The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a round-robin group phase and …

Since the rebranding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup as the UEFA Champions League in 1992, 91 players from 36 countries have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match on a total of 144 occasions for 51 different clubs from 17 different leagues. The first player to achieve the feat was Juul Ellerman, who scored three times for PSV Eindhoven in a 6–0 victory …

List of broadcasters: Website: ... Group stage of UEFA Champions League; 5th place: Group stage of UEFA Europa League; 6th place: Third qualifying round of Europa League; Until the 2016–17 season, an additional place in the Europa League could also be granted via the UEFA Fair Play mechanism. This rule was maintained from the UEFA Cup.