Champions League

Champions League

The name Champions League is the most common and used name for the European Champions League (in English: UEFA Champions League), which is a widely famous European football tournament, as it ranks second in terms of status after the World Cup among international football tournaments, and the following is more information about him:

Tournament system

The Champions League is held every 4 years between the member states of the European Football Association (UEFA), and its system is based on what is known as the group league, which may differ in the way it is implemented from one season to another depending on the number of participating teams, as follows:

• In the 1992-1993 season, which is considered the first for the tournament, 8 teams qualified for the tournament after all participating teams were eliminated, and then they were divided into two main groups, each of which included 4 clubs, so that they competed with each other to reach the winning team in each group. Then, the two qualified teams will compete for the championship in the final match.
• In the 1997-1998 season of the league, the number of participating teams was increased, reaching 24 teams after the elimination and qualification stage, which were divided into 6 groups, so that the winning teams from each group competed in 3 stages, in which the loser was eliminated from the competition.
• In the 1999-2000 season, the tournament included 32 teams after the qualifying stage. They were divided into 8 groups, then the first group stage was followed by a second group stage as well, and in the end the winning teams from each group competed for the championship.
• In the 2014-2015 season, the qualified teams were divided into groups within one stage only, as the second group stage was canceled in this season.

Clubs that won the title

There are many clubs that have won the Champions League title, the most notable of which are the number of times each club has won the title, up to the date of writing the article:

Best players

Below is a table showing the top 5 players in the Champions League, and the number of matches each of them played until the date of writing the article:

History

The following are major milestones in the history of the Champions League:

• 1955 AD:

Establishing the league, which was then called the European Nations Cup, and was referred to as the European Cup for short.

• 1992 AD:

Changing the name of the tournament to the Champions League, and holding its first season under its new name and system.

• 1994 AD:

Expanding the league competition to include 16 clubs.

• 1997 AD:

Expanding the league competition to include 24 clubs.

• 1999 AD:

Expanding the league competition to include 32 clubs.

• 2000 AD:

Two teams played in the league final from the same country for the first time: Real Madrid and Valencia.

• 2018 AD:

Real Madrid won the tournament for the first time in 3 consecutive years (2016-2018).