Europe and Champions League in football
Every fan dreams of their own football club being represented in three competitions in one season and being as successful as possible there. In addition to the national cup and the championship, it is one of the greatest experiences for footballers and fans to compete in the European club cup. There is not only a difference for the fans whether a team is allowed to play in the Europe or the Champions League.
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening, a beer in hand and the game of your favorite club is playing in an international competition on TV - every football fan is happy about this. Many are happy when their own team is represented in any international competition, but fans of FC Bayern Munich are would be rather disappointed if it is "only" the Europa League, because there are two competitions at European level with some Differed.
These are the differences between the cup competitions in football
- A very banal difference between Europe and Champions League is the day of the week on which the games are played. While the Europa League games only take place on Thursdays, Champions League games are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- It is the same that there are groups of four in both competitions, in which the two-legged matches are played, i.e. a club has six preliminary round matches. There is, however, a difference in the number of groups. In the Champions League, the teams play in eight groups, in the Europa League there are 12.
- In the Champions League, the group stage continues with the round of 16, for which the top two in each group qualify. The Europa League has an intermediate round after the group stage and before the round of 16. The first two of the groups take part in this intermediate round, as well as the eight third-placed champions in the group League, which are relegated to the Europa League, but are still in competition there and later win it can.
- There are of course also differences in prestige, which is significantly higher in the Champions League than in the smaller European competition, but in which more teams take part. In addition, the prize and entry fee as well as the advertising income in the Champions League is a lot higher.
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This is how you qualify for the European and Champions League
- The champions of the major European leagues as well as runners-up and other teams take part in the Champions League. The respective starting places are allocated after the UEFA five-year evaluation, so that it can be that a country has different numbers of teams in the competitions in different seasons Has.
- Germany, for example, has had the opportunity to take part in the group stage with four teams since the 2012/13 season. The champions and runner-up in the Bundesliga are directly qualified for it, while the third and fourth-placed finishers have to play a qualifying round.
- In the Europa League, the fifth and sixth place in the league and the DFB Cup winners are qualified or may participate in a previous qualifying round.
