Former French international Arno is the founder of the European Footballer of the Year Award, and he also writes for L 'Equipe and French Football Magazine. He has a keen feeling that there may be a brand-new competition that will bring together the top clubs in Europe. He suggested that famous clubs all over the world should create a new tournament by league system. At that time, UEFA was in full swing, and the first congress was scheduled for March 2, 1955. They are more concerned about internal organizations and how to win the national association to join their organizations. At that time, it had no conditions to support this ambitious and striking idea put forward by the French. The sponsors of the European Champions Cup actively contacted FIFA and UEFA, but the results were disappointing. Neither organization is very interested in playing without a national team.
At that time, the club-level international competitions held in continental Europe mainly included the Mitteropa Cup and the Latin Cup. Central European countries began to hold the Mitteropa Cup from 1927. At first, the competition was only played between Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Later, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and the team were accepted. Latin roots began in 1949, and teams from Portugal, Spain, Italy and France participated in it, which was a household name at that time. However, all these competitions, as well as some other small-scale competitions, are limited to exchanges between dry areas and do not include exchanges between the whole continent.
Yano's plan was warmly welcomed by Real Madrid, Anderlecht, rapid vienna Club and Hungarian Football Association. Other clubs hesitate or raise objections due to schedule conflicts, players' remuneration, night lighting and other reasons. Team newspaper entrusted the head of its editorial department, Zao Jacques-Risvik, to organize a meeting attended by representatives of European host clubs at that time to determine the competition form between European clubs. Santiago Bernabeu, president of Real Madrid, Spain, is one of the staunch supporters of the European Club Cup. The club he led has made many achievements in international competitions. In order to go further, he continued to take some effective measures, such as hiring several famous stars at that time: Stefano and Rial of Argentina.
The meeting was held on April 2-3, 1955. Although UEFA reiterated at the Vienna Executive Committee meeting a month ago that it would not cooperate with non-national teams, it still could not prevent the associations from sending representatives to Paris. The French newspaper L 'Equipe sent out 18 invitations, of which only two club representatives did not attend. One is Scotland's Edinburgh Irish team, but it agreed to take part in the new competition; The other is Dynamo Moscow of the Soviet Union, who explained that it was difficult to attend the meeting in the severe winter of the Soviet Union. At this historic meeting, the clubs reached an agreement on the competition system: the competition was attended by league champions from all countries; If the home and away elimination system is adopted, or the points and goal difference of the two teams are the same, a play-off will be played in the third game; The final of the Champions League must be held at the stadium determined in advance by UEFA; When playing in our team's stadium, the ticket income, advertising fee and TV broadcast fee will be handled by the host. At this meeting, an executive Committee was also established, and Santiago Bernabeu was the first vice-chairman of the Committee. The Committee is responsible for drafting the main points of the European Champions Cup and informing FIFA for understanding.
The European Football Association will hold another cup to replace the European Champions Cup proposed by L 'Equipe and most European clubs. The cup held by UEFA is not for club teams, but for city teams. The purpose is to strengthen friendly ties and sports exchanges between European cities. This proposal was supported by the English Football Association, which was dissatisfied with its failure to participate in the creation of the European Club Cup. This is the practice of the English Football Association, and the British always take a contemptuous attitude towards things that have not been studied in their own country. In fact, in the 1920s, four British football associations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) were at odds with FIFA. They quit the organization and stopped participating in the Olympic Games and previous World Cups. Stanley Routh, then secretary-general of the English Football Association, made it clear that the organization opposed the establishment of non-state and non-city competitions. He advocated organizing more friendship competitions among European people, clubs, cities, factories, youth organizations and schools.
Later, in June 1955, UEFA held the Cup of the International Urban Industry Expo, which was held three months earlier than the first European Champions Cup. However, despite UEFA's good intention to host the World Expo Cup, it can't stop this event from becoming a second-rate event. The first game dragged on for three years. The last match was between Barcelona and London in May 1958+0. During this period, three European Champions Cups have been held.
From 65438 to 0955, the development of the situation made FIFA change its view on the club's Champions League. They saw that the game really looked like that. In addition, the level of the participating teams is also very high. For example, Andre Lecht of Belgium, rapid vienna of Austria, Sporting Lisbon of Portugal and Real Madrid of Spain. On the other hand, after the first TV broadcast of the World Cup held in Switzerland from 65438 to 0954 and its success, the possibility of European TV organizations supporting the European Champions Cup increased, which means expanding their influence and making money.
At the suggestion of FIFA, UEFA began to reconsider its opposition to the Champions League. UEFA put forward conditions for the organizers of the European Champions Cup to return the right to organize the competition to UEFA, and the participation of club teams in the competition must be approved by their national associations.
After the proposed conditions were accepted, the UEFA Executive Committee held a meeting in Paris on May 2 1, 1955, inviting all interested clubs to participate. It was decided that UEFA would organize the tournament itself and rename it the European Champions Cup instead of the original European Club Cup.
The British still refuse to recognize the Champions League and ban Chelsea from the first game. However, the first European Champions Cup started in September 1955 and ended in Paris in May 1956, and Real Madrid won the championship.
1968 greatly revised the rules of the competition, that is, set up seed teams in the preliminary stage to avoid the premature meeting of strong teams. Another major change is to "control" the lottery to prevent countries with political disputes (such as the Soviet Union and Albania, Greece and Turkey). ) from the same group.
Since 1969, the practice of playing play-offs when the points and goal difference of the two teams are the same has been cancelled; But in the case of the same score and goal difference, the victory or defeat is decided according to the number of goals scored by the other team on the field, which is what we often call "double goals away from home." The purpose of doing this is to try to avoid teams adopting too conservative defensive tactics in the other team's field. If there is a draw in the final, overtime will be used. If there is still no tie, a play-off will be held. This happened only once in 1974. Bayern Munich beat Atletico Madrid 4-0 in the play-off and started their third consecutive championship.
1992 The semi-final of the European Champions Cup was introduced into the group round robin, and the first two teams played the final. So the game was renamed the European Cup, but people still used to call it the European Cup. In the following years, the competition system of the Champions League changed frequently, and the competition before the rematch gradually adopted the group round robin system. Teams participating in the competition are no longer limited to national league champions, and runners-up of some football powers can also participate. Manchester United 1999 won the championship magically, and they participated in the competition as the runner-up in the league. All these changes are to increase the number of games and make the participating teams get more benefits.
1998, in order to prevent major clubs from establishing a European super league, the UEFA Finals carried out the biggest reform in the history of the three major European cups from the 1999/2000 season: the European Cup Winners was cancelled. According to the ranking of European club competition results, countries can send 1-4 teams to participate in the European Champions Cup; In the Champions League, there are two stages of group round robin. In the first stage, the third place in each group can continue to participate in the UEFA Cup.
1. Previous champions and shooters:
The scores of the warring sides in the season are specific, and the goal scored by the top scorer.
04-05 Liverpool-Milan 3:3 penalty kick 3:2 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses 18:9 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 8 goals.
03-04 Porto-Monaco 3:0 7 wins, 5 draws 1 minus 20: 12 Morientes (Monaco) 9 goals.
02-03 AC Milan-Juventus penalty 3:2 1 1 win, 3 draws, 5 losses 23: 16 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 12 goal.
0 1-02 Real Madrid-Bayer Leverkusen 2: 1 2 wins, 4 draws1minus 33:08 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 10 goal.
00-0 1 Bayern Munich-Valencia 1: 1 penalty 5:4 1 1 win 4, draw 2, loss 24: 12 Raul (Real Madrid) 7 goals.
99-00 Real Madrid-Valencia 3:0 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses 35:23 Raul (Real Madrid) 10 goal.
98-99 Manchester United-Bayern Munich 2: 1 6 wins, 7 draws, 3 1: 16 Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev) 1 goal.
97-98 Real Madrid-Juventus 1:0 7 wins and 3 draws 1 minus 22:5 Del Piero (Juventus) 10 goal.
96-97 Dortmund-Juventus 3:/KOOC-0/9 wins/KOOC-0/draw/KOOC-0/minus 23:/KOOC-0/0 Judd and Pantic scored 5 goals.
95-96 Juventus-Ajax 1: 1 Penalty 4:2 7 wins 1 draw 3 losses 22:9 Litmanen (Ajax) scored 9 goals.
94-95 Ajax -AC Milan 1:0 7 wins and 4 draws 18:4 Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) scored 7 goals.
93-94 AC Milan-Barcelona 4:0 7 wins, 5 draws, 2 1:2 Rochman (Barcelona) scored 8 goals.
92-93 Marseille -AC Milan 1:0 7 wins, 4 draws, 25:4 romario (Eindhoven) scored 7 goals.
9 1-92 Barcelona-Sampdoria 1 (overtime) 7 wins 1 draw 3 losses 17:8 Papan and EULAN SPA01 SPA0 1 7 goals.
90-9 1 Belgrade Red Star-Marseille 0:0 penalty 5:3 5 wins and 4 draws 18:7 Papan (Marseille) 6 goals.
89-90 AC Milan-Benfica 1:0 7 wins 1 draw 1 negative 13:2 Papan and romario scored 6 goals.
88-89 AC Milan-Bucharest Star scored 4:0 5, 4 draws and 20:5 Van Basten (AC Milan) 10.
87-88 Eindhoven-Benfica scored 0:0 6:5 4 wins and 4 draws 1 minus 9:5 and was scored by Haji (Bucharest Star).
86-87 Porto-Bayern Munich 2: 1 7 wins 1 draw 1 negative 2 1:5 Kvetkovic (Red Star) 7 goals.
85-86 Bucharest-Barcelona penalty 0:0 2:0 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses 13:5 Nelson (Gothenburg) 6 goals.
84-85 Juventus-Liverpool 1:0 7 wins and 2 losses 19:6 Nelson and Platini scored 7 goals.
83-84 Liverpool-Rome 1: 1 penalty 4:2 8 win 1 draw 16:3 Dinamo Minsk scored 6 goals.
82-83 Hamburg-Juventus 1:0 6 wins and 2 draws 1 negative 16:5 Rossi (Juventus) 6 goals.
8 1-82 Aston Villa-Bayern Munich 1:0 6 wins and 2 draws 1 negative 13:2 Hones (Bayern Munich) scored 7 goals and 7 goals.
80-8 1 Liverpool-Real Madrid 1:0 6 wins, 3 draws, 24:4 rummenigge and Souness scored 6 goals.
79-80 Nottingham Forest-Hamburg 1:0 6 wins 1 2 draws 13:5 Robey (Ajax) 10 goal.
78-79 Nottingham Forest-Malmo 1:0 6 wins and 3 draws 19:7 Sulzer (Cao Meng)1/goal.
77-78 Liverpool-Bruges 1:0 5 wins and 2 losses 17:7 simonson (M? nchengladbach) scored 5 goals.
76-77 Liverpool-M? nchengladbach 3: 1 6 wins and 3 losses 22:5 Mueller (Bayern Munich) 5 goals.
75-76 Bayern Munich-Saint Etienne 1:0 6 wins, 2 draws 1 negative 19:4 Heinks (M? nchengladbach) scored 6 goals.
74-75 Bayern Munich-Leeds United won 2:0 5 1 Ping 1 Negative 1 1:4 Mueller (Bayern Munich) scored 5 goals.
73-74 Bayern Munich-Atletico Madrid 1: 1 Backcourt 4:0 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses 25: 15 Mueller (Bayern Munich) 8 goals.
72-73 Ajax-Juventus/KOOC-0/:06 wins/KOOC-0/losses/KOOC-0/5: 4 Mueller (Bayern Munich)/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/goal.
7 1-72 Ajax-Inter Milan 2:0 7 wins and 2 draws 14:3 Maxi and Takac scored 5 goals.
70-7 1 Ajax-Panathinaikos 2:0 6 win 1 draw 2 loss 17:5 Antoniadis (Panathinaikos) 10 goal.
69-70 Feyenoord-Celtic 2: 1 (overtime) 6 wins 1 draw 2 losses 24:3 Jones (Leeds United) 8 goals.
68-69 AC Milan-Ajax 4: 1 4 wins 1 2 losses 12:5 Old (Manchester United) 9 goals.
67-68 Manchester United-Benfica 4: 1 (overtime) 5 wins and 3 draws 1 negative 16:6 You Sebbio (Benfica) scored 6 goals.
66-67 Celtic-Inter Milan 2: 1 7 wins 1 draw 1 negative 18:5 Simms (Andre Lecht) 6 goals.
65-66 Real Madrid-Belgrade Partizan 2: 1 5 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, 2 1: 10 You Sebbio (Benfica) scored 7 goals.
64-65 Inter Milan-Benfica 1:0 5 wins and 2 losses 16:5 Torres (Benfica) scored 9 goals.
63-64 Inter Milan-Real Madrid 3: 1 7 wins and 2 draws 16:5 mazzola and Puskas scored 7 goals.
62-63 AC Milan-Benfica 2: 1 7 wins and 2 losses 33:6 Altafini (AC Milan) 14 goal.
6 1-62 Benfica-Real Madrid 5:3 4 wins 1 draw 2-22: 1 1 Di Stefano and Puskas 7 goals.
60-6 1 Benfica-Barcelona 3:2 7 wins 1 draw 1 minus 26: 10 argus (Benfica) 1 1 goal.
59-60 Real Madrid-Frankfurt 7:3 6 win 1 minus 3 1: 10 Puskas (Real Madrid) 12 goal.
58-59 Real Madrid-Reims 2:0 5 wins and 2 draws 1 negative 16:5 Fontaine (Reims) 10 goal.
57-58 Real Madrid -AC Milan 3:2 (overtime) 5 wins 1 draw 1 negative 25:7 Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 10 goal.
56-57 Real Madrid-Florence 2:0 6 win 1 draw 1 negative 20: 10 viollet (Manchester United) scored 9 goals.
55-56 Real Madrid-Reims 4:3 5 wins, 2 losses and 20: 10 milutinovic (guerrilla) 8 goals.
2. The following are the specific achievements of the top 65,438+00 teams in the previous European Champions Cup standings:
Rank teams, number of matches, total number of wins, draws, losses and goals conceded.
1 Real Madrid 35 281kloc-0/64 48 69 620: 312 376
2 Bayern Munich 22194105 47 42 359:190 257
3 AC Milan 20166 92 36 38 298:145 220
4 Juventus 2317187 39 45 284:172 213
5 Manchester United16154 84 37 33 308:162 205
6 Barcelona15144 78 32 34 273:163190.
7 benfica 24147 72 35 40 283:155179
8 Ajax 22139 70 32 37 225:130172
9 Liverpool1510 63 25 22 203: 92151
Dynamo Kiev 23140622751kloc-0/96:163151.
3. Top ten football stars in the history of the European Champions Cup:
Stifano (Real Madrid)
South Americans always stubbornly believe that Pele is the well-deserved king of world football, but many Europeans don't think so, so many people in Europe are still discussing who is the world football number 1. Because more people tend to choose "Golden Arrow" Stifano.
Puskas (Real Madrid)
The frustrated Swiss World Cup, the left foot of Colonel Pentium, together with Stifano, created the splendid Puskas of Real Madrid for five consecutive championships and finally found dignity in the Champions League.
You Sebbio (Benfica)
The power of "Panther" radiates to every corner of the stadium. When you see his performance in Benfica, you will find his shadow in 1995 World Player of the Year Via.
Suarez (Inter Milan)
The best player in Spanish football history, he won the honor and applause that later "vulture" Boutragano and Raul Gonzalez couldn't match.
Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
Charlton, a survivor of Munich air crash, won the 1968 Champions Cup with coach Busby, which is the best gift to comfort his dead companion. "King of English" is the most appropriate evaluation of him.
Cruyff (Ajax)
Cruyff, a flying Dutchman, is the standard-bearer who set off the third revolutionary storm of world football tactics. Three consecutive championships prove that this "hound" is the best player in the world even if it doesn't win the World Cup.
Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich)
The "football emperor" created a new term "free man", who can lead the whole team as a player; When you become a coach, you can control the Football Association. Where can I find such a generalist?
Dalglish (Liverpool)
The pride of Scots, Liverpool is still the best club in England. Although kevin keegan went to Hamburg on 1978, Liverpool still won the Champions League three times with Dalglish.
Dackdam (Bucharest Star)
It is unprecedented that we can save four of the five penalties in the finals of major competitions and send our team to the European Championship by our own efforts. Dumdak deserves to be the best player.
Rijkaard (AC Milan and Ajax)
After Milan won the Champions League, the Black Swan turned against his old club Ajax. His assists made Kluivert famous, and he became one of the few players in the world who won the Champions League on behalf of different teams.