Club History
97 entries in the UEFA Champions League compendium.
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AberdeenScottish champions whose European Cup record is short: a missed debut and a 1984 shoot-out exit.AC MilanThe first Italian side in the European Cup, and repeat winners from Rocco to Capello.AEK AthensThe first Greek club to reach a European Cup quarter-final and a Champions League group stage.AnderlechtBelgium's most successful European club, who reached a second group stage in 2000-01.AntwerpFounded in 1880, group-stage debutants in 2023 who beat Barcelona.ArsenalNineteen straight Champions League seasons and two finals, in 2006 and 2026.Aston VillaEuropa League champions, Champions League qualified — Villa return to Europe's top table.AtalantaBergamo's club, quarter-finalists in their first Champions League season.Athletic BilbaoEuropean Cup quarter-finalists at their first attempt, past Porto and Honved.Atletico MadridThree-time finalists: 1974, 2014 and 2016.Austria WienVienna's most decorated club, European Cup semi-finalists against Malmo.AZ AlkmaarDutch champions who met Liverpool in the European Cup second round.
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BarcelonaFive Champions League titles and the first club to win the continental treble twice.Bayer Leverkusen2002 finalists, the first to reach a final without a national title.Bayern MunichThe most successful club in German football history.BenficaBack-to-back European champions in 1961 and 1962 under Bela Guttmann.BeşiktaşEuropean Cup quarter-finalists in 1986-87 and unbeaten through the 2017-18 group stage.Blackburn RoversOne Champions League campaign, ended bottom of the group.Bodø/GlimtThe northernmost club in the league phase, who knocked out Inter in 2026.BolognaEuropean Cup entrants in 1964-65 who came back sixty years later.Borussia DortmundChampions League winners in 1997.BragaFirst-time Champions League entrants in 2010-11, past Celtic and Sevilla.Bursaspor2009-10 Turkish champions who earned one point in their only group stage.
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Celta VigoFourth in 2002-03, then a 2003-04 campaign ended by Arsenal.ChelseaChampions League winners in 2012 and 2021.ChievoPromoted into the 2006 qualifiers by the Italian scandal, out against Levski Sofia.Club BruggeBelgium's only European Cup finalists, beaten by Liverpool in 1978.CopenhagenDenmark's most frequent Champions League group-stage club.CSKA MoscowRussian army club who reached the Champions League quarter-finals.
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Deportivo La CorunaSemi-finalists in 2003-04, beaten 1-0 by eventual winners Porto.Derby County1972-73 European Cup semi-finalists, beaten by Juventus.Dinamo BucharestRomania's first European Cup semi-finalists, in 1983-84.Dinamo ZagrebCroatia's most successful club, with group-stage runs since 1998.Dynamo KyivSoviet and Ukrainian giants, European Cup regulars since 1967-68.
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FenerbahçeChampions League quarter-finalists in 2007-08 under Zico.FerencvárosThe first Hungarian club in the Champions League group stage, in 1995-96.FeyenoordRotterdam's European Cup winners, and the first Dutch club to add the Intercontinental Cup.FiorentinaThe first Italian side in a European Cup final, lost to Real Madrid.
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GalatasarayEuropean Cup semi-finalists in 1988-89, a Turkish first.GenkBelgian champions with group-stage runs in 2002-03, 2011-12 and 2019-20.Górnik ZabrzePolish champions whose European Cup debut ended against Tottenham.
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Hajduk Split1979-80 quarter-finalists who beat Hamburg 3-2 at Poljud.HamburgEuropean Cup winners in 1983 under Ernst Happel.
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IFK Göteborg1985-86 semi-finalists, beaten by Barcelona on penalties.Inter MilanThree-time European champions, first under Helenio Herrera.Ipswich TownChampions at the first attempt in 1962, then a European Cup tie with Milan.
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LazioA 2007-08 group stage with Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Olympiacos.Lech PoznańPolish champions who met Cruyff's Barcelona in the European Cup.LilleTen Champions League campaigns, three of them into the knockout phase.LiverpoolSix European Cups, an English record.Lokomotiv MoscowGroup-stage regulars in 2002-03 and 2003-04, out to Monaco.LyonSeventeen Champions League campaigns and two semi-finals, in 2010 and 2020.
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Malmö FFThe only Nordic club to reach a European Cup final, in 1979.Manchester CityFrom outsiders to continental kings in a single generation.Manchester UnitedTwo European crowns, one legendary manager in 1968, and the greatest comeback in the competition's history in…MarseilleThe first French winners of the Champions League, in 1993.MechelenCup Winners' Cup holders who also reached a European Cup quarter-final.MonacoChampions League runners-up in 2004.
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NantesLong unlucky in the European Cup, then semi-finalists in 1995-96.Newcastle UnitedChampions League regulars under Keegan's successors and Bobby Robson.Nottingham ForestBack-to-back European Cup winners under Brian Clough, in 1979 and 1980.
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PanathinaikosThe only Greek club to play in a European Cup final, at Wembley in 1971.Paris Saint-GermainChampions League winners in 2025 and again in 2026.Partizan BelgradeEuropean Cup finalists in 1966 and the first Serbian club in a Champions League group stage.PortoTwo-time European champions, in 1987 and 2004.PSV EindhovenEuropean champions in 1988 as part of a treble.
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Rapid WienAustria's entrant in the first European Cup and semi-finalists in 1961.RB LeipzigChampions League semi-finalists in 2020.Real BetisThe first Andalusian club to play in the Champions League, in 2005-06.Real SociedadEuropean Cup semi-finalists in 1982-83.Red Star BelgradeEuropean Cup winners in 1991.RomaEuropean Cup finalists in 1984, beaten on penalties by Liverpool.
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Saint-ÉtienneThe first French finalists of the European Cup since Reims, in 1976.SampdoriaEuropean Cup finalists in 1992, beaten by Barcelona at Wembley.Schalke 04Champions League quarter-finalists in 2007-08.Slavia PragueFive failed qualifying campaigns, then a first group stage in 2007-08.Sparta PragueSeven Champions League group stages between 1997 and 2006.Sporting CPFirst Champions League knockout tie in 2008-09.Standard LiègeEuropean Cup semi-finalists in 1961-62.Sturm GrazGroup D winners on its third Champions League campaign.
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Tottenham HotspurA Champions League campaign that began with promise and ended in a record first-leg collapse.TrabzonsporBeat English champions Liverpool 1-0 in the 1976-77 European Cup.TSG HoffenheimInto the Champions League group stage after third place in 2017-18.TwenteA first Champions League qualifier in 2008, against Arsenal.
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ValenciaChampions League finalists two years running, in 2000 and 2001.VfB StuttgartOut of the 1992-93 Champions League after a play-off against Leeds in Barcelona.VfL WolfsburgLeague champions who reached their first Champions League in 2009-10.Viktoria PlzeňChampions League group stage in 2011-12 and 2013-14.VillarrealChampions League semi-finalists in 2006 and 2022.
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Werder BremenThe first German club in a Champions League group stage, in 1993-94.Wisła KrakówEuropean Cup quarter-finalists in 1978-79.
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