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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 ...
Biggest win by a margin in the quarter-finals in Champions League era: 6 [11] Manchester United 7–1 Roma, 2006–07; Bayern Munich 8–2 Barcelona, 2019–20; Biggest win by a margin in the semi-finals: 6. Real Madrid 6–0 Zürich, 1963–64; Biggest win by a margin in the semi-finals in Champions League era: 4 [11] Bayern Munich 4–0 ...
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 ]
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.
After their Champions League wins in 1999 and 2008, Manchester United competed as a UEFA representative at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. They were knocked out of the 2000 tournament at the group stage, but went on to win the 2008 edition, highlighted above, becoming the first English side to do so.
Real Madrid was one of the founding members of La Liga in 1929, and is one of three clubs, along with FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, to have never been relegated from the league. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Since then, the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organized competitions.
The 2011 final was the culmination of the 56th season of the tournament, and the 19th in the Champions League era. The final was contested by Barcelona of Spain and Manchester United of England, in a repeat of the 2009 final held in Rome, which Barcelona won 2–0. The match kicked off at 19:45 BST.