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The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. It is one of the most prestigious club trophies in football along with Copa Libertadores de América. It has a global audience of more than a billion people.
The tournament was inaugurated in the 1955–1956 season, at the instigation of the great French sports journalist and L'Équipe editor Gabriel Hanot [1], as a competition for winners of the European national football leagues under the name of the European Cup, but since the 1992–1993 season the competing teams have been the top-ranked teams of Europe and the tournament has been renamed the UEFA Champions League, though the UEFA Champions League is not to be confused with the UEFA Cup, the second most important championship for European club teams.
The current holders of the UEFA Champions League trophy are Liverpool FC of England. Since Liverpool lost to SL Benfica 0–3 on aggregate at Anfield, a new winner will be decided at the Stade de France on May 17 2006 and will receive a new trophy as Liverpool's fifth success in the competition ensured they remained owners of the old one. The 2006 final will pit Arsenal FC of England against FC Barcelona of Spain.
2006 Scores
ROUND OF 16 - LEG 1
Tue., Feb. 21 Real Madrid 0-1 Arsenal Bayern 1-1 Milan PSV 0-1 Lyon Benfica 1-0 Liverpool
Wed., Feb. 22 Chelsea 1-2 Barcelona Chelsea 1-2 Barcelona Rangers 2-2 Villarreal Ajax 2-2 Inter Report Bremen 3-2 Juventus
ROUND OF 16 - LEG 2
Tue., Mar. 7 Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea Juventus 2-1 Bremen Villarreal 1-1 Rangers
Wed., Mar. 8 Milan 4-1 Bayern Lyon 4-0 PSV Arsenal 0-0 Real Madrid Liverpool 0-2 Benfica
Tue., Mar. 14 Inter 1-0 Ajax
QUARTERFINALS - LEG 1
Tue., Mar. 28 Arsenal 2-0 Juventus Benfica 0-0 Barcelona
Wed., Mar. 29 Inter 2-1 Villarreal Lyon 0-0 AC Milan
QUARTERFINALS - LEG 1
Tue., Apr. 4 AC Milan 3-1 Lyon Villarreal 1-0 Inter
Wed., Apr. 5 Juventus 0-0 Arsenal Barcelona 2-0 Benfica
SEMIFINALS - LEG 1
Tue., Apr. 18 Milan 0-1 Barcelona
Wed., Apr. 19 Arsenal 1-0 Villarreal
SEMIFINALS - LEG 2
Tue., Apr. 25 Villarreal 0-0 Arsenal Report
Wed., Apr. 26 Barcelona 0-0 Milan Report
FINAL
Paris, Wed., May 17 Arsenal vs. Barcelona
