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The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a round-robin ...
Starting from the 2021–22 edition, UEFA introduced the UEFA Champions League Player of the Season award. The jury is composed of the coaches of the clubs that participated in the group stage of the competition, as well as 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, one from each UEFA member association.
The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League was the 66th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 29th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
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 ...
Real Madrid hold the record for the most goals conceded by a Champions League-winning team, conceding 23 goals in 17 matches in 1999–2000. Benfica achieved the highest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning in the history of the competition (1.57), the club conceded 11 goals in 7 matches in 1961–62.
In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. . Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments (country rankings only), [1] [2] and after applied in women's football and futsal, the coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe, and the ...
UEFA Champions League: Sergio Agüero (3) Borussia Mönchengladbach: 4–0 (H) 14 September 2016 UEFA Champions League: Gabriel Jesus (1) Shakhtar Donetsk: 6–0 (H) 7 November 2018 UEFA Champions League: Raheem Sterling: Atalanta: 5–1 (H) 22 October 2019 UEFA Champions League: Gabriel Jesus (2) Dinamo Zagreb: 1–4 (A) 11 December 2019 UEFA ...
Most consecutive wins in the UEFA Champions League: [90] 11 wins during the 2002–03 season. Most goals in a UEFA Champions League season: [90] 45 goals during the 1999–2000 season. Most FIFA World Cup Golden Balls won by the players from a single club: 3 – Johan Cruyff won in 1974, Romário in 1994, and Lionel Messi in 2014.