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| | | | Manchester United football team, flying home |
| What is the UEFA Champion league? About the | | | | from the European Cup match against Yugoslavia. |
| famous football tournament. | | | | After the tragedy the team finished the season, |
| The UEFA Champions League (European CUP, | | | | and reached the final of FA Cup. |
| UCL, or CL) is a football competition of seasonal | | | | The Champions League tournament begins in |
| clubs. Champions League is organized by UEFA | | | | mid-July, and the Champions League final match |
| (Union of European Football Associations), the | | | | takes place the following May. An association rank |
| controlling force of European football. Football club, | | | | in the UEFA coefficients table defines the number |
| which wins the Champions League, receives the | | | | of positions each group receives in the |
| trophy European Champion Club’s Cup, | | | | competition, and also the stage at which the |
| which is considered the most prestigious club | | | | association enters the competition. Each |
| trophy. | | | | association sends maximum four clubs each |
| The tournament first started in 1955, when the | | | | season to play in Champions League. |
| teams played two matches, and the winning team | | | | The competition receives public and media |
| started the next round of competition. Later, in | | | | attention: millions of viewers watch Champions |
| 1997, the tournament was renamed to UEFA | | | | League videos live on-line, read news articles and |
| Champions League. The championship in its current | | | | watch the matches on TV. Champions League |
| format is open to the league champions of all | | | | has always been the center of public attention, |
| UEFA member associations. Real Madrid FC and | | | | being the most prestigious sport competition in |
| AC Milan have won the competition three times. | | | | Europe. |
| In 1958, the Munich air disaster took lives of 23 of | | | | |