List Of UEFA Club Competition Winners
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the governing body for European association football. It currently runs three club competitions: the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup. UEFA was also responsible for the running of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which was discontinued in 1999, and for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, discontinued in 2008. Together with CONMEBOL, it also organized the Intercontinental Cup, discontinued in 2004. The only team to have won every UEFA club competition is Juventus of Italy. They received The UEFA Plaque on 12 July 1988, in recognition of winning the three major European club competitions (European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup). Juventus eventually won the Intertoto Cup in 1999. Their Italian rivals, Milan, are the most successful club in European competition, having won a total of 17 titles. Spanish club Real Madrid, which holds the record for the most European Champions Clubs' Cup victories, is the second most successful club, with 15 titles, while Barcelona is third with 12 titles. Italian clubs are the most successful, having won 48 titles, followed by Spanish clubs with 46 titles.
While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, UEFA does not recognize it as an official UEFA tournament, and therefore successes in this competition are not included in this list. Also excluded are the unofficial 1972 European Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup, a club competition organized by FIFA.
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