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Today, UEFA Champions League referees are required to pass a fitness test to even be considered at the international level.Each year, the winning team is presented with the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the current version of which has been awarded since 1967. A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the "market pool", the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television market in each nation.

Between 1999 and 2008, no differentiation was made between champions and non-champions in qualification.

Tuesday 24 September 2019. The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It will be played at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia in May 2022. Referee appointments, suggested by the UEFA Refereeing Unit, are sent to the UEFA Referee Committee to be discussed or revised.

After a consensus is made, the name of the appointed referee remains confidential up to two days before the match for the purpose of minimising public influence.Since 1990, a UEFA international referee cannot exceed the age of 45 years. The final will be played at the Krestovsky Stadium in St Petersburg, Russia.

A referee is initially placed into Category 4 with the exception of referees from France, Germany, England, Italy, or Spain. From the 1968–69 season and prior to the 2008–09 season any team that won the Champions League three years in a row or five times overall was awarded the official trophy permanently.The current trophy is 74 cm (29 in) tall and made of silver, weighing 11 kg (24 lb). Semi-finals. The table below does not include appearances made in the qualification stage. The final of the tournament has been, in recent years, the most-watched annual sporting event in the world.The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage. In addition to sporting criteria, any club must be licensed by its national association to participate in the Champions League. "King, Anthony. To discourage bias, the Champions League takes nationality into account.

Article summary. Exceptions are made for non-profit organisations, which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area.If clubs play a match in a nation where the relevant sponsorship category is restricted (such as France's The competition attracts an extensive television audience, not just in Europe, but throughout the world.

The competition took on its current name in 1992, adding a round-robin group stage and allowing multiple entrants from certain countries.In its present format, the Champions League begins in late June with a preliminary round, three qualifying rounds and a play-off round, all played over two legs. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw is entirely random, without association protection. Aug 2020.

The 16 top ranked teams spread across the biggest domestic leagues qualified directly for the tournament group stage. Article top media content Atatürk Olympic Stadium will stage the 2021 final ©AFP/Getty Images UEFA.com has all the match dates for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League. This resulted in the anthem, "house colours" of black and white or silver and a logo, and the "starball". The 2021 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, the 66th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 29th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The age limit was established to ensure an elite level of fitness.

10 Jul 2020. It was designed by Jürg Stadelmann, a jeweller from As of the 2012–13 season, 40 gold medals are presented to the Champions League winners, and 40 silver medals to the runners-up.As of 2019–20, the fixed amount of prize money paid to the clubs is as follows:This means that, at best, a club can earn €82,450,000 of prize money under this structure, not counting shares of the qualifying rounds, play-off round or the market pool. Aug 2020. Live Watch every Lewandowski Champions League goal this season. Associations had until 31 October 2017 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 1 March 2018.