The UEFA Plaque

The UEFA Plaque is an honorary recognition given by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to Italian side Juventus Football Club when they won all three major UEFA competitions, namely the European Champions Clubs’ Cup or Champions League, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup or Europa League[1] (first team in European football history to do so).[2]

Trophy

The award consists of a rectangular silver plaque on which are superimposed three trophies that represent the tournaments mentioned, above a golden laurel wreath and the European football government body badge, also in gold.[3][4][5] Also, the plaque have the following inscription:

Tribute
The UEFA to Juventus F.C.
First club to have won the three international UEFA club competitions
European Champions Clubs' Cup
European Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup.[6]

Award winners

On 12 July 1988, at the beginning of the 1988–89 European competitions seeding held in Geneva (Switzerland), then UEFA president Jacques Georges presented the prize[7] to then Juventus president Giampiero Boniperti.[8]

In July 1992, after winning the European Champions' Cup, then FC Barcelona president Josep Lluís Núñez requested of UEFA a similar recognition, stating that his club had equalled Juventus' record, having won formerly the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup. European football's governing body rejected it because the Spanish club had never won the UEFA Cup proper, and UEFA does not recognize the Fairs Cup as its official predecessor.[9]

Since UEFA awarded Juventus with the UEFA Plaque, four other clubs have won the three main European competitions: Ajax (1992), Bayern Munich (1996), Chelsea (2013), and Manchester United (2017).

See also

References
  1. "Stakes high for Advocaat's Rangers reunion". Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. "Giovanni Trapattoni". Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  3. (in Italian) Tuttosport, edition from 13 July 1988.
  4. Giorgio Viglino (13 July 1988). "Boniperti e Futre, è la volta buona" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 22. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  5. "Juventus: Unica squadra premiata dall'UEFA". Hurrà Juventus (in Italian). 1. January 1988.
  6. Original version in French language:
    Hommage
    L'UEFA au Juventus F.C.
    Premier club ayant remporté les trois competitions inter-clubs de l'UEFA
    Coupe des Clubs Champions Européenns
    Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupe Européenne
    Coupe UEFA.
    Cf. "La Juventus in cifre". Hurrà Juventus (in Italian). 7/8: 48 sqq. July–August 1988.
  7. "El Barça, gran atracción del sorteo" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 16 July 1992. p. 34. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  8. "Sorteo de las competiciones europeas de fútbol: el Fram de Reykjavic, primer adversario del F.C. Barcelona en la Recopa" (PDF) (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 13 July 1988. p. 53. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  9. Francesc Aguilar (12 July 1992). "El Barça, gran atracción del sorteo" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. p. 34. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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