EFU Champions Cup (An Honorable Retelling)

EFU Champions Cup

Founded	1954; 70 years ago
Region	International (EFU)
Number of teams	32 (finals)
Current champions	Fiorentina (First title)
Most successful team	Liverpool & Genoa (Four titles)
Motto	Ubi Propugnatores fiunt "Where Champions Are Made"
Website	Champions.EC
2023/24 EFU Champions Cup

The EFU Champions Cup is the most prestigious club football tournament in the world, with billions of eyes across the world focusing on the tournament come it's start in the October season with the Group Stage competitions. The competition is featuring elite clubs from the domestic leagues of nations in the European Football Union. The competition also features some of the biggest players and clubs across the world, with elite teams like Union Berlin, Celtic, Liverpool, Genoa, Juventus, Linfield, Napoli, and others are featured in this legendary collaboration that happens every single year. The defending Champions are Fiorentina, beating Raja Casablanca in the final at the Stade Louis in Monaco City, Monaco.

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Loser	Location
1954/55	Ajax	3-1	Legia Warsaw	Stadio Veneziano, Venice, Italy
1955/56	Union Berlin	2-0	Crvena Zvezda	Viennastadion, Vienna, Cisleithania
1956/57	Rangers	2-1 (A.E.T.)	Union Berlin	Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
1957/58	AS Monaco	3-0	Benfica	Olympic Stadium, Constantinople, Rhomania
1958/59	Liverpool	4-2	Atalanta	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
1959/60	Lille OSC	1-0	Malmo FF	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
1960/61	Genoa	2-1	Celtic	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
1961/62	Bayern Munich	3-0	Feyenoord	Stade Louis, Monaco City, Monaco
1962/63	Arsenal	2-0	Bayern Munich	Dynamostadion, Kyiv, Ukraine
1963/64	Linfield	4-1	Raja Casablanca	Stade le Algiers, Algiers, Algerian Federation
1964/65	Napoli	3-2	FC Brașov	Sparta Arena, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1965/66	Celtic	3-1	Chievo Verona	Stade de Bastia, Bastia, Italy
1966/67	Juventus	2-2 (3-1 Pens.)	Liverpool	Wembley Stadium, London, Union of Britain
1967/68	Panathinaikos	4-1	Juventus	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
1968/69	Galatasaray	3-2	Ferencvaros	Minsk National Stadium, Minsk, United Commonwealths
1969/70	Everton	5-2	Atalanta	Parc De Princes, Paris, East France
1970/71	Bastia	2-0	Benfica	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
1971/72	Olympique Lyon	3-1	Besiktas	Stadio San Paolo, Napoli, Italy
1972/73	AC Milan	4-3	Linfield	Stadionul National, Curtea de Argeș, Dacia
1973/74	Partizan	3-1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Levski Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria
1974/75	Spartak Moscow	2-1	Genoa	Partizani Stadium, Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro
1975/76	Raja Casablanca	3-0	Venezia	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia
1976/77	Sparta Prague	4-0	JS Kabylie	Wembley Stadium, London, Union of Britain
1977/78	Genoa	4-2	Derby County	Stadio Veneziano, Venice, Italy
1978/79	Shamrock Rovers	2-1	Olympique Lyon	Sparta Arena, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1979/80	Bayern Munich	3-1	Rangers	Dynamostadion, Kyiv, Ukraine
1980/81	Ajax	3-1	Glentoran	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
1981/82	Wydad Casablanca	1-0	Torpedo Moscow	Viennastadion, Vienna, Cisleithania
1982/83	Glentoran	3-2	Union Berlin	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
1983/84	Genoa	2-0	Bayern Munich	Minsk National Stadium, Minsk, United Commonwealths
1984/85	Liverpool	4-1	Anderlecht	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
1985/86	Torpedo Moscow	4-3	Benfica	Olympic Stadium, Constantinople, Rhomania
1986/87	Celtic	1-1 (11-10 Pens.)	Panathinaikos	Stade Louis, Monaco City, Monaco
1987/88	Hamburger SV	4-2	Glentoran	Parc De Princes, Paris, East France
1988/89	Union Berlin	3-2 (A.E.T.)	Atalanta	Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
1989/90	Racing Club de France	2-0	Sparta Prague	Viennastadion, Vienna, Cisleithania
1990/91	Sparta Prague	2-0	Chelsea	Grand Stade De Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco
1991/92	Slavia Prague	3-1	AS Monaco	Levski Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria
1992/93	AS Monaco	4-1	Heart of Midlothian	Irish Olympic Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
1993/94	Liverpool	2-1	Union Berlin	Stade le Algiers, Algiers, Algerian Federation
1994/95	Linfield	3-2	Atalanta	Partizani Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
1995/96	Everton	4-2	Bastia	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
1996/97	Bestiktas	1-0	Bastia	Athenia, Athens, Rhomania
1997/98	Bastia	4-1	Palermo	Sparta Arena, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1998/99	Genoa	3-1	FC Brașov	Estadio Da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
1999/2000	Atalanta	3-2	PSV Eindhoven	Stadio Veneziano, Venice, Italy
2000/01	Rangers	3-1	Malmo FF	Viennastadion, Vienna, Cisleithania
2001/02	Arsenal	3-0	Sparta Prague	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia
2002/03	FC Brașov	0-0 (3-1 Pens.)	Palermo	Dynamostadion, Kyiv, Ukraine
2003/04	Juventus	3-1	Rangers	Stadio Firenze, Florence, Italy
2004/05	HJK Helsinki	2-0	Panathinaikos	Stadionul National, Curtea de Argeș, Dacia
2005/06	Raja Casablanca	1-0	Glentoran	Stade Louis, Monaco City, Monaco
2006/07	Shamrock Rovers	3-2	Racing Club de France	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland
2007/08	Olympique Lyon	2-1	Rosenborg	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
2008/09	AC Milan	2-0	Genoa	Anfield, Liverpool, England
2009/10	FC Barcelona	3-0	Ajax	Olympic Stadium, Constantinople, Rhomania
2010/11	Liverpool	3-1	Arsenal	Parc De Princes, Paris, France
2011/12	Derby County	4-0	AC Milan	Irish Olympic Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
2012/13	Napoli	4-1	Galatasaray	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
2013/14	Benfica	3-0 (A.E.T.)	Partizan	Estadio Da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
2014/15	Linfield	1-0	Chievo Verona	Sparta Arena, Prague, Czechoslovakia
2015/16	Panathinaikos	3-1	FC Porto	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
2016/17	Universitatea Craiova	4-0	Glentoran	Partizani Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2017/18	Feyenoord	3-0	Genoa	Stade le Algiers, Algiers, Algerian Federation
2018/19	Feyenoord	3-2	Everton	Grand Stade De Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco
2019/20	Palermo	3-1	Torpedo Moscow	Minsk National Stadium, Minsk, United Commonwealths
2020/21	Spartak Moscow	3-2	Universitatea Craiova	Wembley Stadium, London, England
2021/22	Union Berlin	3-1	Feyenoord	Athenia, Athens, Rhomania
2022/23	Celtic	2-1	Palermo	Stadio Veneziano, Venice, Italy
2023/24	Fiorentina	2-0	Raja Casablanca	Stade Louis, Monaco City, Monaco
2024/25				Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic

Champions and runners-up

Club	Times won	Times runners-up
Genoa	4 (1961, 1978, 1984, 1999)	3 (1975, 2009, 2018)
Juventus	3 (1967, 1987, 2004)	1 (1968)
Bastia	2 (1971, 1998)	2 (1996, 1997)
AC Milan	2 (1973, 2009)	1 (2012)
Napoli	2 (1965, 2013)
Palermo	1 (2020)	3 (1998, 2003, 2022)
Atalanta	1 (2000)	4 (1959, 1970, 1989, 1995)
Fiorentina	1 (2024)
Chievo Verona		2 (1966, 2015)
Venezia		1 (1976)
Liverpool	4 (1959, 1985, 1994, 2011)	1 (1967)
Arsenal	2 (1963, 2002)	1 (2011)
Everton	2 (1970, 1996)	1 (2019)
Derby County	1 (2012)	1 (1978)
Chelsea		1 (1991)
Celtic	3 (1966, 1987, 2023)	1 (1961)
Rangers	2 (1957, 2001)	2 (1980, 2004)
Heart of Midlothian		1 (1993)
Linfield	3 (1964, 1995, 2015)	1 (1973)
Glentoran	1 (1983)	4 (1981, 1988, 2006, 2017)
Shamrock Rovers	2 (1979, 2007)
Panathinaikos	2 (1968, 2016)	2 (1987, 2005)
Bestiktas	1 (1997)	1 (1972)
Galatasaray	1 (1969)	1 (2013)
Union Berlin	3 (1956, 1989, 2022)	3 (1957, 1983, 1994)
Bayern Munich	2 (1962, 1980)	1 (1984)
Hamburger SV	1 (1988)
Eintracht Frankfurt		1 (1974)
Raja Casablanca	2 (1976, 2006)	2 (1964, 2024)
Wydad Casablanca	1 (1982)
Olympique Lyon	2 (1972, 2008)	1 (1979)
Racing Club de France	1 (1990)	1 (2007)
Lille OSC	1 (1960)
AS Monaco	2 (1958, 1993)	1 (1992)
Spartak Moscow	2 (1975, 2021)
Torpedo Moscow	1 (1986)	2 (1982, 2020)
Sparta Prague	2 (1977, 1991)	2 (1990, 2002)
Slavia Prague	1 (1992)
Ajax	2 (1955, 1981)	1 (2010)
Feyenoord	2 (2018, 2019)	2 (1962, 2022)
Anderlecht		1 (1985)
PSV Eindhoven		1 (2000)
FC Brașov	1 (2003)	2 (1965, 1999)
Universitatea Craiova	1 (2017)	1 (2021)
Benfica	1 (2014)	3 (1958, 1971, 1986)
FC Porto		1 (2016)
Partizan	1 (1974)	1 (2014)
Crvena Zvezda		1 (1956)
HJK Helsinki	1 (2005)
FC Barcelona	1 (2010)
Malmo FF		2 (1960, 2001)
Legia Warsaw		1 (1955)
Ferencvaros		1 (1969)
JS Kabylie		1 (1977)
Rosenborg		1 (2008)

Sponsors

Sponsors in the EFU Champions Cup are a key part of marketing services, alongside many of the most important companies in the world leave their marks as official partners of the Champions Cup, a feat that is considered one of the pinnacles of business and advertising.

Nation	Company	Service
Mali	Halal Cola	Official Soft Drink
European Community	TransEuropean Railway	Official Transit System
United States	M&M's	Official Candy
Germany	Luxemburger	Official Burger
Mali	Jeliba Futuristics	Official Smartphone
United States	Freedom Fries	Official Fries
Canada	Moose Apparel	Official Hat
Russia	Tetris-Paradox Company	Official Video Game
Rhomania	Karvelas Ice Cream	Official Ice Cream
Bharat	Taste of Mumbai	Official Curry
Japan	Don Quijote	Official Convenience Store
Mexica	Xochatl Courier	Official Delivery Service
England	Notts Crisps	Official Chips
Japan	Canon	Official Camera
Dutch Republic	Philips	Official Razor
Afrocolumbia	Melvin’s	Official Coffee
Hungary	Volánbusz	Official Bus
Scotland	ScottishCard	Official Card

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