UEFA Champions League clubs performance comparison
The following paragraphs compare the UEFA Champions League results of different clubs. Most of the clubs are included for the comparison.
Classification (From 1996-97)
| C | Champion of the tournament |
| F | Runner-up of the tournament |
| SF | Eliminated in the semi-finals |
| QF | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| R16 | Eliminated in rounds of 16 |
| GS | Eliminated in the group stages |
| PO | Eliminated in the play-off rounds (from 2009 onwards) |
| Q3 | Eliminated in the third qualifying rounds |
| Q2 | Eliminated in the second qualifying rounds |
| Q1 | Eliminated in the first qualifying rounds |
| A | Did not participate in the tournaments |
Performance
| Football Clubs | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | ***(2011–12)*** | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
 Barcelona
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A | GS | GS | SF | GS | SF | QF | A | R16 | C | R16 | SF | C | SF | C | (R16) | ||
 Manchester United
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SF | QF | C | QF | QF | SF | QF | R16 | R16 | GS | SF | C | F | QF | F | GS | ||
| Real Madrid
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A | C | QF | C | SF | C | SF | QF | R16 | R16 | R16 | R16 | R16 | R16 | SF | R16 | ||
 Milan
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GS | A | A | GS | R16 | A | C | QF | F | SF | C | R16 | A | R16 | R16 | (R16) | ||
| Liverpool
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A | A | A | A | A | QF | GS | A | C | R16 | F | SF | QF | GS | A | A | ||
| Internazionale
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A | A | QF | A | Q3 | A | SF | GS | QF | QF | R16 | R16 | R16 | C | QF | (R16) | ||
| Chelsea
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A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | SF | SF | R16 | SF | F | SF | R16 | QF | (R16) | ||
 Bayern Munich
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A | QF | F | SF | C | QF | GS | R16 | QF | R16 | QF | A | QF | F | R16 | (R16) | ||
| Juventus
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F | F | SF | A | GS | R16 | F | R16 | QF | QF | A | A | R16 | GS | A | A | ||
 Porto
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QF | GS | GS | QF | Q3 | R16 | A | C | R16 | GS | R16 | R16 | QF | R16 | A | GS | ||
| Arsenal
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A | A | GS | GS | QF | R16 | R16 | QF | R16 | F | R16 | QF | SF | QF | R16 | (R16) | ||
| Valencia
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A | A | A | F | F | A | QF | A | GS | A | QF | GS | A | A | R16 | GS | ||
 Lyon
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A | A | A | Q3 | R16 | GS | GS | QF | QF | QF | R16 | R16 | R16 | SF | R16 | (R16) | ||
| Roma
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A | A | A | A | A | R16 | GS | A | GS | A | QF | QF | R16 | A | R16 | A | ||
 Ajax
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SF | A | GS | A | A | Q3 | QF | GS | GS | R16 | Q3 | Q3 | A | A | GS | GS | ||
| PSV Eindhoven
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A | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | R16 | QF | GS | GS | A | A | A | ||
 Dynamo Kyiv
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Q1 | QF | SF | GS | GS | GS | A | GS | A | Q2 | GS | GS | GS | GS | Q3 | Q3 | ||
 Olympiacos
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A | A | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | R16 | Q3 | R16 | A | GS | ||
| Panathinaikos
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Q1 | A | GS | A | GS | QF | A | GS | GS | GS | A | A | R16 | A | GS | Q3 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund
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C | SF | A | A | A | A | 2GS | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | GS | ||
| Deportivo La Coruña
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A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2GS | SF | GS | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||
 Celtic
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GS | PO | Q3 | A | ||||||||||||||
| Napoli
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A | A | A | (R16) | ||||||||||||||
| Udinese
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A | A | A | PO | ||||||||||||||
| Schalke 04
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A | A | A | A | A | GS | A | A | A | GS | A | QF | Q3 | A | SF | A | ||
| Rangers
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Q2 | GS | GS | Q3 | ||||||||||||||
| Benfica
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A | A | GS | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q3 | QF | GS | GS | A | A | GS | (R16) | ||
| Atlético Madrid
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QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | R16 | GS | A | A | ||
 CSKA Moscow
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A | QF | A | (R16) | ||||||||||||||
| Zenit St. Petersburg
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GS | A | PO | (R16) | ||||||||||||||
| Lille
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GS | R16 | A | A | A | A | GS | |||||||||||
| Marseille
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GS | GS | GS | R16 | (R16) | |||||||||||||
 Basel
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GS | A | GS | (R16) | ||||||||||||||
 Trabzonspor
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A | A | A | GS | ||||||||||||||
| Fenerbahçe
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QF | GS | A | Q3 | A | |||||||||||||
 Standard Liège
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Q3 | GS | A | A | ||||||||||||||
 Copenhagen
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A | PO | R16 | PO | ||||||||||||||
| Villarreal
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A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | QF | A | A | GS | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk
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GS | Q3 | QF | GS | ||||||||||||||
| Bayer Leverkusen
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A | QF | A | GS | GS | F | GS | A | (R16) | A | A | A | A | A | A | (R16) |