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 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.

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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 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.

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

History

UEFA Futsal Champions League

• Futsal European Clubs Championship (1984–2001) • UEFA Futsal Cup ((/wiki/2001–02UEFAFutsalCup)–(/wiki/2017–18UEFAFutsalCup)) • UEFA Futsal Champions League ((/wiki/2018–19UEFAFutsalChampionsLeague)–present)

Editions

UEFA Futsal Champions League

<table><thead><tr><th>#</th><th>Season</th><th>Winners</th><th>Score</th><th>Runners-up</th><th>Losing semi-finalists</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>2001–02</td><td>Playas de Castellón</td><td>5–1</td><td>Action 21 Charleroi</td><td>MNK Split and Sporting CP</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>2002–03</td><td>Playas de Castellón</td><td>7–5 (1–1, 6–4)</td><td>Action 21 Charleroi</td><td>Furpile Prato and Inter FS</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>2003–04</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>7–5 (4–1, 3–4)</td><td>Benfica</td><td>Action 21 Charleroi and Playas de Castellón</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>2004–05</td><td>Action 21 Charleroi</td><td>10–9 (4–3, 6–6)</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>ElPozo Murcia and Inter FS</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>2005–06</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>9–7 (6–3, 3–4)</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>Kairat Almaty and Shakhtar Donetsk</td></tr><tr><td>#</td><td>Season</td><td>Champion</td><td>Score</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>Third place</td><td>Score</td><td>Fourth place</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>2006–07</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>2–1</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>ElPozo Murcia</td><td>1–1 (4–3 pen.)</td><td>Action 21 Charleroi</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>2007–08</td><td>Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg</td><td>4–4 (3–2 pen.)</td><td>ElPozo Murcia</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>5–0</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>2008–09</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>5–1</td><td>Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>1–0</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>2009–10</td><td>Benfica</td><td>3–2 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>Araz Naxçivan</td><td>2–2 (5–4 pen.)</td><td>Luparense</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>2010–11</td><td>Montesilvano</td><td>5–2</td><td>Sporting</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>3–3 (5–3 pen.)</td><td>Benfica</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>2011–12</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>3–1</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>Marca Futsal</td><td>3–3 (4–3 pen.)</td><td>Sporting CP</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>2012–13</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>4–3</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>4–1</td><td>Iberia Star Tbilisi</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>2013–14</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>5–2 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>Araz Naxçivan</td><td>6–4</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>2014–15</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>3–2</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>8–3</td><td>Dina Moskva</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>2015–16</td><td>Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk</td><td>4–3</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>Benfica</td><td>2–2 (2–0 pen.)</td><td>ASD Pescara</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>2016–17</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>7–0</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>5–5 (3–2 pen.)</td><td>Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>2017–18</td><td>Inter FS</td><td>5–2</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>7–1</td><td>Győri ETO</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>2018–19</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>2–1</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>3–1</td><td>Inter FS</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>2019–20</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>2–1</td><td>ElPozo Murcia</td><td>KPRF</td><td>2–2 (3–1 pen.)</td><td>Tyumen</td></tr><tr><td>#</td><td>Season</td><td>Winners</td><td>Score</td><td>Runners-up</td><td>Losing semi-finalists</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>2020–21</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>4–3</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Inter FS and Kairat</td></tr><tr><td>#</td><td>Season</td><td>Champion</td><td>Score</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>Third place</td><td>Score</td><td>Fourth place</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>2021–22</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>4–0</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Benfica</td><td>5–2</td><td>ACCS Futsal</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>2022–23</td><td>Palma Futsal</td><td>1–1 (5–3 pen.)</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>Benfica</td><td>4–3</td><td>Anderlecht</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>2023–24</td><td>Palma Futsal</td><td>5–1</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Benfica</td><td>6–3</td><td>Sporting</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>2024–25</td><td>Palma Futsal</td><td>9–4</td><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>Jimbee Cartagena</td><td>2–2 (3–1 pen.)</td><td>Sporting</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>2025–26</td></tr></tbody></table>

Records and statistics

Performance by team

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Winners</th><th>Runners-up</th><th>Years won</th><th>Years runners-up</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inter FS</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>2004, 2006, 2009, 2017, 2018</td><td>2007, 2010, 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Barcelona</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2012, 2014, 2020, 2022</td><td>2015, 2021, 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Palma Futsal</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2023, 2024, 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sporting CP</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>2019, 2021</td><td>2011, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023</td></tr><tr><td>Kairat Almaty</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2013, 2015</td><td>2019, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Playas de Castellón</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2002, 2003</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Moskva</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>2007</td><td>2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014</td></tr><tr><td>Action 21 Charleroi</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2005</td><td>2002, 2003</td></tr><tr><td>Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2008</td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td>Benfica</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2010</td><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>Montesilvano</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2011</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2016</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>ElPozo Murcia</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>2008, 2020</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>24</td><td>24</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Performance by country

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Country</th><th>Winners</th><th>Runners-up</th><th>Third place</th><th>Fourth place</th><th>Semi-finals</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td> Spain</td><td>14</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> Portugal</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> Russia</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> Kazakhstan</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> Belgium</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> Italy</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> Azerbaijan</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Georgia</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Hungary</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> France</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> Croatia</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> Ukraine</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Total (12)</td><td>24</td><td>24</td><td>18</td><td>18</td><td>12</td><td>96</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

All-time top scorers

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

Players records

<table><thead><tr><th>Record</th><th>Date</th><th>Game</th><th>Player</th><th>Age</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Youngest player in the history of UEFA Futsal Cup participating in a game</td><td>3 October 2010</td><td>Athina 90 3-9 Time Lviv</td><td>Panagiotis Paouris</td><td>13 years, 9 months and 17 days</td></tr><tr><td>Youngest player in the history of UEFA Futsal Cup scoring a goal</td></tr></tbody></table>

Broadcasters

UEFA Futsal Champions League

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

Europe

<table><thead><tr><th>Country/Region</th><th>Broadcaster</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Free</td><td>Pay</td></tr><tr><td> Andorra</td><td>GOL PLAY</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Spain</td></tr><tr><td> Azerbaijan</td><td>Saran</td></tr><tr><td>Czechia</td></tr><tr><td> Kazakhstan</td></tr><tr><td> Slovakia</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td></tr><tr><td>Balkans</td><td></td><td>Arena Sport</td></tr><tr><td>Baltic countries</td><td></td><td>NENT</td></tr><tr><td>Nordic countries</td></tr><tr><td> Netherlands</td></tr><tr><td> France</td><td>L'Équipe</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Greece</td><td></td><td>Cosmote Sport</td></tr><tr><td> Israel</td><td>Sport 5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Poland</td><td></td><td>Polsat Sport</td></tr><tr><td> Portugal</td><td></td><td>DAZN</td></tr><tr><td> Ukraine</td><td></td><td>MEGOGO</td></tr></tbody></table>

Outside Europe

<table><thead><tr><th>Country/Region</th><th>Broadcaster</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Free</td><td>Pay</td></tr><tr><td>Caribbean</td><td></td><td>ESPN</td></tr><tr><td>Latin America</td></tr><tr><td>Central Asia</td><td>Saran</td></tr></tbody></table>