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FC Sheriff Tiraspol, a club from a breakaway state between Europe's two poorest countries, with a squad valued 64 times less than Real Madrid's, beat soccer's winningest club 2-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs ...
Leicester City F.C., an Association football Club, won the Premier League in the 2015-16 season despite being 5000-1 underdogs, an example of an upset [1] An upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win (the "favorite") is defeated by (or, in the case of sports, ties with) an underdog whom the majority expects to lose ...
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.
Manchester City is on the brink of a humiliating Champions League exit after a stunning loss to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, and Real Madrid is no longer at risk after routing Salzburg. Man ...
In an explosion of gold and silver confetti, Real Madrid held aloft the Champions League trophy for a record-extending 15th time on Saturday. A white wall of Madrid fans at one end of the stadium ...
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 ...
Cristiano Ronaldo made 183 UEFA Champions League appearances, the most in the competition. Since the rebranding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup to UEFA Champions League in 1992 at the start of the 1992–93 season, a total of 50 players have managed to make at least 100 appearances in the competition. [1]