UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs nation and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Champions League,UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Super Cup, and controls the prize money, regulations, and media rights to those competitions.
The UEFA Champions League, known simply as the Champions League, is an annual continental club footballcompetition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champion (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of each UEFA national association. The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League will be the 62nd season of Europe's premier clubfootball tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to theUEFA Champions League. The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Millennium Stadium inCardiff, Wales.[1][2] The winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League will qualify as the UEFA representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup. Real Madrid are the defending champions.
The UEFA Europa League, previously called the UEFA Cup, is an annualassociation football club competition organized by UEFAsince 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League will be the 46th season of Europe's secondary clubfootball tournament organised by UEFA, and the 8th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The 2017 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden.[1][2] The winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup. Sevilla won the three most recent tournaments. They qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage as the Europa League title holders, and will not participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League unless they finish third in their Champions League group.
The UEFA Super Cup is an annualfootballmatch organized by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two mainEuropean club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and theUEFA Europa League.
Champions league qualified teams Group stage ESP: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid ENG: Leicester City, Arsenal, Tottenham GER: Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen ITA: Juventus, Napoli POR: Benfica, Sporting CP FRA: Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon RUS: CSKA Moskva UKR: Dynamo Kyiv NED: PSV Eindhoven BEL: Club Brugge SUI: Basel TUR: Beşiktaş UEFA Europa League winners: Sevilla (ESP) Play-offs (league path) Villarreal (ESP), Manchester City (ENG), Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER), Roma (ITA), Porto (POR)
