League winner fell outside of its domestic league ‘s peak four, it would qualify at the expense of the fourth-placed team in the league. Until 2015–16, no association could have more than four entrants in the Champions League. [ 68 ] In May 2012, Tottenham Hotspur finished fourthly in the 2011–12 Premier League, two places ahead of Chelsea, but failed to qualify for the 2012–13 Champions League, after Chelsea won the 2012 final. [ 69 ] Tottenham were demoted to the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. [ 69 ]

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In May 2013, [ 70 ] it was decided that, starting from the 2015–16 season ( and continuing at least for the three-year cycle until the 2017–18 season ), the winners of the previous season ‘s UEFA Europa League would qualify for the UEFA Champions League, entering at least the play-off attack, and entering the group stage if the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders was not used. The previous terminus ad quem of a utmost of four teams per association was increased to five, meaning that a fourth-placed team from one of the clear three rate associations would only have to be moved to the Europa League if both the Champions League and Europa League winners came from that association and both finished outside the top four of their domestic league. [ 71 ] In 2007, Michel Platini, the UEFA president, had proposed taking one place from the three leagues with four entrants and allocating it to that nation ‘s cup winners. This proposal was rejected in a vote at a UEFA Strategy Council meet. [ 72 ] In the same meet, however, it was agreed that the third-placed team in the top three leagues would receive automatic qualification for the group phase, preferably than entry into the one-third qualify round off, while the fourth-placed team would enter the play-off round for non-champions, guaranteeing an adversary from one of the top 15 leagues in Europe. This was contribution of Platini ‘s plan to increase the act of teams qualifying directly into the group stage, while simultaneously increasing the number of teams from lower-ranked nations in the group stage. [ 73 ] In 2012, Arsène Wenger referred to qualifying for the Champion ‘s League by finishing in the lead four places in the English Premier League as the “ fourth position Trophy ”. The phrase was coined after a pre-match conference when he was questioned about Arsenal ‘s lack of a trophy after exiting the FA Cup. He said “ The first trophy is to finish in the top four ”. [ 74 ] At Arsenal ‘s 2012 AGM, Wenger was besides quoted as saying : “ For me there are five trophies every season : Premier League, Champions League, the third gear is to qualify for the Champions League … ” [ 75 ]

Group stage and hard phase [edit ]

The tournament proper begins with a group stagecoach of 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. [ 76 ] Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst teams from the same nation may not be drawn into groups together. Each team plays six group stagecoach games, meeting the early three teams in its group base and aside in a round-robin format. [ 76 ] The succeed team and the runner-up from each group then progress to the future round. The third-placed team enters the UEFA Europa League. For the following stage – the death 16 – the winning team from one group plays against the runner-up from another group, and teams from the same association may not be drawn against each other. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw is wholly random, without association protective covering. [ 77 ] The group stage is played from September to December, whilst the knock-out stage starts in February. The knock-out ties are played in a two-legged format, with the exception of the final. The final examination is typically held in the last two weeks of May, or in the early days of June, which has happened in three straight odd-numbered years since 2015. In the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was suspended for five months. The format of the remainder of the tournament was temporarily amended as a consequence, with the quarter-finals and semi-finals being played as single equal smasher ties at neutral venues in Lisbon, Portugal in the summer with the final take locate on 23 August. [ 78 ]

distribution [edit ]

The be is the default option access list. [ 79 ] [ 80 ]

Access list for 2018–19 to 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Teams entering in this round

Teams advancing from the previous round

Preliminary round
(4 teams)

  • 4 champions from associations 52–55

First qualifying round
(34 teams)

  • 33 champions from associations 18–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 1 winner from the preliminary round

Second qualifying round

Champions Path
(20 teams)

  • 3 champions from associations 15–17
  • 17 winners from the first qualifying round

League Path
(6 teams)

  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15

Third qualifying round

Champions Path
(12 teams)

  • 2 champions from associations 13–14
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)

League Path
(8 teams)

  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 2 third-placed teams from association 5–6
  • 3 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)

Play-off round

Champions Path
(8 teams)

  • 2 champions from associations 11–12
  • 6 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)

League Path
(4 teams)

  • 4 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)

Group stage
(32 teams)

  • UEFA Champions League titleholder
  • UEFA Europa League titleholder
  • 10 champions from associations 1–10
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 4 third-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 4 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 winners from the play-off round (League Path)

Knockout phase
(16 teams)

  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Changes will be made to the access number above if the Champions League or Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues .

  • If the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic league, the champions of association 11 (Turkey in 2019/2020) will enter the group stage, and champions of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds will also be promoted accordingly.
  • If the Europa League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic league, the third-placed team of association 5 (France) will enter the group stage, and runners-up of the highest-ranked associations in the second qualifying round will also be promoted accordingly.
  • If the Champions League or Europa League title holders qualify for the qualifying rounds via their domestic league, their spot in the qualifying rounds is vacated, and teams of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds will be promoted accordingly.
  • An association may have a maximum of five teams in the Champions League.[79] Therefore, if both the Champions League and Europa League title holders come from the same top-four association and finish outside of the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of the league will not compete in the Champions League and will instead compete in the Europa League.

Final venues [edit ]

In July 2021, UEFA announced the venues for the finals up to and including the 2025 final examination. [ 81 ]

Prizes [edit ]

trophy and medals [edit ]

official trophy Each year, the win team is presented with the european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup, the stream version of which has been awarded since 1967. From the 1968–69 season and anterior to the 2008–09 season any team that won the Champions League three years in a row or five times overall was awarded the official trophy permanently. [ 82 ] Each time a club achieved this a newfangled official trophy had to be forged for the follow season. [ 83 ] Five clubs own a interpretation of the official trophy : very Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Milan and Liverpool. [ 82 ] Since 2008, the official trophy has remained with UEFA and the clubs are awarded a replica. [ 82 ] The stream trophy is 74 curium ( 29 in ) tall and made of silver, weighing 11 kilogram ( 24 pound ). It was designed by Jürg Stadelmann, a jeweler from Bern, Switzerland, after the original was given to Real Madrid in 1966 in recognition of their six titles to date, and price 10,000 swiss francs. As of the 2012–13 season, 40 amber medals are presented to the Champions League winners, and 40 flatware medals to the runner-up. [ 84 ]

Prize money [edit ]

As of 2021-22, the pay back amount of choice money paid to the club is as follows. [ 85 ]

  • Play-off round: €5,000,000
  • Base fee for group stage: €15,640,000
  • Group match victory: €2,800,000
  • Group match draw: €900,000
  • Round of 16: €9,600,000
  • Quarter-finals: €10,600,000
  • Semi-finals: €12,500,000
  • Runner-ups: €15,500,000
  • Champions: €20,000,000

This means that, at best, a cabaret can earn €85,100,000 of prize money under this structure, not counting shares of the qualifying rounds, play-off round or the market pool. A big part of the distribute gross from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the “ commercialize pool ”, the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television receiver marketplace in each nation. For the 2014–15 temper, Juventus, who were the runner-up, earned about €89.1 million in total, of which €30.9 million was trophy money, compared with the €61.0 million earned by Barcelona, who won the tournament and were awarded €36.4 million in loot money. [ 86 ]
Like the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League is sponsored by a group of multinational corporations, in contrast to the single main patronize typically found in national top-flight leagues. When the Champions League was created in 1992, it was decided that a utmost of eight companies should be allowed to sponsor the consequence, with each corporation being allocated four ad boards around the perimeter of the peddle, american samoa well as logo placement at pre- and post-match interviews and a certain count of tickets to each meet. This, combined with a consider to ensure tournament sponsors were given priority on television receiver advertisements during matches, ensured that each of the tournament ‘s main sponsors was given maximum exposure. [ 87 ] From the 2012–13 knockout phase, UEFA used LED ad hoardings installed in knock-out player stadiums, including the final stagecoach. From the 2015–16 season onwards, UEFA has used such hoardings from the play-off round until the final. [ 88 ] The tournament ‘s independent sponsors for the 2021–24 cycle are :
Adidas is a secondary presenter and supplies the official peer ball, the Adidas Finale, and Macron supplies the referees ‘ kit. [ 97 ] Hublot is besides a secondary sponsor as the official fourthly official circuit board of the competition. [ 98 ] person clubs may wear jerseys with ad. however, only two sponsorships are permitted per jersey in addition to that of the kit manufacturer, at the thorax and the leftover sleeve. [ 99 ] Exceptions are made for non-profit organisations, which can feature on the front man of the shirt, incorporated with the independent presenter or in position of it ; or on the back, either below the team number or on the apprehension area. [ 100 ] If a club plays a meet in a nation where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted ( such as France ‘s alcohol advertise restriction ), then they must remove that logo from their jerseys. For example, when Rangers played french side Auxerre in the 1996–97 Champions League, they wore the logo of Center Parcs rather of McEwan ‘s Lager ( both companies at the time were subsidiaries of Scottish & Newcastle ). [ 101 ]

Media coverage [edit ]

The contest attracts an extensive television audience, not barely in Europe, but throughout the world. The final of the tournament has been, in holocene years, the most-watched annual sporting consequence in the earth. [ 102 ] The concluding of the 2012–13 tournament had the competition ‘s highest television receiver ratings to go steady, drawing approximately 360 million television receiver viewers. [ 103 ]

team records and statistics [edit ]

Performances by club [edit ]

Performances by nation [edit ]

Performances in finals by nation

Nation

Titles

Runners-up

Total

 Spain

18

11

29

 England

14

10

24

 Italy

12

16

28

 Germany[a]

8

10

18

 Netherlands

6

2

8

 Portugal

4

5

9

 France

1

6

7

 Romania

1

1

2

 Scotland

1

1

2

 Yugoslavia[b]

1

1

2

 Belgium

0

1

1

 Greece

0

1

1

 Sweden

0

1

1

Notes

player records [edit ]

Most appearances [edit ]

As of 24 November 2021[104][105][106]

Players that are hush active in Europe are highlighted in boldface.
The table below does not include appearances made in the qualification stage of the competition .

Most goals [edit ]

As of 24 November 2021[107][108][109]

A double-dagger indicates the player was from the european Cup era. Players that are taking part in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League are highlighted in boldface.
The board below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition .

Notes
  1. ^[110] in four qualification matches. Ronaldo additionally scored one goalin four qualification matches .
  2. ^ Van Nistelrooy additionally scored four goals in eight qualification matches .
  3. ^ Henry additionally scored one finish in three qualification matches .

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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