Ajax's last international trophies were the 1995 Intercontinental Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final ; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus.

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

The season saw an unbeaten run in the national league and the final season for Frank Rijkaard, while striker Patrick Kluivert came off the bench to score a late winner to beat AC Milan in the final of the Champions League.

In 1995, the year Ajax won the Champions League, the Dutch national team was almost entirely composed of Ajax players, with Edwin van der Sar in goal ; players such as Michael Reiziger, Frank de Boer, and Danny Blind in defense ; Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, and Clarence Seedorf in midfield ; and Patrick Kluivert and Marc Overmars in attack.

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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.

The reigning National League Champions are the St. Louis Cardinals.

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.

In the 2003 – 04 season, Charlton spent much of the campaign challenging for a Champions League place, but a late-season slump in form, combined with the sale of star player Scott Parker to Chelsea, left Charlton in 7th place, which was still the club's highest finish since the 1950s.

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 1989 Mighty Blackpool reached the quarter-final stages of the African Cup of Champions Clubs ; the first time a club from Sierra Leone had reached that stage.

An example of his fallibility came when Houllier substituted the defensive midfielder Dietmar Hamann with winger Vladimír Šmicer in an away match against Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final.

It hosted the 2004 UEFA Champions League final and 5 matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including a quarter-final.

The all-time single game high was the 55, 571 fans in attendance for the 2009 CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final against Santos Laguna ( Mexico ) at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

In 1998, Trezeguet scored the fastest ever goal in terms of velocity in UEFA Champions League history in a quarter-final match against Manchester United.

In the Champions League, a 4 – 4 away goals quarter-final win over Manchester United and a 4 – 0 aggregate win over Lyon in the semi-final, secured a spot in the final.

Then in the Champions League quarter-final second leg he scored the winning goal against Fenerbahçe in the 87th minute as Chelsea won 3 – 2 on aggregate.

In the 2003 – 04 UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg away at Highbury Stadium, Grønkjær came on for Scott Parker in the second half, with Arsenal leading 1 – 0 on the night and 2 – 1 on aggregate.

On 6 April 2010, José Mourinho became the first manager in history to take three different teams to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League ( this record was equalled by Bayern Munich manager Louis van Gaal a day later ) after his Internazionale managed to overcome CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 in Russia in the second leg of their quarter-final tie, which ended 2 – 0 on aggregate.

On 9 April 2008, Neville made his long-awaited comeback against Roma in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford as an 81st-minute substitute for Anderson.

On 6 April Sneijder scored a free kick against CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in the sixth minute, making it 2 – 0 on aggregate to Inter.

They also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 and qualified to the following season's UEFA Cup, reaching the quarter-final stages, and to the 2012 – 13 UEFA Champions League.

Smith was selected to lead the line in Manchester United's Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to A. S. Roma.

On 31 March 2010, in the Champions League first leg of the quarter-final against Barcelona, Fàbregas suffered a leg fracture before scoring the equalising goal in the game which ended 2 – 2.

Going into late February, Arsenal were still in contention for the quadruple, but within a span of two weeks they lost in the League Cup final, were eliminated by Barcelona in the Round of 16 of the Champions League, and defeated in the FA Cup quarter-final.

Lyon has participated the UEFA Champions League 12 times, and during the 2009 – 10 season, reached the semi-finals of the competition for the first time after three previous quarter-final appearances.

Collins won the French championship in 1997 with Monaco, who then reached the semi-final of the 1998 UEFA Champions League, defeating Manchester United in the quarter-final.

In April, he scored another Champions League goal, this time against Arsenal in the quarter-final second leg, as Liverpool advanced to the semi-final.

On 19 October 2011, Torres scored two goals in a 5 – 0 victory against Genk in the Champions League, his first in Europe since the quarter-final of the 2008 – 09 Champions League with his old club Liverpool, against Chelsea.

* 10 April 2007 – Manchester United beat AS Roma 7 – 1 in the Champions League quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford, completing an 8 – 3 aggregate victory and booking their first semi-final appearance in the competition for five years.

He made his Black & Gold debut on February 22, 2011 in leg 1 of the Crew's CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final series against Real Salt Lake.

During the UEFA Champions League quarter-final match against Olympique Lyonnais, he kept his nerves in check to deliver his decisive spot-kick which sent his team into a semi-final showdown with eventual losing finalist AC Milan.

He missed a large amount of the Champions League, he made his return where he was brought onto the field for Élber Giovane on 65 minutes in the second-leg quarter-final 2 – 1 win against Manchester United on 18 April.

Santa Cruz did not participate in the 2004 – 05 UEFA Champions League, where Bayern Munich were eliminated by Chelsea during the quarter-final stages.