European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics
This page details all statistics of all seasons of the European Cup and Champions League. These statistics do not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted.[1]
General performances
By club
Twenty-three clubs have won the tournament since its 1955 inception. Real Madrid is the most successful club in the tournament, winning it fifteen times. A total of thirteen clubs have won the tournament multiple times: Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Benfica, Inter Milan, Ajax, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, Manchester United, Porto, Barcelona and Chelsea. Nineteen clubs have reached the final but never won the tournament.
Spanish clubs are the most successful, winning twenty titles. England is second with fifteen and Italy is third with twelve. Germany has eight titles, Netherlands has six, Portugal has four, and Scotland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and France each have one. Clubs from Greece, Belgium and Sweden have reached the final but never won.
By nation
Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs | Runners-up |
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Spain | 20 | 11 | Real Madrid (15) Barcelona (5) |
Atlético Madrid (3) Barcelona (3) Real Madrid (3) Valencia (2) |
England | 15 | 11 | Liverpool (6) Manchester United (3) Chelsea (2) Nottingham Forest (2) Aston Villa (1) Manchester City (1) |
(1) |
Italy | 12 | 17 | Milan (7) Inter Milan (3) Juventus (2) |
Sampdoria (1)
|
Germany | 8 | 11 | Bayern Munich (6) Hamburger SV (1) Borussia Dortmund (1) |
Bayern Munich (5) Borussia Dortmund (2) Bayer Leverkusen (1) Borussia Mönchengladbach (1) Eintracht Frankfurt (1) Hamburger SV (1) |
Netherlands | 6 | 2 | Ajax (4) Feyenoord (1) PSV Eindhoven (1) |
Ajax (2) |
Portugal | 4 | 5 | Benfica (2) Porto (2) |
Benfica (5) |
France | 1 | 6 | Marseille (1) | Paris Saint-Germain (1)
|
Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | Red Star Belgrade (1) | Partizan (1) |
Romania | 1 | 1 | Steaua București (1) | Steaua București (1) |
Scotland | 1 | 1 | Celtic (1) | Celtic (1) |
Greece | 0 | 1 | — | Panathinaikos (1) |
Belgium | 0 | 1 | — | Club Brugge (1) |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | — | Malmö FF (1) |
Overall team records
In this ranking, two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. Following statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Only the top twenty-five are listed (includes qualifying rounds).[2]
- As of 2 October 2024
Rank | Club | Seasons | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FW | F | SF | QF |
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1 | Real Madrid | 55 | 491 | 295 | 85 | 111 | 1078 | 538 | +540 | 675 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 39 |
2 | Bayern Munich | 41 | 396 | 237 | 79 | 80 | 834 | 389 | +445 | 553 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 |
3 | Barcelona | 35 | 351 | 204 | 77 | 70 | 693 | 359 | +334 | 485 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
4 | Manchester United | 30 | 299 | 161 | 70 | 68 | 545 | 299 | +246 | 392 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
5 | Juventus | 38 | 303 | 155 | 70 | 78 | 485 | 304 | +181 | 380 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 |
6 | Liverpool | 28 | 250 | 145 | 49 | 56 | 477 | 229 | +248 | 338 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
7 | Milan | 32 | 275 | 133 | 70 | 72 | 441 | 263 | +178 | 336 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
8 | Benfica | 44 | 295 | 132 | 68 | 95 | 485 | 346 | +139 | 334 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
9 | Porto | 38 | 277 | 126 | 61 | 90 | 411 | 312 | +99 | 313 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
10 | Ajax | 39 | 247 | 112 | 64 | 71 | 396 | 282 | +114 | 288 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
11 | Dynamo Kyiv | 40 | 260 | 107 | 57 | 96 | 364 | 321 | +43 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
12 | Inter Milan | 26 | 215 | 103 | 58 | 54 | 304 | 209 | +95 | 264 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
13 | Chelsea | 19 | 201 | 104 | 53 | 44 | 342 | 181 | +161 | 261 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
14 | Arsenal | 23 | 213 | 107 | 46 | 60 | 353 | 226 | +127 | 260 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
15 | Celtic | 39 | 230 | 103 | 40 | 87 | 348 | 293 | +55 | 246 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
16 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 185 | 90 | 36 | 59 | 314 | 226 | +88 | 216 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
17 | Atlético Madrid | 20 | 172 | 83 | 44 | 45 | 251 | 170 | +81 | 210 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
18 | PSV Eindhoven | 32 | 201 | 74 | 50 | 77 | 274 | 260 | +14 | 198 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
19 | Paris Saint-Germain |
18 | 157 | 83 | 29 | 46 | 303 | 183 | +120 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
20 | Anderlecht | 34 | 200 | 70 | 44 | 86 | 282 | 320 | –38 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
21 | Manchester City | 15 | 131 | 75 | 27 | 29 | 277 | 144 | +133 | 177 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
22 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 161 | 71 | 34 | 56 | 289 | 226 | +63 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
23 | Rangers | 34 | 179 | 65 | 44 | 70 | 249 | 260 | –11 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
24 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 164 | 69 | 34 | 61 | 248 | 232 | 16 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Galatasaray | 29 | 191 | 63 | 46 | 82 | 239 | 301 | –62 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era (from 1992–present)
A total of 155 clubs from 34 national associations have played in or qualified for the Champions League group stage. Season in bold represents teams qualified for the knockout phase that season. Between 1999–2000 and 2002–03, qualification is considered from the second group stage. Starting from the 2024–25 season with the introduction of a league phase, the top eight are considered to be qualified as well as the eight play-off winners.
European Cup group stage participants
(only one season was played in this format)
- Anderlecht
- Barcelona
- Benfica
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Panathinaikos
- Red Star Belgrade
- Sampdoria
- Sampdoria is the only side to have played in 1991–92 European Cup group stage, but to have not played in the Champions League group stage.
- Sparta Prague
Goals
- Most goals scored in a matchday: 63 (matchday 1 of the first group stage, 2000–01 season).
- Most goals scored in a season: 449 (2000–01 season).
Host of the finals
- The city that has hosted the final the most times is London, doing so on eight occasions. Of these, five have been played at the original Wembley Stadium and thrice at the new Wembley Stadium. Paris come joint second, having hosted six finals.
- The nations that have hosted the most finals are Italy and England, with nine each: Milan and Rome four times each and Bari once for Italy; London eight times and Manchester once for England. Spain (Madrid five times, Barcelona twice and Sevilla once) and Germany (Munich four times, Stuttgart twice, Berlin and Gelsenkirchen once each) come second with eight each.
- The original Wembley Stadium has a record for the stadium that has hosted the most final matches, with five times (1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992). Santiago Bernabéu, Heysel Stadium, San Siro and Stadio Olimpico come second with four times each.
- The nation that has hosted the finals with most different stadiums is Germany, with five stadiums (Neckarstadion, Munich Olympiastadion, Arena AufSchalke, Allianz Arena and Berlin Olympiastadion). Spain comes second, with four stadiums (Santiago Bernabéu, Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Camp Nou and Metropolitano Stadium).
- London, Munich, Lisbon, Madrid and Paris are the cities that hosted the final with most different stadiums, with two stadiums each.
Clubs
By semi-final appearances
Year in bold: | team was finalist in that year |
- By nation
Nation | Won | Lost | Total | Different clubs |
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Spain | 31 | 31 | 62 | 7 |
England | 26 | 21 | 47 | 10 |
Italy | 29 | 10 | 39 | 6 |
Germany | 19 | 17 | 36 | 9 |
France | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 |
Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
Portugal | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
Scotland | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
Serbia | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Romania | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Belgium | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Greece | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Sweden | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Hungary | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Ukraine | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Poland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Note: In the
Unbeaten sides
- Twelve clubs have won either the European Cup or the Champions League unbeaten, and only four clubs have done so twice:
- Liverpool had six wins and three draws in 1980–81, and seven wins and two draws in 1983–84.
- Milan had five wins and four draws in 1988–89, and seven wins and five draws in 1993–94.
- Ajax had seven wins and two draws in 1971–72, and 7 wins and 4 draws in 1994–95.
- Manchester United had five wins and six draws in 1998–99, and nine wins and four draws in 2007–08.
- Eight clubs have done so on one occasion:
- Inter Milan had seven wins and two draws in 1963–64.
- Nottingham Forest had six wins and three draws in 1978–79.
- Red Star Belgrade had five wins and four draws in 1990–91.
- Marseille had seven wins and four draws in 1992–93.
- Barcelona had nine wins and four draws in 2005–06.
- Bayern Munich had eleven wins in eleven games in the reduced-schedule 2019–20, becoming the first side in any European competition to claim a trophy with a 100 percent winning record.[note 1]
- Manchester City had eight wins and five draws in 2022–23.
- Real Madrid had nine wins and four draws in 2023–24.
- The team to have won the European Cup with the fewest games won is PSV Eindhoven (1987–88), managing just three victories in the entire tournament, including none from the quarter-finals onwards.
- The team to have won the Champions League with the fewest games won is Manchester United (1998–99), with five wins.
- Three teams have won the Champions League with the most games lost, Liverpool (2018–19), Milan (2002–03) and Real Madrid (1999–2000 and 2021–22), all losing four games.
Final success rate
- Only two clubs have appeared in the final of the European Cup/Champions league more than once, with a 100% success rate:
- Nottingham Forest (1979, 1980)
- 2004)
- Real Madrid is the only club that was able to win the final more than twice with a 75% or more success rate. They lost only three finals out of eighteen finals, with a winning percentage of 83%.
- Four clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion:
- On the opposite end of the scale, nineteen clubs have played at least one final, but never won. Only three of these have appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:
- Of the 23 teams who have won the trophy, only three have lost more finals than they have won:
Consecutive appearances
- Most consecutive seasons in the European Cup: 15, Real Madrid (1955–56 to 1969–70)
- Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League: 28, Real Madrid (1997–98 to 2024–25)
- Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase: 27, Real Madrid (1997–98 to 2023–24)
- Most consecutive quarter-final appearances: 13, Barcelona (2007–08 to 2019–20)
- Most consecutive semi-final appearances: 8, Real Madrid (2010–11 to 2017–18)
- Most consecutive final appearances: 5, Real Madrid (1956 to 1960)
- Most consecutive final appearances (Champions League era): 3 – joint record
- 1995)
- 1998)
- 2018)
- Eintracht Frankfurt's appearance in the 2022–23 came 63 years after their previous appearance (1959–60). This was the longest period any team had spent since the previous appearance in the tournament.
Winning other trophies
See also Treble (association football) and List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season.
- Although not an officially recognised achievement, eight clubs have achieved the distinction of winning the Champions League or European Cup, their domestic championship, and their primary domestic cup competition in the same season, known colloquially as the "continental treble":
- Scottish First Division, and the Scottish Cup
- Ajax in 1972 won the European Cup, the Eredivisie, and the KNVB Cup
- PSV Eindhoven in 1988 did likewise, having won the European Cup, the Eredivisie, and the KNVB Cup
- Manchester United in 1999, having won the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Champions League
- Barcelona in 2009, which included La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League
- Inter Milan in 2010, which included Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the Champions League
- Bayern Munich in 2013, which included Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal, and the Champions League
- Barcelona in 2015 won the treble for the second time, having won La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League
- Bayern Munich in 2020 became the second club to win multiple trebles, having won the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal, and the Champions League
- Manchester City in 2023, which included the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Champions League
- English First Division and the European Cup. However, this 'treble' included the Football League Cup rather than the FA Cup.
- Bayern Munich in 2001 won the Bundesliga and the Champions League. However, this 'treble' included the DFB-Ligapokal rather than the DFB-Pokal.
- In addition to this treble, several of these clubs went on to win further cups. However, most of these cups were technically won the following year following the conclusion of regular domestic or international leagues the year before. Also, several domestic cups may not have been extant at the time that equivalent cups were won by clubs of other nations, and in some cases they remain so. Furthermore, there is much variance in the regard with which several cups are taken both over time and between nations. Regardless, the following clubs all won competitions further to the treble mentioned above:
- Celtic also won their secondary domestic cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, in the 1966–67 season and it is the only European club historically that was able to achieve four major titles in one season (UEFA Champions League, top national league, the main domestic cup competition, and the second domestic cup championship; This does not include the previous season's competitions, for example; Super Cups), thus making their achievement unique in this respect to every other club. In addition, they also managed to win the Glasgow Cup (an unofficial regional competition) sometimes colloquially referred to as a part of "the quintuple".
- Ajax also won the Intercontinental Cup (the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup and the de facto premier global club cup) and the inaugural (and technically unofficial) UEFA Super Cup the following season, forming part of a quintuple of Cup successes; they thus won all available cups to them.
- Manchester United won the Intercontinental Cup the following season, winning a quadruple of cups.
- European Super Cup, and the Supercopa de Españathe following season, making it a sextuple of cup successes, and thus winning all available cups to them.
- Bayern Munich won the DFL-Supercup in the start of the 2012–13 season, the European Super Cup in 2013 and the FIFA Club World Cup in the same year winning a quintuple of cups.
- Inter Milan completed the quintuple by winning Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, and the Supercoppa Italiana.
- Barcelona completed their quintuple in 2015 by lifting La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, and the Club World Cup.
- Bayern Munich also won the European Super Cup and the DFL-Supercup in 2020, and the FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021 to become the second sextuple winning club after Barcelona.[3]
- Manchester City also won the European Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
- Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, and Manchester United are also the only teams to have won the original three major UEFA competitions, namely Champions League/European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, and Europa League/UEFA Cup.[4]
- Until the first staging of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022, Juventus was the first and only club in football history to have won all six official UEFA-sanctioned tournaments, a record claimed after their 1999 Intertoto Cup victory.[note 2][4][5][6][7]
Best debuts
Five clubs managed to win the European Cup on their debut:
- Real Madrid (1955–56)
- Inter Milan (1963–64)
- Celtic (1966–67)
- Nottingham Forest (1978–79)
- Aston Villa (1981–82)
Three clubs won the Champions League on their debut:[8]
Two clubs have won European Cup on their debut without losing a single game in the competition:
- Inter Milan (1963–64) with seven wins and two draws
- Nottingham Forest (1978–79) with six wins and three draws
Biggest wins
- The following teams won a single match by ten goals or more in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup:
- Dinamo București beat Crusaders 11–0 in 1973–74
- KR Reykjavík 12–2 in 1969–70
- Manchester United beat Anderlecht 10–0 in 1956–57
- Ipswich Town beat Floriana 10–0 in 1962–63
- Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 10–0 in 1965–66
- Lyn 10–0 in 1969–70
- Borussia Mönchengladbach beat EPA Larnaca 10–0 in 1970–71
- Ajax beat Omonia 10–0 in 1979–80
- The largest single match margin of victory in the current Champions League format is 10–0:
- HJK beat Bangor City in the second qualifying round in 2011–12
- The largest single match margin of victory in the group stage (which existed from 1991–92 to 2023–24) is 8–0:
- The largest single-match margin of victory in the league phase (which replaced the group stage in 2024–25) is 9–2:
- Bayern Munich beat Dinamo Zagreb in 2024–25
- The largest single match margin of victory in the knockout phase of the current Champions League format is 7–0:
- Bayern Munich beat Basel in the first knockout round in 2011–12
- Bayern Munich beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the first knockout round in 2014–15
- Manchester City beat Schalke 04 in the first knockout round in 2018–19
- Manchester City beat RB Leipzig in the first knockout round in 2022–23
- The largest single match margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the knockout phase is eight goals:
- Real Madrid beat Sevilla 8–0 in 1957–58
- The largest single match margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the knockout phase in Champions League era is six goals:[9]
- Roma 7–1 in 2006–07
- Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 8–2 in 2019–20
- The largest single match margin of victory in the semi-finals of the knockout phase is six goals:
- Real Madrid beat Zürich 6–0 in 1963–64
- The largest single match margin of victory in the semi-finals of the knockout phase in Champions League era is 4–0:[9]
- Bayern Munich beat Barcelona in 2012–13
- Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich in 2013–14
- Liverpool beat Barcelona in 2018–19
- Manchester City beat Real Madrid in 2022–23
- The largest margin of victory in a final is four goals:
- Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in 1960
- Bayern Munich beat Atlético Madrid 4–0 in 1974 (replay)
- Milan beat Steaua București 4–0 in 1989
- Milan beat 1994
- The largest single match margin of victory for an away side is 7–0:
- Marseille beat Žilina in the group stage in 2010–11
- Shakhtar Donetsk beat BATE Borisov in the group stage in 2014–15
- Liverpool beat Maribor in the group stage in 2017–18
Biggest two leg wins
- Benfica hold the overall record for highest aggregate win in the competition. They beat Stade Dudelange 18–0 (8–0 away, 10–0 at home) in the preliminary round in 1965–66.[10]
- As for the group stage, the record belongs to Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat BATE Borisov 12–0 (7–0 away, 5–0 at home) in 2014–15. Including the preliminary rounds, HJK hold the Champions League era record, beating Bangor City 13–0 (3–0 away, 10–0 at home) in 2011–12.
- Bayern Munich hold the biggest margin of victory on aggregate in the knockout phase of the Champions League era. They beat Sporting CP 12–1 (5–0 away, 7–1 at home) in the round of 16 in 2008–09.
- Real Madrid hold the record for the biggest win in a quarter-final tie, beating Sevilla 10–2 (8–0 at home, 2–2 away) in 1957–58. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid share the record for the biggest win since the 1992 rebranding; Bayern beat 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6–0 (2–0 at home, 4–0 away) in 1998–99, and Barcelona 8–2 in a single leg tie in 2019–20, while Madrid achieved the same feat against APOEL in 2011–12, winning 8–2 (3–0 away, 5–2 at home).[11]
- Eintracht Frankfurt hold the record for the biggest win in a semi-final tie, beating Rangers 12–4 (6–1, 6–3) in 1959–60. Bayern Munich hold the record in the Champions League era, beating Barcelona 7–0 (4–0 at home, 3–0 away) in 2012–13.
Deciding drawn ties
Play-offs
- The first play-off match held was Borussia Dortmund's 7–0 win against Spora Luxembourg in the preliminary round in 1956–57, after the first two games between the sides had ended 5–5 on aggregate (4–3 win for Dortmund, 2–1 win for Spora).
- The last play-off match held was Ajax's 3–0 win against Benfica in the quarter-finals in 1968–69, after the first two games between the sides had ended 4–4 on aggregate (3–1 win for Benfica, 3–1 win for Ajax).
- The first (and only) replayed final was in 1974, with Bayern Munich defeating Atlético Madrid 4–0, following a 1–1 in the first meeting after extra time.
- A total of 32 play-offs have been played. Real Madrid is the only team to have won three play-offs, doing so in 1956–57, 1958–59 and 1961–62, and progressing to the final in all three seasons. Feyenoord is the only team to win two play-offs in the same season, beating Servette in the preliminary round and Vasas in the first round in 1962–63. Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and Atlético Madrid have played the most overall play-offs, with four each.
Coin toss
- The first Gwardia Warsawafter their play-off was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
- Zürich won a coin toss against Galatasaray in 1963–64 after their play-off match ended 2–2. This was the first time this rule was used for a draw played to completion.
- The last season to use a coin toss was 1969–70, with Galatasaray beating Spartak Trnava and Celtic beating Benfica, both in the second round. Celtic later progressed to the final.
- A total of seven European Cup ties were decided by a coin toss, with Galatasaray being the only team to be involved twice, winning one and losing one.
Away goals
- The away goals rule was introduced in 1967–68, with Valur beating Jeunesse Esch 4–4 (1–1 at home, 3–3 away) and Benfica beating Glentoran 1–1 (1–1 away, 0–0 at home), both in the first round. Benfica later progressed to the final.
- In 2002–03, Milan and Inter met in the semi-finals. Sharing the same stadium (San Siro), they drew 0–0 in the first leg and 1–1 in the second. However, Milan were the designated away side in the latter, and thus became the only team to win on "away" goals without having scored a goal away from their own stadium.
- The quarter-final of the 2020–21 season between previous year's finalists Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain was the last to be decided by the away goals rule before its abolition from the following season.
- Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Porto are the only teams to have advanced on the away goals rule after extra time:
- In the semi-finals against Bayern Munich in 1989–90, Milan won 1–0 at home and were 0–1 down after 90 minutes in the second leg. Both teams scored one goal each in extra time, giving Milan the victory on away goals.
- In the round of 16 against Chelsea in 2014–15, Paris Saint-Germain drew 1–1 both home and away. Both teams scored one goal each in the extra time period played in London, giving Paris Saint-Germain the victory on away goals.
- In the round of 16 against Juventus in 2020–21 (the last season the away goals rule was used), Porto won 2–1 at home and were 1–2 down after 90 minutes in the second leg. Both teams scored one goal each in the extra time period played in Turin, giving Porto the victory on away goals.
Penalty shoot-out
- The first penalty shoot-out in the European Cup was between Everton and Borussia Mönchengladbach on 4 November 1970, after both games ended 1–1. Gladbach's Klaus-Dieter Sieloff was the first player to score from a penalty kick, while Everton's Joe Royle was the first to miss. Everton went on to win 4–3 with Sandy Brown scoring the decisive goal.
- The first penalty shoot-out in a final was between Liverpool and Roma in the 1984 final following a 1–1 draw after extra time. Roma's Agostino Di Bartolomei was the first player to score, while Liverpool's Steve Nicol was the first to miss. Liverpool went on to win 4–2, with Alan Kennedy scoring the decisive penalty. Kennedy had also scored the winning goal in the 1981 final.
- Eleven finals have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Liverpool is the only team to have won more than once (1984 and 2005), while Juventus, Milan, Bayern Munich and Chelsea have won one and lost one. No team has lost twice.
- Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid are the only teams to have been involved in two penalty shoot-outs in the same season. In 1985–86, Barcelona beat IFK Göteborg in the semi-finals, but lost to Steaua București in the final. In 2011–12, Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals, but lost to Chelsea in the final. In 2015–16, Atlético Madrid beat PSV Eindhoven in the round of 16, but lost to Real Madrid in the final.
- Games that ended with a penalty shoot-out in all-time of the tournament:[12]
- Everton 4–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach (1970–71, second round)
- Celtic 4–5 Inter Milan (1971–72, semi-finals)
- Atvidabergs FF 3–4 Bayern Munich (1973–74, first round)
- Spartak Trnava (1973–74, quarter-finals)
- 1. FC Magdeburg 1–2 Malmö FF (1975–76, first round)
- , first round)
- Juventus 3–0 Ajax (1977–78, quarter-finals)
- Dynamo Dresden 5–4 Partizan (1978–79, first round)
- Liverpool 4–2 Roma (1983–84, final)
- , first round)
- Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–5 Bordeaux (1984–85, quarter-finals)
- Barcelona 5–4 IFK Göteborg (1985–86, semi-finals)
- Steaua București 2–0 Barcelona (1985–86, final)
- Juventus 1–3 Real Madrid (1986–87, second round)
- PSV Eindhoven 6–5 Benfica (1987–88, final)
- Larisa (1988–89, second round)
- Red Star Belgrade 2–4 Milan (1988–89, second round)
- Spartak Moscow 5–3 Napoli (1990–91, second round)
- Malmö FF 4–5 Dynamo Dresden (1990–91, second round)
- Red Star Belgrade 5–3 Marseille (1990–91, final)
- Ajax 2–4 Juventus (1995–96, final)
- Bayern Munich 5–4 Valencia (2000–01, final)
- Juventus 2–3 Milan (2002–03, final)
- PSV Eindhoven 4–2 Lyon (2004–05, quarter-finals)
- Milan 2–3 Liverpool (2004–05, final)
- Liverpool 4–1 Chelsea (2006–07, semi-finals)
- Sevilla 2–3 Fenerbahçe (2007–08, round of 16)
- Porto 1–4 Schalke 04 (2007–08, round of 16)
- Manchester United 6–5 Chelsea (2007–08, final)
- Roma 6–7 Arsenal (2008–09, round of 16)
- APOEL 4–3 Lyon (2011–12, round of 16)
- Real Madrid 1–3 Bayern Munich (2011–12, semi-finals)
- Bayern Munich 3–4 Chelsea (2011–12, final)
- Atlético Madrid 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen (2014–15, round of 16)
- Atlético Madrid 8–7 PSV Eindhoven (2015–16, round of 16)
- Real Madrid 5–3 Atlético Madrid (2015–16, final)
- Arsenal 4–2 Porto (2023–24, round of 16)
- Atlético Madrid 3–2 Inter Milan (2023–24, round of 16)
- Manchester City 3–4 Real Madrid (2023–24, quarter-finals)
- Four teams were involved in four penalty shoot-outs: Atlético Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid.
- Liverpool (out of three), Atlético Madrid (out of four), Bayern Munich (out of four) and Real Madrid (out of four) are the only teams to have won three penalty shoot-outs.
- Six teams have lost two penalty shoot-outs: Ajax (two out of two), Juventus (two out of four), Roma (two out of two), Chelsea (two out of three), Lyon (two out of two) and Porto (two out of two). Ajax, Roma, Lyon and Porto are the only teams to have played in multiple shoot-outs and failed to have won one.
Extra time
- Real Madrid had a record 13 ties require extra time to be decided; nine of these were decided by the end of extra time, and four went to penalty shoot-outs.
- Four clubs have reached extra time in the final matches three times:
- Seventeen finals have gone to extra time. One was replayed and eleven went to a penalty shoot-out, while the remaining five were decided after 120 minutes:
Most goals in a match
- The most goals scored in a single match across all European Cup/Champions League seasons is fourteen, which occurred when KR Reykjavík 12–2 in the first round in 1969–70.
- The most goals scored in a single match in the Champions League era is twelve, which occurred when Borussia Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8–4 in the group stage in 2016–17.
- Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 8–2 in the quarter-finals in 2019–20. With ten goals, this is the highest-scoring individual knockout game in the Champions League era.[13]
- Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the 1960 final. With ten goals, this is the highest-scoring final across both the European Cup and the Champions League.
- With six goals, a 3–3 draw between 2005 finalis the highest-scoring final in the Champions League era.
Highest scoring draws
- The highest scoring draw in a European Cup/Champions League match had eight goals (four goals for each side), and occurred on five occasions:
More European Cups than domestic league titles
- Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times (twice) than they have won their own domestic league (once). Forest won the Football League in 1978, before winning the European Cup in 1979 and defending it in 1980. Nottingham Forest are also the only previous winners of the European Cup to be later relegated to the third tier of their national league (in 2005).
Not winning the domestic league
- The competition format was changed in 1997–98 to allow teams that were not champions of their domestic league nor reigning title holders to compete in the tournament. Since then there have been European Champions who had neither been domestic nor continental champions:
- treble-winners of 1998–99were the first winners of the tournament to have won neither their domestic title nor the European Cup/Champions League the previous season. Since then:
- 22 clubs have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage despite not having won the domestic league title before:
- Bayer Leverkusen (in 2002) is the only club to play in the final having never won their domestic league. They would later win a first league title in 2024.
- There have been ten finals contested where both sides did not win their national league in the previous season:
- 1999 – Manchester United (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (2nd)
- 2000 – Real Madrid (2nd) vs Valencia (4th)
- 2007 – Milan (3rd) vs Liverpool (3rd)
- 2012 – Chelsea (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (3rd)
- 2014 – Real Madrid (2nd) vs Atlético Madrid (3rd)
- 2016 – Real Madrid (2nd) vs Atlético Madrid (3rd)
- 2019 – Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) vs Liverpool (4th)
- 2021 – Manchester City (2nd) vs Chelsea (4th)
- 2022 – Liverpool (3rd) vs Real Madrid (2nd)
- 2024 – Borussia Dortmund (2nd) vs Real Madrid (2nd)
Comebacks
Group stage
- Only two teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games:[14]
- 2002–03: In Newcastle's final game against Feyenoord, Craig Bellamy's goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time secured the 3–2 victory and a place in the second group stage.
- Atalanta in 2019–20: Atalanta managed to advance after losing their first three matches and drawing their fourth.
- Only fifteen teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first two games. Of these sides, only Galatasaray, Tottenham Hotspur and Atalanta managed to advance past the second round of the tournament.
- Dynamo Kyiv in 1999–2000; lost on head-to-head criteria in second group stage to Real Madrid despite having a better goal difference
- Newcastle United and Bayer Leverkusen in 2002–03; placed 3rd and 4th in second group stage respectively
- Werder Bremen in 2005–06; lost to Juventus on away goals (4–4 agg.) in the round of 16
- Inter Milan in 2006–07;[15] lost to Valencia on away goals (2–2 agg.) in the round of 16
- Lyon in 2007–08; lost 2–1 on aggregate to Manchester United in the round of 16
- Panathinaikos in 2008–09; came back to win the group but lost 3–2 on aggregate to Villarreal in the round of 16
- Marseille in 2010–11; lost 2–1 on aggregate to Manchester United in the round of 16
- Galatasaray in 2012–13; lost 5–3 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals
- Arsenal in 2015–16; lost 5–1 on aggregate to Barcelona in the round of 16
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- Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals
- Sporting CP in 2021–22; lost 5–0 on aggregate to Manchester City in the round of 16
- Porto in 2022–23; came back to win the group but lost 1–0 on aggregate to Inter Milan in the round of 16
- RB Leipzig in 2022–23; lost 8–1 on aggregate to Manchester City in the round of 16
- In final, where they lost to Ajax.
- Only three teams have progressed past the group stage without winning any of their first five games:
- Only three teams have progressed past the group stage without winning any of their first four games:
- Lokomotiv Moscow lost three and drew one in 2002–03 (first group stage)
- Manchester City lost two and drew two in 2014–15
- Atalanta lost three and drew one in 2019–20
Two-leg knockout matches
- Only one team has lost the first leg of a knockout match by four goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
- 6–1 in the second leg to advance 6–5 on aggregate[16]
- One additional team was trailing by four goals at some point in a knockout match, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
- Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 4–0 to Górnik Zabrze after 48 minutes of the first leg in the 1961–62 preliminary round, but managed to finish the game down 4–2 and won 8–1 in the second leg to advance 10–5 on aggregate
- Seventeen teams have lost the first leg of a knockout match by three goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
- Schalke 04 lost 3–0 to KB in the 1958–59 first round, but won 5–2 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3–1 in the play-off
- Jeunesse Esch lost 4–1 to Haka in the 1963–64 preliminary round, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–4 on aggregate
- Sparta Prague in the 1965–66quarter-finals, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 6–4 on aggregate
- Panathinaikos lost 4–1 to Red Star Belgrade in the 1970–71 semi-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced to the final on away goals
- Saint-Étienne lost 4–1 to Hajduk Split in the 1974–75 second round, but won 5–1 in the second leg and advanced 6–5 on aggregate
- Real Madrid lost 4–1 to Derby County in the 1975–76 second round, but won 5–1 in the second leg and advanced 6–5 on aggregate
- Barcelona lost 3–0 to Gothenburg in the 1985–86 semi-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 5–4 on penalties
- Werder Bremen lost 3–0 to Dynamo Berlin in the 1988–89 first round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate
- Neuchâtel Xamax in the 1988–89second round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate
- Leeds United lost 3–0 to VfB Stuttgart in the 1992–93 first round, but was awarded a 3–0 win in the second leg and advanced after winning 2–1 in the play-off
- Copenhagen lost 3–0 to Linfield in the 1993–94 first round, but won 4–0 after extra time in the second leg and advanced 4–3 on aggregate
- Paris Saint-Germain lost 3–0 to Steaua București in the 1997–98second qualifying round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate
- Litex Lovech in the 1999–2000second qualifying round, but won 4–1 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3–2 on penalties
- KF Tirana lost 3–0 to Dinamo Tbilisi in the 2003–04 first qualifying round, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 4–2 on penalties
- Deportivo La Coruña lost 4–1 to Milan in the 2003–04 quarter-finals, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–4 on aggregate
- quarter-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced on away goals
- Liverpool lost 3–0 to Barcelona in the 2018–19 semi-finals, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced to the final 4–3 on aggregate
- Another 18 teams were trailing by three goals at some point in a knockout match, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
- Manchester United were trailing 0–3 to Athletic Bilbao after 43 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1956–57, and then 2–5 after 78 minutes, but managed to finish the game 3–5 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 6–5 on aggregate.
- CCA București lost 2–4 to Borussia Dortmund in the first round 1957–58 and were trailing 0–1 (2–5 on aggregate) after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 to qualify for the next round on away goals.
- Hamburg were trailing 0–3 to Burnley after 74 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1960–61, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–1 in the second leg and 5–4 on aggregate.
- Spartak Trnava were trailing 0–3 to Steaua București after 51 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1968–69, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate.
- Austria Wien were trailing 0–3 to Levski-Spartak after 62 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1970–71, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate.
- Basel were trailing 0–3 to Spartak Moscow after 76 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1970–71, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Anderlecht were trailing 0–3 to Slovan Bratislava after 44 minutes, and 1–4 after 63 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1974–75, but managed to finish the game 2–4 and won 3–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Saint-Étienne were trailing 0–3 to Ruch Chorzów after 46 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1974–75, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach were trailing 0–3 to Wacker Innsbruck after 27 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1977–78, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Banik Ostrava were trailing 0–3 to Ferencváros after 47 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1981–82, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate.
- Bayern Munich were trailing 0–3 to CSKA Sofia after 18 minutes of the first leg in the semi-final 1981–82, but managed to finish the game 3–4 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 7–4 on aggregate.
- Real Madrid were trailing 0–3 to Red Star Belgrade after 39 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1986–87, but managed to finish the game 2–4 and won 2–0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Bayern Munich after 47 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1987–88, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate.
- Sparta Prague were trailing 0–3 to Marseille after 60 minutes of the first leg in the second round 1991–92, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Cork City were trailing 0–3 to Cwmbrân Town after 27 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1993–94, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Monaco were trailing 1–4 to Real Madrid after 81 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 2003–04, managed to finish the game 2–4, were trailing 0–1 (2–5 on aggregate) after 36 minutes of the second leg, but won 3–1 to qualify on away goals.
- Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 0–3 to Young Boys after 28 minutes of the first leg in the play-off round 2010–11, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 6–3 on aggregate.
- Ajax after 35 minutes of the second leg in the semi-final 2018–19, but managed to win the game 3–2 to qualify on away goals after a 3–3 aggregate score.
- Four teams lost the first leg of a knockout match by three goals, overcame the deficit in the second leg, but still did not qualify for the next round:
- Rapid Wien lost 4–1 to Milan in the preliminary round 1957–58, won 5–2 in the second leg, but lost 4–2 in the play-off.
- Górnik Zabrze lost 4–1 to Dukla Prague in the preliminary round 1964–65, won 3–0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss after the play-off ended 0–0.
- Benfica lost 3–0 to Celtic in the second round 1969–70, won 3–0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss.
- Juventus lost their home leg of the 2017–18 quarter-finals to Real Madrid 0–3, but then proceeded to score three unanswered goals in the away game to put the aggregate score at 3–3 only to concede a last minute penalty and lose 3–4 on aggregate.
- Two teams were trailing by three goals at some point in a knockout match, overcame the deficit, but still did not qualify for the next round:
- Gothenburg were trailing 0–3 to Sparta Rotterdam after 48 minutes of the first leg in the round of 16 1959–60, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 3–1 in the second leg, only to lose 1–3 in the playoff.
- Red Star Belgrade lost 1–3 to Rangers in the preliminary round 1964–65 and were trailing 0–1 (1–4 on aggregate) after 40 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4–2, only to lose 1–3 in the playoff.
- Only one team has lost the first leg of a knockout match at home by two goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
- Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2018–19 at Old Trafford, but won 3–1 in the second leg at the Parc des Princes to advance on away goals[17] Including the European Cup era, only Ajax have additionally managed to achieve this feat; they lost 3–1 at home to Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals in 1968–69, but won 3–1 away in the second leg to force a play-off, which they won 3–0 after extra time[18]
- On eight occasions, a team lost the first leg away from home 1–0 and was trailing 1–0 in the second leg at home, but managed to score the three goals required under the away goals rule and qualify for the next round (Or two goals and qualify on penalties shoot-out after removing the away goals rule in 2021–22):
- Celtic lost 1–0 away to Partizani in the 1979–80 first round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Partizani also having an away goal) after 15 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4–1 and advance 4–2 on aggregate
- AEK Athens lost 1–0 away to Dynamo Dresden in the 1989–90 first round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Dresden also having an away goal) after 10 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–3 and advance 5–4 on aggregate
- PSV Eindhoven lost 1–0 away to Steaua București in the 1989–90 second round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Steaua also having an away goal) after 17 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–1 and advance 5–2 on aggregate
- Barcelona lost 1–0 away to Panathinaikos in the 2001–02 quarter-finals and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Panathinaikos also having an away goal) after eight minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
- Shakhtar Donetsk lost 1–0 away to Red Bull Salzburg in the 2007–08 third qualifying round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Salzburg also having an away goal) after five minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
- BATE Borisov lost 1–0 away to Debrecen in the 2014–15 third qualifying round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Debrecen also having an away goal) after 20 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
- Paris Saint-Germain in the 2021–22round of 16 and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate) after 39 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
- Atlético Madrid lost 1–0 away to Inter Milan in the 2023–24 round of 16 and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate) after 33 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 2–1 and qualify on penalties shoot-out
- On one occasion, a team lost the first leg at home by one goal and was trailing 0–1 in the second leg away from home, but managed to score two or more goals afterwards and progressed to the next round:
- quarter-finals and were trailing 1–0 (4–2 on aggregate) after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 1–4 and advance 4–6 on aggregate
Single game
- No team has ever managed to escape a loss in a single game after trailing by four or more goals.
- Teams have managed to win a game after trailing by three goals on three occasions:
- Werder Bremen were trailing 3–0 to Anderlecht after 33 minutes in the 1993–94 group stage, but managed to win the game 5–3
- Paris Saint-Germain after 55 minutes in the 2000–01second group stage, but managed to win the game 4–3
- Maccabi Haifa were trailing 3–0 to Aktobe after 15 minutes in the 2009–10 third qualifying round second leg, but managed to win the game 4–3 and advance 4–3 on aggregate
- Teams have managed to tie a game after trailing by three goals on twelve occasions:
- Vörös Lobogó were trailing 4–1 to Reims after 52 minutes in the second leg of the 1955–56 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 4–4. However, Reims still advanced after winning 8–6 on aggregate
- Red Star Belgrade were trailing 3–0 to Manchester United after 31 minutes in the second leg of the 1957–58 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 3–3. However, Manchester United still advanced after winning 5–4 on aggregate
- Panathinaikos were trailing 3–0 to Linfield after 26 minutes in the second leg of the 1984–85 second round, but managed to finish the game 3–3 and advance 5–4 on aggregate
- Basel after 29 minutes in the 2002–03first group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
- Liverpool were trailing 3–0 to Milan after 44 minutes in the 2005 final, but managed to finish the game 3–3, and win the final 3–2 on penalties
- Basel after 32 minutes in the second leg of the 2013–14third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3–3. However, Basel still advanced after winning 4–3 on aggregate
- Anderlecht were trailing 3–0 to Arsenal after 58 minutes in the 2014–15 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
- Molde were trailing 3–0 to Dinamo Zagreb after 22 minutes in the second leg of the 2015–16 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3–3. However, Dinamo Zagreb still advanced on away goals
- Beşiktaş were trailing 3–0 to Benfica after 31 minutes in the 2016–17 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
- Sevilla were trailing 3–0 to Liverpool after 30 minutes in the 2017–18 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
- Chelsea were trailing 4–1 to Ajax after 55 minutes in the 2019–20 group stage, but managed to finish the game 4–4
- Inter Milan were trailing 3–0 to Benfica after 34 minutes in the 2023–24 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
Defence
- Arsenal hold the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in the competition, with ten during the 2005–06 season. They did not concede a goal for 995 minutes between September 2005 and May 2006.[19] The run started after Markus Rosenberg's goal for Ajax in the 71st minute of matchday 2 of the group stage, continued with four group stage games and six games in the knockout rounds, and ended with Samuel Eto'o's goal for Barcelona after 76 minutes in the final. These minutes were split between two goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann (648 minutes) and Manuel Almunia (347 minutes).
- Aston Villa (in 9 matches in 1981–82) and Milan (in 12 matches in 1993–94) hold the record for the fewest goals conceded by European Cup-winning team, conceding only two goals. In addition, Milan achieved the lowest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning in the history of the competition (0.16).
- Real Madrid hold the record for the most goals conceded by a Champions League-winning team, conceding 23 goals in 17 matches in 1999–2000.
- Benfica achieved the highest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning in the history of the competition (1.57), the club conceded 11 goals in 7 matches in 1961–62.
- Benfica hold the record for the fewest goals conceded by a finalists, conceding only one goal in 1987–88 season.
- Manchester United holds the record for the longest run without conceding from the start of a campaign, with 481 minutes in the 2010–11 season. The run ended with Pablo Hernández's goal for Valencia after 32 minutes on matchday 6 of the group stage.
- That season, the club also became the only side to play six away games in a single Champions League campaign without conceding a goal.
Goalscoring records
- Barcelona holds the record for most goals in a season, with the club scoring 45 goals in 16 matches in 1999–2000. Including qualifying stages, Liverpool holds this feat, scoring 47 goals in 15 matches in 2017–18.
- Bayern Munich hold the record for most goals by a Champions League-winning side, scoring 43 goals in 11 matches in 2019–20.
- Real Madrid hold the record for highest-ever goal-per-game ratio by a Champions League-winning side (4.4), scoring 31 goals in 7 matches in 1959–60.
- PSV Eindhoven hold the record for fewest goals by a Champions League-winning, scoring 9 goals in 9 matches in 1987–88. Additionally, the club achieved the lowest-ever goal-per-game ratio in the history of the competition (1).
- Real Madrid holds the record for a title-winning team that has the most players who scored at least one goal in one season, with fourteen players in the 2001–02 season.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach holds the record for the team with the most players to have scored in a single match, with eight players against EPA Larnaca on 22 September 1970.
- Real Madrid is the first club to reach the 1000th goal in the history of the competition, doing so when Shakhtar Donetsk in the fourth matchday of the group stage in the 2021–22 season.[20]
Meetings
- Bayern Munich and Real Madrid played each other on a record 28 occasions.
- Fellow English clubs 2016finals.
Penalties
- Bayern Munich is the club with the most penalties awarded in the Champions League, with 60.[21][22]
- Real Madrid is the club with the most penalties conceded in the competition, with 36.[23]
- The match between Sevilla and Red Bull Salzburg in the 2021–22 group stage had a record four penalties awarded (three for Salzburg and one for Sevilla), of which two were scored.[24]
- The 2001 finalis the final with the highest number of penalties in the history of the tournament, as three penalties were awarded, of which two were scored. Additionally the game ended in a penalty shoot-out.
- Seventeen penalties have been taken in the final of the tournament, of which twelve have been scored and five have been missed:
- 1957: by Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 69th minute for Real Madrid, against Fiorentina
- 1959: by Enrique Mateos in the 16th minute for Real Madrid, against Reims
- 1960: by Ferenc Puskás in the 56th minute for Real Madrid, against Eintracht Frankfurt
- 1962: by Eusébio in the 64th minute for Benfica, against Real Madrid
- 1967: by Sandro Mazzola in the 7th minute for Inter Milan, against Celtic
- 1969: by Velibor Vasović in the 60th minute for Ajax, against Milan
- 1977: by Phil Neal in the 82nd minute for Liverpool, against Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 1985: by Michel Platini in the 58th minute for Juventus, against Liverpool
Defending the trophy
- A total of 69 tournaments have been played: 37 in the European Cup era (1955–56 to 1991–92) and 32 in the Champions League era (1992–93 to 2023–24). 15 of the 68 attempts to defend the trophy (22.05%) have been successful, split between eight teams. These are:
- Real Madrid on six attempts out of fourteen (1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 2016–17, 2017–18)
- Benfica on one attempt out of two (1961–62)
- Inter Milan on one attempt out of three (1964–65)
- Ajax on two attempts out of four (1971–72, 1972–73)
- Bayern Munich on two attempts out of six (1974–75, 1975–76)
- Liverpool on one attempt out of six (1977–78)
- Nottingham Forest on one attempt out of two (1979–80)
- Milan on one attempt out of seven (1989–90)
- Between the two eras of this competition, this breaks down as:
- Of the 36 attempts in European Cup era: 13 successful (36.1%)
- Of the 32 attempts in the Champions League era: 2 successful (6.25%)
- Only one team has managed to defend the trophy in the Champions League era: Real Madrid (twice), who won in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.
- The teams who came closest to defending the trophy but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final:
- Of the 23 teams that have won the trophy, 15 have never defended it. Only five of these have won the trophy more than once, and so have had more than one attempt to do so. These are:
- Barcelona on five attempts: lost to CSKA Moscow in the second round in 1992–93, to Liverpool in the round of 16 in 2006–07, to Inter Milan in the semi-finals in 2009–10, to Chelsea in the semi-finals in 2011–12, and to Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals in 2015–16
- Manchester United on three attempts: lost to Milan in the semi-finals in 1968–69, to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in 1999–2000, and to Barcelona in the final in 2008–09
- Juventus on two attempts: lost to Barcelona in the quarter-finals in 1985–86, and to Borussia Dortmund in the final in 1996–97
- Porto on two attempts: lost to Real Madrid in the second round in 1987–88, and to Inter Milan in the round of 16 in 2004–05
- Chelsea on two attempts: finished behind Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage in 2012–13, and lost to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in 2021–22
- During the Champions League era, only one title holder has failed to qualify from the group stage:
- Marseille were denied the opportunity to defend their title in 1993–94, following their punishment due to the French football bribery scandal.
- Two teams lost consecutive finals:
- 1998)
- 2001)
- Three teams won the tournament after losing the final in the previous season:
- Inter Milan's 2009–10 triumph came 45 years after winning their previous title (1964–65). This was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning the tournament.
Disciplinary
- Juventus hold the record for the most red cards, with 28.
- The match between Bayern Munich and Juventus in the second leg of the round of 16 in the 2015–16 season had a record for most yellow cards, with 12.
Own goals
- Real Madrid hold the record for most own goals scored, with 12.
- The match between Astana and Galatasaray in the 2015–16 group stage holds the record for the most own goals scored, with 3.
Finals
- Only one pair of teams have played each other in three finals:
- Real Madrid against Liverpool (lost 0–1 in 1981, won 3–1 in 2018, won 1–0 in 2022)
- Eight other pairs of teams have played each other in two finals:[25]
- Real Madrid against Reims (won 4–3 in 1956 and won 2–0 in 1959)
- Milan against Benfica (won 2–1 in 1963 and won 1–0 in 1990)
- Milan against Ajax (won 4–1 in 1969 and lost 0–1 in 1995)
- Ajax against Juventus (won 1–0 in 1973 and lost 1–1 (2–4 on penalties) in 1996)
- Liverpool against Milan (won 3–3 (3–2 on penalties) in 2005 and lost 1–2 in 2007)
- Barcelona against Manchester United (won 2–0 in 2009 and won 3–1 in 2011)
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- Real Madrid against Juventus (won 1–0 in 1998 and won 4–1 in 2017)
- Ten finals were played where neither team had previously won the tournament, with all of them occurring in the European Cup era:
- 1956: Real Madrid vs Reims
- 1961: Benfica vs Barcelona
- 1971: Ajax vs Panathinaikos
- Atletico Madrid
- 1977: Liverpool vs Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 1979: Nottingham Forest vs Malmö FF
- 1983: Hamburger SV vs Juventus
- 1986: Steaua București vs Barcelona
- 1991: Red Star Belgrade vs Marseille
- 1992: Barcelona vs Sampdoria
- On eight occasions, but never in the final, has there been a rematch of the previous season's final at some point in the following season's competition:
- 1977–78: Liverpool vs Borussia Mönchengladbach (semi-finals)
- 1996–97: Juventus vs Ajax (semi-finals)
- 2010–11: Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich (round of 16)
- 2014–15: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (quarter-finals)
- 2016–17: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-finals)
- 2017–18: Real Madrid vs Juventus (quarter-finals)
- Paris Saint-Germain(quarter-finals)
- 2022–23: Liverpool vs Real Madrid (round of 16)
- Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 are the only side to lose the initial final but win the rematch, doing so on away goals.
- In only two seasons, the eventual finalists already met on previous stages, in particular in the group stage:
- In 1994–95, Ajax and Milan met in the group stage and later in the final. Ajax won all three matches (2–0 both home and away in the group stage, 1–0 in the final).
- In the 1998–99 edition, eventual winners Manchester United met Bayern Munich twice in the group stage (both draws) and later in the final.
- Only four clubs have played a final in their home stadium:
- On 12 occasions, the host of the final was the home country of a finalist:
- (3x): Inter Milan (1965 at San Siro, Milan); Roma (1984 at Stadio Olimpico, Rome); Juventus (1996 at Stadio Olimpico, Rome)
- Manchester United (1968 and 2011 at Wembley Stadium, London); Liverpool(1978 at Wembley Stadium, London)
- (2x): Real Madrid (1957 at Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid); Barcelona (1986 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville)
- Bayern Munich(2012) at Allianz Arena, Munich)
- (1x): Reims (1956 at France Parc des Princes, Paris)
- (1x): Ajax (1972 at De Kuip, Rotterdam)
- From the 12 occasions, 7 clubs have won the final in their home country:
- (1997)
- Manchester Unitedis the only club who played twice a final in their home country, winning (1968) and losing (2011).
Nationalities
- Three clubs have won the European Cup/Champions League fielding teams from a single nationality:
- Benfica twice won the competition (1961 and 1962) with a team consisting entirely of Portuguese players, although some of them had been born in Portuguese African colonies, then Overseas Provinces of Portugal but now independent nations.
- Celtic won the competition in 1967 with their entire squad born within a 30-mile radius of Celtic Park, their home ground.
- Steaua București won in 1986 with a team consisting entirely of players from Romania.
- In addition, Real Madrid won the competition in 1966 with Spanish players in the final match lineup, despite the participation of some foreign players in the lower rounds. This generation was called the 'Yé-yé'.
- Arsenal are believed to be the first club in Champions League history to have fielded 11 players of different nationalities at the same time, in their 2–1 win away at Hamburger SV on 13 September 2006. The Arsenal team, after the 28th-minute substitution of Kolo Touré, was: Jens Lehmann (Germany), Emmanuel Eboué (Ivory Coast), Johan Djourou (Switzerland), Justin Hoyte (England), William Gallas (France), Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Gilberto Silva (Brazil), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Alexander Hleb (Belarus), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo) and Robin van Persie (Netherlands).[26]
Countries
- On eight occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same nation:
- 2000: Real Madrid 3–0 Valencia
- 2013: Bayern Munich 2–1 Borussia Dortmund
- a.e.t.) Atlético Madrid
- 2019: Liverpool 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
- 2021: Chelsea 1–0 Manchester City
- In addition to the eight finals, 31 meetings between teams from the same league have been played:
- Twelve meetings from the English league:
- 1978–79: Nottingham Forest 2–0 Liverpool, first round (2–0, 0–0)
- 2003–04: Chelsea 3–2 Arsenal, quarter-finals (1–1, 2–1)
- 2004–05: Liverpool 1–0 Chelsea, semi-finals (0–0, 1–0)
- 2005–06: Liverpool 0–0 Chelsea, group stage (0–0, 0–0)
- 2006–07: Liverpool 1–1 (4–1 pen.) Chelsea, semi-finals (1–0, 0–1)
- 2007–08: Liverpool 5–3 Arsenal, quarter-finals (1–1, 4–2)
- 2007–08: Chelsea 4–3 Liverpool, semi-finals (1–1, 3–2)
- 2008–09: Chelsea 7–5 Liverpool, quarter-finals (3–1, 4–4)
- 2008–09: Manchester United 4–1 Arsenal, semi-finals (1–0, 3–1)
- 2010–11: Manchester United 3–1 Chelsea, quarter-finals (1–0, 2–1)
- 2017–18: Liverpool 5–1 Manchester City, quarter-finals (3–0, 2–1)
- 2018–19: Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Manchester City, quarter-finals (1–0, 3–4, Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals)
- Eleven meetings from the Spanish league:
- 1957–58: Real Madrid 10–2 Sevilla, quarter-finals (8–0, 2–2)
- 1958–59: Real Madrid 2–2 (2–1 in play-off) Atlético Madrid, semi-finals (2–1, 0–1)
- 1959–60: Real Madrid 6–2 Barcelona, semi-finals (3–1, 3–1)
- 1960–61: Barcelona 4–3 Real Madrid, first round (2–2, 2–1)
- 1999–2000: Valencia 5–3 Barcelona, semi-finals (4–1, 1–2)
- 2001–02: Real Madrid 3–1 Barcelona, semi-finals (2–0, 1–1)
- 2010–11: Barcelona 3–1 Real Madrid, semi-finals (2–0, 1–1)
- 2013–14: Atlético Madrid 2–1 Barcelona, quarter-finals (1–1, 1–0)
- 2014–15: Real Madrid 1–0 Atlético Madrid, quarter-finals (0–0, 1–0)
- 2015–16: Atlético Madrid 3–2 Barcelona, quarter-finals (1–2, 2–0)
- 2016–17: Real Madrid 4–2 Atlético Madrid, semi-finals (3–0, 1–2)
- Five meetings from the Italian league:
- Hellas Verona, second round (0–0, 2–0)
- 2002–03: Milan 1–1 Inter Milan, semi-finals (0–0, 1–1, Milan won on "away" goals)
- 2004–05: Milan 5–0 Inter Milan, quarter-finals (2–0, 3–0 (match awarded))
- Napoli, quarter-finals (1–0, 1–1)
- 2022–23: Inter Milan 3–0 Milan, semi-finals (2–0, 1–0)
- Two meetings from the Bundesliga:
- 1997–98: Borussia Dortmund 1–0 Bayern Munich, quarter-finals (0–0, 1–0)
- 1998–99: Bayern Munich 6–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern, quarter-finals (2–0, 4–0)
- There were an additional four meetings between teams from the West German Bundesliga and the East German DDR-Oberliga:
- 1973–74: Bayern Munich 7–6 Dynamo Dresden, second round (4–3, 3–3)
- 1974–75: Bayern Munich 5–3 1. FC Magdeburg, second round (3–2, 2–1)
- 1982–83: BFC Dynamo 1–3 Hamburger SV, second round (1–1, 0–2)
- 1988–89: Werder Bremen 5–3 BFC Dynamo, first round (0–3, 5–0)
- One meeting from the French league:
- Twelve meetings from the English league:
- Germany has provided the highest number of participants in the history of the competition (including West and East Germany), including the qualifying stages, with 28 clubs:
- Rot-Weiss Essen, Borussia Dortmund, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, Schalke 04, ASK Vorwärts Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Nürnberg, Carl Zeiss Jena, Chemie Leipzig, 1. FC Köln, Werder Bremen, 1860 Munich, Eintracht Braunschweig, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Dynamo Dresden, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Magdeburg, BFC Dynamo, VfB Stuttgart, Hansa Rostock, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen, Hertha BSC, VfL Wolfsburg, RB Leipzig, TSG Hoffenheim and Union Berlin
- Four nations have provided the highest number of participants in the competition in one season, including the qualifying stages, with five each:
- Spain (four times) in 2015–16 (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia), 2016–17, 2021–22 (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Villarreal) and 2023–24 (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Sevilla)
- England (twice) in 2005–06 (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United) and 2017–18 (Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur)
- Germany (twice) in 2022–23 (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig) and 2024–25 (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart)
- Italy in 2024–25 (Atalanta, Bologna, Inter Milan, Juventus and Milan)
- In all of the above occasions, except England in 2005–06 and Spain in 2016–17, all five teams appeared in the group stage.
- In 2017–18, England became the first nation to have five representatives in the knockout phase: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
- In 2007–08, England became the first nation to have four representatives in the quarter-finals: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. This feat was repeated by the same four teams in the 2008–09 season, and by Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in 2018–19.
- Three nations have provided the highest number of representatives in the semi-finals in one season with three each:
- Spain in 1999–2000 (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia)
- Italy in 2002–03 (Inter Milan, Milan and Juventus)
- England (three times) in 2006–07, 2007–08 (Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool) and 2008–09 (Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal)
- Spanish teams have won the most titles, with twenty victories shared among two teams: Real Madrid (fifteen) and Barcelona (five).
- Spanish teams provided the highest number of representatives in the finals, with 31 (eighteen for Real Madrid, eight for Barcelona, three for Atlético Madrid and two for Valencia).
- England has provided the most individual winners of the tournament, with six: Manchester United, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester City.
- England has also provided the highest number of different finalists, with nine: the six winners, plus Leeds United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
- England has also provided the highest number of different semi-finalists, with ten: the nine finalists, plus Derby County.
- England has the most consecutive titles, with its clubs winning the title in six consecutive seasons from 1976–77 to 1981–82. Spain is followed by five consecutive seasons on two occasions, from 1955–56 to 1959–60 and from 2013–14 to 2017–18, then the Netherlands in four consecutive years from 1969–70 to 1972–73.
- In the 1985–86 season, Spain became the first nation to have three finalists in the three old UEFA competitions: Barcelona in the European Cup, Atlético Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup, and Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup final. Real Madrid is the only winner out of the three clubs.
- In the 1989–90 season, Italian clubs won all three of Europe's three major competitions: the European Cup (Milan), the European Cup Winners' Cup (Sampdoria) and the UEFA Cup (Juventus). Juventus faced another side from Italy, Fiorentina, in the 1990 UEFA Cup final.
- In the 2018–19 season, England became the first nation to have all the final places in Europe's two major competitions: Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur in the 2019 UEFA Champions League final, and Arsenal and Chelsea in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final.[27]
- In the 2022–23 season, Italy became the first nation to have three finalists in the three modern UEFA competitions: Inter Milan in the Champions League, Roma in the Europa League, and Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League. All three sides would go on to lose their respective finals.
Cities
- On two occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same city:
- Only two cities have been represented by two teams who have won the competition:
- Milan: Inter Milan (1964, 1965, 2010) and Milan (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007)
- Manchester: Manchester City (2023) and Manchester United (1968, 1999, 2008)
- London is the only city to have been represented by three teams in the final: Arsenal (runners-up in 2006), Chelsea (runners-up in 2008, winners in 2012 and 2021) and Tottenham Hotspur (runners-up in 2019).
- Apart from Milan, Manchester and London, two other cities have been represented by two teams in the final:
- Madrid has been represented by two clubs in nineteen finals, with fifteen wins (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) and three losses (1962, 1964, 1981) for Real Madrid, and three losses for Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016).
- Belgrade has been represented by Partizan (runners-up in 1966) and Red Star Belgrade (winners in 1991).
- Istanbul is the only city to have been represented in the group stage by four teams: Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and İstanbul Başakşehir.
- Only two cities have been represented in the group stage by three teams in the same season:
- Athens: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens in 2003–04
- London: Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur in 2010–11
- Only one city has been represented in the knockout phase by three teams in the same season: London in 2010–11, when Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur all progressed to the first knockout round.
- England is the only nation with teams from five cities who have won the competition:
- Liverpool: Liverpool
- Manchester: Manchester United, Manchester City
- Nottingham: Nottingham Forest
- Birmingham: Aston Villa
- London: Chelsea
- Apart from the two finals, only seven other derbies between teams of the same city have ever been played:
- (semi-finals)
- 2002–03 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals)
- 2003–04 (London): Chelsea vs Arsenal (quarter-finals)
- 2004–05 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (quarter-finals) (the second leg was abandoned and awarded to Milan due to disturbances from the Inter fans)
- (quarter-finals)
- (semi-finals)
- 2022–23 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals)
- The 2002–03 semi-final tie between Milan and Inter Milan was the first time both games of a two-legged tie were played in the same stadium (San Siro), as the teams shared the stadium as their home venue. Milan won via the "away goals" rule, as it was designated as the "away" team that scored more goals in the tie. The teams also played each other in the same stadium in the 2004–05 quarter-finals and 2022–23 semi-finals. However, at the 2022–23 season the away goals rule no longer existed.
- The same situation occurred three times in the travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic: two round of 16 ties (RB Leipzig vs Liverpool and Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Manchester City) saw both legs played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest (Leipzig and Borussia were the designated "home" teams for the first legs, and Liverpool and Manchester City were for the second), while the quarter-final tie between Porto and Chelsea saw both legs played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville(Porto were the designated "home" team for the first leg, and Chelsea were for the second).
- The same situation occurred three times in the
Specific group stage and league phase records
- Most goals scored in a group stage: 25
- Paris Saint-Germain (2017–18)
- Fewest goals scored in a group stage: 0
- Fewest goals conceded in a group stage: 1
- Most goals conceded in a group stage: 24
- Highest goal difference in a group stage: +21
- Paris Saint-Germain (2017–18)
- Lowest goal difference in a group stage: –22
- Lowest goal difference while winning a group: –3
- Sturm Graz (2000–01) (first group stage)
- Anderlecht (2000–01) (first group stage)
- Lowest number of points while winning a group: 8
- Highest goal difference while being last in the group: +3
- Highest number of points while being last in the group: 7
- Ajax (1998–99)
- Monaco (2000–01) (first group stage)
- Juventus (2001–02) (second group stage)
- Deportivo La Coruña (2002–03) (second group stage)
- Anderlecht (2003–04)
- Dynamo Kyiv (2003–04)
- Copenhagen (2006–07)
- CSKA Moscow (2018–19)
- Zenit Saint Petersburg (2019–20)
Winning all the matches
Until 2023–24 season, nine clubs have won all of their games in a group stage, on thirteen occasions. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have done so the most, on three occasions, and the latter are also the only club to have two consecutive six-win group stages. All of the following teams won six matches in the previous group stage format. So far, no club has managed to win all eight matches since the system update in the 2024–25 season:
- Milan, 1992–93 (reached the final)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 1994–95(reached the semi-finals)
- Spartak Moscow, 1995–96 (reached the quarter-finals)
- Barcelona, 2002–03 (first group stage) (reached the quarter-finals)
- Real Madrid has achieved this feat thrice, in 2011–12, 2014–15 (reached the semi-finals on both occasions) and 2023–24 (became the second team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage)
- Bayern Munich has achieved this feat thrice, in 2019–20 (became the first team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage), 2021–22 and 2022–23 (reached the quarter-finals on both occasions)
- Liverpool, 2021–22 (reached the final)
- Ajax, 2021–22 (reached the round of 16)
- Manchester City, 2023–24 (reached the quarter-finals)
Drawing all the matches
Only one club has drawn all of their games in a group stage:
- AEK Athens, 2002–03 (first group stage, finished 3rd and advanced to the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round by Málaga)
Losing all the matches
In the history of the Champions League, the following 23 clubs have lost all group stage matches, Dinamo Zagreb is the only team to do it twice:
- conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11.
- Group Fconceding twelve goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –9.
- Group Bconceding eighteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –17.
- Bayer Leverkusen (2002–03, second group stage) ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –10. This was the only time that a club lost all matches in the second group stage. It was also the first time that two clubs lost six group stage matches in the same season. Leverkusen had reached the final in the previous season.
- Anderlecht (2004–05) ended Group G conceding seventeen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of –13.
- Rapid Wien (2005–06) ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –12.
- conceding seventeen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –16. This has been the club's only appearance in the group stage to date.
- Dynamo Kyiv (2007–08) ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of –15.
- Maccabi Haifa (2009–10) was the first club to lose all of their group stage matches without scoring a goal. In what was only their second appearance in the competition, they lost 3–0 to Bayern Munich in their first Group A game, and then lost five consecutive games by a score of 1–0, ending the group stage with a goal difference of –8. Although Deportivo La Coruña also scored no goals in Group A in 2004–05, they still collected two points as they twice drew 0–0.
- Debrecen (2009–10) ended Group E conceding nineteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –14.
- Partizan (2010–11) ended Group H conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11.
- MŠK Žilina (2010–11) ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –16. This was the second consecutive season that two clubs had lost all six group stage matches.
- Dinamo Zagreb (2011–12) ended Group D conceding 22 goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –19.
- Villarreal (2011–12) ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –12.
- conceding eleven goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –8. This was the first season in which three teams lost all six of their group stage matches, and a third consecutive season in which at least two teams finished with zero points.
- Marseille (2013–14) ended Group F conceding fourteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –9.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv (2015–16) ended Group G conceding sixteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –15. Tel-Aviv's only goal came from a penalty.
- Club Brugge (2016–17) ended Group G conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –12.
- Dinamo Zagreb (2016–17) ended Group H conceding fifteen goals and scoring none, with a goal difference of –15. They became the first club to finish the group stage with zero points on multiple occasions.
- Benfica (2017–18) ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –13. They became the first team from Pot 1 to lose all six group stage matches.
- AEK Athens (2018–19) ended Group E conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11.
- Beşiktaş (2021–22) ended Group C conceding nineteen goals and scoring only three, with a goal difference of –16.
- Rangers (2022–23) ended Group A conceding 22 goals and scoring only two, with a goal difference of –20, which constituted the worst goal difference out of all the performances with losses in all six games.
- Viktoria Plzeň (2022–23) ended Group C conceding 24 goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –19. This equalled the record for most goals conceded in a group stage.
Three goals in each match
- On 13 December 2023, Manchester City won 3–2 against Red Star Belgrade to become the first team to accomplish this.
- Six other teams have managed to score at least two goals in each match of the group stage, on nine occasions:
- On 7 December 2010, Tottenham Hotspur drew 3–3 against Twente and became the first team to achieve this feat.
- Bayern Munich equalled this accomplishment the very next day, after beating Basel 3–0. On 11 December 2019, Bayern won 3–1 against Tottenham to achieve this feat for a second time. On 8 December 2021, Bayern won 3–0 against Barcelona to achieve this feat for a record third time. Bayern achieved this for a fourth time after defeating Inter Milan 2–0 on 1 November 2022, becoming the first team to achieve this feat in two consecutive seasons.
- Barcelona managed to accomplish this feat on 6 December 2011, after defeating BATE Borisov 4–0.
- Real Madrid achieved this feat by beating Copenhagen 2–0 on 10 December 2013. On 7 December 2016, Madrid drew 2–2 against Borussia Dortmund to accomplish this for a second time.
- Ajax managed to accomplish this feat on 7 December 2021, after defeating Sporting CP 4–2.
- Liverpool accomplished this on the same day as Ajax, after defeating Milan 2–1.
Advancing past the group stage
- Real Madrid hold the record for the most consecutive seasons in which a side have advanced past the group stage, with 27 straight progressions from 1997–98 to 2023–24. They won the title nine times in this period.
- Barcelona finished top of their group for a record thirteen consecutive seasons from 2007–08 to 2019–20, and in 18 seasons in total.[28]
- In 2012–13, Chelsea became the first title holders not to qualify from the following season's group stage.
- Monaco scored the fewest goals (four) to earn eleven points in the group stage in 2014–15. Villarreal won a group with the fewest goals scored (three) in 2005–06, resulting in two wins.
Biggest disparity between group winner and runner-up
The biggest points difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is eleven points, achieved by four teams:
- Real Madrid, 18 points (16:2 goals, +14 GD) in 2014–15 (2nd Basel 7 points, 3rd Liverpool 5 points, 4th Ludogorets Razgrad 4 points). Real Madrid ultimately lost to Juventus in the semi-finals.
- Liverpool, 18 points (17:6 goals, +11 GD) in 2021–22 (2nd Atlético Madrid 7 points, 3rd Porto 5 points, 4th Milan 4 points). Liverpool would go on to lose to Real Madrid in the final.
- Spartak Moscow, 18 points (15:4 goals, +11 GD) in 1995–96 (2nd Legia Warsaw 7 points, 3rd Rosenborg 6 points, 4th Blackburn Rovers 4 points). Spartak Moscow lost to Nantes in the next round (quarter-finals).
- Barcelona, 18 points (13:4 goals, +9 GD) in 2002–03 (first group stage) (2nd Lokomotiv Moscow 7 points, 3rd Club Brugge 5 points, 4th Galatasaray 4 points). Barcelona went on to win their group in the second group stage with sixteen points, but lost to Juventus in the quarter-finals.
Most points achieved, yet knocked out
- Paris Saint-Germain, 12 points in 1997–98(ranked third out of six runners-up, only two advanced)
- Napoli, 12 points in 2013–14
- Rosenborg, 11 points in 1997–98 (ranked fourth out of six runners-up, only two advanced)
- Dynamo Kyiv, 10 points in 1999–2000 (second group stage) and 2004–05
- Borussia Dortmund, 10 points in 2002–03 (second group stage)
- PSV Eindhoven, 10 points in 2003–04
- Olympiacos, 10 points in 2004–05
- Werder Bremen, 10 points in 2006–07
- Manchester City, 10 points in 2011–12
- Chelsea, 10 points in 2012–13
- CFR Cluj, 10 points in 2012–13
- Benfica, 10 points in 2013–14
- Porto, 10 points in 2015–16
- Ajax, 10 points in 2019–20
Most points achieved in the group stage, not winning the group
- Manchester City, 15 points in 2013–14 (ranked second)
- Bayern Munich, 15 points in 2017–18 (ranked second)
- Barcelona, 15 points in 2020–21 (ranked second)
- Liverpool, 15 points in 2022–23 (ranked second)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 14 points in 2022–23(ranked second)
- Arsenal, 13 points in 2014–15 (ranked second)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 13 points in 2015–16(ranked second)
- Real Madrid, 13 points in 2017–18 (ranked second)
- Atlético Madrid, 13 points in 2018–19 (ranked second)
- Sevilla, 13 points in 2020–21 (ranked second)
- Porto, 13 points in 2020–21 (ranked second)
- Chelsea, 13 points in 2021–22 (ranked second)
Fewest points achieved, yet advanced
- Milan, 5 points in 1994–95 (3 wins and 1 draw, 2 points deducted, 2 points for a win)
- Zenit Saint Petersburg, 6 points in 2013–14
- Roma, 6 points in 2015–16
- Legia Warsaw, 7 points in 1995–96
- Dynamo Kyiv, 7 points in 1999–2000
- Liverpool, 7 points in 2001–02 (second group stage)
- Lokomotiv Moscow, 7 points in 2002–03
- Werder Bremen, 7 points in 2005–06
- Rangers, 7 points in 2005–06
- Galatasaray, 7 points in 2013–14
- Basel, 7 points in 2014–15
- Atalanta, 7 points in 2019–20
- Atlético Madrid, 7 points in 2021–22
Fewest points achieved, yet qualified to UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
- Borussia Dortmund, 2 points in 2017–18
Knocked out on tiebreakers
Several teams have been knocked out on a tiebreaker, most on the head-to-head criteria:
- Manchester United lost on overall goal difference to Barcelona in 1994–95
- Casino Salzburg lost on overall goal difference to Milan in 1994–95, although Milan had been docked 2 points due to crowd trouble (2 points for a win, would have been 2 points behind with 3 points for a win)
- Paris Saint-Germain lost on overall goal difference to Bayern Munich in 1997–98 (second place, only one team advanced directly), and on goal difference to Juventus in the ranking of runners-up
- Galatasaray and Rosenborg lost on head-to-head points to Juventus in 1998–99. Although each team had 8 points, in matches played between the three sides in question, Juventus had 6 points, Galatasaray had 5 points, and Rosenborg had 4 points (only first place team advanced directly)
- 1999–2000(first group stage)
- final.
- final.
- 2000–01(first group stage), despite having a better goal difference
- 2002–03(first group stage), both times on head-to-head points despite having a better goal difference
- 2001–02(first group stage), with both teams winning 2–1 at home in head-to-head matches
- 2001–02
- (second group stage), despite having a better goal difference
- Inter Milan lost on head-to-head points to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2003–04
- PSV Eindhoven lost on head-to-head goal difference to Deportivo La Coruña in 2003–04, despite having a better overall goal difference
- Udinese lost to Werder Bremen in 2005–06
- Ajax lost on overall goal difference to Lyon in 2011–12, with both head-to-head games ending in a 0–0 draw. Lyon won their last group game against Dinamo Zagreb 7–1 (after being 0–1 down at half time) while Ajax lost 0–3 against Real Madrid. The aggregate goal difference in both games had to be at least a 7-goal swing for Lyon to advance, and Lyon successfully managed to reach 9.
- Chelsea lost on head-to-head away goals to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2012–13, despite having a better goal difference
- CFR Cluj lost on head-to-head points to Galatasaray in 2012–13, despite having a better goal difference
- Benfica lost on head-to-head points to Olympiacos in 2013–14
- . Although each team had 12 points and 8 points in matches played between the three sides, the goal difference in games played between the three was +1 for Borussia Dortmund, 0 for Arsenal and −1 for Napoli.
- Roma in 2015–16, despite having a better goal difference
- Inter Milan lost on head-to-head away goals to Tottenham Hotspur in 2018–19
- final.
- Shakhtar Donetsk lost on head-to-head points to Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2020–21
- Borussia Dortmund lost on head-to-head goal difference to Sporting CP in 2021–22
- Paris Saint-Germain in 2023–24
Knocked out on 3 points for a win rule
1995–96 was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two. The following teams were knocked out from the group stage, but would have advanced following the old rule:
- Paris Saint-Germain and eventual finalists Juventusand advanced on goal difference
- Bayer Leverkusen ended third in Group A in 1999–2000, but would have been one point ahead of Dynamo Kyiv
- Panathinaikos ended third in Group E in 2004–05, but would have equalled the points of PSV Eindhoven and advanced on head-to-head matches
- Werder Bremen ended third in Group B in 2008–09, but would have equalled the points of Inter Milan and advanced on head-to-head matches
Other records
- Bayern Munich holds the ongoing record for consecutive wins in season-opening fixtures with 21, starting with a 2–1 victory against Celtic in the 2003–04 season, and most recently a 9–2 win against Dinamo Zagreb in the 2024–25 season.
- Bayern Munich holds the record for most consecutive wins in the group stage with 17, starting with a 2–0 victory against Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2020–21 season and continuing until a 2–1 win against Galatasaray in the 2023–24 season; the streak ended following a 0–0 draw against Copenhagen in the same campaign.
- Barcelona holds the record for most consecutive home wins in the group stage with 17, starting with a 4–0 victory against Ajax in the 2013–14 season and continuing until a 2–0 win against Inter Milan in the 2018–19 season; the streak ended following a 1–1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in the same campaign.
- Bayern Munich holds the record for most consecutive away wins in the group stage with 9, starting with a 3–0 victory against Barcelona in the 2021–22 season, and continuing until a 1–0 win against Manchester United in the 2023–24; the streak ended following a 1–0 defeat against Aston Villa in the same campaign.
- Bayern Munich holds the record for most consecutive undefeated matches in the group stage with 41, starting with a 3–0 victory against Celtic in the 2017–18 season, and continuing until a 9–2 win against Dinamo Zagreb in 2024–25; the streak ended following a 1–0 defeat against Aston Villa in the same campaign.
- Barcelona holds the record for most consecutive home undefeated matches in the group stage with 33, starting with a 2–0 victory against Inter Milan in the 2009–10 season and continuing until a 2–1 win against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2020–21 season; the streak ended following a 3–0 defeat against Juventus in the same campaign.
- Bayern Munich holds the record for most consecutive away undefeated matches in the group stage with 20, starting with a 2–1 victory against Celtic in the 2017–18 season, and continuing until a 1–0 win against Manchester United in the 2023–24; the streak ended following a 1–0 defeat against Aston Villa in the same campaign.
- Until Antonio Jesús López Nieto reporting he received a bribe attempt from the side. To replace Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage, UEFA promoted their qualifying round rivals AaB, who were allowed to play a replacement fixture against Panathinaikos in between matchdays three and four. Although this took the total number of group matches played by Panathinaikos to seven, their result against Dynamo Kyiv was annulled.
Qualifying from first qualifying round
Since the addition of a third qualifying round in the 1999–2000 season, four teams have negotiated all three rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase:
- Liverpool in 2005–06
- Artmedia Bratislava in 2005–06
- Anorthosis in 2008–09
- BATE Borisov in 2008–09
- Liverpool went on to become the first team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout phase from the first qualifying round.
Since the addition of a fourth 'play-off' round in the 2009–10 season, five teams have negotiated all four rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase:
Winning after playing in a qualifying round
Four teams have won the tournament from the third qualification round:
Most knockout tie wins
Real Madrid holds the record for most knockout tie wins in the competition's history, with 117 overall. Their first knockout tie success came following a 7–0 aggregate win over Servette in the 1955–56 first round, and their most recent victory was a 2–0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the 2024 final.
Consecutive goalscoring
Paris Saint-Germain's run started with a 1–1 group stage draw against
Consecutive home wins
Bayern Munich hold the record of 21 consecutive home wins in the European Cup era. The run began with a 2–0 win against Saint-Étienne in the first leg of the 1969–70 first round. The run ended with a 1–1 draw to Liverpool in the second leg of the 1980–81 semi-finals.[31] In the Champions League era, the record stands at 16 games and is also held by Bayern Munich. The run began with a 1–0 win against Manchester City in the first match of the 2014–15 group stage and reached the 16th win after a 5–1 victory over Arsenal in the 2016–17 round of 16, then it ended after a 2–1 loss to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of that season.[32]
Consecutive away wins
The most consecutive away wins in the Champions League (not including matches played at neutral venues) is seven, achieved on two occasions.
Bayern Munich would go on to equal this record nearly two decades later; their run began with a 3–1 round of 16 victory against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 19 February 2013, and continued with wins against Juventus at the Juventus Stadium in the quarter-finals and Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the semi-finals. The streak continued the following season, with group stage away wins over Manchester City, Viktoria Plzeň and CSKA Moscow. The record equaling seventh win was achieved when Bayern again defeated Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the round of 16 on 19 February 2014. Their run ended with a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the first leg of the quarter-finals on 1 April 2014.[33]
Consecutive wins
Bayern Munich is also the first club to win all of their matches (without needing extra time) in a Champions League season, winning 11 out of 11 in their successful 2019–20 campaign.[35]
Longest home undefeated run
The record for the longest unbeaten run at home stands at 43 games and is held by Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich's run began with a 2–0 win against Saint-Étienne in the first leg of the 1969–70 first round. The run ended with a 2–1 defeat to Red Star Belgrade in the first leg of the 1990–91 semi-finals. In the Champions League era, the record stands at 38 games and is held by Barcelona. Barcelona's run began with a 4–0 win against Ajax in the first match of the 2013–14 group stage and reached the 38th match in a 2–1 win against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2020–21 group stage, before it ended after a 3–0 loss to Juventus in the final match of the group stage of that season.[36]
Longest away undefeated run
The record for the longest away unbeaten run stands at 22 games and is held by
Longest undefeated run
Most consecutive draws
AEK Athens holds the record for the most consecutive draws: 7 draws starting from 17 September 2002 until 17 September 2003.[8]
Most consecutive defeats
Jeunesse Esch holds the record for the most consecutive defeats in the competition, with 16 straight losses. The streak began with a 2–0 first round loss against Liverpool on 13 October 1973, and continued up to a 4–1 defeat to AGF Aarhus on 16 September 1987. The streak ended when they beat the same team 1–0 two weeks later.[37] In the Champions League era, the record stands at 13 games and is held by Marseille. Marseille's run began with a 2–1 loss to Inter Milan in the round of 16 on 13 March 2012, and continued up to a 2–0 defeat to Porto on 25 November 2020. The streak ended with Marseille's 2–1 win over Olympiacos on 1 December 2020.[8]
Most consecutive games without a win
FCSB holds the record for the most consecutive Champions League games without a win. They failed to record a victory in 23 matches played in the competition from 26 September 2006 until 11 December 2013,[8] although they did win games in the qualifying rounds during that period. They have not appeared in the group stage since the last of those 23 games.
Players
Wins
Most wins
Finals
- Paco Gento and Dani Carvajal are the only players who started in all six finals that they won.
- In addition, Luka Modrić appeared in five finals as a starter, and played his sixth final as a substitute.
- Paco Gento and Paolo Maldini have appeared in eight finals and started in all of them.
Matches wins
- Cristiano Ronaldo has won 115 matches in his Champions League career, the most by any player.[38] The only other players to win more than 100 matches are Thomas Müller (105)[39] and Iker Casillas (101).[40]
- Paris Saint-Germain in either leg of the quarter-finals. In the following season, Lewandowski started in a further six victories for Bayern in the group stage. Lewandowski's streak ended on 16 February 2022, following a 1–1 draw against Red Bull Salzburg in the first leg of the round of 16.[41]
Combinations of wins in the Champions League and other competitions
- Eleven players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA World Cup in the same year:[42]
- 1974: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Uli Hoeneß and Jupp Kapellmann (Bayern Munich and West Germany)
- 1998: Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid and France)
- 2002: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid and Brazil)
- 2014: Sami Khedira (Real Madrid and Germany)
- 2018: Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid and France)
- Seventeen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA European Championship in the same year:[43]
- 1964: Luis Suárez (Inter Milan and Spain)
- 1988: Hans van Breukelen, Ronald Koeman, Berry van Aerle, Gerald Vanenburg and Wim Kieft (PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands)
- 2000: Christian Karembeu and Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid and France)
- 2012: Fernando Torres and Juan Mata (Chelsea and Spain)
- 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe (Real Madrid and Portugal)
- 2021: Jorginho and Emerson (Chelsea and Italy)
- 2024: Dani Carvajal, Joselu and Nacho (Real Madrid and Spain)
- Nineteen players have been runner-up of the UEFA Champions League and either the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship in the same year:
- 1958: Nils Liedholm (Milan and Sweden)
- 1982: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich and West Germany)
- 2002: Michael Ballack, Carsten Ramelow, Bernd Schneider, Oliver Neuville and Hans-Jörg Butt (Bayer Leverkusen and Germany)
- 2006: Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France)
- 2008: Michael Ballack (2) (Chelsea and Germany)
- 2010: Arjen Robben and Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich and Netherlands)
- 2016: Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid and France)
- 2018: Dejan Lovren (Liverpool and Croatia)
- 2021: Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling, John Stones and Kyle Walker (Manchester City and England)
- 2022: Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool and France)
- Fifteen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores:[44]
- Juan Pablo Sorín with Juventus (1995–96) and River Plate (1996)
- Santiago Solari with River Plate (1996) and Real Madrid (2001–02)
- Dida with Cruzeiro (1997) and Milan (2002–03 and 2006–07)
- Cafu with São Paulo (1992 and 1993) and Milan (2006–07)
- )
- Carlos Tevez with Boca Juniors (2003) and Manchester United (2007–08)
- Walter Samuel with Boca Juniors (2000) and Inter Milan (2009–10)
- Ronaldinho with Barcelona (2005–06) and Atlético Mineiro (2013)
- Neymar with Santos (2011) and Barcelona (2014–15)
- Danilo with Santos (2011) and Real Madrid (2015–16 and 2016–17)
- Flamengo (2019)
- Willy Caballero with Boca Juniors (2003) and Chelsea (2020–21)
- Flamengo (2022)
- )
- Marcelo with Real Madrid (2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2021–22) and Fluminense (2023)
Oldest and youngest
- The oldest player to win the tournament is 23 May 2007.
- The youngest player to win the tournament is Gary Mills, who was 17 years and 201 days old when Nottingham Forest won against Malmö FF on 30 May 1979, on the virtue of having made one appearance in the competition that season, despite him not playing in the final match.[45]
- The youngest player to play in and win a final is António Simões, who was 18 years and 139 days old when Benfica won against Real Madrid on 2 May 1962.[46]
- The youngest player to play in and lose a final is Kiki Musampa, who was 18 years and 307 days old when Ajax lost against Juventus on 22 May 1996.[46]
- The oldest player to play in and win a final is Paolo Maldini, who was 38 years and 331 days old when Milan won against Liverpool on 23 May 2007.[47]
- The oldest player to play in and lose a final is Dino Zoff, who was 41 years and 86 days old when Juventus lost against Hamburger SV on 25 May 1983.
Relatives
- Four father-son duos have won the competition, all for the same club:
- Cesare Maldini (1962–63) and Paolo Maldini (1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03 and 2006–07), both for Milan
- Manuel Sanchís (1965–66) and Manolo Sanchís (1997–98 and 1999–2000), both for Real Madrid
- Carles Busquets (1991–92) and Sergio Busquets (2008–09, 2010–11, and 2014–15) both for Barcelona
- , with Zinedine managing the club during both his sons' wins
- Seven brother duos have won the competition:
- Michael Laudrup (1991–92 with Barcelona) and Brian Laudrup (1993–94 with Milan).
- Frank de Boer and Ronald de Boer (both in 1994–95 with Ajax).
- Gary Neville and Phil Neville (both in 1998–99 with Manchester United).
- Diego Milito (2009–10 with Inter Milan) and Gabriel Milito (2010–11 with Barcelona).
- Thiago Alcântara (2010–11 with Barcelona and 2019–20 with Bayern Munich) and Rafinha Alcântara (2014–15 with Barcelona).
- .
- Théo Hernandez (2017–18 with Real Madrid) and Lucas Hernandez (2019–20 with Bayern Munich).
- Only one grandfather-father-son trio have reached the final with their clubs:
- ).
Other records
- Only one player has won the tournament with three clubs:
- Clarence Seedorf with Ajax in 1994–95, with Real Madrid in 1997–98 and with Milan in 2002–03 and 2006–07
- Saul Malatrasi was the first player to win the trophy with two clubs, doing so with Inter Milan in 1964–65 and with Milan in 1968–69, while Miodrag Belodedici was the first player to win the trophy with two clubs and played both finals, doing so with Steaua București in 1985–86 and with Red Star Belgrade in 1990–91.
- Four players have won the Champions League in two consecutive seasons with two clubs:
- Marcel Desailly in 1992–93 with Marseille and in 1993–94 with Milan
- Paulo Sousa in 1995–96 with Juventus and in 1996–97 with Borussia Dortmund
- Gerard Piqué in 2007–08 with Manchester United and in 2008–09 with Barcelona
- Samuel Eto'o in 2008–09 with Barcelona and in 2009–10 with Inter Milan – the only player to have won a treble in two consecutive seasons with two clubs
Appearances
All-time top player appearances
Players that are still active in Europe are highlighted in boldface.
The table below does not include appearances made in the qualification stage of the competition.
Rank | Player | Nation | Apps | Years | Club(s) (Apps) |
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1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 183 | 2003–2022 | Manchester United (59), Real Madrid (101), Juventus (23) |
2 | Iker Casillas | Spain | 177 | 1999–2019 | Real Madrid (150), Porto (27) |
3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 163 | 2005–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain (14)
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4 | Karim Benzema | France | 152 | 2005–2023 | Lyon (19), Real Madrid (133) |
Thomas Müller | Germany | 2009– | Bayern Munich | ||
6 | Toni Kroos | Germany | 151 | 2008–2024 | Bayern Munich (41), Real Madrid (110) |
Xavi | Spain | 1998–2015 | Barcelona | ||
8 | Manuel Neuer | Germany | 142 | 2007– | Schalke 04 (22), Bayern Munich (120) |
Sergio Ramos | Spain | 2005–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain (8), Sevilla (5)
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Raúl | Spain | 1995–2011 | Real Madrid (130), Schalke 04 (12) |
Oldest and youngest
- The oldest player to play in the tournament is Marco Ballotta, who was 43 years and 252 days old when Lazio played against Real Madrid on 11 December 2007.[50]
- The oldest outfield player to play in the tournament is Pepe, who was 41 years and 14 days old when Porto played against Arsenal on 12 March 2024.[51]
- The youngest player to play in the tournament is Youssoufa Moukoko, who was 16 years and 18 days old when Borussia Dortmund played against Zenit Saint Petersburg on 8 December 2020.[52]
- The youngest player to start a match in the tournament is Lamine Yamal, who was 16 years and 83 days old when Barcelona played against Porto on 4 October 2023.[53]
- The youngest player to play in the knockout phase in the Champions League era is Lamine Yamal, who was 16 years and 223 days old when Barcelona played against Napoli in the round of 16 on 21 February 2024.[54]
- The youngest player to debut in the knockout phase in the Champions League era is Pau Cubarsí, who was 17 years and 50 days old when Barcelona played against Napoli in the round of 16 on 12 March 2024.[55]
- The oldest player to play in the knockout phase in the Champions League era is Mark Schwarzer, who was 41 years and 206 days old when Chelsea played against Atlético Madrid in semi-final on 30 April 2014.[47]
Other records
- On 22 February 2006, Raúl made his 100th Champions League appearance, the first player to do so, all with Real Madrid.
- Iker Casillas featured in 20 consecutive Champions League campaigns from 1999–2000 to 2018–19, playing for Real Madrid and Porto.[56] On 11 December 2018, Casillas, in a 3–2 away win over Galatasaray, became the first player to reach the knockout phase 19 times.[57]
- Iker Casillas holds the record for appearances by minutes in the history of the tournament, playing 16,267 minutes.[58]
- Bayern Munich) holds the record for most appearances for a single club, with 152.
- Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.[59]
Goalscoring
All-time top scorers
- A ‡ indicates the player was from the European Cup era.
- Players taking part in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League are highlighted in bold.
- The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Club(s) (Goals/Apps) |
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1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 140 | 183 | 0.77 | 2003–2022 | Manchester United (21/59), Real Madrid (105/101), Juventus (14/23) |
2 | Lionel Messi | 129 | 163 | 0.79 | 2005–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain (9/14)
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3 | Robert Lewandowski | 96 | 122 | 0.79 | 2011– | Borussia Dortmund (17/28), Bayern Munich (69/78), Barcelona (10/16) |
4 | Karim Benzema | 90 | 152 | 0.59 | 2005–2023 | Lyon (12/19), Real Madrid (78/133) |
5 | Raúl | 71 | 142 | 0.50 | 1995–2011 | Real Madrid (66/130), Schalke 04 (5/12) |
6 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 56 | 73 | 0.77 | 1998–2009 | PSV Eindhoven (8/11), Manchester United (35/43), Real Madrid (13/19) |
7 | Thomas Müller | 54 | 152 | 0.36 | 2009– | Bayern Munich |
8 | Thierry Henry | 50 | 112 | 0.45 | 1997–2012 | Monaco (7/9), Arsenal (35/77), Barcelona (8/26) |
9 | Alfredo Di Stéfano ‡ | 49 | 58 | 0.84 | 1955–1964 | Real Madrid |
Kylian Mbappé | 49 | 75 | 0.65 | 2016– | Paris Saint-Germain (42/64), Real Madrid (1/2)
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- Notes
Top scorers by seasons
- Cristiano Ronaldo was the top scorer for a record six consecutive seasons and seven seasons overall: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.
- Erling Haaland became the youngest top scorer in a Champions League or European Cup season in 2020–21, aged 20 years, 231 days, with ten goals for Borussia Dortmund.
- Haaland is also the youngest player to finish top scorer multiple times, after again doing so in 2022–23, aged 22 years, 324 days, scoring twelve goals for Manchester City.
- Ferenc Puskás became the oldest top scorer in a Champions League or European Cup season in 1963–64, aged 37 years, 36 days, with seven goals for Real Madrid.
- Real Madrid has produced the top scorer on a record sixteen occasions:
- Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1957–58 and 1961–62
- Ferenc Puskás in 1959–60, 1961–62 and 1963–64
- Justo Tejada in 1961–62
- Míchel in 1987–88
- Raúl in 1999–2000 and 2000–01
- Cristiano Ronaldo in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18
- Karim Benzema in 2021–22
- Portuguese players have been the season's top scorer on a record thirteen occasions:
- José (1960–61) and Rui Águas (1987–88) are the only father–son duo to finish as top scorers; each achieved this while playing for Benfica.
- Jupp Heynckes is the only player to have been top scorer in this competition as well as in the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
- 1975–76 top scorer with Borussia Mönchengladbach, and 1972–73 UEFA Cup, 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup, and 1974–75 UEFA Cup top scorer also with Borussia Mönchengladbach
- The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
- Allan Simonsen (1977–78 with Borussia Mönchengladbach) in the 1978–79 season with Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Dieter Hoeneß (1981–82 with Bayern Munich) in the 1979–80 season with Bayern Munich
- 1985–86 with Göteborg) in the 1981–82 seasonwith Göteborg
- Only two players have been top scorer in this competition as well as in both the World Cup and the European Championship:
- Gerd Müller in 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1976–77 with Bayern Munich, 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
- Harry Kane in 2023–24 with Bayern Munich, 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024 with England
- The following top scorers have also won the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot:
- Just Fontaine (1958–59) at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
- Flórián Albert (1965–66) at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
- Eusébio (1964–65, 1965–66, and 1967–68) at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
- Paolo Rossi (1982–83) at the 1982 FIFA World Cup
- Kylian Mbappé (2023–24) at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA European Championship:
- Michel Platini (1984–85) at the UEFA Euro 1984
- Marco van Basten (1988–89) at the UEFA Euro 1988
- Cristiano Ronaldo (2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18) at the UEFA Euro 2012 and the UEFA Euro 2020
Most goals in a single season
- As of 1 June 2024
Hat-tricks
- The European Cup's first hat-trick was scored by Péter Palotás of MTK Hungária against Anderlecht on 7 September 1955, in the second match ever played in the competition.[62]
- The first hat-trick of the Champions League era was scored by Žalgirison 16 September 1992.
- Only three players managed to score a hat-trick in a final:
- Alfredo Di Stéfano for Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960
- Ferenc Puskás for Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960 (four goals) and for Real Madrid against Benfica in 1962 – Puskás in 1962 is the only player to score a hat-trick in a final and lose
- Pierino Prati for Milan against Ajax in 1969
- Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored three hat-tricks in a single Champions League season (3+4+3 goals), doing so in 2015–16.
- Six players have scored two hat-tricks in a single Champions League season:
- Lionel Messi (3+5 goals and 3+3 goals) in 2011–12 and 2016–17
- Mario Gómez (3+4 goals) in 2011–12
- Luiz Adriano, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the group stage (5+3 goals) in 2014–15
- Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the knockout phase (3+3 goals) in 2016–17
- Robert Lewandowski (3+3 goals) in 2021–22
- Karim Benzema (3+3 goals) in 2021–22, who, like Ronaldo, scored hat-tricks in two consecutive knockout phase matches
- Only Robert Lewandowski has scored hat-tricks with three teams (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona).[63]
- The fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick was scored by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, who managed to accomplish this feat in six minutes and twelve seconds against Rangers on 12 October 2022.[64] In addition, this was the fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick scored by a substitute.
- The fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick from the start of a match was scored by Robert Lewandowski, who scored three goals in the opening 23 minutes of Bayern Munich's match against Red Bull Salzburg on 8 March 2022.[65]
- Raúl is the youngest scorer of a Champions League hat-trick, scoring three goals for Real Madrid against Ferencváros on 18 October 1995, aged 18 years and 114 days.[66]
- Wayne Rooney is the youngest debut scorer of a Champions League hat-trick, scoring three goals for Manchester United against Fenerbahçe on 28 September 2004, aged 18 years and 340 days.[67]
- Ferenc Puskás is the oldest scorer of a hat-trick in the tournament, scoring four goals for Real Madrid against Feyenoord on 22 September 1965, aged 38 years and 173 days.
- Karim Benzema is the oldest scorer of a hat-trick in the Champions League era, scoring three goals for Real Madrid against Chelsea on 6 April 2022, aged 34 years and 108 days.[68]
- Ten players have scored a hat-trick on their debut in the Champions League era:
- Marco van Basten for Milan against IFK Göteborg (25 November 1992) – together with Sébastien Haller, (Ajax) against Sporting CP (15 September 2021) the only player who scored 4 goals in their debut
- Faustino Asprilla for Newcastle United against Barcelona (17 September 1997)
- Yakubu for Maccabi Haifa against Olympiacos (24 September 2002)
- Wayne Rooney for Manchester United against Fenerbahçe (28 September 2004)
- Vincenzo Iaquinta for Udinese against Panathinaikos (14 September 2005)
- Grafite for VfL Wolfsburg against CSKA Moscow (15 September 2009)
- Yacine Brahimi for Porto against BATE Borisov (17 September 2014)
- Erling Haaland for Red Bull Salzburg against Genk (17 September 2019)
- Atalanta(18 September 2019)
- Sébastien Haller for Ajax against Sporting CP (15 September 2021)
- Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both scored a record eight hat-tricks in the Champions League.
Four goals in a match
The following players have scored four goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match. Only Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski managed to do this from the quarter-final stage onwards and Ferenc Puskás is the only footballer to score four goals in a final (1960).
- European Cup era:
- Miloš Milutinović (Partizan), 5–2 against Sporting CP, 1955–56 first round
- Dennis Viollet (Manchester United), 10–0 against Anderlecht, 1956–57 preliminary round
- Jovan Cokić (Red Star Belgrade), 9–1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957–58 preliminary round
- Bora Kostić (Red Star Belgrade), 9–1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957–58 preliminary round
- Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid), 8–0 against Sevilla, 1957–58 quarter-final, and 7–1 against Wiener Sport-Club, 1958–59 quarter-final
- Just Fontaine (Reims), 4–1 away against Ards, 1958–59 first round
- Josef Hamerl (Wiener Sport-Club), 7–0 against Juventus, 1958–59 first round
- Sándor Kocsis (Barcelona), 5–2 away against Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1959–60 quarter-final
- Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid), 7–3 against Eintracht Frankfurt, 1959–60 final, and 5–0 against Feyenoord, 1965–66 preliminary round
- Lucien Cossou (Monaco), 7–2 against AEK Athens, 1963–64 preliminary round
- Vladimir Kovačević (Partizan), 6–2 against Jeunesse Esch, 1963–64 first round
- preliminary round
- Eusébio (Benfica), 10–0 against Stade Dudelange, 1965–66 preliminary round
- Friedhelm Konietzka (1860 Munich), 8–0 against Omonia, 1966–67 first round
- Waterford United, 1968–69first round
- Zoran Antonijević (Red Star Belgrade), 4–2 away against Linfield, 1969–70 first round
- Ruud Geels (Feyenoord), 12–2 away against KR Reykjavík, 1969–70 first round
- Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos), 5–0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1970–71 first round
- João Lourenço (Sporting CP), 5–0 against Floriana, 1970–71 first round
- Grasshoppers), 8–0 against Reipas Lahti, 1971–72first round
- Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo București), 11–0 against Crusaders, 1973–74 first round
- Radu Nunweiller (Dinamo București), 11–0 against Crusaders, 1973–74 first round
- Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach), 6–1 away against Wacker Innsbruck, 1975–76 first round
- René van de Kerkhof (PSV Eindhoven), 6–0 against Dundalk, 1976–77 first round
- Willy van der Kuijlen (PSV Eindhoven), 6–1 against Fenerbahçe, 1978–79 first round
- Sotiris Kaiafas (Omonia), 6–1 against Red Boys Differdange, 1979–80 first round
- Ton Blanker (Ajax), 8–1 against HJK Helsinki, 1979–80 first round
- Fernando Gomes (Porto), 9–0 against Rabat Ajax, 1986–87 first round
- Marco van Basten (Milan), 5–2 against Vitosha, 1988–89 first round
- Rabah Madjer (Porto), 8–1 away against Portadown, 1990–91 first round
- Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid), 9–1 against Swarovski Tirol, 1990–91 second round
- Alan Smith (Arsenal), 6–1 against Austria Wien, 1991–92 first round
- Sergei Yuran (Benfica), 6–0 away against Ħamrun Spartans, 1991–92 first round
- Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
- Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv), 8–0 against Barry Town, 1998–99first qualifying round
- Pena (Porto), 8–0 against Barry Town United, 2001–02 second qualifying round
- Tomasz Frankowski (Wisła Kraków), 8–2 away against WIT Georgia, 2004–05 second qualifying round
- Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe), 5–0 away against MTK Hungária, 2008–09 second qualifying round
- Michael Mifsud (Valletta), 8–0 against Lusitanos, 2012–13 first qualifying round
- Champions League era:
- Marco van Basten (Milan), 4–0 against IFK Göteborg, 1992–93 group stage
- second group stage
- Dado Pršo (Monaco), 8–3 against Deportivo La Coruña, 2003–04 group stage
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), 4–1 against Sparta Prague, 2004–05 group stage
- Andriy Shevchenko (Milan), 4–0 away against Fenerbahçe, 2005–06 group stage
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 4–1 against Arsenal, 2009–10 quarter-final
- Bafétimbi Gomis (Lyon), 7–1 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2011–12 group stage
- Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich), 7–0 against Basel, 2011–12 round of 16
- Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), 4–1 against Real Madrid, 2012–13 semi-final
- Paris Saint-Germain), 5–0 against Anderlecht, 2013–14group stage
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), 8–0 against Malmö FF, 2015–16 group stage
- Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), 7–2 against Tottenham Hotspur, 2019–20 group stage
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), 6–0 against Red Star Belgrade, 2019–20 group stage
- Josip Iličić (Atalanta), 4–3 against Valencia, 2019–20 round of 16
- Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 4–0 against Sevilla, 2020–21 group stage
- Sébastien Haller (Ajax), 5–1 against Sporting CP, 2021–22 group stage
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), 9–2 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2024–25 league phase
Five goals in a match
The following players have managed to score five goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match:
- European Cup era, preliminary rounds:
- preliminary round
- Bent Løfqvist (Boldklubben 1913), 9–2 against Spora, 1961–62 preliminary round
- José Altafini (Milan), 8–0 against Union Luxembourg, 1962–63 preliminary round
- Ray Crawford (Ipswich), 10–0 against Floriana, 1962–63 preliminary round
- preliminary round
- Flórián Albert (Ferencváros), 9–1 against Keflavík, 1965–66 preliminary round
- European Cup era:
- first round
- Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich), 9–0 against Omonia, 1972–73 second round
- first round
- Søren Lerby (Ajax), 10–0 against Omonia, 1979–80 second round
- Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
- Mihails Miholaps (Skonto), 8–0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1999–2000 first qualifying round
- Levadia Tallinn, 2014–15second qualifying round
- Champions League era:
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 7–1 against Bayer Leverkusen, 2011–12 round of 16
- Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk), 7–0 against BATE Borisov, 2014–15 group stage
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City), 7–0 against RB Leipzig, 2022–23 round of 16
Oldest and youngest
- Pepe became the oldest player to score in the European Cup or Champions League at the age of 40 years and 289 days, when he scored for Porto against Shakhtar Donetsk on 13 December 2023.[70] In the European Cup era, Manfred Burgsmüller became the oldest player to score in the European Cup at the age of 38 years and 293 days when he scored for Werder Bremen against Dynamo Berlin on 11 October 1988.
- In qualifying stages, Lee Casciaro became the oldest player to score in European Cup and Champions League at the age of 40 years and 286 days, when he scored for Lincoln Red Imps against KF Shkupi in the first qualifying round on 12 July 2022. In the European Cup era, Willy Olsen became the oldest player to score in the preliminary round at the age of 39 years and 219 days, when he scored in the first preliminary round for Fredrikstad against Ajax on 31 August 1960.
- Włodzimierz Lubański became the youngest player to score in the European Cup or Champions League at the age of 16 years and 258 days, when he scored for Górnik Zabrze against Dukla Prague on 13 November 1963.
- Ansu Fati became the youngest player to score in the Champions League at the age of 17 years and 40 days, when he scored for Barcelona against Inter Milan on 10 December 2019.[71]
- Bojan Krkić became the youngest player to score in the Champions League knockout phase at the age of 17 years and 217 days, when he scored for Barcelona against Schalke 04 on 1 April 2008.[72]
- Antonio Nusa became the youngest player to score on his Champions League debut at the age of 17 years and 189 days, when he scored for Club Brugge against Porto on 13 September 2022.[72]
- Rico Lewis became the youngest player to score on his first Champions League start at the age of 17 years and 346 days, when he scored for Manchester City against Sevilla on 2 November 2022.[73]
- Paolo Maldini became the oldest player to score in a European Cup or Champions League final at the age of 36 years and 333 days, when he scored for Milan against Liverpool in the 2005 final.
- Patrick Kluivert became the youngest player to score in a European Cup or Champions League final at the age of 18 years and 327 days, when he scored for Ajax against Milan in the 1995 final.[74]
Fastest goals
- The fastest Champions League goal was scored by Roy Makaay, who got a goal after 10.12 seconds for Bayern Munich against Real Madrid on 7 March 2007.[75]
- The fastest Champions League group stage goal was scored by Jonas, who got a goal after 10.96 seconds for Valencia against Bayer Leverkusen on 1 November 2011.[76]
- The fastest goal in the second half was scored by Federico Chiesa, who got a goal after 10 seconds of the second half for Juventus against Chelsea on 29 September 2021.
- The fastest goal in a Champions League final was scored by .
- The fastest Champions League goal by a substitute was scored by Vinícius Júnior, who got a goal 14 seconds after coming on for Real Madrid against Shakhtar Donetsk on 21 October 2020.[77]
- The fastest Champions League goal by a debutant was scored by Yevhen Konoplyanka, who got a goal 19 seconds after coming on for Sevilla against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 15 September 2015, while the fastest Champions League goal by a debutant from the start of the match was scored by Dušan Vlahović, who got a goal 33 seconds into the match for Juventus against Villarreal on 22 February 2022.[78]
First goal
- On 4 September 1955, European Cup with Sporting CP after 14 minutes in a 3–3 draw against Partizan.
- On 25 November 1992, Daniel Amokachi scored the first goal of the UEFA Champions League with Club Brugge against CSKA Moscow.
Other goalscoring records
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a record 140 goals in the competition (73 GS, 25 R16, 25 QF, 13 SF, 4 F) (95 RF, 20 LF, 25 H).[79][80]
- Erling Haaland holds the record for the highest-ever goals-per-game ratio for players who have played at least 20 matches (1.02); he scored 42 goals in 41 matches.[81]
- Ferenc Puskás and Alfredo Di Stéfano have each scored seven goals in the finals. Puskás scored four in 1960 and three in 1962, while Di Stéfano scored seven goals in an aforementioned five finals.
- Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the finals in the UEFA Champions league era, with 4. He scored one goal each in 2008 and 2014, and two in 2017.
- Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the knockout phase, with 67.
- Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the semi-finals, with 13.
- Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the quarter-finals, with 25.
- Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals in the round of 16, with 29.
- Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals in the group stage, with 80.
- Ferenc Puskás holds the record in a single season's knockout phase in the competition (from round of 16 onwards), scoring twelve in the 1959–60 campaign.
- Two players scored a record ten goals in a single season's knockout phase in the Champions League era (from round of 16 onwards):
- Cristiano Ronaldo with Real Madrid in 2016–17.
- Karim Benzema with Real Madrid in 2021–22.
- Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 goals in the competition on 18 April 2017.[82] On 18 February 2018, he became the first player to score 100 goals with a single club (Real Madrid).[83]
- Two players have scored in all six group stage matches of the competition:
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored nine goals for Real Madrid in 2017–18.[84]
- Sébastien Haller scored ten goals for Ajax in 2021–22.
- Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most group stage goals in a single season of the UEFA Champions League, scoring eleven in the 2015–16 campaign.[85]
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored at least ten goals in a record seven consecutive seasons in the competition (2011–12 to 2017–18).
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored in a record eleven consecutive UEFA Champions League appearances; he scored in the 2017 final and the first ten matches (six group games and both legs of the round of 16 and quarter-finals) of the 2017–18 season (a total of seventeen goals).[86]
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored in a record twelve consecutive away UEFA Champions League appearances; his streak started from the second leg of the 2012–13 round of 16, and lasted until the first leg of the 2014–15 round of 16 (a total of seventeen goals).
- Three players share the record for most consecutive home UEFA Champions League appearances scored in, with seven:
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the second leg of the 2016–17 quarter-finals, the first leg of the semi-finals and the first five home matches of the 2017–18 season (a total of thirteen goals).
- Robert Lewandowski scored in the second leg of the 2014–15 round of 16, the second leg of the quarter-finals, the second leg of the semi-finals and the first four home matches of the 2015–16 season (a total of ten goals).
- Thierry Henry scored in a home match of the 2000–01 second group stage, the first leg of the quarter-finals and the first five home matches of the 2001–02 season (a total of nine goals).
- Sébastien Haller scored in a record seven consecutive matches since his competition debut, in 2021–22 for Ajax.
- Three other players scored in their first five matches in the competition:
- .
- Diego Costa scored in five consecutive matches in 2013–14 for Atlético Madrid.
- Erling Haaland scored in five consecutive group stage matches in 2019–20 for Red Bull Salzburg.
- Lionel Messi holds the record for most home goals, with 78.
- Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most away goals, with 63.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a brace or more in a record 38 matches.[80]
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a record of twelve direct free kicks (two for Manchester United and ten for Real Madrid).[87]
- Lionel Messi has scored against a record 40 individual Champions League opponents.[88]
- Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals scored for a single club, with 120 for Barcelona.
- Alfredo Di Stéfano has scored in a record five finals, with one goal in each final from 1956 to 1959, and three goals in 1960.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most goals in finals in the UEFA Champions league era, with four goals in six finals: one goal each in 2008 and 2014, and two in 2017.
- Three players scored for two clubs in the final:[89]
- Six goalkeepers have scored in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League (not include qualifying rounds):
- Ilija Pantelić scored a penalty for Vojvodina against Atlético Madrid on 16 November 1966.
- Christian Piot scored a penalty for Standard Liège against Linfield on 29 September 1971.
- Hans-Jörg Butt has done so three times with three clubs, all with penalties, and all against Juventus:
- for Hamburger SV in a 4–4 group stage home draw on 13 September 2000;
- for Bayer Leverkusen in a 3–1 second group stage home win on 12 March 2002;
- the equaliser for Bayern Munich in a 4–1 group stage win in Turin on 8 December 2009, which Bayern had to win to qualify for the next stage.
- Sinan Bolat and Ivan Provedel are the only goalkeepers to score a goal in open play:
- Bolat's second-half stoppage time (fifth minute) equaliser for Standard Liège against AZ on 9 December 2009 secured third place in Group H, and qualified his team for the Europa League.
- Provedel scored a second-half stoppage time (fifth minute) equaliser for Lazio against Atlético Madrid on 19 September 2023, in the opening match of the 2023–24 season.
- Vincent Enyeama scored a penalty for Hapoel Tel Aviv against Lyon on 29 September 2010.
- Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to have scored for six clubs in the Champions League:[90]
- Ajax (6 goals in 19 matches; 2002–03 to 2003–04)
- Juventus (3 goals in 19 matches; 2004–05 to 2005–06)
- Inter Milan (6 goals in 22 matches; 2006–07 to 2008–09)
- Barcelona (4 goals in 10 matches; 2009–10)
- Milan (9 goals in 20 matches; 2010–11 to 2011–12 and 2021–22)
- Paris Saint-Germain(20 goals in 33 matches; 2012–13 to 2015–16)
- Two players have scored in a record eighteen Champions League seasons, with all of them coming consecutively:
- Cristiano Ronaldo has the most goals against a single opponent, scoring ten times against Juventus (three goals in 2013, two goals in 2015, two goals in 2017 and three goals in 2018).
- Marco Asensio has the most goals as a substitute, scoring nine times off the bench.[91]
- Four players have scored against the same opponent with three clubs:[92]
- Ruud van Nistelrooy against Bayern Munich, with PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid.
- Hans-Jörg Butt against Juventus, with Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.
- Cristiano Ronaldo against Lyon, with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
- Romaand Inter Milan.
- Marko Arnautović scored a goal with Werder Bremen on 7 December 2010. After 12 years and 357 days, he scored a goal with Inter Milan on 29 November 2023. This was the longest time any player had scored since previously scoring.
- Only on one occasion have three players from the same team scored at least ten goals in the same season:
- Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah each scored ten goals for Liverpool in 2017–18.
- Two players from the same team have scored at least ten goals in the same season on one further occasion:
- UEFA Cup/Europa League, with goals in the 1977 European Cup final and the second leg of both the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cup finals with Borussia Mönchengladbach, and in the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup finalwith Barcelona.
- The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup:
- Franz Roth scored in both the 1975 and 1976 European Cup final, and in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup final, all with Bayern Munich.
- Felix Magath scored in the 1983 European Cup final and in the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup final, both with Hamburger SV.
- Marco van Basten scored in the 1989 European Cup final with Milan and in the 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup final with Ajax.
- Ronald Koeman scored in the 1992 final and in the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup final, both with Barcelona.
- The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
- Hernán Crespo scored in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final with Milan and in the 1999 UEFA Cup final with Parma.
- Steven Gerrard scored in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final and in the 2001 UEFA Cup final, both with Liverpool.
- Pedro scored in the 2011 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final with Chelsea.
- Diego Godín scored in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final with Atlético Madrid and in the 2020 UEFA Europa League final with Inter Milan.
- Gerd Müller is the only player to have scored in the final of the European Cup/Champions League, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship, with goals in both the 1974 (replay) and 1975 European Cup final with Bayern Munich, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup final and UEFA Euro 1972 final with West Germany.
- The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the FIFA World Cup:
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino scored in the 1958 European Cup final with Milan and in the 1950 FIFA World Cup final with Uruguay.[note 4]
- Ferenc Puskás scored in both the 1960 and 1962 European Cup final with Real Madrid and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final with Hungary.
- Zoltán Czibor scored in the 1961 European Cup final with Barcelona and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final with Hungary.
- Zinedine Zidane scored in the 2002 final with Real Madrid and in both the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cup final with France.
- Mario Mandžukić scored in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final with Bayern Munich, the 2017 UEFA Champions League final with Juventus, and in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final with Croatia.
- Lionel Messi scored in the 2009 and 2011 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona, and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final with Argentina.
- The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the UEFA European Championship:
- Michel Platini scored in the 1985 European Cup final with Juventus and in the UEFA Euro 1984 final with France.
- Both Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten scored in the 1989 European Cup final with Milan and in the UEFA Euro 1988 final with Netherlands.
- Luis Suárez is the only player have scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Copa América. He did so in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and the 2011 Copa América final with Uruguay.
- Samuel Eto'o is the only player have scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Africa Cup of Nations. He did so in the 2006 and 2009 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations final with Cameroon.
Assists
Most assists
- As of 2 October 2024[93]
Notes: The criteria for an assist to be awarded may vary according to the source, this table is based on the assists criteria according to Opta, where assists are not counted for balls that are deflected or rebounded off opposing players and have clearly affected the trajectory of the ball and its arrival to the recipient (the goal scorer). Assists are also not counted for penalty kicks, direct goals from corners or free kicks, or own goals. This table does not include assists provided in the qualification stage of the competition. The following table includes the number of assists since the 1992–93 season.[93] However, according to UEFA's own official list, Cristiano Ronaldo sits at 1st place with 42 official assists and Ryan Giggs sits at 5th with 31 assists.[94] This is due to the website only counting assists from the 2003-04 season onwards. In addition, UEFA's criteria for assists differ from those of Opta, as it considers causing a penalty kick, free kicks, own goals, deflected, and rebounded balls as assists.
Rank | Player | Nation | Assists | Apps | Years | Club(s) |
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1 | Ryan Giggs | Wales | 41 | 141 | 1993–2014 | Manchester United |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 40 | 183 | 2003–2022 | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus |
3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 39 | 163 | 2005–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain
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4 | David Beckham | England | 36 | 107 | 1994–2013 | Paris Saint-Germain
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Ángel Di María | Argentina | 109 | 2007– | Juventus
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6 | Luís Figo | Portugal | 34 | 103 | 1997–2009 | Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan |
7 | Xavi | Spain | 31 | 151 | 1998–2015 | Barcelona |
8 | Neymar | Brazil | 30 | 81 | 2013–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain
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9 | Raúl | Spain | 27 | 142 | 1995–2011 | Real Madrid, Schalke 04 |
Karim Benzema | France | 152 | 2005–2023 | Lyon, Real Madrid |
Single season (since 1992–93)
- As of 16 May 2018[95]
Rank | Player | Season | Assists |
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1 | Luís Figo | 1999–2000 | 9 |
2 | David Beckham | 1998–99 | 8 |
Gaizka Mendieta | 2000–01 | ||
Neymar | 2016–17 | ||
James Milner | 2017–18 |
Other records
- Four players provided four assists in one match (since 2003–04):
- Raymond Kopa is the only player to have provided five assists in final matches:
- in 1956 (2)[99] for Stade Reims and in 1957[100] and 1958 (2)[101] for Real Madrid.
- In addition, Kopa is the one of three players to have assisted in final matches with two different clubs alongside .
- in 1956 (2)[99] for Stade Reims and in 1957[100] and 1958 (2)[101] for Real Madrid.
- Four players finished twice at the top of the assists list (including joint top, since 1992–93):
- Neymar has the most assists against a single opponent, assisting eight times against Celtic.[95]
Other records
Penalties
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most penalties (not including shoot-outs), converting 19 penalties out of 22 taken.[21]
- João Mário has scored the most penalties in a single season, scoring five penalties for Benfica in the 2022–23 season.
- Harry Kane has scored the most penalties in a single match, scoring three penalties for Bayern Munich against Dinamo Zagreb on 17 September 2024.[102][103]
- Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi have failed to score the most penalties (not including shoot-outs), missing five penalties each.[104]
- Iker Casillas and Gianluigi Buffon had both saved the most penalty kicks (not including shoot-outs), saving four penalties each.
- The oldest goalkeeper to save a penalty in the tournament is Jasmin Handanović, who was 39 years and 274 days old when he saved James Milner's penalty for Maribor against Liverpool on 1 November 2017.[105]
- The youngest goalkeeper to save a penalty in the tournament is Mile Svilar, who was 18 years and 65 days old when he saved Anthony Martial's penalty for Benfica against Manchester United on 31 October 2017.[106]
- The fastest penalty ever awarded in the tournament was for final on 1 June 2019, which was given after 23 seconds and converted by Mohamed Salah.[107]
- The fastest penalty ever scored in the tournament was by Johan Micoud with Werder Bremen against Panathinaikos on 7 December 2005, which was scored after 1 minute and 45 seconds, only two seconds faster than Mohamed Salah goal.[108]
Penalty shoot-out
- Antoine Griezmann is the only player to score three penalties in shoot-outs (out of three taken), scoring one in the 2014–15 round of 16, the 2015–16 round of 16 and the 2016 final, all with Atlético Madrid.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to miss two penalties in shoot-outs (out of three taken), missing one in the 2008 final with Manchester United and one in the 2011–12 semi-finals with Real Madrid.
- Manuel Neuer has saved a record five penalties in shoot-outs, stopping two in the 2007–08 round of 16 with Schalke 04, two in the 2011–12 semi-finals and one in the 2012 final with Bayern Munich.
- Two goalkeepers saved four penalties in a single shoot-out:
- Jan Möller saved four penalties (out of five) for Malmö FF during the shoot-out against 1. FC Magdeburg in the 1975–76 first round.
- Helmuth Duckadam kept every opposing shot out for Steaua București during the shoot-out against Barcelona in the 1986 final.
Own goals
- 25 players scored two own goals against their teams: Igor Akinfeev, Alex, Alex Sandro, Ânderson Polga, Valeriy Bondar, Wes Brown, Cadú, Gary Caldwell, Rúben Dias, Edu Dracena, Andrzej Grębosz, Iván Helguera, József Horváth, Tomáš Hubočan, Jardel, Phil Jones, Thomas Kleine, Iván Marcano, Jérémy Mathieu, Craig Moore, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Stefan Savić, Raphaël Varane and Zoco.[109]
- The fastest own goal ever scored in the tournament was by Iñigo Martínez, who put the ball into his own net after 69 seconds against his team Real Sociedad for Manchester United during the 2013–14 season.[110]
- One player has scored an own goal in a final:
- Antoni Ramallets scored an own goal in 1961 against his team Barcelona for Benfica in the 32nd minute.
Goalkeeping
- Manuel Neuer holds the record for most clean sheets, with 58 (60 including 2 qualifying games): 7 with Schalke 04 and 51 with Bayern Munich.[111][112]
- Jens Lehmann holds the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in full matches, with eight for Arsenal across the 2004–05 (one match) and 2005–06 seasons (seven matches).[113] As for the total minutes, he has the highest number of continuous minutes without conceding goals. In total, this lasted 853 minutes, divided into three seasons:
- Two goalkeepers hold the record of three clean sheets in competition finals:
- Heinz Stuy in 1971, 1972 and 1973, all with Ajax.
- Sepp Maier in 1974 (replay), 1975 and 1976, all with Bayern Munich.
- Four goalkeepers have kept a record nine clean sheets in a single season:
- Sebastiano Rossi with Milan in 1993–94
- Santiago Cañizares with Valencia in 2000–01[note 5]
- Keylor Navas with Real Madrid in 2015–16
- Édouard Mendy with Chelsea in 2020–21
- Marco Ballotta was the oldest goalkeeper to play in the tournament, playing for Lazio against Real Madrid on 11 December 2007, aged 43 years, 252 days.[50]
- Maarten Vandevoordt was the youngest goalkeeper to start a Champions League game, doing so for Genk against Napoli on 10 December 2019, aged 17 years and 287 days.[114][115]
- Four goalkeepers have won the competition with two clubs:
- Jimmy Rimmer with Manchester United in 1968, and with Aston Villa in 1982.
- Edwin van der Sar with Ajax in 1995, and with Manchester United in 2008.
- Scott Carson with Liverpool in 2005, and with Manchester City in 2023.
- Kepa Arrizabalaga with Chelsea in 2021, and with Real Madrid in 2024.
- Edwin van der Sar was the oldest goalkeeper to play in and win a final, doing so in 2008 with Manchester United, aged 37 years and 205 days.[116]
- Iker Casillas was the youngest goalkeeper to play in and win a final, doing so in 2000 with Real Madrid, aged 19 years and 4 days.[116]
- Dino Zoff was the oldest goalkeeper to play in a final, playing in Juventus' defeat to Hamburger SV in 1983, aged 41 years and 86 days.[116]
- Edwin van der Sar is the only goalkeeper to play in five Champions League finals, doing so with Ajax in 1995 and 1996, and with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
- Gianluigi Buffon is the only goalkeeper to play in three finals and lose them all, doing so with Juventus in 2003, 2015 and 2017.
- Omri Glazer holds the record for most saves in a single game, with 13 saves for Red Star Belgrade in a 2023–24 group stage match against Manchester City.[117]
- Four goalkeepers played for two clubs in a final:
- Edwin van der Sar with Ajax in 1995 and 1996, and with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
- Hans-Jörg Butt with Bayer Leverkusen in 2002, and with Bayern Munich in 2010.
- Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.
- Thibaut Courtois with Atlético Madrid in 2014, and with Real Madrid in 2022 and 2024.
- Juan Alonso has won the most titles for a goalkeeper, winning five consecutive titles in 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59 and 1959–60, all with Real Madrid.[118] He played in the first three finals and was a non-substitute in the latter two.
- Seven other goalkeepers have won the Champions League on three occasions (six starter goalkeepers and one non-playing substitute):[116]
- Heinz Stuy with Ajax (1970–71, 1971–72 and 1972–73)
- Sepp Maier with Bayern Munich (1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76)
- Ray Clemence with Liverpool (1976–77, 1977–78 and 1980–81)
- Víctor Valdés with Barcelona (2005–06, 2008–09 and 2010–11)
- Iker Casillas with Real Madrid (1999–2000, 2001–02 and 2013–14)
- Keylor Navas with Real Madrid (2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18)
- Kiko Casilla with Real Madrid (2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18) – he was an unused substitute in all three finals
- Two goalkeepers won all three major UEFA club competitions they have played in:[116]
- Three goalkeepers have won the tournament as well as both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship:
- Sepp Maier won the 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76 European Cup with Bayern Munich, and both the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
- Fabien Barthez won the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League with Marseille, and both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 with France
- Iker Casillas won the 1999–2000, 2001–02 and 2013–14 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, and both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008 and 2012 with Spain
- The following goalkeepers have additionally won both the tournament and the FIFA World Cup:
- Bodo Illgner won the 1997–98 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup with West Germany
- Manuel Neuer won the 2012–13 and 2019–20 UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Germany
- The following goalkeepers have additionally won both the tournament and the UEFA European Championship:
- Hans van Breukelen won the 1987–88 European Cup with PSV Eindhoven, and UEFA Euro 1988 with Netherlands
- Peter Schmeichel won the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League with Manchester United, and UEFA Euro 1992 with Denmark
- Six goalkeepers have lifted the trophy as captain:
- Juan Alonso with Real Madrid (1958)
- Stevan Stojanović with Red Star Belgrade (1991)
- Andoni Zubizarreta with Barcelona (1992)
- Peter Schmeichel with Manchester United (1999)
- Iker Casillas with Real Madrid (2014)
- Manuel Neuer with Bayern Munich (2020)
- Igor Akinfeev holds the record for most consecutive matches without a clean sheet, with 43 matches with CSKA Moscow, the streak began on 21 November 2006 and continued until 31 October 2017.[119]
Disciplinary
- Only three players have ever been sent off in a Champions League final: 2017 final against Real Madrid (second yellow given by Felix Brych in the 84th minute for pushing Sergio Ramos). All three players' teams lost their respective finals.
- Edgar Davids, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Sergio Ramos jointly hold the record for the most red cards in the Champions League; they have each been sent off four times.
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (with Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain), Arturo Vidal (with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan) and Patrick Vieira(with Arsenal, Juventus and Inter Milan) are the only players to have been sent off for three clubs in the Champions League.
- Olexandr Kucher holds the record for the fastest red card in a Champions League match, being sent off after 3 minutes and 59 seconds for Shakhtar Donetsk against Bayern Munich in the 2014–15 season.[120]
- Sergio Ramos holds the record for the most yellow cards in the Champions League, with 43+1 (once double yellow cards turned red) along with three straight red cards.[121]
Captaincy
The following table shows the captains who have won the title: