A brief history of the European Cup

July 1, 2012
The Champions League is a child of the Fifties. It began life in 1955 as the European Cup and, as with the European Championship, it was conceived in France: Gabriel Hanot, editor of the French football paper L'Equipe, came up with the idea after receiving extremely favourable reports about a similar tournament in South America.

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The first European Cup, which took place in 1955-56, involved 16 champions from around Europe, although English sides did ...

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