This page details 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-four 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. Eighteen 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, France has two and Scotland, Romania and Yugoslavia each have one. Clubs from Greece, Belgium and Sweden have reached the final but never won.
By nation
All-time points table
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).
Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era (from 1992âÂÂpresent)
A total of 158 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 1999âÂÂ2000 and 2002âÂÂ03, qualification is considered from the second group stage. Starting from the 2024âÂÂ25 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)
1991âÂÂ92:
Goals
Host of the finals
Clubs
By semi-final appearances
By nation
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.
Unbeaten sides
Final success rate
- Highest win success rate in the final (at least three finals): 83% â Real Madrid; lost only three finals out of eighteen finals.
- Highest win success rate in the final (at least two finals): 100%
- Nottingham Forest (1979, 1980)
- Porto (1987, 2004)
- Four clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion:
- Feyenoord (1970)
- Aston Villa (1982)
- PSV Eindhoven (1988)
- Red Star Belgrade (1991)
- Three clubs played the final more than once but never won:
- Reims (1956, 1959)
- Valencia (2000, 2001)
- Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016)
- Among the clubs that have won at least one final, four have lost more finals than they have won:
- Inter Milan three wins (1964, 1965, 2010) and four losses (1967, 1972, 2023, 2025)
- Juventus two wins (1985, 1996) and seven losses (1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2017)
- Benfica two wins (1961, 1962) and five losses (1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990)
- Borussia Dortmund one win (1997) and two losses (2013, 2024)
Consecutive appearances
Winning other trophies
See also Treble (association football), Sextuple (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
- Paris Saint-Germain in 2025, which included the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, 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 1966âÂÂ67 season and it is the only European club historically that was able to achieve four major titles in one season (UEFA Champions League, top national league, the main domestic cup competition, and the second domestic cup championship; This does not include the previous season's competitions, for example; Super Cups), thus making their achievement unique in this respect to every other club. In addition, they also managed to win the Glasgow Cup (an unofficial regional competition) sometimes colloquially referred to as a part of "the quintuple".
- Ajax also won the Intercontinental Cup (the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup and the de facto premier global club cup) and the inaugural (and technically unofficial) UEFA Super Cup the following season, forming part of a quintuple of Cup successes; they thus won all available cups to them.
- Manchester United won the Intercontinental Cup the following season, winning a quadruple of cups.
- Barcelona won the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, and the Supercopa de España 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 2012âÂÂ13 season, the UEFA 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 UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
- Paris Saint-Germain also won the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the Trophée des Champions, to become the third sextuple-winning club after Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
- Chelsea are the only club which won the four major UEFA competitions, namely Champions League/European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Europa League/UEFA Cup, and Conference League.
- Other clubs including: Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich, 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:
Three clubs won the Champions League on their debut:
Two clubs have won the European Cup on their debut without losing a single game in the competition:
Biggest wins
- Biggest margin of victory: 11
- Dinamo BucureÃÂti 11âÂÂ0 Crusaders, first round, 1973âÂÂ74
- Most goals scored by a team in a match: 12
- Feyenoord 12âÂÂ2 KR ReykjavÃÂk, first round, 1969âÂÂ70
- Biggest margin of victory in the Champions League: 10
- HJK 10âÂÂ0 Bangor City, second qualifying, 2011âÂÂ12
- Biggest margin of victory in the group stage (1991âÂÂ92 to 2023âÂÂ24): 8
- Liverpool 8âÂÂ0 BeÃ
ÂiktaÃ
Â, 2007âÂÂ08
- Real Madrid 8âÂÂ0 Malmö FF, 2015âÂÂ16
- Biggest margin of victory in the league phase (which replaced the group stage in 2024âÂÂ25): 7
- Bayern Munich 9âÂÂ2 Dinamo Zagreb, 2024âÂÂ25
- Biggest margin of victory in the knockout phase of the Champions League era: 7
- Bayern Munich 7âÂÂ0 Basel, round of 16, 2011âÂÂ12
- Bayern Munich 7âÂÂ0 Shakhtar Donetsk, round of 16, 2014âÂÂ15
- Manchester City 7âÂÂ0 Schalke 04, round of 16, 2018âÂÂ19
- Manchester City 7âÂÂ0 RB Leipzig, round of 16, 2022âÂÂ23
- Paris Saint-Germain 7âÂÂ0 Brest, knockout phase play-offs, 2024âÂÂ25
- Biggest margin of victory in the quarter-finals: 8
- Real Madrid 8âÂÂ0 Sevilla, 1957âÂÂ58
- Biggest margin of victory in the quarter-finals in Champions League era: 6
- Manchester United 7âÂÂ1 Roma, 2006âÂÂ07
- Bayern Munich 8âÂÂ2 Barcelona, 2019âÂÂ20
- Biggest margin of victory in the semi-finals: 6
- Real Madrid 6âÂÂ0 Zürich, 1963âÂÂ64
- Biggest margin of victory in the semi-finals in Champions League era: 4
- Bayern Munich 4âÂÂ0 Barcelona, 2012âÂÂ13
- Real Madrid 4âÂÂ0 Bayern Munich, 2013âÂÂ14
- Liverpool 4âÂÂ0 Barcelona, 2018âÂÂ19
- Manchester City 4âÂÂ0 Real Madrid, 2022âÂÂ23
- Biggest margin of victory in a final: 5
- Paris Saint-Germain 5âÂÂ0 Inter Milan, 2025
- Biggest margin of victory for an away side in the Champions League era: 7
- Marseille 7âÂÂ0 Ã
½ilina, group stage, 2010âÂÂ11
- Shakhtar Donetsk 7âÂÂ0 BATE Borisov, group stage, 2014âÂÂ15
- Liverpool 7âÂÂ0 Maribor, group stage, 2017âÂÂ18
Biggest two leg wins
- Highest aggregate margin of victory : 18 â Benfica v Stade Dudelange, 18âÂÂ0 (8âÂÂ0 away, 10âÂÂ0 at home), preliminary round, 1965âÂÂ66
- Highest aggregate margin of victory in group stage: 12 â Shakhtar Donetsk v BATE Borisov, 12âÂÂ0 (7âÂÂ0 away, 5âÂÂ0 at home), 2014âÂÂ15
- Highest aggregate margin of victory in the knockout phase of the Champions League era: 11 â Bayern Munich v Sporting CP, 12âÂÂ1 (5âÂÂ0 away, 7âÂÂ1 at home), round of 16, 2008âÂÂ09
- Highest aggregate margin of victory in the quarter-finals: 8 â Real Madrid v Sevilla, 10âÂÂ2 (8âÂÂ0 at home, 2âÂÂ2 away), 1957âÂÂ58
- Highest aggregate margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the Champions League era: 6
- Bayern Munich v Kaiserslautern, 6âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 at home, 4âÂÂ0 away), 1998âÂÂ99
- Bayern Munich v Barcelona, 8âÂÂ2 (single game at neutral venue), 2019âÂÂ20
- Real Madrid v APOEL, 8âÂÂ2 (3âÂÂ0 away, 5âÂÂ2 at home), 2011âÂÂ12
- Highest aggregate win in semi-final by a margin: 8 â Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers, 12âÂÂ4 (6âÂÂ1 at home, 6âÂÂ3 away), 1959âÂÂ60
- Highest aggregate margin of victory in the semi-finals of the Champions League era: 7 â Bayern Munich v Barcelona, 7âÂÂ0 (4âÂÂ0 at home, 3âÂÂ0 away), 2012âÂÂ13
Deciding drawn ties
Play-offs
- First play-off match: Borussia Dortmund 7âÂÂ0 Spora Luxembourg, preliminary round, 1956âÂÂ57, after the first two games between the sides had ended 5âÂÂ5 on aggregate (4âÂÂ3 win for Dortmund, 2âÂÂ1 win for Spora).
- Last play-off match: Ajax 3âÂÂ0 Benfica, quarter-finals, 1968âÂÂ69, after the first two games between the sides had ended 4âÂÂ4 on aggregate (3âÂÂ1 win for Benfica, 3âÂÂ1 win for Ajax).
- First (and only) replayed final: Bayern Munich 4âÂÂ0 Atlético Madrid, 1974, following a 1âÂÂ1 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 1956âÂÂ57, 1958âÂÂ59 and 1961âÂÂ62, 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 1962âÂÂ63. Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and Atlético Madrid have played the most overall play-offs, with four each.
Coin toss
Away goals
- First instance of the away goals rule: Valur v Jeunesse Esch and Benfica v Glentoran, both in the first round, 1967âÂÂ68, Benfica later progressed to the final.
- In 2002âÂÂ03, Milan and Inter met in the semi-finals. Sharing the same stadium (San Siro), they drew 0âÂÂ0 in the first leg and 1âÂÂ1 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.
- Last instance of the away goals rule: Paris Saint-Germain v Bayern Munich, quarter-final, 2020âÂÂ21
- 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 1989âÂÂ90, Milan won 1âÂÂ0 at home and were 0âÂÂ1 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 2014âÂÂ15, Paris Saint-Germain drew 1âÂÂ1 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 2020âÂÂ21 (the last season the away goals rule was used), Porto won 2âÂÂ1 at home and were 1âÂÂ2 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
- First penalty shoot-out: Everton v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 4 November 1970. 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 4âÂÂ3 with Sandy Brown scoring the decisive goal.
- First penalty shoot-out in a final: Liverpool v Roma, 1984 final, following a 1âÂÂ1 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 4âÂÂ2, with Alan Kennedy scoring the decisive penalty. Kennedy had also scored the winning goal in the 1981 final.
- Eleven finals have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Liverpool is the only team to have won more than once (1984 and 2005), while Juventus, Milan, Bayern Munich and Chelsea have won one and lost one. No team has lost twice.
- Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid are the only teams to have been involved in two penalty shoot-outs in the same season. In 1985âÂÂ86, Barcelona beat IFK Göteborg in the semi-finals, but lost to Steaua BucureÃÂti in the final. In 2011âÂÂ12, Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals, but lost to Chelsea in the final. In 2015âÂÂ16, Atlético Madrid beat PSV Eindhoven in the round of 16, but lost to Real Madrid in the final.
- Games that ended with a penalty shoot-out in all-time of the tournament:
- Everton 4âÂÂ3 Borussia Mönchengladbach (1970âÂÂ71, second round)
- Celtic 4âÂÂ5 Inter Milan (1971âÂÂ72, semi-finals)
- Atvidabergs FF 3âÂÂ4 Bayern Munich (1973âÂÂ74, first round)
- ÃÂjpest 4âÂÂ3 Spartak Trnava (1973âÂÂ74, quarter-finals)
- 1. FC Magdeburg 1âÂÂ2 Malmö FF (1975âÂÂ76, first round)
- Torpedo Moscow 1âÂÂ4 Benfica (1977âÂÂ78, first round)
- Juventus 3âÂÂ0 Ajax (1977âÂÂ78, quarter-finals)
- Dynamo Dresden 5âÂÂ4 Partizan (1978âÂÂ79, first round)
- Liverpool 4âÂÂ2 Roma (1983âÂÂ84, final)
- BFC Dynamo 5âÂÂ4 Aberdeen (1984âÂÂ85, first round)
- Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3âÂÂ5 Bordeaux (1984âÂÂ85, quarter-finals)
- Barcelona 5âÂÂ4 IFK Göteborg (1985âÂÂ86, semi-finals)
- Steaua BucureÃÂti 2âÂÂ0 Barcelona (1985âÂÂ86, final)
- Juventus 1âÂÂ3 Real Madrid (1986âÂÂ87, second round)
- PSV Eindhoven 6âÂÂ5 Benfica (1987âÂÂ88, final)
- Neuchâtel Xamax 3âÂÂ0 Larisa (1988âÂÂ89, second round)
- Red Star Belgrade 2âÂÂ4 Milan (1988âÂÂ89, second round)
- Spartak Moscow 5âÂÂ3 Napoli (1990âÂÂ91, second round)
- Malmö FF 4âÂÂ5 Dynamo Dresden (1990âÂÂ91, second round)
- Red Star Belgrade 5âÂÂ3 Marseille (1990âÂÂ91, final)
- Ajax 2âÂÂ4 Juventus (1995âÂÂ96, final)
- Bayern Munich 5âÂÂ4 Valencia (2000âÂÂ01, final)
- Juventus 2âÂÂ3 Milan (2002âÂÂ03, final)
- PSV Eindhoven 4âÂÂ2 Lyon (2004âÂÂ05, quarter-finals)
- Milan 2âÂÂ3 Liverpool (2004âÂÂ05, final)
- Liverpool 4âÂÂ1 Chelsea (2006âÂÂ07, semi-finals)
- Sevilla 2âÂÂ3 Fenerbahçe (2007âÂÂ08, round of 16)
- Porto 1âÂÂ4 Schalke 04 (2007âÂÂ08, round of 16)
- Manchester United 6âÂÂ5 Chelsea (2007âÂÂ08, final)
- Roma 6âÂÂ7 Arsenal (2008âÂÂ09, round of 16)
- APOEL 4âÂÂ3 Lyon (2011âÂÂ12, round of 16)
- Real Madrid 1âÂÂ3 Bayern Munich (2011âÂÂ12, semi-finals)
- Bayern Munich 3âÂÂ4 Chelsea (2011âÂÂ12, final)
- Atlético Madrid 3âÂÂ2 Bayer Leverkusen (2014âÂÂ15, round of 16)
- Atlético Madrid 8âÂÂ7 PSV Eindhoven (2015âÂÂ16, round of 16)
- Real Madrid 5âÂÂ3 Atlético Madrid (2015âÂÂ16, final)
- Arsenal 4âÂÂ2 Porto (2023âÂÂ24, round of 16)
- Atlético Madrid 3âÂÂ2 Inter Milan (2023âÂÂ24, round of 16)
- Manchester City 3âÂÂ4 Real Madrid (2023âÂÂ24, quarter-finals)
- Liverpool 1âÂÂ4 Paris Saint-Germain (2024âÂÂ25, round of 16)
- Atlético Madrid 2âÂÂ4 Real Madrid (2024âÂÂ25, round of 16)
- Two teams were involved in five penalty shoot-outs: Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid.
- Real Madrid (out of five) is the only team to have won four penalty shoot-outs.
- Seven 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), Porto (two out of two) and Atlético Madrid (two out of five). Ajax, Roma, Lyon and Porto are the only teams to have played in multiple shoot-outs and failed to have won any.
Extra time
- Most matches requiring extra time: 14 â Real Madrid; nine of these were decided by the end of extra time, and five went to penalty shoot-outs.
- Most matches requiring extra time in a final: 3
- Milan (1958, 2003 and 2005)
- Bayern Munich (1974, 2001 and 2012)
- Real Madrid (1958, 2014 and 2016)
- Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014 and 2016)
- 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:
- Real Madrid 3âÂÂ2 Milan, 1958
- Manchester United 4âÂÂ1 Benfica, 1968
- Feyenoord 2âÂÂ1 Celtic, 1970
- Barcelona 1âÂÂ0 Sampdoria, 1992
- Real Madrid 4âÂÂ1 Atlético Madrid, 2014
Most goals in a match
Highest scoring draws
- Highest scoring draw: 8
- Vörös Lobogó 4âÂÂ4 Reims, quarter-finals, 1955âÂÂ56
- Hamburger SV 4âÂÂ4 Juventus, first group stage, 2000âÂÂ01
- Chelsea 4âÂÂ4 Liverpool, quarter-finals, 2008âÂÂ09
- Bayer Leverkusen 4âÂÂ4 Roma, group stage, 2015âÂÂ16
- Chelsea 4âÂÂ4 Ajax, group stage, 2019âÂÂ20
- Juventus 4âÂÂ4 Borussia Dortmund, league phase, 2025âÂÂ26
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 1997âÂÂ98 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 1998âÂÂ99 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 (1999âÂÂ2000, 2013âÂÂ14, 2015âÂÂ16, 2021âÂÂ22 and 2023âÂÂ24)
- Milan (2002âÂÂ03 and 2006âÂÂ07)
- Liverpool (2004âÂÂ05 and 2018âÂÂ19)
- Liverpool's 2018âÂÂ19 triumph came 29 years after their previous domestic league title (1989âÂÂ90). This was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning their league, breaking the record Liverpool set in 2004âÂÂ05, which was fifteen years after their last league title. They would eventually win their next league title in the following season.
- Barcelona (2008âÂÂ09 and 2014âÂÂ15)
- Chelsea (2011âÂÂ12 and 2020âÂÂ21)
- Bayern Munich (2012âÂÂ13)
- 22 clubs have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage despite not having won the domestic league title before:
- Brest, Rennes
- TSG Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hertha BSC, RB Leipzig, Schalke 04, Union Berlin
- Atalanta, Parma, Udinese
- Heerenveen
- Braga
- Krasnodar, Rostov
- Celta Vigo, Girona, Mallorca, Málaga, Villarreal
- Thun
- 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 â Manchester United (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (2nd)
- 2000 â Real Madrid (2nd) vs Valencia (4th)
- 2007 â Milan (3rd) vs Liverpool (3rd)
- 2012 â Chelsea (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (3rd)
- 2014 â Real Madrid (2nd) vs Atlético Madrid (3rd)
- 2016 â Real Madrid (2nd) vs Atlético Madrid (3rd)
- 2019 â Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) vs Liverpool (4th)
- 2021 â Manchester City (2nd) vs Chelsea (4th)
- 2022 â Liverpool (3rd) vs Real Madrid (2nd)
- 2024 â Borussia Dortmund (2nd) vs Real Madrid (2nd)
Comebacks
Group stage
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 4âÂÂ0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2016âÂÂ17, but won 6âÂÂ1 in the second leg to advance 6âÂÂ5 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 4âÂÂ0 to Górnik Zabrze after 48 minutes of the first leg in the 1961âÂÂ62 preliminary round, but managed to finish the game down 4âÂÂ2 and won 8âÂÂ1 in the second leg to advance 10âÂÂ5 on aggregate
- Eighteen 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 3âÂÂ0 to KB in the 1958âÂÂ59 first round, but won 5âÂÂ2 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3âÂÂ1 in the play-off
- Jeunesse Esch lost 4âÂÂ1 to Haka in the 1963âÂÂ64 preliminary round, but won 4âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate
- Partizan lost 4âÂÂ1 to Sparta Prague in the 1965âÂÂ66 quarter-finals, but won 5âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced 6âÂÂ4 on aggregate
- Panathinaikos lost 4âÂÂ1 to Red Star Belgrade in the 1970âÂÂ71 semi-finals, but won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced to the final on away goals
- Saint-ÃÂtienne lost 4âÂÂ1 to Hajduk Split in the 1974âÂÂ75 second round, but won 5âÂÂ1 in the second leg and advanced 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate
- Real Madrid lost 4âÂÂ1 to Derby County in the 1975âÂÂ76 second round, but won 5âÂÂ1 in the second leg and advanced 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate
- Barcelona lost 3âÂÂ0 to Gothenburg in the 1985âÂÂ86 semi-finals, but won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 5âÂÂ4 on penalties
- Werder Bremen lost 3âÂÂ0 to Dynamo Berlin in the 1988âÂÂ89 first round, but won 5âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Galatasaray lost 3âÂÂ0 to Neuchâtel Xamax in the 1988âÂÂ89 second round, but won 5âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Leeds United lost 3âÂÂ0 to VfB Stuttgart in the 1992âÂÂ93 first round, but was awarded a 3âÂÂ0 win in the second leg and advanced after winning 2âÂÂ1 in the play-off
- Copenhagen lost 3âÂÂ0 to Linfield in the 1993âÂÂ94 first round, but won 4âÂÂ0 after extra time in the second leg and advanced 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Paris Saint-Germain lost 3âÂÂ0 to Steaua BucureÃÂti in the 1997âÂÂ98 second qualifying round, but won 5âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Widzew Ã
ÂódÃ
º lost 4âÂÂ1 to Litex Lovech in the 1999âÂÂ2000 second qualifying round, but won 4âÂÂ1 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3âÂÂ2 on penalties
- KF Tirana lost 3âÂÂ0 to Dinamo Tbilisi in the 2003âÂÂ04 first qualifying round, but won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 4âÂÂ2 on penalties
- Deportivo La Coruña lost 4âÂÂ1 to Milan in the 2003âÂÂ04 quarter-finals, but won 4âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate
- Roma lost 4âÂÂ1 to Barcelona in the 2017âÂÂ18 quarter-finals, but won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced on away goals
- Liverpool lost 3âÂÂ0 to Barcelona in the 2018âÂÂ19 semi-finals, but won 4âÂÂ0 in the second leg and advanced to the final 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Sporting CP lost 3âÂÂ0 to Bodø/Glimt in the 2025âÂÂ26 round of 16, but won 5âÂÂ0 after extra time in the second leg and advanced 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Another 17 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 0âÂÂ3 to Athletic Bilbao after 43 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1956âÂÂ57, and then 2âÂÂ5 after 78 minutes, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ5 and won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
- Hamburger SV were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Burnley after 74 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1960âÂÂ61, but managed to finish the game 1âÂÂ3 and won 4âÂÂ1 in the second leg and 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
- Spartak Trnava were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Steaua BucureÃÂti after 51 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1968âÂÂ69, but managed to finish the game 1âÂÂ3 and won 4âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
- Austria Wien were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Levski-Spartak after 62 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1970âÂÂ71, but managed to finish the game 1âÂÂ3 and won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
- Basel were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Spartak Moscow after 76 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1970âÂÂ71, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ3 and won 2âÂÂ1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Anderlecht were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Slovan Bratislava after 44 minutes, and 1âÂÂ4 after 63 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1974âÂÂ75, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ4 and won 3âÂÂ1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Saint-ÃÂtienne were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Ruch Chorzów after 46 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1974âÂÂ75, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ3 and won 2âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Wacker Innsbruck after 27 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1977âÂÂ78, but managed to finish the game 1âÂÂ3 and won 2âÂÂ0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Banik Ostrava were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Ferencváros after 47 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1981âÂÂ82, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ3 and won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
- Bayern Munich were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to CSKA Sofia after 18 minutes of the first leg in the semi-final 1981âÂÂ82, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ4 and won 4âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 7âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
- Real Madrid were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Red Star Belgrade after 39 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1986âÂÂ87, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ4 and won 2âÂÂ0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Real Madrid were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Bayern Munich after 47 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1987âÂÂ88, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ3 and won 2âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
- Sparta Prague were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Marseille after 60 minutes of the first leg in the second round 1991âÂÂ92, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ3 and won 2âÂÂ1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Cork City were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Cwmbrân Town after 27 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1993âÂÂ94, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ3 and won 2âÂÂ1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
- Monaco were trailing 1âÂÂ4 to Real Madrid after 81 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 2003âÂÂ04, managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ4, were trailing 0âÂÂ1 (2âÂÂ5 on aggregate) after 36 minutes of the second leg, but won 3âÂÂ1 to qualify on away goals.
- Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 0âÂÂ3 to Young Boys after 28 minutes of the first leg in the play-off round 2010âÂÂ11, but managed to finish the game 2âÂÂ3 and won 4âÂÂ0 in the second leg and 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
- Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 0âÂÂ2 (0âÂÂ3 on agg.) to Ajax after 35 minutes of the second leg in the semi-final 2018âÂÂ19, but managed to win the game 3âÂÂ2 to qualify on away goals after a 3âÂÂ3 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 4âÂÂ1 to Milan in the preliminary round 1957âÂÂ58, won 5âÂÂ2 in the second leg, but lost 4âÂÂ2 in the play-off.
- Górnik Zabrze lost 4âÂÂ1 to Dukla Prague in the preliminary round 1964âÂÂ65, won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss after the play-off ended 0âÂÂ0.
- Benfica lost 3âÂÂ0 to Celtic in the second round 1969âÂÂ70, won 3âÂÂ0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss.
- Juventus lost their home leg of the 2017âÂÂ18 quarter-finals to Real Madrid 0âÂÂ3, but then proceeded to score three unanswered goals in the away game to put the aggregate score at 3âÂÂ3 only to concede a last minute penalty and lose 3âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
- Juventus lost their away leg of the 2025âÂÂ26 knockout phase play-offs to Galatasaray 2âÂÂ5, but then proceeded to score three unanswered goals in the home game to put the aggregate score at 5âÂÂ5 only to concede two extra-time goals and lose 5âÂÂ7 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 0âÂÂ3 to Sparta Rotterdam after 48 minutes of the first leg in the round of 16 1959âÂÂ60, but managed to finish the game 1âÂÂ3 and won 3âÂÂ1 in the second leg, only to lose 1âÂÂ3 in the playoff.
- Red Star Belgrade lost 1âÂÂ3 to Rangers in the preliminary round 1964âÂÂ65 and were trailing 0âÂÂ1 (1âÂÂ4 on aggregate) after 40 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4âÂÂ2, only to lose 1âÂÂ3 in the playoff.
- Only two teams has lost the first leg of a knockout match at home by two goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
- Ajax lost 3âÂÂ1 to Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals in 1968âÂÂ69 at Olympic Stadium, but won 3âÂÂ1 in the second leg at the Estádio da Luz then won 3âÂÂ0 in the playoff.
- Manchester United lost 2âÂÂ0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2018âÂÂ19 at Old Trafford, but won 3âÂÂ1 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 3âÂÂ1 at home to Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals in 1968âÂÂ69, but won 3âÂÂ1 away in the second leg to force a play-off, which they won 3âÂÂ0 after extra time
- On eight occasions, a team lost the first leg away from home 1âÂÂ0 and was trailing 1âÂÂ0 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 2021âÂÂ22):
- Celtic lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Partizani in the 1979âÂÂ80 first round and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate, with Partizani also having an away goal) after 15 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4âÂÂ1 and advance 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate
- AEK Athens lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Dynamo Dresden in the 1989âÂÂ90 first round and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate, with Dresden also having an away goal) after 10 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5âÂÂ3 and advance 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate
- PSV Eindhoven lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Steaua BucureÃÂti in the 1989âÂÂ90 second round and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate, with Steaua also having an away goal) after 17 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5âÂÂ1 and advance 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate
- Barcelona lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Panathinaikos in the 2001âÂÂ02 quarter-finals and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate, with Panathinaikos also having an away goal) after eight minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3âÂÂ1 and advance 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
- Shakhtar Donetsk lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Red Bull Salzburg in the 2007âÂÂ08 third qualifying round and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate, with Salzburg also having an away goal) after five minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3âÂÂ1 and advance 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
- BATE Borisov lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Debrecen in the 2014âÂÂ15 third qualifying round and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate, with Debrecen also having an away goal) after 20 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3âÂÂ1 and advance 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
- Real Madrid lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Paris Saint-Germain in the 2021âÂÂ22 round of 16 and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate) after 39 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3âÂÂ1 and advance 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
- Atlético Madrid lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Inter Milan in the 2023âÂÂ24 round of 16 and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (2âÂÂ0 on aggregate) after 33 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 2âÂÂ1 and qualify on penalties shoot-out
- On one occasion, a team lost the first leg at home by one goal and was trailing 0âÂÂ1 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 2âÂÂ3 home to Barcelona in the 2023âÂÂ24 quarter-finals and were trailing 1âÂÂ0 (4âÂÂ2 on aggregate) after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 1âÂÂ4 and advance 4âÂÂ6 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 3âÂÂ0 to Anderlecht after 33 minutes in the 1993âÂÂ94 group stage, but managed to win the game 5âÂÂ3
- Deportivo La Coruña were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Paris Saint-Germain after 55 minutes in the 2000âÂÂ01 second group stage, but managed to win the game 4âÂÂ3
- Maccabi Haifa were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Aktobe after 15 minutes in the 2009âÂÂ10 third qualifying round second leg, but managed to win the game 4âÂÂ3 and advance 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Teams have managed to tie a game after trailing by three goals on thirteen occasions:
- Vörös Lobogó were trailing 4âÂÂ1 to Reims after 52 minutes in the second leg of the 1955âÂÂ56 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 4âÂÂ4; however, Reims still advanced after winning 8âÂÂ6 on aggregate
- Red Star Belgrade were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Manchester United after 31 minutes in the second leg of the 1957âÂÂ58 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3; however, Manchester United still advanced after winning 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate
- Panathinaikos were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Linfield after 26 minutes in the second leg of the 1984âÂÂ85 second round, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3 and advance 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate
- Liverpool were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Basel after 29 minutes in the 2002âÂÂ03 first group stage, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3
- Liverpool were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Milan after 44 minutes in the 2005 final, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3, and win the final 3âÂÂ2 on penalties
- Maccabi Tel Aviv were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Basel after 32 minutes in the second leg of the 2013âÂÂ14 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3; however, Basel still advanced after winning 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate
- Anderlecht were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Arsenal after 58 minutes in the 2014âÂÂ15 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3
- Molde were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Dinamo Zagreb after 22 minutes in the second leg of the 2015âÂÂ16 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3; however, Dinamo Zagreb still advanced on away goals
- BeÃ
ÂiktaÃ
 were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Benfica after 31 minutes in the 2016âÂÂ17 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3
- Sevilla were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Liverpool after 30 minutes in the 2017âÂÂ18 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3
- Chelsea were trailing 4âÂÂ1 to Ajax after 55 minutes in the 2019âÂÂ20 group stage, but managed to finish the game 4âÂÂ4
- Inter Milan were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Benfica after 34 minutes in the 2023âÂÂ24 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3
- Feyenoord were trailing 3âÂÂ0 to Manchester City after 53 minutes in the 2024âÂÂ25 league phase, but managed to finish the game 3âÂÂ3
Defence
- Most clean sheets in a season: 10
- Milan, 1993âÂÂ94
- Arsenal, 2005âÂÂ06; the most consecutive clean sheets
- Real Madrid, 2015âÂÂ16
- Including qualifying rounds, Valencia in the 2000âÂÂ01 also had 10 clean sheets.
- Longest period without conceding a goal: 995 minutes â Arsenal, September 2005 â 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).
- Fewest goals conceded by European Cup-winning team: 2 goals
- Aston Villa, 1981âÂÂ82; in nine matches
- Milan, 1993âÂÂ94; in twelve matches
- Longest consecutive home clean sheets: 7 â Arsenal, 2 November 2005 â 1 November 2006; conceded one goal during the qualifying rounds.
- Longest consecutive away clean sheets: 7 â Ajax, 18 October 1995 â 4 December 1996
- Lowest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning: 0.16 â Milan, 1993âÂÂ94; conceded 2 goals in 12 matches.
- Most goals conceded by European Cup-winning team: 17 goals â Real Madrid, 1999âÂÂ2000
- Most goals conceded in a single season: 30 goals â QarabaÃÂ, 2025âÂÂ26; reached the knockout phase play-offs
- Highest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning: 1.57 â Benfica, 1961âÂÂ62; conceded 11 goals in 7 matches.
- Fewest goals conceded by a finalists: 1 goal â Benfica, 1987âÂÂ88
- Longest run without conceding from the start of a campaign: 540 minutes â Inter Milan, 2024âÂÂ25; the run ended with Nordi Mukiele's goal for Bayer Leverkusen after 90 minutes on matchday 6 of the league phase.
Goalscoring records
- Most goals in a season: 45 goals â Barcelona, 1999âÂÂ2000
- Most goals in a season, including qualifying stages: 47 goals â Liverpool, 2017âÂÂ18
- Most goals by a Champions League-winning side: 43 goals â Bayern Munich, 2019âÂÂ20
- Highest-ever goal-per-game ratio by a Champions League-winning side: 4.4 â Real Madrid, 1959âÂÂ60; scoring 31 goals in 7 matches.
- Fewest goals by a Champions League-winning side: 9 goals â PSV Eindhoven, 1987âÂÂ88
- Fewest-ever goal-per-game ratio by a Champions League-winning side: 1 â PSV Eindhoven, 1987âÂÂ88; scoring 9 goals in 9 matches.
- Most goalscorers by a team in a season: 15 â Borussia Dortmund, 2016âÂÂ17
- Most goalscorers by a Champions League-winning side in a season: 14 â Real Madrid, 2001âÂÂ02
- Most goalscorers by a team in a single match: 8 â Borussia Mönchengladbach v Larnaca, 22 September 1970
- First club to reach the 1000th goal: Real Madrid; doing so when Karim Benzema scored the first goal in the 14th minute in his team's 2âÂÂ1 victory against Shakhtar Donetsk in the fourth matchday of the group stage in the 2021âÂÂ22 season.
Meetings
Penalties
- Most penalties awarded in UEFA Champions League era: 66 â Real Madrid and Bayern Munich
- Most penalties conceded in UEFA Champions League era: 41 â Real Madrid
- Most penalties awarded in a match: 4 â Red Bull Salzburg v Sevilla, group stage, 2021âÂÂ22; three for Salzburg and one for Sevilla, of which two were scored.
- Most penalties awarded in a final: 3 â Bayern Munich v Valencia, 2001 final
- Seventeen penalties have been taken in the final of the tournament in fifteen occasions that only the 2001 had multiple penalties. Twelve of those have been scored and five have been saved:
- 1957: by Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 69th minute for Real Madrid, against Fiorentina
- 1959: by Enrique Mateos in the 16th minute for Real Madrid, against Reims
- 1960: by Ferenc Puskás in the 56th minute for Real Madrid, against Eintracht Frankfurt
- 1962: by Eusébio in the 64th minute for Benfica, against Real Madrid
- 1967: by Sandro Mazzola in the 7th minute for Inter Milan, against Celtic
- 1969: by Velibor VasoviÃÂ in the 60th minute for Ajax, against Milan
- 1977: by Phil Neal in the 82nd minute for Liverpool, against Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 1985: by Michel Platini in the 58th minute for Juventus, against Liverpool
- 2001: by Gaizka Mendieta in the 2nd minute for Valencia, against Bayern Munich
- 2001: by Mehmet Scholl in the 5th minute for Bayern Munich, against Valencia
- 2001: by Stefan Effenberg in the 50th minute for Bayern Munich, against Valencia
- 2005: by Xabi Alonso in the 60th minute for Liverpool, against Milan (The penalty was saved but Alonso scored from the rebound.)
- 2012: by Arjen Robben in the 95th minute for Bayern Munich, against Chelsea
- 2013: by ðlkay GündoÃÂan in the 68th minute for Borussia Dortmund, against Bayern Munich
- 2014: by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 120th minute for Real Madrid, against Atlético Madrid
- 2016: by Antoine Griezmann in the 47th minute for Atlético Madrid, against Real Madrid
- 2019: by Mohamed Salah in the 2nd minute for Liverpool, against Tottenham Hotspur
Defending the trophy
- A total of 70 tournaments have been played: 37 in the European Cup era (1955âÂÂ56 to 1991âÂÂ92) and 33 in the Champions League era (1992âÂÂ93 to 2024âÂÂ25). 15 of the 69 attempts to defend the trophy (21.7%) have been successful, split between eight teams. These are:
- Real Madrid on six attempts out of fifteen (1956âÂÂ57, 1957âÂÂ58, 1958âÂÂ59, 1959âÂÂ60, 2016âÂÂ17, 2017âÂÂ18)
- Benfica on one attempt out of two (1961âÂÂ62)
- Inter Milan on one attempt out of three (1964âÂÂ65)
- Ajax on two attempts out of four (1971âÂÂ72, 1972âÂÂ73)
- Bayern Munich on two attempts out of six (1974âÂÂ75, 1975âÂÂ76)
- Liverpool on one attempt out of six (1977âÂÂ78)
- Nottingham Forest on one attempt out of two (1979âÂÂ80)
- Milan on one attempt out of seven (1989âÂÂ90)
- 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 33 attempts in the Champions League era: 2 successful (6.06%)
- Only one team has managed to defend the trophy in the Champions League era: Real Madrid (twice), who won in 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17 and 2017âÂÂ18.
- The teams who came closest to defending the trophy but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final:
- Benfica in 1962âÂÂ63
- Liverpool in 1984âÂÂ85
- Milan in 1994âÂÂ95
- Ajax in 1995âÂÂ96
- Juventus in 1996âÂÂ97
- Manchester United in 2008âÂÂ09
- 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 1992âÂÂ93, to Liverpool in the round of 16 in 2006âÂÂ07, to Inter Milan in the semi-finals in 2009âÂÂ10, to Chelsea in the semi-finals in 2011âÂÂ12, and to Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals in 2015âÂÂ16
- Manchester United on three attempts: lost to Milan in the semi-finals in 1968âÂÂ69, to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in 1999âÂÂ2000, and to Barcelona in the final in 2008âÂÂ09
- Juventus on two attempts: lost to Barcelona in the quarter-finals in 1985âÂÂ86, and to Borussia Dortmund in the final in 1996âÂÂ97
- Porto on two attempts: lost to Real Madrid in the second round in 1987âÂÂ88, and to Inter Milan in the round of 16 in 2004âÂÂ05
- Chelsea on two attempts: finished behind Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage in 2012âÂÂ13, and lost to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in 2021âÂÂ22
- During the Champions League era, only one title holder has failed to qualify from the group stage:
- Chelsea in 2012âÂÂ13
- Marseille were denied the opportunity to defend their title in 1993âÂÂ94, following their punishment due to the French football bribery scandal.
- Two teams lost consecutive finals:
- Juventus (1997 and 1998)
- Valencia (2000 and 2001)
- Three teams won the tournament after losing the final in the previous season:
- Milan (1993âÂÂ94)
- Bayern Munich (2012âÂÂ13)
- Liverpool (2018âÂÂ19)
- Inter Milan's 2009âÂÂ10 triumph came 45 years after winning their previous title (1964âÂÂ65). This was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning the tournament.
Disciplinary
Own goals
Finals
- Most number of finals two teams have played each other: 3 times
- Real Madrid v Liverpool; lost 0âÂÂ1 in 1981, won 3âÂÂ1 in 2018, won 1âÂÂ0 in 2022
- Eight other pairs of teams have played each other in two finals:
- Real Madrid v Reims; won 4âÂÂ3 in 1956 and won 2âÂÂ0 in 1959
- Milan v Benfica; won 2âÂÂ1 in 1963 and won 1âÂÂ0 in 1990
- Milan v Ajax; won 4âÂÂ1 in 1969 and lost 0âÂÂ1 in 1995
- Ajax v Juventus; won 1âÂÂ0 in 1973 and lost 1âÂÂ1 (2âÂÂ4 on penalties) in 1996
- Liverpool v Milan; won 3âÂÂ3 (3âÂÂ2 on penalties) in 2005 and lost 1âÂÂ2 in 2007
- Barcelona v Manchester United; won 2âÂÂ0 in 2009 and won 3âÂÂ1 in 2011
- Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid; won 4âÂÂ1 in 2014 and won 1âÂÂ1 (5âÂÂ3 on penalties) in 2016
- Real Madrid v Juventus; won 1âÂÂ0 in 1998 and won 4âÂÂ1 in 2017
- Other than the first season, nine finals were played where neither team had previously won the tournament, with all of them occurring in the European Cup era:
- 1961: Benfica v Barcelona
- 1971: Ajax v Panathinaikos
- 1974: Bayern Munich v Atletico Madrid
- 1977: Liverpool v Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 1979: Nottingham Forest v Malmö FF
- 1983: Hamburger SV v Juventus
- 1986: Steaua BucureÃÂti v Barcelona
- 1991: Red Star Belgrade v Marseille
- 1992: Barcelona v Sampdoria
- On nine 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:
- 1977âÂÂ78: Liverpool v Borussia Mönchengladbach (semi-finals)
- 1996âÂÂ97: Juventus v Ajax (semi-finals)
- 2010âÂÂ11: Inter Milan v Bayern Munich (round of 16)
- 2014âÂÂ15: Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid (quarter-finals)
- 2016âÂÂ17: Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid (semi-finals)
- 2017âÂÂ18: Real Madrid v Juventus (quarter-finals)
- 2020âÂÂ21: Bayern Munich v Paris Saint-Germain (quarter-finals)
- 2022âÂÂ23: Liverpool v Real Madrid (round of 16)
- 2024âÂÂ25: Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund (league phase)
- Only one side lost the initial final but won the rematch: Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, who did so on away goals.
- In only two seasons, the eventual finalists had already met in previous stages, in particular the group stage:
- In 1994âÂÂ95, Ajax and Milan met in the group stage and later in the final. Ajax won all three matches (2âÂÂ0 both home and away in the group stage, 1âÂÂ0 in the final).
- In the 1998âÂÂ99 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)
- Real Madrid (1957) and Inter Milan (1965) were the only clubs who won a final in their home stadium.
- On 12 occasions, the host of the final was the home country of a finalist:
- <small>(3x)</small>: Inter Milan (1965 at San Siro, Milan); Roma (1984 at Stadio Olimpico, Rome); Juventus (1996 at Stadio Olimpico, Rome)
- <small>(3x)</small>: Manchester United (1968 and 2011 at Wembley Stadium, London); Liverpool (1978 at Wembley Stadium, London)
- <small>(2x)</small>: Real Madrid (1957 at Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid); Barcelona (1986 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville)
- <small>(2x)</small>: Borussia Dortmund (1997 at Olympiastadion, Munich); Bayern Munich (2012 at Allianz Arena, Munich)
- <small>(1x)</small>: Reims (1956 at Parc des Princes, Paris)
- <small>(1x)</small>: 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 two finals 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 BucureÃÂti won in 1986 with a team consisting entirely of players from Romania.
- In addition, Real Madrid won the competition in 1966 with Spanish players in the final match lineup, despite the participation of some foreign players in the lower rounds. This generation was called the 'Yé-yé'.
- Inter Milan is the only team to have won the European Cup/Champions League fielding a starting line-up composed entirely of foreign players and with a foreign coach in 2010 final: Julio Cesar, Maicon and Lúcio (Brazil), Walter Samuel, Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso and Diego Milito (Argentine), Cristian Chivu (Romania), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), coached by José Mourinho (Portugal).
- Chelsea are believed to be the first club in Champions League history to have fielded a starting line-up composed entirely of foreign players and with a foreign coach, in their 1âÂÂ2 home loss against Lazio on 22 March 2000. The Chelsea team was: Ed de Goey (Netherlands), Dan Petrescu (Romania), Celestine Babayaro (Nigeria), Frank Leboeuf, Marcel Desailly and Didier Deschamps (France), Gus Poyet (Uruguay), Roberto Di Matteo and Gianfranco Zola (Italy), Albert Ferrer (Spain), Tore André Flo (Norway), coached by Gianluca Vialli (Italy).
- 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 2âÂÂ1 win away at Hamburger SV on 13 September 2006. The Arsenal team, after the 28th-minute substitution of Kolo Touré, was: Jens Lehmann (Germany), Emmanuel Eboué (Ivory Coast), Johan Djourou (Switzerland), Justin Hoyte (England), William Gallas (France), TomáÃ
¡ Rosický (Czech Republic), Gilberto Silva (Brazil), Cesc Fàbregas (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 3âÂÂ0 Valencia
- 2003: Milan 0âÂÂ0 Juventus
- 2008: Manchester United 1âÂÂ1 Chelsea
- 2013: Bayern Munich 2âÂÂ1 Borussia Dortmund
- 2014: Real Madrid 4âÂÂ1 Atlético Madrid
- 2016: Real Madrid 1âÂÂ1 Atlético Madrid
- 2019: Liverpool 2âÂÂ0 Tottenham Hotspur
- 2021: Chelsea 1âÂÂ0 Manchester City
- In addition to the eight finals, 36 meetings between teams from the same league have been or will be played:
- Thirteen meetings from the Spanish league:
- 1957âÂÂ58: Real Madrid 10âÂÂ2 Sevilla, quarter-finals (8âÂÂ0, 2âÂÂ2)
- 1958âÂÂ59: Real Madrid 2âÂÂ2 (2âÂÂ1 in play-off) Atlético Madrid, semi-finals (2âÂÂ1, 0âÂÂ1)
- 1959âÂÂ60: Real Madrid 6âÂÂ2 Barcelona, semi-finals (3âÂÂ1, 3âÂÂ1)
- 1960âÂÂ61: Barcelona 4âÂÂ3 Real Madrid, first round (2âÂÂ2, 2âÂÂ1)
- 1999âÂÂ2000: Valencia 5âÂÂ3 Barcelona, semi-finals (4âÂÂ1, 1âÂÂ2)
- 2001âÂÂ02: Real Madrid 3âÂÂ1 Barcelona, semi-finals (2âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ1)
- 2010âÂÂ11: Barcelona 3âÂÂ1 Real Madrid, semi-finals (2âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ1)
- 2013âÂÂ14: Atlético Madrid 2âÂÂ1 Barcelona, quarter-finals (1âÂÂ1, 1âÂÂ0)
- 2014âÂÂ15: Real Madrid 1âÂÂ0 Atlético Madrid, quarter-finals (0âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ0)
- 2015âÂÂ16: Atlético Madrid 3âÂÂ2 Barcelona, quarter-finals (1âÂÂ2, 2âÂÂ0)
- 2016âÂÂ17: Real Madrid 4âÂÂ2 Atlético Madrid, semi-finals (3âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ2)
- 2024âÂÂ25: Real Madrid 2âÂÂ2 Atlético Madrid, round of 16 (2âÂÂ1, 0âÂÂ1)
- 2025âÂÂ26: Barcelona v Atlético Madrid, quarter-finals
- Twelve meetings from the English league:
- 1978âÂÂ79: Nottingham Forest 2âÂÂ0 Liverpool, first round (2âÂÂ0, 0âÂÂ0)
- 2003âÂÂ04: Chelsea 3âÂÂ2 Arsenal, quarter-finals (1âÂÂ1, 2âÂÂ1)
- 2004âÂÂ05: Liverpool 1âÂÂ0 Chelsea, semi-finals (0âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ0)
- 2005âÂÂ06: Liverpool 0âÂÂ0 Chelsea, group stage (0âÂÂ0, 0âÂÂ0)
- 2006âÂÂ07: Liverpool 1âÂÂ1 Chelsea, semi-finals (1âÂÂ0, 0âÂÂ1)
- 2007âÂÂ08: Liverpool 5âÂÂ3 Arsenal, quarter-finals (1âÂÂ1, 4âÂÂ2)
- 2007âÂÂ08: Chelsea 4âÂÂ3 Liverpool, semi-finals (1âÂÂ1, 3âÂÂ2)
- 2008âÂÂ09: Chelsea 7âÂÂ5 Liverpool, quarter-finals (3âÂÂ1, 4âÂÂ4)
- 2008âÂÂ09: Manchester United 4âÂÂ1 Arsenal, semi-finals (1âÂÂ0, 3âÂÂ1)
- 2010âÂÂ11: Manchester United 3âÂÂ1 Chelsea, quarter-finals (1âÂÂ0, 2âÂÂ1)
- 2017âÂÂ18: Liverpool 5âÂÂ1 Manchester City, quarter-finals (3âÂÂ0, 2âÂÂ1)
- 2018âÂÂ19: Tottenham Hotspur 4âÂÂ4 Manchester City, quarter-finals (1âÂÂ0, 3âÂÂ4, Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals)
- Five meetings from the Italian league:
- 1985âÂÂ86: Juventus 2âÂÂ0 Hellas Verona, second round (0âÂÂ0, 2âÂÂ0)
- 2002âÂÂ03: Milan 1âÂÂ1 Inter Milan, semi-finals (0âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ1, Milan won on "away" goals)
- 2004âÂÂ05: Milan 5âÂÂ0 Inter Milan, quarter-finals (2âÂÂ0, 3âÂÂ0 (match awarded))
- 2022âÂÂ23: Milan 2âÂÂ1 Napoli, quarter-finals (1âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ1)
- 2022âÂÂ23: Inter Milan 3âÂÂ0 Milan, semi-finals (2âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ0)
- Three meetings from the Bundesliga:
- 1997âÂÂ98: Borussia Dortmund 1âÂÂ0 Bayern Munich, quarter-finals (0âÂÂ0, 1âÂÂ0)
- 1998âÂÂ99: Bayern Munich 6âÂÂ0 1. FC Kaiserslautern, quarter-finals (2âÂÂ0, 4âÂÂ0)
- 2024âÂÂ25: Bayern Munich 5âÂÂ0 Bayer Leverkusen, round of 16 (3âÂÂ0, 2âÂÂ0)
- There were an additional four meetings between teams from the West German Bundesliga and the East German DDR-Oberliga:
- 1973âÂÂ74: Bayern Munich 7âÂÂ6 Dynamo Dresden, second round (4âÂÂ3, 3âÂÂ3)
- 1974âÂÂ75: Bayern Munich 5âÂÂ3 1. FC Magdeburg, second round (3âÂÂ2, 2âÂÂ1)
- 1982âÂÂ83: Hamburger SV 3âÂÂ1 BFC Dynamo, second round (1âÂÂ1, 2âÂÂ0)
- 1988âÂÂ89: Werder Bremen 5âÂÂ3 BFC Dynamo, first round (0âÂÂ3, 5âÂÂ0)
- Three meetings from the French league:
- 2009âÂÂ10: Lyon 3âÂÂ2 Bordeaux, quarter-finals (3âÂÂ1, 0âÂÂ1)
- 2024âÂÂ25: Paris Saint-Germain 10âÂÂ0 Brest, knockout phase play-offs (3âÂÂ0, 7âÂÂ0)
- 2025âÂÂ26: Paris Saint-Germain 5âÂÂ4 Monaco, knockout phase play-offs (3âÂÂ2, 2âÂÂ2)
- Germany has provided the highest number of participants in the history of the competition (including West and East Germany), including the qualifying stages, with 29 clubs:
- Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen, Borussia Dortmund, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, Schalke 04, ASK Vorwärts Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Nürnberg, Carl Zeiss Jena, Chemie Leipzig, 1. FC Köln, Werder Bremen, 1860 Munich, Eintracht Braunschweig, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Dynamo Dresden, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Magdeburg, BFC Dynamo, VfB Stuttgart, Hansa Rostock, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen, Hertha BSC, VfL Wolfsburg, RB Leipzig, TSG Hoffenheim and Union Berlin
- England has provided the highest number of participants in the competition in one season with six clubs in 2025âÂÂ26, including: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle United (European Performance Spot awarded to associations with the highest UEFA coefficient in 2024âÂÂ25) and Tottenham Hotspur (Europa League winners).
- In 2025âÂÂ26, England became the first nation to have six representatives in the knockout phase: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.
- In 2007âÂÂ08, 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 2008âÂÂ09 season, and by Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in 2018âÂÂ19.
- Three nations have provided the highest number of representatives in the semi-finals in one season with three each:
- Spain in 1999âÂÂ2000 (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia)
- Italy in 2002âÂÂ03 (Inter Milan, Milan and Juventus)
- England (three times) in 2006âÂÂ07, 2007âÂÂ08 (Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool) and 2008âÂÂ09 (Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal)
- Spanish teams have won the most titles, with twenty victories shared among two teams: Real Madrid (fifteen) and Barcelona (five).
- Spanish teams provided the highest number of representatives in the finals, with 31 (eighteen for Real Madrid, eight for Barcelona, three for Atlético Madrid and two for Valencia).
- England has provided the most individual winners of the tournament, with six: Manchester United, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester City.
- England has also provided the highest number of different finalists, with nine: the six winners, plus Leeds United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
- England has also provided the highest number of different semi-finalists, with ten: the nine finalists, plus Derby County.
- England has the most consecutive titles, with its clubs winning the title in six consecutive seasons from 1976âÂÂ77 to 1981âÂÂ82. Spain is followed by five consecutive seasons on two occasions, from 1955âÂÂ56 to 1959âÂÂ60 and from 2013âÂÂ14 to 2017âÂÂ18, then the Netherlands in four consecutive years from 1969âÂÂ70 to 1972âÂÂ73.
- In the 1985âÂÂ86 season, Spain became the first nation to have three finalists in the three old UEFA competitions: Barcelona in the European Cup, Atlético Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup, and Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup final. Real Madrid is the only winner out of the three clubs.
- In the 1989âÂÂ90 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 2018âÂÂ19 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 2022âÂÂ23 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 Atlético Madrid
- 2016 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs Atlético 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 Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016).
- Belgrade has been represented by Partizan (runners-up in 1966) and Red Star Belgrade (winners in 1991).
- Istanbul is the only city to have been represented in the group stage by four teams: BeÃ
ÂiktaÃ
Â, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and ðstanbul BaÃ
ÂakÃ
Âehir.
- Only two cities have been represented in the group stage by three teams in the same season:
- Athens: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens in 2003âÂÂ04
- London: Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur in 2010âÂÂ11 and 2025âÂÂ26
- Only one city has been represented in the knockout phase by three teams in the same season: London in 2010âÂÂ11, 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
- Cities at the geographical extremes:
- Easternmost: Almaty â Kairat
- Southernmost: Tel Aviv â Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Northernmost: Bodø â Bodø/Glimt
- Westernmost: Lisbon â Benfica and Sporting CP
- Longest journey in UEFA competitions:
- Kairat travelled about from Almaty to Lisbon to face Sporting CP in the 2025âÂÂ26 league phase, with the route lengthened by Portugal's ban on flights through Russian airspace following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Apart from the two finals, only eight other derbies between teams of the same city have ever been played:
- 1958âÂÂ59 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-finals)
- 2002âÂÂ03 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals)
- 2003âÂÂ04 (London): Chelsea vs Arsenal (quarter-finals)
- 2004âÂÂ05 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (quarter-finals) (the second leg was abandoned and awarded to Milan due to disturbances from the Inter fans)
- 2014âÂÂ15 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (quarter-finals)
- 2016âÂÂ17 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-finals)
- 2022âÂÂ23 (Milan): Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals)
- 2024âÂÂ25 (Madrid): Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (round of 16)
- The 2002âÂÂ03 semi-final tie between Milan and Inter Milan was the first time both games of a two-legged tie were played in the same stadium (San Siro), as the teams shared the stadium as their home venue. Milan won via the "away goals" rule, as it was designated as the "away" team that scored more goals in the tie. The teams also played each other in the same stadium in the 2004âÂÂ05 quarter-finals and 2022âÂÂ23 semi-finals. However, at the 2022âÂÂ23 season the away goals rule no longer existed.
- The same situation occurred three times in the 2020âÂÂ21 season, due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic: two round of 16 ties (RB Leipzig vs Liverpool and Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Manchester City) saw both legs played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest (Leipzig and Borussia were the designated "home" teams for the first legs, and Liverpool and Manchester City were for the second), while the quarter-final tie between Porto and Chelsea saw both legs played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville (Porto were the designated "home" team for the first leg, and Chelsea were for the second).
Specific group stage records (1991âÂÂ2023)
Six wins
Nine clubs have won all of their six 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:
- Milan, 1992âÂÂ93 (reached the final)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 1994âÂÂ95 (reached the semi-finals)
- Spartak Moscow, 1995âÂÂ96 (reached the quarter-finals)
- Barcelona, 2002âÂÂ03 (first group stage) (reached the quarter-finals)
- Real Madrid has achieved this feat thrice, in 2011âÂÂ12, 2014âÂÂ15 (reached the semi-finals on both occasions) and 2023âÂÂ24 (became the second team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage)
- Bayern Munich has achieved this feat thrice, in 2019âÂÂ20 (became the first team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage), 2021âÂÂ22 and 2022âÂÂ23 (reached the quarter-finals on both occasions)
- Liverpool, 2021âÂÂ22 (reached the final)
- Ajax, 2021âÂÂ22 (reached the round of 16)
- Manchester City, 2023âÂÂ24 (reached the quarter-finals)
Six draws
Only one club has drawn all of their games in a group stage:
Six losses
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:
- KoÃ
¡ice (1997âÂÂ98) ended Group B conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of âÂÂ11.
- Fenerbahçe (2001âÂÂ02, first group stage) ended Group F conceding twelve goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of âÂÂ9.
- Spartak Moscow (2002âÂÂ03, first group stage) ended Group B conceding eighteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of âÂÂ17.
- Bayer Leverkusen (2002âÂÂ03, second group stage) ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of âÂÂ10. 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 (2004âÂÂ05) ended Group G conceding seventeen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of âÂÂ13.
- Rapid Wien (2005âÂÂ06) ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of âÂÂ12.
- Levski Sofia (2006âÂÂ07) ended Group A conceding seventeen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of âÂÂ16. This has been the club's only appearance in the group stage to date.
- Dynamo Kyiv (2007âÂÂ08) ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of âÂÂ15.
- Maccabi Haifa (2009âÂÂ10) 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 3âÂÂ0 to Bayern Munich in their first Group A game, and then lost five consecutive games by a score of 1âÂÂ0, ending the group stage with a goal difference of âÂÂ8. Although Deportivo La Coruña also scored no goals in Group A in 2004âÂÂ05, they still collected two points as they twice drew 0âÂÂ0.
- Debrecen (2009âÂÂ10) ended Group E conceding nineteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of âÂÂ14.
- Partizan (2010âÂÂ11) ended Group H conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of âÂÂ11.
- Ã
½ilina (2010âÂÂ11) ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of âÂÂ16. This was the second consecutive season that two clubs had lost all six group stage matches.
- Dinamo Zagreb (2011âÂÂ12) ended Group D conceding 22 goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of âÂÂ19.
- Villarreal (2011âÂÂ12) ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of âÂÂ12.
- OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi (2011âÂÂ12) ended Group C conceding eleven goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of âÂÂ8. 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 (2013âÂÂ14) ended Group F conceding fourteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of âÂÂ9.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv (2015âÂÂ16) ended Group G conceding sixteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of âÂÂ15. Tel-Aviv's only goal came from a penalty.
- Club Brugge (2016âÂÂ17) ended Group G conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of âÂÂ12.
- Dinamo Zagreb (2016âÂÂ17) ended Group H conceding fifteen goals and scoring none, with a goal difference of âÂÂ15. They became the first club to finish the group stage with zero points on multiple occasions.
- Benfica (2017âÂÂ18) ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of âÂÂ13. They became the first team from Pot 1 to lose all six group stage matches.
- AEK Athens (2018âÂÂ19) ended Group E conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of âÂÂ11.
- BeÃ
ÂiktaÃ
 (2021âÂÂ22) ended Group C conceding nineteen goals and scoring only three, with a goal difference of âÂÂ16.
- Rangers (2022âÂÂ23) ended Group A conceding 22 goals and scoring only two, with a goal difference of âÂÂ20, which constituted the worst goal difference out of all the performances with losses in all six games.
- Viktoria PlzeÃ
 (2022âÂÂ23) ended Group C conceding 24 goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of âÂÂ19. This equalled the record for most goals conceded in a group stage.
Three goals in each match
- On 13 December 2023, Manchester City won 3âÂÂ2 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 3âÂÂ3 against Twente and became the first team to achieve this feat.
- Bayern Munich equalled this accomplishment the very next day, after beating Basel 3âÂÂ0. On 11 December 2019, Bayern won 3âÂÂ1 against Tottenham to achieve this feat for a second time. On 8 December 2021, Bayern won 3âÂÂ0 against Barcelona to achieve this feat for a record third time. Bayern achieved this for a fourth time after defeating Inter Milan 2âÂÂ0 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 4âÂÂ0.
- Real Madrid achieved this feat by beating Copenhagen 2âÂÂ0 on 10 December 2013. On 7 December 2016, Madrid drew 2âÂÂ2 against Borussia Dortmund to accomplish this for a second time.
- Ajax managed to accomplish this feat on 7 December 2021, after defeating Sporting CP 4âÂÂ2.
- Liverpool accomplished this on the same day as Ajax, after defeating Milan 2âÂÂ1.
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 1997âÂÂ98 to 2023âÂÂ24. They won the title nine times in this period.
- Barcelona finished top of their group for a record thirteen consecutive seasons from 2007âÂÂ08 to 2019âÂÂ20, and in 18 seasons in total.
- In 2012âÂÂ13, 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 2014âÂÂ15.
- Villarreal won a group with the fewest goals scored (three) in 2005âÂÂ06, 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 2014âÂÂ15 (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 2021âÂÂ22 (2nd Atlético Madrid 7 points, 3rd Porto 5 points, 4th Milan 4 points). Liverpool would go on to lose to Real Madrid in the final.
- Spartak Moscow, 18 points (15:4 goals, +11 GD) in 1995âÂÂ96 (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 2002âÂÂ03 (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 1997âÂÂ98 (ranked third out of six runners-up, only two advanced)
- Napoli, 12 points in 2013âÂÂ14
- Rosenborg, 11 points in 1997âÂÂ98 (ranked fourth out of six runners-up, only two advanced)
- Dynamo Kyiv, 10 points in 1999âÂÂ2000 (second group stage) and 2004âÂÂ05
- Borussia Dortmund, 10 points in 2002âÂÂ03 (second group stage)
- PSV Eindhoven, 10 points in 2003âÂÂ04
- Olympiacos, 10 points in 2004âÂÂ05
- Werder Bremen, 10 points in 2006âÂÂ07
- Manchester City, 10 points in 2011âÂÂ12
- Chelsea, 10 points in 2012âÂÂ13
- CFR Cluj, 10 points in 2012âÂÂ13
- Benfica, 10 points in 2013âÂÂ14
- Porto, 10 points in 2015âÂÂ16
- Ajax, 10 points in 2019âÂÂ20
Most points achieved in the group stage, not winning the group
- Manchester City, 15 points in 2013âÂÂ14 (ranked second)
- Bayern Munich, 15 points in 2017âÂÂ18 (ranked second)
- Barcelona, 15 points in 2020âÂÂ21 (ranked second)
- Liverpool, 15 points in 2022âÂÂ23 (ranked second)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 14 points in 2022âÂÂ23 (ranked second)
- Arsenal, 13 points in 2014âÂÂ15 (ranked second)
- Paris Saint-Germain, 13 points in 2015âÂÂ16 (ranked second)
- Real Madrid, 13 points in 2017âÂÂ18 (ranked second)
- Atlético Madrid, 13 points in 2018âÂÂ19 (ranked second)
- Sevilla, 13 points in 2020âÂÂ21 (ranked second)
- Porto, 13 points in 2020âÂÂ21 (ranked second)
- Chelsea, 13 points in 2021âÂÂ22 (ranked second)
Fewest points achieved, yet advanced
- Milan, 5 points in 1994âÂÂ95 (3 wins and 1 draw, 2 points deducted, 2 points for a win)
- Zenit Saint Petersburg, 6 points in 2013âÂÂ14
- Roma, 6 points in 2015âÂÂ16
- Legia Warsaw, 7 points in 1995âÂÂ96
- Dynamo Kyiv, 7 points in 1999âÂÂ2000
- Liverpool, 7 points in 2001âÂÂ02 (second group stage)
- Lokomotiv Moscow, 7 points in 2002âÂÂ03
- Werder Bremen, 7 points in 2005âÂÂ06
- Rangers, 7 points in 2005âÂÂ06
- Galatasaray, 7 points in 2013âÂÂ14
- Basel, 7 points in 2014âÂÂ15
- Atalanta, 7 points in 2019âÂÂ20
- Atlético Madrid, 7 points in 2021âÂÂ22
Fewest points achieved, yet qualified to UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
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 1994âÂÂ95
- Casino Salzburg lost on overall goal difference to Milan in 1994âÂÂ95, 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 1997âÂÂ98 (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 1998âÂÂ99. 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 1999âÂÂ2000 (first group stage)
- Dynamo Kyiv lost on head-to-head points to Real Madrid in 1999âÂÂ2000 (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 2000âÂÂ01 (first group stage), on head-to-head goal difference to Liverpool in 2004âÂÂ05, and on head-to-head goal difference to Arsenal in 2015âÂÂ16. In 2004âÂÂ05, Liverpool went on to win the final.
- Rangers lost on head-to-head points to Galatasaray in 2000âÂÂ01 (first group stage), despite having a better goal difference
- Lyon lost to Arsenal in 2000âÂÂ01 (second group stage), and to Ajax in 2002âÂÂ03 (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 2001âÂÂ02 (first group stage), with both teams winning 2âÂÂ1 at home in head-to-head matches
- Mallorca lost on head-to-head goal difference to Arsenal in 2001âÂÂ02
- Roma lost on head-to-head points to Liverpool in 2001âÂÂ02 (second group stage), despite having a better goal difference
- Inter Milan lost on head-to-head points to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2003âÂÂ04
- PSV Eindhoven lost on head-to-head goal difference to Deportivo La Coruña in 2003âÂÂ04, despite having a better overall goal difference
- Udinese lost to Werder Bremen in 2005âÂÂ06
- Ajax lost on overall goal difference to Lyon in 2011âÂÂ12, with both head-to-head games ending in a 0âÂÂ0 draw. Lyon won their last group game against Dinamo Zagreb 7âÂÂ1 (after being 0âÂÂ1 down at half time) while Ajax lost 0âÂÂ3 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 2012âÂÂ13, despite having a better goal difference
- CFR Cluj lost on head-to-head points to Galatasaray in 2012âÂÂ13, despite having a better goal difference
- Benfica lost on head-to-head points to Olympiacos in 2013âÂÂ14
- Napoli lost on head-to-head goal difference to Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal in 2013âÂÂ14. 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 âÂÂ1 for Napoli.
- Bayer Leverkusen lost on head-to-head points to Roma in 2015âÂÂ16, despite having a better goal difference
- Inter Milan lost on head-to-head away goals to Tottenham Hotspur in 2018âÂÂ19
- Napoli lost on overall goals scored to Liverpool in 2018âÂÂ19, with both teams winning 1âÂÂ0 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 Mönchengladbach in 2020âÂÂ21
- Borussia Dortmund lost on head-to-head goal difference to Sporting CP in 2021âÂÂ22
- Milan lost on head-to-head goal difference to Paris Saint-Germain in 2023âÂÂ24
Knocked out on 3 points for a win rule
1995âÂÂ96 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:
Other records
- Most consecutive wins in season-opening fixtures: 22 â Bayern Munich, 2003âÂÂ2025; ongoing
- Most consecutive wins in the group stage: 17 â Bayern Munich, 2020âÂÂ2023
- Most consecutive home wins in the group stage: 17 â Barcelona, 2013âÂÂ2018
- Most consecutive away wins in the group stage: 9 â Bayern Munich, 2021âÂÂ2023
- Most consecutive undefeated matches in the group stage: 41 â Bayern Munich, 2017âÂÂ2024
- Most consecutive home undefeated matches in the group stage: 35 â Bayern Munich, 2014âÂÂ2025; ongoing
- Most consecutive away undefeated matches in the group stage: 20 â Bayern Munich, 2017âÂÂ2024
- Most consecutive clean sheets in the group stage: 8 â Real Madrid, 2014âÂÂ2015
- Most consecutive home clean sheets in the group stage / league phase: 9 â Arsenal, 2023âÂÂ2025
- Most consecutive away clean sheets in the group stage: 6 â Ajax, 1995âÂÂ1998; absent in the 1997âÂÂ98 season.
- Most clean sheets achieved in a single group stage / league phase: 7 â Inter Milan, 2024âÂÂ25 league phase.
- Most matches played in the group stage in a season: 7 â Panathinaikos, 1995âÂÂ96 group stage; until the 2023âÂÂ24 season, Panathinaikos is the only team that has ever played seven matches in the group stage (instead of the usual six). After Panathinaikos lost 1âÂÂ0 away to Dynamo Kyiv on matchday one of the 1995âÂÂ96 group stage, the Ukrainian team was expelled from the competition by UEFA following Spanish referee Antonio Jesús López Nieto reporting he received a bribe attempt from the side. To replace Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage, UEFA promoted their qualifying round rivals AaB, who were allowed to play a replacement fixture against Panathinaikos in between matchdays three and four. Although this took the total number of group matches played by Panathinaikos to seven, their result against Dynamo Kyiv was annulled.
Specific league phase records (2024âÂÂ)
Goals
Results
Qualifying rounds
Winning after playing in a qualifying round
Four teams have won the tournament from the third qualification round:
Most knockout tie wins
Streaks
Consecutive goalscoring
Consecutive wins
- Most consecutive wins: 15 â Bayern Munich, 2019âÂÂ2020; 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 2019âÂÂ20 campaign.
Consecutive home wins
- Most consecutive home wins: 21 â Bayern Munich, 1969âÂÂ1981
- Most consecutive home wins in the Champions League era: 16 â Bayern Munich, 2014âÂÂ2017
Consecutive away wins
Longest undefeated run
- Most consecutive unbeaten run: 26 â Manchester City, 2022âÂÂ2024
Longest home undefeated run
- Most consecutive home unbeaten run: 43 â Bayern Munich, 1969âÂÂ1991
- Most consecutive home unbeaten run in Champions League era: 38 â Barcelona, 2013âÂÂ2020
Longest away undefeated run
- Most consecutive away unbeaten run: 22 â Bayern Munich, 2017âÂÂ2022; During this run, Bayern defeated Barcelona and Lyon in the 2019âÂÂ20 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.
Most consecutive draws
- Most consecutive draws: 7 â AEK Athens, 2002âÂÂ2003
Most consecutive defeats
- Most consecutive defeats: 16 â Jeunesse Esch, 1973âÂÂ1987
- Most consecutive defeats in Champions League era: 13 â Marseille, 2012âÂÂ2020
Most consecutive games without a win
- Most consecutive games without a win (not counting qualifying rounds): 23 â FCSB, 2006âÂÂ2013
Players
Wins
Most wins
Finals
- Most tournament wins while starting in the final: 6
- Paco Gento
- Dani Carvajal
- In addition, Luka ModriÃÂ appeared in five finals as a starter, and played his sixth final as a substitute.
- Most appearances in finals: 8
- Paco Gento: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966, all with Real Madrid.
- Paolo Maldini: 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005 and 2007, all with Milan.
Match wins
- Most matches won: 115 â Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003âÂÂ2022
- The only other players to win 100 or more matches:
- Thomas Müller, 2008âÂÂ2025, 111
- Manuel Neuer, 2007âÂÂ2026, 105
- Iker Casillas, 1999âÂÂ2019, 101
- Most consecutive matches won by a player: 22 â Robert Lewandowski, 2019âÂÂ2021
- Most matches won by a player against a single opponent: 8
- Manuel Neuer, with Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, against Benfica in nine games.
- Robert Lewandowski, with Bayern Munich and Barcelona, against Benfica in nine games.
- Thomas Müller, with Bayern Munich, against Barcelona in ten games.
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 Müller, Uli Hoeneàand Jupp Kapellmann (Bayern Munich and West Germany)
- 1998: Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid and France)
- 2002: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid and Brazil)
- 2014: Sami Khedira (Real Madrid and Germany)
- 2018: Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid and France)
- Seventeen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA European Championship in the same year:
- 1964: Luis Suárez (Inter Milan and Spain)
- 1988: Hans van Breukelen, Ronald Koeman, Berry van Aerle, Gerald Vanenburg and Wim Kieft (PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands)
- 2000: Christian Karembeu and Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid and France)
- 2012: Fernando Torres and Juan Mata (Chelsea and Spain)
- 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe (Real Madrid and Portugal)
- 2021: Jorginho and Emerson (Chelsea and Italy)
- 2024: Dani Carvajal, Joselu and Nacho (Real Madrid and Spain)
- Twenty-five players have won UEFA Champions League and runner-up of the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship in the same year:
- 1976: Sepp Maier, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer and Uli HoeneÃÂ (Bayern Munich and West Germany)
- 1994: Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Roberto Donadoni, Demetrio Albertini and Daniele Massaro (AC Milan and Italy)
- 1998: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid and Brazil)
- 2004: Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente, Maniche, Costinha and Deco (Porto and Portugal)
- 2010: Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan and Netherlands)
- 2014: ÃÂngel Di MarÃÂa (Real Madrid and Argentina)
- 2018: Luka ModriÃÂ and Mateo KovaÃÂiÃÂ (Real Madrid and Croatia)
- 2021: Mason Mount, Reece James and Ben Chilwell (Chelsea and England)
- 2022: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid and France)
- 2024: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid and England)
- Nineteen players have been runner-up of the UEFA Champions League and either the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship in the same year:
- 1958: Nils Liedholm (Milan and Sweden)
- 1982: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich and West Germany)
- 2002: Michael Ballack, Carsten Ramelow, Bernd Schneider, Oliver Neuville and Hans-Jörg Butt (Bayer Leverkusen and Germany)
- 2006: Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France)
- 2008: Michael Ballack (2) (Chelsea and Germany)
- 2010: Arjen Robben and Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich and Netherlands)
- 2016: Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid and France)
- 2018: Dejan Lovren (Liverpool and Croatia)
- 2021: Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling, John Stones and Kyle Walker (Manchester City and England)
- 2022: Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool and France)
- Eighteen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores:
- Juan Pablo SorÃÂn with Juventus (1995âÂÂ96) and River Plate (1996)
- Santiago Solari with River Plate (1996) and Real Madrid (2001âÂÂ02)
- Dida with Cruzeiro (1997) and Milan (2002âÂÂ03 and 2006âÂÂ07)
- Cafu with São Paulo (1992 and 1993) and Milan (2006âÂÂ07)
- Roque Júnior with Palmeiras (1999) and Milan (2002âÂÂ03)
- Carlos Tevez with Boca Juniors (2003) and Manchester United (2007âÂÂ08)
- Walter Samuel with Boca Juniors (2000) and Inter Milan (2009âÂÂ10)
- Ronaldinho with Barcelona (2005âÂÂ06) and Atlético Mineiro (2013)
- Neymar with Santos (2011) and Barcelona (2014âÂÂ15)
- Danilo with Santos (2011), Flamengo (2025) and Real Madrid (2015âÂÂ16 and 2016âÂÂ17)
- Rafinha with Bayern Munich (2012âÂÂ13) and Flamengo (2019)
- Ramires with Chelsea (2011âÂÂ12) and Palmeiras (2020)
- Willy Caballero with Boca Juniors (2003) and Chelsea (2020âÂÂ21)
- David Luiz with Chelsea (2011âÂÂ12) and Flamengo (2022)
- Julián ÃÂlvarez with River Plate (2018) and Manchester City (2022âÂÂ23)
- Marcelo with Real Madrid (2013âÂÂ14, 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17, 2017âÂÂ18 and 2021âÂÂ22) and Fluminense (2023)
- Marquinhos with Corinthians (2012) and Paris Saint-Germain (2024âÂÂ25)
- Jorginho with Flamengo (2025) and Chelsea (2020âÂÂ21) â Jorginho is the first non-Latin player to achieve this feat.
- Three players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the AFC Champions League Elite:
- Roberto Firmino with Liverpool (2018âÂÂ19) and Al-Ahli (2024âÂÂ25)
- ÃÂdouard Mendy with Chelsea (2020âÂÂ21) and Al-Ahli (2024âÂÂ25)
- Riyad Mahrez with Manchester City (2022âÂÂ23) and Al-Ahli (2024âÂÂ25)
Oldest and youngest
Relatives
- Four father-son duos have won the competition, all for the same club:
- Cesare Maldini (1962âÂÂ63) and Paolo Maldini (1988âÂÂ89, 1989âÂÂ90, 1993âÂÂ94, 2002âÂÂ03 and 2006âÂÂ07), both for Milan
- Manuel SanchÃÂs (1965âÂÂ66) and Manolo SanchÃÂs (1997âÂÂ98 and 1999âÂÂ2000), both for Real Madrid
- Carles Busquets (1991âÂÂ92) and Sergio Busquets (2008âÂÂ09, 2010âÂÂ11, and 2014âÂÂ15) both for Barcelona
- Zinedine Zidane (2001âÂÂ02) and his two sons, Enzo Zidane (2016âÂÂ17) and Luca Zidane (2017âÂÂ18), all three for Real Madrid, with Zinedine managing the club during both his sons' wins
- Seven brother duos have won the competition:
- Michael Laudrup (1991âÂÂ92 with Barcelona) and Brian Laudrup (1993âÂÂ94 with Milan).
- Frank de Boer and Ronald de Boer (both in 1994âÂÂ95 with Ajax).
- Gary Neville and Phil Neville (both in 1998âÂÂ99 with Manchester United).
- Diego Milito (2009âÂÂ10 with Inter Milan) and Gabriel Milito (2010âÂÂ11 with Barcelona).
- Thiago Alcântara (2010âÂÂ11 with Barcelona and 2019âÂÂ20 with Bayern Munich) and Rafinha Alcântara (2014âÂÂ15 with Barcelona).
- Enzo Zidane (2016âÂÂ17) and Luca Zidane (2017âÂÂ18), both for Real Madrid.
- Théo Hernandez (2017âÂÂ18 with Real Madrid) and Lucas Hernandez (2019âÂÂ20 with Bayern Munich and 2024âÂÂ25 with Paris Saint-Germain).
- Only one grandfather-father-son trio have reached the final with their clubs:
- Marcos Alonso Imaz (1955âÂÂ56, 1956âÂÂ57, 1957âÂÂ58, 1958âÂÂ59, 1959âÂÂ60 and 1961âÂÂ62, all with Real Madrid), Marcos Alonso Peña (1985âÂÂ86 with Barcelona) and Marcos Alonso Mendoza (2020âÂÂ21 with Chelsea).
Other records
Appearances
All-time top player appearances
Oldest and youngest
- Oldest player: 43 years and 252 days â Marco Ballotta, for Lazio v Real Madrid, 11 December 2007
- Oldest outfield player: 41 years and 14 days â Pepe, for Porto v Arsenal, 12 March 2024.
- Oldest player to make his debut: 41 years 66 days â Mark Schwarzer, for Chelsea v FCSB, 11 December 2013
- Oldest debutant outfield player to start a match: 37 years and 342 days â Cristhian Stuani, for Girona v Paris Saint-Germain, 18 September 2024
- Youngest player: 15 years and 308 days â Max Dowman, for Arsenal v Slavia Prague, 4 November 2025
- Youngest player to start a match: 16 years and 83 days â Lamine Yamal, for Barcelona v Porto, 4 October 2023
- Youngest player in the knockout phase in the Champions League era: 16 years and 223 days â Lamine Yamal, for Barcelona v Napoli, 21 February 2024
- Oldest player in the knockout phase in the Champions League era: 41 years and 206 days â Mark Schwarzer, for Chelsea v Atlético Madrid, 30 April 2014
Other records
- First player to make 100 Champions League appearances: Raúl, for Real Madrid v Arsenal, 21 February 2006
- Most consecutive seasons with appearances: 20 â Iker Casillas, 1999âÂÂ2019, for Real Madrid and Porto
- Most seasons with knockout phase appearance: 19 â Iker Casillas, 1999âÂÂ2019, for Real Madrid and Porto
- Most minutes played: 16,267 minutes â Iker Casillas, 1999âÂÂ2019
- Most group stage/league phase appearances: 98 â Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003âÂÂ2022
- Most appearances for a single club: 163 â Thomas Müller, 2008âÂÂ2025, with Bayern Munich
- Most consecutive matches without defeat: 26 â Bernardo Silva, 2018âÂÂ2021, with Manchester City
- Most different clubs played for: 7 â Zlatan IbrahimoviÃÂ, with Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.
Goalscoring
All-time top scorers
Top scorers by seasons
- Most seasons as top scorer: 7 â Cristiano Ronaldo, 2007âÂÂ08, 2012âÂÂ13, 2013âÂÂ14, 2014âÂÂ15, 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17 and 2017âÂÂ18
- Youngest top scorer: â Erling Haaland, 2020âÂÂ21
- Oldest top scorer: â Ferenc Puskás, 1963âÂÂ64
- Most top scorers by team: 16 â Real Madrid:
- Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1957âÂÂ58 and 1961âÂÂ62
- Ferenc Puskás in 1959âÂÂ60, 1961âÂÂ62 and 1963âÂÂ64
- Justo Tejada in 1961âÂÂ62
- MÃÂchel in 1987âÂÂ88
- Raúl in 1999âÂÂ2000 and 2000âÂÂ01
- Cristiano Ronaldo in 2012âÂÂ13, 2013âÂÂ14, 2014âÂÂ15, 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17 and 2017âÂÂ18
- Karim Benzema in 2021âÂÂ22
- Most top scorers by nation: 13 â Portugal:
- José ÃÂguas in 1960âÂÂ61
- José Torres in 1964âÂÂ65
- Eusébio in 1964âÂÂ65, 1965âÂÂ66, and 1967âÂÂ68
- Rui ÃÂguas in 1987âÂÂ88
- Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007âÂÂ08, 2012âÂÂ13, 2013âÂÂ14, 2014âÂÂ15, 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17 and 2017âÂÂ18
- José (1960âÂÂ61) and Rui ÃÂguas (1987âÂÂ88) are the only fatherâÂÂson 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:
- 1975âÂÂ76 top scorer with Borussia Mönchengladbach, and 1972âÂÂ73 UEFA Cup, 1973âÂÂ74 Cup Winners' Cup, and 1974âÂÂ75 UEFA Cup top scorer also with Borussia Mönchengladbach
- The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
- Allan Simonsen (1977âÂÂ78 with Borussia Mönchengladbach) in the 1978âÂÂ79 season with Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Dieter Hoeneà(1981âÂÂ82 with Bayern Munich) in the 1979âÂÂ80 season with Bayern Munich
- Torbjörn Nilsson (1984âÂÂ85 and 1985âÂÂ86 with Göteborg) in the 1981âÂÂ82 season with Göteborg
- Only two players have been top scorer in this competition as well as in both the World Cup and the European Championship:
- Gerd Müller in 1972âÂÂ73, 1973âÂÂ74, 1974âÂÂ75 and 1976âÂÂ77 with Bayern Munich, 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
- Harry Kane in 2023âÂÂ24 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 (1958âÂÂ59) at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
- Flórián Albert (1965âÂÂ66) at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
- Eusébio (1964âÂÂ65, 1965âÂÂ66, and 1967âÂÂ68) at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
- Paolo Rossi (1982âÂÂ83) at the 1982 FIFA World Cup
- Kylian Mbappé (2023âÂÂ24) at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA European Championship:
- Michel Platini (1984âÂÂ85) at the UEFA Euro 1984
- Marco van Basten (1988âÂÂ89) at the UEFA Euro 1988
- Cristiano Ronaldo (2007âÂÂ08, 2012âÂÂ13, 2013âÂÂ14, 2014âÂÂ15, 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17 and 2017âÂÂ18) at the UEFA Euro 2012 and the UEFA Euro 2020
Most goals in a single season
Hat-tricks
- Most hat-tricks: 8
- Lionel Messi, 2005âÂÂ2023
- Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003âÂÂ2022
- First hat-trick: Péter Palotás, for MTK Hungária v Anderlecht, 7 September 1955; in the second match ever played in the competition.
- First hat-trick of the Champions League era: Juul Ellerman, for PSV Eindhoven v Ã
½algiris, 16 September 1992
- Only three players managed to score a hat-trick in a final:
- Alfredo Di Stéfano, for Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960
- Ferenc Puskás, Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960 (four goals) and for Real Madrid v Benfica in 1962; Puskás in 1962 is the only player to score a hat-trick in a final and lose
- Pierino Prati, for Milan v Ajax, 1969
- Most hat-tricks in a single Champions League season: 3 â Cristiano Ronaldo, 3+4+3 goals, in 2015âÂÂ16
- Six players have scored two hat-tricks in a single Champions League season:
- Lionel Messi (3+5 goals and 3+3 goals) in 2011âÂÂ12 and 2016âÂÂ17
- Mario Gómez (3+4 goals) in 2011âÂÂ12
- Luiz Adriano, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the group stage (5+3 goals) in 2014âÂÂ15
- Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the knockout phase (3+3 goals) in 2016âÂÂ17
- Robert Lewandowski (3+3 goals) in 2021âÂÂ22
- Karim Benzema (3+3 goals) in 2021âÂÂ22, who, like Ronaldo, scored hat-tricks in two consecutive knockout phase matches
- Most hat-tricks with different teams: 3 â Robert Lewandowski, with Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona
- Fastest-ever hat-trick: 6 minutes, 12 seconds â Mohamed Salah, for Liverpool v Rangers, 12 October 2022; in addition, this was the fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick scored by a substitute.
- Fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick from the start of a match: 23 minutes â Robert Lewandowski, for Bayern Munich v Red Bull Salzburg, 8 March 2022.
- Youngest player to score a hat trick: 18 years and 113 days â Raúl, for Real Madrid v Ferencváros, 18 October 1995
- Youngest debut player to score a hat trick: 18 years and 340 days â Wayne Rooney, for Manchester United v Fenerbahçe, 28 September 2004
- Oldest player to score a hat trick: 38 years and 173 days â Ferenc Puskás, for Real Madrid v Feyenoord, 22 September 1965
- Oldest player to score a hat trick in the Champions League era: 34 years and 108 days â Karim Benzema, for Real Madrid v Chelsea, 6 April 2022
- Ten players have scored a hat-trick on their debut in the Champions League era:
- Marco van Basten for Milan v IFK Göteborg, 25 November 1992; together with Sébastien Haller for Ajax v Sporting CP, 15 September 2021, the only player who scored four goals in their debut
- Faustino Asprilla for Newcastle United v Barcelona, 17 September 1997
- Yakubu for Maccabi Haifa v Olympiacos, 24 September 2002
- Wayne Rooney for Manchester United v Fenerbahçe, 28 September 2004
- Vincenzo Iaquinta for Udinese v Panathinaikos, 14 September 2005
- Grafite for VfL Wolfsburg v CSKA Moscow, 15 September 2009
- Yacine Brahimi for Porto v BATE Borisov, 17 September 2014
- Erling Haaland for Red Bull Salzburg v Genk, 17 September 2019; the only player to score a first-half hat-trick in their debut
- Mislav OrÃ
¡iàfor Dinamo Zagreb v Atalanta, 18 September 2019
- Sébastien Haller for Ajax v Sporting CP, 15 September 2021
Four goals in a match
The following players have scored four goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match. Only Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski managed to do this from the quarter-final stage onwards and Ferenc Puskás is the only footballer to score four goals in a final (1960).
- European Cup era:
- MiloÃ
¡ Milutinovià(Partizan), 5âÂÂ2 against Sporting CP, 1955âÂÂ56 first round
- Dennis Viollet (Manchester United), 10âÂÂ0 against Anderlecht, 1956âÂÂ57 preliminary round
- Jovan Cokià(Red Star Belgrade), 9âÂÂ1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957âÂÂ58 preliminary round
- Bora Kostià(Red Star Belgrade), 9âÂÂ1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957âÂÂ58 preliminary round
- Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid), 8âÂÂ0 against Sevilla, 1957âÂÂ58 quarter-final, and 7âÂÂ1 against Wiener Sport-Club, 1958âÂÂ59 quarter-final
- Just Fontaine (Reims), 4âÂÂ1 away against Ards, 1958âÂÂ59 first round
- Josef Hamerl (Wiener Sport-Club), 7âÂÂ0 against Juventus, 1958âÂÂ59 first round
- Sándor Kocsis (Barcelona), 5âÂÂ2 away against Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1959âÂÂ60 quarter-final
- Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid), 7âÂÂ3 against Eintracht Frankfurt, 1959âÂÂ60 final, and 5âÂÂ0 against Feyenoord, 1965âÂÂ66 preliminary round
- Lucien Cossou (Monaco), 7âÂÂ2 against AEK Athens, 1963âÂÂ64 preliminary round
- Vladimir KovaÃÂevià(Partizan), 6âÂÂ2 against Jeunesse Esch, 1963âÂÂ64 first round
- José Torres (Benfica), 5âÂÂ1 away against Aris, 1964âÂÂ65 preliminary round
- Eusébio (Benfica), 10âÂÂ0 against Stade Dudelange, 1965âÂÂ66 preliminary round
- Friedhelm Konietzka (1860 Munich), 8âÂÂ0 against Omonia, 1966âÂÂ67 first round
- Denis Law (Manchester United), 7âÂÂ1 against Waterford United, 1968âÂÂ69 first round
- Zoran Antonijevià(Red Star Belgrade), 4âÂÂ2 away against Linfield, 1969âÂÂ70 first round
- Ruud Geels (Feyenoord), 12âÂÂ2 away against KR ReykjavÃÂk, 1969âÂÂ70 first round
- Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos), 5âÂÂ0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1970âÂÂ71 first round
- João Lourenço (Sporting CP), 5âÂÂ0 against Floriana, 1970âÂÂ71 first round
- Kurt Müller (Grasshoppers), 8âÂÂ0 against Reipas Lahti, 1971âÂÂ72 first round
- Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo BucureÃÂti), 11âÂÂ0 against Crusaders, 1973âÂÂ74 first round
- Radu Nunweiller (Dinamo BucureÃÂti), 11âÂÂ0 against Crusaders, 1973âÂÂ74 first round
- Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach), 6âÂÂ1 away against Wacker Innsbruck, 1975âÂÂ76 first round
- René van de Kerkhof (PSV Eindhoven), 6âÂÂ0 against Dundalk, 1976âÂÂ77 first round
- Willy van der Kuijlen (PSV Eindhoven), 6âÂÂ1 against Fenerbahçe, 1978âÂÂ79 first round
- Sotiris Kaiafas (Omonia), 6âÂÂ1 against Red Boys Differdange, 1979âÂÂ80 first round
- Ton Blanker (Ajax), 8âÂÂ1 against HJK Helsinki, 1979âÂÂ80 first round
- Fernando Gomes (Porto), 9âÂÂ0 against Rabat Ajax, 1986âÂÂ87 first round
- Marco van Basten (Milan), 5âÂÂ2 against Vitosha, 1988âÂÂ89 first round
- Rabah Madjer (Porto), 8âÂÂ1 away against Portadown, 1990âÂÂ91 first round
- Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid), 9âÂÂ1 against Swarovski Tirol, 1990âÂÂ91 second round
- Alan Smith (Arsenal), 6âÂÂ1 against Austria Wien, 1991âÂÂ92 first round
- Sergei Yuran (Benfica), 6âÂÂ0 away against æamrun Spartans, 1991âÂÂ92 first round
- Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
- Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv), 8âÂÂ0 against Barry Town, 1998âÂÂ99 first qualifying round
- Pena (Porto), 8âÂÂ0 against Barry Town United, 2001âÂÂ02 second qualifying round
- Tomasz Frankowski (WisÃ
Âa Kraków), 8âÂÂ2 away against WIT Georgia, 2004âÂÂ05 second qualifying round
- Semih Ã
Âentürk (Fenerbahçe), 5âÂÂ0 away against MTK Hungária, 2008âÂÂ09 second qualifying round
- Michael Mifsud (Valletta), 8âÂÂ0 against Lusitanos, 2012âÂÂ13 first qualifying round
- Champions League era:
- Marco van Basten (Milan), 4âÂÂ0 against IFK Göteborg, 1992âÂÂ93 group stage
- Simone Inzaghi (Lazio), 5âÂÂ1 against Marseille, 1999âÂÂ2000 second group stage
- Dado PrÃ
¡o (Monaco), 8âÂÂ3 against Deportivo La Coruña, 2003âÂÂ04 group stage
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), 4âÂÂ1 against Sparta Prague, 2004âÂÂ05 group stage
- Andriy Shevchenko (Milan), 4âÂÂ0 away against Fenerbahçe, 2005âÂÂ06 group stage
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 4âÂÂ1 against Arsenal, 2009âÂÂ10 quarter-final
- Bafétimbi Gomis (Lyon), 7âÂÂ1 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2011âÂÂ12 group stage
- Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich), 7âÂÂ0 against Basel, 2011âÂÂ12 round of 16
- Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), 4âÂÂ1 against Real Madrid, 2012âÂÂ13 semi-final
- Zlatan Ibrahimovià(Paris Saint-Germain), 5âÂÂ0 against Anderlecht, 2013âÂÂ14 group stage
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), 8âÂÂ0 against Malmö FF, 2015âÂÂ16 group stage
- Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), 7âÂÂ2 against Tottenham Hotspur, 2019âÂÂ20 group stage
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), 6âÂÂ0 against Red Star Belgrade, 2019âÂÂ20 group stage
- Josip IliÃÂià(Atalanta), 4âÂÂ3 against Valencia, 2019âÂÂ20 round of 16
- Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 4âÂÂ0 against Sevilla, 2020âÂÂ21 group stage
- Sébastien Haller (Ajax), 5âÂÂ1 against Sporting CP, 2021âÂÂ22 group stage
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), 9âÂÂ2 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2024âÂÂ25 league phase
- Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid), 4âÂÂ3 against Olympiacos, 2025âÂÂ26 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), 6âÂÂ1 against Linfield, 1959âÂÂ60 preliminary round
- Bent Løfqvist (Boldklubben 1913), 9âÂÂ2 against Spora, 1961âÂÂ62 preliminary round
- José Altafini (Milan), 8âÂÂ0 against Union Luxembourg, 1962âÂÂ63 preliminary round
- Ray Crawford (Ipswich), 10âÂÂ0 against Floriana, 1962âÂÂ63 preliminary round
- Nikola Kotkov (Lokomotiv Sofia), 8âÂÂ3 against Malmö FF, 1964âÂÂ65 preliminary round
- Flórián Albert (Ferencváros), 9âÂÂ1 against KeflavÃÂk, 1965âÂÂ66 preliminary round
- European Cup era:
- Paul van Himst (Anderlecht), 10âÂÂ1 away against Haka, 1966âÂÂ67 first round
- Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich), 9âÂÂ0 against Omonia, 1972âÂÂ73 second round
- Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers), 8âÂÂ0 against Valletta, 1978âÂÂ79 first round
- Søren Lerby (Ajax), 10âÂÂ0 against Omonia, 1979âÂÂ80 second round
- Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
- Mihails Miholaps (Skonto), 8âÂÂ0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1999âÂÂ2000 first qualifying round
- David Lafata (Sparta Prague), 7âÂÂ0 against Levadia Tallinn, 2014âÂÂ15 second qualifying round
- Champions League era:
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 7âÂÂ1 against Bayer Leverkusen, 2011âÂÂ12 round of 16
- Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk), 7âÂÂ0 against BATE Borisov, 2014âÂÂ15 group stage
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City), 7âÂÂ0 against RB Leipzig, 2022âÂÂ23 round of 16
Oldest and youngest
- Oldest goalscorer: 40 years and 289 days â Pepe, for Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk, 13 December 2023
- Oldest goalscorer in the European Cup era: 38 years and 293 days â Manfred Burgsmüller, for Werder Bremen v Dynamo Berlin, 11 October 1988
- Oldest goalscorer in knockout phase in the Champions League era: 37 years and 148 days â Ryan Giggs, for Manchester United v Schalke 04, 26 April 2011
- Youngest goalscorer: 16 years and 258 days â WÃ
Âodzimierz LubaÃ
Âski, for Górnik Zabrze v Dukla Prague, 13 November 1963
- Youngest goalscorer in the Champions League era: 17 years and 40 days â Ansu Fati, for Barcelona v Inter Milan, 10 December 2019
- Youngest goalscorer in knockout phase in the Champions League era: 17 years and 217 days â Bojan KrkiÃÂ, for Barcelona v Schalke 04, 1 April 2008
- Youngest goalscorer to score at least twice as a substitute: 20 years and 7 days â David Trezeguet, for Monaco v Lierse, 22 October 1997
- Oldest goalscorer in the final: 36 years and 333 days â Paolo Maldini, for Milan v Liverpool, 2005 final
- Oldest goalscorer to score at least twice in the final: 33 years and 63 days â Filippo Inzaghi, for Milan v Liverpool, 2007 final
- Oldest player to score and assist in a match: 36 years and 259 days â Didier Drogba, for Chelsea v Schalke, 25 November 2014
- Youngest goalscorer in the final: 18 years and 327 days â Patrick Kluivert, for Ajax v Milan, 1995 final
- Youngest goalscorer to score at least twice in the final: 19 years and 362 days â Désiré Doué, for Paris Saint-Germain v Inter Milan, 2025 final
- Youngest player to score and assist in a match: 17 years and 241 days â Lamine Yamal, for Barcelona v Benfica, 11 March 2025
Fastest goals
- Fastest goal: 10.12 seconds â Roy Makaay, for Bayern Munich v Real Madrid, 7 March 2007
- Fastest goal in group stage: 10.96 seconds â Jonas, for Valencia v Bayer Leverkusen, 1 November 2011
- Fastest goal in the second half: 10 seconds â Federico Chiesa, for Juventus v Chelsea, 29 September 2021
- Fastest goal in the final: 53 seconds â Paolo Maldini, for Milan v Liverpool, 2005 final
- Fastest goal by a substitute: 14 seconds â VinÃÂcius Júnior, for Real Madrid v Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 October 2020
- Fastest goal by a debutant: 19 seconds â Yevhen Konoplyanka, for Sevilla v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 15 September 2015
- Fastest goal by a debutant from the start of the match: 33 seconds â DuÃ
¡an VlahoviÃÂ, for Juventus v Villarreal on 22 February 2022.
First goal
Consecutive scoring
Other goalscoring records
- Most goals: 140 â Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003âÂÂ2022; (73 , 25 , 25 , 13 , 4 ) (95 , 20 , 25 )
- Highest-ever goals-per-game ratio for players who have played at least 20 matches: â Erling Haaland; 57 goals in 58 matches
- Most goals in finals: 7
- Ferenc Puskás; scored four in 1960 and three in 1962
- Alfredo Di Stéfano; scored seven goals in an aforementioned five finals
- Most goals in finals in the UEFA Champions league era: 4 â Cristiano Ronaldo; scored one goal each in 2008 and 2014, and two in 2017
- Most goals in the knockout phase: 67 â Cristiano Ronaldo
- Most goals in the semi-finals: 13 â Cristiano Ronaldo
- Most goals in the quarter-finals: 25 â Cristiano Ronaldo
- Most goals in the round of 16: 29 â Lionel Messi
- Most goals in the group stage: 80 â Lionel Messi
- Most goals in the knockout phase in a season: 12 â Ferenc Puskás, 1959âÂÂ60
- Most goals in the knockout phase in a season in the Champions League era: 10
- Cristiano Ronaldo, 2016âÂÂ17
- Karim Benzema, 2021âÂÂ22
- Most goals in the group stage / league phase in a season: 13 â Kylian Mbappé, 2025âÂÂ26
- First player to score 100 goals in the competition: Cristiano Ronaldo, 18 April 2017
- First player to score 100 goals with a single club: Cristiano Ronaldo, with Real Madrid, 18 February 2018
- First player to score 20 goals in the competition with two different clubs: Neymar, with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain
- Two players have scored in all six group stage matches of the competition:
- Cristiano Ronaldo, 2017âÂÂ18; scored nine goals for Real Madrid
- Sébastien Haller, 2021âÂÂ22; scored ten goals for Ajax
- Most home goals: 78 â Lionel Messi, 2005âÂÂ2023
- Most away goals: 63 â Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003âÂÂ2022
- Most brace or more scored: 38 â Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003âÂÂ2022
- Most direct free kick goals: 12 â Cristiano Ronaldo; two for Manchester United and ten for Real Madrid
- Five players scored two direct free kick goals in a single match in UEFA Champions League era:
- Rivaldo for Barcelona against Milan, 18 October 2000
- Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid against Zürich, 15 September 2009
- Neymar for PSG against Red Star Belgrade, 3 October 2018
- Hakim Ziyech for Galatasaray against Manchester United, 29 November 2023
- Declan Rice for Arsenal against Real Madrid, 8 April 2025
- Most individual Champions League opponents scored against: 41 â Robert Lewandowski
- Most goals scored for a single club: 120 â Lionel Messi, with Barcelona, 2005âÂÂ2021
- Most finals scored in: 5 â Alfredo Di Stéfano; with one goal in each final from 1956 to 1959, and three goals in 1960
- Most finals scored in the UEFA Champions league era: 3 â Cristiano Ronaldo; one goal each in 2008 and 2014, and two in 2017
- Three players scored for two clubs in the final:
- Velibor VasoviÃÂ, for Partizan in 1966 and for Ajax in 1969
- Cristiano Ronaldo, for Manchester United in 2008 and for Real Madrid in 2014 and 2017; he is the only player to score for two winning clubs
- Mario MandÃ
¾ukiÃÂ, for Bayern Munich in 2013 and for Juventus in 2017
- Seven goalkeepers have scored in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League (not include qualifying rounds):
- Ilija PanteliÃÂ, for Vojvodina v Atlético Madrid, 16 November 1966; scored from penalty
- Christian Piot, for Standard Liège v Linfield, 29 September 1971; scored from penalty
- Hans-Jörg Butt has done so three times with three clubs, all with penalties, and all against Juventus:
- for Hamburger SV in a 4âÂÂ4 group stage home draw on 13 September 2000;
- for Bayer Leverkusen in a 3âÂÂ1 second group stage home win on 12 March 2002;
- the equaliser for Bayern Munich in a 4âÂÂ1 group stage win in Turin on 8 December 2009, which Bayern had to win to qualify for the next stage.
- Vincent Enyeama, for Hapoel Tel Aviv v Lyon, 29 September 2010; scored from penalty
- Sinan Bolat, Ivan Provedel and Anatoliy Trubin are the only goalkeepers to score a goal in open play:
- Bolat's second-half stoppage time (fifth minute) equaliser for Standard Liège against AZ on 9 December 2009 secured third place in Group H, and qualified his team for the Europa League.
- Provedel scored a second-half stoppage time (fifth minute) equaliser for Lazio against Atlético Madrid on 19 September 2023, in the opening match of the 2023âÂÂ24 season.
- Trubin scored a second-half stoppage time (eighth minute) goal for Benfica against Real Madrid on 28 January 2026, in the last game of the league phase, and qualified his team for the play-offs.
- Most goals with different clubs: 6 â Zlatan IbrahimoviÃÂ; with Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain
- Most goals in different seasons: 18
- Lionel Messi, 2005âÂÂ06 to 2022âÂÂ23, for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain
- Karim Benzema, 2005âÂÂ06 to 2022âÂÂ23, for Lyon and Real Madrid
- Most goals against a single opponent: 10 â Cristiano Ronaldo v Juventus; three goals in 2013, two goals in 2015, two goals in 2017 and three goals in 2018
- Most goals scored by a debutant in a single season: 11 â Sébastien Haller for Ajax in 2021âÂÂ22
- Most goals as a substitute: 12 â Marco Asensio
- Four players have scored against the same opponent with three clubs:
- Ruud van Nistelrooy v Bayern Munich, with PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid.
- Hans-Jörg Butt v Juventus, with Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.
- Cristiano Ronaldo v Lyon, with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
- Edin DÃ
¾eko v Viktoria PlzeÃ
Â, with Manchester City, Roma and Inter Milan.
- Longest time between goals by a player: 12 years and 357 days â Marko ArnautoviÃÂ, 7 December 2010 â 29 November 2023
- Only on one occasion have three players from the same team scored at least ten goals in the same season:
- Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah, for Liverpool in 2017âÂÂ18
- Two players from the same team have scored at least ten goals in the same season on two further occasion:
- Lionel Messi and Neymar, for Barcelona in 2014âÂÂ15
- Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski, for Barcelona in 2024âÂÂ25
- 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 Mönchengladbach, 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:
- Hernán Crespo scored in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final with Milan and in the 1999 UEFA Cup final with Parma.
- Steven Gerrard scored in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final and in the 2001 UEFA Cup final, both with Liverpool.
- Pedro scored in the 2011 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final with Chelsea.
- Diego GodÃÂn scored in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final with Atlético Madrid and in the 2020 UEFA Europa League final with Inter Milan.
- Gerd Müller is the only player to have scored in the final of the European Cup/Champions League, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship, with goals in both the 1974 (replay) and 1975 European Cup final with Bayern Munich, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup final and UEFA Euro 1972 final with West Germany.
- The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the FIFA World Cup:
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino scored in the 1958 European Cup final with Milan and in the 1950 FIFA World Cup final with Uruguay.
- Ferenc Puskás scored in both the 1960 and 1962 European Cup final with Real Madrid and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final with Hungary.
- Zoltán Czibor scored in the 1961 European Cup final with Barcelona and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final with Hungary.
- Zinedine Zidane scored in the 2002 final with Real Madrid and in both the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cup final with France.
- Mario MandÃ
¾ukiàscored in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final with Bayern Munich, the 2017 UEFA Champions League final with Juventus, and in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final with Croatia.
- Lionel Messi scored in the 2009 and 2011 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona, and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final with Argentina.
- The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the UEFA European Championship:
- Michel Platini scored in the 1985 European Cup final with Juventus and in the UEFA Euro 1984 final with France.
- Both Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten scored in the 1989 European Cup final with Milan and in the UEFA Euro 1988 final with Netherlands.
- Luis Suárez is the only player have scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Copa América. He did so in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and the 2011 Copa América final with Uruguay.
- Samuel Eto'o is the only player have scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Africa Cup of Nations. He did so in the 2006 and 2009 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations final with Cameroon.
Assists
Most assists
<div style="max-width: 800px; font-size:85%;"> 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 <u>does not include</u> assists provided in the qualification stage of the competition. The following table includes the number of assists since the 1992âÂÂ93 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 2003âÂÂ04 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. </div>
Single season (since 1992âÂÂ93)
Other records
- Most assists in a single match (since 2003âÂÂ04): 4
- Ryan Giggs, for Manchester United v Roma, 10 April 2007
- Carlos Martins, for Benfica v Lyon, 2 November 2010
- Zlatan IbrahimoviÃÂ, for Paris Saint-Germain v Dinamo Zagreb, 6 November 2012
- Neymar, for Barcelona v Celtic, 13 September 2016; he scored a goal as well
- Most assists in a final matches: 5 â Raymond Kopa; 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 1992âÂÂ93):
- LuÃÂs Figo, for Barcelona in 1999âÂÂ2000 and Real Madrid in 2000âÂÂ01 season
- Kaká, for Milan in 2004âÂÂ05 and Real Madrid in 2011âÂÂ12 season
- Lionel Messi, for Barcelona in 2011âÂÂ12 and 2014âÂÂ15 season
- Neymar, for Barcelona in 2015âÂÂ16 and 2016âÂÂ17 season
- Most assists against a single opponent: 8 â Neymar v Celtic
- Most assists by a goalkeeper: 3 â Thibaut Courtois
- Oldest player to assist in the Champions League era: 39 years and 363 days â Ryan Giggs, for Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen, 27 November 2013
- Oldest player to assist in a final in the Champions League era: 37 years and 180 days â Ryan Giggs, for Manchester United v Barcelona, 2011 final
- Youngest player to assist in the Champions League era: 16 years and 153 days â Lamine Yamal, for Barcelona v Antwerp, 13 December 2023
- Youngest player to assist in a final in the Champions League era: 19 years and 362 days â Désiré Doué, for Paris Saint-Germain v Inter Milan, 2025 final
Other records
Penalties
- Most penalty kick goals (excluding shoot-outs): 19
- Cristiano Ronaldo; out of 22
- Robert Lewandowski; out of 20
- Most penalty kick goals in a season: 5
- João Mário, for Benfica, 2022âÂÂ23
- Harry Kane, for Bayern Munich, 2024âÂÂ25
- Most penalty kick goals in a match: 3
- Harry Kane, for Bayern Munich v Dinamo Zagreb, 17 September 2024
- Most penalties missed: 5
- Thierry Henry
- Lionel Messi
- Most penalties saved: 5
- Andriy Pyatov
- Hans-Jörg Butt
- Joe Hart
- Most penalties saved in a single season, as well as in consecutive matches: 3
- Diogo Costa, for Porto, 2022âÂÂ23
- Most penalties saved in a single match: 2
- Gianluigi Buffon, for Parma v Borussia Dortmund, 5 November 1997; the second kick was scored on the rebound
- Hans-Jörg Butt, for Bayern Munich v Bordeaux, 21 October 2009
- Silvio Proto, for Anderlecht v Olympiacos, 10 December 2013
- Oldest goalkeeper to save a penalty: 39 years and 274 days â Jasmin HandanoviÃÂ, for Maribor v Liverpool, 1 November 2017
- Youngest goalkeeper to save a penalty: 18 years and 65 days â Mile Svilar, for Benfica v Manchester United, 31 October 2017
- Youngest goalkeeper to save a penalty on his debut: 18 years and 96 days â Sherkhan Kalmurza, for Kairat v Sporting CP, 18 September 2025
- Fastest penalty awarded: 23 seconds â for Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur, in the final, 1 June 2019; converted by Mohamed Salah
- Fastest penalty scored: 1 minute and 45 seconds â Johan Micoud, for Werder Bremen v Panathinaikos, 7 December 2005; only two seconds faster than Mohamed Salah goal
- Fastest penalty saved: 1 minute and 54 seconds â Anton Kochenkov, for Lokomotiv Moscow v Atlético Madrid, 11 December 2019
Penalty shoot-out
Own goals
- Most own goals: 2 â 29 players; Igor Akinfeev, Alex, Alex Sandro, ÃÂnderson Polga, Valeriy Bondar, Wes Brown, Cadú, Gary Caldwell, Rúben Dias, Edu Dracena, Andrzej GrÃÂbosz, Iván Helguera, József Horváth, TomáÃ
¡ HuboÃÂan, Jardel, Phil Jones, Thomas Kleine, Ladislav KrejÃÂÃÂ, Iván Marcano, Jérémy Mathieu, Brandon Mechele, Craig Moore, Joel Ordóñez, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Stefan SaviÃÂ, Gernot Trauner, Raphaël Varane and Zoco
- Most own goals in a single match: 2 â Gernot Trauner, against his team Feyenoord for Lille, 29 January 2025
- Fastest own goal scored: 69 seconds â Iñigo MartÃÂnez, against his team Real Sociedad for Manchester United, 23 October 2013
- Scored an own goal in a final:
- Antoni Ramallets, against his team Barcelona for Benfica, 1961 final
Goalkeeping
- Most clean sheets: 62 â Manuel Neuer; 64 including 2 qualifying games, 7 with Schalke 04 and 55 with Bayern Munich
- Most consecutive clean sheets: 9 â Jens Lehmann, for Arsenal, 9 March 2005 â 17 May 2006
- Longest period without conceding a goal: 853 minutes â Jens Lehmann, 22 February 2005 â 13 September 2006
- Most clean sheets in final matches: 3
- Heinz Stuy, in 1971, 1972 and 1973, all with Ajax
- Sepp Maier, in 1974 (replay), 1975 and 1976, all with Bayern Munich
- Most clean sheets in a single season: 9
- Sebastiano Rossi, with Milan, 1993âÂÂ94
- Santiago Cañizares, with Valencia, 2000âÂÂ01
- Keylor Navas, with Real Madrid, 2015âÂÂ16
- ÃÂdouard Mendy, with Chelsea, 2020âÂÂ21
- Oldest goalkeeper: â Marco Ballotta, for Lazio v Real Madrid, 11 December 2007
- Youngest goalkeeper: 17 years and 287 days â Maarten Vandevoordt, for Genk v Napoli, 10 December 2019
- Oldest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet: 42 years 315 days â Gianluigi Buffon, for Juventus in a 3âÂÂ0 away win over Barcelona, 8 December 2020
- Oldest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet on their debut: 41 years 66 days â Mark Schwarzer, for Chelsea in a 1âÂÂ0 win over FCSB, 11 December 2013
- Youngest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet on their debut: 18 years 159 days â Igor Akinfeev, for CSKA Moscow in a 0âÂÂ0 away draw with Porto, 14 September 2004
- 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
- Oldest goalkeeper to play in and win a final: 37 years and 205 days â Edwin van der Sar, 2008 final with Manchester United
- Youngest goalkeeper to play in and win a final: 19 years and 4 days â Iker Casillas, 2000 final with Real Madrid
- Oldest goalkeeper to play in a final: 41 years and 86 days â Dino Zoff, 1983 with Juventus
- Most finals played by a goalkeeper: 5 â Edwin van der Sar; doing so with Ajax in 1995 and 1996, and with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011
- Most finals lost by a goalkeeper: 3
- Edwin van der Sar; doing so with Ajax in 1996, and with Manchester United in 2009 and 2011
- Gianluigi Buffon; doing so with Juventus in 2003, 2015 and 2017
- Most saves in a single match: 15 â Dmytro Riznyk, for Shakhtar Donetsk v PSV Eindhoven, 27 November 2024
- Five goalkeepers played for two clubs in a final:
- Giuliano Sarti with Fiorentina in 1957, and with Inter Milan in 1964, 1965 and 1967.
- Edwin van der Sar with Ajax in 1995 and 1996, and with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
- Hans-Jörg Butt with Bayer Leverkusen in 2002, and with Bayern Munich in 2010.
- Keylor Navas with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and with Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.
- Thibaut Courtois with Atlético Madrid in 2014, and with Real Madrid in 2022 and 2024.
- Most titles by a goalkeeper: 5 â Juan Alonso, 1955âÂÂ60; he played in the first three finals and was a non-substitute in the latter two
- Two goalkeepers won all three major UEFA club competitions they have played in:
- Stefano Tacconi: 1983âÂÂ84 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1984âÂÂ85 European Cup and 1989âÂÂ90 UEFA Cup, all with Juventus
- VÃÂtor BaÃÂa: 1996âÂÂ97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona, 2002âÂÂ03 UEFA Cup and 2003âÂÂ04 UEFA Champions League with Porto
- Three goalkeepers have won the tournament as well as both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship:
- Sepp Maier won the 1973âÂÂ74, 1974âÂÂ75 and 1975âÂÂ76 European Cup with Bayern Munich, and both the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
- Fabien Barthez won the 1992âÂÂ93 UEFA Champions League with Marseille, and both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 with France
- Iker Casillas won the 1999âÂÂ2000, 2001âÂÂ02 and 2013âÂÂ14 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 1997âÂÂ98 and 1999âÂÂ2000 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup with West Germany
- Manuel Neuer won the 2012âÂÂ13 and 2019âÂÂ20 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 1987âÂÂ88 European Cup with PSV Eindhoven, and UEFA Euro 1988 with Netherlands
- Peter Schmeichel won the 1998âÂÂ99 UEFA Champions League with Manchester United, and UEFA Euro 1992 with Denmark
- Gianluigi Donnarumma won the 2024âÂÂ25 UEFA Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain, and UEFA Euro 2021 with Italy
- The following goalkeepers have additionally won both the tournament and the Copa América:
- Dida won the 2002âÂÂ03 UEFA Champions League and 2006âÂÂ07 UEFA Champions League with AC Milan, and 1999 Copa América with Brazil
- Júlio César won the 2009âÂÂ10 UEFA Champions League with Inter Milan, and 2004 Copa América with Brazil
- Alisson Becker won the 2018âÂÂ19 UEFA Champions League with Liverpool, and 2019 Copa América with Brazil
- Six goalkeepers have lifted the trophy as captain:
- Juan Alonso with Real Madrid (1958)
- Stevan StojanoviÃÂ 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)
- Most consecutive matches without a clean sheet: 43 â Igor Akinfeev, 21 November 2006 â 31 October 2017
Disciplinary
- Most yellow cards: 43+1 â Sergio Ramos, 2005âÂÂ2023; once double yellow cards turned red, along with three straight red cards
- Most red cards: 4
- Edgar Davids
- Zlatan IbrahimoviÃÂ
- Sergio Ramos
- Players have been sent off in the final, all of them lost their respective finals:
- Jens Lehmann, with Arsenal v Barcelona, 2006 final
- Didier Drogba, with Chelsea v Manchester United, 2008 final
- Juan Cuadrado, with Juventus v Real Madrid, 2017 final
- Most red cards received with the most different clubs: 3
- Zlatan IbrahimoviÃÂ, with Juventus, Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain
- Arturo Vidal, with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan
- Patrick Vieira, with Arsenal, Juventus and Inter Milan
- Fastest red card: 3 minutes and 59 seconds â Olexandr Kucher, for Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munich, 11 March 2015
Captaincy
The following table shows the captains who have won the title:
- Most matches as a captain: 105 â John Terry, with Chelsea
- Most trophies lifted as captain: 3
- Franz Beckenbauer, with Bayern Munich in 1974, 1975 and 1976
- Sergio Ramos, with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018
- Most participated in the final as captain: 4
- 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
- Mário 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
- Oldest captain to lift the trophy: 38 years and 331 days â Paolo Maldini, with Milan, 2007 final
- Youngest captain to lift the trophy: 24 years and 223 days â Didier Deschamps, with Marseille, 1993 final
- Oldest player to start as captain: 40 years and 212 days â David Weir, with Rangers v Bursaspor, 7 December 2010
- Youngest player to start as captain: 18 years and 221 days â Rúben Neves, with Porto v Maccabi Tel Aviv, 20 October 2015
- Youngest player to start as captain in the Champions League knockout phase: 19 years and 186 days â Matthijs de Ligt, with Ajax v Real Madrid, 13 February 2019
Trivia
- Most finals reached with the most different clubs: 3
- 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
- Most quarter-final appearances with different clubs: 5 â Zlatan IbrahimoviÃÂ; with Ajax, Juventus, Barcelona, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain
- Most finals lost: 4 â Patrice Evra; 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.
- Two players have scored against their former clubs in the final match:
- Kingsley Coman, for Bayern Munich v Paris Saint-Germain, 2020 final
- Achraf Hakimi, for Paris Saint-Germain v Inter Milan, 2025 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 Atlético 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.
- Filip PaviÃÂ (born 19 January 2010) was the first player born in the 2010s to play in the Champions League, playing in Bayern Munich's match against Atalanta on 18 March 2026.
- Five players have lost three finals with their clubs, and never won the tournament:
- Raul Machado (1963, 1965 and 1968 with Benfica)
- Mark Iuliano (1997, 1998 and 2003 with Juventus)
- Paolo Montero (1997, 1998 and 2003 with Juventus)
- Gianluigi Buffon (2003, 2015 and 2017 with Juventus)
- Hans-Jörg Butt (2002, 2010 and 2012 with Leverkusen and Bayern)
Managers
All-time managerial appearances
The table below does not include the qualification stage of the competition. Managers taking part in the 2025âÂÂ26 UEFA Champions League are highlighted in bold.
Notes
Final and winning records
- Most titles won as manager: 5 â Carlo Ancelotti; doing so in 2002âÂÂ03 and 2006âÂÂ07 with Milan, and in 2013âÂÂ14, 2021âÂÂ22 and 2023âÂÂ24 with Real Madrid
- Three other managers have won the competition three times:
- Bob Paisley in 1976âÂÂ77, 1977âÂÂ78 and 1980âÂÂ81, all with Liverpool
- Zinedine Zidane in 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17 and 2017âÂÂ18, all with Real Madrid
- Pep Guardiola in 2008âÂÂ09, 2010âÂÂ11, with Barcelona and 2022âÂÂ23, with Manchester City
- Most consecutive seasons won as manager: 3 â Zinedine Zidane, 2016âÂÂ2018
- Most consecutive debut seasons won as manager: 3 â Zinedine Zidane, 2016âÂÂ2018
- The following five managers have also won the tournament two times in their first two appearances:
- José Villalonga (1955âÂÂ56 and 1956âÂÂ57, both with Real Madrid)
- Béla Guttmann (1960âÂÂ61 and 1961âÂÂ62, both with Benfica)
- Dettmar Cramer (1974âÂÂ75 and 1975âÂÂ76, both with Bayern Munich)
- Bob Paisley (1976âÂÂ77 and 1977âÂÂ78, both with Liverpool)
- Arrigo Sacchi (1988âÂÂ89 and 1989âÂÂ90, both with Milan)
- Most finalists as manager: 6 â Carlo Ancelotti; 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2022 and 2024
- Five other managers have managed four finalists:
- Miguel Muñoz; 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966
- Marcello Lippi; 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003
- Alex Ferguson; 1999, 2008, 2009 and 2011
- Jürgen Klopp; 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2022
- Pep Guardiola; 2009, 2011, 2021 and 2023
- Most lost finals: 3
- Marcello Lippi; 1997, 1998 and 2003
- Jürgen Klopp; 2013, 2018 and 2022
- 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 Muñoz of Real Madrid won as a player in 1955âÂÂ56 and 1956âÂÂ57, and as a manager in 1959âÂÂ60 and 1965âÂÂ66.
- Carlo Ancelotti won as a player in 1988âÂÂ89 and 1989âÂÂ90, and as a manager in 2002âÂÂ03 and 2006âÂÂ07 with Milan, then as a manager in 2013âÂÂ14, 2021âÂÂ22 and 2023âÂÂ24 with Real Madrid.
- Pep Guardiola won as a player in 1991âÂÂ92, and as a manager in 2008âÂÂ09 and 2010âÂÂ11 with Barcelona, then as a manager in 2022âÂÂ23 with Manchester City.
- Giovanni Trapattoni won as a player in 1962âÂÂ63 and 1968âÂÂ69, both with Milan, and as a manager in 1984âÂÂ85 with Juventus.
- Johan Cruyff won as a player in 1970âÂÂ71, 1971âÂÂ72 and 1972âÂÂ73, all with Ajax, and as a manager in 1991âÂÂ92 with Barcelona.
- Frank Rijkaard won as a player in 1988âÂÂ89 and 1989âÂÂ90, both with Milan, in 1994âÂÂ95 with Ajax, and as a manager in 2005âÂÂ06 with Barcelona.
- Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid won as player in 2001âÂÂ02, and as a manager in 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17 and 2017âÂÂ18.
- 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 Mönchengladbach, 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 IordÃÂnescu of Steaua BucureÃÂti 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 Puskás 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.
- Seven managers have won the title with two clubs:
- Ernst Happel did so with Feyenoord in 1969âÂÂ70, and with Hamburger SV in 1982âÂÂ83.
- Ottmar Hitzfeld did so with Borussia Dortmund in 1996âÂÂ97, and with Bayern Munich in 2000âÂÂ01, and is the only manager to have won the trophy with two different clubs from the same domestic league.
- José Mourinho did so with Porto in 2003âÂÂ04, and with Inter Milan in 2009âÂÂ10.
- Jupp Heynckes did so with Real Madrid in 1997âÂÂ98, and with Bayern Munich in 2012âÂÂ13.
- Carlo Ancelotti did so with Milan in 2002âÂÂ03 and 2006âÂÂ07, and with Real Madrid in 2013âÂÂ14, 2021âÂÂ22 and 2023âÂÂ24.
- Pep Guardiola did so with Barcelona in 2008âÂÂ09 and 2010âÂÂ11, and with Manchester City in 2022âÂÂ23.
- Luis Enrique did so with Barcelona in 2014âÂÂ15 and with Paris Saint Germain in 2024âÂÂ25.
- Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique and are only managers 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 13 times; Carlo Ancelotti (5), Nereo Rocco (2), Arrigo Sacchi (2), Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Marcello Lippi and Roberto Di Matteo
- 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 Muñoz in 1959âÂÂ60, replaced John Toshack with Vicente del Bosque in 1999âÂÂ2000, and replaced Rafael BenÃÂtez with Zinedine Zidane in 2015âÂÂ16
- Bayern Munich replaced Udo Lattek with Dettmar Cramer in 1974âÂÂ75, and replaced Niko Kovaàwith Hansi Flick in 2019âÂÂ20
- Aston Villa replaced Ron Saunders with Tony Barton in 1981âÂÂ82
- Marseille replaced Jean Fernandez with Raymond Goethals in 1992âÂÂ93
- Chelsea replaced André Villas-Boas with Roberto Di Matteo in 2011âÂÂ12, and replaced Frank Lampard with Thomas Tuchel in 2020âÂÂ21
Most wins as both player and manager
This table lists the individuals who have won the competition both as a player and a manager, in order of frequency.
Winning other trophies
- Only one manager has won the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Championship:
- Vicente del Bosque won the Champions League with 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:
- José 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
- José Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004, both with Porto
- Rafael BenÃÂtez won the UEFA Cup in 2004 with Valencia and the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool
- Rafael BenÃÂtez 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 Mönchengladbach 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:
- José 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
- Youngest manager: â Bob Houghton, for Malmö v Magdeburg, 17 September 1975
- Youngest manager in the Champions League era: â Julian Nagelsmann, for TSG Hoffenheim v Shakhtar Donetsk, 19 September 2018
- Oldest manager: â Mircea Lucescu, for Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica, 8 December 2021
- Youngest manager to win a match: â Bob Houghton, for Malmö v Magdeburg, 17 September 1975
- Youngest manager to win a match in the Champions League era: â Julian Nagelsmann, for RB Leipzig v Benfica, 17 September 2019
- Oldest manager to win a match: â Mircea Lucescu, for Dynamo Kyiv v Ferencváros, 8 December 2020
- Youngest manager to win a title: â José Villalonga, with Real Madrid, 13 June 1956
- Youngest manager to win a title in the Champions League era: â Pep Guardiola, with Barcelona, 27 May 2009
- Oldest manager to win a title: â Raymond Goethals for Marseille, 26 May 1993
Other records
- Most matches won as manager: 124 â Carlo Ancelotti, 1997âÂÂ2025
- The only other managers to win more than 100 matches:
- Pep Guardiola, 2008âÂÂ2026, 117
- Alex Ferguson, 1980âÂÂ2013, 107
- Most appearances for a single club: 190 â Alex Ferguson, for Manchester United
- Most matches won for a single club: 102 â Alex Ferguson, for Manchester United
- Most matches won in the knockout phase: 44 â Pep Guardiola
- Most consecutive knockout tie wins: 12 â Zinedine Zidane, 2016âÂÂ2018
- Most consecutive matches won: 12
- Jupp Heynckes, with Bayern Munich, 2013âÂÂ2018
- Hansi Flick, with Bayern Munich, 2019âÂÂ2020
- Most consecutive matches won in the group stage: 14
- Louis van Gaal, 1999âÂÂ2009
- Julian Nagelsmann, 2020âÂÂ2022
- Most consecutive matches without defeat: 26
- Pep Guardiola, with Manchester City, 2022âÂÂ2024
- Most consecutive matches with home wins: 15
- Luis Enrique, with Barcelona, 2014âÂÂ2017
- Most consecutive matches without home defeat: 35
- Pep Guardiola, with Manchester City, 2018âÂÂ2025
- Most consecutive matches with away wins: 7
- Louis van Gaal, with Ajax, 1995âÂÂ1997
- Jupp Heynckes, with Bayern Munich, 2013âÂÂ2014
- Most consecutive matches without away defeat: 16
- Alex Ferguson, with Manchester United, 2007âÂÂ2010
- Most matches won by a manager against a single opponent: 8
- Pep Guardiola, with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, against Shakhtar Donetsk in 12 games; in addition to a win in the 2009 UEFA Super Cup.
- Carlo Ancelotti, with Milan, Real Madrid and Napoli, against Liverpool in 12 games; including two finals in 2007 and 2022.
- Most finals reached by a manager with the most different clubs: 3 â Ernst Happel; with Feyenoord in 1970, Club Brugge in 1978 and Hamburger SV in 1983
- Most semi-finals reached by a manager with the most different clubs: 4 â José Mourinho; with Porto in 2003âÂÂ04, with Chelsea in 2004âÂÂ05, 2006âÂÂ07 and 2013âÂÂ14, with Inter Milan in 2009âÂÂ10 and with Real Madrid in 2010âÂÂ11, 2011âÂÂ12 and 2012âÂÂ13
- Most appearances by a manager with different clubs: 8 â Carlo Ancelotti; Parma, Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Napoli
- Most consecutive final appearances: 3
- Fabio Capello, 1993âÂÂ1995
- Marcello Lippi, 1996âÂÂ1998
- Zinedine Zidane, 2016âÂÂ2018; the only manager to have won all of them
- 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 Glória with Benfica (1968)
- Juan Carlos Lorenzo with Atlético Madrid (1974)
- Héctor Cúper with Valencia (2000 and 2001)
- Diego Simeone with Atlético 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 Malmö FF (1979)
- Italy: Carlo Ancelotti with Milan against Marcello Lippi with Juventus (2003)
- Germany: Jupp Heynckes with Bayern Munich against Jürgen Klopp with Borussia Dortmund (2013)
- Germany: Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich against Thomas Tuchel with Paris Saint-Germain (2020)
- In 2019âÂÂ20, 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 2022âÂÂ23 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 1976âÂÂ77 (Dettmar Cramer with Bayern Munich, Walter Fritzsch with Dynamo Dresden, Friedhelm Konietzka with Zürich and Udo Lattek with Borussia Mönchengladbach)
- Four German managers in 2020âÂÂ21 (Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich, Jürgen Klopp with Liverpool, Edin Terziàwith Borussia Dortmund and Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea)
- Four Italian managers in 2022âÂÂ23 (Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid, Simone Inzaghi with Inter Milan, Stefano Pioli with Milan and Luciano Spalletti with Napoli)
- Four Spanish managers in 2023âÂÂ24 (Mikel Arteta with Arsenal, Pep Guardiola with Manchester City, Luis Enrique with Paris Saint-Germain and Xavi with Barcelona)
Referees
- Most appearances as a referee: 69 â Felix Brych, 2008âÂÂ2021
- Most appearances in a season as a referee: 9 â Björn Kuipers, 2020âÂÂ21
- 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
- Károly Palotai in 1976 and 1981
- 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.
- Sándor 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.
- Björn 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.
- Stéphanie 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
Presidents
- Florentino Pérez is the president whose club has won the most titles with him in charge, seven Champions League titles with Real Madrid in 2001âÂÂ02, 2013âÂÂ14, 2015âÂÂ16, 2016âÂÂ17, 2017âÂÂ18, 2021âÂÂ22 and 2023âÂÂ24.
- Santiago Bernabéu as a president of Real Madrid won six European Cups in 1955âÂÂ56, 1956âÂÂ57, 1957âÂÂ58, 1958âÂÂ59, 1959âÂÂ60 and 1965âÂÂ66.
- Silvio Berlusconi as a president of Milan won five European Cups in 1988âÂÂ89, 1989âÂÂ90, 1993âÂÂ94, 2002âÂÂ03 and 2006âÂÂ07.
- Franco Carraro was the youngest president in charge when his club won the competition, with Milan in 1968âÂÂ69, aged 29 years and 173 days.
- Florentino Pérez was the oldest president in charge when his club won the competition, with Real Madrid in 2023âÂÂ24, 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 1970âÂÂ71, 1971âÂÂ72, 1972âÂÂ73 and 1994âÂÂ95.
- 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 1963âÂÂ64, 1964âÂÂ65 and 2009âÂÂ10.
Attendance
- Highest attendance: 135,805 â Celtic v Leeds United, 1969âÂÂ70 semi-final second leg, 15 April 1970, at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland
- Highest attendance in the Champions League era: 115,500 â Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain, 1994âÂÂ95 quarter-final first leg, 1 March 1995, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain
- Highest attendance in the final: 127,621 â Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960 final, 18 May 1960, at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland
- Highest attendance in the final in the Champions League era: 90,245 â Manchester United v Bayern Munich, 1999 final, 26 May 1999, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain
- Lowest attendance in the final: 0 â Bayern Munich v Paris Saint-Germain, 2020 final, 23 August 2020, at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal; the match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 final at the Estádio do Dragão 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
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References
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