Download UEFA Champions League Logo — The Champions League Championship (official name in English: UEFA Champions League, also known as Spain and Latin America or just European Cup Champions) is the international tournament most important European football at club level organized by the Union of Associations European Football (UEFA).
It was created in 1955/56 under the title European Champion Clubs Cup (original name in French: Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens), to face the champions of European football associations in their respective league championships. From season 1992/93 Champions League is named after the first introduction of league competition format in the quarter-final stage last season.
The winner of this competition dispute the European Super Cup UEFA and the FIFA Club World Cup. It is the competition between clubs with more prestige and media coverage of the world. It is held annually from June to May. The team is the defending champion FC Barcelona, who won his fourth title in the competition after beating Manchester United. The most titled club is Real Madrid with nine.