| What is the Champions League and how it started | | | | European Cup includes the most successful |
| — some facts for the beginner football fan | | | | football clubs in Europe. The prize and the |
| The Champions League tournament started for | | | | European Cup, is the most prestigious club trophy |
| the first time in the year 1955. French sports | | | | in the world of football. |
| journalist and editor, Gabriel Hanot suggested this | | | | The championship is varies from the less |
| continental competition for winners of the | | | | prestigious UEFA Cup and the defunct Winners' |
| European national football leagues. | | | | Cup. The tournament consists of several stages. |
| The competition used a two-leg knockout format. | | | | In the present format, it begins in mid July with |
| The teams played two matches, one at home, | | | | three preliminary knockout-qualifying rounds. The |
| and one on the ground of the opponent. The | | | | 16 surviving teams join 16 specified teams in a |
| team with the highest overall score qualified for | | | | group stage. Eight winners and eight runners-up |
| the next round of the competition. Entry was | | | | enter the final knockout rounds, and the |
| restricted to the teams that won their national | | | | tournament ends with the final match in May. |
| league championships. This qualification system | | | | The current holder of the European Cup is AC |
| continued until 1992. | | | | Milan. They have beaten Liverpool FC by 2-1 at |
| In the 1992-93 seasons, the tournament became | | | | the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece on 23 |
| popular with the name UEFA Champions League. | | | | May 2007. |
| In the year 1997-98, the eligibility changed to | | | | How to Get Such Football League News: |
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| It is a seasonal club football competition. UEFA has | | | | affairs in the world of football leagues. |
| been organizing this competition since 1955. The | | | | |