Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund    BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia (Borussia is the Latin equivalent ofPrussia). The football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 115,000 members,making BVB the third largest sports club by membership in Germany. Dortmund plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Dortmund is one of the most successful clubs in German football history.

Full name	Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund
Nickname(s)	Die Borussen Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows) Der BVB (The BVB)
Short name	BVB
Founded	19 December 1909; 106 years ago
Ground	Westfalenstadion
Capacity	81,359
President	Reinhard Rauball
Chairman	Hans-Joachim Watzke
Head Coach	Thomas Tuchel
League	Bundesliga
2015–16	2nd

Borussia Dortmund was founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund have won eightGerman championships, three DFB-Pokals, five DFL-Supercups, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and one Intercontinental Cup. Their Cup Winners' Cup win in 1966 made them the first German club to win a European title.

Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at Westfalenstadion. The stadium is the largest in Germany and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world. Borussia Dortmund's colours are black and yellow, giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben. Dortmund holds a long-standing rivalry with Ruhrneighbours Schalke 04, known as the Revierderby. In terms of Deloitte's annual Football Money League, Dortmund is the second biggest sports club in Germany and the 11th biggest football team in the world.

Honours

Domestic

• German Championship/Bundesliga

Winners (8): 1956, 1957, 1963, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12

Runners-up (7): 1949, 1961, 1965–66, 1991–92, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16

• 2. Bundesliga North

Runners-up: 1975–76

• DFB-Pokal/German Cup
• Winners: 1964–65, 1988–89, 2011–12
  Runners-up: 1962–63, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• • DFB-Supercup/DFL-Supercup

  Winners (5): 1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014 (record)

  Runners-up: 2011, 2012

  (Unofficial winners): 2008

  • DFB-Ligapokal/German League Cup

  Runners-up: 2003

  • Oberliga West/West German Championship

  Winners (6): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1956–57 (record)

  Runners-up: 1960–61, 1962–63

  • Westphalia Cup/West German Cup

  Winners: 1947

  European

  • UEFA Champions League

  Winners: 1996–97

  Runners-up: 2012–13

  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

  Winners: 1965–66

  • UEFA Cup

  Runners-up: 1992–93, 2001–02

  • UEFA Super Cup

  Runners-up: 1997

  International

  • Intercontinental Cup

  Winners: 1997

  
  

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona  :   commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça,is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Full name	Futbol Club Barcelona
Nickname(s)	Barça or Blaugrana (team) Culés or Barcelonistas (supporters) Blaugranes or Azulgranas (supporters)
Short name	FCB
Founded	29 November 1899; 116 years ago as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona
Ground	Camp Nou
Capacity	99,354
President	Josep Maria Bartomeu
Head Coach	Luis Enrique
League	La Liga
2015–16	La Liga, 1st

Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the second most valuable sports team in the world, worth $3.56 billion, and the world's second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €560.8 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs.

Domestically, Barcelona has won 24 La Liga, 28 Copa del Rey, 11 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football, Barcelona has won five UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a shared record five UEFA Super Cup, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a record three FIFA Club World Cup trophies.Barcelona was ranked first in the IFFHS Club World Ranking for 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 and currently occupies the third position on the UEFA club rankings. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid; matches between the two teams are referred to as El Clásico.

Barcelona is one of the most supported teams in the world, and has the largest social media following in the world among sports teams. Barcelona's players have won a record number of Ballon d'Or awards (11), as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards (7). In 2010, the club made history when three players who came through its youth academy (Messi, Iniesta and Xavi) were chosen as the three best players in the world in the FIFA Ballon d'Orawards, an unprecedented feat for players from the same football school.

Barcelona is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win the continental trebleconsisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League, and also became the first football club to win six out of six competitions in a single year, completing the sextuple in also winning the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup andFIFA Club World Cup. In 2011, the club became European champions again and won five trophies. This Barcelona team, which reached a record six consecutive Champions League semi-finals and won 14 trophies in just four years under Pep Guardiola, is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time. In June 2015, Barcelona became the first European club in history to achieve the continental treble twice.

Honours

As of May 2016, Barcelona has won 24 La Liga, 28 Copa del Rey, 11 Supercopa de España, three Copa Eva Duarte and two Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. They have also won five UEFA Champions League, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a shared record five UEFA Super Cup and a record three FIFA Club World Cup trophies. They also won a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup trophies, considered the predecessor to the UEFA Cup-Europa League.

Barcelona is the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955, and one of three clubs to have never been relegated from La Liga, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. In 2009, Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win six out of six competitions in a single year, thus completing the sextuple, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup . In the 2014–15 season, Barcelona won another historic treble, making them the first club in European football to win the treble twice.

Domestic competitions

• La Liga

Winners (24): 1928–29, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16

• Copa del Rey

Winners (28) – record: 1909–10, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1941–42, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16

• Supercopa de España

Winners (11) – record: 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

• Copa Eva Duarte

Winners (3) – record: 1948, 1952, 1953

• Copa de la Liga

Winners (2) – record: 1982–83, 1985–86

European competitions

• European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Winners (5): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15

• European Super Cup / UEFA Super Cup

Winners (5) – shared record: 1992, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2015

• European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (4) – record: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1996–97

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Winners (3) – record: 1955–58, 1958–60, 1965–66

Worldwide competitions

• FIFA Club World Cup

Winners (3) – record: 2009, 2011, 2015

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]; Royal Madrid Football Club), commonly known as Real Madrid, or simply as Real, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain.

Full name	Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Nickname(s)	Blancos (Whites) Merengues (Meringues) Vikingos (Vikings)
Short name	RM
Founded	6 March 1902; 114 years ago as Madrid Football Club
Ground	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Capacity	85,454
Chairman	Florentino Pérez
Head coach	Zinedine Zidane
League	La Liga
2015–16	La Liga, 2nd

Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the team has traditionally worn a white home kit since inception. The word Realis Spanish for Royal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the 85,454-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European sporting entities, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club throughout its history.

The club is the most valuable sports team in the world, worth €2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) and the world's highest-earningfootball club for 2013–14, with an annual revenue of €549.5 million.The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world.Real Madrid is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegatedfrom the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and the El Derbi madrileño with Atlético Madrid.

Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. The club won five consecutive European Cups, and reached the final seven times. This success was replicated in the league, where the club won five times in the space of seven years. This team, which consisted of players such as Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás,Gento, Raymond Kopa, and Santamaría, is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time

In domestic football, the club has won a record 32 La Liga titles, 19 Copa del Rey, 9 S.upercopa de España, 1 Copa Eva Duarte, and 1 Copa de la Liga.In international football, the club has won a record 11 European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles and a joint record 3 Intercontinental Cups, as well as 2 UEFA Cups, 2 UEFA Super Cups and a FIFA Club World Cup.

Real Madrid was recognised as the FIFA Club of the 20th Century on 23 December 2000, and named Best European Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS on 11 May 2010. The club received the FIFA Centennial Order of Merit in 2004. The club is ranked first in the latest IFFHS Club World Ranking, setting a new ranking-points record. The club also leads the current UEFA club rankings.

Capacity	85,454
Field size	107 m × 72 m (351 ft × 236 ft)
Construction
Broke ground	27 October 1944
Opened	14 December 1947
Architect	Manuel Muñoz Monasterio, Luis Alemany Soler, Antonio Lamela

 

Cristiano Ronaldo is Real Madrid's all-time top goalscorer.

Honours

As of 24 May 2014, Real Madrid has won a record 32 La Liga, a record eleven European Cup/UEFA Champions League and a shared record three Intercontinental Cup trophies. The club was awarded with the recognition of "FIFA Club of the 20th Century" on 23 December 2000, and named "Best European Club of the 20th Century" by the IFFHS in London on 11 May 2010. It also received the FIFA Order of Merit in 2004. Added to this, Real is allowed to wear a multiple–winner badge on their shirt during UEFA Champions League matches as they have won more than five European Cups.

Domestic competitions

• La Liga

Winners (32) – record: 1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12

• Copa del Rey

Winners (19): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2013–14

• Supercopa de España

Winners (9): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012

• Copa Eva Duarte (the forerunner to the Supercopa de España)

Winners: 1947

• Copa de la Liga

Winners: 1984–85

European competitions

• European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Winners (11) – record: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2015–16

• UEFA Cup

Winners (2): 1984–85, 1985–86

• UEFA Super Cup

Winners (2): 2002, 2014

Worldwide competitions

• Intercontinental Cup

Winners (3) – shared record: 1960, 1998, 2002

• FIFA Club World Cup

Winners (1): 2014

 

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club  are an English football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, playing in the Premier League. The club have competed in the top division for a record 113 seasons (playing just four seasons in the second tier) and have won a number of major honours including the League Championship nine times and the FA Cup five times.

Full name	Everton Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Toffees The Blues
Founded	1878; 138 years ago (as The St. Domingo Football Club)
Ground	Goodison Park
Capacity	39,571
Owner(s)	Farhad Moshiri (49.9%) Bill Kenwright (13.15%) Other Shareholders (36.95%)
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	David Unsworth (interim)
League	Premier League
2015–16	Premier League, 11th

Formed in 1878, Everton were founding members of The Football League in 1888 and won their first league championshiptwo seasons later. Following four league titles and two FA Cup wins, Everton experienced a lull in the immediate post World War Two period until a revival in the 1960s which saw the club win two league championships and an FA Cup. The mid-1980s represented their most recent period of sustained success, with two League Championship successes, an FA Cup, and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup. The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup. The club's supporters are known as Evertonians.

Everton have a rivalry with neighbours Liverpool and the two sides contest the Merseyside derby. The club have been based at Goodison Park in Walton, Liverpool, since 1892, after moving from Anfield after a row over its rent.

The club's home colours are royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks.

Honours

Domestic

• First Division:
  • Champions (9): 1890–91, 1914–15, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1962–63,1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87
• Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 1930–31
• FA Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1905–06, 1932–33, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1994–95
• Football League Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1976–77, 1983–84
• FA Charity Shield:
  • Winners (9): 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared), 1987, 1995
• Full Members Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1989, 1991
• Super Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1985–86
• FA Youth Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1965, 1984, 1998

European

• European Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winners: (1): 1984–85

Regionals

• Central League:
  • Winners (4): 1913–14, 1937–38, 1953–54, 1967–68
• Lancashire Senior Cup:
  • Winners (6): 1894, 1897, 1910, 1935, 1940, 1964
• Liverpool Senior Cup:
  • Winners (45): 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910 (shared), 1911, 1912 (shared), 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1934 (shared), 1936 (shared), 1938, 1940, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 (shared), 1959, 1960, 1961, 1982 (shared), 1983, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007 

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club  commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English football club located inTottenham, London, that competes in the Premier League. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane. Their newly developed training ground is in Bulls Cross on the northern borders of the London Borough of Enfield.

Tottenham Hotspur

Full name	Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Nickname(s)	Spurs, The Lilywhites
Founded	5 September 1882; 133 years ago, asHotspur F.C.
Ground	White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London
Capacity	36,284
Owner	ENIC International Ltd.
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Mauricio Pochettino
League	Premier League
2015–16	Premier League, 3rd

Founded in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, making them the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888. Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960–61 season. After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962, in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition – the European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1967, Spurs won the FA Cup for a third time in the 1960s. In the 1970s Tottenham won the League Cup on two occasions and were the inaugural winner of the UEFA Cup in 1972, becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies. In the 1980s Spurs won several trophies: the FA Cup twice, FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup in 1984. In the 1990s the club won the FA Cup and the League Cup. When they won the League Cup once more in 2008, it meant that they had won a major trophy in each of the last six decades – an achievement only matched by Manchester United.

The club's Latin motto is Audere est Facere (lit: "To Dare Is to Do"), and its emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football. The club has a long-standing rivalry with nearby neighbours Arsenal, with head-to-head fixtures known as the North London derby.

Honours

 

Domestic

League

• First Division/Premier League:
  • Winners (2): 1950–51, 1960–61
• Second Division/Championship:
  • Winners (2): 1919–20, 1949–50
• Southern League:
  • Winners (1): 1899–1900
• Western League:
  • Winners (1): 1903–04

Cup

• FA Cup:
  • Winners (8): 1900–01, 1920–21, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91
• League Cup:
  • Winners (4): 1970–71, 1972–73, 1998–99, 2007–08
• FA Charity Shield/FA Community Shield:
  • Winners (7): 1921, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1967*, 1981*, 1991* (*shared)

European

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1962–63
• UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:
  • Winners (2): 1971–72, 1983–84
• Anglo-Italian League Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1971

Other Honours

• London League Premier Division Champions:
  • Winners (1): 1902-03
• Football League South 'C' Division Champions:
  • Winners (1): 1939-40
• Football League South Champions:
  • Winners (2): 1943-44, 1944-45
• Southern District Charity Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1901-02, 1904–05, 1906–07
• Dewar Shield:
  • Winners (3): 1901-02, 1933–34, 1934–35
• London Challenge Cup:
  • Winners (8): 1910-11, 1928–29, 1936–37, 1947–48, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1970–71, 1973-74
• Costa Del Sol Tournament:
  • Winners (2): 1965, 1966
• Nolia Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1977
• Japan Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1979
• Sun International Challenge Trophy:
  • Winners (1): 1983
• Peace Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Vodacom Challenge:
  • Winners (1): 2007
• Feyenoord Jubileum Tournament:
  • Winners (1): 2008
• Barclays Asia Trophy:
  • Winners (1): 2009

Doubles

• 1960–61: Football League First Division and FA Cup
• 1970–71: League Cup and Anglo-Italian League Cup