The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL) is a yearly club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Organizations (UEFA) and objected to by top-division European clubs, determining the competitors victors via a rounded robin group phase to receive a double-legged ko layout, and a solitary leg final. It is one of the most respected football competitions in the world as well as one of the most prominent club competitors in European football, played by the nationwide organization champions (and, for some countries, one or more runners-up) of their nationwide associations. Presented in 1955 as the Sports car des Clubs Champions Européens (French for European Champion Clubs Cup), and also typically called the European Cup, it was originally a straight knockout competition open only to the champs of Europe s residential leagues, with its winner thought as the European club champion. The competition tackled its present name in 1992, adding a round-robin team stage...