The Holy Grail for Europe’s Elite
2012/13 Champions League—Bayern Triumph at Wembley Wembley stadium hosted the first all-German final as Borussia Dortmund, recent two-time winners of the Bundesliga, faced Bayern Munich who themselves were chasing a glorious treble […]
2004/05 European Cup: The Miracle of Istanbul Liverpool were involved in a dramatic finale to Group A as a late 3-1 win at Anfield against Greeks Olympiacos secured their place in the […]
1999/2000 European Cup: Arsenal’s European Home at Wembley Another year, another format change. On this occasion UEFA decided to implement two group stages. Three qualifying rounds would precede the initial and existing […]
1992/93 European Cup – Controversy, Red Tape and a Basile Boli The format continued as per the previous season but UEFA introduced rules that clubs could not field more than three foreign […]
1985/86 European Cup: A Victory for Eastern Europe England’s recent monopoly of the European Cup was firmly over as UEFA enforced its ban resulting in renewed optimism for the rest of Europe’s […]
After six years of Dutch and German dominance a new world order was on the European Cup horizon. Since the competition’s inception 20 years ago a solitary English club, Manchester United, had been […]
1973/74 European Cup – The Rise of Bayern Reigning European Champions West Germany had a host of stars who played for Bayern, but till now could not replicate their form for Die […]
1965/66 European Cup—The Beatles Win the European Cup Five years after winning their last title, Los Blancos reached their third final of the 1960s but this time emerged victorious with a squad […]
1969/70 European Cup – Period of Dutch Dominance Begins Ajax were considered the likeliest Dutch club of becoming the first European champions due to their domination of the Eredivisie, the rise of […]
1960/61 European Cup – Real Madrid’s Golden Dynasty Ends Even the glory of winning La Liga could not hide Barcelona’s disdain of Real Madrid. The Cules’ minds were still preoccupied by the previous […]
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