UEFA Champions League most appearances by club 2022

Real Madrid is the football club in Europe with the most appearances in the UEFA Champions League, taking part in the tournament 52 times, with 464 matches played since 1955. The club also holds the record for the most final match appearances at eight times, followed by Bayern Muenchen, AC Milan and Juvents - each club making it to the finals six times so far. Being the all-time champion, Real Madrid has won the most Champions League titles by far, with 14 titles, followed by AC Milan with 7 titles.

Champions League revenue

However, it was Chelsea FC, closely followed by Manchester City FC who received the highest revenue share of the Champions League in 2021, receiving roughly 119.78 million and 119.08 million euros respectively. The Champions League generates the majority of its revenue through broadcasting rights and it distributed roughly 2.1 billion of the 2.8 billion euros in revenue in 2021 to football clubs. Champions League revenues have more than doubled over the past decade.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo leads the Champions League not only in terms of most goals scored with 141 goals, but also in most final match appearances alongside Paolo Maldini, as well as most goals scored in final matches. During the last season of 2021/22, he dethroned Iker Casillas' for most matches played and now also holds that record with 187 game appearances.