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The Football League Centenary Trophy marked The Football League's 100th birthday, in the 1988–89 season. [9] The European governing body UEFA was founded in 1954, and created their first and most prestigious competition, the European Cup, the next year. It was expanded and renamed in 1992 as the UEFA Champions League.
This article lists men's and women's association football clubs who have won 50 or more total competitive honours run by official governing bodies. Friendly and invitational competitions and matches organized between clubs are not included.
In 1992, when lower division clubs became full members of the Football League, the Associate Members Cup took the name Football League Trophy, before being renamed again in 2016 as the EFL Trophy. Since the 2016–17 season , sixteen Clubs with Category One academies from Championship and Premier League have taken part in the competition. [ 19 ]
List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
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 ...
League football followed when the Scottish Football League was founded in 1890, with Dumbarton and Rangers sharing the first title. The Scottish Football League remained the highest division of the Scottish football league system until 1998, when the Scottish Premier League was founded. The Scottish Football League also added a second major cup ...
In third place, English clubs have secured 48 titles, including a record 8 wins in the Cup Winners' Cup. French clubs, ranked sixth on the list, have won the Intertoto Cup the most times (12). Italian clubs have a distinction of being the only ones who have won the three main UEFA competitions in the same season (1989–90). [4]
With 48 continental trophies won, English football clubs are the third-most successful in European football, behind Italy (50) and Spain (67). In the top-tier, the UEFA Champions League, a record six English clubs have won a total of 15 titles and lost a further 11 finals, behind Spanish clubs with 20 and 11, respectively. [1]