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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 ...
The team to have won the Champions League with the fewest games won is Manchester United , with five wins. Three teams have won the Champions League with the most games lost, Liverpool , Milan and Real Madrid (1999–2000 and 2021–22), all losing four games.
Real Madrid (130), Schalke 04 (12) 11 Ryan Giggs Wales: 141 1993–2014 Manchester United: 12 Luka Modrić Croatia: 134 2010– Tottenham Hotspur (8), Real Madrid (126) 13 Andrés Iniesta Spain: 130 2002–2018 Barcelona: 14 Sergio Busquets Spain: 129 2008–2022 Barcelona: 15 Gerard Piqué Spain: 128 2004–2022 Manchester United (4 ...
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.
The club currently holds the record for most top-division titles, with 20. They were also the first team to win the Premier League, and hold the record for the most Premier League titles with 13. Manchester United became the first English team to win the European Cup when they won it in 1968.
Each year, the winning team is presented with the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the current version of which has been awarded since 1967. From the 1968–69 season and prior 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. [87]
In July 2012, Manchester United was ranked first by Forbes magazine in its list of the ten most valuable sports team brands, valuing the Manchester United brand at $2.23 billion. [165] The club is ranked third in the Deloitte Football Money League (behind Real Madrid and Barcelona). [ 166 ]
Alex Ferguson won two titles as manager of Manchester United in 1999 and 2008, and reached a further two finals. Vicente del Bosque won two titles as manager of Real Madrid in 2000 and 2002. European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers* [ 4 ] [ 5 ]