UEFA Champions League Participants and Statistics

**UEFA Champions League Records**
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**Statement statistics**

### Clubs

Several clubs have achieved notable success in the competition. The following teams have won the UEFA Champions League multiple times:

* **Real Madrid**: 5 consecutive wins (1960), and 3 consecutive wins (2018)
* **Ajax**: 3 consecutive wins (1973)
* **Bayern Munich**: 3 consecutive wins (1976), and 5 wins in different years (2013)
* **Milan**: 5 wins in different years (1994)
* **Liverpool**: 5 wins in different years (2005)
* **Barcelona**: 5 wins in different years (2015)

### By country

The following countries have had the most teams participate in the competition:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:0 .5em .5em 0; margin-
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| Country
| Number of participating teams
|-
| Spain
| 24
|-
| England
| 22
|-
| Germany
| 20
|-
| Italy
| 18
|-
| France
| 16
|-
| Netherlands
| 14
|-
| Portugal
| 12
|-
| Belgium
| 10
|-
| Turkey
| 9
|-
| Croatia
| 8
|-
| Poland
| 7
|-
| Austria
| 6
|-
| Switzerland
| 6
|-
| Scotland
| 5
|-
| Sweden
| 5
|-
| Ireland
| 4
|-
| Israel
| 4
|-
| Greece
| 3
|-
| Cyprus
| 2
|-
| Hungary
| 2
|-
| Romania
| 2
|-
| Serbia
| 1
|-
| Slovenia
| 1
|-
| Ukraine
| 1
|-
| Azerbaijan
| 1
|-
| Belarus
| 1
|-
| Bulgaria
| 1
|-
| Denmark
| 1
|-
| Finland
| 1
|-
| Iceland
| 1
|-
| Kazakhstan
| 1
|-
| Latvia
| 1
|-
| Lithuania
| 1
|-
| Luxembourg
| 1
|-
| Malta
| 1
|-
| Moldova
| 1
|-
| Netherlands
| 1
|-
| Northern Ireland
| 1
|-
| Norway
| 1
|-
| Russia
| 1
|-
| Slovakia
| 1
|-
| Slovenia
| 1
|-
| Turkey
| 1
|-
| Czech Republic
| 1
|-
| Hungary
| 1
|-
| Cyprus
| 1
|-
| See also: Eternal table of the UEFA Champions League and the European Cup of National Champions

### Top 15 teams in history

The following teams have participated in the most seasons of the competition:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:0 .5em .5em 0; margin-
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| Rank
| Team
| Number of participations
|-
| 1
| Real Madrid
| 43
|-
| 2
| AC Milan
| 38
|-
| 3
| Liverpool
| 37
|-
| 4
| Bayern Munich
| 36
|-
| 5
| Barcelona
| 35
|-
| 6
| Ajax
| 34
|-
| 7
| Manchester United
| 33
|-
| 8
| Juventus
| 32
|-
| 9
| Chelsea
| 31
|-
| 10
| Arsenal
| 30
|-
| 11
| Inter Milan
| 29
|-
| 12
| Benfica
| 28
|-
| 13
| Porto
| 27
|-
| 14
| Celtic
| 26
|-
| 15
| Rangers
| 25

**Participating teams**

As of the 2023/24 season, a total of **171 clubs** from **41 countries** have participated in the UEFA Champions League.