Porto in Champions for 28th time, only Real, Barça and Bayern have more | OneFootball

FC Porto is on the verge of making its 28th appearance in the Champions League era, cementing a highly consistent European record despite having missed the last two editions of the competition.

Since the reorganisation of UEFA’s main club competition in 1992, only three clubs have made more appearances than the Dragons: Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. This record confirms the historic stature of the Porto club in the continental context and once again places it among the most frequent participants in Europe’s premier competition.

FC Porto’s presence becomes even more significant when compared with the Portuguese football landscape, as the club has been, over the past few decades, one of the country’s most regular representatives in the Champions League.

Beyond the number of appearances, the blue-and-whites’ European journey also includes campaigns of great distinction. Among them, the 2018/19 edition stands out, in which FC Porto finished top of their group, eliminated Roma in the round of 16 and were only stopped in the quarter-finals by Liverpool, who would go on to lift the trophy.

The return to the Champions League therefore marks another chapter in the club’s long-standing relationship with the elite of European football. After two years away, Porto are once again present in a competition where they built much of their international prestige and where they remain among the most consistent clubs since the beginning of the modern era.

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