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The UEFA Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the ___MASK77___ ( UEFA ) and contested by top - division European clubs . It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football , played by the national league champion ( and , for some nations , one or more runners - up ) of each UEFA national association . The final of the 2012  13 tournament was the most watched UEFA Champions League final to date , as well as the most watched annual sporting event worldwide in 2013 , drawing 360 million television viewers . The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football match organized by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions , the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League . It takes place at the start of the domestic season , in mid - August , normally on a Tuesday . The 2000 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on 24 May 2000 . The match was played at Stade de France in Saint - Denis , France , to determine the winner of the 1999  2000 UEFA Champions League . The final pitted Spanish teams Real Madrid and Valencia . It was the first time in the Champions League or the European Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in the final . The ( ___MASK78___ ; " International Federation of Association Football ") is the international governing body of association football , futsal , and beach soccer . ___MASK78___ is responsible for the organisation of football ' s major international tournaments , notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and the Women ' s World Cup which commenced in 1991 . The ___MASK77___ ( UEFA , ; ) is the administrative body for association football in Europe , although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia . It is one of six continental confederations of world football ' s governing body FIFA . UEFA consists of 55 national association members . The 2000 UEFA Super Cup was a football match played on 25 August 2000 between Real Madrid of Spain and Galatasaray of Turkey . Real Madrid qualified by beating Valencia in the 2000 UEFA Champions League Final , while Galatasaray had made it to the Super Cup after beating Arsenal in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final . Galatasaray won the match 2 -- 1 , both goals scored by Mário Jardel , the latter a golden goal . This was the first Super Cup contested by the winners of the UEFA Cup ( now the UEFA Europa League ) . Until 1999 , it was contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , but the Cup Winners ' Cup was discontinued after the 1998 -- 99 season . The golden goal or golden point is a rule used in association football , bandy , lacrosse , field hockey , ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of a match ( typically a knock - out match ) in which scores are equal at the end of normal time . It is a type of sudden death . Under this rule , the game will end when a goal or point is scored ; the team that scores that goal or point during extra time will be the winner . Introduced formally in 1992 , though with some history before that , the rule ceased to apply to most ___MASK78___ authorized football games in 2004 . The similar silver goal supplemented the golden goal between 2002 and 2004 . The Stade de France is the national stadium of France , just north of Paris in the commune of Saint - Denis . Its seating capacity of 81 , 338 makes it the sixth - largest stadium in Europe . The stadium is used by the France national football team and French rugby union team for international competition . Originally built for the 1998 ___MASK78___ World Cup , the stadium ' s name was recommended by Michel Platini , head of the organising committee . On 12 July 1998 , France defeated Brazil 3  0 in the 1998 ___MASK78___ World Cup Final contested at the stadium .