Kings of Europe
Wednesday 18 August 2010 11:25, UK
Martin Tyler previews the Champions League final with some fascinating facts and stats...
Can you answer Tyler's tricky teaser this week?
Martin Tyler's stats and facts column is here! Every week he will be here to offer you statistical gems to make your day, impress your mates and, on occasion, to settle the odd bet. Sky Sports' voice of football and his back-up team of experts are here to answer your questions and queries on all things statistical and historical from the beautiful game... and this week it's a Champions League special ahead of Bayern Munich v Inter Milan. If you have spotted something from a game or have been stumped by a pub quiz question, simply email here and he will do his best to help.Tyler's Starting Stat - Oh Danny, boy!
We're focusing on the Champions League this week, but I'll start by looking back at a brilliant play-off match I attended between Charlton and Swindon on Monday. Swindon will go to Wembley for the fourth time in their history next week. The last time was the 1993 play-off final when they beat Leicester 4-3 to reach the Premier League. They also famously won the League Cup in 1969 as a Division Three team, beating Arsenal 3-1. And in 1990 they won the Division Two play-off final at Wembley, but were immediately relegated from Division One due to financial irregularities. Swindon became the ninth team in the last 12 League One semis to get through having played the first leg at home. Monday's game was also the ninth semi-final at this level to go to extra time and the fifth to go to penalties. Previous shoot-out winners were Huddersfield (1995), Brighton (2004), Hartlepool (2005) and Scunthorpe last season. The game was Danny Wilson's 800th game as a manager and Danny Ward scored for his fourth game in a row - as well as netting in the shoot-out. After the success of Danny Williams for Swindon in 1969, it seems Danny W is a lucky name for the club!ON HOME SOIL
Martin. With Real Madrid not getting to the Champions League final at the Bernabeu and Hamburg not getting to the Europa League final at their ground, I was wondering if a team has ever won the Champions League or the UEFA Cup in their own stadium. Keep up the good work. From Sid (Chelsea fan) MARTIN SAYS: I can tell you that two teams have won the European Cup with the final played at their own ground. The first was Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2-0 at the Bernabeu in 1957 and the other was Inter Milan, who beat Benfica 1-0 at the San Siro in 1965. Roma almost made it a third in 1984, but lost to Liverpool on penalties at the Stadio Olimpico. As for the UEFA Cup, that competition was played over two legs up until 1998, so effectively every winner played the final at their own ground. But since the introduction of single-match finals at supposedly neutral venues in 1998, one team has won on their own ground. That team was Feyenoord, who beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at the Feijenoord Stadion (De Kuip) in 2002. Sporting Lisbon got to a final on their own ground, but lost 3-1 to CSKA Moscow at the Estádio José Alvalade in 2005. Out of interest, the Cup Winners Cup - which was played in one-off finals from 1962 to 1999 - never saw a team win the trophy on their own ground.
BOSSING IT
Dear Martin. I have a question that I need answering and you're the only person that can help. Who has won more European Cups. English managers or Scottish managers? Thanks. Kenny (Celtic fan) MARTIN SAYS: Three Scottish managers have won four European Cups between them, namely Jock Stein, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson (twice). However, four Englishmen have led sides to European Cup glory, winning a total of seven European Cups between them. Those men are Bob Paisley (three wins), Brian Clough (two wins), Tony Barton and Joe Fagan. So the answer to your question is English managers. As you can see from the table below, Italy is the nation that has produced the most European Cup winning managers. Six Italians - Nereo Rocco, Giovanni Trapattoni, Arigo Sacchi, Fabio Capello, Marcello Lippi and Carlo Ancelotti have won nine European Cups between them.
| Nationality | Number of wins | Number of managers | Names |
| Italy | 9 | 6 | Nereo Rocco (2) Giovanni Trapattoni Arigo Sacchi (2) Fabio Capello Marcello Lippi Carlo Ancelotti (2) |
| Spain | 8 | 5 | Jose Villalonga (2) Miguel Munoz (2) Vincente del Bosque (2) Rafael Benitez Josep Guardiola |
| England | 7 | 4 | Bob Paisley (3) Brian Clough (2) Tony Barton Joe Fagan |
| Germany | 6 | 4 | Udo Lattek Dettmar Cramer Ottmar Hitzveld (2) Jupp Heynckes |
| Netherlands | 5 | 5 | Rinus Michels Guus Hiddink Johan Cruyff Louis van Gaal Frank Rijkaard |
| Argentina | 4 | 2 | Luis Carniglia (2) Helenio Herrera (2) |
| Scotland | 4 | 3 | Jock Stein Sir Matt Busby Sir Alex Ferguson (2) |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | Stefan Kovacs (2) Emerich Jenei |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | Bela Guttmann (2) |
| Austria | 2 | 1 | Ernst Happel (2) |
| Portugal | 2 | 2 | Artur Jorge Jose Mourinho |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | Ljupko Petrovic |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | Raymond Goethals |
TWICE AS NICE
Dear Martin. I love reading your stats and facts every week and I have a question for you. If Jose Mourinho wins the Champions League next week would he be the first manager to win it with two different teams after he won it with Porto. I hope you answer this. Ralph Addleson (Manchester City fan) MARTIN SAYS: As you can see from the table above, several managers have won the European Cup / Champions League more than once. Bob Paisley's three wins with Liverpool is the record, while 14 other men have won it twice. They are: Jose Villalonga (Real Madrid 1956 and 1957)
Luis Carniglia (Real Madrid 1958 and 1959)
Miguel Munoz (Real Madrid 1960 and 1966)
Bela Guttman (Benfica 1961 and 1962)
Helenio Herrera (Inter 1964 and 1965)
Ernst Happel (Feyenoord 1970 and Hamburg 1983)
Stefan Kovacs (Ajax 1972 and 1973)
Dettmar Cramer (Bayern Munich 1975 and 1976)
Brian Clough (Nottingham Forest, 1979 and 1980)
Arrigo Sacchi (AC Milan 1989 and 1990)
Sir Alex Feguson (Manchester United, 1999 and 2008)
Ottmar Hitzveld (Borussia Dortmund 1997 and Bayern Munich 2001)
Vincente del Bosque (Real Madrid 2000 and 2002)
Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan 2003 and 2007) As you can see, two men have previously won the Champions League with two different teams: Ernst Happel, with Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983, and Ottmar Hitzfeld, with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001. That list will definitely grow to three men on Saturday evening because if Mourinho doesn't follow up his 2004 win with Porto then his opposite number Louis van Gaal will add to his 1995 win with Ajax.
CHAMPS OF EUROPE... BUT NOT THE WORLD
Dear Martin. I was amazed to see that no Inter Milan players are in Italy's World Cup squad. Could you tell me if this could be the first time a team has won the European Cup without sending any players to the World Cup for that country in the same year? Regards, Kevin Astle. MARTIN SAYS: This would indeed be a first. As you can see from the table below, we have looked at the teams that have won the European Cup / Champions League in World Cup years and they all had at least one player in their nation's squad for the summer tournament. However, that excludes five World Cup years when the nation that won the European Cup did not qualify for the World Cup! (see below) The previous low was 1982 when European champions Aston Villa only contributed one player to England's World Cup squad, that being Peter Withe. As you say, Inter Milan have no players in Italy's provisional World Cup squad. In contrast, Bayern Munich have seven players in Germany's provisional 27-man squad - Hans-Jörg Butt, Philipp Lahm, Holger Badstuber, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose, Mario Gomez and Thomas Müller Despite some of the criticism aimed at English clubs like Arsenal, even they have one player in England's provisional World Cup squad (Thei Walcott). So all of England's Champions League representatives last season would have at least one player in England's provisional World Cup squad. Champions League winners in their nation's World Cup squad by year:
| World Cup Year | European Cup Winner | Nation | Number of players in World Cup squad | Players |
| 1958 | Real Madrid | Spain | Spain did not qualify | - |
| 1962 | Benfica | Portugal | Portugal did not qualify | - |
| 1966 | Real Madrid | Spain | 6 | Manuel Sanchis Ignacio Zoco Amancio Francisco Gento Antonio Betancort Pirri |
| 1970 | Feyenoord | Netherlands | Netherlands did not qualify | - |
| 1974 | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 7 | Sepp Maier Paul Breitner Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck Franz Beckenbauer Gerd Müller Uli Hoeneß Jupp Kapellmann |
| 1978 | Liverpool | England | England did not qualify | - |
| 1982 | Aston Villa | England | 1 | Peter Withe |
| 1986 | Steaua Bucureþti | Romania | Romania did not qualify | - |
| 1990 | AC Milan | Italy | 4 | Franco Baresi Paolo Maldini Carlo Ancelotti Roberto Donadoni |
| 1994 | AC Milan | Italy | 7 | Alessandro Costacurta Paolo Maldini Franco Baresi Mauro Tassotti Demetrio Albertini Roberto Donadoni Daniele Massaro |
| 1998 | Real Madrid | Spain | 4 | Fernando Hierro Fernando Morientes Raul Santiago Cañizares, |
| 2002 | Real Madrid | Spain | 5 | Iker Casillas Iván Helguera Fernando Hierro Raúl Fernando Morientes |
| 2006 | Barcelona | Spain | 3 | Carles Puyol Xavi Andrés Iniesta |
TRIPLE DOUBLES
Dear Martin, thanks for the weekly statistical gems! After seeing my boys in Blue do the double, I noticed that two other doubles have been completed. Inter Milan with Serie A and Coppa Italia, and Bayern Munich with the Bundesliga and DFB Cup. My question is, in past seasons, have there been more than three teams from the top European leagues doing the double or better in the same season? Cheers, Erik Kivimaki (Chelsea) MARTIN SAYS: As you say, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan have completed their respective league and cup doubles during the 2009-10 season. To answer your question about this happening previously, we have looked at the English, Spanish, Italian, German and French leagues as these are currently the top five on the UEFA coefficient. Looking at the history of those leagues, the only other campaign where three teams have completed the double is 1995-1996 when Manchester United, Auxerre and Atletico Madrid did so. This season's tally of three therefore matches that record. However, two sides have completed the double in one season in quite a few years: 1943 - Athletic Bilbao and Torino
1952 - Barcelona and Nice
1975 - Saint-Étienne and Real Madrid
1986 - Liverpool and Bayern Munich
1987 - Bordeaux and Napoli
1989 - Marseille and Real Madrid
2000 - Lazio and Bayern Munich
2006 - Inter Milan and Bayern Munich Bayern Munich won the double for the eighth time this season (2010) meaning they have won the most doubles in the history of the top five leagues. Next are Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona (5) and Real Madrid and Saint-Étienne (4).
