European Cups Semifinal Balance


The post-89 country splits have not (yet) been taken into account in the classification of the countries (they have been in the club classification).


Country Classification

(according to number of cups won):

up-to-date after Champions League final 2006/07

               Cups Won    Diff Winners     Finals    Diff Finalists  Semifinals    Diff Semis    SC IC
Country       C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt

Spain         11  7 11 29    2  4  5  6   20 14 18 52    4  6  8 10   38 19 29 86    7  7 12 15    6  3
Italy         11  7 10 28    3  6  5  9   25 11 18 54    6  6  8 10   33 20 33 86    6 11 12 15    9  7
England       10  8 10 28    4  7  6 13   14 13 18 45    6  9 10 17   29 21 27 77    9 10 13 18    7  1

Germany        6  4  6 16    3  4  5  8   13  8 13 34    6  7  9 12   23 17 36 76    7 13 14 18       2
Netherlands    6  1  4 11    3  1  3  3    8  2  6 16    3  1  5  5   13  8  9 30    3  4  5  5    3  3

Portugal       4  1  1  6    2  1  1  3    9  2  3 14    2  2  3  3   11  5  5 21    2  3  4  4    1  1
Belgium           3  1  4       2  1  2    1  7  4 12    1  4  2  5    4 12  9 25    3  7  6 11    3
Soviet Union      3  1  4       2  1  3       4  1  5       3  1  4    4 10  2 16    2  5  2  6    1
Scotland       1  2     3    1  2     3    2  4  2  8    1  2  2  4    8  8  6 22    5  4  6  8    1
France         1  1     2    1  1     2    6  3  4 13    4  2  3  7   13  9  9 31    7  6  8 12
Yugoslavia     1     1  2    1     1  2    2     3  5    2     2  3    4  4  8 16    2  4  6  8       1
Sweden               2  2          1  1    1     2  3    1     1  2    2     2  4    2     1  2

Romania        1        1    1        1    2        2    1        1    4  1  2  7    2  1  2  3    1
East Germany      1     1       1     1       3     3       3     3       6  2  8       5  2  6
Czechoslovakia    1     1       1     1       1     1       1     1    2  4  2  8    2  4  2  7
Hungary              1  1          1  1       2  4  6       2  3  4    3  3  7 13    3  3  4  6
Turkey               1  1          1  1          1  1          1  1    1     2  3    1     2  2    1

Austria                                       3  1  4       2  1  3    2  4  2  8    2  2  2  4
Greece                                     1        1    1        1    3     1  4    1     1  2
Poland                                        1     1       1     1    2  2     4    2  2     3

Switzerland                                                            3     2  5    2     2  4
Bulgaria                                                               2  2     4    1  2     2
Wales                                                                     1     1       1     1
Denmark                                                                      1  1          1  1

Totals        52 39 49 140  21 32 31 60                             204 156 196 556              33 18
                                        104 78 98 280   38 51 59 97                 71 94 107 163

Notes:

 1.There were no semifinals in the 1991/92 and 1992/93 editions of the Champions Cup.
 2.C1=Champions' Cup (League), C2=Cup Winners' Cup, C3=Fairs' Cup/UEFA Cup.
 3.SC=Super Cup, IC=Intercontinental Club Cup.


Final winning ratios

Czechoslovakia    1/ 1   = 1.00
Turkey            1/ 1   = 1.00
Soviet Union      4/ 5   = 0.80   [includes Russia         1/ 1]
Netherlands      11/16   = 0.69
Sweden            2/ 3   = 0.67
England          27/43   = 0.63   [1 inter-English final;  28/45 = 0.62]
Spain            24/42   = 0.57   [5 inter-Spanish finals; 29/52 = 0.56]
Italy            23/44   = 0.52   [5 inter-Italian finals; 28/54 = 0.52]
Romania           1/ 2   = 0.50
Germany          15/32   = 0.47   [1 inter-German final;   16/34 = 0.47]
Portugal          6/14   = 0.43
Yugoslavia        2/ 5   = 0.40
Scotland          3/ 8   = 0.38
Belgium           4/12   = 0.33
East Germany      1/ 3   = 0.33
Hungary           1/ 6   = 0.17
France            2/13   = 0.15
Greece            0/ 1   = 0.00
Poland            0/ 1   = 0.00
Austria           0/ 4   = 0.00

Note that among the "big five", the Netherlands have won more than
two thirds of their finals, while Italy and Germany might as well 
toss a coin.  The success rates of France, Hungary and Austria are 
unimpressive.

Semifinal-to-Cup-win ratios

(not adjusted for "internal meetings"):

Sweden            2/ 4   = 0.50
Netherlands      11/30   = 0.37
England          28/77   = 0.36
Spain            29/86   = 0.34
Turkey            1/ 3   = 0.33
Italy            28/86   = 0.33
Portugal          6/21   = 0.29
Soviet Union      4/16   = 0.25 [includes Russia         1/ 4,
Germany          16/76   = 0.21           Ukraine        0/ 1]         
Belgium           4/25   = 0.16
Romania           1/ 7   = 0.14
Scotland          3/22   = 0.14
Yugoslavia        2/16   = 0.13
Czechoslovakia    1/ 8   = 0.13 [includes Czech Republic 0/ 1]
East Germany      1/ 8   = 0.13
Hungary           1/13   = 0.08
France            2/31   = 0.06
Denmark           0/ 1   = 0.00
Wales             0/ 1   = 0.00
Bulgaria          0/ 4   = 0.00
Greece            0/ 4   = 0.00
Poland            0/ 4   = 0.00
Switzerland       0/ 5   = 0.00
Austria           0/ 8   = 0.00

Again, the French, Hungarians and Austrians "enjoy" particularly 
appalling records, while the Dutch and English rejoice in scoring
nearly 40% where 25% would be expected.


The Club List

                           Cups Won   Finals Reached  Semis Reached Country       SC IC
Club                      C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt    C1 C2 C3 Tt                31 18

1 [10 or more cups]
Real Madrid                9     2 11   12  2  2 16    21  2  3 26  Spain 1        1  2

2-4 [8 or 9 cups]
Milan                      7  2     9   11  3    14    13  3  2 18  Italy 1        5  3
Barcelona                  2  4  3  9    5  6  4 15     9  6  8 23  Spain 2        2
Liverpool                  5     3  8    7  1  3 11     8  2  4 14  England 1      3

5-8 [5 or 6 cups]
Bayern München             4  1  1  6    7  1  1  9    12  4  3 19  Germany 1         1
Ajax                       4  1  1  6    6  2  1  9     8  2  2 12  Netherlands 1  3  2
Juventus                   2  1  3  6    7  1  6 14    10  3  7 20  Italy 2        2  2
Internazionale             2     3  5    4     4  8     7     9 16  Italy 3           2

9-15 [3 or 4 cups]
Valencia                      1  3  4    2  1  4  7     2  1  4  7  Spain 3        2
Manchester United          2  1     3    2  1     3     9  2  1 12  England 2      1  1
Porto                      2     1  3    2  1  1  4     3  1  1  5  Portugal 1     1  1 
Feyenoord                  1     2  3    1     2  3     2  3  2  7  Netherlands 2     1
Anderlecht                    2  1  3       4  3  7     2  4  3  9  Belgium 1      2
Parma                         1  2  3       2  2  4        2  3  5  Italy 4        1
Tottenham Hotspur             1  2  3       1  3  4     1  2  4  7  England 3      

16-20 [2 cups, at least 1 EC1]
Benfica                    2        2    7     1  8     8  2  1 11  Portugal 2
Nottingham Forest          2        2    2        2     2     1  3  England 4      1
Borussia Dortmund          1  1     2    1  1  2  4     3  1  3  7  Germany 2         1
Hamburger SV               1  1     2    2  2  1  5     3  2  2  7  Germany 3
PSV                        1     1  2    1     1  2     3  2  1  6  Netherlands 3

21-27 [2 cups, no EC1]
Chelsea                       2     2       2     2     3  4  1  8  England 5      1
Dynamo Kiev                   2     2       2     2     3  2     5  Ukraine 1      1
Arsenal                       1  1  2    1  3  2  6     1  3  2  6  England 6
Real Zaragoza                 1  1  2       1  2  3        3  2  5  Spain 4
Leeds United                     2  2    1  1  3  5     3  1  5  9  England 7   
Borussia Mönchengladbach         2  2    1     4  5     2  1  5  8  Germany 4
IFK Göteborg                     2  2          2  2     1     2  3  Sweden 1
Sevilla                          2  2          2  2           2  2  Spain 5        1

29-33 [1 EC1]
Olympique de Marseille     1        1    2     2  4     3  1  2  6  France 1
Celtic                     1        1    2     1  3     4  2  1  7  Scotland 1
Steaua Bucuresti           1        1    2        2     3     1  4  Romania 1      1
Crvena zvezda Beograd      1        1    1     1  2     3  1  2  6  Yugoslavia 1      1
Aston Villa                1        1    1        1     1        1  England 8      1

34-41 [1 EC2, more finals]
Atlético Madrid               1     1    1  3     4     3  5  3 11  Spain 6           1
Fiorentina                    1     1    1  2  1  4     1  3  1  5  Italy 5
Sampdoria                     1     1    1  2     3     1  3     4  Italy 6
Rangers                       1     1       3     3     1  3  1  5  Scotland 2
FC Paris Saint-Germain        1     1       2     2     1  3  1  5  France 2
West Ham United               1     1       2     2        3     3  England 9
SS Lazio                      1     1       1  1  2        1  2  3  Italy 7        1
Sporting CP                   1     1       1  1  2        2  2  4  Portugal 3

42-49 [1 EC2, no other finals]
Aberdeen                      1     1       1     1        2     2  Scotland 3     1
KV Mechelen                   1     1       1     1        2     2  Belgium 2      1
Dynamo Tbilisi                1     1       1     1        2     2  Georgia 1
Everton                       1     1       1     1        1     1  England 10
1.FC Magdeburg                1     1       1     1        1     1  East Germany 1
Manchester City               1     1       1     1        2     2  England 11
Werder Bremen                 1     1       1     1        1  3  4  Germany 5
Slovan Bratislava             1     1       1     1        1     1  Slovakia 1

50-60 [1 EC3]
Roma                             1  1    1     2  3     1  1  3  5  Italy 8
Ferencváros                      1  1       1  2  3        1  4  5  Hungary 1
Eintracht Frankfurt              1  1    1     1  2     1  1  2  4  Germany 6
Bayer Leverkusen                 1  1    1     1  2     1     2  3  Germany 7
Dynamo Zagreb                    1  1          2  2        1  2  3  Croatia 1
CSKA Moskva                      1  1          1  1           1  1  Russia 1
Galatasaray SK                   1  1          1  1     1     1  2  Turkey 1       1
Ipswich Town                     1  1          1  1           1  1  England 12
Napoli                           1  1          1  1        1  1  2  Italy 9
Newcastle United                 1  1          1  1           2  2  England 13
Schalke 04                       1  1          1  1        1  2  3  Germany 8

61-67 [reached EC1 finals]
Stade Reims                              2        2     2        2  France 3
AS Monaco                                1  1     2     3  2  1  6  France 4
Club Brugge KV                           1     1  2     1  1  2  4  Belgium 3
Malmö FF                                 1        1     1        1  Sweden 2
Panathinaikos                            1        1     3        3  Greece 1
Partizan Beograd                         1        1     1        1  Yugoslavia 2
AS Saint-Etienne                         1        1     2        2  France 5

68-80 [reached EC2 finals]
Rapid Wien                                  2     2     1  2     3  Austria 1
VfB Stuttgart                               1  1  2        1  3  4  Germany 9
Antwerp                                     1     1        1     1  Belgium 4
Austria Wien                                1     1     1  2     3  Austria 2
Carl Zeiss Jena                             1     1        2     2  East Germany 2
Dynamo Moskva                               1     1        3     3  Russia 2
Fortuna Düsseldorf                          1     1        1     1  Germany 10
Gornik Zabrze                               1     1        1     1  Poland 1
1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig                     1     1        1  1  2  East Germany 3
RCD Mallorca                                1     1        1     1  Spain 7
MTK Budapest                                1     1        1  1  2  Hungary 2
TSV 1860 München                            1     1        1     1  Germany 11
Standard Ličge                              1     1     1  2     3  Belgium 5

81-97 [reached EC3 finals]
Birmingham City                                2  2           3  3  England 14
Espanyol                                       2  2           2  2  Spain 8
Alavés                                         1  1           1  1  Spain 9
Athletic Bilbao                                1  1           1  1  Spain 10
Austria Salzburg                               1  1           1  1  Austria 3
AZ '67                                         1  1           2  2  Netherlands 4
SEC Bastia                                     1  1           1  1  France 6
Dundee United                                  1  1     1     1  2  Scotland 4
FC Girondins de Bordeaux                       1  1     1  1  1  3  France 7
1.FC Köln                                      1  1     1  1  6  8  Germany 12
London Select XI                               1  1           1  1  England 15
Middlesbrough                                  1  1           1  1  England 16
Torino                                         1  1        1  1  2  Italy 10 
FC Twente                                      1  1        1  2  3  Netherlands 5
Újpesti Dózsa                                  1  1     1  1  1  3  Hungary 3
Videoton Székesfehérvár                        1  1           1  1  Hungary 4
Wolverhampton Wanderers                        1  1        1  1  2  England 17

98-115 [EC1 semifinalists]
CSKA Sofia                                              2  1     3  Bulgaria 1
FC Zürich                                               2        2  Switzerland 1
Spartak Moskva                                          1  1  1  3  Russia 3
Deportivo La Coruńa                                     1  1     2  Spain 11
Dinamo Bucuresti                                        1  1     2  Romania 2
Dukla Praha                                             1  1     2  Czech Rep 1
Legia Warszawa                                          1  1     2  Poland 2
FC Nantes                                               1  1     2  France 8
Dundee                                                  1     1  2  Scotland 5
Hibernian                                               1     1  2  Scotland 6
Villarreal CF                                           1     1  2  Spain 12
Derby County                                            1        1  England 18
ETO Györ                                                1        1  Hungary 5
Real Sociedad                                           1        1  Spain 13
Spartak Trnava                                          1        1  Slovakia 2
Vasas Budapest                                          1        1  Hungary 6
Widzew Lódz                                             1        1  Poland 3
BSC Young Boys                                          1        1  Switzerland 2

116-132 [EC2 semifinalists]
Lokomotiv Moskva                                           2     2  Russia 4
Hajduk Split                                               1  1  2  Croatia 2
Atalanta                                                   1     1  Italy 11
Banik Ostrava                                              1     1  Czech Rep 2
Bayer Uerdingen                                            1     1  Germany 13
Beveren                                                    1     1  Belgium 6
Cardiff City                                               1     1  Wales 1
Dunfermline Athletic                                       1     1  Scotland 7
BFC Dynamo                                                 1     1  East Germany 4
1.FC Nürnberg                                              1     1  Germany 14
OFK Beograd                                                1     1  Yugoslavia 3
Olympique Lyonnais                                         1     1  France 9
Sachsenring Zwickau                                        1     1  East Germany 5
Slavia Sofia                                               1     1  Bulgaria 2
Sparta Praha                                               1     1  Czech Rep 3
THOR Waterschei                                            1     1  Belgium 7
Vicenza                                                    1     1  Italy 12

133-162 [EC3 semifinalists]
Bologna                                                       2  2  Italy 13
1.FC Kaiserslautern                                           2  2  Germany 15
AEK                                                           1  1  Greece 2
AJ Auxerre                                                    1  1  France 10
Beograd XI                                                    1  1  Yugoslavia 4
Boavista FC                                                   1  1  Portugal 4
Bohemians Praha                                               1  1  Czech Rep 4
Brřndbyernes IF                                               1  1  Denmark 1
Cagliari                                                      1  1  Italy 14
Dynamo Dresden                                                1  1  East Germany 6
Genoa 1893                                                    1  1  Italy 15
Göztepe Izmir                                                 1  1  Turkey 2
Grasshopper Club                                              1  1  Switzerland 3
Hertha BSC                                                    1  1  Germany 16
Karlsruher SC                                                 1  1  Germany 17
Kilmarnock                                                    1  1  Scotland 8
Lausanne Sports                                               1  1  Switzerland 4
RC Lens                                                       1  1  France 11
FC Ličge                                                      1  1  Belgium 8
MSV Duisburg                                                  1  1  Germany 18
Osasuna (Pamplona)                                            1  1  Spain 14
Radnicki Nis                                                  1  1  Yugoslavia 5
RWD Molenbeek                                                 1  1  Belgium 9
Slavia Praha                                                  1  1  Czech Rep 5
FC Sochaux                                                    1  1  France 12
CD Tenerife                                                   1  1  Spain 15
FC Tirol                                                      1  1  Austria 4
Union St. Gilles                                              1  1  Belgium 10
Universitatea Craiova                                         1  1  Romania 3
Waregem                                                       1  1  Belgium 11
Zeljeznicar Sarajevo                                          1  1  Bosnia-H 1


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Author: Karel Stokkermans
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