Serba-serbi UEFA Champions League

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Serba-serbi UEFA Champions League

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# UCL musim 2009-2010 yang berlangsung sekarang ini memasuki musim ke 54

# Ajang UCL ini pertama kali diupayakan oleh Gabriel Harnot, jurnalis Perancis, yang sempet panas gara2x arogansi club-club Inggris pada masa itu

adalah Wolverhampton Wanderers, the wolves, yang mengclaim dirinya sebagai "Juara Dunia" pada 1954, setelah juara Inggris tersebut mengalahkan juara Hongaria, Honved

setahun berselang Harnot, menggelar UCL untuk pertama kalinya yang diikuti 16 kesebelasan Eropa yang menjadi juara di negaranya masing-masing, dan tentu saja wakil Inggris tidak diundang,

ke-16 peserta perdana UCL tsb adalah:
- Servette, Swiss
- Sporting Lisbon, Portugal
- Rapid Wina, Austria
- AC Milan, Italia
- Rot-Weiss Essen, Jerman Barat
- IF Djurgaardens, Swedia
- Voros Lobogo, Hongaria
- AGF Aarhus, Denmark
- Real Madrid, Spanyol
- Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- PSV Eindhoven, Belanda
- FC Saarbrucken, Jerman Timur
- Hibernia, Skotlandia
- Gwardia Warsawa, Polandia
- Anderlecht, Belgia
- Stade de Reims, Prancis

# wakil Inggris yang pertama kali diikutsertakan setelah itu adalah Manchester United, 1956 (saat menjuarai liga Inggris)

# Real Madrid, merupakan kesebelasan yang pertama kali menjadi juara UCL (mengalahkan Stade De Reims, 4-3), musim 1955-1956, dan berturut-turut s.d. 5 musim

# Kesebelasan Inggris pertama yang berhasil mencapai partai puncak (final) adalah tidak lain tidak bukan Manchester United, pada musim ke-13, 1967-1968, dan sekaligus meraih juara setelah mengalahkan Benfica, 4-1 (Charlton 2, Best, Kidd)

# Pada musim ke 29, 1984-1985, partai final menampilkan Juventus vs Liverpool di Heysel yang menimbulkan kerusuhan antar suporter dan terkenal dengan tragedi Heysel (masih inget di siarin TVRI, but gak maen2x karena kerusuhan), akibat kerusuhan tersebut wakil dari Inggris tidak mendapatkan haknya untuk mengikuti UCL sampai beberapa musim


# Dan setelah tragedi Heysel tsb, wakil Inggris yang kembali berhasil bertanding di partai final, adalah Manchester United saat meraih treble di musim ke 43, 1989-1999 (gak perlu disebutin yaa, ngalahin sapa)

# Celtic tim Inggris Raya juara Champion, 1967
Celtic Treble pertama kali di dunia, 1967

# Imbas Heysel, club Inggris dilarang main di Eropa 5 tahun, Liverpool 6 tahun

# ManUtd menjadi club pertama Inggris yg berjaya di Eropa setelah Heysel, Winners Cup 1991

# rekor gol UCL, per Feb. 21, 2007
Raul 56
Sheva 53
Ruud 52

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Mengais EURO di UCL musim ini (2006-2007)


# club yg tampil di putaran grup dah dapet hadiah 4,4 juta euro

# harga sebuah kemenangan 600 ribu euro, klo seri 300 ribu saja, klo kalah ... yaa berlatih yg giat lagi dunk, biar menang at least seri ..., hehehe

# club yg lolos ke babak berikutnya, 16 besar, dapet lagi 2,2 juta euro

# lolos ke perempat final, 2,5 juta lagi sudah menanti

# semifinalis, dapet lagi deh 3 juta euro

# finally final, yang menang dapet 7 juta euro, yang seri kagak dapet, but yg kalah dapet 4 juta euro ..., hehehe

# itung sendiri deh ..., klo bisa juara UCL, dapet berapa duit ...
katanya sih masih ada bonus2x lain shg bisa ndapetin sampai 140 juta euro atau sekitar 1,6 triliun rupiah :rolleyes:

*** moga aja duit segitu bisa diraih para punggawa United, amin amin amin

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Liga Champions, Lahan Menggiurkan
LiputanBola.com - 2007-07-04 18:55:06

Baru-baru ini UEFA, otoritas tertinggi dalam persepakbolaan Eropa merilis pendapatan setiap klub, baik yang berkiprah di ajang Liga Champions maupun di ajang UEFA Cup pada musim 2006-07 lalu.

Dari rilis tersebut tampak jelas perbedaan yang begitu menyolok di antara klub-klub yang bermain di Liga Champions dengan UEFA Cup. Karena itu, wajar jika setiap klub begitu berambisi dapat bermain di Liga Champions—kompetisi level tertinggi di Eropa.

Ambil contoh misalnya, pendapatan klub Levski Sofia yang bermain di babak penyisihan grup Liga Champions. Meskipun selalu menderita kekalahan dalam enam pertandingan, Levski mendapat penghasilan sebesar 5,564 juta euro atau sekitar Rp 68,16 miliar.

Bandingkan dengan keberhasilan tim Spanyol, Sevilla yang sukses mempertahankan gelar UEFA Cup. Tim asuhan Juande Ramos itu “hanya” mampu meraup pendapatan sebesar 6,261 juta euro atau sekitar Rp 76,7 miliar, atau hanya terpaut 8 miliar dari pendapatan Levski.

Faktor pendapatan yang berhak diterima setiap klub juga berbeda di level Liga Champions dan UEFA. Untuk Liga Champions, terbagi dua bagian utama, yaitu pertandingan di babak penyisihan grup dan babak knock-out yang meliputi babak 16 besar sampai final. Untuk penyisihan grup, setiap klub sama-sama mendapat bonus tetap 3 juta euro plus fee partisipasi setiap pertandingan sebesar 2,4 juta euro ditambah fee performance dan market pool.

Faktor terakhir, market pool sangat menentukan besarnya pendapatan setiap klub. Karena itulah Chelsea yang hanya mampu bertanding sampai babak semifinal meraih pendapatan yang lebih besar dibanding Liverpool yang tampil di babak final. The Blues meraih pendapatan (total) sebesar 34,662 juta euro, sementara The Reds hanya 32,218 juta euro.

Untuk UEFA Cup, market pool baru dihitung ketika pertandingan memasuki babak knock-out. Karenanya, pendapatan Tottenham Hotspur yang hanya melaju ke babak perempat final lebih besar dibanding Osasuna yang lolos ke semifinal. Spurs meraup 4,323 juta euro sedangkan Osasuna hanya memperoleh 2,639 juta euro.

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^ klo mengacu yg di atas
berita ini sepertinya gak cuman UCL yaa but all European competition (inc. UEFA :gila )
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zonabola.com - Jumat, 23 Feb 2007, 03:17
Rekor Sheva Dekati Gerd Mueller

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Shevchenko sudah kembali. Ya, ketajaman mantan pemain AC Milan ini mulai menunjukkan tanda-tanda membaik.Meski masih tumpul di Liga Primer,Sheva ––sapaan Shevchenko–– sangat subur di ajang lain. Gol terakhirnya terjadi di Liga Champions ketika Chelsea menahan FC Porto 1-1 pada leg pertama babak 16 besar Liga Champions. Itu adalah gol ke-58 Sheva pada kompetisi Eropa. Gol tersebut membuatnya makin menjauhi penyerang legendaris SL Benfica dan Portugal Eusebio dan mendekati top skor sepanjang masa Gerd Mueller.

Mantan pemain yang semasa jayanya membela Bayern Munich itu mengoleksi 66 gol saat bermain di ajang Benua Biru. ”Dia sangat brilian. Golnya menyelamatkan kami. Saya sangat bahagia dengan kontribusinya untuk tim. Dia berkembang cepat dan itu luar biasa,” kata Pelatih Jose Mourinho, seperti dikutip Guardian.

Pujian Mourinho terhadap pemilik nama lengkap Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko itu tidak berlebihan mengingat perbaikan performanya. Pada awal musim, dia diragukan karena belum juga subur meski The Blues mengeluarkan 30,8 juta pounds untuk menariknya dari I Rossoneri.

Namun, suami Kristen Pazik ini mulai menunjukkan kalau Chelsea tak salah merogoh kocek dalamdalam untuk membelinya. Memang, baru tiga gol yang dibuatnya di Liga Primer. Namun, dia menambahnya dengan delapan gol pada tiga ajang lain yang diikuti Chelsea, yakni Liga Champions, Piala Liga, dan Piala FA.Sumbangan golnya terbukti vital, karena The Blues terus melaju dan tetap berpeluang memenangkan tiga kompetisi tersebut.

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klo liat di tipi sih 00.10.02 (kagak sampe 11 detik)
Makaay :bravo
Roberto Carlos ... :gubrax
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Rekor Gol Cepat Makaay
detikSport 08/03/2007 06:47 WIB

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Munich - Roy Makaay menorehkan rekor baru dengan gol yang dicetaknya ke gawang Real Madrid. Striker Bayern Munich asal Belanda itu kini tercatat sebagai pencetak gol tercepat di Liga Champions.

Di Allianz Allianz Arena, Kamis (8/3/2007) dinihari WIB, Bayern memastikan langkah ke babak perempatfinal Liga Champions setelah menundukkan Real madrid dengan skor 2-1.

Pemain Bayern tentu bersuka cita dengan hasil tersebut. Namun di antara skuad Ottmar Hitzfeld, Makaay mungkin menjadi pemain yang paling bahagia karena gol yang dicetaknya ternyata memecahkan rekor gol tercepat di Liga Champions.

Gol tersebut dicetak Makaay saat pertandingan baru berjalan beberapa detik. Sesaat setelah kick-off yang dilakukan pemain Real, Hasan Salihamidzic mampu mencuri bola dari kaki Roberto Carlos.

Langsung berlari menusuk sisi kiri pertahanan Real, Salihamidzic melepaskan umpan mendatar pada Makaay. Bola yang diarahkan ke tiang jauh oleh striker Belanda itu tak kuasa dihalau Iker Casillas.

Belum ada catatan resmi yang menghitung waktu terjadinya gol tersebut. Namun situs resmi UEFA, Kamis (8/3/2007) memperkirakan gol tersebut terjadi sekitar detik ke-11. Meskipun waktunya belum bisa dipastikan secara tepat, namun gol Makaay tersebut dianggap sudah memecahkan rekor sebelumnya yang dibuat Gilberto karena memang terpaut cukup jauh.

Gelandang Arsenal itu sebelumnya menjadi pemain yang mampu mencetak gol tercepat saat menjebol jala PSV Eindhoven di tahun 2002 dengan catatan waktu 20,07 detik. Sebelumnya, Alessandro Del Piero mencetak gol ke gawang Manchester United di tahun 1997 saat pertandingan berjalan 20,12 detik.


Daftar pencetak gol tercepat Liga Champions
1. Roy Makaay 11 detik (waktu tepatnya belum diumumkan)
2. Gilberto 20,07 detik
3. Alessandro Del Piero 20,12 detik
4. Mariano Bombardo 28,21 detik
5. Alexandros Alexoudis 28,46 detik
6. Deco 30,08 detik
7. Andreas Moller 37,04 detik
8. Vratislav Lokvenc 42,58 detik
9. Pavel Nedved 43,25 detik
10. Kakha Kaladze 44,00 detik

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Format UCL
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Sejak pertama kali bergulir pada 1955 dengan nama European Champion Clubs' Cup atau European Cup atau Piala Champion, UCL telah mengalami beberapa perubahan format.
Di antara seluruh perubahan, yg paling besar terjadi pada 1991 yang membuat nama kompetisi berubah dari Piala Champions menjadi Liga Champions (UCL). Sejak itu, perubahan format sering sekali dilakukan.

1955
Sebagai awalan, peserta Piala Champions tidak terdiri dari club-club yg menjadi juara di kompetisi domestik, melainkan club yg diundang oleh penyelenggara.

1956-1991
Sistem gugur dengan peserta adalah club yg menjadi juara di kompetisi domestik plus satu club yang menjadi juara bertahan. Pada kurun 1956-1959, runner up kompetisi domestik diperkanankan ikut serta, jika juaranya merangkap sebagai juara bertahan Piala Champions.

1991-1993
Sistem berubah drastis, tidak lagi sistem gugur melainkan digabungkan dengan round robin. UCL terdiri dari 3 babak kualifikasi dengan sistem gugur. Fase putaran grup yg terdiri dari 2 grup dan pemenang dari masing2x grup akan bertemu di final. Peserta masih berasal dari juara kompetisi domestik plus juara bertahan.

1993-1994
Sejak musim ini ditambahkan babak semifinal dengan sistem gugur. Juara dan runner up masing2x grup maju ke babak semifinal.

1994-1997
Babak kualifikasi dikurangi menjadi hanya satu, namun jumlah grup dimekarkan menjadi 4. Juara dan runner up masing2x grup berhak ke perempat final.

1997-1999
Jumlah peserta ditambah. Tiap negara (berdasarkan koefisian) berhak mewakilkan 2 club. Babak Kualifikasi menjadi 2 tahap dan grup ditambah menjadi 6. Juara masing2x grup dan 2 runner up terbaik lolos ke babak perempat final.

1999-2003
Jumlah negara kembali ditambah, tiap negara (berdasarkan koefisian) bisa mengirimkan hingga 4 club. Babak kualifikasi menjadi 3 tahap. Fase grup menjadi 2, yang pertama terdiri dari 8 grup. Juara dan runner up grup masuk ke putaran grup kedua yg terdiri dari 4 grup. Juara dan runner up lolos ke perempat final.

2003-....
Penyisihan grup putaran kedua dihilangkan. Juara dan runner up dari 8 grup yg ada lolos ke babak 16 besar dengan sistem gugur.

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Klasifikasi Peserta UCL 2006-07
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Pada musim kompetisi 2006-07 tercatat ada 73 club yg mengikuti UCL.
Tidak semua negara anggota UEFA berhak ikut UCL
dari 52 negara anggota UEFA, hanya 49 negara yg boleh ikut
3 negara yg tidak bisa ikut: Leichtenstein (krn memang tidak ada kompetisi profesional), Andorra dan San Marino, 2 negara terakhir krn menduduki 2 peringkat terbawah dalah daftar koefisien UEFA (pada Januari 2007, diputuskan Andorra dan San Marino bisa mengikuti UCL musim depan)

dari negara yg bisa ikut UCL, diklasifikasikan lagi berdasarkan koefisien dan pemeringkatan yg dikeluarkan UEFA berdasarkan penampilan perwakilan club dari negara tsb dalam 5 tahun terakhir.

- Negara peringkat 1-3 (Spanyol, Italia, Inggris), berhak diwakili 4 club
- Negara peringkat 4-6 (Perancis, Jerman, Portugal), berhak diwakili 3 club
- Negara peringkat 7-15 (Belanda, Yunani, Rusia, Rumania, Skotlandia, Belgia, Ukraina, Ceko, Turki), berhak diwakili 2 club
- Negara peringkat 16-dst, hanya bisa diwakili 1 club

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2009, Jatah Tiket LC Bisa Bertambah
detikSport - 30/03/2007 14:34 WIB

Nyon - Tahun 2009 peserta Liga Champions tak harus finish di posisi atas liga domestik. UEFA kini tengah merencanakan jatah tambahan untuk bisa berlaga di LC. Dari mana?

Sejak awal digelar, Liga Champions -- dulu Piala Champions -- hanya diperuntukkan bagi klub yang berhasil menjadi juara di liga domestik. Aturan yang sempat berubah dengan pembagian jatah tiket LC disesuaikan dengan ranking UEFA itu sangat mengkin kembali mengalami evolusi.

Otoritas Sepakbola Eropa kini tengah merencanakan membuka pintu baru bagi tiap klub untuk bisa berlaga di Liga Champions. Selain para pemuncak kompetisi liga, UEFA mempertimbangkan untuk memasukkan para pemenang kompetisi utama dengan sistem gugur di masing-masing negara untuk bisa berpartisipasi di ajang tertinggi klub-klub benua biru itu.

Dengan kata lain, pemenang Piala FA (di Liga Inggris), Coppa Italia (Italia) dan Copa del Rey (Spanyol) dan kejuaraan sejenis di berbagai negara akan bisa berlaga di Liga Champions. Demikian diberitakan Guardian, Jumat (30/3/2007).

"Beberapa klub Eropa sudah menyatakan dukungannya terhadap ide ini. Kami tak berusaha menentang prinsip dasar yang ada dan jika ini merupakan pandangan dari banyak klub, bukan tak mungkin itu bakal diterapkan," ungkap Direktur Komunukasi UEFA, William Gaillard.

Munculnya wacana ini didasari pada anggapan bahwa kompetisi utama non-liga harusnya punya gengsi lebih besar dibanding hanya duduk di posisi runner-up, tiga atau bahkan empat liga yang selama ini justru bisa lolos ke Liga Champions.

Gaillard memastikan kalau rencana tersebut akan diajukan ke Komite Strategis UEFA dan kemudian dibawa ke Komite Eksekutif bulan Juni mendatang. Kalau usulan tersebut diterima maka mulai musim 2009 pemenang kompetisi utama non-liga juga akan bisa bertarung di Liga Champions.

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Peringkat Klub UEFA: Inggris Gusur Italia
LiputanBola.com - 2007-09-14 02:28:06

AC Milan boleh saja jadi kampiun di Liga Champions musim lalu namun poin yang dikumpulkan Rossoneri tidak banyak membantu Italia dalam mempertahankan posisinya didaftar peringkat klub UEFA.

Seperti dilaporkan www.uefa.com, nilai koefisien yang dikumpulkan Italia tidak cukup untuk menghalangi Inggris dalam menyalip posisinya di peringkat kedua. Sementara peringkat pertama masih milik Spanyol. Rumania menjadi negara yang paling progresif dengan naik tiga tingkat. Yunani menjadi negara paling buruk dengan turun tujuh tingkat.

Otoritas sepakbola Eropa, UEFA menentukan nilai koefisien klub dari masing-masing negara dari hasil yang dicapai dari turnamen (Liga Champions dan Piala UEFA) yang diadakan per tahun. Dari daftar peringkat tersebut maka ditentukanlah jatah jumlah klub bagi setiap negara tampil di dua ajang bergengsi tersebut.

Seperti telah diduga sebelumnya, Spanyol, Inggris dan Italia menguasai posisi tiga besar. Meski posisi Italia tergeser dari Inggris namun posisi tiga besar tetap memperoleh jatah yang sama untuk ajang elite di persepakbolaan Eropa tersebut.

Di barisan berikut berada Prancis, Jerman dan Portugal. Posisi Rumania yang naik tiga tempat mendapat tambahan jatah untuk Piala UEFA.

Daftar lengkap 21 negara:
4 Liga Champions (LC); 3 Piala UEFA:
1. Spanyol (-)
2. Inggris (+1)
3. Italia (-1)

3 LC, 3 UEFA:
4. Prancis (-)
5. Jerman (-)
6. Portugal (-)

2 LC; 4 UEFA:
7. Rumania (+3)
8. Belanda (-1)

2 LC; 2 UEFA:
9. Rusia (-)
10. Skotlandia (+1)
11. Ukraina (+2)
12. Belgia (-)
13. Republik Ceska (+1)
14. Turki (+1)
15. Yunani (-7)

1 CL; 3 UEFA:
16. Bulgaria (+1)
17. Swiss (-1)
18. Norwegia (+1)
19. Islandia (-1)
20. Serbia (+1)
21. Denmark (+2)

(*) peringkat naik atau turun.

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Baru nyadar nich,, INGGRIS tahun 70/80an mendominasi Eropa..........

ENGLAND'S DOMINANCE, 1977-84
1976/77: Liverpool
1977/78: Liverpool
1978/79: Nottingham Forest
1979/80: Nottingham Forest
1980/81: Liverpool
1981/82: Aston Villa
1983/84: Liverpool

Alan Hansen @BBC
BRITISH CLUB on EUROPE THIS SEASON



The Champions League has provided some great excitement for fans of English football over the last three years.

And three teams - Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United - reaching the semi-finals last season was a great boost to the domestic game.

You can gauge how strong a league is by how its teams do in Europe.

And with an England side making the final three years on the trot - Liverpool (2005 and 2007) and Arsenal (2006) - it shows you how high the standard is in the Premier League these days.

But it needs to maintain such levels over a number of years - and win the competition again - to back up any claims about it being the strongest league in the world.

Between 1977 and 1984, English teams won the competition every year bar one. They were dominant in Europe and it was great for the domestic game and for the national profile to have so many great sides.

This year, the Premier League has four sides that could go all the way - Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.

I could not single out any one of them - they all have a great chance.

Some might not think Arsenal have the strength in depth, but they have got off to a flying start in the Premier League, so who knows?

There will be plenty of challengers, the big boys like Barcelona and AC Milan are always there, but the important thing is not to worry about anyone else.

All four English teams should qualify from the groups. Some will have it harder than others, but I expect them to progress.

Then we get into the real excitement of the knockout stages.

Teams can come from nowhere to win the Champions League. We saw that three years ago with Liverpool and before that with Porto, under Jose Mourinho, in 2004.

And it can be a real battle for some sides getting the balance right between domestic and European competition.

Teams have to rest their star players in order to keep them fresh - and sometimes that means they end up slipping up in their own leagues.

I still think it is possible for an English club to win both the Premier League and Champions League in the same season, but most think it is too tough a task.

Liverpool have not been able to do it while Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have stumbled in Europe at the final few hurdles in recent years.

It's a massive boost for the game in Scotland to see Celtic and Rangers joining the English contingent in the group stages of the Champions League.

And coming hot on the heels of Scotland's shock win over France in a Euro 2008 qualifier in Paris, it means football is on a real high up there.

It will be interesting to see how the two Glasgow sides fare.

The game is all about money these days and the two Glasgow sides need to go that extra step to the knockout rounds in order to earn the real revenues.

Hopefully they can make it through. It would be fascinating to have all six British teams in there.

# Alan Hansen was talking to Andrew McKenzie

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ada yang kenal MARTIN TYLER........ itu lho,, Komentator legendaris,,, suaranya enak deh kalo misalnya pas ad akejadian GOL............

English excellence

Hi Martin, who is the highest English scorer in the Champions League history? I am struggling to think of an English side who have had a prolific English scorer in the competition? Colin McGovern

MARTIN SAYS: Well Colin, it is a while since we had a prolific Englishmen spearheading his club's challenge in Europe, but the man you are looking for is Paul Scholes. The Manchester United midfielder is the top English scorer in the competition with 20 goals in 95 appearances. His goal against FC Copenhagen in the group stages last season took him past former team-mate Andy Cole to the top of the pile. When it comes to the leading British scorer Colin, you only have to look as far as Old Trafford as well because like so many of our 'all-time questions', the answer to that one is Ryan Giggs. The Welshman has, coincidentally, played 95 Champions League games but has scored three more than Scholes, at a rate of 0.24 goals per game.


Our hat-trick heroes

How many Englishmen have scored hat-tricks in the Champions League? I can only think of Wayne Rooney on his debut. Alan Coyle

MARTIN SAYS: Well Alan, there have been plenty of hat-tricks for English clubs, but of course the likes of Thierry Henry, Didier Drogba and Ruud van Nistelrooy do not count. But it does not mean we are without our homegrown hat-trick heroes and in the 15 seasons since the Champions League took on its new format, there have been six occasions when an Englishman has headed home with the matchball. I shall list them all below, although special mention must go to former Blackburn Rovers striker Mike Newell, whose treble in the space of nine minutes is still the fastest the competition has seen. Here are the other four men who have hit hat-tricks, one of them twice.

DATE PLAYER FOR AGAINST RESULT
Dec 6 1995 Mike Newell Blackburn Rosenborg (H) 4-1
Nov 5 1997 Andy Cole Man United Feyenoord (A) 1-3
Sep 13 2000 Andy Cole Man United Anderlecht (H) 5-1
Oct 22 2002 Michael Owen Liverpool Spartak Moscow(A) 1-3
Feb 26 2003 Alan Shearer Newcastle B Leverkusen (H) 3-1
Sep 28 2004 Wayne Rooney Man United Feberbahce (H) 6-2

Against Yakub-who?

Martin, I was in Cyprus when Yakuba was part of the Maccabi Haifa team that had to play their Champions League qualifiers over there. I remember seeing Yakuba score a hat-trick but I can't remember against which team he did this? I believe it was either Man Utd or Olympiakos. Sgt Paul Ridgway

MARTIN SAYS: Although we cannot offer you a tee-shirt like Soccer AM, it is always nice to receive a question from the armed forces, Paul! Your memory is right, you did see Everton's latest signing score a Champions League hat-trick, but it did indeed come against Olympiakos and not United. A 27th-minute penalty and strikes on 60 and 86 minutes saw him head away from Cyprus with the matchball. Funnily enough, the last man to score a Champions League hat-trick against United was in fact Yakubu's former Middlesbrough team-mate Tuncay Sanli, who got all three goals as Fenerbahce beat them 3-0 in the 2004-05 competition.

Home comforts

Hi Martin, love the commentary and love the column. I am Russian born, but have been living in England for 13 years now and follow Chelsea. With this year's final being held in Moscow, I was wondering... how many teams have lifted the Champions League trophy when the final has been held in their own country? I can't see Spartak doing it this year I'm afraid. Alex

MARTIN SAYS: This season's final will indeed be held in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium Alex. Should Spartak Moscow surprise us all and win the competition they will become the ninth club to do so on their own soil and more so, the third club to win the Champions League or European Cup on their own ground. It has happened eight times before, starting way back with the second European Cup in 1957, which was won by Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu. Eight years later Internazionale matched that feat by lifting the trophy at the San Siro and of course in 1968, Manchester United became the first English side to be crowned European champions by beating Benfica at Wembley. In 1972 Rotterdam was the venue as the great Ajax side of Johann Cruyff and co won the second of their three successive European Cups and another six years on at Wembley again, Liverpool beat Club Brugge to become the second English side to win it on home soil. It has happened twice under the new Champions League format as well Alex, with Juventus lifting the trophy at the San Siro in 1996 and Borussia Dortmund following it up 12 months later by beating the Old Lady at Munich's Olympic Stadium.

Silver lining

Martin, I cannot wait for the Champions League to start on Sky. My question is, has a team that has been knocked out of the Champions League group stages ever gone on to win the UEFA Cup? Shamin Rashad

MARTIN SAYS: It has happened before, although teams dropping out of the Champions League and into the UEFA Cup is a relatively new concept. It happened most recently in 2005, when CSKA beat Sporting Lisbon 3-2 to lift the trophy having finished third in a Champions League group behind Chelsea and Porto. I can also tell you Shamin, that the Russian side played an incredible 19 games in total before lifting the UEFA Cup! In 2002 Feyenoord finished third in their group behind Bayern Munich and Sparta Prague but went on to beat Borussia Dortmund in the so-called secondary competition and in 2000, Turkish side Galatasary became the first side to do it. They came third in the Champions League group stages behind Chelsea and Hertha Berlin, dropped into the UEFA Cup and went all the way to the final in Copenhagen, where they beat Arsenal on penalties 4-1, with Davor Suker and Patrick Vieira missing from 12 yards. The Gunners had also dropped out of the Champions League that season.

Six of the best

Martin, I have heard this is the first time there will be six British clubs involved in the group stages. Is this true? Surely it has happened before. Colin McGovern

MARTIN SAYS: It is Colin, which means a busy time for us all on Sky Sports Champions League coverage this season - and long may it continue! Of course, the number of clubs qualifying for the competition has increased over the years, but this is the first time that the maximum number of British clubs have made the group stages proper. Back in 2003-04, both Celtic and Rangers made it through, as did Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United, but sadly Newcastle were knocked out in the third qualifying round by Partizan Belgrade on penalties.

National treasures

Martin, which country has provided the most Champions League winners? I have a hunch its Italy. Jon Dew

MARTIN SAYS: You're hunch is not altogether wrong Jon, Italy and Spain have both provided the most winners of the Champions League and indeed, the European Cup overall. In 52 years of the competition, the European champions have come from those two nations 11 times. England fare well with 10 wins down the years in third place, Germany and Holland have provided six winners and Portugal, rather surprisingly have seen one of their clubs win it four times (Benfica and Porto twice apiece). Four other countries have had just one winner: Scotland (Celtic 1967), Romania (Steau Bucharest 1986), Serbia (Red Star Belgrade 1991) and France (Marseille 1993).
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detikSport - 07/11/2007 13:38 WIB
Skor-Skor Besar di Pentas Champions

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Jakarta - Hanya selang dua minggu rekor kemenangan terbesar di Liga Champions diperbarui Liverpool. Namun rekor sepanjang masa turnamen antarklub Eropa jumlahnya lebih mencengangkan. Berapa?

Kemenangan 8-0 yang dipetik Liverpool atas Besiktas Rabu (7/11/2007) dinihari WIB adalah rekor kemenangan terbesar dalam sejarah Liga Champions, mematahkan rekor kemenangan 7-0 Arsenal atas Slavia Praha pada 24 Oktober lalu.

Rekor tersebut dibatasi pada format baru Liga Champions yang mulai diperkenalkan pada musim 1992/1993. Nah, jika periode tersebut diabaikan -- turnamen ini dibentuk pada musim 1955/1956 dengan nama European Champion Club's Cup -- maka pemegang rekor kemenangan terbesar adalah Dinamo Bucharest.

Klub Rumania itu pernah menang 11-0 (!) atas Crusaders (Irlandia Utara) pada putaran pertama leg pertama di musim 1973/1074. Di bawah itu, pernah ada enam pertandingan di era jadul di mana pertandingan berkesudahan 10-0.

Salah satu dari pertandingan yang hujan gol tersebut adalah Feyenoord versus KR Reykjavik di musim 1969/1970. Ketika itu Feyenoord menang 12-2. Walaupun margin kemenangannya "hanya" 10 gol, tapi partai itu merupakan rekor skor terbanyak dalam satu pertandingan.


Berikut ini rekor-rekor lain menyangkut skor atau jumlah gol di turnamen Piala Champion/Liga Champions:

Kemenangan terbesar dalam satu pertandingan:
1973/74, 1st round:
Dinamo Bucuresti 11-0 Crusaders

Kemenangan agregat terbesar:
1965/66, 1st round:
Stade Dudelange 0-8 Benfica
Benfica 10-0 Stade Dudelange
(Benfica menang agregat 18-0)

Gol terbanyak dalam satu partai:
1969/70, 1st round:
Feyenoord 12-2 KR (Reykjavik), total 14 gol

Gol terbanyak dalam dua leg
1965/66, 1st round:
Stade Dudelange 0-8 Benfica
Benfica 10-0 Stade Dudelange
(Benfica menang agregat 18-0, total 18 gol)

1968/69, 2nd round:
Reipas (Lahti) 1-9 Spartak Trnava
Spartak Trnava 7-1 Reipas (Lahti)
(Spartak Trnava menang agregat 16-2, total 18 gol)

1969/70, 1st round:
Feyenoord 12-2 KR (Reykjavik)
KR (Reykjavik) 0-4 Feyenoord (in Rotterdam)
(Feyenoord menang agregat 16-2, total 18 gol)

1979/80, 1st round:
HJK (Helsinki) 1-8 Ajax
Ajax 8-1 HJK (Helsinki)
(Ajax menang agregat 16-2, total 18 gol)

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wah wah ..., usulan Platini diakomodir nih ama UEFA ...
masih binun juga nih ntar aplikasinya ..., yah just wait 'n see dulu aja dech :gila
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LiputanBola.com - 2007-12-01 06:52:18
Format Liga Champions Berubah

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Dinamis, itulah yang diusung Michel Platini setelah menjabat Presiden Asosiasi Sepakbola Eropa (UEFA). Perubahan menuju arah lebih baik dilakukan di sana-sini. Tidak terkecuali untuk kompetisi antar klub terakbar atau Liga Champions Eropa—disebut kemudian Liga Champions.

Mulai musim kompetisi 2009-10, perubahan kontestan di babak penyisihan grup tidak hanya 16 tim, melainkan jadi 32 tim. Perubahan besar dan menjadi kabar gembira buat insan sepakbola adalah bergesernya tradisi partai final dari yang tadinya digelar pada hari Rabu menjadi hari Sabtu. Perubahan format itu resmi setelah disetujui dalam rapat besar Komite Eksekutif UEFA, Jumat (30/11), di Lucerne, Swiss.

Untuk format penyisihan grup tidak ada perubahan. Jumlahnya masih tetap 32 tim dibagi menjadi 8 grup dengan masing-masing berisi empat tim. Dua tim teratas menggapai babak knock-out pertama atau 16 besar. Sedangkan untuk peringkat ketiga turun tingkat, tampil di Piala UEFA. Perubahan hanya terjadi dari akses masuknya.

Kalau sebelumnya 16 tim yang berhak meraih tiket otomatis, kini tiket tersebut diperuntukkan bagi 32 tim. Tambahan enam tim menjadi hak dari tim berperingkat ketiga di tiga liga lokal dengan peringkat tertinggi di daftar nilai koefisien. Tiga tambahan lain diperoleh dari tim juara liga lokal berperingkat koefisien 10 sampai 12.

Format baru ini tidak membuat tiga liga lokal teratas saat ini—Spanyol, Italia dan Inggris—kehilangan hak mengirimkan tim keempa, walau harus menempuh babak kualifikasi. Nah untuk babak kualifikasi yang akan melengkapi babak penyisihan grup dengan tambahan 10 kontestan, juga terkena imbas perubahan.

Babak kualifikasi kini dibagi dalam dua jalur dengan setiap jalurnya menelurkan lima kontestan. Jalur pertama diikuti 40 tim dan tempatnya dipesan oleh tim juara dari liga lokal berperingkat 13 sampai 53. Jalur satunya lagi akan diikuti tim non-juara dari liga lokal berperingkat antara 1 sampai 15. Untuk babak 16 besar yang tadinya berlangsung hanya dalam dua pekan kini lebih longgar, dibagi-bagi dalam rentang waktu empat pekan.

Perubahan berarti adalah perubahan hari untuk partai puncak. Final Liga Champions 2009-10 dipindahkan dari yang tadinya berlangsung pada hari Rabu menjadi ke hari Sabtu dengan waktu kick-off ditetapkan pukul 20.45 CET atau Minggu pukul 02.45 WIB. Keputusan menguntungkan bagi pemirsa—berimbas pada pemasaran dan ketertarikan lebih dari pihak sponsor.

Dengan perubahan itu, negara-negara anggota UEFA berlomba-lomba menjadi saksi pertama diselenggarakannya partai final. Jerman mengedepankan dua stadion megah Olympiastadion di Berlin dan Allianz Arena di Munich. Spanyol membopong Santiago Bernabeu di Madrid dan Mestala, Valencia. Sementara Inggris menngusung stadion termegahnya, Wembley.

Ngga juga bro, lebih ke win-win solution), buktinya doi tetep memasukan juara piala liga dalam kualifikasi piala champion hanya jalan masuknya yg berbeda dari yg diusulkan platini, yg sebelumnya setiap juara piala liga bisa langsung mendapat tiket ke kualifikasi.

Mungkin ini bisa membantu:
1. Jumlah klub yang bertarung di babak group tetap 32. Dari jumlah itu, 22 akan diambil dari tiga klub teratas dari Liga berperingkat 1-3 (Spanyol, Inggris, Italia) sebanyak 9 klub, pemegang gelar musim sebelumnya yaitu 1 klub, 2 wakil dari liga berperingkat 4-6 (spt Jerman, Perancis) sebanyak 6 klub, dan 1 klub juara di liga Eropa berperingkat 7-12 (seperti Ceko, Rumania, Bulgaria).

2. Sebanyak 10 klub (32 jatah dikurangi 22 klub dari butir pertama) yang akan berpartisipasi dalam fase group akan diambil dari dua jalur.
Jalur pertama: Enam diambil dari kualifikasi tim juara dari 40 negara Eropa berperingkat rendah (Luxemburg, Lichtenstein, dan konco-konconya) yang akan bertarung dalam tiga leg atau tiga tahap.
Jalur kedua: Empat sisanya diambil dari para juara Piala Liga dari 16 negara teratas dalam peringkat UEFA yang akan bertarung dalam dua tahap. Dua tahap atau leg di sini artinya, 16 tim tadi akan diundi dan diadu untuk memilih 8 pemenang. Itu leg pertama. Dari 8 itu akan diundi lagi dan diadu (leg kedua) untuk mendapatkan 4 pemenang. Empat itulah yang akan menjadi wakil dari jalur ini.

Jadi ngga ada kualifikasi untuk peringkat ketiga dan keempat dan lucunya mungkin ada klub-klub aneh yg bertanding yg berasal dari san marino, latvia, ajerbaijan, armenia, moldova, luxembourg.......hihihihihihihihih....:top :top :top
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wah Pippo diem2x dah bikin rekor gol (63) di kompetisi level Eropa nih, malampaui rekor Gerd Muller (62) :salam
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Seedorf 100, Inzaghi 63
detikSport - 05/12/2007 06:18 WIB

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Milan - Tak hanya AC Milan yang mereguk kesuksesan usai menaklukkan Celtic di San Siro, Rabu (5/12/2007) dinihari. Para pemainnya pun juga mencatat prestasi sensasional.

Kemenangan 1-0 atas Celtic memastikan Milan lolos ke babak 16 besar Liga Champions sebagai juara Grup D. Sukses tersebut juga menorehkan prestasi tersendiri buat Rossoneri karena merupakan untuk kali keenam secara beruntun lolos ke babak 16 besar dengan duduk di puncak klasemen.

Filippo Inzaghi, pahlawan kemenangan Milan ini juga mencatat prestasi personal. Gol tunggalnya ke gawang Artur Boruc di menit 70 membuatnya menjadi pencetak gol terbanyak di kompetisi Eropa dengan 63 gol, mengungguli koleksi legenda Jerman Gerd Muller yang memegang rekor sebelumnya.

Bukan tidak mungkin Inzaghi terus menjauh dari catatan gol Muller jika terus mencetak gol dan memberi kemenangan bagi Milan di babak berikutnya, atau bahkan kompetisi musim depan. Namun yang pasti, Pippo kini termasuk dalam jajaran topskor Liga Champions musim 2007/2008 dengan empat gol, sejajar dengan Ruud van Nistelrooy, Leonel Messi dan Didier Drogba, dia hanya tertinggal satu gol dari Zlatan Ibrahimovic dan Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Raihan fantastis juga diraih Clarence Seedorf dalam laga tersebut. Gelandang asal Belanda itu menjadi pemain ketujuh yang sudah melakoni 100 laga di kompetisi Liga Champions. Ia menyusul rekannya Paolo Maldini (107 caps), mantan partnernya di Real Madrid Raul Gonzalez (113) dan Roberto Carlos (112), juga David Beckham (103), Oliver Kahn 103) dan Luis Figo (100).

Bravo, Milan!
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Penampilan Ryan Giggs bersama United semalem saat menghadapi Lyon menjadikannya pemain nyang telah memperkuat club sebanyak 100 kali di pentas Eropa :salam :top :bravo :bravo

berikut daftar anggota 'Club a Hundred'
s.d. hari ini

In the 100 club

Raul – 115 apps
Roberto Carlos – 114 apps
Paolo Maldini – 107 apps
David Beckham – 103 apps
Oliver Kahn – 103 apps
Clarence Seedorf – 101 apps
Luis Figo – 100 apps
Ryan Giggs – 100 apps

Correct at 20/02/08

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20/02/2008 07:25 - ManUtd.com, Steve Bartram, in Lyon
Giggs joins centurions

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Ryan Giggs has become only the eighth player to make 100 Champions League appearances after captaining the Reds in Wednesday night’s draw with Lyon, and Sir Alex Ferguson admits everyone at United is proud of the veteran winger.

The 34-year-old was presented with a silver salver before United's last 16 clash after following in the footsteps of Raul, Roberto Carlos, Paolo Maldini, David Beckham, Oliver Kahn, Luis Figo and Clarence Seedorf in passing the century mark.

“There are only a few players who will reach that milestone in European football,” admitted Sir Alex. “It’s because of his ability, his longevity, how he prepares himself to have a good lifestyle, and obviously being at a successful club.

“For me, Ryan has been an absolute model in his time with us. Even at 34 years of age we expect big, big things of him. Obviously we don’t play him in every game, but that’s natural for someone of that age. We want to play him in the games that really, really matter to our football club.

“Throughout his time with us, Ryan has always reserved his best performances for the biggest occasions. I’ve said many times about occasions at Old Trafford and the atmosphere, and the great nights we’ve had there. They could only happen because the right type of players are playing on that stage, and Ryan has produced many great moments for us. So it’s a great occasion for him, we’re all proud of him.”

Patrice Evra started behind Giggs on United’s left side at the Stade Gerland, and the French defender admits he is delighted for his team-mate to join such an exclusive club.

“I think it is a privilege to play with Ryan Giggs,” he said. “For me I just say thanks to Giggsy because I’ve learnt a lot of things with him, he’s a great player and I’m very happy for him.”

Giggs is likely to have familiar company in the 100 club sooner rather than later, with Paul Scholes having joined Gary Neville on 98 appearances after starting against Lyon.

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Raul Samai Rekor Gol Inzaghi
Okezone - 26 November 2008 - 15:14 wib

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MADRID - Torehan satu gol yang dicetak kapten Real Madrid Raul Gonzalez ketika melawan BATE Borisov, membuat namanya sejajar dengan Filippo Inzaghi. Keduanya sama-sama menjadi top skorer di kompetisi antar klub Eropa.

Raul menjadi penentu kemenangan Los Merengues, dini hari tadi, sekaligus memuluskan jalan Madrid ke babak 16 besar.

Gol yang terjadi di menit ke-7 itu juga menempatkan Raul sebagai pencetak gol terbanyak di kompetisi Eropa dengan raihan 64 gol. 62 gol dicetaknya di Liga Champions.

Raul bergabung dengan predator AC Milan Filippo Inzaghi, yang juga sukses menjaringkan 64 gol.

Untuk catatan di Liga Champions, nama Raul masih teratas. Sebagai rival terdekat adalah rekannya Ruud van Nistelrooy. Namun, peluang Nistelrooy sudah hilang di musim ini karena cedera hingga akhir musim.


Lima Pencetak Gol Terbanyak (Liga Champions & UEFA CUP)
1. Filippo Inzaghi (ITA/ AC Milan) - 64 gol
2. Raul (SPA/ Real Madrid) - 64
3. Gerd Muller (GER) - 62
4. Andriy Shevchenko (UKR/AC Milan) - 61
5. Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED/Real Madrid) - 60

Di Liga Champions
1. Raul (SPA/Real Madrid) - 62 goals
2. Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED/Real Madrid) - 60
3. Andriy Shevchenko (UKR/AC Milan) - 56
4. Alfredo Di Stefano (ARG/SPA) - 49
5. Eusebio (POR) - 47
6. Thierry Henry (FRA/Barcelona) - 46

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Manchester United dan Barcelona menjadi finalis partai puncak Liga Champions musim ini, yang merupakan edisi ke-54 kompetisi antarklub paling prestisius di benua Eropa.

Simak final-final sebelumnya:
Musim Juara Skor Runner up
55/56 Real Madrid 4-3 Stade Reims
56/57 Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina
57/58 Real Madrid 3-2 (aet) Milan
58/59 Real Madrid 2-0 Stade Reims
59/60 Real Madrid 7-3 Eintrach Frankfurt
60/61 Benfica 3-2 Barcelona
61/62 Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid
62/63 Milan 2-1 Benfica
63/64 Inter Milan 3-1 Real Madrid
64/65 Inter Milan 1-0 Benfica
65/66 Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan Belgrade
66/67 Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan
67/68 Manchester United 4-1 (aet) Benfica
68/69 Milan 4-1 Ajax
69/70 Feyenoord 2-1 (aet) Celtic
70/71 Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos
71/72 Ajax 2-0 Inter Milan
72/73 Ajax 1-0 Juventus
73/74 Bayern Munich 1-1 (aet 4-0) Atletico Madrid
74/75 Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United
75/76 Bayern Munich 1-0 Saint Etienne
76/77 Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Moenchengladbach
77/78 Liverpool 1-0 FC Brugge
78/79 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmo
79/80 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg SV
80/81 Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid
81/82 Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
82/83 Hamburg SV 1-0 Juventus
83/84 Liverpool 1-1 (aet, 4-2 pen) AS Roma
84/85 Juventus 1-0 Liverpool
85/86 Steaua Bucharest 0-0 (aet, 2-0 pen) Barcelona
86/87 Porto 2-1 Bayern Munich
87/88 PSV 0-0 (aet, 6-5 pen) Benfica
88/89 Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucharest
89/90 Milan 1-0 Benfica
90/91 Red Star 0-0 (aet, 5-3 pen) Marseille
91/92 Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria
92/93 Marseille 1-0 Milan
93/94 Milan 4-0 Barcelona
94/95 Ajax 1-0 Milan
95/96 Juventus 1-1 (aet, 4-2 pen) Ajax
96/97 Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus
97/98 Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus
98/99 Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich
99/00 Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
00/01 Bayern Munich 1-1 (aet, 5-4 pen) Valencia
01/02 Real Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
02/03 Milan 0-0 (aet, 3-2 pen) Juventus
03/04 Porto 3-0 Monaco
04/05 Liverpool 3-3 (aet, 3-2 pen) Milan
05/06 Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal
06/07 Milan 2-1 Liverpool
07/08 Manchester United 1-1 (aet, 6-5 pen) Chelsea
08/09 Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United

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50 historical facts of UEFA Champions League
theNATION - 11/09/09


We serve you fifty historical facts since the inception of the Champions League, the most glamourous club competition in Europe.

•Marseille was the first club to lift the European trophy since its conversion to the Champions League format in 1993.

•No English club won the Champions League title (in its new format) until Manchester United.

•Milan, Liverpool, Ajax and Manchester United are the only teams to have won the trophy unbeaten twice

•Only two clubs have appeared in the final of the European Cup/Champions league more than once, with a 100% success rate: Nottingham Forest in 1979 and 1980, and Porto in 1987 and 2004.

•Five clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion: Feyenoord (1970), Aston Villa F.C (1982), PSV (1988), Red Star Belgrade (1991) and Borussia Dortmund (1997).

•Only two clubs have appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion: Stade Reims in 1956 and 1959, and Valencia in 2000 and 2001.

•Only Celtic has completed the ‘quadruple’ - which means that they have won their domestic league championship, their primary & secondary domestic cups, and the Champions League/European Cup. The Bhoys did it in the 1966-67 season.

•Five sides have won the European Cup as part of a ‘treble’? These were Ajax, PSV, Manchester United, Barcelona, and Liverpool.

•Juventus, Ajax and Bayern Munich are the only teams to have won the three major UEFA official Cups, namely UEFA Champions League/European Cup, the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, and UEFA Cup.

•Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times (twice) than they have won their domestic league (once). Forest won the English League in 1978 before winning the European Cup in 1979 and defending it in 1980.

•Newcastle United in 2002-03 are the only team to have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games.

•Arsenal broke the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in 2006 with ten shut-outs. They went without conceding a goal for 995 minutes between September 2005 and May 2006.

•AC Milan are the last team to successfully defend the European title, winning it in both 1989 and 1990.

•Only on three occasions has the Final of the Champions Cup/League involved two teams from the same country? They were Real Madrid versus Valencia in 2000, AC Milan vs. Juventus in 2003, and Manchester United vs Chelsea in 2008.

•The country providing the highest number of different winning clubs is England, with four. They are Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.

•England has also provided the highest number of different finalists, with seven (Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Aston villa, Leeds United, Arsenal and Chelsea).

•The city of Milan is the only one that won the Champions Cup with two different teams? Internazionale and AC Milan have both won the European Cup/Champions League.

•The city of London is the only one that has been represented by more than one team in the final of the Champions League and lost on each occasion (Arsenal in 2006 and Chelsea in 2008).

•The 2002-03 semi-final between bitter city rivals AC Milan and Internazionale was the first time both games of a two-legged tie were played in the same stadium. Both legs were played at the San Siro.

•Clarence Seedorf is the only player to win the Champions Cup with three different teams. The Dutchman won them with Ajax in 1994/95, Real Madrid 1997/98, and AC Milan in 2002/03 and 2006/07.

•Bob Paisley is the only man to coach three Champions Cup-winning sides in 1977, 1978 and 1981. It has to be noted that he won them all with Liverpool.

•Marcello Lippi is the only man to coach four Champions League finalists in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003. Juventus was the team in all four occasions.

•Hernan Crespo is the only player to have scored for five different teams in the competition. The teams were Parma, Lazio, Inter Milan, Chelsea and AC Milan.

•The fastest ever Champions League goal was scored after 10 seconds by Bayern Munich’s Roy Makaay against Real Madrid in 2007.

•The fastest ever Champions League hat-trick was scored in just nine minutes by Blackburn’s Mike Newell against Rosenborg in the 1995/96 season.

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lanjut ....

•Paolo Maldini has played in Champions Cup/Champions League finals in three different decades.

•Real Madrid’s Raul is the competitions all-time top-scorer with 64 goals from 123 games.

•Wembley Stadium has staged five finals (in 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992) - more than any other ground.

•When Manchester United won the Cup in 1998/99, they were the first winners of the tournament who had not won their domestic title (or the Champions League) the previous season.

•Real Madrid are the most successful Champions League side ever. Los Blancos have lifted the trophy nine times, most recently in 2002.

•Real also hold the record for the most consecutive title wins - a mind-boggling five trophies between 1956 and 1960.

•The youngest title-winning coach was Jose Villalonga, who was 36 years and 185 days old when Real Madrid won the first final in 1956.

•England have been represented in the Champions League final for five consecutive season, with Liverpool (winners 2005), Arsenal (runners-up 2006), Liverpool (runners-up 2007), (runners-up 2008) and Manchester United (winners in 2008 and runners-up in 2009).

•Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola is only the sixth man to win the European Cup as player and coach and only the third to do so with the same club following Munoz (Real Madrid player 1956, and 1957 and coach 1960 and 1966) and Carlo Ancelotti (Milan player 1989 and 1990 and coach 2003)? Pep won it as a player in 1992.

•The oldest coach to win the Champions League is Belgian Raymond Goethals who was 71 when Marseille won in 1993.

•Dinamo Bucuresti beat Crusaders 11-0 in 1973, the largest margin of victory in European Cup history.

•Four teams have slaughtered the opposition 8-0 since the introduction of the new Champions League format. They are Dynamo Kyiv beating Barry Town 8-0 in 1998/99, Košice beating Cliftonville 8-0 in 1998/99, Liverpool beating Besiktas 8-0 in 2007/08, and Partizan beating Rhyl 8-0 in 2009/10.

•Benfica thrashed Stade Dudelange 18-0 over two legs of competition in 1965/66.

•AEK Athens holds the dubious distinction of drawing all their games in a group stage. The Greek side was held honours even for six games in the 2002/03 season.

•Didier Drogba is the only non-European by nationality to be in the top-ten all-time top-scorers (in the new Champions League format).

•Seven players have made more than 100 Champions League appearances with a single club. They are Alessandro Del Piero of Juventus, Raúl of Real Madrid, Paolo Maldini of Milan, Oliver Kahn of Bayern Munich, and Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville of Manchester United.

•Only three players have won the Champions League in two consecutive seasons with two different teams. They are Marcel Desailly with Marseille in 1992/93 and Milan in 1993/94, Paulo Sousa with Juventus in 1995/96 and Borussia Dortmund in 1996/97, and Gerard Piqué with Manchester United in 2007/08 and Barcelona in 2008/09.

•Only two father-son duos have skippered the same club to victory in Champions League. They are the dynamic duos of Manuel Sanchís Martínez (1966) and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (1998 and 2000), both for Real Madrid, as well as Cesare Maldini (1963) and Paolo Maldini (2003 and 2007), both for AC Milan.

•The oldest player to play in the Champions League is Marco Ballotta. He played for Lazio against Real Madrid in December 2007, aged 43 years and 252 days.

•The youngest player to play in the Champions League is Celestine Babayaro while he was on the books for Anderlecht, against Steaua Bucuresti in 23 November 1994, aged 16 years and 87 days.

•Rafael Benítez is the only manager to have won the UEFA Cup and the Champions League in consecutive seasons with two different clubs. The Spaniard won the UEFA Cup in 2004 with Valencia and the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool.

•The youngest player to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League is Wayne Rooney. The Manchester United striker was 18 years of age, in his Champions League debut, when he smashed three past Fenerbahce in a 6-2 home win in 2004.

•Ryan Giggs is the only player to score in 13 different Champions League seasons.

•The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 25 games held by Manchester United. The run began with a 1-0 away win against Sporting CP in their opening group stage game in 2007/08 and finished with 3-1 away win against Arsenal in the second leg of the semi-final in 2008/09. The Red Devils had their 25-game unbeaten streak broken with a 2-0 loss to Barcelona in the final.

•The first player born in the 1990s to score in the Champions League is Bojan, playing for Barcelona on 1 April 2008. The Spain international is also the second youngest goal scorer in the competition at 17 years and 215 days, with the youngest being Peter Ofori-Quaye of Olympiacos, who was 17 years and 195 days old when he achieved the feat.

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Record-breaking Inzaghi revels in Milan feats
Soccernet - November 4, 2010



Filippo Inzaghi reached three goalscoring milestones in one match with a brace in AC Milan's 2-2 Champions League draw with Real Madrid at the San Siro on Wednesday night.

The 37-year-old came off the bench to help the hosts overturn a 1-0 deficit only for Pedro Leon's injury-time equaliser to earn the Spaniards a draw. The result left Milan in second place in Group G, a point ahead of Ajax and five behind Madrid.

It was still a night to savour for Inzaghi, though, who became the record scorer in European competition with 70 goals - beating the 69 of Raul and Gerd Muller - overtook Marco van Basten in Milan's all-time scoring charts by moving onto 125 for the club and moved ahead of Andriy Shevchenko as the Rossoneri's leading scorer in Europe with 40.

"I'm very happy, it's a great evening for me,'' the former Juventus striker told Milan's official website.

"Setting this record at the San Siro in front of my supporters has always been one of my dreams. Now a phase of my 20-year career comes to an end, although the equaliser at the end of the match spoiled the night a little bit.

"I give credit to the supporters for (the records), their cheering gave me an incredible lift when I stood up from the bench. When I'm at the San Siro, all the joyful moments I've spent wearing the Milan shirt come to my mind. I knew I was ready to play, I feel in great shape, but in the end the result left me a bit disappointed, even though I scored twice from two shots.

"With this brace I overtook Shevchenko as the most prolific Milan player in European club competitions. I also overtook Gerd Muller and Van Basten. I want to thank everyone who has been close to me, my family, my brother, my girlfriend.''

Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri praised his striker. "Pippo is a great player, I'm happy for him,'' he said. "He played half an hour of intense football. It didn't surprise me. I'm sorry for leaving him out of the line-up, but I know I can always count on him.''

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Champions League-winning players but no winning team?
"Which country, which has not produced a Champions League winning team, has the most players with winners' medals?"


The Knowledge is never one to shirk a statistical challenge, so we've trawled through 54 years of European competition to come up with a definitive list, one full of exciting quiz-question potential: Who is the only Belgian to win the European Cup? How many Polish goalkeepers have won it? The possibilities are endless. Perhaps unsurprisingly Brazil have provided the most European Cup winners, while of the countries who could potentially provide a Champions League-winning team the Republic of Ireland has proven the most fertile soil.

(In the interests of not-entirely-losing-our-minds we've included here only players in the winning final squads. Which is why Roy Keane isn't in here. And nor is Austria's Wolfgang Feiersinger, who helped Dortmund to the final in 1997. You can check out a very incomplete list of winners here. If you really want.)

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Brazil – Dino Sani (Milan 1963), Jair da Costa (Inter 1964, 1965), Celso (Porto 1987), Walter Casagrande (Porto 1987), Juary (Porto 1987), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid 1998, 2000, 2002), Savio (Real Madrid 1998, 2000), Elber (Bayern Munich 2001), Paulo Sergio (Bayern Munich 2001), Flávio Conceicao (Real Madrid 2002), Dida (Milan 2003, 2007), Roque Junior (Milan 2003), Serginho (Milan 2003, 2007), Rivaldo (Milan 2003), Carlos Alberto (Porto 2004), Edmílson (Barcelona 2006), Ronaldinho (Barcelona 2006), Juliano Belletti (Barcelona 2006), Thiago Motta (Barcelona 2006), Sylvinho (Barcelona 2006, 2009), Kaká (Milan 2007), Cafu (Milan 2007), Anderson (Man Utd 2008), Júlio César (Inter 2010), Maicon (Inter 2010), Lúcio (Inter 2010).

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Argentina – Rogelio Domínguez (Real Madrid 1959, 1960), Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid 1998, 2000), Santiago Solari (Real Madrid 2002), Carlos Tevez (Man Utd 2008), Lionel Messi (Barcelona 2009), Javier Zanetti (Inter 2010), Walter Samuel (Inter 2010), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter 2010), Diego Milito (Inter 2010).
Republic of Ireland – Tony Dunne (Man Utd 1968), Shay Brennan (Man Utd 1968), Steve Heighway (Liverpool 1977, 1978), Mark Lawrenson (Liverpool 1984), Ronnie Whelan (Liverpool 1984), Michael Robinson (Liverpool 1984), Denis Irwin (Man Utd 1999), Steve Finnan (Liverpool 2005), John O'Shea (Man Utd 2008).

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Denmark – Johnny Hansen (Bayern Munich 1974, 1976), Lars Bastrup (Hamburg 1983), Ivan Nielsen (PSV 1988), Jan Heintze (PSV 1988), Soren Lerby (PSV 1988), Michael Laudrup (Barcelona 1992), Peter Schmeichel (Man Utd 1999), Martin Laursen (Milan 2003).

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Sweden – Kurt Hamrin (Milan 1969), Ove Kindvall (Feyenoord 1970), Conny Torstensson (Bayern Munich 1974, 1975), Bjorn Anderson (Bayern Munich 1975), Jesper Blomqvist (Man Utd 1999), Patrik Andersson (Bayern Munich 2001), Henrik Larsson (Barcelona 2006).

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Poland – Zbigniew Boniek (Juventus 1985), Jozef Mlynarczyk (Porto 1987), Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool 2005), Tomas Kuszczak (Man Utd 2008).
Croatia – Alen Boksic (Marseille 1993), Zvonimir Boban (Milan 1994), Davor Suker (Real Madrid 1998), Igor Biscan (Liverpool 2005).

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Wales – Joey Jones (Liverpool 1977, 1978), Ian Rush (Liverpool 1984), Ryan Giggs (Man Utd 1999, 2008).
Ghana – Abedi Pele (Marseille 1993), Sammy Kuffour (Bayern Munich 2001), Sulley Muntari (Inter 2010).
Norway – Ronnie Johnsen (Man Utd 1999), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Man Utd 1999), John Arne Riise (Liverpool 2005).
Czech Republic – Milan Baros (Liverpool 2005), Vladimir Smicer (Liverpool 2005), Marek Jankulovski (Milan 2007).
Macedonia – Ilija Najdoski (Red Star Belgrade 1991), Darko Pancev (Red Star Belgrade 1991), Goran Pandev (Inter 2010).

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Northern Ireland – George Best (Man Utd 1968), Martin O'Neill (Nottm Forest 1979, 1980).
Nigeria – Finidi George (Ajax 1995), Nwankwo Kanu (Ajax 1995).
Finland – Jari Litmanen (Ajax 1995), Sami Hyypia (Liverpool 2005).
Switzerland – Stéphane Chapuisat (Dortmund 1997), Ciriacao Sforza (Bayern Munich 2001).
Cameroon – Geremi (Real Madrid 2000), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona 2006, 2009; Inter 2010).
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elvir Baljic (Real Madrid 2000), Hasan Salihamidzic (Bayern Munich 2001).
Mali – Djimi Traoré (Liverpool 2005), Seydou Keita (Barcelona 2009).
Australia – Harry Kewell (Liverpool 2005), Zeljko Kalac (Milan 2007).

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Hungary – Ferenc Puskas (Real Madrid 1960).
Peru – Victor Benítez (Milan 1963).
Austria – Franz Hasil (Feyenoord 1970).
Zimbabwe – Bruce Grobelaar (Liverpool 1984).
San Marino – Massimo Bonini (Juventus 1985).
Algeria – Rabah Madjer (Porto 1987).
Belgium – Eric Gerets (PSV 1988).
Bulgaria – Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona 1992).
Trinidad & Tobago – Dwight Yorke (Man Utd 1999).
Paraguay – Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich 2001).
Georgia – Kakha Kaladze (Milan 2003, 2007).
Ukraine – Andriy Shevchenko (Milan 2003).
Russia – Dmitri Alenichev (Porto 2004).
Lithuania – Edgar Jankauskas (Porto 2004).
South Africa – Benni McCarthy (Porto 2004).
Ivory Coast – Yaya Touré (Barcelona 2009).
Mexico – Rafael Márquez (Barcelona 2006).
Uruguay – Martín Cáceres (Barcelona 2009).
Iceland – Eidur Gudjohnsen (Barcelona 2009).
Colombia – Iván Córdoba (Inter 2010).
Kenya – Mariga MacDonald (Inter 2010).