Cypriot football clubs in European competitions of a competition, and since then at least one team participate in the group stage every season. Most important success was the qualification and the participation of APOEL FC at the quarterfinals of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Then is the present of the same team at the round of 16 of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Cyprus ranking at UEFA coefficient at the end of 2012-13 season was the 14th, the highest the country ever had. Cypriot teams began to participate in the European Cup (renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992) in 1963. The first team that participated was Anorthosis
German football clubs in European competitions German football clubs in European competitions German football clubs hold the 3rd place in UEFA ranking and represented by 4 clubs in UEFA Champions League and 3 clubs in UEFA Europa League. The last years the German football has risen and that can be confirmed from the appearance two German clubs in the final of 2012–13 Champions League. The German football has won the interest all of Europe because the majority of associations are financially healthy and the spectators in stadiums have been rising. During first years of European competitions Germany was divided to West and East Germany. So initially