The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL) is an annual club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and opposed by top-division European clubs, making a decision the competition winners with a rounded robin group phase to qualify for a double-legged KO format, and also a solitary leg final. It is just one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world as well as one of the most prestigious club competitors in European football, played by the national league champs (as well as, for some countries, several runners-up) of their nationwide associations. Introduced in 1955 as the Football Unions car DES Clubs Champions Europeans (French for European Champion Clubs' Cup), as well as generally known as the European Cup, it was at first a straight KO tournament open just to the champions of Europe's domestic leagues, with its winner thought as the European club champ. The competition handled its present name in 1992, adding ...