Table 1

Inclusion of the 24 teams over the 11-year study period

Team	Country	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	Total
Club Brügge KV	Belgium			X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
RSC Anderlecht	Belgium						X*	X	X			X*	4
Arsenal FC	England	X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Chelsea FC	England					X*	X	X			X*	X	5
Liverpool FC	England					X*	X			X*	X	X	5
Manchester United FC	England	X*	X	X	X	X	X	X			X*	X	9
Tottenham Hotspur FC	England										X*	X	2
Olympique Lyonnais	France								X*	X	X	X	4
RC Lens	France	X*	X	X									3
Paris St Germain	France	X*	X	X	X	X	X						6
Stade Rennais FC	France	X*	X										2
BVB Dortmund	Germany					X*				X*	X	X	4
FC Bayern München	Germany									X*	X	X	3
Hamburger SV	Germany						X*	X	X	X	X		5
AC Milan	Italy	X*	X	X			X*			X*	X	X	7
FC Internazionale	Italy	X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Juventus FC	Italy	X*		X*	X				X*	X	X	X	7
AFC Ajax	The Netherlands	X*				X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
PSV Eindhoven	The Netherlands	X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
FC Porto	Portugal					X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
SL Benfica	Portugal					X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
FC Barcelona	Spain			X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Real Madrid CF	Spain	X*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
FC Shakhtar	Ukraine							X*	X	X	X	X	5
Total		11	9	11	9	14	16	14	14	17	20	20	155

*Thirty-four team-seasons were excluded from the analysis because they were not preceded by an adjacent season in the study (index season in study n=24, partial discontinuation of study inclusion n=10).