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The Hindu
4 days ago
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- The Hindu
UCL 2024-25: Which team has won the most UEFA Champions League titles?
Paris Saint-Germain became the only French team to complete the treble after beating Inter Milan 5-0 in the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 final at the Allianz Arena in Munich on Saturday. This is the club's first-ever UCL title and the second by a French team after Marseille won it in 1993. PSG had reached the UCL final in 2020 but lost 0-1 against Bayern Munich at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, which was played behind closed doors due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. TEAM WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLES Real Madrid - 15 titles - 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024 AC Milan - 7 titles - 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 Liverpool - 6 titles - 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019 Bayern Munich - 6 titles - 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020 Barcelona - 5 titles - 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 Ajax - 4 titles - 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 Manchester United - 3 titles - 1968, 1999, 2008 Inter Milan - 3 titles - 1964, 1965, 2010 Juventus - 2 titles - 1985, 1996 Benfica - 2 titles - 1961, 1962 Chelsea - 2 titles - 2012, 2021 Nottingham Forest - 2 titles - 1979, 1980 Porto - 2 titles - 1987, 2004 Celtic - 1 titles - 1967 Hamburg - 1 title - 1983 Steaua Bucharest - 1 title - 1986 Marseille - 1 title - 1993 Borussia Dortmund - 1 title - 1997 Feyenoord - 1 title - 1970 Aston Villa - 1 title - 1982 PSV Eindhoven - 1 title - 1988 Red Star Belgrade - 1 title - 1991 Manchester City - 1 title - 2023 PSG - 1 title - 2025
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
UCL Golden Boot: Raphinha, Guirassy share UEFA Champions League 2024-25 top scorer award
The UEFA Champions League 2024-25 season came to an end with Paris Saint-Germain beating Inter Milan 5-0 in the final at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. A Desire Doue brace and strikes from Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Senny Mayulu guided Luis Enrique's men to the win and its first-ever UCL title and treble. The conclusion of the tournament means that Barcelona's Raphinha will walk away with the Golden Boot award along with Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy. LIST OF UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024-25 TOP SCORERS No. Player Team Goals 1. Raphinha Barcelona 13 2. Serhou Guirassy Borussia Dortmund 13 3. Harry Kane Bayern Munich 11 4. Robert Lewandowski Barcelona 11 5. Lautaro Martinez Inter Milan 9 Meanwhile, Inter's Yann Sommer ended as the best goalkeeper with XX clean sheets. However, there is no separate Golden Glove award given by UEFA at the end of the tournament. MOST CLEAN SHEETS IN UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024-25 No. Player Team Clean sheets 1. Yann Sommer Inter Milan 7 2. Gianluigi Donnarumma Paris Saint-Gemain 6 3. David Raya Arsenal 6 4. Marco Carnesecchi Atalanta 5 5. Emiliano Martinez Aston Villa 5
The Hindu
4 days ago
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- The Hindu
Full list of managers to have won the UEFA Champions League title
Paris Saint-Germain thumped Inter Milan 5-0 in the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 final at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. This was PSG first-ever UCL trophy as it completed a historic treble after winning the French Cup and the Ligue 1 earlier this year. This was also manager Luis Enrique's second UCL title and treble after achieveing this feat with Barcelona in 2014-15 season. He joins an exclusive list of managers, including Carlo Ancelotti, Ernst Happel, Jupp Heynckes, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola as the only managers to win the Champions League with two different teams. WHICH MANAGER HAS WON THE MOST UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLES? Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti is the most successful manager in UEFA Champions League history, winning it five times. He won it twice with AC Milan and thrice with Real Madrid. His latest triumph came last year when his Real Madrid side beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final at Wembley Stadium. FULL LIST OF MANAGERS TO WIN UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Manager with 5 titles Carlo Ancelotti – 5 Titles - AC Milan: 2003, 2007; Real Madrid: 2014, 2022, 2024 Managers with 3 titles Bob Paisley – 3 Titles - Liverpool: 1977, 1978, 1981 Zinédine Zidane – 3 Titles - Real Madrid: 2016, 2017, 2018 Pep Guardiola – 3 Titles - Barcelona: 2009, 2011; Manchester City: 2023 Managers with 2 Titles José Villalonga – Real Madrid: 1956, 1957 Luis Carniglia – Real Madrid: 1958, 1959 Béla Guttmann – Benfica: 1961, 1962 Helenio Herrera – Inter Milan: 1964, 1965 Miguel Muñoz – Real Madrid: 1960, 1966 Nereo Rocco – AC Milan: 1963, 1969 Ștefan Kovács – Ajax: 1972, 1973 Dettmar Cramer – Bayern Munich: 1975, 1976 Brian Clough – Nottingham Forest: 1979, 1980 Ernst Happel – Feyenoord: 1970; Hamburg: 1983 Arrigo Sacchi – AC Milan: 1989, 1990 Ottmar Hitzfeld – Borussia Dortmund: 1997; Bayern Munich: 2001 Vicente del Bosque – Real Madrid: 2000, 2002 Sir Alex Ferguson – Manchester United: 1999, 2008 José Mourinho – Porto: 2004; Inter Milan: 2010 Jupp Heynckes – Real Madrid: 1998; Bayern Munich: 2013 Luis Enrique – Barcelona: 2015; PSG: 2025 Managers with 1 titles Jock Stein – Celtic: 1967 Matt Busby – Manchester United: 1968 Rinus Michels – Ajax: 1971 Udo Lattek – Bayern Munich: 1974 Tony Barton – Aston Villa: 1982 Joe Fagan – Liverpool: 1984 Giovanni Trapattoni – Juventus: 1985 Emerich Jenei – Steaua Bucharest: 1986 Artur Jorge – Porto: 1987 Guus Hiddink – PSV Eindhoven: 1988 Ljupko Petrović – Red Star Belgrade: 1991 Johan Cruyff – Barcelona: 1992 Raymond Goethals – Marseille: 1993 Fabio Capello – AC Milan: 1994 Louis van Gaal – Ajax: 1995 Marcello Lippi – Juventus: 1996 Rafael Benítez – Liverpool: 2005 Frank Rijkaard – Barcelona: 2006 Roberto Di Matteo – Chelsea: 2012 Jürgen Klopp – Liverpool: 2019 Hansi Flick – Bayern Munich: 2020 Thomas Tuchel – Chelsea: 2021
Rhyl Journal
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Newcastle secure Champions League place despite final-day defeat to Everton
Alcaraz's 65th-minute strike secured a 1-0 win on Tyneside and that, coupled with Chelsea's win at Nottingham Forest and 10-man Aston Villa's 2-0 defeat at Manchester United, left the Magpies in fifth place on goal difference. On a day when victory would have been enough to end the tension, the Magpies were uncharacteristically nervy and imprecise, and the final whistle was greeted by joyous applause as a packed house of 52,221 celebrated not the result on the day, but the efforts which had secured a second trip to Europe's top table in three seasons and the Carabao Cup during an arduous campaign. As an initial onslaught by the hosts abated, David Moyes' men worked their way into the game and Tino Livramento had to intercept James Garner's dangerous ninth-minute cross after Idrissa Gueye had cleverly played his team-mate in over the top. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – WE ARE BACK! 🤩 — Newcastle United (@NUFC) May 25, 2025 With Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye and Alcaraz thriving in midfield, Everton were making life uncomfortable for the hosts at times and as Alexander Isak struggled to get himself into the game, chances were at a premium for Newcastle. Nick Pope claimed Alcaraz's 22nd-minute free-kick with little fuss, but he was extended much further by Garner's swerving strike from distance two minutes later. Harvey Barnes was unable to react quickly enough to make meaningful contact with Livramento's teasing cross at the far post after the wing-back had skipped past Jack Harrison down the left, but it took a fine double save from Jordan Pickford to deny first Sandro Tonali, then Isak 14 minutes before the break. Pickford tipped over a Sven Botman header as it reared up off the turf and then repelled the defender's near-post shot as the Magpies forced a series of corners, but Pope had to be equally resilient to prevent Alcaraz's 39th-minute header from sneaking under his crossbar. Joe Willock replaced Anthony Gordon before the restart and Eddie Howe shifted from a back three to a four, but his team were sloppy during the opening exchanges of the second half and Livramento survived penalty appeals after Harrison's cross appeared to strike his arm before Pope had to palm away another Alcaraz drive. FT We end our season with three straight victories! Charly Alcaraz's header in the second half securing victory in Newcastle! 🤩💙 — Everton (@Everton) May 25, 2025 But concern mounted among the locals with 25 minutes remaining when Alcaraz rose to head Vitalii Mykolenko's cross past the stranded Pope to hand the visitors a deserved lead. Pickford parried Isak's 68th-minute piledriver and then saw Fabian Schar and substitute Kieran Trippier fire inches wide as Newcastle felt the golden ticket slipping from their grasp, although news of Amad Diallo's goal at Old Trafford had raised spirits off the pitch significantly in the meantime. A madcap conclusion to the game failed to yield a second goal – although Toffees substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Magpies skipper Bruno Guimaraes both went close in stoppage time – and both were able to celebrate for different reasons when referee Tony Harrington finally brought proceedings to a halt.
Leader Live
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Newcastle secure Champions League place despite final-day defeat to Everton
Alcaraz's 65th-minute strike secured a 1-0 win on Tyneside and that, coupled with Chelsea's win at Nottingham Forest and 10-man Aston Villa's 2-0 defeat at Manchester United, left the Magpies in fifth place on goal difference. On a day when victory would have been enough to end the tension, the Magpies were uncharacteristically nervy and imprecise, and the final whistle was greeted by joyous applause as a packed house of 52,221 celebrated not the result on the day, but the efforts which had secured a second trip to Europe's top table in three seasons and the Carabao Cup during an arduous campaign. As an initial onslaught by the hosts abated, David Moyes' men worked their way into the game and Tino Livramento had to intercept James Garner's dangerous ninth-minute cross after Idrissa Gueye had cleverly played his team-mate in over the top. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – WE ARE BACK! 🤩 — Newcastle United (@NUFC) May 25, 2025 With Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye and Alcaraz thriving in midfield, Everton were making life uncomfortable for the hosts at times and as Alexander Isak struggled to get himself into the game, chances were at a premium for Newcastle. Nick Pope claimed Alcaraz's 22nd-minute free-kick with little fuss, but he was extended much further by Garner's swerving strike from distance two minutes later. Harvey Barnes was unable to react quickly enough to make meaningful contact with Livramento's teasing cross at the far post after the wing-back had skipped past Jack Harrison down the left, but it took a fine double save from Jordan Pickford to deny first Sandro Tonali, then Isak 14 minutes before the break. Pickford tipped over a Sven Botman header as it reared up off the turf and then repelled the defender's near-post shot as the Magpies forced a series of corners, but Pope had to be equally resilient to prevent Alcaraz's 39th-minute header from sneaking under his crossbar. Joe Willock replaced Anthony Gordon before the restart and Eddie Howe shifted from a back three to a four, but his team were sloppy during the opening exchanges of the second half and Livramento survived penalty appeals after Harrison's cross appeared to strike his arm before Pope had to palm away another Alcaraz drive. FT We end our season with three straight victories! Charly Alcaraz's header in the second half securing victory in Newcastle! 🤩💙 — Everton (@Everton) May 25, 2025 But concern mounted among the locals with 25 minutes remaining when Alcaraz rose to head Vitalii Mykolenko's cross past the stranded Pope to hand the visitors a deserved lead. Pickford parried Isak's 68th-minute piledriver and then saw Fabian Schar and substitute Kieran Trippier fire inches wide as Newcastle felt the golden ticket slipping from their grasp, although news of Amad Diallo's goal at Old Trafford had raised spirits off the pitch significantly in the meantime. A madcap conclusion to the game failed to yield a second goal – although Toffees substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Magpies skipper Bruno Guimaraes both went close in stoppage time – and both were able to celebrate for different reasons when referee Tony Harrington finally brought proceedings to a halt.
