UEFA Champions League Trivia

The UEFA Champions League is an annual football competition played between top European club teams, which has been held since the 1955-56 season.

Real Madrid hold the record for the most victories, having won the competition 15 times, including the the first five tournaments, and the latest in 2024. See all winners.
In 2000, two Spanish teams battled in the final, though they were from different cities.
The 2013-14 final was the first in the tournament's history to feature teams from the same city. The same two clubs faced each other again in the 2016 final.
The 1973-74 tournament final was the only time a replay was required. The first meeting between Atlético de Madrid and Bayern Munich finished in 1-1. The replay two days later, Bayern won 4-0.
Up until 1992 the tournament was called the European Cup or European Champions' Cup (officially the European Champion Clubs' Cup, or Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens in French).
Originally only 16 teams participated in the inaugural tournament in 1956. In 1960 the tournament expanded to 32 teams, and in 2024/25 expanded again to 36 teams.
Bayern Munich won all of their matches in the 2020 tournament, en route to winning the final. It is the only team to have ever achieved this feat.

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