👑 Insane stat shows Stoke are the true Champions League kings

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Lewis Ambrose·13 August 2020

👑 Insane stat shows Stoke are the true Champions League kings

Who thought the relegated Stoke City side of 2017/18 would still have something to shout about?

The Potters scrambled just 33 points together as they bid farewell to the Premier League. Maybe the level of competition wasn’t just high enough for their players.

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After Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting rescued PSG in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday night, he kept an astonishing run alive.

If he features in the semi-final, that Stoke squad will have been represented at that stage of the Champions League in 12 of the last 17 seasons.

If Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting plays in the next round, it will mean the relegated Stoke squad of 2017-18 had players who played in the 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 & 2020 Champions League semi-finals.
– Wednesday, 12 August 2020

And 2004!

Glen Johnson (2004, 2005)
Peter Crouch (2007)
Darren Fletcher (2007, 2008, 2009)
Bojan (2008, 2009, 2010)
Ibrahim Afellay (2011)
Xherdan Shaqiri (2013, 2019)
Jesé (2016, 2017)
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting (2020?)

Of course, 2018 is missing because all those players were with Stoke that season. And to think they couldn’t make their mark on Europe.