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The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a round-robin ...
For the 2010–11 season, the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award was replaced by the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, but the positional awards returned in 2016–17. Positional awards for players in the UEFA Women's Champions League were introduced in 2019–20.
The first player to hit the landmark was Raúl, who did so in February 2006, [2] while the most recent members of the "100 club" are Antoine Griezmann and Koke, who played their 100th match on 26 November 2024. [1] Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the Champions League, playing 183 matches. [3]
In the Champions League Final, Ronaldo scored two goals in a 4–1 victory over Juventus to take him to 12 goals for the season, making him the competition's top goalscorer for the fifth straight season (sixth overall), as well as the first player to score in three finals in the Champions League era; the second goal was the 600th of his senior ...
Real Madrid hold the record for the most goals conceded by a Champions League-winning team, conceding 23 goals in 17 matches in 1999–2000. Benfica achieved the highest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning in the history of the competition (1.57), the club conceded 11 goals in 7 matches in 1961–62.
Qualification for the Champions League league phase: 2 Marseille: 17 11 3 3 39 20 +19 36 3 Lille: 18 8 8 2 28 17 +11 32 4 Monaco: 18 9 4 5 29 20 +9 31 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round: 5 Nice: 18 8 6 4 36 25 +11 30 Qualification for the Europa League league phase
[6] [7] Female players are awarded the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award, introduced in 2013. [8] UEFA partnered with Groupe Amaury to co-organise the Ballon d'Or awards from 2024. The partnership means UEFA's awards for the best player and best coach will cease to exist.
Rodri in 2022–23 (Champions League Player of the Season) UEFA Team of the Year (3): Kevin De Bruyne in 2017, 2019, 2020; UEFA Champions League Team / Squad of the Season (20): 6 awards: Kevin De Bruyne; 2 awards: Rúben Dias, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden; 1 award: 8 players; IFFHS Men's World Team (13): Kevin De Bruyne in 2017, 2019, 2020 ...