EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League

Countries	Europe
Confederation	EHF members
Founded	1955 (1993 in its new format)
Number of teams	32 (Group stage) 40 (Total)
Current champions	FC Barcelona (8)
Most championships	FC Barcelona (8)
2011–12 EHF Champions League

The EHF Champions League is the most important professional club handball competition in Europe . The competition was started in the 1956–57 season, and is administered by the European Handball Federation.

The most successful teams are from Germany and Spain. German teams were successful from the beginning of the competition, while the era of Spanish teams success began in the late 1980s.

The EHF coefficient rank decides which teams have access and in which stage they enter.

Winners

Year		Final				Semi Final Losers
		Champion	Score	Second Place
1956–57 Details		Dukla Prague	21–13	Örebro SK		København	Paris UC
1958–59 Details		Redbergslids IK	18–13	Frisch Auf Göppingen		Helsingør IF	Dinamo Bucureşti
1959–60 Details		Frisch Auf Göppingen	18–13	Aarhus GF		Dinamo Bucureşti	Paris UC
1961–62 Details		Frisch Auf Göppingen	13–11	Partizan Bjelovar		Dukla Prague	IK Skovbakken
1962–63 Details		Dukla Prague	15–13	Dinamo Bucureşti		Frisch Auf Göppingen	Ajax København
1964–65 Details		Dinamo Bucureşti	13–11	Medveščak Zagreb		Grasshopper-Club Zürich	Ajax København
1965–66 Details		SC Leipzig	16–14	Budapest Honvéd FC		Dukla Prague	Aarhus GF
1966–67 Details		VfL Gummersbach	17–13	Dukla Prague		SK Cuncevo	Dinamo Bucureşti
1967–68 Details		Steaua MFA Bucureşti	13–11	Dukla Prague		Dynamo Berlin	Partizan Bjelovar
1969–70 Details		VfL Gummersbach	14–11	Dynamo Berlin		Steaua MFA Bucureşti	RK Crvenka
1970–71 Details		VfL Gummersbach	17–16	Steaua MFA Bucureşti		Sporting CP	Partizan Bjelovar
1971–72 Details		Partizan Bjelovar	19–14	VfL Gummersbach		MAI Moskva	HT Tatran Prešov
1972–73 Details		MAI Moskva	26–23	Partizan Bjelovar		SC Leipzig	SolK Hellas
1973–74 Details		VfL Gummersbach	17–16	MAI Moskva		Oppsal IF Oslo	Ruda Hvezda Bratislava
1974–75 Details		ASK Frankfurt/Oder	19–17	Borac Banja Luka		VfL Gummersbach	Steaua MFA Bucureşti
1975–76 Details		Borac Banja Luka	17–15	Fredericia KFUM		VfL Gummersbach	Fredensborg/Ski
1976–77 Details		Steaua MFA Bucureşti	21–20	CSKA Moskva		Fredericia KFUM	VfL Gummersbach
1977–78 Details		SC Magdeburg	28–22	Śląsk Wrocław		Budapest Honvéd FC	Calpisa
1978–79 Details		TV Grosswallstadt	30–28 (14-10 / 18-16)	Empor Rostock		Budapest Honvéd FC	Dinamo Bucureşti
1979–80 Details		TV Grosswallstadt	21–12	Valur Reykjavík		Dukla Prague	Atlético Madrid
1980–81 Details		SC Magdeburg	52–43 (25-23 / 29-18)	Slovan Ljubljana		LUGI HF	CSKA Moskva
1981–82 Details		Budapest Honvéd FC	49–34 (25-16 / 18-24)	TSV St. Omar St. Gallen		Helsingør IF	TV Grosswallstadt
1982–83 Details		VfL Gummersbach	32–29 (15-19 / 13-14)	CSKA Moskva		FC Barcelona	RK Metaloplastika
1983–84 Details		Dukla Prague	38–38 (21-17 / 21-17)	RK Metaloplastika		VfL Gummersbach	Budapest Honvéd FC
1984–85 Details		RK Metaloplastika	49–32 (19-12 / 20-30)	Atlético Madrid		FH Hafnarfjörður	Dukla Prague
1985–86 Details		RK Metaloplastika	54–52 (29-24 / 30-23)	Wybrzeże Gdańsk		Steaua MFA Bucureşti	Atlético Madrid
1986–87 Details		SKA Minsk	62–49 (32-24 / 25-30)	Wybrzeże Gdańsk		TUSEM Essen	RK Metaloplastika
1987–88 Details		CSKA Moskva	36–36 (18-15 / 21-18)	TUSEM Essen		RK Metaloplastika	Elgorriaga Bidasoa
1988–89 Details		SKA Minsk	61–53 (30-24 / 37-23)	Steaua MFA Bucureşti		SC Magdeburg	HK Drott
1989–90 Details		SKA Minsk	53–50 (26-21 / 29-27)	FC Barcelona		TUSEM Essen	US Créteil Handball
1990–91 Details		FC Barcelona	41–40 (23-21 / 20-17)	Proleter Zrenjanin		ETI Bisküiler	Dinamo Astrakhan
1991–92 Details		RK Zagreb	50–38 (22-20 / 18-28)	GD TEKA Santander		Kolding IF	FC Barcelona
1992–93 Details		RK Zagreb	40–39 (22-17 / 22-18)	SG Wallau-Massenheim		Vénissieux handball	FC Barcelona
1993–94 Details		GD TEKA Santander	45–43 (22-22 / 23-21)	ABC Braga		UHK West Wien	USAM Nîmes
1994–95 Details		Elgorriaga Bidasoa	56–47 (30-20 / 27-26)	RK Zagreb		THW Kiel	Caja Cantabria Santander
1995–96 Details		FC Barcelona	46–38 (23-15 / 23-23)	Elgorriaga Bidasoa		Pfadi Winterthur	THW Kiel
1996–97 Details		FC Barcelona	61–45 (31-22 / 23-30)	RK Zagreb		Celje Pivovarna Laško	THW Kiel
1997–98 Details		FC Barcelona	56–40 (28-18 / 22-28)	RK Zagreb		TBV Lemgo	Celje Pivovarna Laško
1998–99 Details		FC Barcelona	50–41 (22-22 / 28-19)	RK Zagreb		Celje Pivovarna Laško	Portland San Antonio
1999–00 Details		FC Barcelona	54–52 (28-25 / 29-24)	THW Kiel		Celje Pivovarna Laško	Badel 1862 Zagreb
2000–01 Details		Portland San Antonio	52–49 (30-24 / 25-22)	FC Barcelona		Celje Pivovarna Laško	THW Kiel
2001–02 Details		SC Magdeburg	51–48 (23-21 / 30-25)	Fotex KC Veszprém		Kolding IF	Portland San Antonio
2002–03 Details		Montpellier HB	50–46 (27-19 / 31-19)	Portland San Antonio		Prule 67 Ljubljana	Fotex KC Veszprém
2003–04 Details		Celje Pivovarna Laško	62–58 (34-28 / 30-28)	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		BM Ciudad Real	SC Magdeburg
2004–05 Details		FC Barcelona	56–55 (28-27 / 29-27)	BM Ciudad Real		Celje Pivovarna Laško	Montpellier HB
2005–06 Details		BM Ciudad Real	62–47 (19-25 / 37-28)	Portland San Antonio		SG Flensburg-Handewitt	MKB Veszprém KC
2006–07 Details		THW Kiel	57–55 (28-28 / 29-27)	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		Portland San Antonio	BM Valladolid
2007–08 Details		BM Ciudad Real	58–54 (27-29 / 25-31)	THW Kiel		HSV Hamburg	FC Barcelona
2008–09 Details		BM Ciudad Real	67–66 (39-34 / 33-27)	THW Kiel		HSV Hamburg	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2009–10 Details		THW Kiel	36–34	FC Barcelona		BM Ciudad Real	Chekhovskiye Medvedi
2010–11 Details		FC Barcelona	27–24	BM Ciudad Real		Rhein-Neckar Löwen	HSV Hamburg

Records and statistics

By Club

Club	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
FC Barcelona	8	3	1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011	1990, 2001, 2010
VfL Gummersbach	5	1	1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1983	1972
BM Ciudad Real	3	2	2006, 2008, 2009	2005, 2011
Dukla Prague	3	2	1957, 1963, 1984	1967, 1968
SKA Minsk	3	0	1987, 1989, 1990
SC Magdeburg	3	0	1978, 1981, 2002
RK Zagreb	2	4	1992, 1993	1995, 1997, 1998, 1999
THW Kiel	2	3	2007, 2010	2000, 2008, 2009
Steaua MFA Bucureşti	2	2	1968, 1977	1971, 1989
Frisch Auf Göppingen	2	1	1960, 1962	1959
RK Metaloplastika	2	1	1985, 1986	1984
TV Grosswallstadt	2	0	1979, 1980
RK Bjelovar	1	2	1972	1962, 1973
CSKA Moskva	1	2	1988	1977, 1983
Portland San Antonio	1	2	2001	2003, 2006
Dinamo Bucureşti	1	1	1965	1963
MAI Moskva	1	1	1973	1974
RK Borac Banja Luka	1	1	1976	1975
Budapest Honvéd	1	1	1982	1966
CB Cantabria	1	1	1994	1992
CD Bidasoa	1	1	1995	1996
Redbergslids IK	1	0	1959
SC Leipzig	1	0	1966
ASK Frankfurt/Oder	1	0	1975
Montpellier HB	1	0	2003
Celje Pivovarna Laško	1	0	2004
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	0	2		1986, 1987
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	0	2		2004, 2007
Aarhus GF	0	1		1960
Medveščak Zagreb	0	1		1965
Dynamo Berlin	0	1		1970
Fredericia KFUM	0	1		1976
Śląsk Wrocław	0	1		1978
Empor Rostock	0	1		1979
Valur Reykjavík	0	1		1980
Slovan Ljubljana	0	1		1981
TSV St. Omar St. Gallen	0	1		1982
Atlético Madrid	0	1		1985
TUSEM Essen	0	1		1988
Proleter Zrenjanin	0	1		1991
SG Wallau-Massenheim	0	1		1993
ABC Braga	0	1		1994
Fotex KC Veszprém	0	1		2002

By Country

Correct as of 2010–11 EHF Champions League season. The list shows nations of clubs, winners and runners-up, which were represented during the time of the season in question. Some countries ceased to exist during the early 1990s. SC Magdeburg is the only handball club who has won the European club title while representing two different countries (eg. East Germany and Germany).

EHF Champions League Trophy.

Club / Nation	Won	Runner-up	Finals
Spain	14	10	24
West Germany	9	3	12
Soviet Union	5	3	8
Yugoslavia	4	7	11
East Germany	4	2	6
Germany	3	6	9
Romania	3	3	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	5
Croatia	2	4	6
Hungary	1	2	3
Sweden	1	1	2
Slovenia	1	0	1
France	1	0	1
Poland	0	3	3
Denmark	0	2	2
Iceland	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	1	1
Portugal	0	1	1

Footnotes

• ^A Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Three out of five titles were won by clubs from present day Belarus, while two titles and the additional three times runners-up were achieved by clubs from present day Russia.
• ^B Results until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in early 1990s. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title two times and were runners-up additional two times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title once and were runners-up three times, clubs from present day Bosnia and Herzegovina won the title once and were runners-up once, while clubs from present day Slovenia were runners-up one time.
• ^C Results from the German reunification in 1990 onwards.
• ^D Results until the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. Three titles and two times runners-up were all achieved by HC Dukla Prague.

External links

• Official website
• Reports