UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Group Stage

[nogomet]

Dinamo Zagreb becomes the first club in the history of European football to beat four teams from London in UEFA competitions. And they've done it in the time span of only 7 years.

2015: 2-1 v Arsenal (CL-GS)
2021: 3-0 v Tottenham (EL-R16)
2021: 1-0 v West Ham (EL-GS)
2022: 1-0 v Chelsea (CL-GS)

Mislav Orsic scored all 5 goals in the latter three games.

[SimonB]

Dinamo Zagreb becomes the first club in the history of European football to beat four teams from London in UEFA competitions. And they've done it in the time span of only 7 years.

2015: 2-1 v Arsenal (CL-GS)
2021: 3-0 v Tottenham (EL-R16)
2021: 1-0 v West Ham (EL-GS)
2022: 1-0 v Chelsea (CL-GS)

Mislav Orsic scored all 5 goals in the latter three games.

Interesting statistic, and very well done, but to put it into more context do you know how many teams have had the opportunity over the years to play against 4 or more London teams. I imagine for example that some of the really big teams who mainly inhabit the CL might only have encountered 3 or fewer London teams over the years.

[Oldelpaso]

Dinamo Zagreb becomes the first club in the history of European football to beat four teams from London in UEFA competitions. And they've done it in the time span of only 7 years.

2015: 2-1 v Arsenal (CL-GS)
2021: 3-0 v Tottenham (EL-R16)
2021: 1-0 v West Ham (EL-GS)
2022: 1-0 v Chelsea (CL-GS)

Mislav Orsic scored all 5 goals in the latter three games.

There's also Juventus (Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Fulham). If you count the Fairs Cup then Barcelona have a London XI in addition to Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs.

[nogomet]

Dinamo Zagreb becomes the first club in the history of European football to beat four teams from London in UEFA competitions. And they've done it in the time span of only 7 years.

2015: 2-1 v Arsenal (CL-GS)
2021: 3-0 v Tottenham (EL-R16)
2021: 1-0 v West Ham (EL-GS)
2022: 1-0 v Chelsea (CL-GS)

Mislav Orsic scored all 5 goals in the latter three games.

There's also Juventus (Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Fulham). If you count the Fairs Cup then Barcelona have a London XI in addition to Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs.

Thanks. Didn't fact-check the Croatian media, but I'm not surprised they got it wrong.

[Juliusz]

Interesting statistic, and very well done, but to put it into more context do you know how many teams have had the opportunity over the years to play against 4 or more London teams. I imagine for example that some of the really big teams who mainly inhabit the CL might only have encountered 3 or fewer London teams over the years.

I found a few clubs that met 4 different teams from London (Fairs Cup included). The results are the same like @Oldelpaso's. Juventus beat all of their 4 opponents. If we count Fairs Cup, Barcelona beat 4 too.

Dinamo is the only team to meet 5 different teams from London BTW.

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Dinamo Zagreb		5	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Basel			4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Olympiacos		4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea
Eintracht Frankfurt	4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea
Anderlecht		4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea
Barcelona		4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, City of London XI
Atlético		4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Juventus		4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk	4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Sevilla			4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea

[SimonB]

Interesting statistic, and very well done, but to put it into more context do you know how many teams have had the opportunity over the years to play against 4 or more London teams. I imagine for example that some of the really big teams who mainly inhabit the CL might only have encountered 3 or fewer London teams over the years.

I found a few clubs that met 4 different teams from London (Fairs Cup included). The results are the same like @Oldelpaso's. Juventus beat all of their 4 opponents. If we count Fairs Cup, Barcelona beat 4 too.

Dinamo is the only team to meet 5 different teams from London BTW.

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Dinamo Zagreb		5	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Basel			4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Olympiacos		4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea
Eintracht Frankfurt	4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea
Anderlecht		4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea
Barcelona		4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, City of London XI
Atlético		4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Juventus		4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk	4	Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham, Chelsea
Sevilla			4	Arsenal, West Ham, Tottenham, Chelsea

Thanks for that.

[nogomet]

Amazing work @Juliusz and @Oldelpaso .

[greenbay]

Finally a group that Bayern will not win after MD 4.

I don't know I still think they could.

Unbelievable. After 2 MDs, they might be halfway there. Two wins overs Plzen while Barca and Inter exchange two draws, er voila.

[Greyn]

I found this interesting (in my opinion) map for the European Cup and the Champions League. It presents the all-time best achievement by country in these competitions combined.



For Poland: Polish club reached the semi-finals of the European Cup twice:
1. Legia Warszawa in the 1969/70 season, eliminated by Feyenoord (Legia - Feyenoord 0-0, Feyenoord - Legia 2-0)
2. Widzew Łódź in the 1982/83 season, eliminated by Juventus (Juventus - Widzew 2-0, Widzew - Juventus 2-2)