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The following teams are current or former UEFA members which have never qualified for the European Championship. Of these, Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 2014 ) and Israel ( 1970 ) are the only teams to qualify for the FIFA World Cup , though Israel did so as an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member.
Barcelona won the FIFA Club World Cup, the European Super Cup, and the Supercopa de España the following season, making it a sextuple of cup successes, and thus winning all available cups to them. Bayern Munich won the DFL-Supercup in the start of the 2012–13 season, the European Super Cup in 2013 and the FIFA Club World Cup in the same year ...
Several times, winning the UEFA Cup was a club's only chance to qualify for European competition in the next season. A win by such a mid-table (and non-domestic-cup-winning) club then led to an extra place in the UEFA Cup (or an extra place in the UEFA Champions League since 2015) for the country in question.
The draw takes place after the preceding World Cup's qualifying competition. For UEFA Euro 2020, the group qualifying phase consisted of ten groups; five of six teams and the remainder of five teams each. Each group is played in a league format with teams playing each other home and away.
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 ...
1991–1993: Three knockout qualifying rounds; group phase with two groups; two group winners meet in final; one club per country (the league champion) plus the defending champion; In 1992–93 season, the European Cup was officially rebranded as UEFA Champions League; 1993–1994: Knockout semi-finals added following group phase
The first European Cup match took place on 4 September 1955, and ended in a 3–3 draw between Sporting CP and Partizan. [23] [24] The first goal in European Cup history was scored by João Baptista Martins of Sporting CP. [23] [24] The inaugural final took place at the Parc des Princes between Stade de Reims and Real Madrid on 13 June 1956.
The UEFA Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup, is an association football competition established in 1971 by UEFA. [1] It is considered the second most important international competition for European clubs, after the UEFA Champions League. Clubs qualify for the Europa League based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions.