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[1] 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.

UEFA Futsal Champions League
Organising bodyUEFA
Founded2001 (2001)
(rebranded in 2018)
RegionEurope
Current championsSpain Palma Futsal
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Inter Movistar
(5 titles)
Television broadcastersList of broadcasters
WebsiteOfficial website
2023–24 UEFA Futsal Champions League

In 2018, the tournament was rebranded as UEFA Futsal Champions League.[2]

History
  1. Futsal European Clubs Championship (1984 - 2001)
  2. Intercontinental Futsal Cup (1997-2019)
  3. UEFA Futsal Cup (2001-02 - 2017-18)
  4. UEFA Futsal Champions League - (Since 2018-19)

Editions
# Season Winners Score Runners-up Losing semi-finalists
1 2001–02 Spain Playas de Castellón 5–1 Belgium Action 21 Charleroi Croatia MNK Split and Portugal Sporting
2 2002–03 Spain Playas de Castellón 7–5 (1–1, 6–4) Belgium Action 21 Charleroi Italy Furpile Prato and Spain Inter FS
3 2003–04 Spain Inter FS 7–5 (4–1, 3–4) Portugal Benfica Belgium Action 21 Charleroi and Spain Playas de Castellón
4 2004–05 Belgium Action 21 Charleroi 10–9 (4–3, 6–6) Russia Dinamo Moskva Spain ElPozo Murcia and Spain Inter FS
5 2005–06 Spain Inter FS 9–7 (6–3, 3–4) Russia Dinamo Moskva Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty and Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
# Season Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
6 2006–07 Russia Dinamo Moskva 2–1 Spain Inter FS Spain ElPozo Murcia 1–1 (4–3 pen.) Belgium Action 21 Charleroi
7 2007–08 Russia Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg 4–4 (3–2 pen.) Spain ElPozo Murcia Russia Dinamo Moskva 5–0 Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty
8 2008–09 Spain Inter FS 5–1 Russia Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty 1–0 Russia Dinamo Moskva
9 2009–10 Portugal Benfica 3–2 (a.e.t.) Spain Inter FS Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan 2–2 (5–4 pen.) Italy Luparense
10 2010–11 Italy Montesilvano 5–2 Portugal Sporting Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty 3–3 (5–3 pen.) Portugal Benfica
11 2011–12 Spain Barcelona 3–1 Russia Dinamo Moskva Italy Marca Futsal 3–3 (4–3 pen.) Portugal Sporting
12 2012–13 Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty 4–3 Russia Dinamo Moskva Spain Barcelona 4–1 Georgia (country) Iberia Star Tbilisi
13 2013–14 Spain Barcelona 5–2 (a.e.t.) Russia Dinamo Moskva Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan 6–4 Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty
14 2014–15 Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty 3–2 Spain Barcelona Portugal Sporting 8–3 Russia Dina Moskva
15 2015–16 Russia Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk 4–3 Spain Inter FS Portugal Benfica 2–2 (2–0 pen.) Italy ASD Pescara
16 2016–17 Spain Inter FS 7–0 Portugal Sporting Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty 5–5 (3–2 pen.) Russia Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
17 2017–18 Spain Inter FS 5–2 Portugal Sporting Spain Barcelona 7–1 Hungary Győri ETO
18 2018–19 Portugal Sporting 2–1 Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty Spain Barcelona 3–1 Spain Inter FS
19 2019–20 Spain Barcelona 2–1 Spain ElPozo Murcia Russia KPRF 2–2 (3–1 pen.) Russia Tyumen
# Season Winners Score Runners-up Losing semi-finalists
20 2020–21 Portugal Sporting 4–3 Spain Barcelona Spain Inter FS and Kazakhstan Kairat
# Season Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
21 2021–22 Spain Barcelona 4–0 Portugal Sporting Portugal Benfica 5–2 France ACCS Futsal
22 2022–23 Spain Palma Futsal 1–1 (5–3 pen.) Portugal Sporting Portugal Benfica 4–3 Belgium Anderlecht

Records and statistics

Performance by team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Spain Inter FS 5 3 2004, 2006, 2009, 2017, 2018 2007, 2010, 2016
Spain Barcelona 4 2 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022 2015, 2021
Portugal Sporting CP 2 5 2019, 2021 2011, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty 2 1 2013, 2015 2019
Spain Playas de Castellón 2 0 2002, 2003
Russia Dinamo Moskva 1 5 2007 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014
Belgium Action 21 Charleroi 1 2 2005 2002, 2003
Russia Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg 1 1 2008 2009
Portugal Benfica 1 1 2010 2004
Italy Montesilvano 1 0 2011
Russia Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk 1 0 2016
Spain Palma Futsal 1 0 2023
Spain ElPozo Murcia 0 2 2008, 2020
Total2222

Performance by country
RankCountryWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth placeSemi-finalsTotal
1 Spain12741529
2 Portugal3642116
3 Russia3624015
4 Kazakhstan2132210
5 Belgium120216
6 Italy101215
7 Azerbaijan002002
8 Georgia000101
8 Hungary000101
8 France000101
11 Croatia000011
11 Ukraine000011
Total (12)222216161288

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

Medals (2001-2023)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain127928
2 Portugal36514
3 Russia36211
4 Kazakhstan2158
5 Belgium1214
6 Italy1023
7 Azerbaijan0022
8 Croatia0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (9 entries)22222872

Top scorers

All-time top scorers
Rank Player Team(s) Goals
1 Portugal Ricardinho Portugal Benfica, Spain Inter FS, France ACCS Futsal, Latvia Riga Futsal Club 55
2 Belgium André Vanderlei Belgium Action 21 Charleroi, Belgium Châtelineau Futsal 54
3 Belgium Lúcio Belgium Action 21 Charleroi, Georgia (country) Iberia Star, Belgium Futsal Charleroi 50
4 Azerbaijan Vitaliy Borisov Azerbaijan AMMK Baku, Azerbaijan Olimpik, Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan, Serbia KMF Ekonomac 45
5 Russia Cirilo Russia MFK Dinamo Moskva, Latvia Lokomotiv Daugavpils 44
6 Italy Diego Cavinato Portugal Sporting CP 43
7 Brazil Schumacher Spain Inter FS 41
8 Brazil Alex Martins Belgium Action 21 Charleroi, Portugal Sporting CP 40
Portugal Arnaldo Pereira Portugal Benfica, Latvia FK Nikars, England Baku United 40
Portugal Leo Conceição Belgium Action 21 Charleroi 40

Source:[13]

Players records
Record Date Game Player Age
Youngest player in the history of UEFA Futsal Cup participating in a game[14] 3 October 2010 Greece Athina 90 3-9 Time Lviv Greece Panagiotis Paouris 13 years, 9 months and 17 days
Youngest player in the history of UEFA Futsal Cup scoring a goal[14]

Broadcasters

For the final four round, will be live streamed by UEFA TV in the unsold markets with highlights available in all territories.[15]

Europe
Country/Region Broadcaster
Free Pay
 Andorra GOL PLAY
 Spain
 Azerbaijan Saran
 Czechia
 Kazakhstan[16]
 Slovakia
 Turkey
Balkans Arena Sport
Baltic countries NENT
Nordic countries
 Netherlands
 France L'Équipe
 Greece Cosmote Sport
 Israel Sport 5
 Poland Polsat Sport
 Portugal Eleven Sports
 Ukraine MEGOGO

Outside Europe
Country/Region Broadcaster
Free Pay
 Caribbean ESPN
Latin America
Central Asia Saran

See also

References
  1. "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA.com. 4 April 2017.
  2. "The story of the rebranded UEFA Futsal Champions League". FutsalFeed.com. 7 October 2020.
  3. UEFA.com (26 November 2022). "Records and statistics of UEFA club futsal". UEFA.com.
  4. "Futsal Planet". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  5. UEFA.com (27 April 2008). "Thirteen lucky for top scorer Bali". UEFA.com.
  6. UEFA.com (26 April 2009). "Makhoukhi takes top scorer honour". UEFA.com.
  7. UEFA.com (25 April 2010). "Joel tops scorers' table". UEFA.com.
  8. UEFA.com (May 2011). "Kairat's Santana wins futsal finals goal rush". UEFA.com.
  9. UEFA.com (26 April 2014). "Foglia tops scorers chart after Araz heroics". UEFA.com.
  10. "Top-scorer honours shared". UEFA.com. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  11. UEFA.com (30 April 2017). "Ricardinho top scores at Futsal Cup finals". UEFA.com.
  12. UEFA.com (2021-05-03). "2020/21 Futsal Champions League at a glance". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  13. UEFA.com (26 November 2022). "Records and statistics of UEFA club futsal". UEFA.com.
  14. "Uefa Futsal Cup, analisi delle avversarie della Luparense: Lokomotiv Kharkiv, Baku e Athina" (in Italian). calcioa5live.com. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  15. UEFA.com (2022-04-20). "Where to watch the UEFA Futsal Champions League finals | Futsal Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  16. "Khabar TV channel to broadcast UEFA Futsal Champions League". KFF. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

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