Champions League In Football

The official site of the world s greatest club competition.

Champions league in football. The uefa champions league abbreviated as ucl also known as the european cup is an annual club football competition organised by the union of european football associations uefa and contested by top division european clubs deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format it is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club. Following the codification of professional football by the football association in 1885 the football league was established in 1888 after a series of meetings initiated by aston villa director william mcgregor. The eight teams remaining in the competition will take part in a straight. The home of champions league football on bbc sport online.

Football league champions 2018. Champions league scores results and fixtures on bbc sport including live football scores goals and goal scorers. Champions league knockout games will be played in a 12 day condensed tournament in lisbon in august uefa has confirmed. Frank lampard has urged the premier league to push back chelsea s start to the 2020 21 season claiming 12 september is too early for his players to recover properly given the champions league.

Includes the latest news stories results fixtures video and audio. After a five month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic the champions league and europa league resume this week with lots of british interest. Sky sports provides you with a comprehensive one stop shop to the competitions resuming. Champions league europa league state of play.

26 matches 19 days european football returns.