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{{Infobox football league
| name                = IFCF Champions' League
| logo = [[Image:IFCF logo.png|150px]]
| region              = Worldwide
| teams                = 108 <small>(entries in IFCL 2)</small>
| champions            = {{UICAclublt|Directus|EUR}} (1st title)
| most successful club = {{UICAclublt|1830 Cathair FC|AUD}}<br>{{UICAclublt|Northern Union|BRE}}<br>{{UICAclublt|Directus|EUR}}<br>(1 title each)
}}
The '''IFCF Champions' League''' is the world championship for club football organized by the [[IFCF|International Federation of Club Football]]. The champion of each participating national association, plus additional teams from the highest-ranked associations in the IFCF ranking, may enter the competition each season.
 
It is the successor competition to the [[UICA]] [[Champions’ Cup]], adopting its competition rules and coefficient ranking system. The first edition of the IFCF Champions' League was held in what would have been UICA's 75th edition. Due to uncertainty over the fate of UICA and delays in organizing the 74th Champions' Cup, ad-hoc international tournaments like the [[Dwile Invitational]] took the place of the 74th UICA season.
 
==Format==
The tournament consists of a knockout qualifying phase leading to a 32-team group stage, followed by a 16-team knockout phase. Teams eliminated prior to the group stage, and the third-placed teams from the group stage, enter the [[Challenger's Cup]]. Knockout ties are played in two matches with each team at home for one match, with the result determined by the aggregate score. Ties in aggregate are broken by which team scored more goals as the away team, by extra time, and finally by penalty shootout if there is still no winner. The exception is the final, which is played as a single match at a neutral venue chosen prior to the start of the tournament.
 
===Qualifying phase===
The qualifying phase consists of preliminary rounds depending on the number of entrants (typically, three), the qualifying round, and the playoff round. Teams are granted byes according to coefficient ranking among the entered teams, hence higher-ranked teams will generally have to play fewer rounds. Teams which enter as their association's champion play in a separate "champions path" from teams that qualified through league position. Losing teams in the qualifying phase enter the subsequent round of the [[Challenger's Cup]].
 
===Group stage and knockout phase===
The 32 teams entering the group stage are draw into groups of four. The defending champions of the Champions' League and [[Challenger's Cup]], the league champions of the four top-ranked associations, and the runners-up of the three top-ranked associations, qualify automatically for the group stage. They are joined by the winners of the play-off round. The group stage is a round-robin where each team plays the other teams in their group once at home and once away.
 
The top two teams of each group enter the knockout phase. For the Round of 16, group winners are drawn to play against runners-up, and teams representing the same association cannot play against each other. From the quarter-finals onwards, these provisions no longer apply. Third-place teams enter the [[Challenger's Cup]] Round of 32.
 
==Champions' League finals==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; clear: both"
! Edition
! Winners
! style="width: 5em" | Score
! Runners-up
! Venue
|-
| [[Champions' League 1|1]]
| {{UICAclub2t|1830 Cathair FC|AUD}}
| {{UICAscore|0–0|0–0|4–2}}
| {{UICAclub2t|Northern Stallions|BRE}}
| align="left" | [[Farnham Arena]]<br>[[Sabrefell]], [[Nephara]]
|-
| [[Champions' League 2|2]]
| {{UICAclub2t|Northern Union|BRE}}
| {{UICAscore|2–1}}
| {{UICAclub2t|Soldarian FC|VAL}}
| align="left" | [[Stade Outineau]]<br>[[Outineau]], [[Kelssek]]
|-
| [[Champions' League 3|3]]
| {{UICAclub2t|Directus|EUR}}
| {{UICAscore|1–1|2–1}}
| {{UICAclub2t|1830 Cathair FC|AUD}}
| align="left" | [[The 66 Stadium]]<br>[[Cathair]], [[Audioslavia]]
|}
 
==Records and statistics==
===Clubs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! style="border:0px" | &nbsp;
! colspan="2" | IFCF only
! colspan="2" | UICA included
|-
! Club
! Champion
! Runner-up
! Champion
! Runner-up
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Yuba United|COM}}
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Albrecht FC|CAM}}
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Raynor City United|VAL}}
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Sonoma Center Panthers|COM}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2 <!-- 8 semifinal eliminations -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Cafundó do Juta|CAF}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2 <!-- 2 semifinal eliminations, 3 quarterfinal eliminations -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Fontvielle Impact|VLD}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2 <!-- 2 semifinal eliminations, 2 quarterfinal eliminations -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Petardos S/A|CAF}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1 <!-- 6 semifinal eliminations -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|SK Franz Josef City|PIS}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1 <!-- 1 semifinal elimination, 4 quarterfinal eliminations -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Ranca Toco|CAF}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1 <!-- 1 semifinal elimination, 1 quarterfinal elimination -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Soldarian FC|VAL}}
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|1830 Cathair FC|AUD}}
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 1
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|1896 Ebor|MYT}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0 <!-- 1 semifinal elimination -->
<!-- 0 semifinal eliminations: CS Lac-Amédée, Soldarian FC -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAclublt|Marinos Metropolis|VLD}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
|}
 
===Associations===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! style="border:0px" | &nbsp;
! colspan="2" | IFCF only
! colspan="2" | UICA included
|-
! Association
! Champion
! Runner-up
! Champion
! Runner-up
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|COM}} || 0 || 0 || 8 || 10
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|CAF}} || 0 || 0 || 6 || 7
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|VAL}} || 0 || 1 || 6 || 7
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|JSY}} || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 <!-- 9 semifinal eliminations -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|CAM}} || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 <!-- 5 semifinal eliminations -->
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|EUR}} || 1 || 0 || 5 || 2
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|SPT}} || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|VLD}} || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|PIS}} || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|AUD}} || 1 || 1 || 3 || 1
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|NPH}} || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|ASG}} || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1
|-
| style="text-align: left" | {{UICAassnlt|MYT}} || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 <!-- 2 SF eliminations, 1 QF elimination, 9 KR1 eliminations -->
<!-- SRG: 2 SF eliminations, 1 QF elimination, 1 KR1 elimination -->
|}
 
{{Club football}}
[[Category:International football competitions]]
[[Category:IFCF]]

Revision as of 17:45, 13 August 2020

For the historical international club competition, see Champions League (pre-UICA).
IFCF Champions' League
File:IFCF logo.png
RegionWorldwide
Number of teams108 (entries in IFCL 2)
Current championsDirectus logo.png Directus (EUR) (1st title)
Most championshipsUnknown club logo.svg 1830 Cathair FC (AUD)
Northern Union logo.png Northern Union (BRE)
Directus logo.png Directus (EUR)
(1 title each)

The IFCF Champions' League is the world championship for club football organized by the International Federation of Club Football. The champion of each participating national association, plus additional teams from the highest-ranked associations in the IFCF ranking, may enter the competition each season.

It is the successor competition to the UICA Champions’ Cup, adopting its competition rules and coefficient ranking system. The first edition of the IFCF Champions' League was held in what would have been UICA's 75th edition. Due to uncertainty over the fate of UICA and delays in organizing the 74th Champions' Cup, ad-hoc international tournaments like the Dwile Invitational took the place of the 74th UICA season.

Format

The tournament consists of a knockout qualifying phase leading to a 32-team group stage, followed by a 16-team knockout phase. Teams eliminated prior to the group stage, and the third-placed teams from the group stage, enter the Challenger's Cup. Knockout ties are played in two matches with each team at home for one match, with the result determined by the aggregate score. Ties in aggregate are broken by which team scored more goals as the away team, by extra time, and finally by penalty shootout if there is still no winner. The exception is the final, which is played as a single match at a neutral venue chosen prior to the start of the tournament.

Qualifying phase

The qualifying phase consists of preliminary rounds depending on the number of entrants (typically, three), the qualifying round, and the playoff round. Teams are granted byes according to coefficient ranking among the entered teams, hence higher-ranked teams will generally have to play fewer rounds. Teams which enter as their association's champion play in a separate "champions path" from teams that qualified through league position. Losing teams in the qualifying phase enter the subsequent round of the Challenger's Cup.

Group stage and knockout phase

The 32 teams entering the group stage are draw into groups of four. The defending champions of the Champions' League and Challenger's Cup, the league champions of the four top-ranked associations, and the runners-up of the three top-ranked associations, qualify automatically for the group stage. They are joined by the winners of the play-off round. The group stage is a round-robin where each team plays the other teams in their group once at home and once away.

The top two teams of each group enter the knockout phase. For the Round of 16, group winners are drawn to play against runners-up, and teams representing the same association cannot play against each other. From the quarter-finals onwards, these provisions no longer apply. Third-place teams enter the Challenger's Cup Round of 32.

Champions' League finals

Edition Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1 Unknown club logo.svg
1830 Cathair FC (AUD)
0–0 aet
4–2 pen
Unknown club logo.svg
Northern Stallions (BRE)
Farnham Arena
Sabrefell, Nephara
2 Northern Union logo.png
Northern Union (BRE)
2–1 Soldarian FC logo.png
Soldarian FC (VAL)
Stade Outineau
Outineau, Kelssek
3 Directus logo.png
Directus (EUR)
2–1 aet Unknown club logo.svg
1830 Cathair FC (AUD)
The 66 Stadium
Cathair, Audioslavia

Records and statistics

Clubs

  IFCF only UICA included
Club Champion Runner-up Champion Runner-up
Yuba United logo.svg Yuba United (COM) 0 0 6 6
Unknown club logo.svg Albrecht FC (CAM) 0 0 4 1
Raynor City United logo.png Raynor City United (VAL) 0 0 5 4
Sonoma Center Panthers logo.svg Sonoma Center Panthers (COM) 0 0 2 2
Unknown club logo.svg Cafundó do Juta (CAF) 0 0 2 2
Fontvielle Impact logo.svg Fontvielle Impact (VLD) 0 0 2 2
Petardos SA logo.png Petardos S/A (CAF) 0 0 2 1
SK Franz Josef City logo.png SK Franz Josef City (PIS) 0 0 2 1
Unknown club logo.svg Ranca Toco (CAF) 0 0 2 1
Soldarian FC logo.png Soldarian FC (VAL) 0 1 2 1
Unknown club logo.svg 1830 Cathair FC (AUD) 1 1 2 1
1896 Ebor logo.png 1896 Ebor (MYT) 0 0 2 0
Marinos Metropolis logo.png Marinos Metropolis (VLD) 0 0 2 0

Associations

  IFCF only UICA included
Association Champion Runner-up Champion Runner-up
Flag of Capitalizt SLANI.svg Capitalizt SLANI (COM) 0 0 8 10
Flag of Cafundéu.svg Cafundéu (CAF) 0 0 6 7
Valanora.png Valanora (VAL) 0 1 6 7
Flag of Jasĭyun.svg Jasĭyun (JSY) 0 0 5 3
Flag of Candelaria And Marquez.svg Candelaria And Marquez (CAM) 0 0 5 3
Flag of Eura.png Eura (EUR) 1 0 5 2
Flag of Septentrionia.png Septentrionia (SPT) 0 0 4 4
Valladares.png Valladares (VLD) 0 0 4 3
Flag of Polar Islandstates.png Polar Islandstates (PIS) 0 0 4 1
Audioslavia.png Audioslavia (AUD) 1 1 3 1
Nephara.png Nephara (NPH) 0 0 2 2
Flag of Astograth.png Astograth (ASG) 0 0 2 1
Flag of Mytanija.png Mytanija (MYT) 0 0 2 0