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27 May Anderlecht at 119: Purple and white since the Café Concordia
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Anderlecht was founded on 27 May 1908, in the Brussels municipality of the same name. On 27 May 2027 it turns 119. It is Belgium's most successful club, with 34 league titles and five European trophies. A dozen friends at the Café Concordia About a dozen football lovers met at the Café Concordia on the Rue d'Aumale. They had been brought together b..
26 May Camp Nou 1999: The three minutes that won United the treble
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On 26 May 1999, at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich played the Champions League final in front of 90,245 spectators. On 26 May 2027 it will be 28 years since the most incredible ending to any final. Bayern led until the 90th minute but never lifted the cup. Two teams chasing the treble The two sides had already met in ..
25 May Lisbon 1967: The Celtic
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On 25 May 1967, at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, Celtic beat Inter 2-1 and became the first British team to win the European Cup. On 25 May 2027 it will be 60 years since that afternoon. Their players went down in history as the "Lisbon Lions". Two very different roads Celtic beat Zürich 5-0 and Nantes 6-2. In the quarter-finals they lost 1-0 at ..
25 May Istanbul 2005: Liverpool's six-minute miracle
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On 25 May 2005, at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Liverpool and Milan played what may be the most unbelievable final in the competition's history. On 25 May 2027 it will be 22 years since that night. At half-time the Italians led 3-0, and yet the trophy went to Liverpool. Two very different roads Rafael Benítez's Liverpool, in his first s..
25 May Rome 1977: The night Liverpool became kings of Europe
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On 25 May 1977, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Liverpool beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 and lifted the European Cup for the first time. On 25 May 2027 it will be 50 years since that night. It was the start of the club's most glorious European era. Two champions by a single point Both teams had won their domestic league by just one point and wer..
25 May Athens 1983: The Magath strike that stunned Juventus at OAKA
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On 25 May 1983, at the "Spyros Louis" Olympic Stadium in Marousi, Hamburger SV beat Juventus 1-0 and won the European Cup. On 25 May 2027 it will be 44 years since that night. It was the first final of the competition hosted by Athens. The road also went through Piraeus Ernst Happel's Hamburg had a tough draw. They knocked out Dynamo Berlin and in ..
25 May Málaga at 79: From reserve side to Champions League quarter-finalist
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The Málaga we know today was founded on 25 May 1948 under the name Club Atlético Malagueño. On 25 May 2027 it turns 79. Football in the city, however, is much older, and the club itself is a "child" that kept the family alive. From nursery to heir Atlético Malagueño was born as the reserve team of CD Málaga, with the job of feeding players to the f..
25 May River Plate at 125: The carnival ribbon that became a legendary sash
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The white shirt with the red diagonal sash is one of the most recognisable in the world. In Argentina they simply call it "la Banda", the sash. It is the shirt of River Plate, the most decorated club in the country. Its story begins with a port, a few wooden crates and a carnival ribbon. Born in La Boca According to the club's official history, Riv..
25 May Como at 120: From the Taroni bar to the Champions League
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Como was founded on 25 May 1907 in the Lombard city of the same name. On 25 May 2027 it turns 120. And it celebrates with something few could have imagined a few years ago: its first ever Champions League campaign. A bar on Via Cinque Giornate Como Foot-Ball Club was born from a committee of football lovers who met at the Taroni bar on Via Cinque G..
24 May Lisbon 2014: Ramos's 93rd minute and Real Madrid's La Décima
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On 24 May 2014, at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid played the first final in the competition's history between two clubs from the same city. On 24 May 2027 it will be 13 years since the night of "La Décima", Real's tenth European title. Atlético were two minutes away from their first trophy, but the match ended 4-1. Tw..
24 May Camp Nou 1989: Sacchi's all-white Milan and the 4-0 against Steaua
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On 24 May 1989, at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Arrigo Sacchi's Milan faced Steaua Bucharest in the European Cup final. On 24 May 2027 it will be 38 years since one of the most one-sided nights in the history of the final. Within 46 minutes the score was 4-0 and Europe had seen a team that played differently. Two teams in form Milan got past Bulgaria..
24 May Shakhtar Donetsk at 91: The Miners in orange and black
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Shakhtar Donetsk counts its birthday from 24 May 1936, the day of its first match in a Soviet championship. On 24 May 2027 "the Miners" turn 91. It is a club born in the mines of the Donbas, and for years now it has played far from home. A team for the miners Its creation was approved on 3 April 1936 by the All-Union Council of Physical Culture and..
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