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Pages in category "UEFA Champions League–winning players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 888 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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 first player to hit the landmark was Raúl, who did so in February 2006, [2] while the most recent members of the "100 club" are Antoine Griezmann and Koke, who played their 100th match on 26 November 2024. [1] Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the Champions League, playing 183 matches. [3]
FIFA decided in 2007 to retroactively award winners' medals to all members of the winning squads between 1930 and 1974. [1] World Cup winning players are among a selected few who are officially allowed to touch the FIFA World Cup Trophy with bare hands, the group also including managers who have won the competition, heads of state, and FIFA ...
Appearances and goals are for first-team official games, including those in Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Division 3, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, and several now-defunct competitions — namely the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
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 ...
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.