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The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
Real Madrid holds the record for the most titles overall with 26, followed by Milan's 17 titles. [7] [8] Spanish teams hold the record for the most wins in each of the three main UEFA club competitions: Real Madrid, with 15 European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles; Sevilla, with 7 UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League titles; and Barcelona, with 4 Cup Winners' Cup titles.
Most consecutive wins in the UEFA Champions League: [90] 11 wins during the 2002–03 season. Most goals in a UEFA Champions League season: [90] 45 goals during the 1999–2000 season. Most FIFA World Cup Golden Balls won by the players from a single club: 3 – Johan Cruyff won in 1974, Romário in 1994, and Lionel Messi in 2014.
Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to have won titles in three consecutive years, all with Real Madrid. Pep Guardiola won three titles in 2009, 2011 and 2023, with Barcelona and Manchester City. Brian Clough won back-to-back titles as manager of Nottingham Forest. Ernst Happel was the first manager to win the title with two different clubs.
Twenty-three clubs have won the tournament since its 1955 inception. Real Madrid is the most successful club in the tournament, winning it fifteen times. A total of thirteen clubs have won the tournament multiple times: Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Benfica, Inter Milan, Ajax, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, Manchester United, Porto, Barcelona and Chelsea.
In 1992, Johan Cruyff's Dream Team [16] won their first European Cup with a 1–0 win against Sampdoria. Since then, Barcelona has won the competition four additional times, in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. Barcelona has established itself as one of the strongest sides in European competition, when measured in UEFA coefficients. [3] [17]
Liverpool regained it in 1983–84 before losing to Juventus (1984–85); Steaua București then won in 1985–86, Porto in 1986–87, PSV Eindhoven in 1987–88; AC Milan (2), Red Star Belgrade and Barcelona became champions before the competition was re-formulated as the UEFA Champions League.
Since the turn of the century, La Liga clubs have dominated Europe. In 2000, La Liga had three out of the four semi-finalists in the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona; Real Madrid went on to beat fellow La Liga side Valencia in an all-Spanish final, the first Champions League final between two sides from the same country.