The UEFA Champions League (usually referred to as simply the Champions League or less frequently as the European Cup) is an annual football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It is the most prestigious club trophy in European football.

Prior to 1992 the tournament was officially called the European Champion Clubs' Cup but was usually referred to as simply the European Cup or European Champions' Cup. The competition was initially a straight knockout competition open only to the champion club of each country. During the 1990s the tournament began to be expanded, incorporating a round-robin group phase and more teams. Europe's strongest national leagues now provide up to four teams each for the competition. The UEFA Champions League is not to be confused with the UEFA Cup.

The tournament consists of several stages. In the present format it begins in mid-July with three knockout qualifying rounds. The 16 surviving teams join 16 seeded teams in the group stage, in which there are eight groups consisting of four teams each. The eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the final knockout phase, which ends with the final match in May.

The title has been won by 21 different clubs, 12 of which have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Real Madrid, who have won the competition nine times, including the first five seasons it was contested. Barcelona are the current champions. Since the tournament changed name and structure in 1992, no club has managed consecutive wins.

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UEFA Cup holders Donetsk Shakhtar will meet Champions League winners Barcelona in a UEFA Super Cup match in Monaco at the end of August. On May 20, Shakhtar beat Werder Bremen 2-1 to lift the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup, the first European trophy in the team's ...

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When/Where do the tickets for the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League go on sale?
Q. I live in the United States but will be in Italy during the first knockout round of the Champions League, and I really want to go to the game in Milan. I know that the first leg will be played at the San Siro because Inter Milan was the runner up in their group. Does anyone know when the tickets for the Inter Milan game will go on sale?
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A. they sell tickets on this website and there leave a comment asking for the tickets and there ask for tickets
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Will Juventus make it through the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League?
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A. Juventus has potential to go to the finals of uefa champions league 2008/2009.They are one of the best European teams,no matter of the 12 month break they had.
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