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Spurs aiming to be 23rd European Cup winners – how many can we name?

  • May 29, 2019
  • FOOTBALL

Tottenham Hotspur have won UEFA bar competitions on 3 occasions, though are creation their entrance in a UEFA Champions League final this season.

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Winners of a European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963, when they kick Atlético Madrid 5-1 in a Rotterdam decider, Tottenham afterwards overcame compatriots Wolverhampton Wanderers in a initial UEFA Cup final of 1972 before squeezing past Anderlecht to win a 1984 edition.

They can therefore turn usually a fifth side to finish a full set of vital UEFA bar trophies by winning a UEFA Champions League, following in a footsteps of Ajax, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Spurs are a eighth English group to strech a final of Europe’s tip bar competition, a 40th side overall, and a initial final debutant given Chelsea mislaid to Manchester United in a 2007/08 book in Moscow.

Which 22 teams have won a UEFA Champions League/European Cup?

1956: Madrid crowned initial winners

Chelsea are a usually new name on a prize in a stream century©AFP/Getty Images

1 Real Madrid (first win 1956)
2 Benfica (1961)
3 AC Milan (1963)
4 Internazionale (1964)
5 Celtic (1967)
6 Manchester United (1968)
7 Feyenoord (1970)
8 Ajax (1971)
9 Bayern München (1974)
10 Liverpool (1977)
11 Nottingham Forest  (1979)
12 Aston Villla (1982)
13 Hamburg (1983)
14 Juventus (1985)
15 Steaua București (1986)
16 Porto (1987)
17 PSV Eindhoven (1988)
18 Crvena zvezda (1991)
19 Marseille (1993)
20 Barcelona (1992)
21 Borussia Dortmund (1997)
22 Chelsea (2012)

Number of opposite winners by nation

Aston Villa applaud their 1982 triumph©Bob Thomas/Getty Images

5: England (Aston Villla, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest)
3: Germany (Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Hamburg)
3: Italy (AC Milan, Internazionale, Juventus)
3: Netherlands (Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven)
2: Portugal (Benfica, Porto)
2: Spain (Barcelona, Real Madrid)
1: France (Marseille)
1: Romania (Steaua București)
1: Scotland (Celtic)
1: Serbia (Crvena zvezda)

Which 40 teams have reached a UEFA Champions League/European Cup final

Benfica were a second group to win a title, in 1961©Getty Images

Dortmund won their initial final in 1997©Getty Images

1 Real Madrid (first final 1956)
2 Reims (1956)
3 Fiorentina (1957)
4 AC Milan (1958)
5 Eintracht Frankfurt (1960)
6 Benfica (1961)
7 Barcelona (1961)
8 Internazionale (1964)
9 Partizan (1966)
10 Celtic (1967)
11 Manchester United (1968)
12 Ajax (1969)
13 Feyenoord (1970)
14 Panathinaikos (1971)
15 Juventus (1973)
16 Bayern München (1974)
17 Atlético Madrid  (1974)
18 Leeds United (1975)
19 Saint-Étienne (1976)
20 Liverpool (1977)
21 Borussia Mönchengladbach (1977)
22 Club Brugge (1978)
23 Nottingham Forest  (1979)
24 Malmö (1979)
25 Hamburg (1980)
26 Aston Villla (1982)
27 Roma (1984)
28 Steaua București (1986)
29 Porto (1987)
30 PSV Eindhoven (1988)
31 Crvena zvezda (1991)
32 Marseille (1991)
33 Sampdoria (1992)
34 Borussia Dortmund (1997)
35 Valencia (2000)
36 Bayer Leverkusen (2002)
37 Monaco (2004)
38 Arsenal (2006)
39 Chelsea (2008)
40 Tottenham Hotspur (2019)

Number of opposite finalists by nation

Arsenal reached their usually final in 2006©AFP/Getty Images

8: England (Arsenal, Aston Villla, Chelsea, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur)
6: Germany (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburg)
6: Italy (AC Milan, Fiorentina, Internazionale, Juventus, Roma, Sampdoria)
4: France (Marseille, Monaco, Reims, Saint-Étienne)
4: Spain (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Valencia)
3: Netherlands (Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven)
2: Portugal (Benfica, Porto
2 Serbia (Crvena zvezda, Partizan)
1: Belgium (Club Brugge)
1: Greece (Panathinaikos)
1: Romania (Steaua București)
1: Scotland (Celtic)
1: Sweden (Malmö)

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