uefa champion league Introduced in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup ( French : Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens ), and commonly known as the European Cup , it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to the champions of Europe's domestic leagues, with its winner reckoned as the European club champion. The competition took on its current name in 1992, adding a round-robin group stage in 1991 and allowing multiple entrants from certain countries since the 1997–98 season. [ 1 ] While only the winners of many of Europe's national leagues can enter the competition, the top 5 leagues by coefficient provide four teams each by default, [ 2 ] with a possibility for additional spots based on performance during the previous season. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Clubs that finish below the qualifying spots are eligible for the second-tier UEFA Europa League competition, and since 2021, for the third-tier UEFA Conference League . [ 5 ]. lịch thi đấu uefa nations league Không ít CLB nhỏ khi lọt vào vòng bảng đã “đổi đời” nhờ tiền thưởng UEFA lên tới hàng chục triệu euro. kết quả của uefa champions league In 2007, Michel Platini , the UEFA president, had proposed taking one place from the three leagues with four entrants and allocating it to that nation's cup winners. This proposal was rejected in a vote at a UEFA Strategy Council meeting. [ 80 ] In the same meeting, however, it was agreed that the third-placed team in the top three leagues would receive automatic qualification for the group stage, rather than entry into the third qualifying round, while the fourth-placed team would enter the play-off round for non-champions, guaranteeing an opponent from one of the top 15 leagues in Europe. This was part of Platini's plan to increase the number of teams qualifying directly into the group stage, while simultaneously increasing the number of teams from lower-ranked nations in the group stage. [ 81 ] In the reforming plan for the 2018–21 cycle, which was announced in August 2016 and confirmed in December, the top four teams in the top four leagues would receive automatic qualification for the group stage. [ 82 ] [ 83 ]
