Fifa Champhions League Clubs 2014

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ArsenalCountry EnglandFull name Arsenal Football ClubNickname The GunnersFounded 1886Ground Emirate Stadium, Holloway, LondonCapacity 60,388League Premier LeagueManager Arsène WengerPremier League 13Uefa League 1Champions League 0

HistoryArsenal Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Holloway, London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups. Arsenal holds the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight and would be placed first in an aggregated league of the entire 20th century. It is the second side to complete an English top flight season unbeaten (in the 2003–04 season) and the only one to do so across 38 matches.

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Atlético MadridCountry SpainFull name Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D.Nickname Los Colchoneros, los RojiblancosFounded April 26th, 1903Ground Estadio Vicente Calderón,Capacity 54,960League La Liga BBVAManager Diego SimeoneLa Liga BBVA 9Uefa League 2Champions League 0

HistoryClub Atlético de Madrid, SAD, commonly known as Atlético de Madrid, or Atlético, is a Spanish football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. Atlético have won La Liga on nine occasions, including a league and cup double in 1996; the Copa del Rey on ten occasions; 1 Supercopa de España and 3 Copa Eva Duarte; in Europe, they won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1962, were European Cup runners-up in 1974, won the Europa League in 2010 and in 2012, and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010 and 2012.

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BarcelonaCountry SpainFull name F.C BarcelonaNickname Culés or BlaugranaFounded November 29th, 1899Ground Camp NouCapacity 99,786League La Liga BBVAManager Gerardo MartinoLa Liga BBVA 22Uefa League 0Champions League 4

HistoryBarcelona is currently placed on top of the UEFA club rankings. They are the current Spanish football champions and has won 22 La Liga, 26 Copa del Rey, 11 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies. Also, Barcelona has won four UEFA Champions League, four UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, four UEFA Super Cup, 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and 2 FIFA Club World Cup trophies. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid; matches between the two teams are referred to as “El Clásico”.

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Bayern LeverkusenCountry GermanyFull name Bayer 04 LeverkusenNickname Werkself Founded July 1th,1904Ground BayArena Leverkusen,GermanyCapacity 30,210League BundesligaManager Sami HyypiäBundesliga 0Uefa League 1Champions League 0

HistoryThe club was founded by employees of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, whose headquarters are in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its name. It was formerly the best-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports including the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen (rowing, tennis and hockey). In 1999 the football department was separated from the sports club and is now a separate entity formally called Bayer 04 Leverkusen GmbH.

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Bayern MunichCountry GermanyFull name Fußball Club Bayern München e.V.Nickname The BavariansFounded February 27th,1900Ground Allianz ArenaCapacity 71,137League BundesligaManager Pep GuardiolaBundesliga 24Uefa League 1Champions League 5

Historyince the formation of the Bundesliga, Bayern has been the dominant club in German football with 22 titles and has won five of the last ten titles. They have traditional local rivalries with TSV 1860 München and FC Nürnberg, as well as a contemporary rivalry with Borussia Dortmund. Since the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena. Previously the team had played at Munich’s Olympiastadion for 33 years. The team colours are red and white, and the team crest shows the white and blue flag of Bavaria.

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Borussia DortmundCountry GermanyFull name Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. DortmundNickname BVBFounded December 19th,1909Ground WestfalenstadionCapacity 80,645League BundesligaManager Jürgen KloopBundesliga 8Uefa League 0Champions League 1

HistoryBorussia Dortmund was founded in 1909 by seventeen football players from Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund have won eight German football championships, three DFB-Pokals, four DFL-Supercups, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, and one Intercontinental Cup. Their Cup Winners’ Cup win in 1966 made them the first German club to win a European title. Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at Westfalenstadion. The stadium is the biggest stadium in Germany.

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ChelseaCountry EnglandFull name Chelsea Football ClubNickname The BluesFounded March 10th,1905Ground Stamford BridgeCapacity 41,837League Premier LeagueManager José MourinhoPremier League 4Uefa League 1Champions League 1

HistoryChelsea’s regular kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The club’s crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image. The current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff, is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s. The club has sustained the fifth highest average all-time attendance in English football. Their average home gate for the 2012–13 season was 41,462, the sixth highest in the Premier League.

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ZenitCountry RussianFull name Football Club ZenitNickname Meshki (bags)Founded May 30th,1925Ground Petrovsky StadiumCapacity 21,504League Russian Premier LeagueManager Sergei SemakRussian Premier 4Uefa League 1Champions League 0

HistoryFootball Club Zenit, also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg, is a Russian football club from the city of Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League. Zenit were the 2007, 2010 and 2011–12 champions of the Russian Premier League and the winners of both the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.

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GalatasarayCountry TurkeyFull name Galatasaray Spor KulübüNickname Cimbom (Most common)Founded October 30th,1905Ground Türk Telekom ArenaCapacity 52,652League Süper LigManager Roberto ManciniSüper Lig 19Uefa League 1Champions League 0

HistoryGalatasaray Sports Club was founded in the fall of 1905, by Galatasaray High School (an elite high school founded in 1481) students as a football club. Galatasaray’s first president was Ali Sami Yen. Their first match was against Cadi Keuy FRC and they won this match 2–0. There were discussions about the club’s name, in which some suggested Gloria (victory) and others Audace (courage), but it was decided that its name would be Galatasaray.

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Manchester CityCountry EnglandFull name Manchester City Football ClubNickname The CitizensFounded April 16th,1894Ground City of Manchester StadiumCapacity 47,405League Premier LeagueManager Manuel PellegriniPremier League 3Uefa League 0Champions League 0

HistoryFounded in 1880 as St. Mark’s (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club has played at the City of Manchester Stadium since 2003, having played at Maine Road from 1923. The club’s most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison.

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Manchester UnitedCountry EnglandFull name Manchester United Football ClubNickname The Red DevilsFounded 1878Ground Old TraffordCapacity 75,731League Premier LeagueManager David MoyesPremier League 20Uefa League 0Champions League 3

HistoryThe 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 28 major honours, and 38 in total, from November 1986 to May 2013, when he announced his retirement after 26 years at the club. Fellow Scot David Moyes was appointed as his replacement on 9 May 2013. Manchester United is the third-richest football club in the world for 2011–12 in terms of revenue.

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MilanCountry ItalyFull name Associazione Calcio Milan

Nickname i Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks)Founded December 16th, 1899Ground San Siro,MilanCapacity 80,018League Serie AManager Clarence SeedorfSerie A 18Uefa League 0Champions League 7

HistoryThey are the second most successful club in world football in terms of international trophies along with Boca Juniors, with 18 officially recognized UEFA and FIFA titles. Milan has won a record of three Intercontinental Cups and one of its successor, the FIFA Club World Cup. Milan have also won the European Cup/Champions League on seven occasions,[5] second only to Real Madrid. They have also won the UEFA Super Cup a record five times and the Cup Winners’ Cup twice.

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OlympiakosCountry GreeceFull name Olympiacos Club of Fans of PiraeusNickname Thrylos (Legend)Founded March 10th, 1925Ground Karaiskakis Stadium,PiraeusCapacity 32,115League Superleague GreeceManager José Miguel González Martín del CampoSuperleague Greece 41Uefa League 0Champions League 0

HistoryOlympiacos is the most popular Greek club with around two and a half million fans inside Greece and millions of others in the Greek communities all over the world. As of April 2006, Olympiacos has 83,000 registered members and it’s placed in the top ten of the clubs with the most paying members in the world, holding the ninth place just ahead of Real Madrid. Olympiacos CFP was the first Greek club that made it possible for its fans to become members, and granted them the right of voting for the board of directors.

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Paris Saint GermainCountry FranceFull name Paris Saint-Germain Football ClubNickname Les Rouge-et-Bleu (the red and blues)Founded August 12th, 1970Ground Parc de PrincesCapacity 48,712League Ligue 1Manager Laurent BlancLigue 1 3Uefa League 0Champions League 0

HistoryAllez Paris Saint-Germain, to the tune of “Go West” by Pet Shop Boys, is the official anthem of PSG. The lyrics of “Go West” were rewritten following fan suggestions. Germain the lynx is the club’s mascot. PSG shares an intense rivalry with Olympique de Marseille and contest the most notorious football match in France, known as Le Classique. PSG is the second best-supported football club in France after Marseille. Qatar Investment Authority became the club’s majority owner in 2012. PSG is the richest club in France and one of the richest in the world

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Real MadridCountry SpainFull name Real Madrid Club de FútbolNickname Los Merengues, Los BlancosFounded March 6th, 1902Ground Estadio Santiago BernabéuCapacity 85,454League La Liga BBVAManager Carlo AncelottiLa Liga BBVA 32Uefa League 2Champions League 9

HistoryThe club is the world’s richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €513 million, and the most valuable sports team, worth €2.4 billion (US$3.3 billion). It is one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight of Spanish football, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. Real Madrid holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with FC Barcelona and El Derbi madrileño with Atlético Madrid. The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s.

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Schalke 04Country GermanyFull name Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V.Nickname Die Knappen (The Miners)Founded May 4th, 1904Ground Veltins-Arena, GelsenkirchenCapacity 61,973League BundesligaManager Jens KellerBundesliga 7Uefa League 1Champions League 0

HistorySchalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major successes have been rare since the club’s heyday in the 1930s and early 1940s. Schalke play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The football team is the biggest part of a large sports club with 119,040 members (as of April 2013) making it the second largest sports club in Germany. Other activities offered by the club include basketball, handball, and track and field.