10 MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUBS IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

What is UEFA Champions League?

The Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Champions League is the club championship of Europe, and definitely the most prestigious football competition in the world other than the World Cup.

It is a tournament that deals with all questions relating to European football, it promotes football in a spirit of unity, solidarity, harmony, understanding and fair play, without any discrimination on the part of politics, race, religion, gender or social values, it safeguard the virtue of European football, promote and protect ethical standards and good governance in European football, maintain relations with all stakeholders involved in European football, and support and safeguard its member associations for the overall well-being of the European game.

UEFA is a society found in the register of companies under the Swiss civil code, and is neutral, politically and religiously. Its It is a continental confederation recognized by the world football governing body FIFA, which is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

The organs through which UEFA acts are the:

• UEFA congress,
• The UEFA executive committee,
• The UEFA president and
• The organs for the administration of justice.

For entertainment, watching the Champions League offers probably the highest of level soccer played all over the world. Several European leagues compete to be considered the best in the world, but if you take the best of all those and make them play games with all the stakes on the line, you get drama and intensity and attention like nowhere else.

Goals only matter when a match is won, and wining matches only matters when a trophy is won at the end of a football season. Below are the top 10 best clubs (and a brief review of the top 5 clubs) that have fought their way through in the champions League and came out successful at two or more occasions:

 REAL MADRID

Real Madrid is a Spanish Professional Club that is based in Madrid, it was founded on the 6^th march, 1902. They are by far the most successful team in European Cup history, having taken home the prestigious trophy a total of 13 times, and is the only club to win the trophy three times in a role(2016, 2017, and 2018).

They have reached three or more UCL finals against several clubs on several occasions. Los Blancos’ closest rivals in terms of titles are AC Milan, who have won the Champions League seven times, most recently in 2007 against Liverpool.

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Real Madrid have dominated the Champions League in recent years and took home the trophy four out of five times between 2013 and 2018.

They were unfortunate during the 2015 season when they were knocked out by Juventus in the semi-finals, with bitter rivals Barcelona ultimately lifting the trophy with joy. Having won the trophy in 2018, there were high hopes for the reigning champions in 2019.

However, the European giants were knocked out by underdogs, Ajax, in the quarter final stage of the competition, marking their earliest exit from Europe for nine years. Their dry spell continued in the ensuing two seasons (2019/20 and 2020/21), failing to make the final on both occasions.

 AC MILAN

Popularly known for their distinctive red-and-black striped jerseys, the winner of 18 Serie A league championships, AC Milanis one of the world’s most famous and successful teams in international club competitions.

The Club was formed in December 1899 by an Englishman, Alfred Ormonde Edwards, as its first president. They won their first major international trophy, the European Cup, in 1963. Six more European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League) titles would follow.

The latest came in 2007, when two goals from Filippo Inzaghi helped Milan beat Liverpool FC 2–1 in the final. AC Milan has also won five European Super Cups (1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007), two European Cup Winners’ Cups (1968, 1973), and three Intercontinental Cups (1969, 1989, 1990).

In 2007, when it won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time, AC Milan became the most successful European club in the history of international competition, with 18 major trophies to its credit.AC Milanhave won a total of 7 UCL trophies till date(2021)

 LIVERPOOL

• The Club the most successful English team in European football tournament history, they have won
• Six European Cup or UEFA Champions League trophies. (2021 records)
• Liverpool won the English top-division league title 19 times.
• three European Cup wins (1977, 1978, and 1981). A fourth European Cup victory came in 1984, and
• Liverpool won a third UEFA Cup competition (2001)
• Took the 2005 and 2019 Champions League titles, and
• Broke a 30-year streak without a domestic title by winning the 2019–20 Premier League championship.
• The club also captured a total of seven FA Cup and seven League Cup victories.

 BAYERN MUNICH

German professional football club is based in Munich. it was founded in 1900 and has become Germany’s most famous and successful football club. Almost all of Bayern’s success has come since the 1960s.

It won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1967, its first Bundesliga title in 1968–69, the Intercontinental Cup in 1976, and three European Cups (now known as the UEFA Champions League) in a row (1974, 1975, 1976). They have won a total of 6 UCL trophies till date (2021)

FC BARCELONA

Also known asBarça, it is a Spanish professional football club found in Barcelona. It renowned for its historically skillful and attractive manner of attacking football that places much emphasis on flowing, open play.

Barca is today one of the bigger teams with its fans all over the globe, winning a total of 5 UCL trophies till date (2021)

They won the European Cup Winners’ Cup four times (1979, 1982, 1989, and 1997), the European Cup/ UEFA Champions League five times (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, and 2015), and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Super Cup three times (1992, 1997, and 2009).

it also won the La Liga championship in 2008–09, the Copa del Rey, and were fierce enough to win the continental championship (Champions League) andbecame the first Spanish side to win this trophy repeated in 2014–15.

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