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City takes on Real Madrid in the semifinals while the other semifinal features both Milan teams.
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 ...
Ernst Happel was the first manager to win the title with two different clubs. Ottmar Hitzfeld, winning manager in 1997 and 2001. Jupp Heynckes, winning manager in 1998 and 2013. Alex Ferguson won two titles as manager of Manchester United in 1999 and 2008, and reached a further two finals.
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.
Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior scored goals in the second half to give Real Madrid its 15th European Cup championship with a 2–0 win over Borussia Dortmund.
Since 2009, Champions League winners have not kept the real trophy, which remains in UEFA's custody at all times. [6] A full-size replica trophy, the Champions League winners trophy, is awarded to the winning club with their name engraved on it. [7] Winning clubs are permitted to make replicas of their own.
This was the third UEFA Champions League final for manager Pep Guardiola, and his first since the two wins with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, both against Manchester United. [18] City were seeking to become the first club to win its first European Cup/UEFA Champions League final since Chelsea in 2012, with seven clubs having failed to do in ...
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.