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The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal worker football contest established in 1955. [ 1 ] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the european Cup. [ 1 ] The UEFA Champions League is unfold to the league champions of all UEFA ( Union of European Football Associations ) member associations ( except Liechtenstein, which has no league rival ), vitamin a well as to the clubs finishing from second to fourthly status in the strongest leagues. [ 2 ] Originally, entirely the champions of their respective national league and the defending champions of the competition were allowed to participate. however, this was changed in 1997 to allow the runner-up of the stronger leagues to compete ampere well, and again in 1999 when third and one-fourth rate teams of the said leagues besides became eligible. [ 3 ] In the Champions League earned run average, the defending champions of the rival did not automatically qualify until the rules were changed in 2005 to allow claim holders Liverpool to enter the rival. [ 4 ]

Teams that have won the UEFA Champions League three straight times, or five times overall, receive a multiple-winner badge. [ 5 ] Six teams have earned this privilege : substantial Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Liverpool, and Barcelona. [ 6 ] Until 2009, clubs that had earned that badge were allowed to keep the european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup and a new one was commissioned ; [ 7 ] since 2009, the winning team each year has received a life-size replica of the trophy, while the original is retained by UEFA. [ 8 ] A total of 22 clubs have won the Champions League/European Cup. Real Madrid hold the record for the most victories, having won the contest thirteen times, including the inaugural edition. They have besides won the rival the most consecutive times, with five straight titles from 1956 to 1960. Juventus have been runner-up the most times, losing seven finals. Atlético Madrid is the only team to reach three finals without having won the trophy while Reims and Valencia have finished as runner-up twice without winning. Spain has provided the most champions, with eighteen wins from two clubs. [ 9 ] England have produced fourteen winners from five clubs and Italy have produced twelve winners from three clubs. english teams were banned from the competition for five years following the Heysel catastrophe in 1985. [ 10 ] The current champions are Chelsea, who beat Manchester City 1–0 in the 2021 final. [ 11 ]

list of finals [edit ]

Key
dagger Match was won during extra time
* Match was won on a penalty shoot-out
& Match was won after a replay
  • The “Season” column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
  • The wikilinks in the “Score” column point to the article about that season’s final game.

Performances [edit ]

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By nation [edit ]

Teams from thirteen nations have been to a Champions League final examination, and teams from ten of those have won the rival. Since the 1995–96 season, other than Porto ‘s succeed in 2003–04, the winners have come from one of entirely four nations – Spain ( 11 ), England ( 6 ), Germany ( 4 ) and Italy ( 4 ) – and other than Monaco in 2003–04 and Paris Saint-Germain in 2019–20, the runners-up have all come from the same four nations .

Performances in finals by nation
Nation Titles Runners-up Total
 Spain 18 11 29
 England 14 10 24
 Italy 12 16 28
 Germany[q] 8 10 18
 Netherlands 6 2 8
 Portugal 4 5 9
 France 1 6 7
 Romania 1 1 2
 Scotland 1 1 2
 Yugoslavia[r] 1 1 2
 Belgium 0 1 1
 Greece 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 1 1

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