In 1955, after a French journalist (Gabriel Anno), Santiago Bernabeu, together with Gustav Sebess, set up a tournament, now known as the UEFA Champions League (a tournament involving teams from Spain, Portugal, Italy and France) . [23] This allows Bernabeu to create a team that is becoming a world power in both Spain and Europe. Real Madrid won the Champions League 5 times in a row, between 1956 and 1960, and in the final in 1960, Real beat Eintracht Frankfurt with an impressive 7: 3. [22] This is a record unmatched today by no other football team. [24] The team won for the sixth time the Champions League in 1966 after winning over FC Partizan with a score of 2: 1. [25] Real Madrid was defeated in the 1962, 1964 and 1981 Cup finals. The team won the UEFA Cup twice, [26] [27] and in the final of the Cup Winners Cup (KNK) they were twice defeated
