UEFA Champions League (commonly referred to as simply the Champions League or historically known as the European Cup) is an annual competition of the Association Cup soccer organized by UEFA since 1955 for teams in Europe. The final of the competition - with the NFL Super Bowl - the most watched sporting event in the world every year, drawing just over 100 million viewers.
Prior to 1992 the tournament was officially called the European Champion Clubs' Cup, but usually just as the European Cup and European Cup champions mentioned. The competition was open for the first time a straight knockout competition for the champions of each country. started in the 1990s, the tournament has to be expanded, including a group stage of the preliminary round, and several teams. Europe's biggest leagues now a maximum of four teams for the competition. UEFA Champions League should not be mistaken for the UEFA Champions League, formerly known as the UEFA Cup.
The tournament will consist of several phases. In the current format, it begins in mid-July with three qualifying rounds and a playoff round of sixteen. The 10 surviving teams join 22 teams in the group stage, where there is seeded eight groups of four teams each. The eight group winners and eight finalists for the final knockout phase, which ends with the final in May as the tournament has changed its name and structure in 1992, no club has managed wins in a row. The winner of the UEFA Champions League to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup (the version of the Intercontinental Cup in 2005) and the UEFA Super Cup.
The title was from 21 different clubs, 12 of which have won the title more than once won. All-time record-holder is Real Madrid, the event nine times, including the first five seasons he has been attacked, and won. Spain Primera Liga is slightly more success, after accumulating 12 victories, all from two clubs. Italy and England produced 11 winners from each of three to four clubs. English teams were not controversial in the competition for five years after the events of Heysel in 1985. Barcelona are the champions after Manchester United 2-0 in the final 2008-09.
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