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

Between them, Spanish golf equipment have received the European Cup or UEFA Champions League on 19 events. That’s greater than another nation whereas there have additionally been extra Spanish finalists with 30 in whole. Let’s check out what number of Spanish golf equipment have received the Champions League and what number of have completed as runners up.

Which Spanish groups have received the Champions League?

Actual Madrid – 14 instances

Actual Madrid have been topped European champions a report 14 instances and are 6/1 to win the Champions League this season based on betting odds on soccer at the moment, with solely Manchester Metropolis and Bayern Munich considered as having a greater likelihood.

The early years of the European Cup had been dominated by Los Blancos with a staff that included all-time nice Alfredo Di Stefano profitable 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 look ahead to the seventh which was clinched in Amsterdam in 1998 with a 1-0 win in opposition to Juventus.

The Spanish giants have 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.

Barcelona – 5 instances

There are solely two Spanish golf equipment on the Champions League winners checklist although with Barcelona being topped European champions on 5 events to take LaLiga’s total tally to 19.

Barca didn’t open their account till 1992 when Ronald Koeman’s Additional Time aim noticed off Sampdoria at Wembley to offer Johan Cruyff’s facet a well-known win and finish practically three many years 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 Last earlier than Pep Guardiola’s all conquering facet received the trophy in 2009 and 2011, defeating Manchester United within the Last on every event.

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

Which Spanish groups have reached the Champions League Last?

Actual Madrid – 17 instances

Actual Madrid have a really spectacular success price in European Cup and Champions League Finals profitable 82% of them. They’ve reached the Last on 17 events in whole and haven’t misplaced one throughout the Champions League period.

The latest defeat in a European Cup Last for Los Blancos was method again in 1981 once they had been crushed 1-0 by Liverpool in Paris. In addition 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 Last 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 palms on the trophy six years later, additionally they suffered a 4-0 defeat to Milan within the 1994 Last.

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

Atletico Madrid – 3 instances

No membership has reached the European Cup/Champions League Last extra instances with out profitable one than Atletico Madrid. To make issues worse, two of their three Last 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 Last in Milan with Atleti shedding out on penalties that point.

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

Valencia – 2 instances

Valencia are the one different Spanish membership to have made the Last 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 finest soccer within the first Last, shedding 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 recreation that finally went to penalties. Either side missed two of their opening 5 spot-kicks however Mauricio Pellegrino’s miss finally proved decisive as Valencia missed out on the massive prize.