In recognition of the best players in the UEFA Champions League each year, UEFA gives out several awards to the most outstanding performers of the European club football season. The awards are presented in August each year at a special gala in Monaco; previously, the ceremony would coincide with the UEFA Super Cup, but since the Super Cup was moved to early August in 2014, the UEFA awards ceremony has been combined with the UEFA Champions League group stage draw. Internazionale and Real Madrid are the only teams whose players won all of the available awards in the same season (in the 2009âÂÂ10 and 2017âÂÂ18 seasons, respectively).
For the 2010âÂÂ11 season, the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award was replaced by the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, but the positional awards returned in 2016âÂÂ17. Positional awards for players in the UEFA Women's Champions League were introduced in 2019âÂÂ20.
From 1998 to 2009 the Best European Goalkeeper was awarded to the same goalkeepers that won this award.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player who also won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player who won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year.
This award is chosen by UEFA Technical Observers as the best goal of the season. Cristiano Ronaldo has won this award twice, more than any other player. <br>
This award is voted by the fans as the best goal of the season. Lionel Messi has won this award four times, more than any other player. <br>