2025–26 UEFA Champions League
The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League will be the 71th season of Europe's top club football tournament. It's organized by UEFA, the football authority in Europe. This season is also the 33rd since they changed its name from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League
2025–26 UEFA Champions League Media
Alfredo Di Stéfano (pictured in 1959) led Real Madrid to five consecutive European Cup titles between 1956 and 1960.
Johan Cruyff (pictured in 1972) won the European Cup three times in a row with Ajax.
The two teams line up for the UEFA Champions League Anthem before each match and a flag of the Champions League "starball" logo is waved in the centre circle.
The "starball" logo is incorporated into the design of the competition's official match ball, the Adidas Finale.
AC Milan and Real Madrid are two of the competition's most successful teams.
A can of Heineken with the branding of the 2011 UEFA Champions League final
Real Madrid were barred from wearing their bwin-sponsored jerseys when they played against Galatasaray in Turkey in April 2013, where gambling advertisements are banned.