Season Points 1999–00 12.000 2001–02 12.571 | 1998–99 12.000 2000–01 9.812 2002–03 15.928 | |
Italian football clubs have entered European association football competitions (UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the now defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) since season 1955–56, when Milan took part in European Cup competition. Nowadays, Italian football is the fourth force in Europe according to UEFA ranking, following the Spanish, English and German football. Italian clubs have also entered several times worldwide football competitions since the 1963 Intercontinental Cup.
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- UEFA Intertoto Cup
- UEFA Champions LeagueEuropean Cup
- UEFA Europa LeagueUEFA CupInter Cities Fairs Cup
- References
The golden age of Italian football was mostly the decade of 1990s, when Italian club dominated in UEFA competitions, winning the most titles and holding steady the first place in UEFA ranking. The last years, the force of Italian football has decreased, mainly after the Calciopoli scandal.
So far, the Italian clubs have won 12 times the Champions League/European Cup (Milan, Inter and Juventus), 9 times the Europa League/UEFA Cup (Internazionale, Juventus, Parma and Napoli), 7 times the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Milan, Fiorentina, Juventus, Lazio, Parma and Sampdoria), 9 times the UEFA Super Cup (Milan, Juventus, Lazio and Parma), 4 times the UEFA Intertoto Cup (Bologna, Juventus, Perugia and Udinese), 1 time the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Roma), 7 times the Intercontinental Cup (Inter, Milan and Juventus), and 2 times the FIFA Club World Cup (Inter and Milan).
UEFA Intertoto Cup
a. Both teams were winners in third round and then eliminated in first round of the UEFA Cup.
UEFA Champions League/European Cup
The competition was named European Cup until 1991–92, until it switched its name to UEFA Champions League.
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1955–1971) is recognised as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, it was not organised by UEFA. Consequently, UEFA does not consider clubs' records in the Fairs Cup to be part of their European record. The competition was named UEFA Cup from 1971–72 until 2008–09, than it switched name to UEFA Europa League.
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Although the tournament was founded in 1961–62, it was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.