who has won the most champions league games
Real Madrid
title: UEFA Champions League text: culminates with the final match in May. The winner of the UEFA Champions League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. Real Madrid is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won the tournament 13 times, including its first five seasons. Spanish clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories (18 wins), followed by England and Italy (12 wins apiece). England has the largest number of winning teams, with five clubs having won the title. The competition has been won by 22 clubs, 12 of which have won it more than once. The title: European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics text: by winning 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. A total of 63 tournaments have been played, 37 in the European Cup era (1955–56 to 1991–92) and 26 in the Champions League era (1992–93 to 2017–18). 15 of the 62 attempts to defend the trophy (24.19%) have been successful, split between 8 teams. These are: Between the two eras of this competition, this breaks down as: The only team to successfully defend the trophy in the Champions League era is Real Madrid (twice), who won in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18. The teams closest to defending the trophy in title: European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics text: the Champions League era but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final: Of the 22 teams that have won the trophy, 14 have never defended it. Only four of these have won the trophy more than once, and so have had more than one attempt to do so. These are: During the Champions League era, only one title holder has failed to qualify from the group stage: Five clubs have won all their games in a group stage. Real Madrid are the first and only club to achieve this feat twice in 2011–12 and 2014–15. Only one club title: European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics text: Bayern Munich. A total of 12 clubs have won the tournament multiple times: the three forementioned clubs, along with Liverpool, Ajax, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Benfica, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, and Porto. A total of 17 clubs have reached the final without ever managing to win the tournament. Clubs from ten countries have provided tournament winners. Spanish clubs have been the most successful, winning a total of 17. Italy and England are joint-second with 12, while the other multiple-time winners are Germany with seven, Netherlands with six, and Portugal with four. The only other countries to provide a tournament winner title: Basketball Champions League records and statistics text: Monaco won 13 in 2017–18. No team ended the regular season without wins. However, the worst performance was made by Bakken Bears, by winning only one match and losing the other 13 games in 2016–17. The biggest wins difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League regular season is three wins, achieved by two teams: Only two teams have negotiated all the rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League regular season: Monaco holds the record with 17 consecutive home wins in the Champions League. Its run started in the 2016–17 regular season first round and ended