UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League
2007-08 UEFA Champions League
Founded
1955
Continent
Europe (UEFA)
Number of Teams
32 (Group Stage)
Current Champions (2006-07)
AC Milan
2008 final to be held in
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow
Most successful club
Real Madrid C.F. (9 times champions)
Website
UEFA Champions League
Television Coverage
List of Television Broadcasters

The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup or C1) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. The prize, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is considered the most prestigious club trophy in the sport.

The UEFA Champions League is separate from the UEFA Cup and the defunct Cup Winners' Cup.

The tournament consists of several stages and begins with three preliminary knockout qualifying rounds. The sixteen teams emerging from the preliminary rounds take part in the final knock-out stage, which starts in late February and ends with the final match in May.

The current holders of the UEFA Champions League trophy are A.C. Milan, who beat Liverpool F.C. 2-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece on 23 May 2007.

Moscow will host its first European Cup final for the 2007-08 season.