The UEFA Badge of Honour was introduced for the start of the 2000-01 competition. The badge itself adorns the left sleeve of the team's shirt during Champions League and UEFA Cup matches (and with some of the honoured clubs in their domestic football also). See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. It is oval-shaped, with an outline of the European Cup trophy in white with part of the Champions League starball upon the trophy, on a navy blue background. Above the trophy is the total number of titles held by the club.
Honoured clubs
Five clubs have kept the actual trophy, and so have been awarded the prestigious badge of honour:
Real Madrid CF after six wins, 1956-60 and 1966. They have since won it three more times, in 1998, 2000, and 2002.
AFC Ajax after their third consecutive win in 1973. Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax ( also referred to as AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax, is a professional football club from Amsterdam They won a fourth in 1995.
FC Bayern München, after their third consecutive win in 1976. FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern They won a fourth in 2001.
AC Milan, after their fifth title in 1994, and have since won it two more times - in 2003 and 2007. Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy
Liverpool FC, after their fifth title in 2005. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
See also
See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The European Champion Clubs' Cup, or simply the European Cup, is a Trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a football competition contested between the champion clubs from all six continental
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