UEFA CHAMPIONS League

           Association.

The UEFA Champions Association (curtailed as UCL, or at times, UEFA CL) is a yearly club football rivalry coordinated by the Association of European Football Affiliations (UEFA) and challenged by top-division European clubs, concluding the opposition victors through a cooperative gathering stage to fit the bill for a twofold legged knockout configuration, and a solitary leg last.

     Association.

It is one of the most esteemed football competitions on the planet and the most renowned club contest in European football, played by the public association champions (and, for certain countries, at least one sprinters up) of their public affiliations.

       Sorting out body

UEFA

Established

a long time back

(rebranded in 1992)

District

Europe

Number of groups

32 (bunch stage)

79 or 80 or 81 (complete)

Qualifier for

UEFA Super Cup

FIFA Club World Cup

Related rivalries

UEFA Europa Association

(second level)

UEFA Europa Meeting Association

(third level)

   Related contests

UEFA Europa Association

(second level)

UEFA Europa Gathering Association

(third level)

Current heroes

Spain Genuine Madrid

(fourteenth title)

Best club(s)

Spain Genuine Madrid

(14 titles)

TV telecasters

Rundown of telecasters

Site

uefa.com/uefachampionsleague

     Presented in 1955 as the Roadster des Clubs Champions Européens (French for European Hero Clubs' Cup), and ordinarily known as the European Cup, it was at first a straight knockout competition open just to the bosses of Europe's homegrown associations, with its victor figured as the European club champion. The opposition took on its ebb and flow name in 1992, adding a cooperative gathering stage in 1991 and permitting various participants from specific nations since the 1997-98 season.[1] It has since been extended, and keeping in mind that the greater part of Europe's public associations can in any case just enter their boss, the most grounded associations presently give up to four teams.[2][3] Clubs that completion next-in-line in their public association, having not qualified for the Heroes Association, are qualified for the second-level UEFA Europa Association rivalry, and beginning around 2021, for the third-level UEFA Europa Meeting League.[4]

    In its current configuration, the Heroes Association starts in late June with a starter cycle, three qualifying adjusts and a play-off round, all played north of two legs. The six enduring groups enter the gathering stage, joining 26 groups qualified ahead of time. The 32 groups are brought into eight gatherings of four groups and play each other in a twofold cooperative framework. The eight gathering victors and eight other participants continue to the knockout stage that comes full circle with the last match in late May or early June.[5] The champ of the Bosses Association fits the bill for the next year's Heroes Association, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup.[6][7]

  Spanish clubs have the biggest number of triumphs (19 successes), trailed by Britain (14 successes) and Italy (12 successes). Britain has the biggest number of winning groups, with five clubs having come out on top for the championship. The opposition has been won by 22 clubs, 13 of which have won it at least a couple of times, and eight effectively shielded their title.[8] Genuine Madrid is the best club in the competition's set of experiences, having won it multiple times, including the initial five seasons and furthermore five of the last nine.[9] Only one club has won all of their matches in a solitary competition on the way to the competition triumph: Bayern Munich in the 2019-20 season.[10] Genuine Madrid are the momentum European heroes, having beaten Liverpool 1-0 in the 2022 last.