Top 6 Premier League sides with the most UEFA Champions League winners

#2 Stoke City

Darren Fletcher provides Stoke City with a wealth of top-level experience

The biggest surprise on this list, Stoke City has a remarkable total of 4 Champions League winners in their squad, despite spending most of their time in the bottom half of the league table.

It would have been even more if Bojan Krkic hadn't departed the club over the summer (a winner with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011). Of the players still at the club, all 4 were mostly peripheral figures in their respective teams' triumphs.

In England, Darren Fletcher played 6 times during Manchester United's successful 2007/2008 campaign. He was an unused substitute in the final but played his part from the bench when called upon bolstering the midfield defensively.

In Germany, Xherdan Shaqiri won a Champions League medal in his first season with Bayern Munich. While restricted to just 7 appearances, his did win the man of the match award for providing a goal and assists in the group stage against BATE Borisov in a 4-1 win.

Recent arrival Jese Rodriguez has a surprising 2 winners' medals from his time at Real Madrid (2014 and 2016), although he only contributed 1 goal in 14 appearances, due to his youth at the time.

At Real's arch-rivals Barcelona, Ibrahim Afellay played 6 times in the 2010/2011 season, appearing in both the quarter final and semi-final stages. Afellay struggled overall during his time at the Camp Nou, mostly due to injuries, but he can always say that he contributed his small part to that incredible season under Guardiola.