Which club has lifted the most Champions League titles and has Cristiano Ronaldo won the most winners medals?
GRAB your popcorn football lovers as the Champions League campaign is coming to a conclusion TONIGHT – and the deciding fixture is not to be missed.
Liverpool and Real Madrid are set to face off in what is shaping up to be a mouth-watering rematch from the final in 2018.
And a win would see one of these European giants improve on their phenomenal record in this illustrious competition.
But which team holds the record for the most Champions League titles won and which player has earned the highest amount of winners medals?
Who has won the most Champions League titles?
Real Madrid have been a dominant force in clubs football’s biggest competition, having lifted the trophy a record breaking 13 times.
Los Blancos specifically rubber stamped their authority in the Champions League when their club legend Zinedine Zidane guided them to THREE consecutive triumphs – 2016, 2017 and 2018.
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Chelsea are the current holders of the tournament but Liverpool have been the most successful English team to participate.
The Reds have won the Champions League a total of six times and they could go joint second with Italian giants AC Milan who have succeeded on seven occasions.
- Real Madrid – 13
- AC Milan – 7
- Liverpool – 6
- Bayern Munich – 6
- Barcelona – 5
- Ajax – 4
- Manchester United and Inter Milan – 3
- Benfica, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Porto – 2
Which player has won the most winners medals?
Iconic superstar Real Madrid attacker Paco Gento has earned the most European winners medals.
The Spaniard spent 18 years at the Bernabeu, where he won the trophy with the big ears a staggering six times.
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However, Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for the most Champions League titles won since its name change in 1992.
Ronaldo’s five triumphs with two different clubs has put him at the top of the charts for Champions League honours won.
But the Portuguese legend will have to watch another season go by where he fails to get on par with Geento as Manchester United failed to qualify for next season’s edition.
Which players can match Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally?
Six of Ronaldo’s former team-mates have the opportunity to match his tally should Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the final.
Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Luka Modric, Marcelo, Dani Carvajal and Isco all currently have four winners medals thus having the chance to make it five THIS SATURDAY.
Casemiro and Toni Kroos have also been apart of the winning side four times, but only made an appearance in three of them.