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The league used a variation of,Had win-loss differential (the standard method in baseball) been used, the Decatur Staleys would have won the 1920 title by virtue of being one game ahead of Buffalo, and the 1924 title would have been won by the,To determine the champion, the league, reportedly at the behest of,A number of new rule changes were instituted, many inspired by the 1932 indoor championship game: the goal posts were moved forward to the goal line, every play started from between the hash marks, and forward passes could originate from anywhere behind the,The playoff game proved so popular that the league reorganized into two divisions for the,For the 1960 through 1969 seasons, the NFL staged an additional postseason game called the ",Starting with the 1934 game the winning team received the,Sudden death overtime was finally approved for the NFL championship game in 1946.The 1955 and 1960 NFL championship games were played on Monday afternoons, Christmas having fallen on a Sunday in those years.For its first three seasons, the league was divided into two divisions:A tiebreaker playoff game was played in 1948 to break a tie between the,In 1948, the Browns became the first professional football team to complete an entire season undefeated and untied — 24 years before the,With its creation in 1960, the AFL determined its champion via a single playoff game between the winners of its two divisions, the,In 1966, the success of the rival AFL, the spectre of the NFL's losing more stars to the AFL, and concern over a costly "bidding war" for players precipitated by the NFL's Giants' signing of,The AFL on the other hand, raised its total franchise number to ten with the,Following the NFL and AFL Championship Games for the,All participants in those four AFL-NFL championship games were either AFL champions or NFL champions in the record books, no matter the outcome of the Super Bowl. 2018/2019. Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL–NFL Super Bowl championships before the 1970 AFL–NFL merger. After 63 years, several clubs have been established as giants of the tournament, but there have also been champions that may surprise modern observers.Real Madrid leads the pack of past champions, holding on to a lead that will take several years, if not decades, for another club to surpass.https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/c9/92/uefa-champions-league-trophy-04182018-getty-ftr_faica1sr0awt1omovp4809k2j.jpg?t=2045125699&w=500&quality=80. Season-by-season guide, extensive all-time stats, plus video highlights of every final to date. 2018/2019. Contents If you watched this final, you’d have to agree.Lionel Messi was at his brilliant best, turning in a performance for the ages, but United just couldn’t get close to the intricate passing, movement and possession generated by the midfield trio of Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Xavi.Wayne Rooney was also at the height of his powers for Manchester United and scored a great goal in the 34th minute, but strikes from Pedro, Messi and David Villa saw Barca absolutely hammer England’s best, leaving Ferguson bewildered.Didier Drogba lifts Chelsea to an improbable victory over Bayern Munich.After shocking both Napoli and Barcelona in the knockout rounds, Chelsea’s ragtag group of diehards, under the direction of interim boss Roberto Di Matteo, approached Bayern Munich in the final at Bayern's own Allianz Arena as massive underdogs.But it was written in the stars (and Chelsea had one Didier Drogba, who would not be denied his Champions League title).Thomas Muller gave Bayern the lead in the 83rd minute, but Drogba found the equalizer in the 88th with a header off a Juan Mata corner. Thus, there would be times when the pairing in that round would pit the first seed versus the third, and the second versus the fourth.The league expanded the playoffs to 10 teams in.A proposal to expand the playoffs to 14 teams by adding a third wild card team (a seventh seed) from each conference, and only giving the 1 seeds the bye in the first round, was tabled by the league owners in 2013.Below is a list of professional football champions per season as recognized by the,For the first thirteen seasons, the APFA/NFL did not hold a championship game, except in.In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by year of first appearance. Following its founding in 1920, the NFL first determined champions through end-of-season standings, but switched to a playoff system in 1933. Real Madrid’s Ronaldo is the all-time top goal scorer thus far. If the precessor, European Cup, is not counted the Champions League started in 1992. This rule would remain in effect through the,Teams that earned the top seed became known as clinching ".However, the league continued to prohibit meetings between teams from the same division in the Divisional Playoffs.