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

#1 Chelsea

The Brazilian is a popular figure at Stamford Bridge

Defending Premier League champions Chelsea also boast of 4 UEFA Champions League winners in their squad.

In fact, Chelsea won the Champions League as recently as in 2012, and 2 of the players that helped them then still remain at the club: David Luiz returned to Stamford Bridge after a brief spell at Paris Saint-Germain, while Gary Cahill has been an ever-present entity over the last 5 seasons.

The two partnered each other at centre-back in 2012 as Chelsea edged out Bayern Munich on penalties. They faced an amazing 35 shots from their German opposition but helped limit them to only 7 on target; the defensive pairing were a massive part in Chelsea's success.

The club's 2 other Champions League winners come from Spain, on opposite sides of the 'big 2'. Pedro won the title with Barcelona an incredible 3 times: mainly a substitute in 2009 and 2015, he was an integral part of their triumph in 2011, contributing an impressive 5 goals in 12 appearances.

He even scored in Barcelona's classic 3-1 win over Manchester United in that year's final.

With Real Madrid, current Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata won the Champions League twice, similar to Pedro in that he was a small participant in 1 win, but Morata was a crucial player in another. In last season's success, Morata scored 3 goals in 9 appearances, a solid return considering that he wasn't the starting forward.

After a year's absence from the competition, Antonio Conte will be hoping that these players' combined experience will help the club as they navigate through the Champions League knockout stages from February.