Sejarah Liga Champions

Champions League history

The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, English: UEFA Champions League) or the European Champions League (LCE), formerly known as the Champions Cup (European Cup), is a club football competition by UEFA and contested by clubs from Europe's highest league or division. This competition is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, which is only contested by the national league champions (and also second place winners for several countries) from each of UEFA's member national associations. The UCL Final is the most watched event worldwide every year. The 2012–13 season finale was the most watched, with 360 million television viewers.Since 2015, the UCL Finals have been held on the first Saturday of June in odd years and the last Saturday of May in even years.

Introduced since 1992, this competition replaces the European Champions Cup or referred to as the European Cup, which has been rolling since 1955, by adding a group stage to the competition and allowing the entry of several clubs from certain countries.

Real Madrid is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won fourteen titles, including successive titles in the first five editions of the competition.

Real Madrid are the defending champions after beating Liverpool 1–0 in the 2022 final at the Stade de France, France.

This championship was first coined by a French sports magazine. Cup-shaped trophy nicknamed "The Big Ears" (Big Ears), and the first trophy is different from what is now contested (made by Stadellman). The cup being contested now is the 6th edition. Initially the championship was fought over a trophy called the European Champion Clubs Cup, which is usually shortened to the European Cup, and differs from the European Cup as it is known in Indonesia today which refers to the European Championship Cup. This championship began in the 1955/56 season using a two-legged knockout system, ie each team played two matches, one away and one at home, and the team with the highest average score advanced to the next round. Only teams in the league champions of each country, plus the champion holder at that time, the right to participate in this competition.