 Digital reproduction of The UEFA Plaque presented to Juventus in 1988 | |
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Competition | UEFA competitions |
| Awarded for | clubs' sporting merits |
| Local name | UEFA-Abzeichen (German), Plaque UEFA (French) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Presented by | Union of European Football Associations |
| History | |
| First award | 1988 |
The UEFA Plaque was a honorific award given by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to those clubs that had won, at least once, the title in each of the three major international competitions organised by that confederation, namely the European Champions Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup.[1][2] It was officially established in late 1987[3] and its first award was given in the second half of the following year, with Italian Juventus being the club to be honoured. A second award was initially scheduled for the second half of 1992 in favour of Dutch side Ajax, but it was not conferred for unclarified reasons by the confederation[4] after Spanish team Barcelona —who did not comply with the requirement imposed by UEFA— at the same time unsuccessfully applied to European football's governing body for such recognition,[4] being subsequently discontinued.
- ^ "Stakes high for Advocaat's Rangers reunion". Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- ^ "UEFA club competitions" (PDF). Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 25 August 2006. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- ^ "Un premio UEFA per i bianconeri". La Stampa (in Italian). 16 December 1987. p. 23.
- ^ a b Aguilar, Francesc (12 July 1992). "El Barça, gran atracción del sorteo" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 34.