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2002 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2002 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The show-piece event was contested between Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and Real Madrid of Spain at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday, 15 May 2002, to decide the winner of the Champions League. Leverkusen appeared in the final for the first time, whereas Real Madrid appeared in their 12th final. Each club needed to progress through two group stages, and two knockout rounds to reach the final. Real Madrid won their group and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing the defending champions Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the knockout stage. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, before beating the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United to progress to the final. Before the match, a minute of silence was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001–02 UEFA Champions League
The 2001–02 UEFA Champions League was the 47th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the 10th since its rebranding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Bayer Leverkusen in the final to claim their ninth European Cup title. The final's winning goal was scored by Zinedine Zidane, with a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area into the top left corner. Bayer Leverkusen eliminated all three English teams on their way to the final: Arsenal in the second group stage, followed by Liverpool in the quarter-finals and Manchester United in the semi-finals. Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was the tournament's top scorer, scoring 10 goals from the first group stage through to the semi-final. Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. Association team allocation A total of 72 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl (footballer)
Raúl González Blanco (; born 27 June 1977), known as Raúl, is a Spanish Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is the current manager of Real Madrid Castilla, the reserve team of La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid. Raúl is regarded as one of the greatest players of his era. Raúl was born in the San Cristóbal de los Ángeles neighborhood of Madrid where he played for the local youth team before moving to the Atlético Madrid youth team. He later moved to Real Madrid's La Fábrica (Real Madrid), youth academy and played at its various levels. In 1994, he signed his first professional contract with the Tercera División, fourth division team Real Madrid C, and then was swiftly promoted to the first team. He spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid and is the club's third all-time top goalscorer with List of Real Madrid C.F. records and statistics#Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001–02 UEFA Champions League Qualifying Rounds
The qualifying rounds for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League began on 11 July 2001. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage. Teams ;Notes First qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 22 June 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland. Seeding Summary Matches ''Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torpedo Kutaisi won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bohemians won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Skonto won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Levski Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slavia Mozyr won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Haka won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Sloga Jugomagnat won on away goals.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Vllaznia Shkodër won on away goals.'' ---- ''Barry Town won 3–0 on aggregate.'' Second qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 22 June 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland. Seeding ;Notes Summary ;Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2000 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on 24 May 2000. The match was played at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, to determine the winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. The final pitted Spanish teams Real Madrid and Valencia. It was the first time in the Champions League or the European Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in the final. Route to the final Match Summary The match saw a headed goal from Fernando Morientes and a spectacular Steve McManaman volley put Real Madrid 2–0 ahead, before Raúl sealed the win with a breakaway third goal, rounding Santiago Cañizares after Real had cleared a Valencia corner. The win was Real's eighth European Cup Championship overall and their second in three years, and was notable for being Vicente del Bosque's first title as manager. It was also a landmark for being the first final played between two teams from the same nation. Upon this win, McManaman became the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 UEFA Champions League Final
The 1998 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, on 20 May 1998 to determine the winner of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. It pitted Real Madrid of Spain and Juventus of Italy. Juventus appeared in their third consecutive final, while Real Madrid were in their first of the Champions League era. Real Madrid won 1–0, to clinch their record breaking seventh European title, their first title for 32 years. The only goal was scored by Predrag Mijatović. The two teams would face each other in the final again in 2017. Venue The Amsterdam Arena has served as the home stadium of Ajax since 1996. The previous home for Ajax's European matches, the Olympisch Stadion, also hosted European finals. One-legged finals include the 1962 European Cup Final, in which Benfica defeated Real Madrid 5–3, and the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, in which Anderlecht were beaten 2–0 by Hamburg. It also hosted the second legs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 European Cup Final
The 1981 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Real Madrid of Spain on 27 May 1981 at the Parc des Princes, Paris, France. It was the final match of the 1980–81 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Liverpool were appearing in their third final, after two appearances in 1977 and 1978. Real Madrid were appearing in their ninth final, they had previously won the competition six times and lost twice. Each club needed to progress through four rounds to reach the final. Matches were contested over two legs, with a match at each team's home ground. All but one of Liverpool's ties were comfortable victories; they beat Bayern Munich on the away goals rule, while they won all their other ties by at least five goals. Real Madrid's matches ranged from close affairs to comfortable victories. In the first round they beat Limerick 7–2 on aggregate, but their final two ties were won by at least two goals. Watched by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 European Cup Final
The 1966 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, on 11 May 1966 that saw Real Madrid of Spain defeat FK Partizan of Yugoslavia 2–1 to win the 1965–66 European Cup title. Route to the final Match Summary The final was a competitive match. First Partizan took the lead through a goal by Velibor Vasović in the 55th minute, but Real Madrid soon took over, getting an equaliser in the 70th minute from Spanish international Amancio Amaro. Real Madrid got the winner in the 76th minute from Fernando Serena. With this goal, Real Madrid sealed their win and became European Champions once again. This was Real Madrid's sixth European Cup triumph in the 11 years of the tournament's existence. However, ''Los Blancos'' would not win the competition again until 1998, when Predrag Mijatović–– who was, ironically, a former Partizan player–– scored the winning goal in the 66th minute of the final. Details See also *1965–66 European Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 European Cup Final
The 1964 European Cup Final was a Association football, football match played at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Praterstadion in Vienna, Austria on 27 May 1964 to determine the winner of the 1963–64 European Cup. It was contested by Italian side Inter Milan and five-time European Cup winners Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid. Inter won the match 3–1, with two goals Sandro Mazzola and one from Aurelio Milani giving them their first European Cup title; Felo (footballer, born 1936), Felo scored Real Madrid's only goal of the game. Route to the final Match Details See also * List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals * 1963–64 European Cup * Inter Milan in European football * Real Madrid CF in international football competitions Notes References External links1963–64 season at UEFA website {{Real Madrid CF matches 1963–64 in European football, Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 European Cup Final
The 1962 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, on 2 May 1962, that saw Benfica play against Real Madrid. Benfica defeated their opponents 5–3, to win the European Cup for the second successive season. Ferenc Puskás became the first player to have scored a hat-trick in multiple European Cup finals, having also becoming the only one to ever score four goals in a European Cup final in 1960, and the first to score a hat-trick in the European Cup final but ended up on the losing side. Route to the final Match Details See also *Real Madrid CF in international football *S.L. Benfica in international football Notes References External links 1961–62 season at the UEFA website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 European Cup Final
The 1960 European Cup Final was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup, and was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany. Real won 7–3 in front of a crowd of over 127,000 people at Glasgow's Hampden Park stadium, still the highest attendance for a European Cup final. There were an estimated 70 million television viewers around Europe. Widely regarded as one of the greatest football matches ever played, it also remains the highest-scoring final in the history of the competition. Frankfurt reached the final through an impressive 12–4 aggregate victory over Scottish champions Rangers, whereas Madrid overcame their bitter rivals Barcelona 6–2 over two legs. The match was initially in doubt as the German Football Association had banned their clubs from taking part in matches with any team containing Ferenc Puskás after the Hungarian had alleged the West German team had used drugs in 1954. Puskás had to make a formal written a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 European Cup Final
The 1959 European Cup Final was the fourth final in the pan-European football competition, the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League. It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Reims from France. It was played at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart on 3 June 1959 in front of 80,000 people. The match finished 2–0 to Real Madrid, winning their fourth European Cup in a row and beating Reims in final for the second time in four years, following the 1956 final. Real Madrid dominated the match, with goals scored by Enrique Mateos and Alfredo Di Stéfano. Route to the final Match Details See also *1958–59 European Cup *1956 European Cup Final – contested between same teams *Real Madrid CF in international football competitions Notes References External linksEuropean Cup 1958/59 from UEFA * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 European Cup Final
The 1958 European Cup Final was a football match which took place at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium on 28 May 1958. It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Milan of Italy. Real Madrid won 3–2 after extra time to claim their third European Cup in a row. After the match, the Real Madrid players were presented with their winners' medals by a 23-year-old Albert II of Belgium. Route to the final Match Details Match statistics See also *1957–58 European Cup *A.C. Milan in European football *Real Madrid CF in international football competitions Notes References External linksEuropean Cup 1957/58 from UEFA * {{A.C. Milan matches 1 |
