European Cup and Champions League records and statistics
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This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League. Unless notified these statistics concern all seasons since inception of the European Cup in the 1955–56 season, including qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League as per "Competition facts"[1]; all goals scored before league phase(s) counted as "qualifying goals".
[edit] General performances
[edit] By club
[edit] By nation
[edit] By player
[edit] Champions League (season 1992–93 to present)
[edit] Titles by club
| Team | Won | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Milan |
3 | 3 | 1994, 2003, 2007 | 1993, 1995, 2005 |
 Real Madrid |
3 | – | 1998, 2000, 2002 | – |
 Manchester United |
2 | 1 | 1999, 2008 | 2009 |
| Barcelona |
2 | 1 | 2006, 2009 | 1994 |
| Juventus |
1 | 3 | 1996 | 1997, 1998, 2003 |
| Liverpool |
1 | 1 | 2005 | 2007 |
 Bayern Munich |
1 | 1 | 2001 | 1999 |
 Ajax |
1 | 1 | 1995 | 1996 |
 Porto |
1 | – | 2004 | – |
| Borussia Dortmund |
1 | – | 1997 | – |
 Marseille |
1 | – | 1993 | – |
| Valencia |
– | 2 | – | 2000, 2001 |
| Chelsea |
– | 1 | – | 2008 |
| Arsenal |
– | 1 | – | 2006 |
| Monaco |
– | 1 | – | 2004 |
| Bayer Leverkusen |
– | 1 | – | 2002 |
[edit] Number of participating clubs by nation
[edit] Clubs
[edit] By semifinal appearances
(Note: In the 1992 and 1993 seasons there were no semifinals as the finalists qualified via a group stage.)
[edit] Other records
[edit] Unbeaten sides
Many clubs have won the Cup unbeaten:
- Milan, Liverpool, Ajax and Manchester United are the only teams to have won the trophy unbeaten twice.
- Barcelona (2005–06) and Manchester United (2007–08) have the record of nine wins and four draws.
- Marseille had seven wins and four draws in 1992–93.
- Internazionale (1963–64), Ajax (1971–72), and Liverpool (1983–84); won with 7 wins and 2 draws.
- Red Star Belgrade have a record of five wins and four draws in (1990–91), whilst Manchester United have a record of five wins and six draws in (1998–99).
- The record for the longest undefeated run is held by Manchester United who were on a 25 match unbeaten run in the competition between losing 0-3 to Milan in the 2007 semi-final, which has resulted in them winning in (2007–08) and losing to Barcelona in (2008–09).[2]
- The team to have won the Champions League/European Cup with the fewest games won is PSV (1987–88), managing just three victories in the entire tournament (including none from the quarter-finals onwards).
[edit] Final success rate
Only two clubs have appeared in the final of the European Cup/Champions league more than once, with a 100% success rate:
Five clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion:
- Feyenoord (1970), Aston Villa (1982), PSV (1988), Red Star Belgrade (1991) and Borussia Dortmund (1997)
On the opposite end of the scale, only 2 clubs have appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:
[edit] Participations
- Real Madrid have the record number of consecutive participations in the Champions' Cup with 15, from 1955–56 to 1969–70.
- Manchester United have the record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Champions League with 14 from 1996–97 to date.
[edit] Winning other trophies
- Only one team has completed the 'quadruple' — win their domestic league championship, their primary & secondary domestic cups, and the Champions League/European Cup. This being Celtic in 1966–67.
- Four sides have won the European Cup as part of a 'treble'. These were Ajax, PSV, Manchester United and Barcelona. In 1972 Ajax won the European Cup, their domestic league and cup. PSV did this in 1987–88. Manchester United won their treble during the 1998–99 season, which included the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Champions League. Barcelona achieved this in 2008-09 season, which included La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League.
- Juventus, Ajax and Bayern Munich are the only teams to have won the three major UEFA official Cups, namely UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup [3].
[edit] Biggest wins
- The following teams won a single match by ten goals or more in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup (No team has achieved this margin of victory in the Champions League):
- Dinamo Bucureşti beat Crusaders 11–0 in 1973.
- Feyenoord beat KR Reykjavík 12–2 in 1969.
- Manchester United beat Anderlecht 10–0 on 12 September 1956 at Maine Road, Manchester.
- Ipswich Town beat Floriana 10–0 on 26 October 1962 at Portman Road, Ipswich.
- Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 10–0 on 5 October 1965.
- Leeds United beat Lyn Oslo 10–0 at Elland Road.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach beat EPA Larnaca 10–0 1970–71 competition.
- Ajax beat Omonia 10–0 in 1979 (second round).
- The largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format is 8–0:
- Dynamo Kyiv beat Barry Town 8–0 in first qualifying round in 1998–99 competition.
- Košice beat Cliftonville 8–0 in first qualifying round in 1998–99 competition.
- Liverpool beat Beşiktaş 8–0 in the group stage in 2007–08 competition.
- Partizan beat Rhyl 8–0 in second qualifying round of the in 2009–10 competition.
- The largest margin of victory after the preliminary rounds in either competition is also 8–0:
- Real Madrid beat Sevilla 8–0 in the 1957–58 competition at the quarter-final stage.
- Liverpool beat Beşiktaş 8–0 in the group stage in 2007–08 competition.
- The largest margin of victory in the knockout stage in the current Champions League format is 7–1:
- Manchester United beat Roma 7–1 in the second leg of the quarter-final on 10 April, 2007 at Old Trafford.
- Bayern Munich beat Sporting CP 7–1 in the second leg of the first knockout round on 10 March, 2009 at Allianz Arena.
[edit] Biggest two leg win
- Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 18–0 in 1965–66.
[edit] Not winning the domestic league
- Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times (twice) than they have won their domestic league (once). Forest won the English 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).
- The competition format was changed in 1997-1998 to allow teams that were not champions of their domestic league to compete in the competition. Since then there have been "European" Champions who had not been domestic champions. Notable instances include the following
- Manchester United's treble-winners of 1998–99 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 (2000), Milan (2003 and 2007), Liverpool (2005), and Barcelona (2009) have achieved this feat.
- Liverpool's 2005 triumph came 15 years after their previous domestic league title (1990). That was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning their league. Prior to this, the longest time period for any winner was Milan, whose victory in 2003 had come four years since their last Serie A win.
- Bayer Leverkusen (in 2002) are the only club to play in the final having never previously won their domestic league.
[edit] Comebacks
- Newcastle United in 2002–03 are the only team to have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games.[4]
- Only seven teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first two games. The seven teams are Dynamo Kyiv in 1999–2000, Bayer Leverkusen and Newcastle United in 2002–03, Werder Bremen in 2005–06, Internazionale in 2006–07, Lyon in 2007–08, and Panathinaikos in 2008–09.[5].
[edit] Defence
- Arsenal broke the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in 2006, with ten. They went without conceding a goal for 995 minutes between September 2005 and May 2006.
[edit] Successful defending
- Milan are the last team to successfully defend the trophy, winning it in both 1989 and 1990.
[edit] Nationalities
Red Star Belgrade, at the time part of the Yugoslavian league which disolved after the 1991 season, won the European Cup in 1991 with a team consisting of all Yougoslavian players. Miodrag Belodedic, who also won the competition with Steaua in 1986, did play for the Romanian National Team, but was born in a Yugoslavian family residing in Romania at the time of his birth. *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. Real Madrid (1966), Celtic (1967) and Steaua Bucureşti (1986) also took the title with a team all from the same country; Nottingham Forrest (1979 and 1980) won twice with a team consisting of players only from the United Kingdom.
[edit] Countries
- Only on three occasions has the Final of the Champions Cup/League involved two teams from the same country, once each for the top three leagues as determined by UEFA's co-efficients:
- Real Madrid vs Valencia (1999–2000)
- Milan vs Juventus (2002–03)
- Manchester United vs Chelsea (2007–08)
- The country providing the highest number of different winning clubs is England, with four: Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa. England has also provided the highest number of different finalists, with seven (the four winners, plus Leeds United, Arsenal and Chelsea).
[edit] Cities
- The city of Milan, Italy, is the only one that won the Champions Cup with two different teams: Internazionale and Milan (the two clubs have won nine cups in total) and therefore shares the honour with Madrid, Spain (Real Madrid having won nine trophies) as being the most successful city in the history of the tournament.
- The city of London, England, is one of four cities only that has been represented by more than one team in the final of the European Cup/Champions League and lost on each occasion (Arsenal in 2006 and Chelsea in 2008).
- Madrid, Spain, has also been represented by two clubs in 13 Champions Cup finals, with nine wins (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002) and three losses (1962, 1964, 1981), for Real Madrid, and one loss for Atlético Madrid in 1974.
- Belgrade, Serbia, has also been represented by two clubs in the Champions Cup final, with one win, for Red Star Belgrade in 1991, and a loss for Partizan in 1966.
- Athens, Greece, is the only city which has been represented in the group stage by three teams, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, in the same season (2003–04).
- England is the only country with teams who have won the Cup from four different cities:
- Manchester, Manchester United
- Liverpool, Liverpool
- Nottingham, Nottingham Forest
- Birmingham, Aston Villa
- Only four derbies between teams of the same city have ever been played:
- 1958–59 Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-final)
- 2002–03 Internazionale vs Milan (semi-final)
- 2003–04 Chelsea vs Arsenal (quarter-final)
- 2004–05 Internazionale vs Milan (quarter-final) - the second leg was abandoned because of disturbances among the Inter fans.
- The 2002–03 semi-final between bitter city rivals Milan and Internazionale Milano was the first time both games of a two-legged tie were played in the same stadium (San Siro). The teams share the stadium as their home venue. Milan won by the "away goals" rule. The teams also played each other in the same stadium in the 2004–05 quarter-final.
[edit] Specific group stage records
[edit] 6 wins
Four teams have won all their games in a group stage (none of whom went on to win the title that year — although Milan got closest by finishing runners-up); these are:
- Milan, 1992–93
- Paris Saint-Germain, 1994–95
- Spartak Moscow, 1995–96
- Barcelona, 2002–03 (First group stage)
[edit] 6 draws
Only one team has drawn all their games in a group stage:
- AEK Athens, 2002–03 (First group stage, finished 3rd and advanced to UEFA Cup)
[edit] 6 losses
In the history of the Champions League, 9 teams have lost all 6 group stage matches:
- Maccabi Haifa is the only club to finish the group stage without scoring a goal. They did this in 2009-10 finishing only their second appearance in the Champions League with 0 points after losing to Bayern Munich 3-0 in the first group game, and then losing 5 consecutive games 1-0, ending the group stage with a goal difference of -8. In their first Champions League appearance in 2002-03, the team scored 12 goals.
- Spartak Moscow hold the record for the worst goal difference in a Champions League group stage with -17. In 2002-03 they lost all 6 matches, conceding 18 goals and scoring just once.
- Košice ended the 1997-98 group stage losing all 6 matches with a goal difference of -11. They conceded 13 goals, scoring only twice.
- Fenerbahçe lost all 6 group stage matches in 2001-02 with a goal difference of -9. They conceded 12 goals and scored only 3.
- Anderlecht also lost all 6 of their group stage matches, in 2004-05. They conceded 17 goals and scored just 4, with a goal difference of -13.
- Rapid Wien ended the 2005-06 group stage losing all 6 games. They conceded 15 goals and scored only 3, with a goal difference of -12.
- Levski Sofia finished their only appearance in the group stage - in 2006-07 conceding 17 goals and scoring just one, ending with a goal difference of -16.
- Dynamo Kyiv ended the 2007-08 group stage also losing all 6 games. They conceded 19 goals, scoring only 4, ending with a goal difference of -15.
- Debrecen finished the 2009-10 group stage with 0 points and a goal difference of -14. They conceded 19 goals, scoring just 5.
[edit] Players
[edit] All-time top goalscorers
[edit] UEFA Champions League from the 1992–93 season onwards
Excluding qualifying games
| Rank | Nation | Player | Goals | Games | Goal Ratio | Debut in Europe | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Raúl | 66 | 126 | 0.52 | 1995 | Real Madrid |
| 2 | |
Ruud van Nistelrooy | 60 | 73 | 0.77 | 1997 | PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid |
| 3 | |
Thierry Henry | 50 | 108 | 0.46 | 1995 | Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona |
| 4 |  |
Andriy Shevchenko | 48 | 98 | 0.50 | 1994 | Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea |
| 5 | |
Filippo Inzaghi | 44 | 75 | 0.59 | 1995 | Parma, Juventus, Milan |
| 6 | |
Alessandro Del Piero | 42 | 87 | 0.49 | 1993 | Juventus |
| 7 | |
Fernando Morientes | 33 | 91 | 0.39 | 1995 | Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool, Valencia |
| 8 |  |
Didier Drogba | 31 | 58 | 0.56 | 2003 | Marseille, Chelsea |
| 9 | |
David Trezeguet | 29 | 58 | 0.50 | 1997 | Monaco, Juventus |
| 10 | |
Roy Makaay | 29 | 61 | 0.48 | 2000 | Deportivo La Coruña, Bayern Munich |
| Bold | = | Still active |
[edit] UEFA Champions League/European Champions Cup
Including qualifying games
| Rank | Nation | Player | Goals | Games | Goal Ratio | Debut in Europe | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Raúl | 66 | 128 | 0.52 | 1995 | Real Madrid |
| 2 | |
Ruud van Nistelrooy | 60 | 81 | 0.75 | 1997 | PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid |
| 3 | |
Andriy Shevchenko | 57 | 109 | 0.52 | 1994 | Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea, Dynamo Kyiv |
| 4 | |
Thierry Henry | 51 | 111 | 0.46 | 1995 | Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona |
| 5 |  |
Alfredo di Stéfano | 49 | 58 | 0.84 | 1955 | Real Madrid |
| 6 | |
Filippo Inzaghi | 48 | 79 | 0.61 | 1995 | Juventus, Milan |
| 7 | |
Eusébio | 46 | 64 | 0.72 | 1961 | Benfica |
| 8 | |
Alessandro Del Piero | 44 | 90 | 0.49 | 1993 | Juventus |
| 9 | |
Fernando Morientes | 39 | 101 | 0.39 | 1997 | Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool, Valencia |
| 10 |  |
Ferenc Puskás | 36 | 41 | 0.88 | 1957 | Budapest Honvéd, Real Madrid |
| Bold | = | Still active |
[edit] All-time appearances
Only 16 players have made 100 or more Champions League appearances: Raúl, Roberto Carlos, Andriy Shevchenko, Paolo Maldini, David Beckham, Oliver Kahn, Luís Figo, Clarence Seedorf, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Thierry Henry, Gary Neville, Fernando Morientes, Deco, Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernández.
Of these 16 players, 8 have made their appearances all for a single club:
Raúl (Real Madrid)
Paolo Maldini (Milan)
Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
Gary Neville (Manchester United)
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
[edit] UEFA Champions League/European Champions Cup
Including qualifying games
| Rank | Nation | Player | Games | Goals | Goal Ratio | Debut in Europe | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Paolo Maldini | 139 | 3 | 0.02 | 1985 | Milan |
| 2 | |
Raúl | 131 | 66 | 0.52 | 1995 | Real Madrid |
| 3 |  |
Ryan Giggs | 130 | 28 | 0.22 | 1993 | Manchester United |
| 4 |  |
Roberto Carlos | 128 | 17 | 0.13 | 1996 | Internazionale, Real Madrid, Fenerbahçe |
| 5 | |
Paul Scholes | 119 | 25 | 0.20 | 1994 | Manchester United |
| 6 | |
Gary Neville | 115 | 2 | 0.02 | 1993 | Manchester United |
| 7 | |
Clarence Seedorf | 113 | 11 | 0.10 | 1992 | Ajax, Real Madrid, Internazionale, Milan |
| 8 | |
Thierry Henry | 111 | 51 | 0.46 | 1995 | Arsenal, Barcelona |
| 9 | |
Andriy Shevchenko | 111 | 57 | 0.51 | 1994 | Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea |
| 10 | |
David Beckham | 109 | 17 | 0.16 | 1994 | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan |
| Bold | = | Still active |
[edit] Other records
[edit] Most wins
- Francisco Gento is the only player to be in six European Cup-winning sides, all won during his time at Real Madrid.
- Bob Paisley is the only man to coach three European Cup-winning sides in 1977, 1978 and 1981 (all Liverpool).
- Marcello Lippi is the only man to coach four Champions League finalists in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003 (all Juventus).
- Clarence Seedorf is the only player to win the European Cup with three different teams:
- Only three players have won the champions league 2 consecutive seasons with 2 different teams:
- Frank Rijkaard has also won the European Cup with three different teams, however these wins were split between his playing and management careers.
- Three individuals have won the Champions League with the same club as a player then later as a coach. Miguel Muñoz of Real Madrid did it as a player in 1955–56 and 1956–57, before winning as a coach in 1959–60 and 1965–66. Carlo Ancelotti did it as a Milan player in 1988–89 and 1989–90 before coaching them to victory in 2002–03 and 2006–07. Pep Guardiola won the competition as a player with Barcelona in 1991–92 and then won it in 2008–09 as the manager.
- Three father-son duos have won the competition for the same club:
- Manuel Sanchís Martínez (1966) and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (1998 and 2000), both for Real Madrid.
- Cesare Maldini (1963) and Paolo Maldini (2003 and 2007), both for Milan.
- Carles Busquets (1992) and Sergio Busquets (2009), both for Barcelona.
- Ottmar Hitzfeld and Ernst Happel are the only coaches to win the title with two different clubs. Hitzfeld did so with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001; Happel led Feijenoord (now Feyenoord) in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983.
[edit] Oldest and youngest
- The oldest player to play in the Champions League is Lazio's Marco Ballotta, against Real Madrid in December 2007, aged 43 years and 252 days.
- The youngest player to play in the Champions League is Anderlecht's Celestine Babayaro, against Steaua Bucureşti in 23 November 1994, aged 16 years and 87 days. He was sent off in the 37th minute.[6]
[edit] Winning other trophies
- Nereo Rocco won the Cup Winners' Cup and, later, the European Cup with the same club in two consecutive seasons, winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1968 with AC Milan and the European Cup in 1969. Giovanni Trapattoni later did the same feat winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 with Juventus and the European Cup in 1985.
- Rafael Benítez is the only manager to have won the UEFA Cup and the Champions League in consecutive seasons with two different clubs, winning the UEFA Cup in 2004 with Valencia and the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool.
- Bob Paisley won the UEFA Cup and the European Cup in consecutive seasons with the same club, winning the UEFA Cup in 1976 with Liverpool and the European Cup in 1977. José Mourinho later replicated the feat, winning the UEFA Cup in 2003 with Porto and the Champions League in 2004.
[edit] Goalscoring
- The youngest player to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League is Wayne Rooney aged 18, on his Champions League debut for Manchester United, in a 6-2 home win against Fenerbahçe in 2004.
- The youngest player to score in the Champions League is Peter Ofori-Quaye aged 17 years 194 days when he scored for Olympiacos against Rosenborg on 1 October 1997.
- The European Cup's first hat-trick was scored by Péter Palotás of Vörös Lobogó SE against Anderlecht on 7 September 1955, in the second match ever played in the competition.[7]
- Raúl and Ryan Giggs are the only players to score in 14 different Champions League seasons.
- Paolo Maldini of Milan is the oldest (at 38 years old) player to score in a Champions League final, doing so in 2005.
- Carlos Alberto of Porto is the youngest (at 19 years old) player to score in a Champions League final, doing so in 2004.
- Six players have scored a hat-trick on their debut in the Champions League
- 6 players have scored 4 goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match:
- The fastest ever Champions League goal was scored by Bayern Munich's Roy Makaay in 10.3 seconds against Real Madrid in 2007.
- The fastest ever Champions League hat-trick was scored by Mike Newell who scored three goals in nine minutes for Blackburn Rovers against Rosenborg in the 1995–96 season.
- Hernán Crespo is the only player who managed to score for five different teams in the UEFA Champions League: Parma (2 goals in 9 games; 1997–2000), Lazio (5 goals in 13 games; 2000–2002), Internazionale (10 goals in 15 games; 2002–2003 and 2006–2007), Chelsea (4 goals in 15 games; 2003–2004 and 2005–2006) and Milan (6 goals in 10 games; 2004–2005).
- Hans-Jörg Butt and Sinan Bolat are the only goalkeepers to score in the Champions League. Butt has done so three times with three different clubs, all with penalty kicks, and all against Juventus. The first was for Hamburg in a 4-4 home draw on Wednesday 13th September 2000 in a group stage match, the second for Leverkusen in a 3-1 home win and the third the equaliser for FC Bayern Munich on Tuesday 8th December 2009 in a group stage match in Turin which Bayern had to win to qualify for the next stage, and went on to win 4-1. Bolat is the only goalkeeper to score a goal in open play: his last-minute equalizer for Standard de Liège against AZ Alkmaar on Wednesday 9th December 2009, securing the 3rd place in Group H, led his team to the Europa League.
- Michael Owen (2 for Liverpool and 1 for Manchester United) and Filippo Inzaghi (2 for Juventus and 1 for Milan) are the only players to have scored 3 hat-tricks in the Champions League.
[edit] Disciplinary
Only two players have ever been sent off in a Champions League Final: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal) in the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final against Barcelona (sent off in the 18th minute for a professional foul after bringing down Samuel Eto'o) and Didier Drogba (Chelsea) in the 2008 Champions League Final (sent off in the 117th minute for slapping Manchester United player Nemanja Vidić). Both players' teams lost their respective finals.
Patrick Vieira and Edgar Davids jointly hold the record for the most red cards in the Champions League. Both players have been sent off 3 times.
Patrick Vieira is also the only player to have been sent off for 3 different teams in the Champions League (Arsenal, Juventus and Inter Milan).
Paul Scholes holds the record for the most yellow cards in the Champions League. As of the end of the 2008-09 competition, he has received a total of 24 yellow cards.
[edit] Qualifying from Qualification Round 1
- Since the addition of a third qualifying round in 1999–00, Liverpool, and Artmedia Bratislava were the first two teams to negotiate all three rounds of qualification and reach the Champions League group phase, both doing so in 2005–06. In 2008–09 the Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta and the Belarusian side BATE negotiated all three rounds to become the third and fourth teams in the history of Champions league to accomplish this feat. Liverpool went on to become the first team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout phase from the first qualifying round.
[edit] Consecutive Home Wins
Manchester United hold the record of consecutive home wins in the Champions League. They have 12 consecutive home wins which was achieved when they defeated Barcelona 1–0 on 29 April 2008. This run was ended with a 0–0 draw against Villarreal on 17 September 2008.
[edit] Consecutive Wins
Barcelona holds the record of 11 consecutive wins (including third qualifying round) in the Champions League (2002–03). Excluding the 2 wins in the third qualifying round, Barcelona would still hold the record with 9 consecutive wins.
[edit] Longest Home Undefeated Run
The record for the longest unbeaten run at home stands at 31 games held by Bayern Munich. The run began with a 0-0 draw at home against Borussia Dortmund in the 1997-98 UEFA Champions league season and finished with a 2-1 home win against Real Madrid in the 2001-02 UEFA Champions league quarter-finals first leg. The 31 game unbeaten run ended with a 3-2 loss at home to Deportivo La Coruña in the 2002-03 UEFA Champions league first group stage.
[edit] Longest Away Undefeated Run
The record for the longest away unbeaten run stands at 15 games held by Manchester United and is still ongoing. The run began with a 1-0 away win against Sporting CP in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage. During this run Manchester United were beaten 2-0 by Barcelona in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, however this game was at a neutral venue and as such is not classified as an away game.
[edit] Longest Undefeated Run
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 25 games held by Manchester United. It began with a 1-0 away win against Sporting CP in their opening group stage game of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and finished with a 3-1 away win against Arsenal in the second leg of the semi-final of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League season. The 25 game unbeaten streak ended with a 2-0 loss to Barcelona in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final.
This broke the previous record of 20 consecutive games unbeaten by Ajax, which began with a 0-0 home draw against Porto in the second leg of the first round of the 1985–86 European cup, and after an eight year hiatus from the competition resumed through a 2-0 home win against Milan in their opening group stage game of the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League season, and ended with a 0-1 home loss to Panathinaikos in the first leg of the semi-final of the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League season; which was itself followed by Bayern Munich's achievement of 19 consecutive games unbeaten, which began with a 1-0 home win against Arsenal on matchday six of the second group stage of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League season, and ended with a 0-2 away loss to Real Madrid in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the 2001–02 Champions League season.
[edit] The biggest disparity between a group winner and runner-up
The biggest points difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is 11 points, achieved by two teams:
- Spartak Moscow, 1995–96 (2nd: Legia Warsaw; 3rd: Rosenborg; 4th: Blackburn Rovers)
- Barcelona, 2002–03 (2nd: Lokomotiv Moscow; 3rd: Club Brugge; 4th: Galatasaray)
[edit] See also
- List of UEFA Champions League winning players
- List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers
- Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup statistics
[edit] References
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- ^ uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - News & Features - News specific
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