A list of the winners and runners up featuring in the 63 finals till now advertisement the champions league conducted by the union of european football associations uefa is the most prestigious. It was first held for the 1955 56 season and up until 1992 the tournament was called the european cup or. The uefa champions league usually referred to as the champions league is an annual football cup competition organized by union of european football associations uefa for the top football clubs in europe.
Uefa champions league winners. The european champion clubs cup also known as coupe des clubs champions européens or simply the european cup is a trophy awarded annually by uefa to the football club that wins the uefa champions league the competition in its older format shared its name with the trophy being also known as the european cup before being renamed for the 1992 93 season onwards. The uefa champions league abbreviated as ucl also known as the european cup is an annual club football competition organised by the union of european football associations uefa and contested by top division european clubs deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format it is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club.
The uefa champions league formerly european cup the uefa europa league formerly uefa cup and the uefa super cup uefa was also responsible for the cup winners cup and the intertoto cup until their discontinuation in 1999 and 2008 respectively. It organises three club competitions. The union of european football associations uefa is the governing body for association football in europe.
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 second to fourth position in the strongest leagues. The uefa champions league is a seasonal football competition established in 1955.
