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UEFA Futsal Champions League

The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001[1] and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 1984. The final of the first edition was played in a single game in Lisbon, while the following four editions were decided over two legs. Since 2006–07, the winner is decided through a final four tournament.

UEFA Futsal Champions League
Organising bodyUEFA
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
(rebranded in 2018)
RegionEurope
Current championsSpain Palma Futsal
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Inter Movistar
(5 titles)
Television broadcastersList of broadcasters
Websiteuefa.com/uefafutsalchampionsleague
2024–25 UFCL

In 2018, the tournament was rebranded as UEFA Futsal Champions League.[2]

History

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  1. Futsal European Clubs Championship (1984–2001)
  2. UEFA Futsal Cup (2001–2018)
  3. UEFA Futsal Champions League (2018–present)

Editions

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# Season Winners Score Runners-up Losing semi-finalists
1 2001–02   Playas de Castellón 5–1   Action 21 Charleroi   MNK Split and   Sporting
2 2002–03   Playas de Castellón 7–5 (1–1, 6–4)   Action 21 Charleroi   Furpile Prato and   Inter FS
3 2003–04   Inter FS 7–5 (4–1, 3–4)   Benfica   Action 21 Charleroi and   Playas de Castellón
4 2004–05   Action 21 Charleroi 10–9 (4–3, 6–6)   Dinamo Moskva   ElPozo Murcia and   Inter FS
5 2005–06   Inter FS 9–7 (6–3, 3–4)   Dinamo Moskva   Kairat Almaty and   Shakhtar Donetsk
# Season Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
6 2006–07   Dinamo Moskva 2–1   Inter FS   ElPozo Murcia 1–1 (4–3 pen.)   Action 21 Charleroi
7 2007–08   Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg 4–4 (3–2 pen.)   ElPozo Murcia   Dinamo Moskva 5–0   Kairat Almaty
8 2008–09   Inter FS 5–1   Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg   Kairat Almaty 1–0   Dinamo Moskva
9 2009–10   Benfica 3–2 (a.e.t.)   Inter FS   Araz Naxçivan 2–2 (5–4 pen.)   Luparense
10 2010–11   Montesilvano 5–2   Sporting   Kairat Almaty 3–3 (5–3 pen.)   Benfica
11 2011–12   Barcelona 3–1   Dinamo Moskva   Marca Futsal 3–3 (4–3 pen.)   Sporting
12 2012–13   Kairat Almaty 4–3   Dinamo Moskva   Barcelona 4–1   Iberia Star Tbilisi
13 2013–14   Barcelona 5–2 (a.e.t.)   Dinamo Moskva   Araz Naxçivan 6–4   Kairat Almaty
14 2014–15   Kairat Almaty 3–2   Barcelona   Sporting 8–3   Dina Moskva
15 2015–16   Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk 4–3   Inter FS   Benfica 2–2 (2–0 pen.)   ASD Pescara
16 2016–17   Inter FS 7–0   Sporting   Kairat Almaty 5–5 (3–2 pen.)   Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
17 2017–18   Inter FS 5–2   Sporting   Barcelona 7–1   Győri ETO
18 2018–19   Sporting 2–1   Kairat Almaty   Barcelona 3–1   Inter FS
19 2019–20   Barcelona 2–1   ElPozo Murcia   KPRF 2–2 (3–1 pen.)   Tyumen
# Season Winners Score Runners-up Losing semi-finalists
20 2020–21   Sporting 4–3   Barcelona   Inter FS and   Kairat
# Season Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
21 2021–22   Barcelona 4–0   Sporting   Benfica 5–2   ACCS Futsal
22 2022–23   Palma Futsal 1–1 (5–3 pen.)   Sporting   Benfica 4–3   Anderlecht
23 2023–24   Palma Futsal 5–1   Barcelona   Benfica 6–3   Sporting

Records and statistics

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Performance by team

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Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
  Inter FS 5 3 2004, 2006, 2009, 2017, 2018 2007, 2010, 2016
  Barcelona 4 3 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022 2015, 2021, 2024
  Sporting CP 2 5 2019, 2021 2011, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
  Kairat Almaty 2 1 2013, 2015 2019
  Playas de Castellón 2 0 2002, 2003
  Palma Futsal 2 0 2023, 2024
  Dinamo Moskva 1 5 2007 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014
  Action 21 Charleroi 1 2 2005 2002, 2003
  Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg 1 1 2008 2009
  Benfica 1 1 2010 2004
  Montesilvano 1 0 2011
  Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk 1 0 2016
  ElPozo Murcia 0 2 2008, 2020
Total 23 23

Performance by country

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Rank Country Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semi-finals Total
1   Spain 13 8 4 1 5 31
2   Portugal 3 6 5 3 1 18
3   Russia 3 6 2 4 0 15
4   Kazakhstan 2 1 3 2 2 10
5   Belgium 1 2 0 2 1 6
6   Italy 1 0 1 2 1 5
7   Azerbaijan 0 0 2 0 0 2
8   Georgia 0 0 0 1 0 1
8   Hungary 0 0 0 1 0 1
8   France 0 0 0 1 0 1
11   Croatia 0 0 0 0 1 1
11   Ukraine 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total (12) 23 23 17 17 12 92

Note: There were no third place playoff matches prior the 2006–07 season and in the 2020–21 edition.

Top scorers

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All-time top scorers

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Rank Player Team(s) Goals
1   Ricardinho   Benfica,   Inter FS,   ACCS Futsal,   Riga Futsal Club 60
2   André Vanderlei   Action 21 Charleroi,   Châtelineau Futsal 54
3   Lúcio   Action 21 Charleroi,   Iberia Star,   Futsal Charleroi 50
4   Vitaliy Borisov   AMMK Baku,   Olimpik,   Araz Naxçivan,   KMF Ekonomac 45
5   Cirilo   MFK Dinamo Moskva,   Lokomotiv Daugavpils 44
6   Diego Cavinato   Sporting CP 43
7   Schumacher   Inter FS 41
8   Alex Martins   Action 21 Charleroi,   Sporting CP 40
  Arnaldo Pereira   Benfica,   FK Nikars,   Baku United 40
  Leo Conceição   Action 21 Charleroi 40

Source:[13]

Players records

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Record Date Game Player Age
Youngest player in the history of UEFA Futsal Cup participating in a game[14] 3 October 2010   Athina 90 3-9 Time Lviv   Panagiotis Paouris 13 years, 9 months and 17 days
Youngest player in the history of UEFA Futsal Cup scoring a goal[14]

Broadcasters

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The final four round is streamed at UEFA.tv in the unsold markets with highlights available in all territories.[15]

2021–2024

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Europe

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Country/Region Broadcaster
Free Pay
  Andorra GOL PLAY
  Spain
  Azerbaijan Saran
  Czechia
  Kazakhstan[16]
  Slovakia
  Turkey
Balkans Arena Sport
Baltic countries NENT
Nordic countries
  Netherlands
  France L'Équipe
  Greece Cosmote Sport
  Israel Sport 5
  Poland Polsat Sport
  Portugal DAZN
  Ukraine MEGOGO

Outside Europe

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Country/Region Broadcaster
Free Pay
  Caribbean ESPN
Latin America
Central Asia Saran

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA.com. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ "The story of the rebranded UEFA Futsal Champions League". FutsalFeed.com. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ UEFA.com (26 November 2022). "Records and statistics of UEFA club futsal". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Futsal Planet". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  5. ^ UEFA.com (27 April 2008). "Thirteen lucky for top scorer Bali". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  6. ^ UEFA.com (26 April 2009). "Makhoukhi takes top scorer honour". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  7. ^ UEFA.com (25 April 2010). "Joel tops scorers' table". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  8. ^ UEFA.com (May 2011). "Kairat's Santana wins futsal finals goal rush". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  9. ^ UEFA.com (26 April 2014). "Foglia tops scorers chart after Araz heroics". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Top-scorer honours shared". UEFA.com. 26 April 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  11. ^ UEFA.com (30 April 2017). "Ricardinho top scores at Futsal Cup finals". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  12. ^ UEFA.com (2021-05-03). "2020/21 Futsal Champions League at a glance". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  13. ^ UEFA.com (26 November 2022). "Records and statistics of UEFA club futsal". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Uefa Futsal Cup, analisi delle avversarie della Luparense: Lokomotiv Kharkiv, Baku e Athina" (in Italian). calcioa5live.com. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Where to watch the UEFA Futsal Champions League finals". UEFA.com. 20 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Khabar TV channel to broadcast UEFA Futsal Champions League". KFF. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

See also

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