The most popular sport in the world is football and the
excitement it provides cannot be surpassed by any other
sport anywhere in the world. Dating back to the middle
Ages, football is a true demonstration of speed, quickness, balance,
endurance and strength. Players are determined and hard working
and watching a football match is quite thrilling.
FA Premier League (1992-2006)
Year & Winner (number of titles won to date in brackets)
1992–93 = Manchester United (8)
1993–94 = Manchester United (9)
1994–95 = Blackburn Rovers (3)
1995–96 = Manchester United (10)
1996–97 = Manchester United (11)
1997–98 = Arsenal (11)
1998–99 = Manchester United (12)
1999–2000 = Manchester United (13)
2000–01 = Manchester United (14)
2001–02 = Arsenal (12)
2002–03 = Manchester United (15)
2003–04 = Arsenal (13)
2004–05 = Chelsea (2)
2005–06 = Chelsea (3)
2006–07 = Manchester United (16)
UEFA Champions League
The Champions League is a football tournament between the best clubs in Europe. Originally the format of the competition was for just the winners of each participating country's domestic league to compete against each other in a two leg knock out contest. In those days the comp was just known as the European Cup. In 1992 the format of the competition was changed to allow more of the top flight football teams from highly ranked countries to enter. Up to 4 teams from one country can now play. The format of the tournament is now 3 qualifying rounds for lower placed teams and lower ranked countries followed by a group stage or mini-league which is then followed by a knock-out round for the remaining 16 teams.
Due to football hooliganism English clubs were banned from the champions league for 5 years in 1985, and Liverpool was banned for a further 2 years.
Below are listed the winning teams of the Champions league since it started in 1956. The list
includes the winners, runner-up and stadium and in which country the final was played.
Champions League past winners - (1956-2006)
1956 Real Madrid 4-3 Reims Parc des Princes, Paris
1957 Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
1958 Real Madrid 3-2 (a.e.t.) AC Milan Heysel, Brussels
1959 Real Madrid 2-0 Reims Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
1960 Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt Hampden, Glasgow
1961 Benfica 3-2 Barcelona Wankdorf Stadium, Berne
1962 Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
1963 AC Milan 2-1 Benfica Wembley, London
1964 Inter Milan 3-1 Real Madrid Praterstadion, Vienna
1965 Inter Milan 1-0 Benfica San Siro, Milan
1966 Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan Belgrade Heysel, Brussels
1967 Celtic Glasgow 2-1 Inter Milan Nacional Stadium, Lisbon
1968 Manchester U 4-1 (a.e.t.) Benfica Wembley, London
1969 AC Milan 4-1 Ajax Amsterdam Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
1970 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-1 Celtic San Siro, Milan
1971 Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 Panathinaikos Wembley, London
1972 Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 Inter Milan De Kuip, Rotterdam
1973 Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 Juventus FK Red Star, Belgrade
1974 Bayern Munich 1-1 (4-0 pens.) Atl.Madrid Heysel, Brussels
1975 Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United Parc des Princes, Paris
1976 Bayern Munich 1-0 Saint-Etienne Hampden, Glasgow
1977 Liverpool 3-1 Bor.Mönchengladbach Olimpico, Rome
1978 Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge Wembley, London
1979 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmö Olympiastadion, Munich
1980 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg SV Bernabeu, Madrid
1981 Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid Parc des Princes, Paris
1982 Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich De Kuip, Rotterdam
1983 Hamburg SV 1-0 Juventus Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens
1984 Liverpool 1-1 (4-2 pens.) AS Roma Stadio Olimpico, Rome
1985 Juventus 1-0 Liverpool Heysel, Brussels
1986 S. Bucharest 0-0 (2-0 pens.) Barcelona Pizjuan, Sevilla
1987 Porto 2-1 Bayern Munich Praterstadion, Vienna
1988 PSV 0-0 (5-4 pens.) Benfica Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
1989 AC Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucarest Camp Nou, Barcelona
1990 AC Milan 1-0 Benfica Praterstadion, Vienna
1991 Red Star Belgrade 0-0 (5-3 pens.) Marseille S. Nicola, Bari
1992 Barcelona 1-0 (a.e.t.) Sampdoria Wembley, London
1993 Marseille 1-0 AC Milan Olympiastadion, Munich
1994 Milan 4-0 Barcelona Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens
1995 Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 AC Milan Ernst Happel, Vienna
1996 Juventus 1-1 (4-2 pens.) Ajax Amsterdam Olimpico, Rome
1997 Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus Olympiastadion, Munich
1998 Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
1999 Manchester U 2-1 Bayern Munich Camp Nou, Barcelona
2000 Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia Stade de France, Paris
2001 Bayern Munich 1-1 (5-4 pens.) Valencia San Siro, Milan
2002 Real Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen Hampden, Glasgow
2003 Milan 0-0 (3-2 pens.) Juventus Old Trafford, Manchester
2004 Porto 3-0 Monaco Aufschalke Arena, Gelsenkirchen
2005 Liverpool 3-3 (3-2 pens) Milan Atatürk Stadium, Istanbul
2006 Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal Stade de France, Paris
2007 AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool, Olympic Stadium, Athens
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