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Champions League All-Time Table

Try to name the 20 best-performing teams of all-time in the UEFA Champions League.
Through 2022–23. Includes European Cup. Source.
Based on total points with 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
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First submittedApril 19, 2016
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Rank
Team
1
Real Madrid
2
Bayern Munich
3
Barcelona
4
Manchester United
5
Juventus
6
AC Milan
7
Liverpool
Rank
Team
8
SL Benfica
9
Porto
10
Chelsea
11
AFC Ajax
12
Inter Milan
13
Arsenal
14
Atlético Madrid
Rank
Team
15
Borussia Dortmund
16
Paris Saint-Germain
17
Dynamo Kyiv
18
Manchester City
19
Olympique Lyonnais
20
Celtic
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Level 65
Apr 19, 2016
Took some thought on Dynamo Kyiv, Benfica, Rangers, and OL.
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Level 90
Apr 21, 2016
OL was a gift for me, not the team I was about to type.
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Level 59
Apr 21, 2016
A certain Greek team I take it?
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Level 82
Dec 3, 2018
Marseille in my case
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Level 43
May 3, 2016
Weren't rangers automatic after celtic? Might as well try them both!
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Level 58
Apr 30, 2016
I tried Glasgow Rangers, but that didn't work. Could you add that?
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Level ∞
Apr 30, 2016
Okay
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Level 10
Mar 13, 2018
there is no such team as Glasgow rangers. They are known as Rangers, yes they come from Glasgow the same as Celtic. The prefix Glasgow has been added in the media, perhaps for the audience to better understand their origins, but this is not the official name of the football club.
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2020
My best guess would have to be to help differentiate them from Queens Park Rangers in England, but that’s a stretch.
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Level 78
Aug 29, 2020
Other languages know them as Glasgow Rangers.
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Level 69
Sep 1, 2020
nice nitpicking
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Level 59
Dec 15, 2021
They are known as Rangers F.C.
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Level 82
Jun 11, 2023
There's also no such team as Red Star Belgrade etc
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Level 83
Apr 30, 2016
I suppose 'best performing' relates to the number of times the team has qualified for the Champions League since six of these have never won it, whilst Nottingham Forest, for example, have won the European Cup twice.
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Level 52
Apr 30, 2016
My guess is these are the clubs that have gained the most points throughout these 20 seasons (3 for win; 1 for draw).
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Level 84
Apr 30, 2016
According to the source (which is listed in the caveats), is based on points obtained for Wins-Draws-Loses. As it considers every tournament since ever, every victory gives 2 points.
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Level ∞
Aug 23, 2020
Nottingham Forest won twice, but they have fallen hard. They aren't even one of the best teams in England, let alone Europe. They got relegated from the Premier League in 1999 and haven't been back since. Hard to claim that you are one of the best all-time teams in the Champions League when you haven't even qualified in decades.
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Level 79
Aug 24, 2020
And yet they're one of only 8 teams to retain the European Cup. The tricky trees certainly deserve a special place in European Cup history.
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Level 59
Dec 15, 2021
To add to it, malignant person would call them 3 season wonder. They haven't been anywhere near the top in England before, won the league and runner up, twice in a row European Cup. Then back to midtable straight away. Decade later solid attempt to comeback to that level only to five years later go back to where they've spent majority of their history, 2nd tier. Great but short-lived unfortunately for Nottingham Forest.
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Level 64
Jun 16, 2022
And they're back baby
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Level 78
Jun 11, 2023
And they've even stayed up!
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Level 63
Apr 30, 2016
Got 16 but somehow forgot Bayern Munich, I'm an idiot.
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Level 36
May 1, 2016
Lyon ????????????????

Never in a Finale, Never win.

WHat is the source ?

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Level 71
May 1, 2016
Lyon WonIntertoto cup1997.........EUFA Champions League: Semi Finals 2009-20010 ........... Quarter Finals: 2004/5/6 .......... In my mind not enough to warrant a place over Nottingham Forest ... European Cup Winners 1978 - 70 1979-80..... EUFA Super Cup Winners 1979 ... Intercontinental Cup Runners Up 1980.
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Level 72
Jul 29, 2016
What's EUFA? Lol
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Level 29
Jan 17, 2020
yes but the quiz titles itself as best in the champions league, so by that metric surely aston villa, forest, hamburg and steaua bucuresti should all be above lyon, and whatever other non winners they put on this list. Even Leeds united should be higher than some of these teams since they actually got to a final.
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Level 55
Aug 25, 2020
Agreed. There really should be a points bonus for winning it otherwise this is just a list skewed towards efficient losers.
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2020
Consistency is the key, if you ask me. Lyon are in the competition pretty often, while Leeds were in the EFL Championship more often than they were in the Champions League. I was surprised to see Marseille not on this list, however. Other notable snubs to me: Valencia, Sevilla, Roma, Napoli, Monaco, Bayer Leverkusen. Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen both made finals.
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Level 78
Aug 29, 2020
For some reason, Sevilla is much better in the UEFA Cup/Euro League, and Leverkusen didn't qualify for the Champions League before the late 90s. Napoli have two decades going for them (80s and 10s) but they weren't that strong apart from that.
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Level 78
Sep 24, 2018
They give a source...
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Level 59
Aug 29, 2020
Read... based on TOTAL POINTS.
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Level 75
May 3, 2016
I tried Milan instead of Milano, but no cigar.
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Level 37
Dec 4, 2017
You mean "close but no cigar"?
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Level 79
Jan 18, 2017
Ridiculous rating system. Neds far more explanation.
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Level 59
Feb 17, 2017
I agree the rankings are silly. They are however UEFA's official rankings based on every game a team has played in the tournament where 2 points are given for a win and 1 for a draw. This does benefit teams with more recent success though since the format was changed to include more teams and more games from 1992 onwards, leaving teams like steaua bucuresti who experienced success before sitting lower on the list, in this case 23rd.
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Level 74
Jun 13, 2020
It's the all-time table, it's really not that hard to figure out.
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Level 21
Jul 7, 2017
Red star belgrade please
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Level 82
Dec 3, 2018
#23 in 2018
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Level 79
Aug 24, 2020
I had an uncle who once played. For Red Star Belgrade.
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Level 58
Mar 9, 2018
Jundiaí
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Level 73
Dec 4, 2018
You really can't accept Kiev for Kyiv?
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Level ∞
Dec 4, 2018
Of course we can. Kiev would have worked.
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Level 78
Feb 14, 2019
Bahh Anderlecht you sneaky dog

*Shakes fist like an old man*

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Level 75
Oct 21, 2019
How is PSG not on here?
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Level 63
Apr 12, 2020
never been close to winning it
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2020
A final appearance put them in the list. They were apparently that close to making it, probably because of their group stage performances.
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Level 43
Jun 12, 2023
PSG or rather Paris St Germain are there at number 16. Whether they should be given they have failed to turn lots of money and dominance of their countries league into Champions League success is another matter. Bit like Manchester City until 2023
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Level 70
Mar 4, 2020
Why is Dinamo not acceptable?
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Level 82
Aug 24, 2020
There are many Dinamos all over eastern Europe.
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Level 29
Aug 29, 2020
Surprised at no Tottenham or Man City
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Level 78
Aug 29, 2020
That hype for English teams... Tottenham have only played 6 seasons in the European Cup/CL. Man City qualified only once before 2011 and didn't reach the second round until 2013-14.
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2020
Man City are new to the Champions League, first making the competition in its current form in the 2011-12 season. Spurs are also new to the competition, with their first appearance in the 2010-11 competition.
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Level 30
Sep 1, 2020
Under the CL banner yes, but Spurs have one other appearance before 2010-11. In 1961-62 they made a run to the Semis, losing to Benfica.
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Level 43
Jun 12, 2023
Manchester City are there
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Level 83
Jun 12, 2023
City are there *now.* If you look at the date of their original comment, you can see it is from a few years ago.
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Level 36
Jul 15, 2021
Arsenal don't deserve to be there
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Level 66
Nov 6, 2022
Why? This is also historic performances not just in the past 10 or 20 years but since '55.
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Level 82
Oct 9, 2022
Only missed Celtic. Probably would have missed Dynamo Kyiv in the past, but for unfortunate reasons Ukraine's much on my mind lately.
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Level 67
Jan 11, 2023
"FC" Liverpool does not get accepted, only "Liverpool", this is bullshit
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Level 80
Jun 11, 2023
The team is called Liverpool FC not FC Liverpool.
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Level 82
Jun 11, 2023
Could you accept Glasgow Celtic?
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Level 43
Jun 12, 2023
I think that the mixing of Champions League and European Cup distorts this quiz. Since there are now at least six games played by any club in the main Champions League competition it means that clubs, like PSG or Arsenal who have repeatedly qualified but never won the competition are rated higher than those, such as Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa, who have won the competition when it was a simple two leg knock out competition for League winner only.

Perhaps there should be two quizzes, one pre and one post the Champions League introduction.

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Level 35
Sep 7, 2023
18/20

I didn't get Liverpool or Porto

WHY