UEFA Champions League Map
Teams
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Snapshot of the Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is the top level club competition in European Football. It starts properly in September when 32 teams enter the group stages (split into eight groups of four). However before this stage starts there are four qualifying rounds where up to 47 teams are eliminated. Real Madrid is by far the most successful team, having won the Champions League a record 14 times; six more times than the team with the second-best record - AC Milan. There are huge financial rewards for playing in the Champions League. Each team earns a minimum of 12.7 million Euro's for appearing in the group stages with 57.2 million Euro's being handed to the eventual competition winners.
Champions League Winners
Real Madrid
14
First
AC Milan
7
Second
Liverpool
6
Third
Manchester City
1
Current Champion