Apollon Ladies make UEFA’s Champions League decade list

UEFA have released a number of end-of-decade lists to recap the past 10 years across competitions.

For the men’s Champions League, Real Madrid naturally lead the way with 4 competition wins. Bayern, Barcelona and Juventus follow in the second, third and fourth spots respectively, reflecting their overall win record.

You can see the full table here:

Note: Three points awarded for a win, one for a draw. Results after extra time count; all matches that went to penalties are classified as a draw. Some teams have 11 participations as all stats are taken from 1 January 2010. [source: UEFA]

Meanwhile, Apollon Ladies FC (Limassol) have ranked at an impressive sixth position in the women’s Champions League Team of the Decade table.

The Limassol club won an impressive 24 out of 41 games, drawing 5 and losing just 12 times. Apollon Ladies managed to come within touching distance of clubs of much greater stature and resources, including Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona, who are only 8 and 12 points ahead respectively.

The full table can be seen below:

The Limassol club have had an impressive decade at the domestic level as well. Since the 2009-2010 season, Apollon Ladies won 9 league titles, 9 domestic cups, and 6 Super Cups.

Further, they have had an array of former international players feature for them, including England’s Lianne Sanderson, Bulgaria’s Liliana Kostova and Petya Petkova, Mexico’s Cecilia Santiago, Poland’s Nikki Krzysik, Portugal’s Mónica Mendes, Russia’s Yekaterina Gokhman, and the United States’ Danesha Adams, Yael Averbuch, Joanna Lohman, and Tina DiMartino.