Champions League Finals Then & Now

THE FULL PITCH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALS THEN & NOW In 1992, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) changed the European Champion Clubs' Cup (European Cup) to the UEFA Champions League (UCL), allowing multiple entrants from Europe's elite footballing nations. As the world prepares for the 2014 UCL final, we take a look at the stats behind the biggest show on earth... THE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH 2013 FINAL, BAYERN MUNICH V BORUSSIA DORTMUND,WEMBLEY STADIUM. Tweets sent during the event: 4.8 MILLION Largest ever global TV audience for an annual sporting event: 360 MILLION VIEWERS UCL FINAL RESULTS... BY THE NUMBERS TOTAL UCL FINALS (FROM 1993 ONWARDS): Z1 15 6. WINS IN REGULAR TIME : WINS VIA PENALTY SHOOT-OUT: THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A GOAL IN EXTRA TIME OF A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL MOST COMMON HIGHEST DID CHANGING THE FORMAT JINX THE HOLDERS? MATCH OUTCOME: SCORING MATCH: 2-1 2005, AC Milan V Liverpool Since 1992, 3-3 This has been no winning team has defended their the result 6 goals before penalties. in 5 of 21 finals. title successfully. UCL FINAL GOALS... THE BREAKDOWN TOTAL UCL FINAL GOALS: 54 First half goals: 25 Second half goals: 29 FASTEST GOAL: 51 seconds, Paolo Maldini, Goals in first 15 minutes: 5 2005 Goals in last 15 minutes: / Goals in injury time: 2 SCORING 1" MATTERS Average goals per final: 2.57 75% PLAYERS TO SCORE 2 GOALS of teams that Score 1" go on to lift the trophy. There's never been a UCL final hat-trick, but these players have scored two in a game. DIEGO MILITO, FC Internazionale Milano FILIPPO INZAGHI, Milan 2010 2007 HERNÁN CRESPO, KARL-HEINZ RIEDLE, Borussia Dortmund DANIEL MASSARO, Milan Milan M 2005 1997 M 1994 GOALS BY NATIONALITY: CARD GAMES... 07 TOTAL RED CARDS: Spanish, German, Italian 1. Arsenal FC goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in 18 minutes v FC Barcelona, Paris, 2006 Argentina, English 2. Chelsea FC forward Didier Drogba in 116 minutes v Manchester United FC, Moscow, 2008 French, Dutch, Brazilian Cameroon, Portuguese, Montenegrin TOTAL YELLOW CARDS: 87 An average of 4.14 yellow cards per match. Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Czech, Ivorian, Croatia ON THE SPOT...UCL FINAL PENALTIES Penalties awarded in normal play: 3 scored - Mendieta 2001, Effenberg 2001, Gundogan 2013. 2 missed - Alonso 2005, Robben 2012. MATCHES DECIDED BY A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT 2012 2008 2005 Chelsea beat Bayern München Manchester United beat Chelsea FC Liverpool beat AC Milan 4-3 AFTER A 1-l DRAW 6-5 AFTER A 1-l DRAW AFTER A 3-3 DRAW M 2003 F AF 1996 1F 2001 AC Milan beat Juventus Bayern Munich beat Valencia Juventus beat Ajax 3-2 AFTER A O-0 5-4 AFTER A 1-1 DRAW 4-2 AFTER A 1-1 DRAW DRAW SUPER SUBS... 8 substitutes have scored Champions League Final goals, but none since Barcelona's Juliano Belletti notched the winner in 2006. KLUIVERT (1995), RICKEN (1997), DEL PIERO (1997), SHERINGHAM (1999), SOLSKJAER (1999), ALENICHEV (2004), SMICER (2005), BELLETTI (2006). THREE ... IT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER TOP 3 MOST SHOCKING RESULTS #1 2005: AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool Milan were 3-0 up at half time 994: Barcelona 0-4 Milan Liverpool came back in 2nd half to score 3 goals pushing the game into extra time & winning in a penalty shoot-out Barcelona were favourites to win Milan were missing injured World Player of the Year, Marco Van Basten, plus 2 suspended 1" choice defenders #2 1999: Bayern München 1-2 Manchester United Mario Basler's 1st half free kick gave Bayern München the lead With 3 minutes left, Man Utd's Teddy Sheringham & Ole Solskjaer scored 2 goals in quick succession to win the title Milan won by the largest margin in the history of the final HAR TOP 3 BIGGEST FINAL WINS 3 PLAYERS WHO SCORED IN 2 SEPARATE FINALS 4-0 3-0 RAÚL GONZÁLEZ MADRID, 2000 & 2002 AC Milan V FC Barcelona FC Porto V AS Monaco FC Gelsenkirchen, 2004 Athens, 1994 3-0 Real Madrid CF V Valencia CF Paris, 2000 SAMUEL ETO'O BARCELONA, 2006 & 2009 3 BIGGEST LEADS AT HALF TIME 3-0 AC Milan V Liverpool FC 2-0 LIONEL MESSI AC Milan V FC Barcelona BARCELONA, 2009 & 2011 Istanbul, 2005 Athens, 1994 2-0 Borussia Dortmund V Juventus Munich, 1997 NATIONAL PRIDE NATIONS WITH THE MOST TITLES !!!!!! Spain (Real Madrid: 1998, 2000, 2002 Barcelona: 2006, 2009, 2011) Italy (AC Milan: 1994, 2003, 2007 Juventus: 1996, Inter Milan: 2010) 4 England (Man utd: 1999, 2008 Liverpool: 2005, Chelsea: 2012) Υ Germany (Borussia Dortmund: 1997, Bayern Munich: 2001, 2013) 1 France (Marseille: 1993), Netherlands (Ajax: 1995), Portugal (Porto: 2004) ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN: A SPANISH CLUB WILL WIN IT ONCE MORE IN 2014... WATCH & BET AS 2 CLUBS FROM THE SAME CITY COMPETE IN THE 2014 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL ESTÁDIO DA LUZ, LISBON, PORTUGAL ATLÉTICO MADRID v REAL MADRID 24 MAY 2014 Brought to you by UNIBET SOURCE: www.uefa.com http://www.history-of-soccer.org/paolo-maldini.html http://forgottenornot.tumblr.com/page/2 http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetmQXk/playerpages/teddysherMAIN.htm http://www.parolesdefoot.com/europe/29813/solskjaer-remporte-son-premier-trophee/ http://www.images99.com/pictures/raul-gonzalez/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Eto%270 http://www.public.fr/News/Ballon-d-Or-2012-Lionel-Messi-remporte-le-titre-pour-la-quatrieme-fois-360678