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What the tournament is about
The idea of the competition was suggested as usually by the French. Gabriel Anno, a former player of the national team and afterwards an editor of the French weekly sport newspaper “L’equipe” was outraged by the statement of a British newspaper. Anno decided to arrange a tournament which could reveal the strongest club of Europe.(1955) -
First match
The first European match took place on September 4, 1955, and ended in a 3-3 draw between Sporting CP and Partizan. The first goal was scored by Joao Baptista Martins of Sporting CP -
European League started
The Champions League started in 1955 under the name, the European Cup. Since the day of its establishment in 1956 it became the most prestigious tournament in the world club football -
The winner
The first team to win the tournament was Los Blanco’s (Real Madrid)in 1957 against Stade Reims at the Parc des Princes and Madrid won 4-3 coming from behind -
New rule
Before 1967 the teams would play a rematch if the goals difference was equal. Later there was introduced a new rule according to which the team that scored more goals on the competitors field was considered to be the winner. -
Renamed to Champions League
In 1992 it was renamed to Uefa Champions League -
The greatest match
The greatest match of champions league history was between Liverpool and Ac Milan when Ac Milan was leading during the first half 3-0 and Liverpool came back to tie it up and send it to penalties. In the end liverpool won the game and the trophy -
FOX extends exclusive CL rights to 2015
FOX Sports Media Group today announced that it has renewed its exclusive media rights in the United States and Caribbean to the UEFA Champions League, the world’s most prestigious annual club soccer competition, for three additional seasons from 2012/13 through 2014/15. -
Gross commercial pay
The annual estimated gross commercial revenue expected from the 2012/2013 UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup is €1.34 billion or about $1.73 billion, according to UEFA.This compares to annual revenues of $9.5 billion for the NFL, $7.5 billion for Major League Baseball, $4 billion for the NBA, $3.4 billion for the NHL, and $300 million for Major League Soccer. UEFA isn’t the world’s biggest sports entity in terms of revenue, but it makes significant revenue and has fans worldwide -
Sky Sports and iTV renew contract
Sky Sports and iTV renew its 540320000.00 dollar contract
