{"slug": "uefa-champions-league", "label": "UEFA Champions League", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18756", "qid": "Q18756", "description": "European association football tournament", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1908, 2019], "span_label": ["1908 CE", "2019 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["European Cup", "UEFA European Cup"], "related": [{"slug": "manchester-united-f-c", "label": "Manchester United F.C.", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rotterdam", "label": "Rotterdam", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "liverpool-f-c", "label": "Liverpool F.C.", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belgium", "label": "Belgium", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brussels", "label": "Brussels", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "socialist-federal-republic-of-yugoslavia", "label": "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yugoslavia", "label": "Yugoslavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fc-bayern-munich", "label": "FC Bayern Munich", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – Feyenoord, the first Dutch football club to win the UEFA Champions League, is founded at Rotterdam, Netherlands", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#July", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – Seven Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed in the Munich air disaster in West Germany, on the return flight from a European Cup game in Yugoslavia. 23 people survive; manager Matt Busby and players Johnny Berry and Duncan Edwards are in a serious condition. Berry will never play again and Edwards dies a fortnight later, as does the co-pilot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#February", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 6", "text": "6 February – Jackie Blanchflower, capped 12 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, survives the Munich air disaster involving Manchester United on the return flight from a European Cup tie in Yugoslavia. Jackie (younger brother of Tottenham Hotspur's Danny Blanchflower) has won two league champions in England with United since his debut for them in 1951, but his injuries are severe and he is forced to abandon the game in the coming year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311383955#Events", "title": "1958 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1311383955, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "October 9", "text": "9 October – Jeunesse Esch beat FC Haka 4–0 to become the only Luxembourgian side to progress to the last sixteen of the European Cup.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352053912#July_–_September", "title": "1963 in Luxembourg", "revid": 1352053912, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – English club Aston Villa F.C. wins the European Cup, beating Bayern Munich 1–0 after a 69th-minute goal by Peter Withe in Rotterdam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#May", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – Hamburger SV defeat Juventus 1–0 in the final of the European Cup.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#May", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine spectators are killed in rioting on the terraces during the European Cup final between Liverpool F.C. and Juventus (0–1) at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#May", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – AFC Ajax wins the UEFA Champions League at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna by defeating A.C. Milan 1–0.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372467239#May", "title": "1995", "revid": 1372467239, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – Manchester United wins their third European Cup and second Champions League after they beat Chelsea in the first all-English final in the history of the competition. Manchester United won the match 6–5 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#May", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Liverpool F.C win their 6th UEFA Champions League title against fellow English club Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 2–0 at the Metropolitano Stadium, with goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#June", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › June"}}]}