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This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League. Unless notified these statistics concern all seasons since inception of the European Cup in the 1955–56 season, including qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League as per "Competition facts";[1] all goals scored before league phase(s) count as "qualifying goals".

General performances [ edit ]

By club [ edit ]

A total of 22 clubs have won the tournament since its 1955 inception, with Real Madrid being the only team to win it thirteen times, including the first five. Only two other clubs have reached ten or more finals: Milan and Bayern Munich. A total of 12 clubs have won the tournament multiple times: the three forementioned clubs, along with Liverpool, Ajax, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Benfica, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, and Porto. A total of 17 clubs have reached the final without ever managing to win the tournament.

Clubs from ten countries have provided tournament winners. Spanish clubs have been the most successful, winning a total of 18. Italy and England are joint-second with 12, while the other multiple-time winners are Germany with seven, Netherlands with six, and Portugal with four. The only other countries to provide a tournament winner are Scotland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and France. Greece, Belgium and Sweden have all provided losing finalists.

Clubs from a total of 35 European cities have participated in the tournament final. Clubs from 21 cities have provided winners, with the clear city leaders being Madrid (winning thirteen) and Milan (winning ten); though both Milan and Inter Milan have helped the city of Milan be successful, only Real Madrid have won it for the city of Madrid, with Atlético Madrid losing all three of their finals (albeit two of these were against city rivals Real Madrid, therefore by the time of these two finals, a win for the city of Madrid was guaranteed).





By nation [ edit ]

As of 2017–18 season

By city [ edit ]

As of 2017–18 season[2][3]

All-time top 25 European Champion Clubs' Cup and Champions League rankings [ edit ]

As of 19 February 2019[4]

Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era [ edit ]

A total of 137 clubs from 33 national associations have played in or qualified for the Champions League group stage.

Team in Bold: qualified for the knockout phase.

European Cup group stage participants

only one season was played in that format

1991–92:

Sampdoria is the only side to have played in 1991–92 European Cup group stage, but to have not played in the Champions League group stage.

Clubs [ edit ]

Performance review (from 1992-93) [ edit ]

By semi-final appearances (European Cup and UEFA Champions League) [ edit ]

Team in Bold: Finalist team in season

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 Göteborg in 1993) of the two groups are marked as semi-finalists in the table.

Presidents records [ edit ]

Unbeaten sides [ edit ]

Final success rate [ edit ]

Consecutive appearances [ edit ]

Winning other trophies [ edit ]

See also Treble (association football) and Tuples in association football.

Although not an officially recognised achievement, seven 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 treble":

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:

Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Manchester United are also the only teams to have won the three major UEFA official Cups, namely UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/Europa League.[5]

Juventus was the first club in association football history—and remain the only one at present—to have won all official continental tournaments and the world champions title.[5][6][7][8]

Chelsea became the first club to hold the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League trophies simultaneously by winning 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.[9]

Biggest wins [ edit ]

Biggest two leg wins [ edit ]

Deciding drawn ties [ edit ]

Coin toss [ edit ]

The first coin toss was in 1957–58, with Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beating Gwardia Warsaw after the play-off was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.

Zürich won a coin toss against Galatasaray in 1963–64 after their play-off match ended 2–2. This was the first time this rule was used for a tie played to completion.

The last season using a coin toss was 1969–70, with Galatasaray beating Spartak Trnava and Celtic beating Benfica, both in the second round. Celtic later progressed to the final.

A total of 7 European Cup ties were decided by a coin toss, Galatasaray being the only team to be involved twice, with one win and one loss.

Away goals [ edit ]

The away goals rule was introduced in 1967–68, with Valur beating Jeunesse Esch 4–4 (1–1, 3–3) and Benfica beating Glentoran 1–1 (1–1, 0–0), both in the first round. Benfica later progressed to the final.

In 2002–03, Milan and Inter Milan met in the semi-final. Sharing the same stadium (Giuseppe Meazza), they played 0–0 in the first tie and 1–1 in the second. However, Milan were the designated away side in the latter, and so became the only team to win on "away" goals without having scored a goal away from their own stadium. They later went on to win the final against Juventus.

Milan and Paris Saint-Germain are the only teams to have advanced on the away goals rule after extra time. In the semi-final against Bayern Munich in 1989–90, Milan won 1–0 at home and were 1–0 down after 90 minutes in the second leg. Both teams scored one goal each in the extra time, giving Milan the victory on away goals. They later went on to win the final against Benfica. In the round of 16 against Chelsea in 2014–15, PSG drew 1–1 at home and away. Both teams scored one goal each in extra time, giving PSG the victory on away goals.

Penalty shootout [ edit ]

Most converted penalties [ edit ]

Top three teams which have converted most penalties (excluding penalty shoot-outs) in the competition: [12] Barcelona and Bayern Munich: 23 out of 31 Real Madrid: 22 out of 30



Extra time [ edit ]

Most goals in a match [ edit ]

Highest scoring draws [ edit ]

Not winning the domestic league [ edit ]

Comebacks [ edit ]

Defence [ edit ]

Defending the trophy [ edit ]

A total of 63 tournaments have been played, 37 in the European Cup era (1955–56 to 1991–92) and 26 in the Champions League era (1992–93 to 2017–18). 15 of the 62 attempts to defend the trophy (24.19%) have been successful, split between 8 teams. These are:

Between the two eras of this competition, this breaks down as:

Of the 37 attempts in European Cup era: 13 successful (35.1%)

Of the 26 attempts in the Champions League era: 2 successful (7.69%)

The only team to successfully defend the trophy in the Champions League era is Real Madrid (twice), who won in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.

The teams closest to defending the trophy in the Champions League era but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final:

Of the 22 teams that have won the trophy, 14 have never defended it. Only four of these have won the trophy more than once, and so have had more than one attempt to do so. These are:

During the Champions League era, only one title holder has failed to qualify from the group stage:

Nationalities [ edit ]

Countries [ edit ]

Cities [ edit ]

Specific group stage records [ edit ]

6 wins [ edit ]

Five clubs have won all their games in a group stage. Real Madrid are the first and only club to achieve this feat twice in 2011–12 and 2014–15.

6 draws [ edit ]

Only one club has drawn all their games in a group stage:

AEK Athens, 2002–03 (First group stage, finished 3rd and advanced to UEFA Cup)

6 losses [ edit ]

In the history of the Champions League, the following clubs have lost all 6 group stage matches:

Two goals in each match [ edit ]

Four teams have managed to score at least two goals in each match of the group stage:

Advancing past the group stage [ edit ]

Real Madrid hold the record of the most consecutive seasons in advancing past the group stage with 22 from 1997–98 to 2018–19. The first seven seasons (1997–98 to 2003–04) they qualified for at least the quarter-final each year, winning the tournament three times. After this followed six consecutive seasons (2004–05 to 2009–10) losing the first round (round of 16) after the group stage. Ever since then, Real Madrid have made it to the semi-finals for eight consecutive seasons (2010–11 to 2017–18), winning the tournament four times.

Barcelona set a record of finishing top of their group for 12 consecutive seasons from 2007–08 to 2018–19, out of 19 in total, in which 12 of them were unbeaten campaigns as well. [18]

In 2012–13, Chelsea became the first title holder not to qualify from the following year's group stage.

Monaco scored the fewest goals (4) to earn 11 points in the group stage in 2014–15. Villarreal won a group with the fewest goals scored (3) in 2005–06, resulting in 2 wins.

Biggest disparity between group winner and runner-up [ edit ]

The biggest points difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is 11 points, achieved by three teams:

Most points achieved, yet knocked out [ edit ]

Most points achieved in the group stage, not winning the group [ edit ]

Fewest points achieved, yet advanced [ edit ]

Knocked out on tiebreakers [ edit ]

Several teams have been knocked out on a tiebreaker, most on the head-to-head criteria:

Knocked out on 3 points for a win rule [ edit ]

1995–96 was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two. The following teams were knocked out from the group stage, but would have advanced following the old rule:

Qualifying from first qualifying round [ edit ]

Since the addition of a third qualifying round in 1999–2000, four teams have negotiated all three rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase:

Liverpool in 2005–06

Artmedia Bratislava in 2005–06

Anorthosis in 2008–09

BATE Borisov in 2008–09

Liverpool went on to become the first team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout phase from the first qualifying round.

No team has progressed to the group stage from the first qualifying round since the competition format was altered for the 2009–10 season.

Winning after playing in a qualifying round [ edit ]

Four teams have won the tournament from the third qualification round:

Consecutive goalscoring [ edit ]

Real Madrid hold the record of consecutive goalscoring in the Champions League matches. They have scored at least one goal in 34 consecutive games. The run started with a 1–1 draw against Barcelona in the second leg of the semi-final of the 2010–11 season. This continued with all 12 matches of both the 2011–12 season and 2012–13 season, and continued into the 2013–14 season for nine games (six group stage games, both legs of the round of 16 and the first leg of the quarter-finals), with the run finally coming to an end in a 2–0 away loss in the quarter-finals second leg against Borussia Dortmund on 8 April 2014.

Consecutive home wins [ edit ]

Bayern Munich hold the record with 16 consecutive home wins in the Champions League. Bayern Munich record streak started by winning against Manchester City 1–0 on 17 September 2014. The run has reached the 16th win by beating Arsenal 5–1 on 15 February 2017, The run ended after a home defeat to Real Madrid 1–2 on 12 April 2017.[19]

Consecutive away wins [ edit ]

Bayern Munich equaled the record of Ajax (1995–1997) for consecutive away wins in the Champions League having won 7 consecutive away games. The run began with a 3–1 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg of the 2012–13 round of 16, and continued through to the final, with wins against Juventus (2–0) at the Juventus Stadium and against Barcelona (3–0) at the Camp Nou. In the 2013–14 season the streak continued with group stage wins over Manchester City (3–1) at the City of Manchester Stadium, Viktoria Plzeň (1–0) and CSKA Moscow (3–1). The record equaling seventh win was achieved when they again defeated Arsenal 2–0 at the Emirates Stadium in the round of 16 first leg on 19 February 2014. Their run ended with a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the first leg of the quarter-finals.[20]

Consecutive wins [ edit ]

Bayern Munich (2012–13, 2013–14) and Real Madrid (2013–14, 2014–15) hold the record of ten consecutive wins in the Champions League. Bayern Munich's run started on 2 April 2013 in the 2–0 win against Juventus in the first leg of the quarter-final of the 2012–13 season after losing 2–0 against Arsenal three weeks earlier. The run continued in the other three knockout matches and the final of the 2012–13 season. The run continued in the first five group stage matches of the 2013–14 season, but ended with the sixth in a 2–3 home defeat against Manchester City on 10 December 2013. Real Madrid's run started on 23 April 2014 in the 1–0 win against Bayern Munich in the first leg of semi-final of the 2013–14 season after losing 2–0 against Borussia Dortmund two weeks earlier in the second leg of the quarter-final. The run continued in the other leg of the semi-final, the final against Atlético Madrid, the six group stage matches of the 2014–15 season, and the first leg of round of 16 of the 2014–15 season, against Schalke 04.

Longest home undefeated run [ edit ]

The record for the longest unbeaten run at home stands at 29 games and is held by both Bayern Munich and Barcelona. Bayern Munich's run began with a 0–0 draw against Borussia Dortmund in 1997–98 and finished with a 2–1 win against Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2001–02 quarter-finals. The run ended with a 3–2 loss to Deportivo La Coruña in the first group stage in 2002–03.[21]

Barcelona's run began with a 4–0 win against Ajax in 2013-14 and is ongoing, with their most recent home match against Tottenham Hotspur in their final group game in 2018-19 ending in a 1–1 draw.[22]

Longest away undefeated run [ edit ]

The record for the longest away unbeaten run stands at 16 games and is held by Manchester United. The run began with a 1–0 win against Sporting CP in the 2007–08 group stage. It lasted until the 3–2 win against Milan at the San Siro in the first leg of the first knockout stage of 2009–10. The run ended with a 1–2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the first leg of the 2009–10 quarter-finals. During this run, Manchester United were beaten 2–0 by Barcelona in the 2009 final. This game, however, was at a neutral venue and as such is not classified as an away game.[21]

Longest undefeated run [ edit ]

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 25 games and is held by Manchester United. It began with a 1–0 away win against Sporting CP in their opening group stage game in 2007–08 and finished with a 3–1 away win against Arsenal in the second leg of the semi-final in 2008–09. The 25-game unbeaten streak ended with a 0–2 loss to Barcelona in the 2009 final.[21]

Most successive draws [ edit ]

AEK Athens holds the record of most consecutive draws: 7 draws starting from 17 September 2002 until 17 September 2003.[23]

Most successive defeats [ edit ]

Anderlecht holds the record of most consecutive defeats: 12 defeats starting from 10 December 2003 until 23 November 2005.[23]

Most successive games without a win [ edit ]

Steaua București holds the record of most successive games without a win: 23 matches starting from 26 September 2006 until 11 December 2013.[23]

Players [ edit ]

Appearances [ edit ]

All-time top player appearances [ edit ]

As of 20 February 2019[24]

This table does not include appearances made in the qualification stage.

Other records [ edit ]

On 22 February 2006, Raúl made his 100th Champions League appearance, the first player to do so, all with Real Madrid.

Iker Casillas has featured in 20 consecutive Champions League campaigns from 1999–2000 to 2018–19, playing for Real Madrid and Porto.[25]

Goalscoring [ edit ]

All-time top scorers [ edit ]

As of 20 February 2019[26]

This table does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.

Top scorers by seasons [ edit ]

Gerd Müller was the first player to become top scorer in four Champions League seasons.

Most goals in a single season [ edit ]

As of 26 May 2018[27]

Bold indicates ongoing season and active player in the season.

Four goals in a match [ edit ]

The following players have scored four goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match. Only Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski managed to do this from the quarter-final stage onwards and Ferenc Puskás is the only footballer to score four goals in a final (1960).

Five goals in a match [ edit ]

The following players have managed to score five goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match:

Oldest and youngest [ edit ]

Other goalscoring records [ edit ]

Other records [ edit ]

First goal [ edit ]

Most wins [ edit ]

Paolo Maldini , winner of two European Cups and three Champions League titles with Milan appeared in eight finals.

Clarence Seedorf was the first player to win the tournament with three teams.

Oldest and youngest [ edit ]

Penalties [ edit ]

Own goals [ edit ]

Goalkeeping [ edit ]

Assisting [ edit ]

Disciplinary [ edit ]

Captaincy [ edit ]

Trivia [ edit ]

Managers [ edit ]

Top coach appearances in Champions League era [ edit ]

As of 19 September 2018[71]

The table below does not include the qualification stage of the competition.

Final and winning records [ edit ]

Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager to hold the record of being a three-time champion and reaching four finals of the UEFA Champions League.

Winning other trophies [ edit ]

Other records [ edit ]

Referees [ edit ]

Disciplinary [ edit ]

As of 19 September 2018[78]

Felix Brych has awarded 201 yellow cards, in which 12 of them turned to a red card. [79]

Markus Merk has awarded 12 direct red cards. [80]

Felix Brych has awarded 23 penalties.[79]

See also [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]