The Barça keeps on being the king of the first phase of Champions

The valid champion of Europe has the best numbers regarding the first phase of the Champions refers of the last years. It carries fifteen seasons classifying without interruption for the following phase in addition to being the quemás times has been champion

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The FC Barcelona has in front of the BEATS Borisov the challenge to classify automatically for the eighth of final if it wins to the Byelorussians and the Rome does not do the same in front of the Bayer Leverkusen. Without well it would not ensure for now the leadership of the group, if that would have it very in his hand to do it in his visit to Germany in the fifth day. His classification would be the sixteenth consecutive for the best team of Europe in the first phase. The leadership, his seventeenth of 19 liguillas contested.

And it is that the FC Barcelona is the true king of the first phase of competition of the Champions League. Since in the 2000-2001 no puediera surpass to Milan and Leeds United, has not gone back to fail a classification. Before neither it arrived to classify in the 97-98 falling in front of Dinamo of Kiev and PSV Eindhoven neither in the 98-99, remaining third and being surpassed by Manchester United and Bayern of Munich, champion and runner-up to the dessert of the tournament this campaign.

Since the Barcelona have not had mercy of his opponents in this phase. And it is that in only two occasions has not classified like first of group. It was in the 2004-2005 and in the 2006-2007, paying it expensive when confronting first to Chelsea and afterwards to the Liverpool that would delete them in the round of eighth of final.

Another data that fits to stand out is that since it established the Champions like format for the Glass of Europe, there has not been any team that have won so many times the liguilla like the blaugrana. As it can see in the following numbers made by the newspaper "MD", Only United and Madrid can follow him the rhythm to the Barça with fourteen victories each one, by the dieciseis of the Catalans. Besides, the team culé is the one who more editions has finish this phase invicto, in nine participations. This could be the tenth...

MORE TIMES INVICTO IN THE GROUPS

• FC Barcelona 9
• Manchester United. 7
• Real Madrid 6
• Juventus 5
• Bayern Munich 4

MORE TIMES CHAMPION OF FIRST PHASE

• FC Barcelona 16
• Manchester United. 14
• Real Madrid 14
• Bayern Munich 13
• Milan 10
• Juventus, 10
• Chelsea 10