UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

Founded	1955 (1955) (As European Cup) 1992 (1992)(rebranded as UEFA Champions League)
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	32 (group stage) 79 (total)
Qualifier for	UEFA Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup
Related competitions	UEFA Europa League (2nd tier) UEFA Europa Conference League (planned 3rd tier)
Current champions	Bayern Munich (6th title)
Most successful club(s)	Real Madrid (13 titles)
Television broadcasters	List of broadcasters
Website	Official website
2020–21 UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, or simply known as the UCL is a football competition organized by UEFA, between some of the top club teams in Europe. The teams are selected because of good performances in their league matches. The teams used to have to win their countries' championship, but more than one team can play in the competition depending on how good their league is. For example: the Spanish League can get 4 Spanish clubs in the competition compared to the Kazakhstan League which can only get one team in the competition.

Real Madrid won the Champions League the first five times it was held, still a record. They have also won the Champions League/European Cup 13 times, which is also a record.

A total of 22 clubs from 10 European countries won the Champions League. 12 clubs won it more than once: Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern, Liverpool, Barcelona, Ajax, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Juventus, Benfica, Porto and Nottingham Forest. The current champions are Bayern Munich after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the final on 23rd August 2020 by 1-0.

Records and statistics

Winners and runners-up

As of 2021

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Real Madrid	13	3	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018	1962, 1964, 1981
Milan	7	4	1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007	1958, 1993, 1995, 2005
Bayern Munich	6	5	1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020	1982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012
Liverpool	6	3	1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019	1985, 2007, 2018
Barcelona	5	3	1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015	1961, 1986, 1994
Ajax	4	2	1971, 1972, 1973, 1995	1969, 1996
Internazionale	3	2	1964, 1965, 2010	1967, 1972
Manchester United	3	2	1968, 1999, 2008	2009, 2011
Juventus	2	7	1985, 1996	1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2017
Benfica	2	5	1961, 1962	1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990
Chelsea	2	1	2012, 2021	2008
Nottingham Forest	2	0	1979, 1980	—
Porto	2	0	1987, 2004	—
Celtic	1	1	1967	1970
Hamburg	1	1	1983	1980
Steaua București	1	1	1986	1989
Marseille	1	1	1993	1991
Borussia Dortmund	1	1	1997	2013
Feyenoord	1	0	1970	—
Aston Villa	1	0	1982	—
PSV Eindhoven	1	0	1988	—
Red Star Belgrade	1	0	1991	—
Atlético Madrid	0	3	—	1974, 2014, 2016
Stade de Reims	0	2	—	1956, 1959
Valencia	0	2	—	2000, 2001
Fiorentina	0	1	—	1957
Eintracht Frankfurt	0	1	—	1960
Partizan	0	1	—	1966
Panathinaikos	0	1	—	1971
Leeds United	0	1	—	1975
Saint-Étienne	0	1	—	1976
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	1	—	1977
Club Brugge	0	1	—	1978
Malmö FF	0	1	—	1979
Roma	0	1	—	1984
Sampdoria	0	1	—	1992
Bayer Leverkusen	0	1	—	2002
Monaco	0	1	—	2004
Arsenal	0	1	—	2006
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	—	2019
Paris Saint-Germain	0	1	—	2020
Manchester City	0	1	—	2021

By nation

As of 23 August 2020

Performance by nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Clubs
Spain	18	11	2
England	13	9	5
Italy	12	16	3
Germany	8	10	3
Netherlands	6	2	3
Portugal	4	5	2
France	1	6	1
Scotland	1	1	1
Romania	1	1	1
Yugoslavia	1	1	1
Greece	0	1	0
Belgium	0	1	0
Sweden	0	1	0

External links

• Official website