UEFA club competitions

All these tournaments were organised by private bodies and/or at least two national associations and concerning one of more regional areas of Europe,[1] that were not being recognised by UEFA for historic-statistical purposes.

[3] For that reason, it considers only results in its own competitions, in general terms and by single tournament, as the only valid method for calculating and communicating confederation-level official records and statistics as well as setting combined values in inter-club football.

[5] Until the first UEFA Europa Conference League final in 2022, the only team to have won every men's professional club competition was Juventus of Italy.

The beaten finalists Chelsea of England was also seeking to break that record as well, as its men's team won their maiden in 2012.

The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through the eight-week league phase to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final.

The competition took on its current name in 1992, adding a round-robin group stage in 1991 and allowing multiple entrants from certain countries since the 1997–98 season.

[13] The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and a change in qualifying criteria.