What number of Spanish golf equipment have gained the Champions League?

Following Actual Madrid’s success within the 2023/24 competitors, Spanish golf equipment have now gained the European Cup or UEFA Champions League on 20 events. That’s greater than every other nation whereas there have additionally been extra Spanish finalists than from every other nation with 31 in complete. Let’s check out what number of Spanish golf equipment have gained the Champions League and what number of have completed as runners up.

Which Spanish groups have gained the Champions League?

Actual Madrid – 15 instances

Actual Madrid have been topped European champions a report 15 instances and are 10/3 to win the Champions League once more in 2025 based on betting odds on soccer in the present day, with solely Manchester Metropolis considered as having a greater likelihood.

The early years of the European Cup had been dominated by Los Blancos with a group that included all-time nice Alfredo Di Stefano successful every of the primary 5 editions of a event that started within the 1955/56 season. They’d win it once more in 1965/66 however then adopted a 32-year watch for the seventh which was clinched in Amsterdam in 1998 with a 1-0 win in opposition to Juventus.

The Spanish giants have greater than doubled their tally since then with victories in 2000 and 2002 earlier than the a lot wanted “decima” arrived in 2013/14 below Carlo Ancelotti.

Zinedine Zidane’s facet claimed a hat-trick of wins between 2016 and 2018 earlier than Ancelotti returned so as to add quantity 14 with victory over Liverpool in Paris in 2022 and quantity 15 in 2024 as Borussia Dortmund had been defeated in London.

Actual Madrid have been the undisputed dominant drive within the competitors over the previous decade with their uncanny capacity to come back from behind and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, chargeable for quite a few well-known European nights. With Kylian Mbappe arriving so as to add to their vary of attacking choices, they’ll fancy their possibilities of rising their spectacular haul over the subsequent few years.

Barcelona – 5 instances

There are solely two Spanish golf equipment on the Champions League winners record although with Barcelona being topped European champions on 5 events to take LaLiga’s total tally to twenty.

Barca didn’t open their account till 1992 when Ronald Koeman’s Additional Time purpose noticed off Sampdoria at Wembley to present Johan Cruyff’s facet a well-known win and finish practically three a long time of failure for golf equipment from LaLiga in Eurpope’s premier membership competitors.

Barcelona’s subsequent triumph was within the 2005/06 season once they beat Arsenal within the Closing earlier than Pep Guardiola’s all conquering facet gained the trophy in 2009 and 2011, defeating Manchester United within the Closing on every event.

The one triumph within the post-Pep period at Camp Nou got here in 2014/15 when Barcelona gained the treble below Luis Enrique. Whereas they’ve gained the league a number of instances since, they’ve not made it previous the final 4 in Europe.

Latest years have been significantly robust going with monetary issues beginning to chunk. The Catalans exited within the group stage in successive seasons earlier than falling to PSG within the quarter-finals of the 2023/24 Champions League.

Which Spanish groups have reached the Champions League Closing?

Actual Madrid – 18 instances

Actual Madrid have a really spectacular success fee in European Cup and Champions League Finals successful 83% of them. They’ve reached the Closing on 18 events in complete and haven’t misplaced one throughout the fashionable, Champions League period.

The latest defeat in a European Cup Closing for Los Blancos was approach again in 1981 once they had been overwhelmed 1-0 by Liverpool in Paris. Additionally they completed as runners up in each 1962 and 1964 in opposition to Benfica and Inter Milan respectively.

Barcelona – 8 instances

Barcelona have additionally completed as runners up on three events. Their first European Cup Closing was in 1961 once they suffered a 3-2 defeat in opposition to Benfica and so they wouldn’t attain one other for 1 / 4 of a century till Terry Venables’ facet had been shocked by Steaua Bucharest in Seville.

Barca missed all 4 penalties within the shootout after the sport ended goalless and whereas they did get their fingers on the trophy six years later, in addition they suffered a 4-0 defeat to Milan within the 1994 Closing.

They’ve gained all the 4 Champions League Finals they’ve reached since.

Atletico Madrid – 3 instances

No membership has reached the European Cup/Champions League Closing extra instances with out successful one than Atletico Madrid. To make issues worse, two of their three Closing defeats had been in opposition to metropolis rivals Actual Madrid.

Each had been agonising losses too. Diego Simeone’s facet had been a matter of seconds away from triumphing in Lisbon in 2014 earlier than Sergio Ramos’ well-known late header took the sport to Additional Time the place Actual Madrid blew their neighbours away. 2016 noticed one other Madrid derby Closing in Milan with Atleti dropping out on penalties that point.

Atletico Madrid’s different European Cup Closing look was in 1974. Up in opposition to Bayern Munich, they drew 1-1 ensuing within the one and solely European Cup Closing replay which the Bavarians gained convincingly.

Valencia – 2 instances

Valencia are the one different Spanish membership to have made the Closing and so they did it in back-to-back years in 2000 and 2001 below Hector Cuper.

Los Che had been one of many strongest groups in Spain on the time with Mestalla a fortress on European nights however they failed to provide their greatest soccer within the first Closing, dropping 3-0 to Vicente del Bosque’s Actual Madrid.

Again for extra a yr later, they went toe-to-toe with Bayern Munich in Milan, taking the lead in simply the third minute of a sport that in the end went to penalties. Each side missed two of their opening 5 spot-kicks however Mauricio Pellegrino’s miss in the end proved decisive as Valencia missed out on the massive prize.