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Approaching the crucial clash of this season's European club teams, EuroFootball.com begins a series of articles "Awaiting the Final", in which we will review both final participants - the "Barcelona" and "Arsenal" clubs.
The decisive Champions League match in Paris this coming Wednesday will be the fifth time that "Barcelona" plays in the Champions League final (previously known as the European Cup final).
By the way, "Barca" has also played in 16 different continental and intercontinental tournament finals. The club from Catalonia has played in the Cup Winners' Cup final six times and won it four times.
In the UEFA Cup final, "Barca" played four times, winning in three final matches.
The "Blaugrana" has won the European Super Cup twice, and has played in a total of five finals.
"Barcelona" has also played in the Intercontinental Cup final once. In 1992, in the Japanese capital, they lost 1-2 to the Brazilian club "Sao Paulo".
International titles of "Barcelona":
Champions League: 1992 "Barcelona" 1 - 0 "Sampdoria" (goal: Ronald Koeman 111 min.)
Cup Winners' Cup: 1979 "Barcelona" 4 - 3 "Fortuna Dusseldorf" 1982 "Barcelona" 2 - 1 "Standart de Liege" 1989 "Barcelona" 2 - 0 "Sampdoria" 1997 "Barcelona" 1 - 0 "Paris St. Germain"
UEFA Cup: 1958 "Barcelona" - "London XI" 2-2 and 6-0 1960 "Barcelona" - "Birmingham City" 0-0 and 4-1 1966 "Barcelona" - "Real Zaragoza" 0-1 and 4-2
European Super Cup: 1993 "Barcelona" - "Werder" 1-1 and 2-1 1998 "Barcelona" - "Borussia" 1-1 and 2-0
Meanwhile, London's "Arsenal", with deep traditions, will play in the most important final of European club teams for the first time. Interestingly, however, the "Gunners" have already lost Cup Winners' Cup finals twice to Spanish clubs in their history - in the 1980 season, the team from the English capital had to acknowledge the superiority of "Valencia", and in 1995, after a goal in the final minute of extra time, they lost to the "Zaragoza" club.
