Ajax won the UEFA Champions League 1994-95 and the league title.

AZ therefore qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history, but only took four points from six matches and finished bottom of their group.

It is because Roma entered 2010 – 11 UEFA Champions League which counter-weight the effect of the new collective agreement of Serie A.

Charlton held the record for most appearances for Manchester United ( 758 ), but this was surpassed by Ryan Giggs on 21 May 2008 ( the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final ).

Charlton left Manchester United at the end of the 1972 – 73 season, having scored 249 goals and set a club record of 758 appearances, a record which Ryan Giggs broke in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final.

View of the Riverside during the 2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

In 26 May 2011, Craven Cottage hosted the game of 2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final between Lyon and Potsdam.

The club have also been successful in continental competitions, winning two UEFA Cup Winners ' Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and one UEFA Champions League title.

In 2009 – 10, the club won their first " Double " and in 2012 became the first London club to win the UEFA Champions League.

The following season saw UEFA create the European Champions ' Cup, but after objections from The Football League and the FA Chelsea were persuaded to withdraw from the competition before it started.

Chelsea players celebrate their first 2012 UEFA Champions League Final | UEFA Champions League title

Gullit was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, who led the team to victory in the League Cup Final and the Cup Winners ' Cup Final in 1998, the FA Cup in 2000 and their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League.

In September 2007, Mourinho was replaced by Avram Grant, who led the club to their first UEFA Champions League final, which they lost on penalties to Manchester United.

Under caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo, Chelsea won their seventh FA Cup, and their first UEFA Champions League title, beating Bayern Munich 4 – 3 on penalties, the first London club to win the trophy.

View from the Stamford Bridge ( stadium )# West_Stand | West Stand of Stamford Bridge ( stadium ) | Stamford Bridge during a UEFA Champions League | Champions League game, 2008 In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex, and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox.

Current League Champions and the first Irish side to reach the group stages of a European competition: 2011 – 12 UEFA Europa League group stage Shamrock Rovers play at Tallaght Stadium in South Dublin, play at Richmond Park, and play their home games at the UCD Bowl in Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown, while is based at Tolka Park.

The most prestigious competitions in club football are the respective continental championships, which are generally contested between national champions, for example the UEFA Champions League in Europe and the Copa Libertadores de América in South America.

** UEFA Champions league: 3-1989, 1990, 1994.

The only seasons in recent times when this pattern was not followed were 1999 – 2000, when most rounds were played a few weeks earlier than normal as an experiment, and 2010 – 2011 when the FA Cup Final was played before the Premier League season had finished, in order to allow the stadium to be ready for the UEFA Champions League final.

During Europa League games, due to UEFA specifications, the last blocks nearest to the Cottage are used to house away fans rather than the Putney stand.

Aviva Stadium hosted the 2011 UEFA Europa League Final.

Tolka Park, Dalymount Park, UCD Bowl and Tallaght Stadium, along with the Carlisle Grounds in Bray, hosted all Group 3 games in the intermediary round of the 2011 UEFA Regions ' Cup.

The 1997 – 98 campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season ( including a 3 – 2 UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal ), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998 – 1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.

Despite finishing fifth in Benítez's first season, Liverpool won the 2004 – 05 UEFA Champions League, beating A. C. Milan 3 – 2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended with a score of 3 – 3.

Porto defeat Celtic 3 – 2 ( AET ) in the UEFA Cup Final in Seville, Spain.

* May 28 – AC Milan defeats fellow Italian rival Juventus 3 – 2 on penalties after a scoreless tie to win the UEFA Champions League, their sixth European title.

UEFA awarded Marseille a 3 – 0 victory and expelled Milan from all European competitions for the following season.

This was demonstrated by his omission from the UEFA Champions League Final 1993 final as under the UEFA rules clubs were only allowed to field 3 foreigners.

In 1996, Zidane moved to UEFA Champions League winners Juventus for a fee of £ 3. 2 million and won the 1996 – 97 Serie A and the 1996 Intercontinental Cup.

He lost in the 1997 UEFA Champions League Final 3 – 1 to Borussia Dortmund when he was unable to make an impression against the close marking of Paul Lambert.

Anderlecht for the UEFA Cup third round ( after a 0 – 3 loss in Brussels ), as the Merengues went on to win the competition.

PSV also won the UEFA Cup, their first major European title in 1978, by beating French opponents SC Bastia 3 – 0 in the final's second leg.

On 24 February 2011, PSV beat French side Lille 5 – 3 on aggregate in the 2010 – 11 UEFA Europa League.

These finishes were high enough for them to qualify for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 – 70 ( going out in Round 3 to Newcastle United ) and its successor, the UEFA Cup in 1971 – 72, when they went out in the First Round to Athletic Bilbao.

* 1985: Everton 3 – 1 Rapid Wien-Everton, who also won the English league title the same season, were barred from entering the Champions Cup the following season due to a five-year ban on English clubs entering UEFA competitions after the Heysel stadium disaster.

* UEFA Cup – 2 legs, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt ; Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach, 3 – 3 on aggregate, Frankfurt win on away goals

On 6 November 1991, after Liverpool's 3 – 0 victory over Auxerre in a UEFA Cup Second Round second leg tie at Anfield, Liverpool manager Graeme Souness was met by Frenchman Michel Platini at the end of the game, who told him that Cantona was available for sale to Liverpool.

With the Bavarians, he won all of his trophies, including six leagues and three domestic cups, adding the 2000 – 01 UEFA Champions League, to which he contributed with 12 games and three goals, including one in the 2 – 1 semifinal win against Real Madrid ( 3 – 1 on aggregate ) – he missed the final through suspension.

En route to the 1972 UEFA Cup Final, they beat Académica 7 – 1 on aggregate, ADO Den Haag 7 – 1 on aggregate, FC Carl Zeiss Jena 4 – 0 on aggregate, Juventus 3 – 2 on aggregate in the quarter-final and Ferencváros 4 – 3 in the semi-final.

Club Brugge holds the record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup ( 16 ).

Braga's recent run of successive European participations began in the 2004 – 05 UEFA Cup, after finishing fifth under Jesualdo Ferreira's first full season in the club.

He also made several appearances in the UEFA Champions League with the club during their participations in the 1998 and 1999 group stages of the competition.

* UEFA Cup ( 11 participations ): 1970 / 71, 1974 / 75, 1978 / 79, 1981 / 82, 1983 / 84 ( Quarter Final ), 1988 / 89, 1991 / 92, 1995 / 96, 1999, 2002

Since then Hibs participated in any UEFA competition summing up to 27 participations.