Champions League
Discover all the information about the tournament that brings together the best in Europe.
10/10/2023 – 22:17hs UTC
© Getty ImagesThe UEFA Champions League is one of the most important tournaments in the world.
The UEFA Champions League It is the most important European tournament at club level across the continent.
Organized since the 1955/56 season with the name “European Champions Cup“, has become the most important event for the big teams. Like any tournament, its format varied over time as well as the number of teams that played it.
In the first edition, they participated 16 clubs who were champions in their different local leagues. Total, there were 29 guests but for different reasons some gave up participating.
That time, a round-trip direct eliminator was played from the round of 16. Real Madrid won the first final (1956), beating 4 to 3 Stade from Reims in the Parc des Princes.
Precisely, the team Merengue is the one who most Eared Ears accumulates (14) and is the only one who has won five in a row (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 y 1960).
As time progressed to the present day, the formats changed as did the classification criteria. Not only the champions enter the tournament but also the other two or three best teams depending on which league they play in.
In the current 2023/24 season, a total of 78 teams of which 32 make up the group stage. Until reaching that stage there is a preliminary round, three qualifying rounds and the definitive play-off.
The associations with lowest UEFA ranking They have fewer places to participate and the lower they are, the more previous rounds they must play. Once finished, eight groups of four members each are formed.
There, the first two advance to the round of 16 while the third places qualify for the 16th round of the UEFA Europa League.
The last champion of the tournament was Manchester City in the 2022/23 season, which obtained its first orejona against Inter Milan winning 1 to 0. The match took place on June 10, 2023 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
Los Citizens They share a group with him RB Leipzig, Red Star of Belgrade y Young Boys, looking to defend the title. The last team to win for the first time and achieve a two-time championship the following year was the Nottingham Forrest (1979 y 1980).
Is there VAR in the UEFA Champions League?
The UEFA Champions League has WAS during all edition starting with the 2023/24 season. This includes the qualifying phases, groups y playoffs.
Who are the winningest teams in the UEFA Champions League?
Real Madrid 14 (last time in 2022)Milan 7 (last in 2007)Bayern Munich 6 (last in 2020)Liverpool 6 (last in 2019)Barcelona 5 (last in 2015)Ajax 4 (last in 1995)
Who were the last UEFA Champions League champions?
2022/23 – Manchester City2021/22 – Real Madrid2020/21 – Chelsea2019/20 – Bayern Munich2018/19 – Liverpool2017/18 – Real Madrid2016/17 – Real Madrid2015/16 – Real Madrid2014/15 – Barcelona
2023-10-10 22:29:56
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