Talk:European Cup and Champions League finals

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Contents 1 Inconsistency 2 All Time Goal Scorers 3 France? 4 Mistake

[edit] Inconsistency

There is some inconsistency within this page to clean up. AC Milan or A.C. Milan (see the discussion of this topic)? One club is referred to 3 different ways: FK Red Star, Red Star Belgrade, and FK Crvena Zvezda. -- JoelCFC25 19:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

All the names are technically correct. Therefore, we have to redirect these names into a more common name usage for the respective clubs. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 19:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] All Time Goal Scorers

Is the All Time Goal Scorers table relevant to the title of this article? The table should only reflect goals scored in the final, not all rounds. Or the article could be renamed? Slumgum | yap | stalk | 20:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I hadn't even noticed that. I agree with you, if it is to be included at all it should only reflect goals scored in finals, not the entire competition. My first instinct would be to remove it altogether and perhaps paste it into the European Cup article. JoelCFC25 21:16, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I've removed it. It now appears only HERE. The table on this page was inaccurate, with Shevchenko on 52 goals.
Slumgum | yap | stalk | 20:02, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] France?

At the bottom of the page is a trivia note that describes France as one of the six great European football nations. Surely Portugal ranks higher - and certainly in the European Cup/Champions League, Portugal has four wins to France's one. Is the French league really better than the Portugese? (Yes, I am disregarding national team success.)

Well, in my opinion, the Portugese league is SLIGHTLY better than the French league in terms of the success of the Porugese clubs in European competition. However, the Portugese national team's progress in the international arena cannot be disregarded. Their mrdiocre performance internationally indirectly weakens the Portugese league. UEFA takes this into account (please correct me if I am wrong) in awarding the clubs places in European competition. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 19:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I've just done some quick google research, and it seems that Portugal is in the top six Euro club nations, but Netherlands isn't. This is according to UEFA's national association coefficients. This ruins the trivia statement, since the 1971 final was Ajax-Panathinaikos. Slumgum | yap | stalk | 19:41, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

@Siva: The national team's results don't count for the league coefficient. See UEFA coefficients for details. Nanouk 04:33, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

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• Trivia: There has not been a single European Cup Final so far which did not have a representative from one of the six leading European Club football nations: Spain, Italy, England, Germany, the Netherlands and France.

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I've been bold and removed the "fact", since it can't be justified, at least not by me. If anyone can justify it, here it is. (Above)
Slumgum | yap | stalk | 20:09, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake

Someone changed last years finals. Can anyone correct it please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.139.19.189 (talk) 22:14, 2 January 2007 (UTC).