European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics


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.

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.
RankClubSeasons
1 Real Madrid56511307851191125570+555699
2 Bayern Munich424162518184878412+466583
3 Barcelona363712178074752395+357514
4 Juventus393191607782505322+183397
5 Manchester United302991617068545299+246392
6 Liverpool292661565060510242+268362
7 Benfica4531714271104518376+142355
8 Milan322831387174457272+185347
9 Porto382771266190411313+98313
10 Inter Milan272361176059341233+107294
11 Arsenal242331234763405240+165293
12 Ajax402551146477404303+101292
13 Dynamo Kyiv412641095798369324+45275
14 Chelsea202091095446359191+168272
15 Celtic402401054689357302+55256
16 Borussia Dortmund24205994066354261+93238
17 Atlético Madrid21188934550288194+94231
18 Paris Saint-Germain19180973251361207+154226
19 PSV Eindhoven33219815484311296+15216
20 Manchester City16146822935308170+138193
21 Red Star Belgrade31173763661313248+65188
22 Anderlecht34200704486282320–38184
23 Dinamo Zagreb26170723563256240+16179
24 Rangers35185674573257272–15179
25 Galatasaray30199664786248312–64179

Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era (from 1992–present)

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 1999–2000 and 2002–03, qualification is considered from the second group stage. Starting from the 2024–25 season with the introduction of a league phase, the top eight are considered to be qualified as well as the eight play-off winners.
European Cup group stage participants
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1991–92:

Goals

Host of the finals

Clubs

By semi-final appearances

TeamNo.Years
Real Madrid331956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Bayern Munich211974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024
Barcelona181960, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2025
Milan141956, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2023
Manchester United121957, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Liverpool121965, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2022
Juventus121968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2015, 2017
Inter Milan101964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1981, 2003, 2010, 2023, 2025
Ajax91969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2019
Benfica81961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1990
Chelsea82004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021
Atlético Madrid61959, 1971, 1974, 2014, 2016, 2017
Borussia Dortmund51964, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2024
Paris Saint-Germain51995, [2019–20 UEFA Champions League|2020 UEFA Champions League final|2020], 2021, 2024, 2025
Red Star Belgrade41957, 1971, 1991, 1992
Celtic41967, 1970, 1972, 1974
[AS AS Monaco|Monaco FC|Monaco]41994, 1998, 2004, 2017
Manchester City42016, 2021, 2022, 2023
Hamburger SV31961, 1980, 1983
Leeds United31970, 1975, 2001
Panathinaikos31971, 1985, 1996
PSV Eindhoven31976, 1988, 2005
Dynamo Kyiv31977, 1987, 1999
Steaua București31986, 1988, 1989
Porto31987, 1994, 2004
Marseille31990, 1991, 1993
Arsenal32006, 2009, 2025
Reims21956, 1959
Rangers21960, 1993
Tottenham Hotspur21962, 2019
Feyenoord21963, 1970
Zürich21964, 1977
CSKA Sofia21967, 1982
Saint-Étienne21975, 1976
Borussia Mönchengladbach21977, 1978
Nottingham Forest21979, 1980
Anderlecht21982, 1986
Roma21984, 2018
IFK Göteborg21986, 1993
Valencia22000, 2001
Villarreal22006, 2022
Lyon22010, 2020
Hibernian11956
Fiorentina11957
Vasas11958
Young Boys11959
Eintracht Frankfurt11960
Rapid Wien11961
Standard Liège11962
Dundee11963
Győri ETO11965
Partizan11966
Dukla Prague11967
Spartak Trnava11969
Legia Warsaw11970
Derby County11973
Újpest11974
Club Brugge11978
Austria Wien11979
1. FC Köln11979
Malmö FF11979
Aston Villa11982
Real Sociedad11983
Widzew Łódź11983
Dinamo București11984
Dundee United11984
Bordeaux11985
Galatasaray11989
Spartak Moscow11991
Sparta Prague11992
Sampdoria11992
Nantes11996
Bayer Leverkusen12002
Deportivo La Coruña12004
Schalke 0412011
RB Leipzig12020

;By nation
NationWonLostTotalDifferent clubs
3131627
26214710
3010406
1917369
812208
86143
92112
2795
2352
2242
1343
1231
1232
0333
0332
0331
0222
0221
0222
0222
0111
0111
0111

Note: In the 1992 and 1993 seasons there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage. The winners and runners-up of the two groups are marked as semi-finalists in the table.

Unbeaten sides

Final success rate

Consecutive appearances

  • Most consecutive seasons in the European Cup: 15 – Real Madrid
  • Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League: 29 – Real Madrid
  • Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase: 28 – Real Madrid
  • Most consecutive quarter-final appearances: 13 – Barcelona
  • Most consecutive semi-final appearances: 8 – Real Madrid
  • Most consecutive final appearances: 5 – Real Madrid
  • Most consecutive final appearances : 3 – joint record
  • * Milan
  • * Juventus
  • * Real Madrid
  • Longest gap between appearances for club: 63 years – Eintracht Frankfurt

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.

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 two leg wins

Deciding drawn ties

Play-offs

Coin toss

Away goals

Penalty shoot-out

Extra time

Most goals in a match

Highest scoring draws

More European Cups than domestic league titles

  • Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times than they have won their own domestic league. 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.

Not winning the domestic league

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 4–0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2016–17, but won [Barcelona Barcelona 6–1 Paris Saint-Germain|6–1 Paris Saint-Germain|6–1] in the second leg to advance 6–5 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 4–0 to Górnik Zabrze after 48 minutes of the first leg in the 1961–62 preliminary round, but managed to finish the game down 4–2 and won 8–1 in the second leg to advance 10–5 on aggregate
  • Seventeen teams have lost the first leg of a knockout match by three goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
  • * Schalke 04 lost 3–0 to KB in the 1958–59 first round, but won 5–2 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3–1 in the play-off
  • * Jeunesse Esch lost 4–1 to Haka in the 1963–64 preliminary round, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–4 on aggregate
  • * Partizan lost 4–1 to Sparta Prague in the 1965–66 quarter-finals, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 6–4 on aggregate
  • * Panathinaikos lost 4–1 to Red Star Belgrade in the 1970–71 semi-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced to the final on away goals
  • * Saint-Étienne lost 4–1 to Hajduk Split in the 1974–75 second round, but won 5–1 in the second leg and advanced 6–5 on aggregate
  • * Real Madrid lost 4–1 to Derby County in the 1975–76 second round, but won 5–1 in the second leg and advanced 6–5 on aggregate
  • * Barcelona lost 3–0 to Gothenburg in the 1985–86 semi-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 5–4 on penalties
  • * Werder Bremen lost 3–0 to Dynamo Berlin in the 1988–89 first round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate
  • * Galatasaray lost 3–0 to Neuchâtel Xamax in the 1988–89 second round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate
  • * Leeds United lost 3–0 to VfB Stuttgart in the 1992–93 first round, but was awarded a 3–0 win in the second leg and advanced after winning 2–1 in the play-off
  • * Copenhagen lost 3–0 to Linfield in the 1993–94 first round, but won 4–0 after extra time in the second leg and advanced 4–3 on aggregate
  • * Paris Saint-Germain lost 3–0 to Steaua București in the 1997–98 second qualifying round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate
  • * Widzew Łódź lost 4–1 to Litex Lovech in the 1999–2000 second qualifying round, but won 4–1 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3–2 on penalties
  • * KF Tirana lost 3–0 to Dinamo Tbilisi in the 2003–04 first qualifying round, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 4–2 on penalties
  • * Deportivo La Coruña lost 4–1 to Milan in the 2003–04 quarter-finals, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–4 on aggregate
  • * Roma lost 4–1 to Barcelona in the 2017–18 quarter-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced on away goals
  • * Liverpool lost 3–0 to Barcelona in the 2018–19 semi-finals, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced to the final 4–3 on aggregate
  • Another 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 0–3 to Athletic Bilbao after 43 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1956–57, and then 2–5 after 78 minutes, but managed to finish the game 3–5 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 6–5 on aggregate.
  • * Hamburger SV were trailing 0–3 to Burnley after 74 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1960–61, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–1 in the second leg and 5–4 on aggregate.
  • * Spartak Trnava were trailing 0–3 to Steaua București after 51 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1968–69, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate.
  • * Austria Wien were trailing 0–3 to Levski-Spartak after 62 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1970–71, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate.
  • * Basel were trailing 0–3 to Spartak Moscow after 76 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1970–71, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
  • * Anderlecht were trailing 0–3 to Slovan Bratislava after 44 minutes, and 1–4 after 63 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1974–75, but managed to finish the game 2–4 and won 3–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
  • * Saint-Étienne were trailing 0–3 to Ruch Chorzów after 46 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1974–75, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate.
  • * Borussia Mönchengladbach were trailing 0–3 to Wacker Innsbruck after 27 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1977–78, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
  • * Banik Ostrava were trailing 0–3 to Ferencváros after 47 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1981–82, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate.
  • * Bayern Munich were trailing 0–3 to CSKA Sofia after 18 minutes of the first leg in the semi-final 1981–82, but managed to finish the game 3–4 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 7–4 on aggregate.
  • * Real Madrid were trailing 0–3 to Red Star Belgrade after 39 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1986–87, but managed to finish the game 2–4 and won 2–0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
  • * Real Madrid were trailing 0–3 to Bayern Munich after 47 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1987–88, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate.
  • * Sparta Prague were trailing 0–3 to Marseille after 60 minutes of the first leg in the second round 1991–92, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
  • * Cork City were trailing 0–3 to Cwmbrân Town after 27 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1993–94, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals.
  • * Monaco were trailing 1–4 to Real Madrid after 81 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 2003–04, managed to finish the game 2–4, were trailing 0–1 after 36 minutes of the second leg, but won 3–1 to qualify on away goals.
  • * Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 0–3 to Young Boys after 28 minutes of the first leg in the play-off round 2010–11, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 6–3 on aggregate.
  • * Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 0–2 to Ajax after 35 minutes of the second leg in the semi-final 2018–19, but managed to win the game 3–2 to qualify on away goals after a 3–3 aggregate score.
  • Four teams lost the first leg of a knockout match by three goals, overcame the deficit in the second leg, but still did not qualify for the next round:
  • * Rapid Wien lost 4–1 to Milan in the preliminary round 1957–58, won 5–2 in the second leg, but lost 4–2 in the play-off.
  • * Górnik Zabrze lost 4–1 to Dukla Prague in the preliminary round 1964–65, won 3–0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss after the play-off ended 0–0.
  • * Benfica lost 3–0 to Celtic in the second round 1969–70, won 3–0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss.
  • * Juventus lost their home leg of the 2017–18 quarter-finals to Real Madrid 0–3, but then proceeded to score three unanswered goals in the away game to put the aggregate score at 3–3 only to concede a last minute penalty and lose 3–4 on aggregate.
  • Two teams were trailing by three goals at some point in a knockout match, overcame the deficit, but still did not qualify for the next round:
  • * Gothenburg were trailing 0–3 to Sparta Rotterdam after 48 minutes of the first leg in the round of 16 1959–60, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 3–1 in the second leg, only to lose 1–3 in the playoff.
  • * Red Star Belgrade lost 1–3 to Rangers in the preliminary round 1964–65 and were trailing 0–1 after 40 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4–2, only to lose 1–3 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 3–1 to Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals in 1968–69 at Olympic Stadium, but won 3–1 in the second leg at the Estádio da Luz then won 3–0 in the playoff.
  • * Manchester United lost 2–0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2018–19 at Old Trafford, but won 3–1 in the second leg at the Parc des Princes to advance on away goals Including the European Cup era, only Ajax have additionally managed to achieve this feat; they lost 3–1 at home to Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals in 1968–69, but won 3–1 away in the second leg to force a play-off, which they won 3–0 after extra time
  • On eight occasions, a team lost the first leg away from home 1–0 and was trailing 1–0 in the second leg at home, but managed to score the three goals required under the away goals rule and qualify for the next round :
  • * Celtic lost 1–0 away to Partizani in the 1979–80 first round and were trailing 1–0 after 15 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4–1 and advance 4–2 on aggregate
  • * AEK Athens lost 1–0 away to Dynamo Dresden in the 1989–90 first round and were trailing 1–0 after 10 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–3 and advance 5–4 on aggregate
  • * PSV Eindhoven lost 1–0 away to Steaua București in the 1989–90 second round and were trailing 1–0 after 17 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–1 and advance 5–2 on aggregate
  • * Barcelona lost 1–0 away to Panathinaikos in the 2001–02 quarter-finals and were trailing 1–0 after eight minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
  • * Shakhtar Donetsk lost 1–0 away to Red Bull Salzburg in the 2007–08 third qualifying round and were trailing 1–0 after five minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
  • * BATE Borisov lost 1–0 away to Debrecen in the 2014–15 third qualifying round and were trailing 1–0 after 20 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
  • * Real Madrid lost 1–0 away to Paris Saint-Germain in the 2021–22 round of 16 and were trailing 1–0 after 39 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate
  • * Atlético Madrid lost 1–0 away to Inter Milan in the 2023–24 round of 16 and were trailing 1–0 after 33 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 2–1 and qualify on penalties shoot-out
  • On one occasion, a team lost the first leg at home by one goal and was trailing 0–1 in the second leg away from home, but managed to score two or more goals afterwards and progressed to the next round:
  • * Paris Saint-Germain lost 2–3 home to Barcelona in the 2023–24 quarter-finals and were trailing 1–0 after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 1–4 and advance 4–6 on aggregate

Single game

  • No team has ever managed to escape a loss in a single game after trailing by four or more goals.
  • Teams have managed to win a game after trailing by three goals on three occasions:
  • * Werder Bremen were trailing 3–0 to Anderlecht after 33 minutes in the 1993–94 group stage, but managed to win the game 5–3
  • * Deportivo La Coruña were trailing 3–0 to Paris Saint-Germain after 55 minutes in the 2000–01 second group stage, but managed to win the game 4–3
  • * Maccabi Haifa were trailing 3–0 to Aktobe after 15 minutes in the 2009–10 third qualifying round second leg, but managed to win the game 4–3 and advance 4–3 on aggregate
  • Teams have managed to tie a game after trailing by three goals on thirteen occasions:
  • * Vörös Lobogó were trailing 4–1 to Reims after 52 minutes in the second leg of the 1955–56 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 4–4; however, Reims still advanced after winning 8–6 on aggregate
  • * Red Star Belgrade were trailing 3–0 to Manchester United after 31 minutes in the second leg of the 1957–58 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 3–3; however, Manchester United still advanced after winning 5–4 on aggregate
  • * Panathinaikos were trailing 3–0 to Linfield after 26 minutes in the second leg of the 1984–85 second round, but managed to finish the game 3–3 and advance 5–4 on aggregate
  • * Liverpool were trailing 3–0 to Basel after 29 minutes in the 2002–03 first group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
  • * Liverpool were trailing 3–0 to Milan after 44 minutes in the 2005 final, but managed to finish the game 3–3, and win the final 3–2 on penalties
  • * Maccabi Tel Aviv were trailing 3–0 to Basel after 32 minutes in the second leg of the 2013–14 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3–3; however, Basel still advanced after winning 4–3 on aggregate
  • * Anderlecht were trailing 3–0 to Arsenal after 58 minutes in the 2014–15 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
  • * Molde were trailing 3–0 to Dinamo Zagreb after 22 minutes in the second leg of the 2015–16 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3–3; however, Dinamo Zagreb still advanced on away goals
  • * Beşiktaş were trailing 3–0 to Benfica after 31 minutes in the 2016–17 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
  • * Sevilla were trailing 3–0 to Liverpool after 30 minutes in the 2017–18 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
  • * Chelsea were trailing 4–1 to Ajax after 55 minutes in the 2019–20 group stage, but managed to finish the game 4–4
  • * Inter Milan were trailing 3–0 to Benfica after 34 minutes in the 2023–24 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3
  • * Feyenoord were trailing 3–0 to Manchester City after 53 minutes in the 2024–25 league phase, but managed to finish the game 3–3

Defence

  • Most clean sheets in a season: 10
  • * Milan, 1993–94
  • * Arsenal, 2005–06; the most consecutive clean sheets
  • * Real Madrid, 2015–16
  • ** Including qualifying rounds, Valencia in the 2000–01 also had 10 clean sheets.
  • Longest period without conceding a goal: 995 minutes – Arsenal, September 2005 – 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 and Manuel Almunia.
  • Fewest goals conceded by European Cup-winning team: 2 goals
  • * Aston Villa, 1981–82; in nine matches
  • * Milan, 1993–94; in twelve matches
  • Longest consecutive home clean sheets: 7 – Arsenal, 2 November 2005 – 1 November 2006; conceded one goal during the qualifying rounds.
  • Longest consecutive away clean sheets: 7 – Ajax, 18 October 1995 – 4 December 1996
  • Lowest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning: 0.16 – Milan, 1993–94; conceded 2 goals in 12 matches.
  • Most goals conceded by European Cup-winning team: 17 goals – Real Madrid, 1999–2000
  • Highest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning: 1.57 – Benfica, 1961–62; conceded 11 goals in 7 matches.
  • Fewest goals conceded by a finalists: 1 goal – Benfica, 1987–88
  • Longest run without conceding from the start of a campaign: 540 minutes – Inter Milan, 2024–25; ''the run ended with Nordi Mukiele's goal for Bayer Leverkusen after 90 minutes on matchday 6 of the league phase.''

Goalscoring records

Meetings

Penalties

Defending the trophy

Disciplinary

Own goals

Finals

Nationalities

Countries

Cities

Specific group stage records (1991–2023)

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:

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:
  • Košice ended Group B conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11.
  • Fenerbahçe ended Group F conceding twelve goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –9.
  • Spartak Moscow ended Group B conceding eighteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –17.
  • Bayer Leverkusen ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –10. This was the only time that a club lost all matches in the second group stage. It was also the first time that two clubs lost six group stage matches in the same season. Leverkusen had reached the final in the previous season.
  • Anderlecht ended Group G conceding seventeen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of –13.
  • Rapid Wien ended Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –12.
  • Levski Sofia ended Group A conceding seventeen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –16. This has been the club's only appearance in the group stage to date.
  • Dynamo Kyiv ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of –15.
  • Maccabi Haifa was the first club to lose all of their group stage matches without scoring a goal. In what was only their second appearance in the competition, they lost 3–0 to Bayern Munich in their first Group A game, and then lost five consecutive games by a score of 1–0, ending the group stage with a goal difference of –8. Although Deportivo La Coruña also scored no goals in Group A in 2004–05, they still collected two points as they twice drew 0–0.
  • Debrecen ended Group E conceding nineteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –14.
  • Partizan ended Group H conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11.
  • Žilina ended Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –16. This was the second consecutive season that two clubs had lost all six group stage matches.
  • Dinamo Zagreb ended Group D conceding 22 goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –19.
  • Villarreal ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –12.
  • Oțelul Galați ended Group C conceding eleven goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –8. This was the first season in which three teams lost all six of their group stage matches, and a third consecutive season in which at least two teams finished with zero points.
  • Marseille ended Group F conceding fourteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –9.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv ended Group G conceding sixteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –15. Tel-Aviv's only goal came from a penalty.
  • Club Brugge ended Group G conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –12.
  • Dinamo Zagreb ended Group H conceding fifteen goals and scoring none, with a goal difference of –15. They became the first club to finish the group stage with zero points on multiple occasions.
  • Benfica ended Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –13. They became the first team from Pot 1 to lose all six group stage matches.
  • AEK Athens ended Group E conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11.
  • Beşiktaş ended Group C conceding nineteen goals and scoring only three, with a goal difference of –16.
  • Rangers ended Group A conceding 22 goals and scoring only two, with a goal difference of –20, which constituted the worst goal difference out of all the performances with losses in all six games.
  • Viktoria Plzeň ended Group C conceding 24 goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –19. This equalled the record for most goals conceded in a group stage.

Three goals in each match

Advancing past the group stage

  • Real Madrid hold the record for the most consecutive seasons in which a side have advanced past the group stage, with 27 straight progressions from 1997–98 to 2023–24. They won the title nine times in this period.
  • Barcelona finished top of their group for a record thirteen consecutive seasons from 2007–08 to 2019–20, and in 18 seasons in total.
  • In 2012–13, Chelsea became the first title holders not to qualify from the following season's group stage.
  • Monaco scored the fewest goals to earn eleven points in the group stage in 2014–15.
  • Villarreal won a group with the fewest goals scored in 2005–06, resulting in two wins.

Biggest disparity between group winner and runner-up

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

Most points achieved, yet knocked out

Most points achieved in the group stage, not winning the group

Fewest points achieved, yet advanced

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:

Knocked out on 3 points for a win rule

1995–96 was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two. The following teams were knocked out from the group stage, but would have advanced following the old rule:
  • Rosenborg was ranked fourth out of six runners-up in 1997–98, but would have equalled the points of Paris Saint-Germain and eventual finalists Juventus and advanced on goal difference
  • Bayer Leverkusen ended third in Group A in 1999–2000, but would have been one point ahead of Dynamo Kyiv
  • Panathinaikos ended third in Group E in 2004–05, but would have equalled the points of PSV Eindhoven and advanced on head-to-head matches
  • Werder Bremen ended third in Group B in 2008–09, but would have equalled the points of Inter Milan and advanced on head-to-head matches
  • Napoli ended third in Group C in 2018–19, but would have been one point ahead of eventual winners Liverpool

Other records

  • Most consecutive wins in season-opening fixtures: 22 – Bayern Munich, 2003–2025; ongoing
  • Most consecutive wins in the group stage: 17 – Bayern Munich, 2020–2023
  • Most consecutive home wins in the group stage: 17 – Barcelona, 2013–2018
  • Most consecutive away wins in the group stage: 9 – Bayern Munich, 2021–2023
  • Most consecutive undefeated matches in the group stage: 41 – Bayern Munich, 2017–2024
  • Most consecutive home undefeated matches in the group stage: 35 – Bayern Munich, 2014–2025; ongoing
  • Most consecutive away undefeated matches in the group stage: 20 – Bayern Munich, 2017–2024
  • Most consecutive clean sheets in the group stage: 8 – Real Madrid, 2014–2015
  • Most consecutive home clean sheets in the group stage / league phase: 9 – Arsenal, 2023–2025
  • Most consecutive away clean sheets in the group stage: 6 – Ajax, 1995–1998; absent in the 1997–98 season.
  • Most clean sheets achieved in a single group stage / league phase: 7 – Inter Milan, 2024–25 league phase.
  • Most matches played in the group stage in a season: 7 – Panathinaikos, 1995–96 group stage; ''until the 2023–24 season, Panathinaikos is the only team that has ever played seven matches in the group stage. After Panathinaikos lost 1–0 away to Dynamo Kyiv on matchday one of the 1995–96 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 (2024–)

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

  • Most knockout tie wins: 119 – Real Madrid, 1955–2025; ''their first knockout tie success came following a 7–0 aggregate win over Servette in the 1955–56 first round, and their most recent victory was a 2–2 aggregate win over Atlético Madrid in the 2024–25 round of the 16''

Streaks

Consecutive goalscoring

Consecutive wins

  • Most consecutive wins: 15 – Bayern Munich, 2019–2020; ''Bayern Munich is also the first club to win all of their matches in a Champions League season, winning 11 out of 11 in their successful 2019–20 campaign.''

Consecutive home wins

  • Most consecutive home wins: 21 – Bayern Munich, 1969–1981
  • Most consecutive home wins in the Champions League era: 16 – Bayern Munich, 2014–2017

Consecutive away wins

Longest undefeated run

Longest home undefeated run

  • Most consecutive home unbeaten run: 43 – Bayern Munich, 1969–1991
  • Most consecutive home unbeaten run in Champions League era: 38 – Barcelona, 2013–2020

Longest away undefeated run

  • Most consecutive away unbeaten run: 22 – Bayern Munich, 2017–2022; ''During this run, Bayern defeated Barcelona and Lyon in the 2019–20 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 – AEK Athens, 2002–2003

Most consecutive defeats

  • Most consecutive defeats: 16 – Jeunesse Esch, 1973–1987
  • Most consecutive defeats in Champions League era: 13 – Marseille, 2012–2020

Most consecutive games without a win

  • Most consecutive games without a win : 23 – FCSB, 2006–2013

Players

Wins

Most wins

No. of winsPlayerClub
6Paco GentoReal Madrid
6Toni KroosBayern Munich
Real Madrid
6Dani CarvajalReal Madrid
6Luka ModrićReal Madrid
6NachoReal Madrid
5Juan AlonsoReal Madrid
5Rafael LesmesReal Madrid
5MarquitosReal Madrid
5Héctor RialReal Madrid
5Alfredo Di StéfanoReal Madrid
5José María ZárragaReal Madrid
5Alessandro CostacurtaMilan
5Paolo MaldiniMilan
5Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
Real Madrid
5Gareth BaleReal Madrid
5Karim BenzemaReal Madrid
5CasemiroReal Madrid
5MarceloReal Madrid
5Lucas VázquezReal Madrid
4JoseítoReal Madrid
4Enrique MateosReal Madrid
4Juan SantistebanReal Madrid
4José SantamaríaReal Madrid
4Phil NealLiverpool
4Clarence SeedorfAjax
Real Madrid
Milan
4Andrés IniestaBarcelona
4Lionel MessiBarcelona
4XaviBarcelona
4Gerard PiquéManchester United
Barcelona
4Sergio RamosReal Madrid
4IscoReal Madrid
4Raphaël VaraneReal Madrid
4Mateo KovačićReal Madrid
Chelsea
4David AlabaBayern Munich
Real Madrid

Finals

Match wins

Combinations of wins in the Champions League and other competitions

Oldest and youngest

Relatives

Other records

Appearances

Oldest and youngest

Other records

Goalscoring

Top scorers by seasons

Most goals in a single season

RankPlayerSeasonGoals
1

Hat-tricks

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.

Five goals in a match

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

Oldest and youngest

Fastest goals

First goal

Consecutive scoring

Other goalscoring records

Assists

Most assists


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. Assists are also not counted for penalty kicks, direct goals from corners or free kicks, or own goals. This table does not include assists provided in the qualification stage of the competition. The following table includes the number of assists since the 1992–93 season. However, according to UEFA's own official list, Cristiano Ronaldo sits at 1st place with 42 official assists and Ryan Giggs sits at 5th with 31 assists. This is due to the website only counting assists from the 2003–04 season onwards. In addition, UEFA's criteria for assists differ from those of Opta, as it considers causing a penalty kick, free kicks, own goals, deflected, and rebounded balls as assists.

RankPlayerNationAssistsYearsClub
1Ryan Giggs41141Manchester United
2Cristiano Ronaldo401832003–2022Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus
3Lionel Messi391632005–2023Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain
4Ángel Di María381162007–2025Benfica, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus
5David Beckham361071994–2013Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain
6Luís Figo341031997–2009Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan
7Xavi311511998–2015Barcelona
8Neymar30812013–2023Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain
9Raúl271421995–2011Real Madrid, Schalke 04
9Karim Benzema271522005–2023Lyon, Real Madrid
9Kevin De Bruyne27822011–Genk, Chelsea, Manchester City, Napoli

Single season (since 1992–93)

RankPlayerSeasonAssists
1

Other records

Other records

Penalties

Penalty shoot-out

Own goals

Goalkeeping

Disciplinary

Captaincy

The following table shows the captains who have won the title:
FinalNationalityWinning captainNationClub
1956sort|ESP|sort|ESP|Spain|1945fba|ESP|1945

Trivia