The UEFA Champions League trophy

The UEFA Champions League trophy

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  The current UEFA Champions League Trophy is 73.5 cm, weighing 7.5 kg.

  A rule introduced in the 1968/69 edition allowed the cup to be given to clubs that won the competition five times or three consecutively. The club then starts a new zero cycle. Real Madrid CF, AFC Ajax, FC Bayern München, AC Milan, Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona have the original trophy in their showcases.

 

The current trophy is the fifth version of the current design. It was commissioned by UEFA General Secretary Hans Bangerter after Real Madrid was allowed to keep the original in 1967.

  

  It was designed and realized in Bern (near the headquarters of the UEFA) by Hans Bangerter.



    The young Stadelmann stressed that: "My father Hans and I went to Bangerter's office and covered the floor with sketches. He made comments of the type: the Bulgarians will like the bottom part. Italians will prefer this and the Germans will want a little more of this. So we made a kind of puzzle with the design uniting many parts. "

 

  The trophy took 340 hours, with Stadelmann finishing the job in a limited time. "It had to be finished before March 28 because I was getting married and then I was going to do a 10-day boat trip to Los Angeles.I did the most delicate work and the engraver, Fred Bänninger, finished the piece.In time, I can say that I am proud ".