Jump to content

Football records and statistics in Spain: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Restored back to the original version
HasperHunter still removing sourced material from this page
Line 149: Line 149:
*'''Youngest goalscorer:''' [[Iker Muniain]], 16 years and 289 days (for [[Athletic Bilbao]] ''v.'' [[Real Valladolid]], 4 October 2009)
*'''Youngest goalscorer:''' [[Iker Muniain]], 16 years and 289 days (for [[Athletic Bilbao]] ''v.'' [[Real Valladolid]], 4 October 2009)
*'''Fastest 50 league goals:''' 37 games, [[Isidro Lángara]] (matchday 19, ''07/04/1935'', season 1934-35)
*'''Fastest 50 league goals:''' 37 games, [[Isidro Lángara]] (matchday 19, ''07/04/1935'', season 1934-35)
*'''Fastest 100 league goals:''' 82 games, [[Isidro Lángara]] (matchday 2, ''28/09/1947'', season 1947-48)<ref>Siguero, Santiago; Marca 23 march 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.</ref>[http://www.marca.com/2012/03/22/futbol/equipos/real_madrid/1332411413.html][http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/Actualidad_Primer_Equipo/1330091624401/noticia/Noticia/Cristiano_Ronaldo_es_el_jugador_que_antes_llega_a_los_100_goles_en_Liga_en_la_historia_del_Real_.htm]
*'''Fastest 100 league goals:''' 92 games, [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] (season 2011-12)
*'''Fastest 150 league goals:''' 161 games, [[Edmundo Suárez]] (matchday 26, ''31/03/1946'', season 1945-46)
*'''Fastest 150 league goals:''' 161 games, [[Edmundo Suárez]] (matchday 26, ''31/03/1946'', season 1945-46)
*'''Fastest 200 league goals:''' 220 games, [[Telmo Zarra]] (matchday 17, ''07/01/1951'', season 1950-51)
*'''Fastest 200 league goals:''' 220 games, [[Telmo Zarra]] (matchday 17, ''07/01/1951'', season 1950-51)

Revision as of 19:51, 12 April 2012

This page details La Liga records – Spanish football records.

League

Records in this section refer to La Liga from its founding in 1929 through to the present.

Titles

  • Most League titles: 31, Real Madrid (1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08)
  • Most consecutive League titles: 5. Real Madrid (twice): (1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65) & (1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90)

Top flight appearances

Wins

Draws

Losses

  • Most losses overall: 974, Espanyol
  • Most losses in a season: 29, Sporting de Gijón (1997–98)
  • Most consecutive losses in a season: 11, Las Palmas (13 December 1959 to 28 February 1960)
  • Most consecutive losses away: 25, Hércules CF (11 September 1955 to 26 February 1967)
  • Fewest losses in a season: 0, (18 games season) joint record:
  • Fewest losses in a season under current league format (38 games): 1, joint record:
    • Real Madrid (1988–89; final record P38 W25 D12 L1)
    • Barcelona (2009–10; final record P38 W31 D6 L1)

Points

  • Most points overall in the top flight: 3838, Real Madrid
  • Most points in a season overall: 99 (86.84% of points), Barcelona (2009–10)
  • Most points in a season opening half: 52, Barcelona (2010–11)
  • Most points in a season closing half: 52, Real Madrid (2009–10)
  • Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 18 games): 30, Athletic Bilbao (1929–30)
  • Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 22 games): 34, Betis Balompié (1934–35)
  • Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 26 games): 40, Valencia (1941–42) and (1943–44)
  • Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 30 games): 52, Real Madrid (1960–61)
  • Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 34 games): 56, Real Madrid (1985–86)
  • Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 38 games): 62, Real Madrid (1987–88), (1988–89) and (1989–90)
  • Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 44 games): 66, Real Madrid (1986–87)
  • Most points in a season (3 points for a win, 42 games): 92, Real Madrid (1996–97)
  • Most points in a season (3 points for a win, 38 games): 99, Barcelona (2009–10)
  • Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 9, Celta de Vigo (1942–43) final record P26 W2 D5 L19
  • Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 13, Sporting de Gijón (1997–98) final record P38 W2 D7 L29

Games without a loss

  • Most consecutive league games without a loss: 38, Real Sociedad, (29 April 1979 to 11 May 1980)
  • Most consecutive league games without a loss home: 121, Real Madrid (17 February 1957 to 7 March 1965)
  • Most consecutive league games without a loss away: 23, Barcelona (14 February 2010 to 30 April 2011)

Games without a win

  • Most consecutive league games without a win: 24, Sporting de Gijón (22 June 1997 to 8 February 1998)
  • Most consecutive league games without a win away: 73, Hércules CF (8 December 1940 to 12 March 1967)

Games without scoring

  • Most consecutive league games without scoring: 8, joint record:
  • Most consecutive league games without scoring away: 12, Deportivo (17 January 1965 to 4 December 1966)
  • Most consecutive league games without scoring away in a single season: 11 Hércules CF (17 November 2010 to 3 April 2011)

Games without conceding a goal

  • Most consecutive league games without conceding a goal: 13, Atlético Madrid (2 December 1990 to 17 March 1991)
  • Most games without conceding a goal in a season: 26, Deportivo (1993–94)

Appearances

  • Most career league appearances: 622, Andoni Zubizarreta
  • Most career league appearances by an outfield player: 550, Raúl
  • Most career league appearances at one club: 550, Raúl
  • Most career league appearances by a player born outside of Spain: 466, Donato
  • Oldest player: Amedeo Carboni, 40 years, 6 months and 17 days (for Valencia v. Real Madrid On 23 October 2005)
  • Oldest player under exceptional circumstances: Harry Lowe, 48 years 7 months and 12 days (for Real Sociedad v. Valencia 24 March 1935) (Real Sociedad's manager played due to a player down to illness, the team did not bring any substitutes to the away game for financial reasons.)
  • Youngest player: Francisco Bao Rodríguez, Sansón, 15 years, 8 months and 11 days[8](for Celta de Vigo v. Sevilla 31 December 1939)
  • Youngest player under exceptional circumstances: Pablo Alfaro, 15 years 4 months and 12 days[9] (for Real Zaragoza v. Barcelona 9 September 1984) (The game was played with youth players due to players' strike. Pablo made his official la liga debute with Real Zaragoza on 3 september 1989)

Goals

Team

  • Most league goals scored in a season: 107, Real Madrid (1989–90)
  • Most home league goals scored in a season: 78, Real Madrid (1989–90)
  • Most away league goals scored in a season: 49, Barcelona (2010–11)
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 15, CD Logroñés (1994–95)
  • Fewest home league goals scored in a season: 8, Granada CF (1969–70)
  • Fewest away league goals scored in a season: 2, Deportivo (1964–65)
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 134, UE Lleida (1950–51)
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 15, Real Madrid (1931–32)
  • Best conceded goal quota in a season: 0.474 goals per game, Deportivo (1993–94) (Real Madrid's record of 15 goals was in a 18 game season and gives a quota of 0.833, Deportivo's tally (of 18) is from a 38 game season)
  • Best goal difference in a season: +74, Barcelona (2009–10), (2010–11)
  • Worst goal difference in a season: –93, UE Lleida (1950–51)
  • Most consecutive games scoring: 36, Barcelona (22 November 1942 to 13 February 1944)
  • Most consecutive games scoring home: 88, Barcelona (10 February 1952 to 19 January 1958)
  • Most consecutive games scoring away: 26, Barcelona (01 May 2010 to 26 November 2011)
  • Most goals on one day: 59 goals in 8 games, (17 September 1950)
  • Fewest goals on one day: 8 goals in 8 games, (18 March 1973) the nineth game of the round was played on the 17th of March and ended 0-0
  • Fastest 100 league goals scored in a season: 30 Games, Real Madrid (2011-12)

Individual

Scorelines

Individual records

Most championships won

Goalscoring

Top 30 highest goalscorers, all-time

Updated 10 April 2012

Players in bold are still active

Rank Nat Name Years Goals Apps Ratio
1 Spain Telmo Zarra 1940–1955 252 278 0.91
2 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 1981–1994 234 347 0.67
3 Spain Raúl 1994–2010 228 550 0.41
4 ArgentinaSpain Alfredo di Stéfano 1953–1966 227 329 0.69
5 Spain César Rodríguez 1939–1955 226 353 0.64
6 Spain Quini 1970–1987 219 448 0.49
7 Spain Pahiño 1943–1956 210 278 0.76
8 Spain Edmundo Suárez 1939–1950 195 231 0.81
9 Spain Carlos Santillana 1970–1988 186 461 0.40
10 Spain Juan Arza 1943–1959 182 349 0.52
11 Spain Guillermo Gorostiza 1929–1945 178 256 0.70
12 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 1998–2009 162 280 0.58
13 Spain David Villa 2003– 161 288 0.56
14 Spain Luis Aragonés 1960–1974 160 360 0.44
15 Argentina Lionel Messi 2004– 158 208 0.76
16 HungarySpain Ferenc Puskás 1958–1966 156 180 0.87
17 Spain Julio Salinas 1982–2000 152 417 0.36
18 Spain Adrián Escudero 1945–1958 150 287 0.52
19 Spain Daniel Ruiz 1974–1986 147 303 0.49
20 Spain Raúl Tamudo 1997– 144 396 0.36
21 Spain Silvestre Igoa 1941–1956 141 284 0.50
22 Spain Manuel Badenes 1946–1959 139 201 0.69
= Spain Juan Araújo 1945–1956 139 207 0.67
= Spain José Mari Bakero 1980–1997 139 483 0.29
25 HungarySpain László Kubala 1951–1965 138 215 0.64
26 Spain José Luis Panizo 1939–1955 136 325 0.41
27 Spain Jesús María Satrústegui 1973–1986 133 297 0.45
28 Spain Joaquín Murillo 1952–1964 132 227 0.58
29 Spain Ismael Urzaiz 1991–2007 131 445 0.29
30 Spain Fernando Ansola 1960–1975 130 323 0.40

Top ten goalscorers, still active (Primera División only)

Updated 10 April 2012

Rank Nat Name Years Current
Club
Goals Apps
1 Spain David Villa 2003– Barcelona 161 288
2 Argentina Lionel Messi 2004– Barcelona 158 208
3 Spain Raúl Tamudo 1997– Rayo Vallecano 144 396
4 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2009– Real Madrid 106 95
5 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín 2006– Real Madrid 89 156
6 Mali Frédéric Kanouté 2005– Sevilla 88 207
7 Uruguay Walter Pandiani 2000– Espanyol 82 275
8 Spain Fernando Llorente 2004– Athletic Bilbao 79 230
= Spain Roberto Soldado 2005– Valencia 76 170
10 Spain Luis García 2002– Zaragoza 73 323

Most goals in a La Liga season[11]

Rank Nat Name Season Club Goals Apps Goals per Match Minutes per Goal
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2011/12 Real Madrid 40 32 1.25 70.0
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2010/11 Real Madrid 40 34 1.176 76.5
3 Argentina Lionel Messi 2011/12 Barcelona 39 31 1.258 72.79 [12]
4 Spain Telmo Zarra 1950/51 Athletic Bilbao 38 30 1.267 71.05
5 Mexico Hugo Sanchez 1989/90 Real Madrid 38 35 1.086 80

Most goals in a season - all competitions

Updated 10 April 2012

Rank Nat Name Season Club Goals Apps Goals per Match
1 Argentina Lionel Messi 2011/12 Barcelona 61 51 1.196
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2010/11 Real Madrid 53 54 0.981
= Argentina Lionel Messi 2010/11 Barcelona 53 55 0.964
4 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2011/12 Real Madrid 52 47 1.106
5 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 1959/60 Real Madrid 47 38 1.237
= Brazil Ronaldo 1996/97 Barcelona 47 49 0.964
= Argentina Lionel Messi 2009/10 Barcelona 47 53 0.887
8 Spain Telmo Zarra 1950/51 Athletic Bilbao 46 36 1.278

Goalkeeping

Top 10 longest goalkeeping runs without conceding a goal, all-time (only Primera División)[13]

Rank Nat Name Season Club minutes
1 Spain Abel Resino 1990/91 Atlético Madrid 1275
2 Spain Miguel Reina 1972/73 FC Barcelona 824
3 Argentina Edgardo Madinabeytia 1965/66 Atlético Madrid 793
4 Spain Luis Arconada 1979/80 Real Sociedad 753
5 Spain Victor García 1990/91 to 1991/92 Real Oviedo 732
6 Spain Francisco Liaño 1993/94 to 1994/95 Deportivo de La Coruña 715
7 Spain Francisco Buyo 1994/95 Real Madrid C.F. 709
8 Spain Santiago Cañizares 1997/98 Real Madrid C.F. 709
9 Spain Ángel Abelardo 1970/71 Valencia CF 703
10 Spain Emilio Isierte 1991/92 Sporting de Gijón 703

Appearances

Most appearances (Primera División)

Top 30 most appearances, all-time (only Primera División)

Updated 10 April 2012

Players in bold are still active

Rank Nat Name Years Apps Goals
1 Spain Andoni Zubizarreta 1981–1998 622
2 Spain Raúl 1994–2010 550 228
3 Spain Eusebio Sacristán 1983–2002 543 36
4 Spain Francisco Buyo 1980–1997 542
5 Spain Manuel Sanchís 1983–2001 524 33
6 Spain Miquel Soler 1983–2003 504 12
7 Spain Fernando Hierro 1987–2003 497 104
8 Spain José Mari Bakero 1980–1997 483 139
9 Spain Lorenzo Juarros Loren 1984–2002 482 54
10 Spain Joaquín Alonso 1977–1992 479 18
11 Spain José Ramón Esnaola 1967–1985 469
12 Spain José Ángel Iribar 1962–1980 466
= BrazilSpain Donato 1988–2003 466 49
14 Spain Miguel Ángel Nadal 1986–2005 462 33
15 Spain Alberto Górriz 1978–1993 461 14
= Spain Carlos Santillana 1971–1988 461 186
17 Spain Juan Antonio Larrañaga 1980–1994 460 15
18 Spain Manuel Jiménez Ábalo 1979–1992 458 8
19 Spain Jesús María Zamora 1974–1989 455 63
20 Spain Cristóbal Parralo 1987–2001 454 14
21 Spain Txiki Begiristain 1982–1997 453 90
22 Spain Joseba Etxeberria 1995–2010 452 89
= Spain Iker Casillas 1999– 452
24 Spain Diego Rodríguez Fernández 1982–1996 450 12
25 Spain Quini 1970–1987 448 218
26 Spain Ismael Urzáiz 1991–2007 445 131
27 Spain Pedro Munitis 1994– 442 43
28 Spain Roberto Fernández Bonillo 1981–1999 440 95
29 Spain Miguel Fuentes Azpiroz 1987–2001 439 7
30 Spain Francisco Gento 1952–1971 438 128

Top ten most appearances, still active (only Primera División)

Updated the 10 April 2012

Rank Nat Name Years Current
Club
Apps Goals
1 Spain Iker Casillas 1999– Real Madrid 451
2 Spain Pedro Munitis 1994– Racing de Santander 442 43
3 Spain Xavi 1998– Barcelona 410 48
4 Spain César Sánchez 1991– Villarreal 401
5 Spain Raúl Tamudo 1997– Rayo Vallecano 396 144
6 Spain Carles Puyol 1999– Barcelona 369 9
7 Spain Francisco Puñal 2001– Osasuna 367 20
8 Spain David Albelda 1997– Valencia 365 8
9 Spain Joaquín Sánchez 2001– Málaga 357 48
10 Spain Sergio Ballesteros 1995– Levante 354 8

Coaches

Coaches with most matches managed

Updated 8 April 2012

Coaches in bold are still active

Rank Nat Name Years Apps
1 Spain Luis Aragonés 1974–2004 757
2 Spain Javier Irureta 1988–2008 612
3 Spain Miguel Muñoz 1958–1982 601
4 Spain Víctor Fernández 1990–2008 514
5 Spain Javier Clemente 1981– 504
6 Slovakia Ferdinand Daučík 1950–1971 488
7 Wales John Benjamin Toshack 1985–2004 480
8 France Marcel Domingo 1958–1984 457
9 Spain Ricardo Zamora 1939–1962 423
10 Spain José María Maguregui 1973–1990 416
11 Spain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer 1983–2006 413
12 Serbia Radomir Antić 1988–2004 410
13 Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina 1992– 409
14 Spain José Manuel Díaz Novoa 1979–1998 408
15 Spain Joaquín Caparrós 2001– 405
16 Spain Luis Cid Carriega 1970–1986 397
17 Spain Gregorio Manzano 1999–2012 395
18 Spain Pasieguito 1963–1982 380
19 Spain Arsenio Iglesias 1971–1996 363
20 ArgentinaFrance Helenio Herrera 1948–1981 358
21 Spain Antonio Barrios 1949–1972 350
22 Argentina Roque Olsen 1962–1989 343
23 Spain Fernando Vázquez 1995–2007 342
24 Spain Jacinto Quincoces 1942–1960 339
25 Uruguay Víctor Espárrago 1987–2006 330
26 Spain Patricio Caicedo 1930–1956 326
27 Spain Vicente Miera 1975–1997 319
28 ArgentinaSpain Alfredo di Stéfano 1967–1991 305
29 Netherlands Johan Cruyff 1988–1996 300
30 Brazil Otto Bumbel 1959–1971 298

Cup

Records in this section refer to Copa del Rey from its founding in 1902 through to the present.

Final

Most successful clubs overall (official titles, 1903 – present)

The following table includes official Spanish, European and worldwide competitions organized respectively by RFEF, UEFA and FIFA since 1903.[14][15][16][17]

Key

Domestic competitions organized by RFEF
La Liga
CR Copa de S.M. el Rey
SCE Supercopa de España
CLI Copa de la Liga (Defunct)
CED Copa Eva Duarte (Defunct) (Predecessor to SC)
CLA Copa Latina (Defunct) (along with FIGC, FFF, and FPF) (Predecessor to UCL)
European competitions organized by UEFA
ICFC Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Defunct) (Not organized by UEFA, but recognized as the official predecessor to the UEL and acknowledged by FIFA as an official trophy)
UCL UEFA Champions League, former European Champion Clubs' Cup
UCWC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct)
UEL UEFA Europa League, former UEFA Cup
USC UEFA Super Cup
UIC UEFA Intertoto Cup (Defunct)
IC UEFA/CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup (Defunct) (Predecessor to FCWC)
Intercontinental competition organized by FIFA
FCWC FIFA Club World Cup

By Club

Team[18] RFEF UEFA FIFA Total
CR[19] SCE CLI CED Total CLA+ ICFC# UCL[20] UCWC[21] UEL[22] USC UIC[23] Total IC* FCWC
Barcelona 21 25 10 2 3 61 2 3 4 4 4 17 2 80[24]
Real Madrid 31 18 8 1 1 59 2 9 2 1 14 3 76[24]
Athletic Bilbao 8 23 1 1 33 33
Atlético Madrid 9 9 1 1 20 1 1 1 3 1 24
Valencia 6 7 1 1 15 2 1 1 2 1 7 22
Sevilla 1 5 1 7 2 1 3 10
Real Zaragoza 6 1 7 1 1 2 9
Real Deportivo 1 2 3 6 6
Real Sociedad 2 1 1 4 4
Real Espanyol 4 4 4
Real Unión 4 4 4
Real Betis 1 2 3 3
Real Mallorca 1 1 2 2
Villarreal 2 2 2
Arenas Club 1 1 1
Club Bizcaya 1 1 1
Club Ciclista 1 1 1
Real Valladolid 1 1 1
Real Celta 1 1 1
Málaga 1 1 1

The figures in bold represent the most times this competition has been won by a Spanish team.
+ Although organized by RFEF (and FIGC, FFF, and FPF), the Copa Latina is included here under UEFA for being a predecessor to the UCL.
# Although not organized by UEFA, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is included here as it is the official predecessor to the UEL.
* Although organized by UEFA (and CONMEBOL), the Intercontinental Cup is included here under FIFA for being the predecessor to the FCWC.

See also

Template:Multicol

Template:Multicol-break

Template:Multicol-break

Template:Multicol-end

References

  1. ^ "La Liga season 2010–11". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. ^ "La Liga season 1957–58". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. ^ "La Liga season 1958–59". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  4. ^ "La Liga season 1959–60". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  5. ^ "La Liga season 1960–61". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  6. ^ "La Liga season 2009–10". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  7. ^ "La Liga season 2010–11". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  8. ^ Garde, Luis; Spanish newspaper ABC, page 86 Deportes 25 October 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  9. ^ Garde, Luis; Spanish newspaper ABC, page 86 Deportes 25 October 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  10. ^ Siguero, Santiago; Marca 23 march 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  11. ^ http://www.netjoven.pe/noticias/62608/Goles-del-Real-Madrid-vs-Almeria-8-1---Video-del-partido.html
  12. ^ http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/staff/players/messi/stats
  13. ^ http://www.iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda14b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aed09
  14. ^ For all other competitions not organized respectively by the above-mentioned bodies, please refer to the "Honours" section in each club's own article.
  15. ^ Also, for a detailed discussion of official vs unofficial inter-confederation competitions please see https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_confederation_and_inter-confederation_club_competition_winners, in particular references 8, 9 and 10.
  16. ^ In particular, note that the UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, however, as the competition was not organised by UEFA, it is not counted as an official trophy for official European record purposes ("UEFA Cup: All-time finals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 July 2009.). Still, it is generally considered the official predecessor of the UEFA Cup (see, for example, http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/index.html) and a major title (see, for example, F.C. Barcelona's profile at FIFA.com: http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44217/)
  17. ^ Also, note that competitions such as the Latin Cup, which was a European level competition organized by RFEF together with other national federations, but not by UEFA, do not fall under the above-mentioned criteria and are therefore not included in this table.
  18. ^ Teams which have one at least one official title are included, ranked by number of overall titles (domestic and international) and listed in alphabetic order in case of a tie.
  19. ^ Includes all previous denominations of the same competition organized by the RFEF, such as Copa del Generalísimo, Copa del Presidente de la República, etc.
  20. ^ Prior to 1992, the tournament was officially called the European Champion Clubs' Cup but was usually referred to as simply the European Cup
  21. ^ The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but not recognised by the governing body of European football until two years later (http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/uefadirect/uefadirect-100-2010-08.pdf). In 1998–99 it was absorbed by the UEFA Cup.
  22. ^ Previously called the UEFA Cup, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League since the 2009–10 season "UEFA Cup gets new name in revamp". BBC Sport. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  23. ^ The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.
  24. ^ a b As of December 18th, 2011, Barcelona leads in terms of official trophies with 75 trophies to Real Madrid's 74. Domestic-wise Barcelona leads with 61 trophies versus Real Madrid's 59, while international-wise Real Madrid leads with 15 trophies versus Barcelona's 14. If the predecessor to the UEFA CUP, the Inter-Cities Fairs (recognized by FIFA), is included, then Barcelona leads with 17 to 15 international-wise and 78 to 74 in terms of overall trophies. If the Latin Cup is included, then Barcelona leads with 19 to 17 international-wise and 80 to 76 in terms of overall trophies.