Which World Cup team has the most #UCL experience?
Friday, July 6, 2018
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We have totted up the quarter-finalists' combined UEFA Champions League appearances and goals. Which team has the most?
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Plenty of the quarter-finalists at the FIFA World Cup in Russia are familiar faces from the UEFA Champions League, but which of the eight remaining teams has the most experience in Europe's top club competition?
We totted up the 23 players in each squad's combined UEFA Champions League appearances and goals and discovered that Brazil have the most impressive top-level club pedigree of the eight sides at the finals, with quarter-finals opponents England and Sweden the least battle-hardened sides involved.
| Team | Combined #UCL appearances | Combined #UCL goals | Goals per game |
| Belgium | 507 | 60 | 0.118 |
| Brazil | 738 | 115 | 0.156 |
| Croatia | 534 | 61 | 0.114 |
| England | 273 | 48 | 0.176 |
| France | 551 | 68 | 0.123 |
| Russia | 393 | 31 | 0.079 |
| Sweden | 157 | 16 | 0.102 |
| Uruguay | 326 | 64 | 0.196 |