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.
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
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).
- As of 19 September 2024
Rank | Club | Seasons | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FW | F | SF | QF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 55 | 490 | 295 | 85 | 110 | 1078 | 537 | +541 | 675 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 39 |
2 | Bayern Munich | 41 | 395 | 237 | 79 | 79 | 834 | 388 | +446 | 553 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 |
3 | Barcelona | 35 | 350 | 203 | 77 | 70 | 688 | 359 | +329 | 483 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
4 | Manchester United | 30 | 299 | 161 | 70 | 68 | 545 | 299 | +246 | 392 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
5 | Juventus | 38 | 302 | 154 | 70 | 78 | 482 | 302 | +180 | 378 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 |
6 | Liverpool | 28 | 249 | 143 | 50 | 56 | 475 | 229 | +246 | 336 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
7 | Milan | 32 | 274 | 133 | 70 | 71 | 443 | 262 | +181 | 336 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
8 | Benfica | 44 | 294 | 132 | 68 | 94 | 484 | 346 | +138 | 332 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
9 | Porto | 38 | 277 | 126 | 61 | 90 | 411 | 313 | +98 | 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 | 363 | 321 | +42 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
12 | Inter Milan | 26 | 214 | 102 | 58 | 54 | 300 | 211 | +89 | 262 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
13 | Chelsea | 19 | 201 | 104 | 53 | 44 | 342 | 181 | +161 | 261 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
14 | Arsenal | 23 | 212 | 106 | 46 | 60 | 351 | 226 | +125 | 258 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
15 | Celtic | 39 | 229 | 103 | 40 | 86 | 347 | 286 | +51 | 246 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
16 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 184 | 89 | 36 | 59 | 307 | 225 | +82 | 214 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
17 | AtlΓ©tico Madrid | 20 | 171 | 83 | 44 | 44 | 251 | 166 | +85 | 210 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
18 | PSV Eindhoven | 32 | 200 | 74 | 49 | 77 | 273 | 259 | +14 | 197 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
19 | Paris Saint-Germain | 18 | 156 | 83 | 29 | 44 | 303 | 181 | +122 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
20 | Anderlecht | 34 | 200 | 70 | 44 | 86 | 282 | 320 | β38 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
21 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 160 | 71 | 34 | 55 | 289 | 222 | +67 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
22 | Manchester City | 15 | 130 | 74 | 27 | 29 | 273 | 144 | +129 | 175 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
23 | Rangers | 34 | 179 | 65 | 44 | 70 | 249 | 260 | β11 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
24 | Galatasaray | 29 | 191 | 63 | 46 | 82 | 239 | 301 | β62 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
25 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 163 | 69 | 33 | 61 | 246 | 230 | 16 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era (from 1992βpresent)
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 1999β2000 and 2002β03, qualification is considered from the second group stage. Starting from the 2024β25 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 1991β92 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, 2000β01 season).
- Most goals scored in a season: 449 (2000β01 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 BernabΓ©u, 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 BernabΓ©u, RamΓ³n SΓ‘nchez PizjuΓ‘n, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 1992 and 1993 seasons there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage. The winners (Sampdoria and Barcelona in 1992, Marseille and Milan in 1993) and runners-up (Red Star Belgrade and Sparta Prague in 1992, Rangers and IFK GΓΆteborg in 1993) of the two groups are marked as semi-finalists in the table.
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 1980β81, and seven wins and two draws in 1983β84.
- Milan had five wins and four draws in 1988β89, and seven wins and five draws in 1993β94.
- Ajax had seven wins and two draws in 1971β72, and 7 wins and 4 draws in 1994β95.
- Manchester United had five wins and six draws in 1998β99, and nine wins and four draws in 2007β08.
- Eight clubs have done so on one occasion:
- Inter Milan had seven wins and two draws in 1963β64.
- Nottingham Forest had six wins and three draws in 1978β79.
- Red Star Belgrade had five wins and four draws in 1990β91.
- Marseille had seven wins and four draws in 1992β93.
- Barcelona had nine wins and four draws in 2005β06.
- Bayern Munich had eleven wins in eleven games in the reduced-schedule 2019β20, becoming the first side in any European competition to claim a trophy with a 100 percent winning record.
- Manchester City had eight wins and five draws in 2022β23.
- Real Madrid had nine wins and four draws in 2023β24.
- The team to have won the European Cup with the fewest games won is PSV Eindhoven (1987β88), 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 (1998β99), with five wins.
- Three teams have won the Champions League with the most games lost, Liverpool (2018β19), Milan (2002β03) and Real Madrid (1999β2000 and 2021β22), 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:
- 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 (1955β56 to 1969β70)
- Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League: 28, Real Madrid (1997β98 to 2024β25)
- Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase: 27, Real Madrid (1997β98 to 2023β24)
- Most consecutive quarter-final appearances: 13, Barcelona (2007β08 to 2019β20)
- Most consecutive semi-final appearances: 8, Real Madrid (2010β11 to 2017β18)
- Most consecutive final appearances: 5, Real Madrid (1956 to 1960)
- Most consecutive final appearances (Champions League era): 3 β joint record
- Eintracht Frankfurt's appearance in the 2022β23 came 63 years after their previous appearance (1959β60). 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":
- Celtic in 1967, having won the European Cup, the 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
- Liverpool in 1984 won the 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 1966β67 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, he 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.
- Barcelona won the FIFA Club World Cup, the European Super Cup, and the Supercopa de EspaΓ±a the 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 2012β13 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Best debuts
Five clubs managed to win the European Cup on their debut:
- Real Madrid (1955β56)
- Inter Milan (1963β64)
- Celtic (1966β67)
- Nottingham Forest (1978β79)
- Aston Villa (1981β82)
Three clubs won the Champions League on their debut:
Two clubs have won European Cup on their debut without losing a single game in the competition:
- Inter Milan (1963β64) with seven wins and two draws
- Nottingham Forest (1978β79) 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 BucureΘti beat Crusaders 11β0 in 1973β74
- Feyenoord beat KR ReykjavΓk 12β2 in 1969β70
- Manchester United beat Anderlecht 10β0 in 1956β57
- Ipswich Town beat Floriana 10β0 in 1962β63
- Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 10β0 in 1965β66
- Leeds United beat Lyn 10β0 in 1969β70
- Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach beat EPA Larnaca 10β0 in 1970β71
- Ajax beat Omonia 10β0 in 1979β80
- The largest single match margin of victory in the current Champions League format is 10β0:
- HJK beat Bangor City in the second qualifying round in 2011β12
- The largest single match margin of victory in the group stage (which existed from 1991β92 to 2023β24) is 8β0:
- Liverpool beat BeΕiktaΕ in the group stage in 2007β08
- Real Madrid beat MalmΓΆ FF in the group stage in 2015β16
- The largest single-match margin of victory in the league phase (which replaced the group stage in 2024β25) is 9β2:
- Bayern Munich beat Dinamo Zagreb in 2024β25.
- The largest single match margin of victory in the knockout phase of the current Champions League format is 7β0:
- Bayern Munich beat Basel in the first knockout round in 2011β12
- Bayern Munich beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the first knockout round in 2014β15
- Manchester City beat Schalke 04 in the first knockout round in 2018β19
- Manchester City beat RB Leipzig in the first knockout round in 2022β23
- The largest single match margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the knockout phase is eight goals:
- Real Madrid beat Sevilla 8β0 in 1957β58
- The largest single match margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the knockout phase in Champions League era is six goals:
- Manchester United beat Roma 7β1 in 2006β07
- Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 8β2 in 2019β20
- The largest single match margin of victory in the semi-finals of the knockout phase is six goals:
- Real Madrid beat ZΓΌrich 6β0 in 1963β64
- The largest single match margin of victory in the semi-finals of the knockout phase in Champions League era is 4β0:
- Bayern Munich beat Barcelona in 2012β13
- Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich in 2013β14
- Liverpool beat Barcelona in 2018β19
- Manchester City beat Real Madrid in 2022β23
- The largest margin of victory in a final is four goals:
- Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7β3 in 1960
- Bayern Munich beat AtlΓ©tico Madrid 4β0 in 1974 (replay)
- Milan beat Steaua BucureΘti 4β0 in 1989
- Milan beat Barcelona 4β0 in 1994
- The largest single match margin of victory for an away side is 7β0:
- Marseille beat Ε½ilina in the group stage in 2010β11
- Shakhtar Donetsk beat BATE Borisov in the group stage in 2014β15
- Liverpool beat Maribor in the group stage in 2017β18
Biggest two leg wins
- Benfica hold the overall record for highest aggregate win in the competition. They beat Stade Dudelange 18β0 (8β0 away, 10β0 at home) in the preliminary round in 1965β66.
- As for the group stage, the record belongs to Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat BATE Borisov 12β0 (7β0 away, 5β0 at home) in 2014β15. Including the preliminary rounds, HJK hold the Champions League era record, beating Bangor City 13β0 (3β0 away, 10β0 at home) in 2011β12.
- Bayern Munich hold the biggest margin of victory on aggregate in the knockout phase of the Champions League era. They beat Sporting CP 12β1 (5β0 away, 7β1 at home) in the round of 16 in 2008β09.
- Real Madrid hold the record for the biggest win in a quarter-final tie, beating Sevilla 10β2 (8β0 at home, 2β2 away) in 1957β58. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid share the record for the biggest win since the 1992 rebranding; Bayern beat 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6β0 (2β0 at home, 4β0 away) in 1998β99, and Barcelona 8β2 in a single leg tie in 2019β20, while Madrid achieved the same feat against APOEL in 2011β12, winning 8β2 (3β0 away, 5β2 at home).
- Eintracht Frankfurt hold the record for the biggest win in a semi-final tie, beating Rangers 12β4 (6β1, 6β3) in 1959β60. Bayern Munich hold the record in the Champions League era, beating Barcelona 7β0 (4β0 at home, 3β0 away) in 2012β13.
Deciding drawn ties
Play-offs
- The first play-off match held was Borussia Dortmund's 7β0 win against Spora Luxembourg in the preliminary round in 1956β57, after the first two games between the sides had ended 5β5 on aggregate (4β3 win for Dortmund, 2β1 win for Spora).
- The last play-off match held was Ajax's 3β0 win against Benfica in the quarter-finals in 1968β69, after the first two games between the sides had ended 4β4 on aggregate (3β1 win for Benfica, 3β1 win for Ajax).
- The first (and only) replayed final was in 1974, with Bayern Munich defeating AtlΓ©tico Madrid 4β0, following a 1β1 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 1956β57, 1958β59 and 1961β62, 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 1962β63. Wismut Karl Marx Stadt and AtlΓ©tico Madrid have played the most overall play-offs, with four each.
Coin toss
- The first coin toss occurred in 1957β58, with Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beating Gwardia Warsaw after their play-off was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
- ZΓΌrich won a coin toss against Galatasaray in 1963β64 after their play-off match ended 2β2. This was the first time this rule was used for a draw played to completion.
- The last season to use a coin toss was 1969β70, 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 1967β68, with Valur beating Jeunesse Esch 4β4 (1β1 at home, 3β3 away) and Benfica beating Glentoran 1β1 (1β1 away, 0β0 at home), both in the first round. Benfica later progressed to the final.
- In 2002β03, Milan and Inter met in the semi-finals. Sharing the same stadium (San Siro), they drew 0β0 in the first leg and 1β1 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 2020β21 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 1989β90, Milan won 1β0 at home and were 0β1 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 2014β15, Paris Saint-Germain drew 1β1 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 2020β21 (the last season the away goals rule was used), Porto won 2β1 at home and were 1β2 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 MΓΆnchengladbach on 4 November 1970, after both games ended 1β1. 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 4β3 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 1β1 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 4β2, 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 AtlΓ©tico Madrid are the only teams to have been involved in two penalty shoot-outs in the same season. In 1985β86, Barcelona beat IFK GΓΆteborg in the semi-finals, but lost to Steaua BucureΘti in the final. In 2011β12, Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals, but lost to Chelsea in the final. In 2015β16, AtlΓ©tico 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:
- Everton 4β3 Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach (1970β71, second round)
- Celtic 4β5 Inter Milan (1971β72, semi-finals)
- Atvidabergs FF 3β4 Bayern Munich (1973β74, first round)
- Γjpest 4β3 Spartak Trnava (1973β74, quarter-finals)
- 1. FC Magdeburg 1β2 MalmΓΆ FF (1975β76, first round)
- Torpedo Moscow 1β4 Benfica (1977β78, first round)
- Juventus 3β0 Ajax (1977β78, quarter-finals)
- Dynamo Dresden 5β4 Partizan (1978β79, first round)
- Liverpool 4β2 Roma (1983β84, final)
- BFC Dynamo 5β4 Aberdeen (1984β85, first round)
- Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3β5 Bordeaux (1984β85, quarter-finals)
- Barcelona 5β4 IFK GΓΆteborg (1985β86, semi-finals)
- Steaua BucureΘti 2β0 Barcelona (1985β86, final)
- Juventus 1β3 Real Madrid (1986β87, second round)
- PSV Eindhoven 6β5 Benfica (1987β88, final)
- NeuchΓ’tel Xamax 3β0 Larisa (1988β89, second round)
- Red Star Belgrade 2β4 Milan (1988β89, second round)
- Spartak Moscow 5β3 Napoli (1990β91, second round)
- MalmΓΆ FF 4β5 Dynamo Dresden (1990β91, second round)
- Red Star Belgrade 5β3 Marseille (1990β91, final)
- Ajax 2β4 Juventus (1995β96, final)
- Bayern Munich 5β4 Valencia (2000β01, final)
- Juventus 2β3 Milan (2002β03, final)
- PSV Eindhoven 4β2 Lyon (2004β05, quarter-finals)
- Milan 2β3 Liverpool (2004β05, final)
- Liverpool 4β1 Chelsea (2006β07, semi-finals)
- Sevilla 2β3 FenerbahΓ§e (2007β08, round of 16)
- Porto 1β4 Schalke 04 (2007β08, round of 16)
- Manchester United 6β5 Chelsea (2007β08, final)
- Roma 6β7 Arsenal (2008β09, round of 16)
- APOEL 4β3 Lyon (2011β12, round of 16)
- Real Madrid 1β3 Bayern Munich (2011β12, semi-finals)
- Bayern Munich 3β4 Chelsea (2011β12, final)
- AtlΓ©tico Madrid 3β2 Bayer Leverkusen (2014β15, round of 16)
- AtlΓ©tico Madrid 8β7 PSV Eindhoven (2015β16, round of 16)
- Real Madrid 5β3 AtlΓ©tico Madrid (2015β16, final)
- Arsenal 4β2 Porto (2023β24, round of 16)
- AtlΓ©tico Madrid 3β2 Inter Milan (2023β24, round of 16)
- Manchester City 3β4 Real Madrid (2023β24, quarter-finals)
- Four teams were involved in four penalty shoot-outs: AtlΓ©tico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid.
- Liverpool (out of three), AtlΓ©tico 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 Feyenoord beat KR ReykjavΓk 12β2 in the first round in 1969β70.
- The most goals scored in a single match in the Champions League era is twelve, which occurred when Borussia Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8β4 in the group stage in 2016β17.
- Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 8β2 in the quarter-finals in 2019β20. With ten goals, this is the highest-scoring individual knockout game in the Champions League era.
- Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7β3 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 3β3 draw between Milan and Liverpool in the 2005 final is 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:
- VΓΆrΓΆs LobogΓ³ 4β4 Reims in the 1955β56 quarter-finals
- Hamburger SV 4β4 Juventus in the 2000β01 first group stage
- Chelsea 4β4 Liverpool in the 2008β09 quarter-finals
- Bayer Leverkusen 4β4 Roma in the 2015β16 group stage
- Chelsea 4β4 Ajax in the 2019β20 group stage
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 1997β98 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:
- Manchester United's treble-winners of 1998β99 were the first winners of the tournament to have won neither their domestic title nor the European Cup/Champions League the previous season. Since then:
- Real Madrid (1999β2000, 2013β14, 2015β16, 2021β22 and 2023β24)
- Milan (2002β03 and 2006β07)
- Liverpool (2004β05 and 2018β19)
- Liverpool's 2018β19 triumph came 29 years after their previous domestic league title (1989β90). This was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning their league, breaking the record Liverpool set in 2004β05, which was fifteen years after their last league title.
- Barcelona (2008β09 and 2014β15)
- Chelsea (2011β12 and 2020β21)
- Bayern Munich (2012β13)
- Manchester United's treble-winners of 1998β99 were 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 β Manchester United (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (2nd)
- 2000 β Real Madrid (2nd) vs Valencia (4th)
- 2007 β Milan (3rd) vs Liverpool (3rd)
- 2012 β Chelsea (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (3rd)
- 2014 β Real Madrid (2nd) vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid (3rd)
- 2016 β Real Madrid (2nd) vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid (3rd)
- 2019 β Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) vs Liverpool (4th)
- 2021 β Manchester City (2nd) vs Chelsea (4th)
- 2022 β Liverpool (3rd) vs Real Madrid (2nd)
- 2024 β 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:
- Newcastle United in 2002β03: In Newcastle's final game against Feyenoord, Craig Bellamy's goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time secured the 3β2 victory and a place in the second group stage.
- Atalanta in 2019β20: 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 1999β2000; 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 2002β03; placed 3rd and 4th in second group stage respectively
- Werder Bremen in 2005β06; lost to Juventus on away goals (4β4 agg.) in the round of 16
- Inter Milan in 2006β07; lost to Valencia on away goals (2β2 agg.) in the round of 16
- Lyon in 2007β08; lost 2β1 on aggregate to Manchester United in the round of 16
- Panathinaikos in 2008β09; came back to win the group but lost 3β2 on aggregate to Villarreal in the round of 16
- Marseille in 2010β11; lost 2β1 on aggregate to Manchester United in the round of 16
- Galatasaray in 2012β13; lost 5β3 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals
- Arsenal in 2015β16; lost 5β1 on aggregate to Barcelona in the round of 16
- Tottenham Hotspur in 2018β19; lost 2β0 to Liverpool in the final
- Atalanta in 2019β20; lost 2β1 to Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals
- Sporting CP in 2021β22; lost 5β0 on aggregate to Manchester City in the round of 16
- Porto in 2022β23; came back to win the group but lost 1β0 on aggregate to Inter Milan in the round of 16
- RB Leipzig in 2022β23; lost 8β1 on aggregate to Manchester City in the round of 16
- In 1994β95, defending champions Milan started the group stage with a loss and a win, but were deducted two points for crowd trouble against Casino Salzburg on matchday two. With zero points after two games, they still managed to advance from the group and later to the 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 2002β03 (first group stage)
- Manchester City lost two and drew two in 2014β15
- Atalanta lost three and drew one in 2019β20
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:
- Barcelona lost 4β0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2016β17, but won 6β1 in the second leg to advance 6β5 on aggregate
- 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 4β0 to GΓ³rnik Zabrze after 48 minutes of the first leg in the 1961β62 preliminary round, but managed to finish the game down 4β2 and won 8β1 in the second leg to advance 10β5 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 3β0 to KB in the 1958β59 first round, but won 5β2 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3β1 in the play-off
- Jeunesse Esch lost 4β1 to Haka in the 1963β64 preliminary round, but won 4β0 in the second leg and advanced 5β4 on aggregate
- Partizan lost 4β1 to Sparta Prague in the 1965β66 quarter-finals, but won 5β0 in the second leg and advanced 6β4 on aggregate
- Panathinaikos lost 4β1 to Red Star Belgrade in the 1970β71 semi-finals, but won 3β0 in the second leg and advanced to the final on away goals
- Saint-Γtienne lost 4β1 to Hajduk Split in the 1974β75 second round, but won 5β1 in the second leg and advanced 6β5 on aggregate
- Real Madrid lost 4β1 to Derby County in the 1975β76 second round, but won 5β1 in the second leg and advanced 6β5 on aggregate
- Barcelona lost 3β0 to Gothenburg in the 1985β86 semi-finals, but won 3β0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 5β4 on penalties
- Werder Bremen lost 3β0 to Dynamo Berlin in the 1988β89 first round, but won 5β0 in the second leg and advanced 5β3 on aggregate
- Galatasaray lost 3β0 to NeuchΓ’tel Xamax in the 1988β89 second round, but won 5β0 in the second leg and advanced 5β3 on aggregate
- Leeds United lost 3β0 to VfB Stuttgart in the 1992β93 first round, but was awarded a 3β0 win in the second leg and advanced after winning 2β1 in the play-off
- Copenhagen lost 3β0 to Linfield in the 1993β94 first round, but won 4β0 after extra time in the second leg and advanced 4β3 on aggregate
- Paris Saint-Germain lost 3β0 to Steaua BucureΘti in the 1997β98 second qualifying round, but won 5β0 in the second leg and advanced 5β3 on aggregate
- Widzew ΕΓ³dΕΊ lost 4β1 to Litex Lovech in the 1999β2000 second qualifying round, but won 4β1 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3β2 on penalties
- KF Tirana lost 3β0 to Dinamo Tbilisi in the 2003β04 first qualifying round, but won 3β0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 4β2 on penalties
- Deportivo La CoruΓ±a lost 4β1 to Milan in the 2003β04 quarter-finals, but won 4β0 in the second leg and advanced 5β4 on aggregate
- Roma lost 4β1 to Barcelona in the 2017β18 quarter-finals, but won 3β0 in the second leg and advanced on away goals
- Liverpool lost 3β0 to Barcelona in the 2018β19 semi-finals, but won 4β0 in the second leg and advanced to the final 4β3 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 0β3 to Athletic Bilbao after 43 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1956β57, and then 2β5 after 78 minutes, but managed to finish the game 3β5 and won 3β0 in the second leg and 6β5 on aggregate.
- CCA BucureΘti lost 2β4 to Borussia Dortmund in the first round 1957β58 and were trailing 0β1 (2β5 on aggregate) after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3β1 to qualify for the next round on away goals.
- Hamburg were trailing 0β3 to Burnley after 74 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1960β61, but managed to finish the game 1β3 and won 4β1 in the second leg and 5β4 on aggregate.
- Spartak Trnava were trailing 0β3 to Steaua BucureΘti after 51 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1968β69, but managed to finish the game 1β3 and won 4β0 in the second leg and 5β3 on aggregate.
- Austria Wien were trailing 0β3 to Levski-Spartak after 62 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1970β71, but managed to finish the game 1β3 and won 3β0 in the second leg and 4β3 on aggregate.
- Basel were trailing 0β3 to Spartak Moscow after 76 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1970β71, but managed to finish the game 2β3 and won 2β1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Anderlecht were trailing 0β3 to Slovan Bratislava after 44 minutes, and 1β4 after 63 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1974β75, but managed to finish the game 2β4 and won 3β1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Saint-Γtienne were trailing 0β3 to Ruch ChorzΓ³w after 46 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1974β75, but managed to finish the game 2β3 and won 2β0 in the second leg and 4β3 on aggregate.
- Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach were trailing 0β3 to Wacker Innsbruck after 27 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1977β78, but managed to finish the game 1β3 and won 2β0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Banik Ostrava were trailing 0β3 to FerencvΓ‘ros after 47 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1981β82, but managed to finish the game 2β3 and won 3β0 in the second leg and 5β3 on aggregate.
- Bayern Munich were trailing 0β3 to CSKA Sofia after 18 minutes of the first leg in the semi-final 1981β82, but managed to finish the game 3β4 and won 4β0 in the second leg and 7β4 on aggregate.
- Real Madrid were trailing 0β3 to Red Star Belgrade after 39 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1986β87, but managed to finish the game 2β4 and won 2β0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Real Madrid were trailing 0β3 to Bayern Munich after 47 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1987β88, but managed to finish the game 2β3 and won 2β0 in the second leg and 4β3 on aggregate.
- Sparta Prague were trailing 0β3 to Marseille after 60 minutes of the first leg in the second round 1991β92, but managed to finish the game 2β3 and won 2β1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Cork City were trailing 0β3 to CwmbrΓ’n Town after 27 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1993β94, but managed to finish the game 2β3 and won 2β1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Monaco were trailing 1β4 to Real Madrid after 81 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 2003β04, managed to finish the game 2β4, were trailing 0β1 (2β5 on aggregate) after 36 minutes of the second leg, but won 3β1 to qualify on away goals.
- Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 0β3 to Young Boys after 28 minutes of the first leg in the play-off round 2010β11, but managed to finish the game 2β3 and won 4β0 in the second leg and 6β3 on aggregate.
- Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 0β2 (0β3 on agg.) to Ajax after 35 minutes of the second leg in the semi-final 2018β19, but managed to win the game 3β2 to qualify on away goals after a 3β3 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 4β1 to Milan in the preliminary round 1957β58, won 5β2 in the second leg, but lost 4β2 in the play-off.
- GΓ³rnik Zabrze lost 4β1 to Dukla Prague in the preliminary round 1964β65, won 3β0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss after the play-off ended 0β0.
- Benfica lost 3β0 to Celtic in the second round 1969β70, won 3β0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss.
- Juventus lost their home leg of the 2017β18 quarter-finals to Real Madrid 0β3, but then proceeded to score three unanswered goals in the away game to put the aggregate score at 3β3 only to concede a last minute penalty and lose 3β4 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 0β3 to Sparta Rotterdam after 48 minutes of the first leg in the round of 16 1959β60, but managed to finish the game 1β3 and won 3β1 in the second leg, only to lose 1β3 in the playoff.
- Red Star Belgrade lost 1β3 to Rangers in the preliminary round 1964β65 and were trailing 0β1 (1β4 on aggregate) after 40 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4β2, only to lose 1β3 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:
- Manchester United lost 2β0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2018β19 at Old Trafford, but won 3β1 in the second leg at the Parc des Princes to advance on away goals Including the European Cup era, only Ajax have additionally managed to achieve this feat; they lost 3β1 at home to Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals in 1968β69, but won 3β1 away in the second leg to force a play-off, which they won 3β0 after extra time
- On eight occasions, a team lost the first leg away from home 1β0 and was trailing 1β0 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 2021β22):
- Celtic lost 1β0 away to Partizani in the 1979β80 first round and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate, with Partizani also having an away goal) after 15 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4β1 and advance 4β2 on aggregate
- AEK Athens lost 1β0 away to Dynamo Dresden in the 1989β90 first round and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate, with Dresden also having an away goal) after 10 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5β3 and advance 5β4 on aggregate
- PSV Eindhoven lost 1β0 away to Steaua BucureΘti in the 1989β90 second round and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate, with Steaua also having an away goal) after 17 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5β1 and advance 5β2 on aggregate
- Barcelona lost 1β0 away to Panathinaikos in the 2001β02 quarter-finals and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate, with Panathinaikos also having an away goal) after eight minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3β1 and advance 3β2 on aggregate
- Shakhtar Donetsk lost 1β0 away to Red Bull Salzburg in the 2007β08 third qualifying round and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate, with Salzburg also having an away goal) after five minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3β1 and advance 3β2 on aggregate
- BATE Borisov lost 1β0 away to Debrecen in the 2014β15 third qualifying round and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate, with Debrecen also having an away goal) after 20 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3β1 and advance 3β2 on aggregate
- Real Madrid lost 1β0 away to Paris Saint-Germain in the 2021β22 round of 16 and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate) after 39 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3β1 and advance 3β2 on aggregate
- AtlΓ©tico Madrid lost 1β0 away to Inter Milan in the 2023β24 round of 16 and were trailing 1β0 (2β0 on aggregate) after 33 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 2β1 and qualify on penalties shoot-out
- On one occasion, a team lost the first leg at home by one goal and was trailing 0β1 in the second leg away from home, but managed to score two or more goals afterwards and progressed to the next round:
- Paris Saint-Germain lost 2β3 home to Barcelona in the 2023β24 quarter-finals and were trailing 1β0 (4β2 on aggregate) after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 1β4 and advance 4β6 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 3β0 to Anderlecht after 33 minutes in the 1993β94 group stage, but managed to win the game 5β3
- Deportivo La CoruΓ±a were trailing 3β0 to Paris Saint-Germain after 55 minutes in the 2000β01 second group stage, but managed to win the game 4β3
- Maccabi Haifa were trailing 3β0 to Aktobe after 15 minutes in the 2009β10 third qualifying round second leg, but managed to win the game 4β3 and advance 4β3 on aggregate
- Teams have managed to tie a game after trailing by three goals on twelve occasions:
- VΓΆrΓΆs LobogΓ³ were trailing 4β1 to Reims after 52 minutes in the second leg of the 1955β56 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 4β4. However, Reims still advanced after winning 8β6 on aggregate
- Red Star Belgrade were trailing 3β0 to Manchester United after 31 minutes in the second leg of the 1957β58 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 3β3. However, Manchester United still advanced after winning 5β4 on aggregate
- Panathinaikos were trailing 3β0 to Linfield after 26 minutes in the second leg of the 1984β85 second round, but managed to finish the game 3β3 and advance 5β4 on aggregate
- Liverpool were trailing 3β0 to Basel after 29 minutes in the 2002β03 first group stage, but managed to finish the game 3β3
- Liverpool were trailing 3β0 to Milan after 44 minutes in the 2005 final, but managed to finish the game 3β3, and win the final 3β2 on penalties
- Maccabi Tel Aviv were trailing 3β0 to Basel after 32 minutes in the second leg of the 2013β14 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3β3. However, Basel still advanced after winning 4β3 on aggregate
- Anderlecht were trailing 3β0 to Arsenal after 58 minutes in the 2014β15 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3β3
- Molde were trailing 3β0 to Dinamo Zagreb after 22 minutes in the second leg of the 2015β16 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3β3. However, Dinamo Zagreb still advanced on away goals
- BeΕiktaΕ were trailing 3β0 to Benfica after 31 minutes in the 2016β17 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3β3
- Sevilla were trailing 3β0 to Liverpool after 30 minutes in the 2017β18 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3β3
- Chelsea were trailing 4β1 to Ajax after 55 minutes in the 2019β20 group stage, but managed to finish the game 4β4
- Inter Milan were trailing 3β0 to Benfica after 34 minutes in the 2023β24 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3β3
Defence
- Arsenal hold the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in the competition, with ten during the 2005β06 season. They did not concede a goal for 995 minutes between September 2005 and May 2006. 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 1981β82) and Milan (in 12 matches in 1993β94) 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 1999β2000.
- 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 1961β62.
- Benfica hold the record for the fewest goals conceded by a finalists, conceding only one goal in 1987β88 season.
- Manchester United holds the record for the longest run without conceding from the start of a campaign, with 481 minutes in the 2010β11 season. The run ended with Pablo HernΓ‘ndez'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 1999β2000. Including qualifying stages, Liverpool holds this feat, scoring 47 goals in 15 matches in 2017β18.
- Bayern Munich hold the record for most goals by a Champions League-winning side, scoring 43 goals in 11 matches in 2019β20.
- 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 1959β60.
- PSV Eindhoven hold the record for fewest goals by a Champions League-winning, scoring 9 goals in 9 matches in 1987β88. 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 2001β02 season.
- Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach 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 Karim Benzema scored the first goal in the 14th minute in his team's 2β1 victory against Shakhtar Donetsk in the fourth matchday of the group stage in the 2021β22 season.
Meetings
- Bayern Munich and Real Madrid played each other on a record 28 occasions.
- Fellow English clubs Liverpool and Chelsea played each other in a record five consecutive seasons between 2004β05 and 2008β09 editions, while Spanish sides Real Madrid and AtlΓ©tico Madrid also played each other for four consecutive seasons between 2013β14 and 2016β17, including the 2014 and 2016 finals.
Penalties
- Bayern Munich is the club with the most penalties awarded in the Champions League, with 60.
- Real Madrid is the club with the most penalties conceded in the competition, with 35.
- The match between Sevilla and Red Bull Salzburg in the 2021β22 group stage had a record four penalties awarded (three for Salzburg and one for Sevilla), of which two were scored.
- The 2001 final is 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:
- Y 1957: by Alfredo Di StΓ©fano in the 69th minute for Real Madrid, against Fiorentina
- N 1959: by Enrique Mateos in the 16th minute for Real Madrid, against Reims
- Y 1960: by Ferenc PuskΓ‘s in the 56th minute for Real Madrid, against Eintracht Frankfurt
- Y 1962: by EusΓ©bio in the 64th minute for Benfica, against Real Madrid
- Y 1967: by Sandro Mazzola in the 7th minute for Inter Milan, against Celtic
- Y 1969: by Velibor VasoviΔ in the 60th minute for Ajax, against Milan
- Y 1977: by Phil Neal in the 82nd minute for Liverpool, against Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach
- Y 1985: by Michel Platini in the 58th minute for Juventus, against Liverpool
- Y 2001: by Gaizka Mendieta in the 2nd minute for Valencia, against Bayern Munich
- N 2001: by Mehmet Scholl in the 5th minute for Bayern Munich, against Valencia
- Y 2001: by Stefan Effenberg in the 50th minute for Bayern Munich, against Valencia
- N 2005: by Xabi Alonso in the 60th minute for Liverpool, against Milan
- N 2012: by Arjen Robben in the 95th minute for Bayern Munich, against Chelsea
- Y 2013: by Δ°lkay GΓΌndoΔan in the 68th minute for Borussia Dortmund, against Bayern Munich
- Y 2014: by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 120th minute for Real Madrid, against AtlΓ©tico Madrid
- N 2016: by Antoine Griezmann in the 47th minute for AtlΓ©tico Madrid, against Real Madrid
- Y 2019: by Mohamed Salah in the 2nd minute for Liverpool, against Tottenham Hotspur
Defending the trophy
- A total of 69 tournaments have been played: 37 in the European Cup era (1955β56 to 1991β92) and 32 in the Champions League era (1992β93 to 2023β24). 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 (1956β57, 1957β58, 1958β59, 1959β60, 2016β17, 2017β18)
- Benfica on one attempt out of two (1961β62)
- Inter Milan on one attempt out of three (1964β65)
- Ajax on two attempts out of four (1971β72, 1972β73)
- Bayern Munich on two attempts out of six (1974β75, 1975β76)
- Liverpool on one attempt out of six (1977β78)
- Nottingham Forest on one attempt out of two (1979β80)
- Milan on one attempt out of seven (1989β90)
- 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 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18.
- 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 1992β93, to Liverpool in the round of 16 in 2006β07, to Inter Milan in the semi-finals in 2009β10, to Chelsea in the semi-finals in 2011β12, and to AtlΓ©tico Madrid in the quarter-finals in 2015β16
- Manchester United on three attempts: lost to Milan in the semi-finals in 1968β69, to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in 1999β2000, and to Barcelona in the final in 2008β09
- Juventus on two attempts: lost to Barcelona in the quarter-finals in 1985β86, and to Borussia Dortmund in the final in 1996β97
- Porto on two attempts: lost to Real Madrid in the second round in 1987β88, and to Inter Milan in the round of 16 in 2004β05
- Chelsea on two attempts: finished behind Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage in 2012β13, and lost to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in 2021β22
- 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 1993β94, following their punishment due to the French football bribery scandal.
- Two teams lost consecutive finals:
- Three teams won the tournament after losing the final in the previous season:
- Inter Milan's 2009β10 triumph came 45 years after winning their previous title (1964β65). 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 2015β16 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 2015β16 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 0β1 in 1981, won 3β1 in 2018, won 1β0 in 2022)
- Eight other pairs of teams have played each other in two finals:
- Real Madrid against Reims (won 4β3 in 1956 and won 2β0 in 1959)
- Milan against Benfica (won 2β1 in 1963 and won 1β0 in 1990)
- Milan against Ajax (won 4β1 in 1969 and lost 0β1 in 1995)
- Ajax against Juventus (won 1β0 in 1973 and lost 1β1 (2β4 on penalties) in 1996)
- Liverpool against Milan (won 3β3 (3β2 on penalties) in 2005 and lost 1β2 in 2007)
- Barcelona against Manchester United (won 2β0 in 2009 and won 3β1 in 2011)
- Real Madrid against AtlΓ©tico Madrid (won 4β1 (a.e.t.) in 2014 and won 1β1 (5β3 on penalties) in 2016)
- Real Madrid against Juventus (won 1β0 in 1998 and won 4β1 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
- 1974: Bayern Munich vs Atletico Madrid
- 1977: Liverpool vs Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach
- 1979: Nottingham Forest vs MalmΓΆ FF
- 1983: Hamburger SV vs Juventus
- 1986: Steaua BucureΘti 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:
- 1977β78: Liverpool vs Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach (semi-finals)
- 1996β97: Juventus vs Ajax (semi-finals)
- 2010β11: Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich (round of 16)
- 2014β15: Real Madrid vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid (quarter-finals)
- 2016β17: Real Madrid vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid (semi-finals)
- 2017β18: Real Madrid vs Juventus (quarter-finals)
- 2020β21: Bayern Munich vs Paris Saint-Germain (quarter-finals)
- 2022β23: 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 1994β95, Ajax and Milan met in the group stage and later in the final. Ajax won all three matches (2β0 both home and away in the group stage, 1β0 in the final).
- In the 1998β99 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:
- Real Madrid (1957), Inter Milan (1965), Roma (1984) and Bayern Munich (2012)
- Roma (1984) and Bayern Munich (2012) are the only clubs who lost 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)
- (3x): Manchester United (1968 and 2011 at Wembley Stadium, London); Liverpool (1978 at Wembley Stadium, London)
- (2x): Real Madrid (1957 at Santiago BernabΓ©u, Madrid); Barcelona (1986 at RamΓ³n SΓ‘nchez PizjuΓ‘n, Seville)
- (2x): Borussia Dortmund (1997 at Olympiastadion, Munich); 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:
- Real Madrid (1957), Inter Milan (1965), Manchester United (1968), Ajax (1972), Liverpool (1978), Juventus (1996) and Borussia Dortmund (1997)
- Manchester United is 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 BucureΘti won in 1986 with a team consisting entirely of players from Romania.
- 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 2β1 win away at Hamburger SV on 13 September 2006. The Arsenal team, after the 28th-minute substitution of Kolo TourΓ©, was: Jens Lehmann (Germany), Emmanuel EbouΓ© (Ivory Coast), Johan Djourou (Switzerland), Justin Hoyte (England), William Gallas (France), TomΓ‘Ε‘ RosickΓ½ (Czech Republic), Gilberto Silva (Brazil), Cesc FΓ bregas (Spain), Alexander Hleb (Belarus), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo) and Robin van Persie (Netherlands).
Countries
- On eight occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same nation:
- 2000: Real Madrid 3β0 Valencia
- 2003: Milan 0β0 (3β2 p) Juventus
- 2008: Manchester United 1β1 (6β5 p) Chelsea
- 2013: Bayern Munich 2β1 Borussia Dortmund
- 2014: Real Madrid 4β1 (a.e.t.) AtlΓ©tico Madrid
- 2016: Real Madrid 1β1 (5β3 p) AtlΓ©tico Madrid
- 2019: Liverpool 2β0 Tottenham Hotspur
- 2021: Chelsea 1β0 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:
- 1978β79: Nottingham Forest 2β0 Liverpool, first round (2β0, 0β0)
- 2003β04: Chelsea 3β2 Arsenal, quarter-finals (1β1, 2β1)
- 2004β05: Liverpool 1β0 Chelsea, semi-finals (0β0, 1β0)
- 2005β06: Liverpool 0β0 Chelsea, group stage (0β0, 0β0)
- 2006β07: Liverpool 1β1 (4β1 pen.) Chelsea, semi-finals (1β0, 0β1)
- 2007β08: Liverpool 5β3 Arsenal, quarter-finals (1β1, 4β2)
- 2007β08: Chelsea 4β3 Liverpool, semi-finals (1β1, 3β2)
- 2008β09: Chelsea 7β5 Liverpool, quarter-finals (3β1, 4β4)
- 2008β09: Manchester United 4β1 Arsenal, semi-finals (1β0, 3β1)
- 2010β11: Manchester United 3β1 Chelsea, quarter-finals (1β0, 2β1)
- 2017β18: Liverpool 5β1 Manchester City, quarter-finals (3β0, 2β1)
- 2018β19: Tottenham Hotspur 4β4 Manchester City, quarter-finals (1β0, 3β4, Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals)
- Eleven meetings from the Spanish league:
- 1957β58: Real Madrid 10β2 Sevilla, quarter-finals (8β0, 2β2)
- 1958β59: Real Madrid 2β2 (2β1 in play-off) AtlΓ©tico Madrid, semi-finals (2β1, 0β1)
- 1959β60: Real Madrid 6β2 Barcelona, semi-finals (3β1, 3β1)
- 1960β61: Barcelona 4β3 Real Madrid, first round (2β2, 2β1)
- 1999β2000: Valencia 5β3 Barcelona, semi-finals (4β1, 1β2)
- 2001β02: Real Madrid 3β1 Barcelona, semi-finals (2β0, 1β1)
- 2010β11: Barcelona 3β1 Real Madrid, semi-finals (2β0, 1β1)
- 2013β14: AtlΓ©tico Madrid 2β1 Barcelona, quarter-finals (1β1, 1β0)
- 2014β15: Real Madrid 1β0 AtlΓ©tico Madrid, quarter-finals (0β0, 1β0)
- 2015β16: AtlΓ©tico Madrid 3β2 Barcelona, quarter-finals (1β2, 2β0)
- 2016β17: Real Madrid 4β2 AtlΓ©tico Madrid, semi-finals (3β0, 1β2)
- Five meetings from the Italian league:
- 1985β86: Juventus 2β0 Hellas Verona, second round (0β0, 2β0)
- 2002β03: Milan 1β1 Inter Milan, semi-finals (0β0, 1β1, Milan won on "away" goals)
- 2004β05: Milan 5β0 Inter Milan, quarter-finals (2β0, 3β0 (match awarded))
- 2022β23: Milan 2β1 Napoli, quarter-finals (1β0, 1β1)
- 2022β23: Inter Milan 3β0 Milan, semi-finals (2β0, 1β0)
- Two meetings from the Bundesliga:
- 1997β98: Borussia Dortmund 1β0 Bayern Munich, quarter-finals (0β0, 1β0)
- 1998β99: Bayern Munich 6β0 1. FC Kaiserslautern, quarter-finals (2β0, 4β0)
- There were an additional four meetings between teams from the West German Bundesliga and the East German DDR-Oberliga:
- 1973β74: Bayern Munich 7β6 Dynamo Dresden, second round (4β3, 3β3)
- 1974β75: Bayern Munich 5β3 1. FC Magdeburg, second round (3β2, 2β1)
- 1982β83: BFC Dynamo 1β3 Hamburger SV, second round (1β1, 0β2)
- 1988β89: Werder Bremen 5β3 BFC Dynamo, first round (0β3, 5β0)
- 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 VorwΓ€rts Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV, 1. FC NΓΌrnberg, Carl Zeiss Jena, Chemie Leipzig, 1. FC KΓΆln, Werder Bremen, 1860 Munich, Eintracht Braunschweig, Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach, 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 2015β16 (AtlΓ©tico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia), 2016β17, 2021β22 (AtlΓ©tico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Villarreal) and 2023β24 (AtlΓ©tico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Sevilla)
- England (twice) in 2005β06 (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United) and 2017β18 (Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur)
- Germany (twice) in 2022β23 (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig) and 2024β25 (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart)
- Italy in 2024β25 (Atalanta, Bologna, Inter Milan, Juventus and Milan)
- In all of the above occasions, except England in 2005β06 and Spain in 2016β17, all five teams appeared in the group stage.
- In 2017β18, England became the first nation to have five representatives in the knockout phase: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
- In 2007β08, 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 2008β09 season, and by Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in 2018β19.
- Three nations have provided the highest number of representatives in the semi-finals in one season with three each:
- Spain in 1999β2000 (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia)
- Italy in 2002β03 (Inter Milan, Milan and Juventus)
- England (three times) in 2006β07, 2007β08 (Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool) and 2008β09 (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 AtlΓ©tico 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 1976β77 to 1981β82. Spain is followed by five consecutive seasons on two occasions, from 1955β56 to 1959β60 and from 2013β14 to 2017β18, then the Netherlands in four consecutive years from 1969β70 to 1972β73.
- In the 1985β86 season, Spain became the first nation to have three finalists in the three old UEFA competitions: Barcelona in the European Cup, AtlΓ©tico 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 1989β90 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 2018β19 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.
- In the 2022β23 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:
- 2014 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid
- 2016 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid
- 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 AtlΓ©tico 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: BeΕiktaΕ, FenerbahΓ§e, Galatasaray and Δ°stanbul BaΕakΕehir.
- Only two cities have been represented in the group stage by three teams in the same season:
- Athens: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens in 2003β04
- London: Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur in 2010β11
- Only one city has been represented in the knockout phase by three teams in the same season: London in 2010β11, 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:
- 1958β59 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid (semi-finals)
- 2002β03 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals)
- 2003β04 (London): Chelsea vs Arsenal (quarter-finals)
- 2004β05 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (quarter-finals) (the second leg was abandoned and awarded to Milan due to disturbances from the Inter fans)
- 2014β15 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid (quarter-finals)
- 2016β17 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs AtlΓ©tico Madrid (semi-finals)
- 2022β23 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals)
- The 2002β03 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. The teams also played each other in the same stadium in the 2004β05 quarter-finals and 2022β23 semi-finals.
- The same situation occurred three times in the 2020β21 season, due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic: two round of 16 ties (RB Leipzig vs Liverpool and Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach vs Manchester City) saw both legs played at the PuskΓ‘s ArΓ©na 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 RamΓ³n SΓ‘nchez PizjuΓ‘n in Seville (Porto were the designated "home" team for the first leg, and Chelsea were for the second).
Specific group stage and league phase records
- Most goals scored in a group stage: 25
- 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
- Lowest goal difference in a group stage: β22
- Lowest goal difference while winning a group: β3
- Sturm Graz (2000β01) (first group stage)
- Anderlecht (2000β01) (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 (1998β99)
- Monaco (2000β01) (first group stage)
- Juventus (2001β02) (second group stage)
- Deportivo La CoruΓ±a (2002β03) (second group stage)
- Anderlecht (2003β04)
- Dynamo Kyiv (2003β04)
- Copenhagen (2006β07)
- CSKA Moscow (2018β19)
- Zenit Saint Petersburg (2019β20)
Winning all the matches
Until 2023β24 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 2024β25 season:
- Milan, 1992β93 (reached the final)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 1994β95 (reached the semi-finals)
- Spartak Moscow, 1995β96 (reached the quarter-finals)
- Barcelona, 2002β03 (first group stage) (reached the quarter-finals)
- Real Madrid has achieved this feat thrice, in 2011β12, 2014β15 (reached the semi-finals on both occasions) and 2023β24 (became the second team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage)
- Bayern Munich has achieved this feat thrice, in 2019β20 (became the first team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage), 2021β22 and 2022β23 (reached the quarter-finals on both occasions)
- Liverpool, 2021β22 (reached the final)
- Ajax, 2021β22 (reached the round of 16)
- Manchester City, 2023β24 (reached the quarter-finals)
Drawing all the matches
Only one club has drawn all of their games in a group stage:
- AEK Athens, 2002β03 (first group stage, finished 3rd and advanced to the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round by MΓ‘laga)
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:
- KoΕ‘ice (1997β98) ended Group B conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of β11.
- FenerbahΓ§e (2001β02, first group stage) ended Group F conceding twelve goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of β9.
- Spartak Moscow (2002β03, first group stage) ended Group B conceding eighteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of β17.
- Bayer Leverkusen (2002β03, second group stage) ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of β10. 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 (2004β05) ended Group G conceding seventeen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of β13.
- Rapid Wien (2005β06) ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of β12.
- Levski Sofia (2006β07) ended Group A conceding seventeen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of β16. This has been the club's only appearance in the group stage to date.
- Dynamo Kyiv (2007β08) ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of β15.
- Maccabi Haifa (2009β10) 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 3β0 to Bayern Munich in their first Group A game, and then lost five consecutive games by a score of 1β0, ending the group stage with a goal difference of β8. Although Deportivo La CoruΓ±a also scored no goals in Group A in 2004β05, they still collected two points as they twice drew 0β0.
- Debrecen (2009β10) ended Group E conceding nineteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of β14.
- Partizan (2010β11) ended Group H conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of β11.
- MΕ K Ε½ilina (2010β11) ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of β16. This was the second consecutive season that two clubs had lost all six group stage matches.
- Dinamo Zagreb (2011β12) ended Group D conceding 22 goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of β19.
- Villarreal (2011β12) ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of β12.
- OΘelul GalaΘi (2011β12) ended Group C conceding eleven goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of β8. 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 (2013β14) ended Group F conceding fourteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of β9.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv (2015β16) ended Group G conceding sixteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of β15. Tel-Aviv's only goal came from a penalty.
- Club Brugge (2016β17) ended Group G conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of β12.
- Dinamo Zagreb (2016β17) ended Group H conceding fifteen goals and scoring none, with a goal difference of β15. They became the first club to finish the group stage with zero points on multiple occasions.
- Benfica (2017β18) ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of β13. They became the first team from Pot 1 to lose all six group stage matches.
- AEK Athens (2018β19) ended Group E conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of β11.
- BeΕiktaΕ (2021β22) ended Group C conceding nineteen goals and scoring only three, with a goal difference of β16.
- Rangers (2022β23) ended Group A conceding 22 goals and scoring only two, with a goal difference of β20, which constituted the worst goal difference out of all the performances with losses in all six games.
- Viktoria PlzeΕ (2022β23) ended Group C conceding 24 goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of β19. This equalled the record for most goals conceded in a group stage.
Three goals in each match
- On 13 December 2023, Manchester City won 3β2 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 3β3 against Twente and became the first team to achieve this feat.
- Bayern Munich equalled this accomplishment the very next day, after beating Basel 3β0. On 11 December 2019, Bayern won 3β1 against Tottenham to achieve this feat for a second time. On 8 December 2021, Bayern won 3β0 against Barcelona to achieve this feat for a record third time. Bayern achieved this for a fourth time after defeating Inter Milan 2β0 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 4β0.
- Real Madrid achieved this feat by beating Copenhagen 2β0 on 10 December 2013. On 7 December 2016, Madrid drew 2β2 against Borussia Dortmund to accomplish this for a second time.
- Ajax managed to accomplish this feat on 7 December 2021, after defeating Sporting CP 4β2.
- Liverpool accomplished this on the same day as Ajax, after defeating Milan 2β1.
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 1997β98 to 2023β24. They won the title nine times in this period.
- Barcelona finished top of their group for a record thirteen consecutive seasons from 2007β08 to 2019β20, and in 18 seasons in total.
- In 2012β13, 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 2014β15. Villarreal won a group with the fewest goals scored (three) in 2005β06, 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 2014β15 (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 2021β22 (2nd AtlΓ©tico 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 1995β96 (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 2002β03 (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 1997β98 (ranked third out of six runners-up, only two advanced)
- Napoli, 12 points in 2013β14
- Rosenborg, 11 points in 1997β98 (ranked fourth out of six runners-up, only two advanced)
- Dynamo Kyiv, 10 points in 1999β2000 (second group stage) and 2004β05
- Borussia Dortmund, 10 points in 2002β03 (second group stage)
- PSV Eindhoven, 10 points in 2003β04
- Olympiacos, 10 points in 2004β05
- Werder Bremen, 10 points in 2006β07
- Manchester City, 10 points in 2011β12
- Chelsea, 10 points in 2012β13
- CFR Cluj, 10 points in 2012β13
- Benfica, 10 points in 2013β14
- Porto, 10 points in 2015β16
- Ajax, 10 points in 2019β20
Most points achieved in the group stage, not winning the group
- Manchester City, 15 points in 2013β14 (ranked second)
- Bayern Munich, 15 points in 2017β18 (ranked second)
- Barcelona, 15 points in 2020β21 (ranked second)
- Liverpool, 15 points in 2022β23 (ranked second)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 14 points in 2022β23 (ranked second)
- Arsenal, 13 points in 2014β15 (ranked second)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 13 points in 2015β16 (ranked second)
- Real Madrid, 13 points in 2017β18 (ranked second)
- AtlΓ©tico Madrid, 13 points in 2018β19 (ranked second)
- Sevilla, 13 points in 2020β21 (ranked second)
- Porto, 13 points in 2020β21 (ranked second)
- Chelsea, 13 points in 2021β22 (ranked second)
Fewest points achieved, yet advanced
- Milan, 5 points in 1994β95 (3 wins and 1 draw, 2 points deducted, 2 points for a win)
- Zenit Saint Petersburg, 6 points in 2013β14
- Roma, 6 points in 2015β16
- Legia Warsaw, 7 points in 1995β96
- Dynamo Kyiv, 7 points in 1999β2000
- Liverpool, 7 points in 2001β02 (second group stage)
- Lokomotiv Moscow, 7 points in 2002β03
- Werder Bremen, 7 points in 2005β06
- Rangers, 7 points in 2005β06
- Galatasaray, 7 points in 2013β14
- Basel, 7 points in 2014β15
- Atalanta, 7 points in 2019β20
- AtlΓ©tico Madrid, 7 points in 2021β22
Fewest points achieved, yet qualified to UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
- Borussia Dortmund, 2 points in 2017β18
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 1994β95
- Casino Salzburg lost on overall goal difference to Milan in 1994β95, 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 1997β98 (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 1998β99. 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)
- Bayer Leverkusen lost on head-to-head points to Dynamo Kyiv in 1999β2000 (first group stage)
- Dynamo Kyiv lost on head-to-head points to Real Madrid in 1999β2000 (second group stage), despite having a better goal difference. Real Madrid went on to win the final.
- Olympiacos lost on head-to-head away goals to Lyon in 2000β01 (first group stage), on head-to-head goal difference to Liverpool in 2004β05, and on head-to-head goal difference to Arsenal in 2015β16. In 2004β05, Liverpool went on to win the final.
- Rangers lost on head-to-head points to Galatasaray in 2000β01 (first group stage), despite having a better goal difference
- Lyon lost to Arsenal in 2000β01 (second group stage), and to Ajax in 2002β03 (first group stage), both times on head-to-head points despite having a better goal difference
- Borussia Dortmund lost on overall goal difference to Boavista in 2001β02 (first group stage), with both teams winning 2β1 at home in head-to-head matches
- Mallorca lost on head-to-head goal difference to Arsenal in 2001β02
- Roma lost on head-to-head points to Liverpool in 2001β02 (second group stage), despite having a better goal difference
- Inter Milan lost on head-to-head points to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2003β04
- PSV Eindhoven lost on head-to-head goal difference to Deportivo La CoruΓ±a in 2003β04, despite having a better overall goal difference
- Udinese lost to Werder Bremen in 2005β06
- Ajax lost on overall goal difference to Lyon in 2011β12, with both head-to-head games ending in a 0β0 draw. Lyon won their last group game against Dinamo Zagreb 7β1 (after being 0β1 down at half time) while Ajax lost 0β3 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 2012β13, despite having a better goal difference
- CFR Cluj lost on head-to-head points to Galatasaray in 2012β13, despite having a better goal difference
- Benfica lost on head-to-head points to Olympiacos in 2013β14
- Napoli lost on head-to-head goal difference to Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal in 2013β14. 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 β1 for Napoli.
- Bayer Leverkusen lost on head-to-head points to Roma in 2015β16, despite having a better goal difference
- Inter Milan lost on head-to-head away goals to Tottenham Hotspur in 2018β19
- Napoli lost on overall goals scored to Liverpool in 2018β19, with both teams winning 1β0 at home in head-to-head matches. Liverpool defeated Napoli in their final group game, with Paris Saint-Germain defeating Red Star Belgrade in the other match to top the group with 11 points. With both Liverpool and Napoli tied on 9 points, having identical head-to-head results, and a goal difference of +2, Liverpool advanced by virtue of having scored more overall goals than Napoli (9 to Napoli's 7). Liverpool went on to win the final.
- Shakhtar Donetsk lost on head-to-head points to Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach in 2020β21
- Borussia Dortmund lost on head-to-head goal difference to Sporting CP in 2021β22
- Milan lost on head-to-head goal difference to Paris Saint-Germain in 2023β24
Knocked out on 3 points for a win rule
1995β96 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:
- Rosenborg was ranked fourth out of six runners-up in 1997β98, but would have equalled the points of Paris Saint-Germain and eventual finalists Juventus and advanced on goal difference
- Bayer Leverkusen ended third in Group A in 1999β2000, but would have been one point ahead of Dynamo Kyiv
- Panathinaikos ended third in Group E in 2004β05, but would have equalled the points of PSV Eindhoven and advanced on head-to-head matches
- Werder Bremen ended third in Group B in 2008β09, but would have equalled the points of Inter Milan and advanced on head-to-head matches
- Napoli ended third in Group C in 2018β19, but would have been one point ahead of eventual winners Liverpool
Other records
- Bayern Munich holds the ongoing record for consecutive wins in season-opening fixtures with 21, starting with a 2β1 victory against Celtic in the 2003β04 season, and most recently a 9β2 win against Dinamo Zagreb in the 2024β25 season.
- Bayern Munich holds the record for most consecutive wins in the group stage with 17, starting with a 2β0 victory against Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2020β21 season and continuing until a 2β1 win against Galatasaray in the 2023β24 season; the streak ended following a 0β0 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 4β0 victory against Ajax in the 2013β14 season and continuing until a 2β0 win against Inter Milan in the 2018β19 season; the streak ended following a 1β1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in the same campaign.
- Bayern Munich holds the ongoing record for most consecutive away wins in the group stage with 9, starting with a 3β0 victory against Barcelona in the 2021β22 season, and most recently a 1β0 win against Manchester United in the 2023β24 season.
- Bayern Munich holds the ongoing record for most consecutive undefeated matches in the group stage with 41, starting with a 3β0 victory against Celtic in the 2017β18 season, and most recently a 9β2 win against Dinamo Zagreb in 2024β25.
- Barcelona holds the record for most consecutive home undefeated matches in the group stage with 33, starting with a 2β0 victory against Inter Milan in the 2009β10 season and continuing until a 2β1 win against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2020β21 season; the streak ended following a 3β0 defeat against Juventus in the same campaign.
- Bayern Munich holds the ongoing record for most consecutive away undefeated matches in the group stage with 20, starting with a 2β1 victory against Celtic in the 2017β18 season, and most recently a 1β0 win against Manchester United in the 2023β24 season.
- Until 2023β24 season, Panathinaikos is the only team that has ever played seven matches in the group stage (instead of the usual six). After Panathinaikos lost 1β0 away to Dynamo Kyiv on matchday one of the 1995β96 group stage, the Ukrainian team was expelled from the competition by UEFA following Spanish referee Antonio JesΓΊs LΓ³pez 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 1999β2000 season, four teams have negotiated all three rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase:
- Liverpool in 2005β06
- Artmedia Bratislava in 2005β06
- Anorthosis in 2008β09
- BATE Borisov in 2008β09
- 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 2009β10 season, five teams have negotiated all four rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase:
- Red Star Belgrade in 2018β19 and 2019β20
- FerencvΓ‘ros in 2020β21
- Sheriff Tiraspol in 2021β22
- MalmΓΆ FF in 2021β22
- Slovan Bratislava in 2024β25
Winning after playing in a qualifying round
Four teams have won the tournament from the third qualification round:
- Manchester United in 1998β99
- Milan in 2002β03 and 2006β07
- Liverpool in 2004β05
- Barcelona in 2008β09
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 7β0 aggregate win over Servette in the 1955β56 first round, and their most recent victory was a 2β0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the 2024 final.
Consecutive goalscoring
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain share the record of consecutive goalscoring in Champions League matches, with both sides scoring at least one goal in 34 successive games. Real Madrid's run started with a 1β1 draw in the second leg of their semi-final tie against Barcelona on 3 May 2011. This run continued into the entirety of the next two seasons, with Madrid scoring in all twelve matches of both their 2011β12 and 2012β13 Champions League campaigns. The club then scored in the first nine games of their 2013β14 campaign (six group stage games, both legs of the round of 16 and the first leg of the quarter-finals), with the run coming to an end following a 2β0 away loss against Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of the quarter-finals on 8 April 2014.
Paris Saint-Germain's run started with a 1β1 group stage draw against Arsenal on 13 September 2016. This streak continued with PSG scoring at least once in all 24 matches played over the course of their 2016β17, 2017β18 and 2018β19 Champions League campaigns (including all six group stage games and both legs of the round of 16). The club then scored in all six group stage games, both legs of the round of 16, and the single-legged quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2019β20 edition, with their run ending in the final following a 0β1 defeat to Bayern Munich on 23 August 2020.
Consecutive home wins
Bayern Munich hold the record of 21 consecutive home wins in the European Cup era. The run began with a 2β0 win against Saint-Γtienne in the first leg of the 1969β70 first round. The run ended with a 1β1 draw to Liverpool in the second leg of the 1980β81 semi-finals. In the Champions League era, the record stands at 16 games and is also held by Bayern Munich. The run began with a 1β0 win against Manchester City in the first match of the 2014β15 group stage and reached the 16th win after a 5β1 victory over Arsenal in the 2016β17 round of 16, then it ended after a 2β1 loss to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of that season.
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. Ajax were the first side to reach this number; their run began with a 2β0 group stage win against Real Madrid at the Santiago BernabΓ©u on 22 November 1995. They then defeated Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion in the quarter-finals and Panathinaikos at the Spyridon Louis in the semi-finals. Ajax's run continued the following season, winning all three away group stage matches, against Auxerre, Rangers and Grasshopper. Their record seventh win came on 19 March 1997, after defeating AtlΓ©tico Madrid 3β2 at the Vicente CalderΓ³n after extra time in the quarter-finals. The streak would end in the following round, as Ajax lost 4β1 to Juventus in the semi-finals at the Stadio delle Alpi on 23 April 1997.
Bayern Munich would go on to equal this record nearly two decades later; their run began with a 3β1 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 PlzeΕ 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 1β1 draw at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the first leg of the quarter-finals on 1 April 2014.
Consecutive wins
Bayern Munich (2019β20 and 2020β21) holds the record of 15 consecutive wins in the Champions League. Bayern's run started on 18 September 2019 with a 3β0 win against Red Star Belgrade in their first group stage match, after losing 1β3 against Liverpool in the previous season's round of 16. The run continued in their other five group matches and all five knockout matches, as they defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1β0 in the final. Bayern won the next four matches of the following season's group stage, before their streak ended on 1 December 2020 with a 1β1 draw against AtlΓ©tico Madrid.
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 2019β20 campaign.
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 2β0 win against Saint-Γtienne in the first leg of the 1969β70 first round. The run ended with a 2β1 defeat to Red Star Belgrade in the first leg of the 1990β91 semi-finals. In the Champions League era, the record stands at 38 games and is held by Barcelona. Barcelona's run began with a 4β0 win against Ajax in the first match of the 2013β14 group stage and reached the 38th match in a 2β1 win against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2020β21 group stage, before it ended after a 3β0 loss to Juventus in the final match of the group stage of that season.
Longest away undefeated run
The record for the longest away unbeaten run stands at 22 games and is held by Bayern Munich. The run began with a 2β1 win against Celtic in the 2017β18 group stage, and reached its 22nd match following Bayern's 1β1 draw away to Red Bull Salzburg in the 2021β22 round of 16. The streak ended in the following round, following Bayern's 1β0 quarter-final defeat at Villarreal. During this run, Bayern defeated Barcelona and Lyon in the 2019β20 quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, played in Lisbon over a single leg as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 final. These matches, however, were played at a neutral venue, and as such are not classified as away games.
Longest undefeated run
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 25 games and is held by Manchester United. The streak began with a 1β0 away win against Sporting CP in their opening group stage game in 2007β08 and reached a 25th game following their 3β1 away win against Arsenal in the second leg of the 2008β09 semi-finals. The streak then ended with a 2β0 loss to Barcelona in the 2009 final.
Most consecutive draws
AEK Athens holds the record for the most consecutive draws: 7 draws starting from 17 September 2002 until 17 September 2003.
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 2β0 first round loss against Liverpool on 13 October 1973, and continued up to a 4β1 defeat to AGF Aarhus on 16 September 1987. The streak ended when they beat the same team 1β0 two weeks later. In the Champions League era, the record stands at 13 games and is held by Marseille. Marseille's run began with a 2β1 loss to Inter Milan in the round of 16 on 13 March 2012, and continued up to a 2β0 defeat to Porto on 25 November 2020. The streak ended with Marseille's 2β1 win over Olympiacos on 1 December 2020.
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, 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 ModriΔ 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. The only other players to win more than 100 matches are Thomas MΓΌller (105) and Iker Casillas (101).
- Robert Lewandowski holds the record for most consecutive matches won by a player in the Champions League, with 22 straight victories whilst with Bayern Munich. The run began on 18 September 2019 with a 3β0 success against Red Star Belgrade in his first group stage match of the 2019β20 season, after losing 3β1 against Liverpool in the previous season's round of 16. The streak continued as Lewandowski started in all of Bayern's other four group victories (he did not play in their win against Tottenham Hotspur) and all five knockout phase wins, as they defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1β0 in the final. In the following season, Lewandowski started in a further four victories for Bayern in the group stage (he did not play against AtlΓ©tico Madrid or Lokomotiv Moscow) and reached a sixteenth win after appearing in a 2β1 second leg success against Lazio in the round of 16. Because of injury, he did not play against 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 1β1 draw against Red Bull Salzburg in the first leg of the round of 16.
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:
- 1974: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd MΓΌller, Uli HoeneΓ 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: RaphaΓ«l Varane (Real Madrid and France)
- Seventeen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA European Championship in the same year:
- 1964: Luis SuΓ‘rez (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-JΓΆrg 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 (AtlΓ©tico 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 KonatΓ© (Liverpool and France)
- Fifteen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores:
- Juan Pablo SorΓn with Juventus (1995β96) and River Plate (1996)
- Santiago Solari with River Plate (1996) and Real Madrid (2001β02)
- Dida with Cruzeiro (1997) and Milan (2002β03 and 2006β07)
- Cafu with SΓ£o Paulo (1992 and 1993) and Milan (2006β07)
- Roque JΓΊnior with Palmeiras (1999) and Milan (2002β03)
- Carlos Tevez with Boca Juniors (2003) and Manchester United (2007β08)
- Walter Samuel with Boca Juniors (2000) and Inter Milan (2009β10)
- Ronaldinho with Barcelona (2005β06) and AtlΓ©tico Mineiro (2013)
- Neymar with Santos (2011) and Barcelona (2014β15)
- Danilo with Santos (2011) and Real Madrid (2015β16 and 2016β17)
- Rafinha with Bayern Munich (2012β13) and Flamengo (2019)
- Willy Caballero with Boca Juniors (2003) and Chelsea (2020β21)
- David Luiz with Chelsea (2011β12) and Flamengo (2022)
- JuliΓ‘n Γlvarez with River Plate (2018) and Manchester City (2022β23)
- Marcelo with Real Madrid (2013β14, 2015β16, 2016β17, 2017β18 and 2021β22) and Fluminense (2023)
Oldest and youngest
- The oldest player to win the tournament is Alessandro Costacurta, who was 41 years and 29 days old when Milan won against Liverpool on 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 MalmΓΆ 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.
- The youngest player to play in and win a final is AntΓ³nio SimΓ΅es, who was 18 years and 139 days old when Benfica won against Real Madrid on 2 May 1962.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 (1962β63) and Paolo Maldini (1988β89, 1989β90, 1993β94, 2002β03 and 2006β07), both for Milan
- Manuel SanchΓs (1965β66) and Manolo SanchΓs (1997β98 and 1999β2000), both for Real Madrid
- Carles Busquets (1991β92) and Sergio Busquets (2008β09, 2010β11, and 2014β15) both for Barcelona
- Zinedine Zidane (2001β02) and his two sons, Enzo Zidane (2016β17) and Luca Zidane (2017β18), all three for Real Madrid, with Zinedine managing the club during both his sons' wins
- Seven brother duos have won the competition:
- Michael Laudrup (1991β92 with Barcelona) and Brian Laudrup (1993β94 with Milan).
- Frank de Boer and Ronald de Boer (both in 1994β95 with Ajax).
- Gary Neville and Phil Neville (both in 1998β99 with Manchester United).
- Diego Milito (2009β10 with Inter Milan) and Gabriel Milito (2010β11 with Barcelona).
- Thiago AlcΓ’ntara (2010β11 with Barcelona and 2019β20 with Bayern Munich) and Rafinha AlcΓ’ntara (2014β15 with Barcelona).
- Enzo Zidane (2016β17) and Luca Zidane (2017β18), both for Real Madrid.
- ThΓ©o Hernandez (2017β18 with Real Madrid) and Lucas Hernandez (2019β20 with Bayern Munich).
- Only one grandfather-father-son trio have reached the final with their clubs:
- Marcos Alonso Imaz (1955β56, 1956β57, 1957β58, 1958β59, 1959β60 and 1961β62, all with Real Madrid), Marcos Alonso PeΓ±a (1985β86 with Barcelona) and Marcos Alonso Mendoza (2020β21 with Chelsea).
Other records
- Only one player has won the tournament with three clubs:
- Clarence Seedorf with Ajax in 1994β95, with Real Madrid in 1997β98 and with Milan in 2002β03 and 2006β07
- Saul Malatrasi was the first player to win the trophy with two clubs, doing so with Inter Milan in 1964β65 and with Milan in 1968β69, while Miodrag Belodedici was the first player to win the trophy with two clubs and played both finals, doing so with Steaua BucureΘti in 1985β86 and with Red Star Belgrade in 1990β91.
- Four players have won the Champions League in two consecutive seasons with two clubs:
- Marcel Desailly in 1992β93 with Marseille and in 1993β94 with Milan
- Paulo Sousa in 1995β96 with Juventus and in 1996β97 with Borussia Dortmund
- Gerard PiquΓ© in 2007β08 with Manchester United and in 2008β09 with Barcelona
- Samuel Eto'o in 2008β09 with Barcelona and in 2009β10 with Inter Milan β the only player to have won a treble in two consecutive seasons with two clubs
Appearances
All-time top player appearances
- As of 19 September 2024
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) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 183 | 2003β2022 | Manchester United (59), Real Madrid (101), Juventus (23) |
2 | Iker Casillas | Spain | 177 | 1999β2019 | Real Madrid (150), Porto (27) |
3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 163 | 2005β2023 | Barcelona (149), Paris Saint-Germain (14) |
4 | Karim Benzema | France | 152 | 2005β2023 | Lyon (19), Real Madrid (133) |
Thomas MΓΌller | Germany | 2009β | Bayern Munich | ||
6 | Toni Kroos | Germany | 151 | 2008β2024 | Bayern Munich (41), Real Madrid (110) |
Xavi | Spain | 1998β2015 | Barcelona | ||
8 | Sergio Ramos | Spain | 142 | 2005β2023 | Real Madrid (129), Paris Saint-Germain (8), Sevilla (5) |
RaΓΊl | Spain | 1995β2011 | Real Madrid (130), Schalke 04 (12) | ||
10 | Ryan Giggs | Wales | 141 | 1993β2014 | Manchester United |
Manuel Neuer | Germany | 2007β | Schalke 04 (22), Bayern Munich (119) |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The youngest player to debut in the knockout phase in the Champions League era is Pau CubarsΓ, who was 17 years and 50 days old when Barcelona played against Napoli in the round of 16 on 12 March 2024.
- 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 AtlΓ©tico Madrid in semi-final on 30 April 2014.
Other records
- On 22 February 2006, RaΓΊl 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 1999β2000 to 2018β19, playing for Real Madrid and Porto. On 11 December 2018, Casillas, in a 3β2 away win over Galatasaray, became the first player to reach the knockout phase 19 times.
- Iker Casillas holds the record for appearances by minutes in the history of the tournament, playing 16,267 minutes.
- Thomas MΓΌller (with Bayern Munich) holds the record for most appearances for a single club, with 152.
- Zlatan IbrahimoviΔ is the only player to play in the tournament with seven clubs, doing so with Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.
Goalscoring
All-time top scorers
- As of 19 September 2024
- A β‘ indicates the player was from the European Cup era.
- Players taking part in the 2024β25 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) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 140 | 183 | 0.77 | 2003β2022 | Manchester United (21/59), Real Madrid (105/101), Juventus (14/23) |
2 | Lionel Messi | 129 | 163 | 0.79 | 2005β2023 | Barcelona (120/149), Paris Saint-Germain (9/14) |
3 | Robert Lewandowski | 94 | 121 | 0.78 | 2011β | Borussia Dortmund (17/28), Bayern Munich (69/78), Barcelona (8/15) |
4 | Karim Benzema | 90 | 152 | 0.59 | 2005β2023 | Lyon (12/19), Real Madrid (78/133) |
5 | RaΓΊl | 71 | 142 | 0.50 | 1995β2011 | Real Madrid (66/130), Schalke 04 (5/12) |
6 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 56 | 73 | 0.77 | 1998β2009 | PSV Eindhoven (8/11), Manchester United (35/43), Real Madrid (13/19) |
7 | Thomas MΓΌller | 54 | 152 | 0.36 | 2009β | Bayern Munich |
8 | Thierry Henry | 50 | 112 | 0.45 | 1997β2012 | Monaco (7/9), Arsenal (35/77), Barcelona (8/26) |
9 | Alfredo Di StΓ©fano β‘ | 49 | 58 | 0.84 | 1955β1964 | Real Madrid |
Kylian MbappΓ© | 49 | 74 | 0.66 | 2016β | Monaco (6/9), Paris Saint-Germain (42/64), Real Madrid (1/1) |
- Notes
Top scorers by seasons
- Cristiano Ronaldo was the top scorer for a record six consecutive seasons and seven seasons overall: 2007β08, 2012β13, 2013β14, 2014β15, 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18.
- Erling Haaland became the youngest top scorer in a Champions League or European Cup season in 2020β21, 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 2022β23, aged 22 years, 324 days, scoring twelve goals for Manchester City.
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s became the oldest top scorer in a Champions League or European Cup season in 1963β64, 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 StΓ©fano in 1957β58 and 1961β62
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s in 1959β60, 1961β62 and 1963β64
- Justo Tejada in 1961β62
- MΓchel in 1987β88
- RaΓΊl in 1999β2000 and 2000β01
- Cristiano Ronaldo in 2012β13, 2013β14, 2014β15, 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18
- Karim Benzema in 2021β22
- Portuguese players have been the season's top scorer on a record thirteen occasions:
- JosΓ© Γguas in 1960β61
- JosΓ© Torres in 1964β65
- EusΓ©bio in 1964β65, 1965β66, and 1967β68
- Rui Γguas in 1987β88
- Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007β08, 2012β13, 2013β14, 2014β15, 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18
- JosΓ© (1960β61) and Rui Γguas (1987β88) are the only fatherβson 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:
- 1975β76 top scorer with Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach, and 1972β73 UEFA Cup, 1973β74 Cup Winners' Cup, and 1974β75 UEFA Cup top scorer also with Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach
- The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
- Allan Simonsen (1977β78 with Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach) in the 1978β79 season with Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach
- Dieter HoeneΓ (1981β82 with Bayern Munich) in the 1979β80 season with Bayern Munich
- TorbjΓΆrn Nilsson (1984β85 and 1985β86 with GΓΆteborg) in the 1981β82 season with GΓΆteborg
- Only two players have been top scorer in this competition as well as in both the World Cup and the European Championship:
- Gerd MΓΌller in 1972β73, 1973β74, 1974β75 and 1976β77 with Bayern Munich, 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
- Harry Kane in 2023β24 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 (1958β59) at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
- FlΓ³riΓ‘n Albert (1965β66) at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
- EusΓ©bio (1964β65, 1965β66, and 1967β68) at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
- Paolo Rossi (1982β83) at the 1982 FIFA World Cup
- Kylian MbappΓ© (2023β24) at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA European Championship:
- Michel Platini (1984β85) at the UEFA Euro 1984
- Marco van Basten (1988β89) at the UEFA Euro 1988
- Cristiano Ronaldo (2007β08, 2012β13, 2013β14, 2014β15, 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18) 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 PΓ©ter PalotΓ‘s of MTK HungΓ‘ria against Anderlecht on 7 September 1955, in the second match ever played in the competition.
- The first hat-trick of the Champions League era was scored by PSV Eindhoven's Juul Ellerman against Ε½algiris on 16 September 1992.
- Only three players managed to score a hat-trick in a final:
- Alfredo Di StΓ©fano for Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s for Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960 (four goals) and for Real Madrid against Benfica in 1962 β PuskΓ‘s 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 2015β16.
- Six players have scored two hat-tricks in a single Champions League season:
- Lionel Messi (3+5 goals and 3+3 goals) in 2011β12 and 2016β17
- Mario GΓ³mez (3+4 goals) in 2011β12
- Luiz Adriano, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the group stage (5+3 goals) in 2014β15
- Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the knockout phase (3+3 goals) in 2016β17
- Robert Lewandowski (3+3 goals) in 2021β22
- Karim Benzema (3+3 goals) in 2021β22, 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).
- 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. 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.
- RaΓΊl is the youngest scorer of a Champions League hat-trick, scoring three goals for Real Madrid against FerencvΓ‘ros on 18 October 1995, aged 18 years and 114 days.
- 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.
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s 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.
- Ten players have scored a hat-trick on their debut in the Champions League era:
- Marco van Basten for Milan against IFK GΓΆteborg (25 November 1992) β together with SΓ©bastien 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)
- Mislav OrΕ‘iΔ for Dinamo Zagreb against Atalanta (18 September 2019)
- SΓ©bastien 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 StΓ©fano, Ferenc PuskΓ‘s, SΓ‘ndor Kocsis, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski managed to do this from the quarter-final stage onwards and Ferenc PuskΓ‘s is the only footballer to score four goals in a final (1960).
- European Cup era:
- MiloΕ‘ MilutinoviΔ (Partizan), 5β2 against Sporting CP, 1955β56 first round
- Dennis Viollet (Manchester United), 10β0 against Anderlecht, 1956β57 preliminary round
- Jovan CokiΔ (Red Star Belgrade), 9β1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957β58 preliminary round
- Bora KostiΔ (Red Star Belgrade), 9β1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957β58 preliminary round
- Alfredo Di StΓ©fano (Real Madrid), 8β0 against Sevilla, 1957β58 quarter-final, and 7β1 against Wiener Sport-Club, 1958β59 quarter-final
- Just Fontaine (Reims), 4β1 away against Ards, 1958β59 first round
- Josef Hamerl (Wiener Sport-Club), 7β0 against Juventus, 1958β59 first round
- SΓ‘ndor Kocsis (Barcelona), 5β2 away against Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1959β60 quarter-final
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s (Real Madrid), 7β3 against Eintracht Frankfurt, 1959β60 final, and 5β0 against Feyenoord, 1965β66 preliminary round
- Lucien Cossou (Monaco), 7β2 against AEK Athens, 1963β64 preliminary round
- Vladimir KovaΔeviΔ (Partizan), 6β2 against Jeunesse Esch, 1963β64 first round
- JosΓ© Torres (Benfica), 5β1 away against Aris, 1964β65 preliminary round
- EusΓ©bio (Benfica), 10β0 against Stade Dudelange, 1965β66 preliminary round
- Friedhelm Konietzka (1860 Munich), 8β0 against Omonia, 1966β67 first round
- Denis Law (Manchester United), 7β1 against Waterford United, 1968β69 first round
- Zoran AntonijeviΔ (Red Star Belgrade), 4β2 away against Linfield, 1969β70 first round
- Ruud Geels (Feyenoord), 12β2 away against KR ReykjavΓk, 1969β70 first round
- Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos), 5β0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1970β71 first round
- JoΓ£o LourenΓ§o (Sporting CP), 5β0 against Floriana, 1970β71 first round
- Kurt MΓΌller (Grasshoppers), 8β0 against Reipas Lahti, 1971β72 first round
- Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo BucureΘti), 11β0 against Crusaders, 1973β74 first round
- Radu Nunweiller (Dinamo BucureΘti), 11β0 against Crusaders, 1973β74 first round
- Jupp Heynckes (Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach), 6β1 away against Wacker Innsbruck, 1975β76 first round
- RenΓ© van de Kerkhof (PSV Eindhoven), 6β0 against Dundalk, 1976β77 first round
- Willy van der Kuijlen (PSV Eindhoven), 6β1 against FenerbahΓ§e, 1978β79 first round
- Sotiris Kaiafas (Omonia), 6β1 against Red Boys Differdange, 1979β80 first round
- Ton Blanker (Ajax), 8β1 against HJK Helsinki, 1979β80 first round
- Fernando Gomes (Porto), 9β0 against Rabat Ajax, 1986β87 first round
- Marco van Basten (Milan), 5β2 against Vitosha, 1988β89 first round
- Rabah Madjer (Porto), 8β1 away against Portadown, 1990β91 first round
- Hugo SΓ‘nchez (Real Madrid), 9β1 against Swarovski Tirol, 1990β91 second round
- Alan Smith (Arsenal), 6β1 against Austria Wien, 1991β92 first round
- Sergei Yuran (Benfica), 6β0 away against Δ¦amrun Spartans, 1991β92 first round
- Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
- Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv), 8β0 against Barry Town, 1998β99 first qualifying round
- Pena (Porto), 8β0 against Barry Town United, 2001β02 second qualifying round
- Tomasz Frankowski (WisΕa KrakΓ³w), 8β2 away against WIT Georgia, 2004β05 second qualifying round
- Semih ΕentΓΌrk (FenerbahΓ§e), 5β0 away against MTK HungΓ‘ria, 2008β09 second qualifying round
- Michael Mifsud (Valletta), 8β0 against Lusitanos, 2012β13 first qualifying round
- Champions League era:
- Marco van Basten (Milan), 4β0 against IFK GΓΆteborg, 1992β93 group stage
- Simone Inzaghi (Lazio), 5β1 against Marseille, 1999β2000 second group stage
- Dado PrΕ‘o (Monaco), 8β3 against Deportivo La CoruΓ±a, 2003β04 group stage
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), 4β1 against Sparta Prague, 2004β05 group stage
- Andriy Shevchenko (Milan), 4β0 away against FenerbahΓ§e, 2005β06 group stage
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 4β1 against Arsenal, 2009β10 quarter-final
- BafΓ©timbi Gomis (Lyon), 7β1 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2011β12 group stage
- Mario GΓ³mez (Bayern Munich), 7β0 against Basel, 2011β12 round of 16
- Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), 4β1 against Real Madrid, 2012β13 semi-final
- Zlatan IbrahimoviΔ (Paris Saint-Germain), 5β0 against Anderlecht, 2013β14 group stage
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), 8β0 against MalmΓΆ FF, 2015β16 group stage
- Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), 7β2 against Tottenham Hotspur, 2019β20 group stage
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), 6β0 against Red Star Belgrade, 2019β20 group stage
- Josip IliΔiΔ (Atalanta), 4β3 against Valencia, 2019β20 round of 16
- Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 4β0 against Sevilla, 2020β21 group stage
- SΓ©bastien Haller (Ajax), 5β1 against Sporting CP, 2021β22 group stage
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), 9β2 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2024β25 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:
- Ove Olsson (Gothenburg), 6β1 against Linfield, 1959β60 preliminary round
- Bent LΓΈfqvist (Boldklubben 1913), 9β2 against Spora, 1961β62 preliminary round
- JosΓ© Altafini (Milan), 8β0 against Union Luxembourg, 1962β63 preliminary round
- Ray Crawford (Ipswich), 10β0 against Floriana, 1962β63 preliminary round
- Nikola Kotkov (Lokomotiv Sofia), 8β3 against MalmΓΆ FF, 1964β65 preliminary round
- FlΓ³riΓ‘n Albert (FerencvΓ‘ros), 9β1 against KeflavΓk, 1965β66 preliminary round
- European Cup era:
- Paul van Himst (Anderlecht), 10β1 away against Haka, 1966β67 first round
- Gerd MΓΌller (Bayern Munich), 9β0 against Omonia, 1972β73 second round
- Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers), 8β0 against Valletta, 1978β79 first round
- SΓΈren Lerby (Ajax), 10β0 against Omonia, 1979β80 second round
- Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
- Mihails Miholaps (Skonto), 8β0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1999β2000 first qualifying round
- David Lafata (Sparta Prague), 7β0 against Levadia Tallinn, 2014β15 second qualifying round
- Champions League era:
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 7β1 against Bayer Leverkusen, 2011β12 round of 16
- Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk), 7β0 against BATE Borisov, 2014β15 group stage
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City), 7β0 against RB Leipzig, 2022β23 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. In the European Cup era, Manfred BurgsmΓΌller 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.
- WΕodzimierz LubaΕski 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 GΓ³rnik 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.
- Bojan KrkiΔ 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 Paolo Maldini, who got a goal after 53 seconds in the 2005 final for Milan against Liverpool.
- The fastest Champions League goal by a substitute was scored by VinΓcius JΓΊnior, who got a goal 14 seconds after coming on for Real Madrid against Shakhtar Donetsk on 21 October 2020.
- 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 MΓΆnchengladbach on 15 September 2015, while the fastest Champions League goal by a debutant from the start of the match was scored by DuΕ‘an VlahoviΔ, who got a goal 33 seconds into the match for Juventus against Villarreal on 22 February 2022.
First goal
- On 4 September 1955, JoΓ£o Baptista Martins scored the first goal of the European Cup with Sporting CP after 14 minutes in a 3β3 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).
- 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 41 goals in 40 matches.
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s and Alfredo Di StΓ©fano have each scored seven goals in the finals. PuskΓ‘s scored four in 1960 and three in 1962, while Di StΓ©fano 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 PuskΓ‘s holds the record in a single season's knockout phase in the competition (from round of 16 onwards), scoring twelve in the 1959β60 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 2016β17.
- Karim Benzema with Real Madrid in 2021β22.
- Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 goals in the competition on 18 April 2017. On 18 February 2018, he became the first player to score 100 goals with a single club (Real Madrid).
- Two players have scored in all six group stage matches of the competition:
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored nine goals for Real Madrid in 2017β18.
- SΓ©bastien Haller scored ten goals for Ajax in 2021β22.
- Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most group stage goals in a single season of the UEFA Champions League, scoring eleven in the 2015β16 campaign.
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored at least ten goals in a record seven consecutive seasons in the competition (2011β12 to 2017β18).
- 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 2017β18 season (a total of seventeen goals).
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored in a record twelve consecutive away UEFA Champions League appearances; his streak started from the second leg of the 2012β13 round of 16, and lasted until the first leg of the 2014β15 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 2016β17 quarter-finals, the first leg of the semi-finals and the first five home matches of the 2017β18 season (a total of thirteen goals).
- Robert Lewandowski scored in the second leg of the 2014β15 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 2015β16 season (a total of ten goals).
- Thierry Henry scored in a home match of the 2000β01 second group stage, the first leg of the quarter-finals and the first five home matches of the 2001β02 season (a total of nine goals).
- SΓ©bastien Haller scored in a record seven consecutive matches since his competition debut, in 2021β22 for Ajax.
- Three other players scored in their first five matches in the competition:
- Alessandro del Piero scored in five consecutive group stage matches in 1995β96 for Juventus.
- Diego Costa scored in five consecutive matches in 2013β14 for AtlΓ©tico Madrid.
- Erling Haaland scored in five consecutive group stage matches in 2019β20 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.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a record of twelve direct free kicks (two for Manchester United and ten for Real Madrid).
- Lionel Messi has scored against a record 40 individual Champions League opponents.
- Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals scored for a single club, with 120 for Barcelona.
- Alfredo Di StΓ©fano 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:
- Six goalkeepers have scored in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League (not include qualifying rounds):
- Ilija PanteliΔ scored a penalty for Vojvodina against AtlΓ©tico Madrid on 16 November 1966.
- Christian Piot scored a penalty for Standard Liège against Linfield on 29 September 1971.
- Hans-JΓΆrg Butt has done so three times with three clubs, all with penalties, and all against Juventus:
- for Hamburger SV in a 4β4 group stage home draw on 13 September 2000;
- for Bayer Leverkusen in a 3β1 second group stage home win on 12 March 2002;
- the equaliser for Bayern Munich in a 4β1 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 AtlΓ©tico Madrid on 19 September 2023, in the opening match of the 2023β24 season.
- Vincent Enyeama scored a penalty for Hapoel Tel Aviv against Lyon on 29 September 2010.
- Zlatan IbrahimoviΔ is the only player to have scored for six clubs in the Champions League:
- Ajax (6 goals in 19 matches; 2002β03 to 2003β04)
- Juventus (3 goals in 19 matches; 2004β05 to 2005β06)
- Inter Milan (6 goals in 22 matches; 2006β07 to 2008β09)
- Barcelona (4 goals in 10 matches; 2009β10)
- Milan (9 goals in 20 matches; 2010β11 to 2011β12 and 2021β22)
- Paris Saint-Germain (20 goals in 33 matches; 2012β13 to 2015β16)
- 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.
- Four players have scored against the same opponent with three clubs:
- Ruud van Nistelrooy against Bayern Munich, with PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid.
- Hans-JΓΆrg Butt against Juventus, with Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.
- Cristiano Ronaldo against Lyon, with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
- Edin DΕΎeko against Viktoria PlzeΕ, with Manchester City, Roma and Inter Milan.
- Marko ArnautoviΔ 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 ManΓ© and Mohamed Salah each scored ten goals for Liverpool in 2017β18.
- Two players from the same team have scored at least ten goals in the same season on one further occasion:
- Allan Simonsen is the only player to have scored in the final of the European Cup/Champions League, the Cup Winners' Cup and the 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 MΓΆnchengladbach, and in the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup final with 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:
- HernΓ‘n 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 GodΓn scored in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final with AtlΓ©tico Madrid and in the 2020 UEFA Europa League final with Inter Milan.
- Gerd MΓΌller 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.
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s scored in both the 1960 and 1962 European Cup final with Real Madrid and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final with Hungary.
- ZoltΓ‘n 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 MandΕΎukiΔ 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 SuΓ‘rez is the only player have scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Copa AmΓ©rica. He did so in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and the 2011 Copa AmΓ©rica 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 19 September 2024
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 1992β93 season. 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. 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 | 1993β2014 | Manchester United |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 40 | 183 | 2003β2022 | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus |
3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 39 | 163 | 2005β2023 | Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain |
4 | David Beckham | England | 36 | 107 | 1994β2013 | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain |
Γngel Di MarΓa | Argentina | 108 | 2007β | Benfica, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus | ||
6 | LuΓs Figo | Portugal | 34 | 103 | 1997β2009 | Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan |
7 | Xavi | Spain | 31 | 151 | 1998β2015 | Barcelona |
8 | Neymar | Brazil | 30 | 81 | 2013β2023 | Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain |
9 | RaΓΊl | Spain | 27 | 142 | 1995β2011 | Real Madrid, Schalke 04 |
Karim Benzema | France | 152 | 2005β2023 | Lyon, Real Madrid |
Single season (since 1992β93)
- As of 16 May 2018
Rank | Player | Season | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | LuΓs Figo | 1999β2000 | 9 |
2 | David Beckham | 1998β99 | 8 |
Gaizka Mendieta | 2000β01 | ||
Neymar | 2016β17 | ||
James Milner | 2017β18 |
Other records
- Four players provided four assists in one match (since 2003β04):
- Ryan Giggs for Manchester United against Roma on 10 April 2007.
- Carlos Martins for Benfica against Lyon on 2 November 2010.
- Zlatan IbrahimoviΔ for Paris Saint-Germain against Dinamo Zagreb on 6 November 2012.
- Neymar for Barcelona against Celtic on 13 September 2016, he scored a goal as well.
- Raymond Kopa is the only player to have provided five assists in final matches:
- in 1956 (2) for Stade Reims and in 1957 and 1958 (2) for Real Madrid.
- In addition, Kopa is the one of three players to have assisted in final matches with two different clubs alongside Frank Rijkaard with Milan in 1989 and with Ajax in 1995 and Toni Kroos with Bayern Munich in 2012 and with Real Madrid in 2024, and the one of two players to have assisted in three different finals alongside AndrΓ©s Iniesta with Barcelona in 2009, 2011 and 2015.
- in 1956 (2) for Stade Reims and in 1957 and 1958 (2) for Real Madrid.
- Four players finished twice at the top of the assists list (including joint top, since 1992β93):
- LuΓs Figo for Barcelona in 1999β2000 and Real Madrid in 2000β01 season.
- KakΓ‘ for Milan in 2004β05 and Real Madrid in 2011β12 season.
- Lionel Messi for Barcelona in 2011β12 and 2014β15 season.
- Neymar for Barcelona in 2015β16 and 2016β17 season.
- Neymar has the most assists against a single opponent, assisting eight times against Celtic.
Other records
Penalties
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most penalties (not including shoot-outs), converting 19 penalties out of 22 taken.
- JoΓ£o MΓ‘rio has scored the most penalties in a single season, scoring five penalties for Benfica in the 2022β23 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.
- Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi have failed to score the most penalties (not including shoot-outs), missing five penalties each.
- 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 HandanoviΔ, who was 39 years and 274 days old when he saved James Milner's penalty for Maribor against Liverpool on 1 November 2017.
- 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.
- The fastest penalty ever awarded in the tournament was for Liverpool against Tottenham Hotspur in the final on 1 June 2019, which was given after 23 seconds and converted by Mohamed Salah.
- 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.
Penalty shoot-out
- Antoine Griezmann is the only player to score three penalties in shoot-outs (out of three taken), scoring one in the 2014β15 round of 16, the 2015β16 round of 16 and the 2016 final, all with AtlΓ©tico 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 2011β12 semi-finals with Real Madrid.
- Manuel Neuer has saved a record five penalties in shoot-outs, stopping two in the 2007β08 round of 16 with Schalke 04, two in the 2011β12 semi-finals and one in the 2012 final with Bayern Munich.
- Two goalkeepers saved four penalties in a single shoot-out:
- Jan MΓΆller saved four penalties (out of five) for MalmΓΆ FF during the shoot-out against 1. FC Magdeburg in the 1975β76 first round.
- Helmuth Duckadam kept every opposing shot out for Steaua BucureΘti 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, Γnderson Polga, Valeriy Bondar, Wes Brown, CadΓΊ, Gary Caldwell, RΓΊben Dias, Edu Dracena, Andrzej GrΔbosz, IvΓ‘n Helguera, JΓ³zsef HorvΓ‘th, TomΓ‘Ε‘ HuboΔan, Jardel, Phil Jones, Thomas Kleine, IvΓ‘n Marcano, JΓ©rΓ©my Mathieu, Craig Moore, Gerard PiquΓ©, Sergio Ramos, Stefan SaviΔ, RaphaΓ«l Varane and Zoco.
- The fastest own goal ever scored in the tournament was by IΓ±igo MartΓnez, who put the ball into his own net after 69 seconds against his team Real Sociedad for Manchester United during the 2013β14 season.
- 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.
- Jens Lehmann holds the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in full matches, with eight for Arsenal across the 2004β05 (one match) and 2005β06 seasons (seven matches). 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 1993β94
- Santiago CaΓ±izares with Valencia in 2000β01
- Keylor Navas with Real Madrid in 2015β16
- Γdouard Mendy with Chelsea in 2020β21
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 2023β24 group stage match against Manchester City.
- 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-JΓΆrg Butt with Bayer Leverkusen in 2002, and with Bayern Munich in 2010.
- Keylor Navas with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and with Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.
- Thibaut Courtois with AtlΓ©tico 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 1955β56, 1956β57, 1957β58, 1958β59 and 1959β60, all with Real Madrid. 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):
- Heinz Stuy with Ajax (1970β71, 1971β72 and 1972β73)
- Sepp Maier with Bayern Munich (1973β74, 1974β75 and 1975β76)
- Ray Clemence with Liverpool (1976β77, 1977β78 and 1980β81)
- VΓctor ValdΓ©s with Barcelona (2005β06, 2008β09 and 2010β11)
- Iker Casillas with Real Madrid (1999β2000, 2001β02 and 2013β14)
- Keylor Navas with Real Madrid (2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18)
- Kiko Casilla with Real Madrid (2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18) β he was an unused substitute in all three finals
- Two goalkeepers won all three major UEFA club competitions they have played in:
- Three goalkeepers have won the tournament as well as both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship:
- Sepp Maier won the 1973β74, 1974β75 and 1975β76 European Cup with Bayern Munich, and both the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
- Fabien Barthez won the 1992β93 UEFA Champions League with Marseille, and both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 with France
- Iker Casillas won the 1999β2000, 2001β02 and 2013β14 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 1997β98 and 1999β2000 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup with West Germany
- Manuel Neuer won the 2012β13 and 2019β20 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 1987β88 European Cup with PSV Eindhoven, and UEFA Euro 1988 with Netherlands
- Peter Schmeichel won the 1998β99 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 StojanoviΔ 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.
Disciplinary
- Only three players have ever been sent off in a Champions League final: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal) in the 2006 final against Barcelona (sent off by Terje Hauge in the 18th minute after bringing down Samuel Eto'o); Didier Drogba (Chelsea) in the 2008 final against Manchester United (sent off by Δ½uboΕ‘ MicheΔΎ in the 116th minute for slapping Nemanja VidiΔ); and Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) in the 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 IbrahimoviΔ 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 IbrahimoviΔ (with Juventus, Inter Milan and 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 2014β15 season.
- 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.
Captaincy
The following table shows the captains who have won the title:
- John Terry has played the most matches as a captain in the history of the competition, with 105 matches with Chelsea.
- Only two players have lifted the trophy as captain on three occasions:
- Franz Beckenbauer with Bayern Munich in 1974, 1975 and 1976
- Sergio Ramos with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018
- Two players participated in the final as captain on four occasions:
- Franz Beckenbauer with Bayern Munich in 1974 (2), 1975 and 1976
- Franco Baresi with Milan in 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1995
- Six other players participated in the final as captain on three occasions:
- Paco Gento with Real Madrid in 1962, 1964 and 1966
- MΓ‘rio Coluna with Benfica in 1963, 1965 and 1968
- Armando Picchi with Inter Milan in 1964, 1965 and 1967
- Paolo Maldini with Milan in 2003, 2005 and 2007
- Sergio Ramos with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018
- Jordan Henderson with Liverpool in 2018, 2019 and 2022
- Paolo Maldini is the oldest captain to lift the trophy, doing so with Milan in 2007 aged 38 years and 331 days.
- Didier Deschamps is the youngest captain to lift the trophy, doing so with Marseille in 1993 aged 24 years and 223 days.
- David Weir became the oldest player to start as captain in the Champions League era when he led Rangers against Bursaspor in 2010β11, aged 40 years and 212 days.
- RΓΊben Neves became the youngest player to start as captain in the Champions League era, when he led Porto against Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015β16, aged 18 years and 221 days.
- Matthijs de Ligt became the youngest player to start as captain in the Champions League knockout phase, when he led Ajax against Real Madrid in 2018β19, aged 19 years and 186 days.
Trivia
- Only four players have reached the final with three clubs:
- Didier Deschamps with Marseille in 1993, with Juventus in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and with Valencia in 2001.
- Clarence Seedorf with Ajax in 1995, with Real Madrid in 1998, and with Milan in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
- Patrice Evra with Monaco in 2004, with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011, and with Juventus in 2015.
- Thiago with Barcelona in 2011, with Bayern Munich in 2020, and with Liverpool in 2022.
- Zlatan IbrahimoviΔ is the only player to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with five clubs, doing so with Ajax, Juventus, Barcelona, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain.
- Patrice Evra lost a record four finals in the competition, doing so in 2004 with Monaco, in 2009 and 2011 with Manchester United, and in 2015 with Juventus, with his side losing to Barcelona on each of the latter three occasions. He is the only player to lose the final with three clubs.
- Zinedine Zidane (with Bordeaux in the 1996 UEFA Cup final and with Juventus in the 1997 UEFA Champions League final), Christian Eriksen (with Tottenham Hotspur in the 2019 UEFA Champions League final and with Inter Milan in the 2020 UEFA Europa League final) and Edinson Cavani (with Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 UEFA Champions League final and with Manchester United in the 2021 UEFA Europa League final) are the only players to lose two consecutive European club finals in two different competitions.
- Kingsley Coman was the first player to score in a final against a former club, doing so for Bayern Munich in their 1β0 win against Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 final.
- Moise Kean (born 28 February 2000) was the first player born in the 2000s to play in the Champions League, playing in Juventus's match against Sevilla on 22 November 2016.
- Jadon Sancho (born 25 March 2000) was the first player born in the 2000s to score in the Champions League, playing in Borussia Dortmund's match against AtlΓ©tico Madrid on 24 October 2018.
- Han-Noah Massengo (born 7 July 2001) was the first player born in the 21st century to play in the Champions League, playing in Monaco's match against Club Brugge on 6 November 2018.
- Rodrygo (born 9 January 2001) was the first player born in the 21st century to score in the Champions League, doing so for Real Madrid against Galatasaray on 6 November 2019.
- Three players lost three finals with their clubs, and never won the tournament:
- Raul Machado (1963, 1965 and 1968 with Benfica).
- Paolo Montero (1997, 1998 and 2003 with Juventus).
- Gianluigi Buffon (2003, 2015 and 2017 with Juventus).
Managers
All-time managerial appearances
- As of 19 September 2024
The table below does not include the qualification stage of the competition.
Rank | Manager | Nation | Matches | Years | Club(s) (matches) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlo Ancelotti | Italy | 205 | 1997β | Parma (6) Juventus (10) Milan (73) Chelsea (18) Paris Saint-Germain (10) Real Madrid (64) Bayern Munich (12) Napoli (12) |
2 | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | 202 | 1980β2013 | Aberdeen (12) Manchester United (190) |
3 | ArsΓ¨ne Wenger | France | 190 | 1988β2017 | Monaco (13) Arsenal (177) |
4 | Pep Guardiola | Spain | 172 | 2008β | Barcelona (50) Bayern Munich (36) Manchester City (86) |
5 | JosΓ© Mourinho | Portugal | 145 | 2001β | Porto (17) Chelsea (57) Inter Milan (21) Real Madrid (32) Manchester United (14) Tottenham Hotspur (4) |
6 | Mircea Lucescu | Romania | 115 | 1998β | Inter Milan (3) Galatasaray (26) BeΕiktaΕ (6) Shakhtar Donetsk (68) Dynamo Kyiv (12) |
7 | Diego Simeone | Argentina | 106 | 2013β | AtlΓ©tico Madrid (106) |
8 | JΓΌrgen Klopp | Germany | 102 | 2011β | Borussia Dortmund (37) Liverpool (65) |
9 | Massimiliano Allegri | Italy | 100 | 2010β | Milan (32) Juventus (68) |
10 | Ottmar Hitzfeld | Germany | 97 | 1990β2004 | Grasshopper (2) Borussia Dortmund (19) Bayern Munich (76) |
- Notes
- Ferguson coached in 12 European Cup matches + 190 Champions League matches.
- Wenger coached in 6 European Cup matches + 184 Champions League matches.
- Hitzfeld coached in 2 European Cup matches + 95 Champions League matches.
Final and winning records
- Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager to win the competition on five occasions, doing so in 2002β03 and 2006β07 with Milan, and in 2013β14, 2021β22 and 2023β24 with Real Madrid.
- Three other managers have won the competition three times:
- Bob Paisley in 1976β77, 1977β78 and 1980β81 (all with Liverpool)
- Zinedine Zidane in 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18 (all with Real Madrid), the only manager to win three consecutive titles.
- Pep Guardiola in 2008β09, 2010β11 (Barcelona) and 2022β23 (Manchester City)
- Only one manager has managed six finalists:
- Carlo Ancelotti in 2003, 2005, 2007 (Milan), 2014, 2022 and 2024 (Real Madrid)
- Five other managers have managed four finalists:
- Miguel MuΓ±oz in 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966 (all with Real Madrid)
- Marcello Lippi in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003 (all with Juventus)
- Alex Ferguson in 1999, 2008, 2009 and 2011 (all with Manchester United)
- JΓΌrgen Klopp in 2013 (Borussia Dortmund), 2018, 2019 and 2022 (Liverpool)
- Pep Guardiola in 2009, 2011 (Barcelona), 2021 and 2023 (Manchester City)
- Two managers lost a record three finals:
- Marcello Lippi lost in 1997, 1998 and 2003, all with Juventus.
- JΓΌrgen Klopp lost in 2013 with Borussia Dortmund, and in 2018 and 2022 with Liverpool.
- Seven individuals have won the European Cup/Champions League as a player then later as a manager, four of them with the same club:
- Miguel MuΓ±oz of Real Madrid won as a player in 1955β56 and 1956β57, and as a manager in 1959β60 and 1965β66.
- Carlo Ancelotti won as a player in 1988β89 and 1989β90, and as a manager in 2002β03 and 2006β07 with Milan, then as a manager in 2013β14, 2021β22 and 2023β24 with Real Madrid.
- Pep Guardiola won as a player in 1991β92, and as a manager in 2008β09 and 2010β11 with Barcelona, then as a manager in 2022β23 with Manchester City.
- Giovanni Trapattoni won as a player in 1962β63 and 1968β69, both with Milan, and as a manager in 1984β85 with Juventus.
- Johan Cruyff won as a player in 1970β71, 1971β72 and 1972β73, all with Ajax, and as a manager in 1991β92 with Barcelona.
- Frank Rijkaard won as a player in 1988β89 and 1989β90, both with Milan, in 1994β95 with Ajax, and as a manager in 2005β06 with Barcelona.
- Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid won as player in 2001β02, and as a manager in 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18.
- Eight other individuals have appeared in the final as a player then later as a manager, though did not win while in one or either of the roles:
- Vicente del Bosque of Real Madrid lost as a player in 1981, but won as a manager in 2000 and 2002.
- Fabio Capello lost as a player in 1973 with Juventus and as a manager in 1993 and 1995, but won as a manager in 1994, all as a manager with Milan.
- Didier Deschamps won as a player in 1993 with Marseille and 1996 with Juventus and lost with Juventus in 1997 and 1998 (also lost in 2001 with Valencia as an unused substitute), and lost as a manager with Monaco in 2004.
- Jupp Heynckes lost as a player in 1977 with Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach, but won as a manager in 1998 with Real Madrid and in 2013 with Bayern Munich, and lost as a manager in 2012 with Bayern Munich.
- Anghel IordΔnescu of Steaua BucureΘti won as a player in 1986, but lost as a manager in 1989.
- Nils Liedholm lost as a player in 1958 with Milan and as a manager with Roma in 1984.
- Ferenc PuskΓ‘s won as a player in 1960 (also won in 1959 and 1966 as a team member not selected for the final) and lost in 1962 and 1964, all with Real Madrid, and lost as a manager in 1971 with Panathinaikos.
- Hansi Flick of Bayern Munich lost as a player in 1987, but won as a manager in 2020.
- Six managers have won the title with two clubs:
- Ernst Happel did so with Feyenoord in 1969β70, and with Hamburger SV in 1982β83.
- Ottmar Hitzfeld did so with Borussia Dortmund in 1996β97, and with Bayern Munich in 2000β01, and is the only manager to have won the trophy with two different clubs from the same domestic league.
- JosΓ© Mourinho did so with Porto in 2003β04, and with Inter Milan in 2009β10.
- Jupp Heynckes did so with Real Madrid in 1997β98, and with Bayern Munich in 2012β13.
- Carlo Ancelotti did so with Milan in 2002β03 and 2006β07, and with Real Madrid in 2013β14, 2021β22 and 2023β24.
- Pep Guardiola did so with Barcelona in 2008β09 and 2010β11, and with Manchester City in 2022β23, and is only manager to win a continental treble with two different clubs.
- Thomas Tuchel is the only manager to reach the final in consecutive seasons with two clubs (Paris Saint-Germain in 2020 and Chelsea in 2021).
- Italian managers have won the competition a record twelve times.
- Five clubs, on nine total occasions, changed their manager during the season and went on to win the tournament:
- Real Madrid replaced Manuel Fleitas Solich with Miguel MuΓ±oz in 1959β60, replaced John Toshack with Vicente del Bosque in 1999β2000, and replaced Rafael BenΓtez with Zinedine Zidane in 2015β16
- Bayern Munich replaced Udo Lattek with Dettmar Cramer in 1974β75, and replaced Niko KovaΔ with Hansi Flick in 2019β20
- Aston Villa replaced Ron Saunders with Tony Barton in 1981β82
- Marseille replaced Jean Fernandez with Raymond Goethals in 1992β93
- Chelsea replaced AndrΓ© Villas-Boas with Roberto Di Matteo in 2011β12, and replaced Frank Lampard with Thomas Tuchel in 2020β21
- Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to win the tournament three consecutive seasons (Real Madrid in 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18).
- Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to win the tournament three times in his first three consecutive seasons as manager in the competition, doing so with Real Madrid in 2015β16, 2016β17 and 2017β18.
- The following five managers have also won the tournament two times in their first two appearances:
- JosΓ© Villalonga (1955β56 and 1956β57, both with Real Madrid)
- BΓ©la Guttmann (1960β61 and 1961β62, both with Benfica)
- Dettmar Cramer (1974β75 and 1975β76, both with Bayern Munich)
- Bob Paisley (1976β77 and 1977β78, both with Liverpool)
- Arrigo Sacchi (1988β89 and 1989β90, both with Milan)
Winning other trophies
- Pep Guardiola of Spain and Hansi Flick of Germany are the only two managers to have won the sextuple, doing so with Barcelona in 2009 and Bayern Munich in 2020, respectively.
- Vicente del Bosque is the only manager to have won the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Championship:
- Real Madrid in 2000 and 2002, the World Cup in 2010 and the European Championship in 2012 with Spain
- One other manager has won the Champions League as well as the World Cup:
- Marcello Lippi won the Champions League with Juventus in 1996 and the World Cup in 2006 with Italy. In addition, he won the 2013 AFC Champions League with Guangzhou Evergrande, to become the only manager to win both the AFC and UEFA Champions League.
- Two other managers have won the European Cup as well as the European Championship:
- JosΓ© Villalonga won the European Cup with Real Madrid in 1956 and 1957 and the European Championship in 1964 with Spain
- Rinus Michels won the European Cup with Ajax in 1971 and the European Championship in 1988 with Netherlands
- Two managers have won the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Cup with the same club in two consecutive seasons:
- Nereo Rocco of Milan won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1968 and the European Cup in 1969
- Giovanni Trapattoni of Juventus won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985
- Three managers have won the UEFA Cup and the European Cup in two consecutive seasons, two of them with the same club:
- Bob Paisley won the UEFA Cup in 1976 and the European Cup in 1977, both with Liverpool
- JosΓ© Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004, both with Porto
- Rafael BenΓtez won the UEFA Cup in 2004 with Valencia and the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool
- Rafael BenΓtez is the only manager to have won the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.
- Two managers have won the Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup and the European Cup:
- Giovanni Trapattoni of Juventus won the UEFA Cup in 1977 and 1993, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985. He also won the UEFA Cup in 1991 with Inter Milan.
- Udo Lattek won the European Cup in 1974 with Bayern Munich, the UEFA Cup in 1979 with Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1982 with Barcelona.
- Only one manager won the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa Conference League:
- JosΓ© Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003 with Porto, the UEFA Champions League with the same club in the following year, then the UEFA Champions League again with Inter Milan in 2010, the UEFA Europa League with Manchester United in 2017 and the UEFA Europa Conference League with Roma in 2022.
Oldest and youngest
- JosΓ© Villalonga was the youngest coach to win the European Cup, doing so with Real Madrid in 1955β56 (aged 36 years and 185 days).
- Pep Guardiola was the youngest coach to win the Champions League, doing so with Barcelona in 2008β09 (aged 38 years and 129 days).
- Raymond Goethals was the oldest coach to win the competition, doing so with Marseille in 1992β93 (aged 71 years and 232 days).
- Bob Houghton was the youngest coach (aged 27 years and 322 days) to feature in and win a European Cup and Champions League match, doing so with MalmΓΆ FF against 1. FC Magdeburg in the 1975β76 European Cup first round.
- Julian Nagelsmann was the youngest coach (aged 31 years and 58 days) to feature in a Champions League match, doing so with TSG Hoffenheim against Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2018β19 group stage, and also the youngest coach (aged 32 years and 56 days) to win a Champions League match, doing so with RB Leipzig against Benfica in the 2019β20 group stage, followed by being the youngest to win a knockout tie in the Champions League era against Tottenham Hotspur, and reach the semi-finals in the same season.
- Mircea Lucescu was the oldest coach (aged 76 years and 133 days) to feature in a European Cup and Champions League match, doing so with Dynamo Kyiv against Benfica in the 2021β22 group stage, and also the oldest coach (aged 75 years and 132 days) to win a Champions League match, doing so with Dynamo Kyiv against FerencvΓ‘ros in the 2020β21 group stage.
Other records
- Carlo Ancelotti has won a record 117 matches in tournament history. The only other managers to win more than 100 matches are Pep Guardiola (109) and Alex Ferguson (107).
- Alex Ferguson holds the record for most appearances for a single club, with 190 for Manchester United.
- Alex Ferguson holds the record for most matches won for a single club, with 102 for Manchester United.
- Pep Guardiola has won a record 44 matches in the knockout phase.
- Zinedine Zidane holds the record for most consecutive knockout tie wins with twelve, all registered as manager of Real Madrid. His knockout run started with a 4β0 aggregate win over Roma in the 2015β16 round of 16 and continued until the 2018 final win against Liverpool. The streak saw him win a record three consecutive trophies. It came to an end when Real Madrid were beaten 4β2 on aggregate by Manchester City in the 2019β20 round of 16.
- Jupp Heynckes and Hansi Flick hold the joint record for most consecutive victories in the competition with twelve wins each, all with Bayern Munich:
- Heynckes' winning run started on 2 April 2013 by beating Juventus 2β0 in the quarter-finals, then winning the second leg, two semi-final matches, and the 2013 final against Borussia Dortmund, before retiring. After Bayern's two group stage matches with Carlo Ancelotti in the 2017β18 season, Heynckes came out of retirement, winning the remaining four group stage matches, two round of 16 matches, then reaching the 12th successive win on 3 April 2018 by defeating Sevilla 2β1 in the first leg of quarter-finals; the run ended with a goalless draw against Sevilla in the second leg.
- Flick's winning run started on 6 November 2019 by beating Olympiacos 2β0 in the fourth group stage match, then winning the next two group matches, two round of 16 matches, the single-legged quarter-final and semi-final matches, and the 2020 final against Paris Saint-Germain. The run continued in the 2020β21 season as Bayern won four group matches, with Flick reaching the 12th successive win on 25 November 2020 by defeating Red Bull Salzburg 3β1; the run ended with a 1β1 draw against AtlΓ©tico Madrid in the fifth group stage match.
- Louis van Gaal and Julian Nagelsmann hold the joint record for most consecutive victories in the group stage with fourteen wins each:
- van Gaal's winning run started with Barcelona on 8 December 1999 by beating Sparta Prague 5β0 in the 1999β2000 season, then winning another four matches in the same season, and eight matches in two group stages in the 2002β03 season, before his last win with Bayern Munich 3β0 against Maccabi Haifa in the 2009β10 season.
- Nagelsmann's winning run started with RB Leipzig on 2 December 2020 by beating Δ°stanbul BaΕakΕehir 4β3 in the 2020β21 season, then another victory in the same season, before winning twelve matches with Bayern Munich in the 2021β22 and 2022β23 seasons.
- Ernst Happel is the only manager to reach the Champions League final with three clubs, doing so with Feyenoord in 1970, Club Brugge in 1978 and Hamburger SV in 1983.
- JosΓ© Mourinho is the only manager to reach the Champions League semi-finals with four clubs, doing so with Porto in 2003β04, with Chelsea in 2004β05, 2006β07 and 2013β14, with Inter Milan in 2009β10 and with Real Madrid in 2010β11, 2011β12 and 2012β13.
- Carlo Ancelotti became the first coach to feature in the Champions League group stage with eight clubs: Parma, Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Napoli.
- Three coaches have reached the final three consecutive times, all with the same team:
- Fabio Capello with Milan (1993, 1994 and 1995)
- Marcello Lippi with Juventus (1996, 1997 and 1998)
- Zinedine Zidane with Real Madrid (2016, 2017 and 2018)
- Two non-European coaches won the European Cup twice:
- Luis Carniglia with Real Madrid (1958 and 1959)
- Helenio Herrera with Inter Milan (1964 and 1965)
- Six non-European coaches lost their final matches:
- Fernando Riera with Benfica (1963)
- Otto GlΓ³ria with Benfica (1968)
- Juan Carlos Lorenzo with AtlΓ©tico Madrid (1974)
- HΓ©ctor CΓΊper with Valencia (2000 and 2001)
- Diego Simeone with AtlΓ©tico Madrid (2014 and 2016)
- Mauricio Pochettino with Tottenham Hotspur (2019)
- In four finals, two coaches from the same nation were faced:
- England: Brian Clough with Nottingham Forest against Bob Houghton with MalmΓΆ FF (1979)
- Italy: Carlo Ancelotti with Milan against Marcello Lippi with Juventus (2003)
- Germany: Jupp Heynckes with Bayern Munich against JΓΌrgen Klopp with Borussia Dortmund (2013)
- Germany: Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich against Thomas Tuchel with Paris Saint-Germain (2020)
- In 2019β20, three German managers reached the semi-finals (Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich, Julian Nagelsmann with RB Leipzig and Thomas Tuchel with Paris Saint-Germain), the most by any single nationality to reach the last four in the competition's history. This was matched in 2022β23 when three Italian managers reached the last four (Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid, Simone Inzaghi with Inter Milan and Stefano Pioli with Milan).
- There have been four occasions where a record four managers from the same nationality reached the quarter-finals:
- Four German managers (including East and West Germany) in 1976β77 (Dettmar Cramer with Bayern Munich, Walter Fritzsch with Dynamo Dresden, Friedhelm Konietzka with ZΓΌrich and Udo Lattek with Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach)
- Four German managers in 2020β21 (Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich, JΓΌrgen Klopp with Liverpool, Edin TerziΔ with Borussia Dortmund and Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea)
- Four Italian managers in 2022β23 (Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid, Simone Inzaghi with Inter Milan, Stefano Pioli with Milan and Luciano Spalletti with Napoli)
- Four Spanish managers in 2023β24 (Mikel Arteta with Arsenal, Pep Guardiola with Manchester City, Luis Enrique with Paris Saint-Germain and Xavi with Barcelona)
Referees
- Felix Brych has made the most appearances in the competition as a referee, having officiated 69 matches.
- Four referees have officiated two finals:
- Leo Horn in 1957 and 1962
- Gottfried Dienst in 1961 and 1965
- Concetto Lo Bello in 1968 and 1970
- KΓ‘roly Palotai in 1976 and 1981
- BjΓΆrn Kuipers officiated a record nine matches during the 2020β21 season.
- Gottfried Dienst is the only referee to have officiated the final of the European Cup/Champions League, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship, with the 1961 and 1965 European Cup final, and in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final and UEFA Euro 1968 final.
- The following referees have additionally officiated the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the FIFA World Cup:
- Jack Taylor, with the 1971 European Cup final, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup final.
- SΓ‘ndor Puhl, with the 1997 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 1994 FIFA World Cup final.
- Pierluigi Collina, with the 1999 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2002 FIFA World Cup final.
- Howard Webb, with the 2010 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.
- Nicola Rizzoli, with the 2013 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2014 FIFA World Cup final.
- Szymon Marciniak, with the 2023 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
- The following referees have additionally officiated the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the UEFA European Championship:
- Arthur Edward Ellis, with the 1956 European Cup final, and in the 1960 European Nations' Cup final.
- Arthur Holland, with the 1963 European Cup final, and in the 1964 European Nations' Cup final.
- Nicolae Rainea, with the 1983 European Cup final, and in the UEFA Euro 1980 final.
- Michel Vautrot, with the 1986 European Cup final, and in the UEFA Euro 1988 final.
- Markus Merk, with the 2003 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2004 final.
- Pedro Proença, with the 2012 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2012 final.
- BjΓΆrn Kuipers, with the 2014 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2020 final.
- Mark Clattenburg, with the 2016 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2016 final.
- StΓ©phanie Frappart became the first and the only woman to referee a men's UEFA Champions League match, when she officiated a group stage game between Juventus and Dynamo Kyiv on 2 December 2020.
Disciplinary
- As of 7 December 2021
- Felix Brych has awarded a record 271 yellow cards, 17 of which were second yellows that then turned to a red card.
- Markus Merk has awarded a record 12 direct red cards.
- Felix Brych has awarded a record 27 penalties.
Presidents
- Florentino PΓ©rez is the president whose club has won the most titles with him in charge, seven Champions League titles with Real Madrid in 2001β02, 2013β14, 2015β16, 2016β17, 2017β18, 2021β22 and 2023β24.
- Franco Carraro was the youngest president in charge when his club won the competition, with Milan in 1968β69, aged 29 years and 173 days.
- Florentino PΓ©rez was the oldest president in charge when his club won the competition, with Real Madrid in 2023β24, aged 77 years and 86 days.
- Jaap van Praag and Michael van Praag are the first father and son in the position of president when their club won the competition, Ajax. This team won the Champions League in different periods with these presidents, in 1970β71, 1971β72, 1972β73 and 1994β95.
- Angelo Moratti and Massimo Moratti are the second father and son in the position of president when their club won the competition, Inter Milan. This team won the Champions League in different periods with these presidents, in 1963β64, 1964β65 and 2009β10.
Attendance
- The match between Celtic and Leeds United in 1969β70 semi-final second leg, is the one with the highest attendance in the history of the tournament with 135,805. The match was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.
- The match between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain in 1994β95 quarter-final first leg, is the one with the highest attendance in the Champions League era with 115,500. The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain.
- The highest-attended final in competition history was the 1960 final, which was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, in front of 127,621 spectators. In the Champions League era, the 1999 final at Camp Nou in Barcelona had the highest attendance (90,245).
- The 2020 final is the one with the lowest attendance, being played behind closed doors at the EstΓ‘dio da Luz in Lisbon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 final at the EstΓ‘dio do DragΓ£o in Porto was also played with a reduced attendance of 14,110 due to the pandemic. Aside from these two anomalies, the final with the lowest attendance was the 1961 final between Benfica and Barcelona, played at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland, in front of a crowd of 26,732, although the replay of the 1974 final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels was attended by 23,325.
See also
- List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals
- List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers
- List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals
- UEFA club competition records and statistics
- UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup records and statistics
- European association football club records and statistics
- List of world association football records
Notes
- The number of games was reduced from thirteen to eleven during the 2019β20 season due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- In addition, Juventus was the first club to have won all possible continental competitions (e.g. the international tournaments organized by any confederation and held exclusively in its region) and the club world title.
- ^ Did not play the final
- There was no knockout phase in this tournament, so the decisive match between Brazil and Uruguay was considered the final.
- Including qualifying rounds, CaΓ±izares holds the record of ten clean sheets in a single season, keeping an additional clean sheet against Tirol Innsbruck in the third qualifying round.
- Carles Puyol lifted the cup as captain with Barcelona in 2006 and 2009 and in the 2011 final he participated as a substitute in the 88th minute, where he was captain for last five minutes in the match, and after the match he awarded the captain's armband to Eric Abidal to lift the cup and therefore he was not included in this list.
- The 1974 European Cup final was replayed due to ending 1β1 in the first game. This is the only European Cup/Champions League final to have been replayed.
- Fernando Morientes reached the final with Real Madrid in 1998, 2000 and 2002 and with Monaco in 2004, and in January 2005 he moved to Liverpool, who won the title that season, but because he was not registered with the team due to his participation with Real Madrid in the group stage, he is not included in this list.
- Emre Can reached the final with Liverpool in 2018 and with Borussia Dortmund in 2024, and in 2012β13 he played for Bayern Munich, who won the title that season, moving from Bayern Munich II, and because he did not participate in any Champions League match that season, he was not included in the list.
- Excluding five wins in qualifying rounds and the 2003 final win on penalties.
- Excluding three wins in qualifying rounds with Barcelona and Manchester City.
- Excluding six wins in qualifying rounds and 2008 final win on penalties. He won five European Cup matches with Aberdeen and 102 UEFA Champions League matches with Manchester United.
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