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The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
Winners' and runners-up medals from Manchester United's UEFA Champions League final appearances in 2008, 2009 and 2011 Trophy cabinet of United on display in the Old Trafford museum Manchester United's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which they won as Newton Heath LYR in 1886. [ 3 ]
After their Champions League wins in 1999 and 2008, Manchester United competed as a UEFA representative at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. They were knocked out of the 2000 tournament at the group stage, but went on to win the 2008 edition, highlighted above, becoming the first English side to do so.
This was the first Champions League final between the two clubs, [9] and their first meeting in European competitions since the 2017–18 Champions League group stage encounters, when Madrid won 3–1 away and 3–2 at home. Of their previous fourteen encounters, Dortmund won three matches, Real won six matches and five finished as a draw.
Real Madrid holds the record for the most titles overall with 26, followed by Milan's 17 titles. [7] [8] Spanish teams hold the record for the most wins in each of the three main UEFA club competitions: Real Madrid, with 15 European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles; Sevilla, with 7 UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League titles; and Barcelona, with 4 Cup Winners' Cup titles.
Bayern Munich in 2020 became the second club to win multiple trebles, having won the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal, and the Champions League; Manchester City in 2023, which included the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Champions League. Liverpool in 1984 won the English First Division and the European Cup.
In 2010–11, Manchester United won their 19th top division title, passing Liverpool's previous record of 18, before winning a 20th title in 2012–13. In 2016–17, Manchester United won their first UEFA Europa League trophy, making them only the fifth club to win the three main European club competitions. [6]
He also reached a record total of six Champions League finals. Bob Paisley was the first manager to win the title three times, all with Liverpool. Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to have won titles in three consecutive years, all with Real Madrid. Pep Guardiola won three titles in 2009, 2011 and 2023, with Barcelona and Manchester City.