Champions League at the Spanish time

Madrid - The Champions League could decide "Liga" this season with five clubs in the Championship of Spain engaged in the group stage of the C1, a record, and three Spanish coronations over the last five editions of the Queen club competition .

. Real and Barca, sovereigns in Europe

If Spain is the country with the most successful C1 (15) since the inception of the event in 1955, it owes two clubs: Real Madrid (10 trophies), the story of the most successful and FC Barcelona (5 titles).

At all levels, the two great continental Spain are giants. Since 2000, they have won seven of the 16 titles at stake, which, over the last five years of coronations in 2011 and 2015 in Barcelona and Madrid in 2014.

Logically, Spain crushes UEFA index, barometer which includes final five seasons.

In late August, the Liga had 85.142 pts, ahead the German Bundesliga (66.749 pts) and the English Premier League (65.034), which ensures a maximum representation in Europe. "This is the ultimate truth, the sporting power that emanates from this championship," summed up in an editorial Alfredo Relaño, director of the Spanish sports daily As.

. Messi, Ronaldo ... Royal plateau Liga

With Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, La Liga has two of the greatest strikers in the history: the last seven Ballons d'Or went either to the Barcelona star (2009 to 2012) or the Madrid star (2008, 2013, 2014). And "King Leo" looks set to win a fifth crown next winter.

The two rivals also erased last year's record Raul Gonzalez (71 goals) to become joint top scorers in the history of the Champions League (77 goals each).

"These are the two of them that give the Liga universal dimension it never had before," noted Alfredo Relaño.

And while other leagues are not lacking stars, La Liga this may be the most flashy shelf: Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez, Karim Benzema, Andres Iniesta, Neymar or Luis Suarez ...

. Atletico, Valencia, Sevilla, little princes

This season, Spain has qualified five representatives in the group stage of the Champions League, an unprecedented performance related to the allocation of a place winner of the C3.

"Spain plays well the Europa League, which is not necessarily the case in other countries. The Spanish club have earned more in the Champions League," said the UEFA president Michel Platini.

The Sevilla FC is the first club to have benefited from this reform, joining the first three Liga (Barca, Real and Atletico) and 4th championship (Valencia, winner of a dam against Monaco).

Play background C3 has also offered a real European culture to the Spanish clubs operating in the shadow of the Real and Barca.

And Valencia, double finalist of the C1 (2000 and 2001), consoled himself with the "little European Cup" (2004). Seville and set a record of four wins C3 (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015). And in the same way, Atletico reached the final of the C1 gleaned in 2014 after two Europa Leagues (2010, 2012), symbol of Spain prevailing on the continent.