Trophy and medals
Each year, the winning team is presented with the European Champion
Clubs' Cup, the current version of which has been awarded since 1967.
Any team that wins the Champions League three years in a row or five
times overall wins the right to retain a full-sized replica of the
trophy (UEFA retains the original at all times). Six clubs have earned
this honour: Real Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Milan, Liverpool and
Barcelona.
Since then instead the club which wins three years in a row or five
overall receives a conmemorative badge to wear permanently on their
uniform.
The current trophy is 74 cm (29 in) tall and made of silver,
weighing 11 kg (24 lb). It was designed by Jörg Stadelmann, a jeweller
from Bern, Switzerland, after the original was given to Real Madrid in 1966 in recognition of their six titles to date, and cost 10,000 Swiss francs.
As of the 2012–13 season, 40 gold medals are presented to the Champions League winners, and 40
silver medals to the runners-up.
