CHAMPION LEAGUE.

The champion league is held every year to find out which club is the strongest club in Europe.
the winner is given ahuge silver cup. The cup is called the big ears, due to the shape,which are like two big ears. The winning club can keep the cup.But must return it to the U.E. F. A. the governing body. The U.E.F.A. flag is spread out before each match.
The clubs that have won the championship thrice are entitle to keep the cup permenantly intheir showroom.
Five clubs have won it three times or more, they are as follows.
1 AJAX 1971 ,1973, and 1995.
2 REAL MADRID.1956 , 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002.
3LIVERPOOL. 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005.
4A. C. MILAN.1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2001 2003, 2007.
5 BAYERN MUNICHEN.1974, 1975, and2000.
From the year 1955 the year the contest started to the 2007 finals there has only been two final matches played by two clubs from one country.
1 the final in2000 which was held betweenREAL MADRID verses VALENCIA.
2 The 2003 final match between A.C. MILAN verses JUVENTUS.
The first match was a all SPANISH match the second was a all ITALIAN match.