So I'm sitting around, reading about the CL and its previouis incarnation, and a lot of the same names keep popping up in the finals. I started counting names, and one thing led to another. Here are some statistics which prove nothing but are fun to look over...well, they were for me. Some of the team names are the German spelling, but you'll figure it out. I didn't compute all the statistics, or to the deepest degree, and I stopped listing them once they seemed ordinary. Apologies if I got anything wrong. Total Appearances by Country Italy – 20 Spain – 19 Germany – 13 England – 11 Portugal – 8 Holland – 8 France - 5 Total Wins by Country Spain – 10 Italy – 9 England – 9 Germany – 6 Holland – 6 Portugal – 3 Winning Percentage by Country England – 82% (9/11) Holland – 75% (6/8) Spain – 53% (10/19) Scotland – 50% (1/2) Yugoslavia – 50% (1/2) Romania – 50% (1/2) Germany – 46% (6/13) Italy – 45% (9/20) Portugal – 38% (3/8) Total Appearances by Club Real Madrid – 12 AC Milan – 8 Bayern München – 7 Benfica Lissabon – 7 Ajax Amsterdam – 6 Juventus Turin – 6 FC Liverpool – 5 Inter Milan – 4 FC Barcelona – 4 Total Wins by Club Real Madrid – 9 AC Milan – 5 FC Liverpool - 4 Ajax Amsterdam - 4 Bayern München – 4 Manchester United – 2 Nottingham Forest – 2 Inter Milan – 2 Juventus Turin – 2 Benfica Lissabon – 2 Winning Percentage by Club Nottingham Forest – 100% (2/2) Manchester United – 100% (2/2) Red Star Belgrad – 100% (1/1) Aston Villa – 100% (1/1) Borussia Dortmund – 100% (1/1) PSV Eindhoven – 100% (1/1) FC Porto – 100% (1/1) FC Liverpool – 80% (4/5) Real Madrid – 75% (9/12) Ajax Amsterdam – 67% (4/6) AC Milan – 63% (5/8) Bayern München – 53% (4/7) Inter Milan – 50% (2/4) Steaua Bukarest – 50% (1/2) Celtic Glasgow – 50% (1/2) Olympique Marseille – 50% (1/2) Hamburger SV – 50% (1/2) Juventus Turin – 33% (2/6) Benfica Lissabon – 29% (2/7)
lol nothing much to really say. cool tho. thanks for putting it up. now that i see holland has such a high percentage hopefully somethign will come with ajax and feyenoord. feyenoord is getting old but ajax has some great ppl now.
Yep, pretty impressive. And Spain is nothing without Real Madrid--which of course proves how potent Real is, but that wasn't the statistic that surprised anyone.
the last 15 years?? we were banned from the champions cup from 86 to 92.. When we returned in 91 ,we were allowed a team in the CWC and one team in the uefa cup. We didn;t return to the champions league until 92. That was the year that the "3 foreigners " rule was introduced .That caused us some major headaches because players from scotland ,wales ,ireland were suddenly classed as foreigners.... We've only been back in this competition for the last 10 years. It took us about 6 years to recover from the isolation of the heysel ban. Our record stands the test of time despite a long ban .
2002 Real Madrid - Bay. Leverkusen 2-1 2001 Bayern München - Valencia 1-1 (Bayern München 5-4 pens) 2000 Real Madrid - Valencia 3-0 1999 Man. United - Bayern München 2-1 1998 Real Madrid - Juventus 1-0 1997 Bor. Dortmund - Juventus 3-1 1996 Juventus - Ajax 1-1 (Juventus 4-2 pens) 1995 Ajax - Milan 1-0 1994 Milan - Barcelona 4-0 1993 Olymp. Marseille - Milan 1-0 1992 Barcelona - Sampdoria 1-0 1991 Red Star Belgrade - Olymp. Marseille 0-0 (Red Star 5-3 pens) 1990 Milan - Benfica 1-0 1989 Milan - Steaua Bucharest 4-0 1988 PSV Eindhoven - Benfica 0-0 (PSV Eindhoven 6-5 pens) 1987 Porto - Bayern München 2-1 1986 Steaua Bucharest - Barcelona 0-0 (Steaua 2-0 pens) 1985 Juventus - Liverpool 1-0 1984 Liverpool - Roma 1-1 (Liverpool 4-2 pens) 1983 Hamburg - Juventus 1-0 1982 Aston Villa - Bayern München 1-0 1981 Liverpool - Real Madrid 1-0 1980 Nott'm Forest - Hamburg 1-0 1979 Nott'm Forest - Malmö 1-0 1978 Liverpool - Club Brugge 1-0 1977 Liverpool - Bor. M'gladbach 3-1 1976 Bayern München - St Etienne 1-0 1975 Bayern München - Leeds 2-0 1974 Bayern München - Atlético Madrid 1-1 4-0 1973 Ajax - Juventus 1-0 1972 Ajax - Internazionale 2-0 1971 Ajax - Panathinaikos 2-0 1970 Feyenoord - Celtic 2-1 1969 Milan - Ajax 4-1 1968 Man. United - Benfica 4-1 1967 Celtic - Internazionale 2-1 1966 Real Madrid - Partizan 2-1 1965 Internazionale - Benfica 1-0 1964 Internazionale - Real Madrid 3-1 1963 Milan - Benfica 2-1 1962 Benfica - Real Madrid 5-3 1961 Benfica - Barcelona 3-2 1960 Real Madrid - Ein. Frankfurt 7-3 1959 Real Madrid - Reims 2-0 1958 Real Madrid - Milan 3-2 1957 Real Madrid - Fiorentina 2-0 1956 Real Madrid - Reims 4-3 ____________________________________________ 2002 Spain - Germany 2-1 2001 Germany - Spain 1-1 (Bayern München 5-4 pens) 2000 Spain - Spain 3-0 1999 England - Germany 2-1 1998 Spain - Italy 1-0 1997 Germany - Italy 3-1 1996 Italy - Holland 1-1 (Juventus 4-2 pens) 1995 Holland - Italy 1-0 1994 Italy - Spain 4-0 1993 France - Italy 1-0 1992 Spain - Italy 1-0 1991 Yugoslavia - France 0-0 (Red Star 5-3 pens) 1990 Italy - Portugal 1-0 1989 Italy - Romania 4-0 1988 Holland - Portugal 0-0 (PSV Eindhoven 6-5 pens) 1987 Portugal - Germany 2-1 1986 Romania - Spain 0-0 (Steaua 2-0 pens) 1985 Italy - England 1-0 1984 England - Italy 1-1 (Liverpool 4-2 pens) 1983 Germany - Italy 1-0 1982 England - Germany 1-0 1981 England - Spain 1-0 1980 England - Germany 1-0 1979 England - Sweden 1-0 1978 England - Belgium 1-0 1977 England - Germany 3-1 1976 Germany - France 1-0 1975 Germany - England 2-0 1974 Germany - Spain 1-1 4-0 1973 Holand - Italy 1-0 1972 Holland - Italy 2-0 1971 Holand - Greece 2-0 1970 Holland - Scotland 2-1 1969 Italy - Holland 4-1 1968 England - Portugal 4-1 1967 Scotland - Italy 2-1 1966 Spain - Yugoslavia 2-1 1965 Italy - Portugal 1-0 1964 Italy - Spain 3-1 1963 Italy - Portugal 2-1 1962 Portugal - Spain 5-3 1961 Portugal - Spain 3-2 1960 Spain - Germany 7-3 1959 Spain - France 2-0 1958 Spain - Italy 3-2 1957 Spain - Italy 2-0 1956 Spain - France 4-3
If England had not been bannd, England would be miles ahead. Look at Real Madrids Wins V Appearances. Not so impressive. Also, why is Man Utd missing from the appearances list? They've been in it more than Liverpool.
I think refers to the number of times each team has appeared in the final. MU have been in it twice, liverpool 5, Arsenal 0, ha ha.
ManU is missing because this list is just for the finals. It's in the title, but easy to miss. I think England's record is pretty kick-ass, not to take away from anyone else's (like Holland's four wins and five appearances in a row). Real's 75% winning percentage is pretty good (not to be confused with Spain's 53%, which is probably where you erred).
It's funny why Arsenal have historically never done well in the Champions Cup, while Aston Villa and Nottingham forest have won it. They've won the 3rd most leagues in England, so have been in it enough. It's a bit like Barcelona, who've been in it even more with 1 win.
However... I have a feeling that the current lot up there will change that this year. Very strong squad and are capable of being the front runners for the next few years.
True enough, the away record in Europe is abysmal. They did however address the away thing in the league last season and i think they will carry that to the continent this season. Just a feeling.
Well, they certainly should. Another team that should have...Chelsea. Um...it's turning into an EPL thread. I will now unequivocally state: I like Liverpool, and always have.