Global InformationList of UEFA club competition winners information
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the governing body for association football in Europe. It organises four club competitions: the UEFA Champions League (formerly European Cup), the UEFA Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup), the UEFA Europa Conference League, and the UEFA Super Cup. UEFA was also responsible for the Cup Winners' Cup and the Intertoto Cup until their discontinuation in 1999 and 2008, respectively. Together with the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), it also organised the Intercontinental Cup, which was last held in 2004, before its replacement by FIFA's Club World Cup.
Spanish side Real Madrid have won a record total of 24 titles in UEFA competitions, seven more than AC Milan (Italy). Before the establishment of the Europa Conference League in 2021–22, the only team to have won every UEFA club competition was Juventus (Italy).[1] They received The UEFA Plaque on 12 July 1988, in recognition of winning the then three seasonal confederation trophies – the UEFA Cup in 1977, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984, and the European Cup in 1985, the first club to do so.[2] Juventus additionally won their first Super Cup in 1984, their first Intercontinental Cup in 1985, and the Intertoto Cup in 1999.[3]
Spanish clubs have won the most titles (65), ahead of clubs from Italy (49) and England (48). Italy is the only country in European football history whose clubs won the three main competitions in the same season: in 1989–90, Milan retained the European Cup, Sampdoria won the Cup Winners' Cup, and Juventus secured the UEFA Cup.[4]
While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the predecessor of the UEFA Cup, it is not officially recognised by UEFA and therefore successes in this competition are not included in this list.[5] Also excluded are the unofficial 1972 European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, a FIFA competition.[6]
- ^ Saffer, Paul (10 April 2016). "Paris sulle orme della Juventus". UEFA.com (in Italian). Union of European Football Associations.
- ^ "Sorteo de las competiciones europeas de fútbol: el Fram de Reykjavic, primer adversario del F.C. Barcelona en la Recopa" [Draw for the European football competitions: Reykjavic's Fram, first opponent of F.C. Barcelona in the Cup Winners' Cup.] (PDF). La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 13 July 1988. p. 53. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- ^ "Tutto inizio' con un po' di poesia" [It all started with a little poetry]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 24 May 1997. p. 10. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "1989/90: Rijkaard seals Milan triumph". UEFA.com. UEFA. 23 May 1990. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "UEFA Cup: All-time finals". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ^ "UEFA Super Cup – History". UEFA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.