{"id":16166,"date":"2024-04-30T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestanonymouscasinos.com\/?p=16166"},"modified":"2024-08-23T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T10:23:13","slug":"spain-european-semi-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestanonymouscasinos.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/30\/spain-european-semi-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Has Produced More European Semi-finalists Than Any Other Nation Over The Past Ten Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the UEFA Champions League and Europa League semi-finals beginning this week, we have looked back over the past ten years to see which nation has produced the most European semi-finalists in UEFA’s elite club competitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n Key Data Points:<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the Europa Conference League was only created in 2021, we have excluded it from this comparison.<\/p>\n This season is the first time in a decade that no English clubs have made it to the final four of either the Champions League or Europa League.<\/p>\n Last year, only eventual Champions League winners Manchester City reached the last four of Europe\u2019s top two competitions, though West Ham did lift the Conference League trophy.<\/p>\n Many fans and pundits often claim the Premier League is the best competition in world football.<\/p>\n But with only one semi-finalist in the top two European competitions over the past two seasons, can England truly claim to have the best league?<\/p>\n AS Roma (ITA)<\/span><\/td>\n No country has provided more Champions League and Europa League semi-finalists than Spain in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n At least one of La Liga\u2019s big three of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have made the final four of the Champions League every year but one over that period.<\/span><\/p>\n English teams take second place, with 2014\/15 the last season not to feature a Premier League side at this stage of either the UCL or UEL.<\/span><\/p>\n Italy (13) and Germany (12) take third and fourth place, followed by France (8) to round out Europe\u2019s \u2018big five\u2019 leagues.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ukraine is the biggest surprise of them all, though. Despite the low status of their league compared to the likes of the Dutch Eredivisie, Scottish Premiership or Portuguese Primeira Liga, Ukraine has more European semi-finalists than any of those countries, with three.<\/span><\/p>\n Teams from the Netherlands have made the last four just twice in ten years, with Ajax in the 2018\/19 UCL and 2016\/17 UEL semis.<\/span><\/p>\n While Celtic have dominated domestic football in Scotland for the last decade, it\u2019s their fierce rivals Rangers who represent Scotland\u2019s only trip to the semis in Europe\u2019s top two competitions during that period.<\/span><\/p>\n The blue side of Glasgow made the 2021\/22 Europa League final before losing on penalties to Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/span><\/p>\n — — —<\/p>\n\n
UEFA Champions League and Europa League Semi-finalists (Last Ten Seasons)<\/b><\/h2>\n
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\n Season<\/b><\/td>\n UCL Semi-finalists<\/b><\/td>\n UEL Semi-finalists<\/b><\/td>\n No. Of English Teams<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 23\/24<\/span><\/td>\n PSG (FRA), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Real Madrid (ESP), Bayern Munich (GER)<\/span><\/td>\n Atalanta (ITA), Marseille (FRA), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), AS Roma (ITA)<\/span><\/td>\n 0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22\/23<\/span><\/td>\n Manchester City (ENG), Internazionale (ITA), AC Milan (ITA), Real Madrid (ESP)<\/span><\/td>\n Sevilla (ESP), AS Roma (ITA), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Juventus (ITA)<\/span><\/td>\n 1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 21\/22<\/span><\/td>\n Liverpool (ENG), Real Madrid (ESP), Villareal (ESP), Manchester City (ENG)<\/span><\/td>\n E. Frankfurt (GER), Rangers (SCO), RB Leipzig (GER), West Ham (ENG)<\/span><\/td>\n 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 20\/21<\/span><\/td>\n Manchester City (ENG), Chelsea (ENG), PSG (FRA), Real Madrid (ESP)<\/span><\/td>\n Villareal (ESP), Manchester United (ENG), Arsenal (ENG), AS Roma (ITA)<\/span><\/td>\n 4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 19\/20<\/span><\/td>\n PSG (FRA), Bayern Munich (GER), RB Leipzig (GER), Olympique Lyon (FRA)<\/span><\/td>\n Sevilla (ESP), Internazionale (ITA), Manchester United (ENG), Shakhtar (UKR)<\/span><\/td>\n 1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18\/19<\/span><\/td>\n Tottenham (ENG), Liverpool (ENG), Ajax (NED), Barcelona (ESP)<\/span><\/td>\n Chelsea (ENG), Arsenal (ENG), Valencia (ESP), E. Frankfurt (GER)<\/span><\/td>\n 4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 17\/18<\/span><\/td>\n Real Madrid (ESP), Liverpool (ENG), Bayern Munich (GER),<\/span><\/p>\n Marseille (FRA), Atletico Madrid (ESP), Arsenal (ENG), RB Salzburg (AUT)<\/span><\/td>\n 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 16\/17<\/span><\/td>\n Juventus (ITA), Real Madrid (ESP), Monaco (FRA), Atletico Madrid (ESP)<\/span><\/td>\n Ajax (NED), Manchester United (ENG), Olympique Lyon (FRA), Celta Vigo (ESP)<\/span><\/td>\n 1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15\/16<\/span><\/td>\n Real Madrid (ESP), Atletico Madrid (ESP), Bayern Munich (GER), Manchester City (ENG)<\/span><\/td>\n Liverpool (ENG), Sevilla (ESP), Shakhtar (UKR), Villareal (ESP)<\/span><\/td>\n 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14\/15<\/span><\/td>\n Juventus (ITA), Barcelona (ESP), Bayern Munich (GER), Real Madrid (ESP)<\/span><\/td>\n Dnipro (UKR), Sevilla (ESP), Fiorentina (ITA), Napoli (ITA)<\/span><\/td>\n 0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Which Nations Have Produced The Most European Semi-finalists Over The Past Decade?<\/b><\/h2>\n
Number of Champions League\/Europa League Semi-finalists Over Past Ten Seasons<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\n Nation<\/b><\/th>\n No. of UCL\/UEL Semi-finalists\u00a0<\/b><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n \n Spain<\/span><\/td>\n 21<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n England<\/span><\/td>\n 18<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Italy<\/span><\/td>\n 13<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Germany<\/span><\/td>\n 12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n France<\/span><\/td>\n 8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ukraine<\/span><\/td>\n 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Netherlands<\/span><\/td>\n 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Austria<\/span><\/td>\n 1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Scotland<\/span><\/td>\n 1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n