The Champions League enters, like all UEFA interclub competitions, into the new era this year, with PAOK to fight in the qualifiers in order to debut in the league phase and become the fourth Greek team to reach the main stage of the competition, after Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK in the past.
In the all time list of countries that have been represented in the institution we find several interesting elements, with the Germany to be at the top. Overall 15 clubs of the Bundesliga have managed to play at least once in the Champions League, with clubs such as Kaiserslautern, Hertha Berlin and Hoffenheim having previously made the cut.
Follow me 14 groups Spain and twelve France, while surprisingly only in fourth place we find England and Italy, with eleven
The gap widens from there on, with the Netherlands, Russia and Belgium having seen seven different teams play in the Champions League, Turkey six and Portugal, Denmark but also Switzerland, Romania following with five.
In the four groups we find Austria and Sweden, with our country being right next to the Czech Republic, Israel and Slovakia.
It is worth noting that this year, they have the opportunity to increase their representatives in the history of the institution outside of Greece with PAOK, and Belgium (Union St. Gilois), Slovakia (Slovan Bratislava) and Poland (Jagiellonia Bialystok) or Norway (Bodo/Glimt) ).
Nations with highest number of different clubs qualifying for Champions League group/league stage since 1992:
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Source: Sport Fm
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