European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics

General performances

By club

By nation

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

Rank	Club	Years
1	Real Madrid	50	438	262	76	100	972	478	+494	600	13	16	29	36
2	Bayern Munich	36	348	202	72	74	708	347	+361	476	5	10	19	30
3	Barcelona	30	317	187	73	57	630	303	+327	447	5	8	17	23
4	Manchester United	28	279	154	66	59	506	264	+242	374	3	5	12	19
5	Juventus	34	278	140	69	69	439	269	+170	349	2	9	12	19
6	Milan	28	249	125	64	60	416	231	+185	314	7	11	13	17
7	Liverpool	24	217	121	47	49	408	196	+212	289	6	9	11	15
8	Benfica	39	258	114	59	85	416	299	+117	287	2	7	8	17
9	Porto	34	245	110	57	78	364	276	+88	277	2	2	3	10
10	Ajax	36	227	102	62	63	356	251	+105	266	4	6	9	13
11	Dynamo Kyiv	36	233	97	52	84	333	283	+50	246	0	0	3	8
12	Arsenal	21	201	101	43	57	332	218	+114	245	0	1	2	7
13	Celtic	34	212	100	36	76	324	250	+74	236	1	2	4	7
14	Inter Milan	21	178	86	47	45	255	177	+80	219	3	5	8	12
15	Chelsea	16	167	83	48	36	285	154	+131	214	1	2	7	9
16	Anderlecht	34	200	70	44	86	282	320	–38	184	0	0	2	7
17	Atlético Madrid	15	135	70	34	31	204	120	+84	174	0	3	6	10
18	PSV Eindhoven	28	177	64	41	72	231	224	+7	169	1	1	3	7
19	Borussia Dortmund	18	146	70	28	48	247	183	+64	168	1	2	4	8
20	Lyon	18	145	64	37	44	228	172	+56	166	0	0	1	4
21	Rangers	30	161	62	40	59	232	218	+14	164	0	0	1	4
22	Red Star Belgrade	25	140	65	30	45	253	193	+60	160	1	1	4	9
23	Galatasaray	26	175	57	43	75	213	272	–59	157	0	0	1	5
24	Olympiacos	32	172	62	32	78	212	265	–54	156	0	0	0	1
25	Valencia	13	128	57	35	36	191	129	+61	149	0	2	2	4

Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era

• Anderlecht
• Barcelona
• Benfica
• Dynamo Kyiv
• Panathinaikos
• Red Star Belgrade
• Sampdoria'''
• Sparta Prague

Goals

• Most goals in a matchday: 63

  Host of the finals

• The city that has hosted the final the most times is London, doing so on seven occasions. Of these, five have been played at the original Wembley Stadium and twice at the new Wembley Stadium, with an upcoming final in 2024. Madrid and Paris come joint second, having hosted five finals each.
• The country that has hosted the most finals is Italy, with nine. England comes second with eight.

  Clubs

Performance review (from 1992–93)

By semi-final appearances

Team	No.	Years
Real Madrid	29	1956, 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
Bayern Munich	19	1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Barcelona	17	1960, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019
Milan	13	1956, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Manchester United	12	1957, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Juventus	12	1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2015, 2017
Liverpool	11	1965, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019
Ajax	9	1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2019
Benfica	8	1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1990
Inter Milan	8	1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1981, 2003, 2010
Chelsea	7	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
Atlético Madrid	6	1959, 1971, 1974, 2014, 2016, 2017
Red Star Belgrade	4	1957, 1971, 1991, 1992
Borussia Dortmund	4	1964, 1997, 1998, 2013
Celtic	4	1967, 1970, 1972, 1974
Monaco	4	1994, 1998, 2004, 2017
Hamburg	3	1961, 1980, 1983
Leeds United	3	1970, 1975, 2001
Panathinaikos	3	1971, 1985, 1996
PSV Eindhoven	3	1976, 1988, 2005
Dynamo Kyiv	3	1977, 1987, 1999
Steaua București	3	1986, 1988, 1989
Porto	3	1987, 1994, 2004
Marseille	3	1990, 1991, 1993
Reims	2	1956, 1959
Rangers	2	1960, 1993
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1962, 2019
Feyenoord	2	1963, 1970
Zürich	2	1964, 1977
CSKA Sofia	2	1967, 1982
Saint-Étienne	2	1975, 1976
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2	1977, 1978
Nottingham Forest	2	1979, 1980
Anderlecht	2	1982, 1986
Roma	2	1984, 2018
IFK Göteborg	2	1986, 1993
Valencia	2	2000, 2001
Arsenal	2	2006, 2009
Hibernian	1	1956
Fiorentina	1	1957
Vasas	1	1958
Young Boys	1	1959
Eintracht Frankfurt	1	1960
Rapid Wien	1	1961
Standard Liège	1	1962
Dundee	1	1963
Győri ETO	1	1965
Partizan	1	1966
Dukla Praha	1	1967
Spartak Trnava	1	1969
Legia Warsaw	1	1970
Derby County	1	1973
Újpest	1	1974
Club Brugge	1	1978
Austria Wien	1	1979
Köln	1	1979
Malmö FF	1	1979
Aston Villa	1	1982
Real Sociedad	1	1983
Widzew Łódź	1	1983
Dinamo București	1	1984
Dundee United	1	1984
Bordeaux	1	1985
Galatasaray	1	1989
Spartak Moscow	1	1991
Sparta Prague	1	1992
Sampdoria	1	1992
Paris Saint-Germain	1	1995
Nantes	1	1996
Bayer Leverkusen	1	2002
Deportivo La Coruña	1	2004
Villarreal	1	2006
Lyon	1	2010
Schalke 04	1	2011
Manchester City	1	2016

Presidents records

• Jaap van Praag and Michael van Praag are the first father and son to have won the competition during the presidency of the same team, Ajax. This team won the Champions League in different periods with these presidents, in 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 and 1994–95.
• Angelo Moratti and Massimo Moratti are the second father and son to have won the competition during the presidency of the same team, Inter Milan. This team won the Champions League in different periods with these presidents, in 1963–64, 1964–65 and 2009–10.
• Santiago Bernabéu won 6 European Cups as a president of Real Madrid: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66.
• Two presidents won 5 European Cups/UEFA Champions League:
• * Silvio Berlusconi as a president of Milan: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2006–07.
• * Florentino Pérez as a president of Real Madrid: 2001–02, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18.

  Unbeaten sides

• Nine clubs have won either the European Cup or the Champions League unbeaten, only four clubs have done this twice:
• * Liverpool had 6 wins and 3 draws in 1980–81 and 7 wins and 2 draws in 1983–84.
• * Milan had 5 wins and 4 draws in 1988–89 and 7 wins and 5 draws in 1993–94.
• * Ajax had 7 wins and 2 draws in 1971–72 and 7 wins and 4 draws in 1994–95.
• * Manchester United had 5 wins and 6 draws in 1998–99 and 9 wins and 4 draws in 2007–08.
• Five clubs have achieved it on one occasion:
• * Inter Milan had 7 wins and 2 draws in 1963–64.
• * Nottingham Forest had 6 wins and 3 draws in 1978–79.
• * Red Star Belgrade had 5 wins and 4 draws in 1990–91.
• * Marseille had 7 wins and 4 draws in 1992–93.
• * Barcelona had 9 wins and 4 draws in 2005–06.
• The team to have won the European Cup with the fewest games won is PSV Eindhoven, managing just three victories in the entire tournament.
• The team to have won the Champions League with the fewest games won is Manchester United, with five wins.
• Three teams have won the Champions League with the most games lost, Liverpool, Milan and Real Madrid, all losing four games.

  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:
• * Nottingham Forest
• * Porto
• Four clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion:
• * Feyenoord
• * Aston Villa
• * PSV Eindhoven
• * Red Star Belgrade
• On the opposite end of the scale, 18 clubs have played at least one final, but never won. Only three of these have appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:
• * Reims
• * Valencia
• * Atlético Madrid
• Of the 22 teams who have won the trophy, only two have lost more finals than they have won:
• * Juventus two wins and seven losses
• * Benfica two wins and five losses

  Consecutive appearances

• Most consecutive seasons in the European Cup: 15, Real Madrid
• Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League: 23, Real Madrid
• Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase: 23, Real Madrid
• Most consecutive quarter-final appearances: 12, 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

  Winning other trophies

• 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.

• Celtic also won their secondary domestic cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, as well as the regional Glasgow Cup, in the 1966–67 season concurrently with the treble of cups mentioned previously, thus making their achievement unique in this respect to every other club.
• Ajax also won the Intercontinental Cup and the inaugural 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 European 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 also won the DFL-Supercup in the start of the 2012–13 season, the European Super Cup in 2013 and the FIFA Club World Cup in the same year winning a sextuple 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.

Biggest wins

• The following teams won a single match by ten goals or more in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup'':
• * Dinamo București beat Crusaders 11–0 in 1973–74
• * Feyenoord beat KR Reykjavík 12–2 in 1969–70
• * Manchester United beat Anderlecht 10–0 in 1956–57
• * Ipswich Town beat Floriana 10–0 in 1962–63
• * Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 10–0 in 1965–66
• * Leeds United beat Lyn 10–0 in 1969–70
• * Borussia Mönchengladbach beat EPA Larnaca 10–0 in 1970–71
• * Ajax beat Omonia 10–0 in 1979–80
• The largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format is 10–0:
• * HJK Helsinki beat Bangor City in the second qualifying round in 2011–12
• The largest margin of victory after the preliminary rounds in either competition is 8–0:
• * Real Madrid beat Sevilla in the quarter-final in 1957–58
• * Liverpool beat Beşiktaş in the group stage in 2007–08
• * Real Madrid beat Malmö FF in the group stage in 2015–16
• The largest margin of victory in the knockout stage in the current Champions League format is 7–0:
• * Bayern Munich beat Basel in the first knockout round in 2011–12
• * Bayern Munich beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the first knockout round in 2014–15
• * Manchester City beat Schalke 04 in the first knockout round in 2018–19
• The largest margin of victory in a final is four goals:
• * Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in 1959–60
• * Bayern Munich beat Atlético Madrid 4–0 in 1973–74
• * Milan beat Steaua București 4–0 in 1988–89
• * Milan beat Barcelona 4–0 in 1993–94
• The largest margin of victory in an away match is seven goals:
• * Žilina 0–7 Marseille in 2010–11
• * BATE Borisov 0–7 Shakhtar Donetsk in 2014–15
• * Maribor 0–7 Liverpool in 2017–18

  Biggest two leg wins

• Benfica hold the overall record for highest aggregate win. They beat Stade Dudelange 18–0 in the preliminary round in 1965–66: 8–0 away score and 10–0 at home.
• As for the group stage, record belongs to Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat BATE Borisov 12–0 in 2014–15. Including the preliminary rounds, HJK Helsinki hold the Champions League era record by beating Bangor City 13–0 in 2011–12.
• Bayern Munich hold the biggest margin of overall home and away result in the Champions League era in play-off. They beat Sporting CP 12–1 in the round of 16 in 2008–09.
• Real Madrid hold the record for the biggest win in a quarter-final, beating Sevilla 10–2 in 1957–58. During the Champions League era, Bayern Munich hold the record by beating Kaiserslautern 6–0 in 1998–99.
• Eintracht Frankfurt hold the record for the biggest win in a semi-final, beating Rangers 12–4 in 1959–60. During the Champions League era, Bayern Munich hold the record by beating Barcelona 7–0 in 2012–13.

  Deciding drawn ties

Play-offs

• The first play-off was Borussia Dortmund beating Spora Luxembourg 7–0 in the preliminary round in 1956–57 after the two first games tied 5–5.
• The last play-off match was Ajax beating Benfica 3–0 in the quarter-final in 1968–69 after the two first games tied 4–4. Ajax later progressed to the final.
• The first replayed final was in 1974, with Bayern Munich beating Atlético Madrid 4–0 after 1–1 in the first meeting.
• A total of 32 play-offs have been played. Real Madrid is the only team to have won three times, in 1956–57, 1958–59 and 1961–62, later progressing to the final on all three occasions. Feyenoord is the only team to win two play-offs in the same season, beating Servette and Vasas in 1962–63, while Wismut Karl Marx Stadt and Atlético Madrid have played the most play-offs with four each.

  Coin toss

• The first coin toss was in 1957–58, with Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beating Gwardia Warsaw after the play-off was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
• Zürich won a coin toss against Galatasaray in 1963–64 after their play-off match ended 2–2. This was the first time this rule was used for a tie played to completion.
• The last season using a coin toss was 1969–70, with Galatasaray beating Spartak Trnava and Celtic beating Benfica, both in the second round. Celtic later progressed to the final.
• A total of 7 European Cup ties were decided by a coin toss, Galatasaray being the only team to be involved twice, with one win and one loss.

  Away goals

• The away goals rule was introduced in 1967–68, with Valur beating Jeunesse Esch 4–4 and Benfica beating Glentoran 1–1, both in the first round. Benfica later progressed to the final.
• In 2002–03, Milan and Inter Milan met in the semi-final. Sharing the same stadium, they played 0–0 in the first tie and 1–1 in the second. However, Milan were the designated away side in the latter, and so became the only team to win on "away" goals without having scored a goal away from their own stadium. They later went on to win the final against Juventus.
• Milan and Paris Saint-Germain are the only teams to have advanced on the away goals rule after extra time. In the semi-final against Bayern Munich in 1989–90, Milan won 1–0 at home and were 1–0 down after 90 minutes in the second leg. Both teams scored one goal each in the extra time, giving Milan the victory on away goals. They later went on to win the final against Benfica. In the round of 16 against Chelsea in 2014–15, PSG drew 1–1 at home and away. Both teams scored one goal each in extra time, giving PSG the victory on away goals.

  Penalty shootout

• The first penalty shootout in the European Cup was between Everton and Borussia Mönchengladbach on 4 November 1970, after both games ended 1–1. Gladbach's Klaus-Dieter Sieloff was the first player to score on a penalty kick, while Everton's Joe Royle was the first to miss. Everton went on to win 4–3 with Sandy Brown scoring the decisive goal.
• The first penalty shootout in a final was between Liverpool and Roma in the 1984 final after 1–1. 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 4–2 with Alan Kennedy scoring the deciding goal. Kennedy also scored the deciding goal in the 1981 final.
• 11 finals have been decided by a penalty shootout. Liverpool is the only team to have won more than once, 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 shootouts in the same season. In 1985–86, Barcelona beat IFK Göteborg in the semi-finals, but lost to Steaua București in the final. In 2011–12, Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals but lost to Chelsea in the final. In 2015–16, Atlético Madrid beat PSV Eindhoven in the Round of 16 but lost to Real Madrid in the final.
• Games ended with a penalty shoot-out in the Champions League era:
• * Juventus 4–2 Ajax
• * Bayern Munich 5–4 Valencia
• * Milan 3–2 Juventus
• * PSV Eindhoven 4–2 Lyon
• * Liverpool 3–2 Milan
• * Liverpool 4–1 Chelsea
• * Fenerbahçe 3–2 Sevilla
• * Schalke 04 4–1 Porto
• * Manchester United 6–5 Chelsea
• * Arsenal 7–6 Roma
• * APOEL 4–3 Lyon
• * Bayern Munich 3–1 Real Madrid
• * Chelsea 4–3 Bayern Munich
• * Atlético Madrid 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
• * Atlético Madrid 8–7 PSV Eindhoven
• * Real Madrid 5–3 Atlético Madrid
• Three teams involved in 3 penalty shoot-outs: Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Atlético Madrid.
• Three teams won 2 penalty shoot-outs: Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Atlético Madrid.
• Two teams had lost 2 penalty shoot-outs: Chelsea and Lyon.

  Most converted penalties

• Top three teams which have converted most penalties in the competition:
• * Bayern Munich: 26 out of 34
• * Barcelona: 24 out of 32
• * Real Madrid: 23 out of 31

  Extra time

• 17 finals have gone to extra time. One was replayed, eleven went to penalty shootout, while the remaining five were decided after 120 minutes:
• * Real Madrid beat Milan 3–2 in 1958
• * Manchester United beat Benfica 4–1 in 1968
• * Feyenoord beat Celtic 2–1 in 1970
• * Barcelona beat Sampdoria 1–0 in 1992
• * Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 4–1 in 2014

  Most goals in a match

• Feyenoord beat KR Reykjavík 12–2 in the first round in 1969–70. This is the overall record for all European Cup/Champions League matches.
• Borussia Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8–4 in the group stage in 2016–17. This is the record for the Champions League era.
• Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the 1960 final. This is the overall record for all European Cup/Champions League finals.

  Highest scoring draws

• The highest scoring draw is eight goals :
• * Hamburger SV 4–4 Juventus in 2000–01
• * Chelsea 4–4 Liverpool in 2008–09
• * Bayer Leverkusen 4–4 Roma in 2015–16
• * Chelsea 4–4 Ajax in 2019–20

  Not winning the domestic league

• Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times than they have won their domestic league. 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.
• The competition format was changed in 1997–98 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:
• * Manchester United's treble-winners of 1999 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, Milan, Liverpool, Barcelona, Chelsea, and Bayern Munich have achieved this feat.
• * Liverpool's 2019 triumph came 29 years after their previous domestic league title. That was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning their league, breaking the record they set in 2005, which was 15 years after their last league title.
• Bayer Leverkusen is the only club to play in the final having never won their domestic league.
• There have been seven finals contested where both sides did not win their national league in the previous season:
• * 1999 – Manchester United vs Bayern Munich
• * 2000 – Real Madrid vs Valencia
• * 2007 – Milan vs Liverpool
• * 2012 – Chelsea vs Bayern Munich
• * 2014 – Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• * 2016 – Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• * 2019 – Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool

  Comebacks

Group stage

• Newcastle United in 2002–03 and Atalanta in 2019–20 are the only teams to have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games.
• * In Newcastle's last game against Feyenoord, Craig Bellamy's injury time goal secured the 3–2 victory and a place in the second group stage.
• * Atalanta managed to do so after losing their first three matches and drawing their fourth.
• Only twelve teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first two games. Only Galatasaray and Tottenham Hotspur managed to advance past the second round of the tournament, however.
• * Dynamo Kyiv in 1999–2000, lost on head-to-head criteria in second group stage to Real Madrid despite having a better goal difference
• * Newcastle United and Bayer Leverkusen in 2002–03, placed 3rd and 4th in second group stage
• * Werder Bremen in 2005–06, lost to Juventus on away goals in the round of 16
• * Inter Milan in 2006–07, lost to Valencia on away goals in the round of 16
• * Lyon in 2007–08, lost 1–2 to Manchester United in the round of 16
• * Panathinaikos in 2008–09, came back to win the group but lost 2–3 to Villarreal in the round of 16
• * Marseille in 2010–11, lost 1–2 to Manchester United in the round of 16
• * Galatasaray in 2012–13, lost 3–5 to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals
• * Arsenal in 2015–16, lost 1–5 to Barcelona in the round of 16
• * Tottenham Hotspur in 2018–19, lost 0–2 to Liverpool in the final
• * Atalanta in 2019–20
• In 1994–95, defending champions Milan started the group stage with a loss and a win, but were deducted two points for crowd trouble against Casino Salzburg on matchday two. With 0 points after two games, they still managed to advance from the group and later to the final, where they lost to Ajax.
• Only two teams have progressed past the group stage without winning any of their first five games:
• * Juventus drew their first five games in 1998–99
• * Feyenoord drew their first five games in 1999–2000

• Only three teams have progressed past the group stage without winning any of their first four games:
• * Lokomotiv Moscow lost three and drew one in 2002–03
• * Manchester City lost two and drew two in 2014–15
• * Atalanta lost three and drew one in 2019–20
• The following teams have progressed past the group stage without winning any of their first three games:
• * Dynamo Kyiv lost one and drew two in 1998–99
• * Dynamo Kyiv lost two and drew one in 1999–2000
• * Fiorentina lost one and drew two in 1999–2000
• * Liverpool lost one and drew two in 2001–02
• * Newcastle United lost their first three games in 2002–03
• * Arsenal lost two and drew one in 2003–04
• * Celta Vigo lost one and drew two in 2003–04
• * Porto lost two and drew one in 2004–05
• * Werder Bremen lost two and drew one in 2005–06
• * Villarreal drew three in 2005–06
• * Liverpool lost two and drew one in 2007–08
• * Panathinaikos lost two and drew one in 2008–09
• * Inter Milan drew three in 2009–10, went on to win the tournament
• * VfB Stuttgart lost one and drew two in 2009–10
• * Juventus drew three in 2012–13
• * Galatasaray lost two and drew one in 2012–13
• * Tottenham Hotspur lost two and drew one in 2018–19

  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 the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, but won 6–1 in the second leg to win 6–5 on aggregate.
• One more 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 0–4 to Górnik Zabrze after 48 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round 1961–62, but managed to finish the game 2–4 and won 8–1 in the second leg and 10–5 on aggregate.
• 17 teams have lost the first leg of a knockout match with three goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
• * Schalke 04 lost 3–0 to KB in the first round 1958–59, but won 5–2 in the second leg and 3–1 in the play-off
• * Jeunesse Esch lost 4–1 to Haka in the preliminary round 1963–64, but won 4–0 in the second leg and 5–4 on aggregate
• * Partizan lost 4–1 to Sparta Prague in the quarter-final 1965–66, but won 5–0 in the second leg and 6–4 on aggregate
• * Panathinaikos lost 4–1 to Red Star Belgrade in the semi-final 1970–71, but won 3–0 in the second leg and progressed to the final on away goals
• * Saint-Étienne lost 4–1 to Hajduk Split in the second round 1974–75, but won 5–1 in the second leg and 6–5 on aggregate
• * Real Madrid lost 4–1 to Derby County in the second round 1975–76, but won 5–1 in the second leg and 6–5 on aggregate
• * Barcelona lost 3–0 to Gothenburg in the semi-final 1985–86, but won 3–0 in the second leg and 5–4 on penalties
• * Werder Bremen lost 3–0 to Dynamo Berlin in the first round 1988–89, but won 5–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate
• * Galatasaray lost 3–0 to Neuchâtel Xamax in the second round 1988–89, but won 5–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate
• * Leeds United lost 3–0 to Stuttgart in the first round 1992–93, but was awarded a score of 3–0 in the second leg and won 2–1 in the play-off
• * Copenhagen lost 3–0 to Linfield in the first round 1993–94, but won 4–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate
• * Paris Saint-Germain lost 3–0 to Steaua București in the second qualifying round 1997–98, but won 5–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate
• * Widzew Łódź lost 4–1 to Litex Lovech in the second qualifying round 1999–2000, but won 4–1 in the second leg and 3–2 on penalties
• * KF Tirana lost 3–0 to Dinamo Tbilisi in the first qualifying round 2003–04, but won 3–0 in the second leg and 4–2 on penalties
• * Deportivo La Coruña lost 4–1 to Milan in the quarter-final 2003–04, but won 4–0 in the second leg and 5–4 on aggregate
• * Roma lost 4–1 to Barcelona in the quarter-final 2017–18, but won 3–0 in the second leg and went through on away goals
• * Liverpool lost 3–0 to Barcelona in the semi-final 2018–19, but won 4–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate
• Another 18 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.
• * CCA București lost 2–4 to Borussia Dortmund in the first round 1957–58 and were trailing 0–1 after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 to qualify for the next round on away goals.
• * Hamburg 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 Vienna 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 Cwmbran 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.
• Three 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.
• 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 one team has lost the first leg of a knockout match at home by two goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
• * 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 win on away goals following a 3–3 scoreline on aggregate. Including the European Cup era, only Ajax managed this feat, winning a play-off match they forced in the 1968–69 European Cup quarter-finals against Benfica after losing 1–3 in the first leg at home and winning 3–1 in the second leg away.
• On six occasions, a team lost the first leg away from home 0–1 and was trailing 0–1 in the second leg at home, but managed to score the required 3 goals and to qualify for the next round:
• * Celtic lost 0–1 to Partizani in Tirana in the 1st round 1979–80 and were trailing 0–1 after 15 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4–1 and 4–2 on aggregate.
• * AEK lost 0–1 to Dresden in Dresden in the 1st round 1989–90 and were trailing 0–1 after 10 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–3 and 5–4 on aggregate.
• * PSV lost 0–1 to Steaua in Bucharest in the 2nd round 1989–90 and were trailing 0–1 after 17 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–1 and 5–2 on aggregate.
• * Barcelona lost 0–1 to Panathinaikos in Athens in the Quarterfinal 2001–02 and were trailing 0–1 after 8 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and 3–2 on aggregate.
• * Shakhtar Donetsk lost 0–1 to Red Bull in Salzburg in the 3rd qualifying round 2007–08 and were trailing 0–1 after 5 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and 3–2 on aggregate.
• * BATE Borisov lost 0–1 to Debreceni VSC in Debrecen in the 3rd qualifying round 2014–15 and were trailing 0–1 after 20 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and 3–2 on aggregate.

  Single game

• No team has ever managed to escape a loss after trailing by 4 or more goals.
• Teams have managed to win a game after trailing by 3 goals on three occasions:
• * Werder Bremen were trailing 0–3 to Anderlecht after 33 minutes in the group stage 1993–94, but managed to win the game 5–3.
• * Deportivo La Coruña were trailing 0–3 to Paris Saint-Germain after 55 minutes in the second group stage 2000–01, but managed to win the game 4–3.
• * Maccabi Haifa were trailing 0–3 to Aktobe after 15 minutes in the second leg of the third qualifying round 2009–10, but managed to win the game 4–3.
• Teams have managed to tie a game after trailing by 3 goals on 11 occasions:
• * Vörös Lobogó were trailing 1–4 to Reims after 52 minutes in the second leg of the quarter-final 1955–56, but managed to finish the game 4–4. Still, Reims qualified by winning 8–6 on aggregate.
• * Red Star Belgrade were trailing 0–3 to Manchester United after 31 minutes in the second leg of the quarter-final 1957–58, but managed to finish the game 3–3. Still, Manchester United qualified by winning 5–4 on aggregate.
• * Panathinaikos were trailing 0–3 to Linfield after 26 minutes in the second leg of the second round 1984–85, but managed to finish the game 3–3, winning 5–4 on aggregate.
• * Liverpool were trailing 0–3 to Basel after 29 minutes in the first group stage 2002–03, but managed to finish the game 3–3.
• * Liverpool were trailing 0–3 to Milan after 44 minutes in the final 2004–05, but managed to finish the game 3–3, eventually winning the final on penalties.
• * Maccabi Tel Aviv were trailing 0–3 to Basel after 32 minutes in the second leg of the third qualifying round 2013–14, but managed to finish the game 3–3. Still, Basel qualified by winning 4–3 on aggregate.
• * Anderlecht were trailing 0–3 to Arsenal after 58 minutes in the group stage 2014–15, but managed to finish the game 3–3.
• * Molde were trailing 0–3 to Dinamo Zagreb after 22 minutes in the second leg of the third qualifying round 2015–16, but managed to finish the game 3–3. Still, Dinamo Zagreb qualified on away goals.
• * Beşiktaş were trailing 0–3 to Benfica after 31 minutes in the group stage 2016–17, but managed to finish the game 3–3.
• * Sevilla were trailing 0–3 to Liverpool after 30 minutes in the group stage 2017–18, but managed to finish the game 3–3.
• * Chelsea were trailing 1–4 to Ajax after 55 minutes in the group stage 2019–20, but managed to finish the game 4–4.

  Defence

• Arsenal hold the record for the most consecutive clean sheets with ten in 2005–06. They went without conceding a goal for 995 minutes between September 2005 and May 2006. The run started after Markus Rosenberg's goal for Ajax after 71 minutes on matchday two 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. The 995 minutes were split between two goalkeepers, Jens Lehmann with 648 and Manuel Almunia with 347 minutes.
• Manchester United hold the record for the longest run without conceding from the start of a campaign, with 481 minutes in 2010–11. The run ended with Pablo Hernández's goal for Valencia after 32 minutes on matchday six of the group stage.
• Manchester United in 2010–11 is the only team to play six away games in a single Champions League season without conceding a goal.

  Goalscoring records

• In the Champions League era Barcelona hold the record for the most goal scored with 45 in 16 matches in 1999–2000. Including qualifying stage, Liverpool hold this feat with 47 in 15 matches in 2017–18.
• Real Madrid hold the record for the most goals scored by a winning side in Champions League era, with 41 in 13 matches in 2013–14.

  Defending the trophy

• Real Madrid on 6 attempts out of 13
• Benfica on 1 attempt out of 2
• Inter Milan on 1 attempt out of 3
• Ajax on 2 attempts out of 4
• Bayern Munich on 2 attempts out of 5
• Liverpool on 1 attempt out of 6
• Nottingham Forest on 1 attempt out of 2
• Milan on 1 attempt out of 7.

• Of the 36 attempts in European Cup era: 13 successful
• Of the 28 attempts in the Champions League era: 2 successful

• Milan in 1994–95
• Ajax in 1995–96
• Juventus in 1996–97
• Manchester United in 2008–09

• Barcelona on 5 attempts: Lost to CSKA Moscow in the second round in 1992–93, to Liverpool in the round of 16 in 2006–07, to Inter Milan in the semi-final in 2009–10, to Chelsea in the semi-final in 2011–12 and to Atlético Madrid in the quarter-final in 2015–16.
• Manchester United on 3 attempts: Lost to Milan in the semi-final in 1968–69, to Real Madrid in the quarter-final in 1999–2000 and to Barcelona in the final in 2008–09.
• Juventus on 2 attempts: Lost to Barcelona in the quarter-final in 1985–86 and to Borussia Dortmund in the final in 1996–97.
• Porto on 2 attempts: Lost to Real Madrid in the second round in 1987–88 and to Inter Milan in the round of 16 in 2004–05.

• Chelsea in 2012–13

• Juventus
• Valencia

• Milan
• Bayern Munich
• Liverpool

Nationalities

• Benfica twice won the competition 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.
• Nottingham Forest won twice with a team consisting of players from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• Liverpool won in 1981 with a team consisting of players from England and Scotland.
• Aston Villa also won the European Cup with a team consisting entirely of players from England and Scotland.
• Arsenal are believed to be the first club in Champions League history to have fielded 11 players of different nationality at the same time, in their 2–1 win away to Hamburg on 13 September 2006. The Arsenal team, after the 28th minute substitution of Kolo Touré, was: Jens Lehmann, Emmanuel Eboué, Johan Djourou, Justin Hoyte, William Gallas, Tomáš Rosický, Gilberto Silva, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie.

  Countries

• On seven occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same country:
• * 2000 Spain: Real Madrid vs Valencia 3–0
• * 2003 Italy: Milan vs Juventus 0–0
• * 2008 England: Manchester United vs Chelsea 1–1
• * 2013 Germany: Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund 2–1
• * 2014 Spain: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid 4–1
• * 2016 Spain: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid 1–1
• * 2019 England: Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur 2–0
• In addition to the 7 finals, 28 meetings between teams from the same country have been played:
• * 12 meetings from the English league:
• ** 1978–79 Nottingham Forest – Liverpool, first round, 2–0
• ** 2003–04 Chelsea – Arsenal, quarter-final, 3–2
• ** 2004–05 Liverpool – Chelsea, semi-final, 1–0
• ** 2005–06 Liverpool – Chelsea, group stage, 0–0 and 0–0
• ** 2006–07 Liverpool – Chelsea, semi-final, 1–1 4–1 pen.
• ** 2007–08 Liverpool – Arsenal, quarter-final, 5–3
• ** 2007–08 Chelsea – Liverpool, semi-final, 4–3
• ** 2008–09 Chelsea – Liverpool, quarter-final, 7–5
• ** 2008–09 Manchester United – Arsenal, semi-final, 4–1
• ** 2010–11 Manchester United – Chelsea, quarter-final, 3–1
• ** 2017–18 Liverpool – Manchester City, quarter-final, 5–1
• ** 2018–19 Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester City, quarter-final, 4–4, Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals
• * 11 meetings from the Spanish league:
• ** 1957–58 Real Madrid – Sevilla, quarter-final, 10–2
• ** 1958–59 Real Madrid – Atlético Madrid, semi-final, 2–2, 2–1 in play-off
• ** 1959–60 Real Madrid – Barcelona, semi-final, 6–2
• ** 1960–61 Barcelona – Real Madrid, first round, 4–3
• ** 1999–2000 Valencia – Barcelona, semi-final, 5–3
• ** 2001–02 Real Madrid – Barcelona, semi-final, 3–1
• ** 2010–11 Barcelona – Real Madrid, semi-final, 3–1
• ** 2013–14 Atlético Madrid – Barcelona, quarter-final, 2–1
• ** 2014–15 Real Madrid – Atlético Madrid, quarter-final, 1–0
• ** 2015–16 Atlético Madrid – Barcelona, quarter-final, 3–2
• ** 2016–17 Real Madrid – Atlético Madrid, semi-final, 4–2
• * 3 meetings from the Italian league:
• ** 1985–86 Juventus – Hellas Verona, second round, 2–0
• ** 2002–03 Milan – Inter Milan, semi-final, 1–1, Milan won on "away" goals
• ** 2004–05 Milan – Inter Milan, quarter-final, 5–0
• * 2 meetings from the German league:
• ** 1997–98 Borussia Dortmund – Bayern Munich, quarter-final, 1–0
• ** 1998–99 Bayern Munich – Kaiserslautern, quarter-final, 6–0
• * 1 meeting from the French league:
• ** 2009–10 Lyon – Bordeaux, quarter-final, 3–2
• England and Spain have each provided the highest number of participants in the competition in one season: five.
• * England in 2005–06: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United, and in 2017–18: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
• * Spain in 2015–16: Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia, and in 2016–17: Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Villarreal.
• In 2017–18, England became the first country to have five representatives in the knockout phase: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
• In, 2007–08, England became the first country 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 2008–09 season, and by Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in 2018–19.
• Spain, Italy and England have provided the highest number of representatives in the semi-finals in one season with three:
• * Spain in 1999–2000: Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia
• * Italy in 2002–03: Inter Milan, Milan and Juventus
• * England in 2006–07 and 2007–08: Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, and in 2008–09: Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal
• The country providing the highest number of wins is Spain with 18 victories, shared by two teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
• The country playing the highest number of finals is Italy with 27.
• England has provided the highest number of winning clubs with five: Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Chelsea.
• England has also provided the highest number of different finalists, with eight: The five winners, plus Leeds United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
• England has also provided the highest number of different semi-finalists, with ten: The eight finalists, plus Derby County and Manchester City.
• In the 2018–19 season, England became the first country 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.

  Cities

• On two occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same city:
• * 2014 Spain: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• * 2016 Spain: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• Apart from Milan, three cities have been represented by more than one team in the final:
• *Madrid has been represented by two clubs in 17 finals, with 13 wins and three losses for Real Madrid, and three losses for Atlético Madrid in.
• * Belgrade, Yugoslavia, has one win for Red Star Belgrade in 1991 and a loss for Partizan in 1966.
• * London has been represented by Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.
• Athens and London are the only cities that have been represented in the group stage by three teams in the same season: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens in 2003–04, and Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur in 2010–11 respectively.
• London is the only city to be represented in the knockout stage by three teams in the same season when Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur all progressed to the first knockout round in 2010–11.
• England is the only country with teams who have won the Cup from five cities:
• * Liverpool, Liverpool
• * Manchester, Manchester United
• * Nottingham, Nottingham Forest
• * Birmingham, Aston Villa
• * London, Chelsea
• Only eight derbies between teams of the same city have ever been played:
• * 1958–59 Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• * 2002–03 Inter Milan vs Milan
• * 2003–04 Chelsea vs Arsenal
• * 2004–05 Inter Milan vs Milan – the second leg was abandoned because of disturbances among the Inter fans.
• * 2013–14 Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• * 2014–15 Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• * 2015–16 Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• * 2016–17 Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
• The 2002–03 semi-final between Milan and Inter Milan was the first time both games of a two-legged tie were played in the same stadium. 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.

  Specific group stage records

• Most goals scored in a group stage: 25
• * Paris Saint-Germain
• Fewest goals scored in a group stage: 0
• * Deportivo La Coruña
• * Maccabi Haifa
• * Dinamo Zagreb
• Fewest goals conceded in a group stage: 1
• * Milan
• * Ajax
• * Juventus
• * Villarreal
• * Liverpool
• * Chelsea
• * Manchester United
• * Monaco
• * Paris Saint-Germain
• * Barcelona
• Most goals conceded in a group stage: 24
• * BATE Borisov
• * Legia Warsaw
• Highest goal difference in a group stage: +21
• * Paris Saint-Germain
• Lowest goal difference in a group stage: –22
• * BATE Borisov

  6 wins

• Milan, 1992–93
• Paris Saint-Germain, 1994–95
• Spartak Moscow, 1995–96
• Barcelona, 2002–03
• Real Madrid, 2011–12, 2014–15
• Bayern Munich, 2019–20

  6 draws

• AEK Athens, 2002–03

  6 losses

• Košice ended the 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 with a goal difference of –9. They conceded 12 goals and scored only 3.
• Spartak Moscow have the second worst goal difference in a Champions League group stage with –17. They lost all 6 matches, conceding 18 goals and scoring just once.
• Bayer Leverkusen lost all 6 matches, scoring 5 and conceding 15. 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.
• Anderlecht lost all 6 of their group stage matches. They conceded 17 goals and scored just 4, with a goal difference of –13.
• Rapid Wien ended the 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 conceding 17 goals and scoring just one, ending with a goal difference of –16.
• Dynamo Kyiv ended the group stage also losing all 6 games. They conceded 19 goals, scoring only 4, ending with a goal difference of –15.
• Maccabi Haifa is the first club to have lost all their group stage matches without scoring a goal. They did this finishing only their second appearance in the competition 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. Deportivo La Coruña is another club that scored no goals in the group stage, but they collected 2 points by twice drawing 0–0.
• Debrecen finished the group stage with 0 points and a goal difference of –14. They conceded 19 goals, scoring just 5.
• Partizan lost all six group stage matches. They conceded 13 goals while scoring only 2, finishing with a goal difference of –11.
• MŠK Žilina also finished the group stage with 0 points and a goal difference of –16, scoring 3 and conceding 19. This was the second consecutive season that two clubs had lost all six group stage matches.
• Dinamo Zagreb lost all six group stage matches, setting new records for worst goal difference and most goals conceded, scoring 3.
• Villarreal also finished with 0 points and goal difference of –12, scoring 2 and conceding 14.
• Oțelul Galați as well finished with 0 points and goal difference of –8, scoring 3 and conceding 11. That became the first season in which three separate teams had lost all six group stage matches, and a third consecutive season in which at least two teams finished with 0 points.
• Marseille finished with 0 points, scoring 5 and conceding 14 goals for a goal difference of –9.
• Maccabi Tel Aviv finished with 0 points, scoring 1 and conceding 16 goals for a goal difference of –15. Maccabi's only goal came from a penalty.
• Club Brugge finished with 0 points, scoring 2 and conceding 14 goals for a goal difference of –12.
• Dinamo Zagreb is the second club to have lost all their group stage matches without scoring a goal. They finished their group stage matches with conceding 15 goals and a goal difference of –15. They are also the first team to have finished the group stage with 0 points twice, the first time being in the 2011–12 season.
• Benfica finished with 0 points, scoring just once and conceding 14 goals for a goal difference of –13.
• AEK Athens finished with 0 points, scoring twice and conceding 13 goals for a goal difference of –11.

  Two goals in each match

• On 7 December 2010, Tottenham Hotspur drew 3–3 against Twente and became the first team to achieve this.
• Bayern Munich equaled the record the very next day by beating Basel 3–0. On 11 December 2019, Bayern Munich won 3–1 against Tottenham Hotspur to achieve the record for the second time.
• Barcelona managed the same on 6 December 2011 by beating BATE Borisov 4–0.
• Real Madrid achieved this by beating Copenhagen 2–0 on 10 December 2013. On 7 December 2016, Real Madrid drew 2–2 against Borussia Dortmund to achieve the record for the second time.

  Advancing past the group stage

• Real Madrid hold the record of the most consecutive seasons in advancing past the group stage, with 23 from 1997–98 to 2019–20. The first seven seasons they qualified for at least the quarter-final each year, winning the tournament three times. After this followed six consecutive seasons losing the first round after the group stage. Since then, Real Madrid made it to the semi-finals for eight consecutive seasons, winning the tournament four times, before going out in the round of 16 in the 2018–19 season.
• Barcelona set a record of finishing top of their group for 13 consecutive seasons from 2007–08 to 2019–20, out of 18 in total.
• In 2012–13, Chelsea became the first title holder not to qualify from the following year's group stage.
• Monaco scored the fewest goals to earn 11 points in the group stage in 2014–15. Villarreal won a group with the fewest goals scored in 2005–06, resulting in 2 wins.

  Biggest disparity between group winner and runner-up

• Real Madrid, 18 points in 2014–15..
• Spartak Moscow, 18 points in 1995–96.. Spartak lost to Nantes in the next round.
• Barcelona, 18 points in 2002–03.. Barcelona went on to win their group in the second group stage with 16 points, but lost to Juventus in the quarter-final.

  Most points achieved, yet knocked out

• Paris Saint-Germain, 12 points in 1997–98
• Napoli, 12 points in 2013–14
• Rosenborg, 11 points in 1997–98
• Dynamo Kyiv, 10 points in 1999–2000 and 2004–05
• Borussia Dortmund, 10 points in 2002–03
• PSV Eindhoven, 10 points in 2003–04
• Olympiacos, 10 points in 2004–05
• Werder Bremen, 10 points in 2006–07
• Manchester City, 10 points in 2011–12
• Chelsea, 10 points in 2012–13
• CFR Cluj, 10 points in 2012–13
• Benfica, 10 points in 2013–14
• Porto, 10 points in 2015–16
• Ajax, 10 points in 2019–20
• Celtic, 9 points in 2001–02
• Fenerbahçe, 9 points in 2004–05
• Olympiacos, 9 points in 2015–16
• Copenhagen, 9 points in 2016–17
• CSKA Moscow, 9 points in 2017–18
• Napoli, 9 points in 2018–19
• Rangers, 8 points in 1992–93

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

• Manchester City, 15 points in 2013–14
• Bayern Munich, 15 points in 2017–18
• Arsenal, 13 points in 2014–15
• Paris Saint-Germain, 13 points in 2015–16
• Real Madrid, 13 points in 2017–18
• Atlético Madrid, 13 points in 2018–19
• Arsenal, 12 points in 2013–14
• Paris Saint-Germain, 12 points in 1997–98
• Napoli, 12 points in 2013–14
• Bayern Munich, 12 points in 2016–17
• Real Madrid, 12 points in 2016–17
• Paris Saint-Germain, 12 points in 2016–17
• Basel, 12 points in 2017–18
• Shakhtar Donetsk, 12 points in 2017–18
• Ajax, 12 points in 2018–19
• Napoli, 12 points in 2019–20

  Fewest points achieved, yet advanced

• Milan, 5 points in 1994–95
• Zenit Saint Petersburg, 6 points in 2013–14
• Roma, 6 points in 2015–16
• Legia Warsaw, 7 points in 1995–96
• Dynamo Kyiv, 7 points in 1999–2000
• Liverpool, 7 points in 2001–02
• Lokomotiv Moscow, 7 points in 2002–03
• Werder Bremen, 7 points in 2005–06
• Rangers, 7 points in 2005–06
• Galatasaray, 7 points in 2013–14
• Basel, 7 points in 2014–15
• Atalanta, 7 points in 2019–20

  Fewest points achieved, yet won group

• Juventus, 8 points in 1998–99

  Knocked out on tiebreakers

• Manchester United lost to Barcelona in 1994–95
• Casino Salzburg lost to Milan in 1994–95
• Paris Saint-Germain lost to Bayern Munich in 1997–98, and on goal difference to Juventus in the ranking of runners-up
• Galatasaray lost to Juventus in 1998–99
• Rosenborg lost to Juventus in 1998–99
• Bayer Leverkusen lost to Dynamo Kyiv in 1999–2000
• Dynamo Kyiv lost on head-to-head to Real Madrid in 1999–2000 despite having a better goal difference
• Olympiacos lost to Lyon in 2000–01, to Liverpool in 2004–05 and to Arsenal in 2015–16
• Rangers lost on head-to-head to Galatasaray in 2000–01 despite having a better goal difference
• Lyon lost to Arsenal in 2000–01 and to Ajax in 2002–03, both on head-to-head with a better goal difference
• Dortmund lost on goal difference to Boavista in 2001–02, both teams winning 2–1 at home in head-to-head matches
• Mallorca lost to Arsenal in 2001–02
• Roma lost on head-to-head to Liverpool in 2001–02 despite having a better goal difference
• Inter Milan lost to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2003–04
• PSV Eindhoven lost on head-to-head to Deportivo La Coruña in 2003–04 despite having a better goal difference
• Udinese lost to Werder Bremen in 2005–06
• Ajax lost to Lyon on overall goal difference in 2011–12, having both head-to-head games end in a 0–0 draw. Lyon won their last group game against Dinamo Zagreb 7–1 while Ajax lost 0–3 against Real Madrid. The aggregate goal difference in both games would have to be at least 7 goals for Lyon to advance, and in fact it was 9.
• Chelsea lost on head-to-head to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2012–13 despite having a better goal difference
• CFR Cluj lost on head-to-head to Galatasaray in 2012–13 despite having a better goal difference
• Benfica lost on head-to-head to Olympiacos in 2013–14
• Napoli lost on head-to-head to Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal in 2013–14
• Bayer Leverkusen lost on head-to-head to Roma in 2015–16
• Olympiacos lost on head-to-head to Arsenal in 2015–16
• Inter Milan lost on head-to-head away goals to Tottenham Hotspur in 2018–19
• Napoli lost to Liverpool on overall goals scored in 2018–19, having both head-to-head games end in a 1–0 win for the home team. 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 with 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. Liverpool went on to win the final.

  Knocked out on 3 points for a win rule

• Rosenborg was ranked fourth out of six runners-up in 1997–98, but would have equaled 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 equaled 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 equaled 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.

  Qualifying from first qualifying round

• Liverpool in 2005–06
• Artmedia Bratislava in 2005–06
• Anorthosis in 2008–09
• BATE Borisov in 2008–09
• Red Star Belgrade in 2018–19 and 2019–20
• Liverpool went on to become the first team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout phase from the first qualifying round.
• The only team that has progressed to the group stage from the first qualifying round since the competition format was altered for the 2009–10 season is Red Star Belgrade.

  Winning after playing in a qualifying round

• Manchester United in 1998–99
• Milan in 2002–03 and 2006–07
• Liverpool in 2004–05
• Barcelona in 2008–09

  Consecutive goalscoring

Consecutive home wins

Consecutive away wins

Consecutive wins

Longest home undefeated run

Longest away undefeated run

Longest undefeated run

Most consecutive draws

Most consecutive defeats

Most consecutive games without a win

Players

Appearances

All-time top player appearances

Other records

• On 22 February 2006, Raúl made his 100th Champions League appearance, the first player to do so, all with Real Madrid.
• Iker Casillas featured in 20 consecutive Champions League campaigns from 1999–2000 to 2018–19, playing for Real Madrid and Porto. On 11 December, Casillas, in a 3–2 away win over Galatasaray, became the first player to reach the knock-out stage 19 times.

  Goalscoring

All-time top scorers

Top scorers by seasons

• Cristiano Ronaldo was the top scorer for six consecutive seasons and seven seasons overall: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.
• Real Madrid has produced the top scorer in 12 seasons:
• * Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1957–58
• * Ferenc Puskás in 1959–60 and 1963–64
• * Míchel in 1987–88
• * Raúl in 1999–2000 and 2000–01
• * Cristiano Ronaldo in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18
• Portuguese players have achieved 13 top-scorer titles:
• * José Águas in 1960–61
• * José Torres in 1964–65
• * Eusébio in 1964–65, 1965–66, and 1967–68
• * Rui Águas in 1987–88
• * Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18
• José and Rui Águas are the only father–son 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:
• * 1975–76 top scorer with Borussia Mönchengladbach, and 1972–73 UEFA Cup, 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup, and 1974–75 UEFA Cup top scorer also with Borussia Mönchengladbach
• The following top scorer has also been top scorer in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
• * Hristo Stoichkov in the 1988–89 season with CSKA Sofia
• The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
• * Allan Simonsen in the 1978–79 season with Borussia Mönchengladbach
• * Dieter Hoeneß in the 1979–80 season with Bayern Munich
• * Torbjörn Nilsson in the 1981–82 season with Göteborg
• Gerd Müller is the only player to have been top scorer in this competition as well as in the World Cup and the European Championship:
• * 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, and 1976–77 top scorer with Bayern Munich, 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 top scorer with West Germany
• The following top scorers have also won the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot:
• * Just Fontaine at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
• * Flórián Albert at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
• * Eusébio at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
• * Paolo Rossi at the 1982 FIFA World Cup
• The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA European Championship:
• * Michel Platini at the UEFA Euro 1984
• * Marco van Basten at the UEFA Euro 1988
• * Cristiano Ronaldo at the UEFA Euro 2012

  Most goals in a single season

Hat-tricks

• The European Cup's first hat-trick was scored by Péter Palotás of MTK Hungária against Anderlecht on 7 September 1955, in the second match ever played in the competition.
• Only three players managed to score a hat-trick in a final: Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1960, Ferenc Puskás in 1960 and in 1962, and Pierino Prati in 1969. Puskás is the only player to score a hat-trick in a final and lose it.
• The first hat-trick of the Champions League era was scored by PSV Eindhoven's Juul Ellerman against FK Žalgiris on 16 September 1992.
• Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored three hat-tricks in a single Champions League season, in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. Four players have scored two hat-tricks in a single Champions League season: Lionel Messi in the 2011–12 and 2016–17 seasons, Mario Gómez in the 2011–12 season, Luiz Adriano, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of group stage in the 2014–15 season, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the knockout stage in the 2016–17 season.
• The fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick was scored by Bafétimbi Gomis, who scored three goals in seven minutes for Lyon against Dinamo Zagreb in the 2011–12 season.
• Raúl is the youngest scorer of a Champions League hat-trick, by scoring three goals for Real Madrid against Ferencváros, aged 18 years and 114 days, on 18 October 1995.
• Wayne Rooney is the youngest debut scorer of a Champions League hat-trick, aged 18 years and 340 days, when he scored for Manchester United against Fenerbahçe on 28 September 2004.
• Cristiano Ronaldo is the oldest scorer of a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League, who was 34 years and 35 days old when he scored for Juventus three times against Atlético Madrid on 12 March 2019.
• Nine players have scored a hat-trick on their debut in the Champions League:
• * Marco van Basten, Faustino Asprilla, Yakubu, Wayne Rooney, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Grafite, Yacine Brahimi, Erling Haaland and Mislav Oršić
• Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both scored a record of 8 hat-tricks in the Champions League.

  Four goals in a match

• European Cup era:
• * Miloš Milutinović, 5–2 against Sporting CP, first round of 1955–56
• * Dennis Viollet, 10–0 against Anderlecht, preliminary round of 1956–57
• * Jovan Cokić, 9–1 against Stade Dudelange, preliminary round of 1957–58
• * Bora Kostić, 9–1 against Stade Dudelange, preliminary round of 1957–58
• * Alfredo Di Stéfano, 8–0 against Sevilla, quarter-final of 1957–58, and 7–1 against Wiener Sport-Club, quarter-final of 1958–59
• * Just Fontaine, 4–1 away against Ards, first round of 1958–59
• * Josef Hamerl, 7–0 against Juventus, first round of 1958–59
• * Sándor Kocsis, 5–2 away against Wolverhampton Wanderers, quarter-final of 1959–60
• * Ferenc Puskás, 7–3 against Eintracht Frankfurt, final of 1959–60, and 5–0 against Feyenoord, preliminary round of 1965–66
• * Lucien Cossou, 7–2 against AEK Athens, preliminary round of 1963–64
• * Vladimir Kovačević, 6–2 against Jeunesse Esch, first round of 1963–64
• * José Torres, 5–1 away against Aris, preliminary round of 1964–65
• * Eusébio, 10–0 against Stade Dudelange, preliminary round of 1965–66
• * Friedhelm Konietzka, 8–0 against Omonia, first round of 1966–67
• * Denis Law, 7–1 against Waterford United, first round of 1968–69
• * Zoran Antonijević, 4–2 away against Linfield, first round of 1969–70
• * Ruud Geels, 12–2 away against KR Reykjavík, first round of 1969–70
• * Antonis Antoniadis, 5–0 against Jeunesse Esch, first round of 1970–71
• * João Lourenço, 5–0 against Floriana, first round of 1970–71
• * Kurt Müller,, 8–0 against Reipas Lahti, first round of 1971–72
• * Dudu Georgescu, 11–0 against Crusaders, first round of 1973–74
• * Radu Nunweiller, 11–0 against Crusaders, first round of 1973–74
• * Jupp Heynckes, 6–1 away against Wacker Innsbruck, first round of 1975–76
• * René van de Kerkhof, 6–0 against Dundalk, first round of 1976–77
• * Willy van der Kuijlen, 6–1 against Fenerbahçe, first round of 1978–79
• * Sotiris Kaiafas, 6–1 against Red Boys Differdange, first round 1979–80
• * Ton Blanker, 8–1 against HJK Helsinki, first round of 1979–80
• * Fernando Gomes, 9–0 against Rabat Ajax, first round of 1986–87
• * Marco van Basten, 5–2 against Vitosha, first round of 1988–89
• * Rabah Madjer, 8–1 away against Portadown, first round of 1990–91
• * Hugo Sánchez, 9–1 against Swarovski Tirol, second round of 1990–91
• * Alan Smith, 6–1 against Austria Wien, first round of 1991–92
• * Sergei Yuran, 6–0 away against Ħamrun Spartans, first round of 1991–92
• Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
• * Serhiy Rebrov, 8–0 against Barry Town, first qualifying round 1998–99
• * Pena, 8–0 against Barry Town United, second qualifying round of 2001–02
• * Tomasz Frankowski, 8–2 away against WIT Georgia, second qualifying round of 2004–05
• * Semih Şentürk, 5–0 away against MTK Hungária, second qualifying round of 2008–09
• Champions League era:
• * Marco van Basten, 4–0 against IFK Göteborg, group stage of 1992–93
• * Simone Inzaghi, 5–1 against Marseille, second group stage of 1999–2000
• * Dado Pršo, 8–3 against Deportivo La Coruña, group stage of 2003–04
• * Ruud van Nistelrooy, 4–1 against Sparta Prague, group stage of 2004–05
• * Andriy Shevchenko, 4–0 away against Fenerbahçe, group stage of 2005–06
• * Lionel Messi, 4–1 against Arsenal, quarter-final of 2009–10
• * Bafétimbi Gomis, 7–1 against Dinamo Zagreb, group stage of 2011–12
• * Mario Gómez, 7–0 against Basel, round of 16 of 2011–12
• * Robert Lewandowski, 4–1 against Real Madrid, semi-final of 2012–13
• * Zlatan Ibrahimović, 5–0 against Anderlecht, group stage of 2013–14
• * Cristiano Ronaldo 8–0 against Malmö FF, group stage of 2015–16
• * Serge Gnabry, 7–2 against Tottenham Hotspur, group stage of 2019–20
• * Robert Lewandowski, 6–0 against Red Star Belgrade, group stage of 2019–20
• * Josip Iličić, 4–3 against Valencia, round of 16 of 2019–20

  Five goals in a match

• European Cup era:
• * Ove Olsson, 6–1 against Linfield, preliminary round, 1959–60
• * Bent Løfqvist, 9–2 against Spora, preliminary round, 1961–62
• * José Altafini, 8–0 against Union Luxembourg, preliminary round, 1962–63
• * Ray Crawford, 10–0 against Floriana, preliminary round, 1962–63
• * Nikola Kotkov, 8–3 against Malmö FF, preliminary round, 1964–65
• * Flórián Albert, 9–1 against Keflavík, preliminary round, 1965–66
• * Paul van Himst, 10–1 away against Haka, first round, 1966–67
• * Gerd Müller, 9–0 against Omonia, second round, 1972–73
• * Claudio Sulser, 8–0 against Valletta, first round, 1978–79
• * Søren Lerby, 10–0 against Omonia, second round, 1979–80
• Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
• * Mihails Miholaps, 8–0 against Jeunesse Esch, first qualifying round 1999–2000
• * David Lafata, 7–0 against Levadia Tallinn, second qualifying round 2014–15
• Champions League era:
• * Lionel Messi, 7–1 against Bayer Leverkusen, round of 16, 2011–12
• * Luiz Adriano, 7–0 against BATE Borisov, group stage, 2014–15

  Oldest and youngest

• Manfred Burgsmüller of Werder Bremen is the oldest player to score in the European Cup and Champions League, when he scored against Dynamo Berlin on 11 October 1988.
• Włodzimierz Lubański of Górnik Zabrze is the youngest player to score in the European Cup and Champions League, when he scored against FK Dukla Prague on 13 November 1963.
• Francesco Totti of Roma is the oldest player to score in the Champions League, when he scored against CSKA Moscow on 25 November 2014.
• Ansu Fati of Barcelona is the youngest player to score in the Champions League, when he scored against Inter Milan on 10 December 2019.
• Paolo Maldini of Milan is the oldest player to score in a Champions League final, doing so in 2005.
• Patrick Kluivert of Ajax is the youngest player to score in a Champions League final, doing so in 1995.

  Other goalscoring records

• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 128 goals in the competition .
• Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals in the group stage with 68.
• Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the knockout phase with 65.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 10 goals in the knockout phase in one season in 2016–17.
• Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player ever to score 100 goals in the competition on 18 April 2017. On 18 February 2018, he became the first player to score 100 goals with one club, Real Madrid.
• Cristiano Ronaldo scored in all six group stage matches in 2017–18; a total of 9 goals, the first person to do so.
• Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the group stage in a single season in the UEFA Champions league with 11 goals scored.
• Cristiano Ronaldo scored at least 10 goals in seven consecutive seasons.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in 11 consecutive UEFA Champions League appearances, the 2017 final and the first 10 matches of 2017–18, with a total of 17 goals.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in 12 consecutive away UEFA Champions League appearances, started from the 2012–13 round of 16-second leg, until the 2014–15 round of 16 first leg, with a total of 17 goals.
• Three players hold the record of scoring in 7 consecutive home UEFA Champions League appearances:
• * Cristiano Ronaldo : starting from the 2016–17 quarter-final second leg, semi-final first leg and the first 5 matches of 2017–18.
• * Robert Lewandowski : starting from the 2014–15 round of 16-second leg, quarter-final second leg, semi-final second leg and the first 4 matches of 2015–16.
• * Thierry Henry : starting from the 2000–01 second group stage, quarter-final first leg and the first 5 matches of 2001–02.
• Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi hold the record for most home goals with 67.
• Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most away goals with 57.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a brace or more in 35 matches.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a record of 12 direct free kicks.
• Lionel Messi has scored against the most different Champions League opponents, 34.
• * Raúl and Cristiano Ronaldo have scored against 33 different Champions League opponents.
• The fastest ever Champions League goal was scored by Bayern Munich's Roy Makaay in 10.12 seconds against Real Madrid on 7 March 2007.
• The fastest Champions League group stage goal was scored by Valencia's Jonas in 10.96 seconds against Bayer Leverkusen on 1 November 2011.
• The fastest goal in a final was scored by Milan's Paolo Maldini after 53 seconds in the 2005 final, which Milan lost to Liverpool.
• Alfredo Di Stéfano has scored in most finals with five, one goal in each final from 1956 to 1959 and three goals in 1960.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most goals in finals in the UEFA Champions league era, with 4 goals in 6 finals; one goal each in 2008 and 2014, and two in 2017.
• Ferenc Puskás and Alfredo Di Stéfano have scored seven final goals. Puskás scored four in 1960 and three in 1962, while Di Stéfano scored seven goals in five finals.
• Three players scored for two teams in the final:
• * Velibor Vasović for Partizan in 1966 and Ajax in 1969.
• * Cristiano Ronaldo for Manchester United in 2008 and Real Madrid in 2014 and 2017; he is the only player to score for two different winning teams.
• * Mario Mandžukić for Bayern Munich in 2013 and Juventus in 2017.
• Three goalkeepers have scored in the Champions League:
• * Hans-Jörg Butt has done so three times with three clubs, all with penalties, and all against Juventus:
• ** For Hamburg in a 4–4 home draw on 13 September 2000 in a group stage match
• ** For Leverkusen in a 3–1 home win on 12 March 2002 in a second group stage match
• ** The equaliser for Bayern Munich on 8 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.
• * Sinan Bolat is the only goalkeeper to score a goal in open play: his stoppage time equaliser for Standard Liège against AZ on 9 December 2009, securing the third place in Group H, led his team to the Europa League.
• * Vincent Enyeama scored a penalty on 29 September 2010, playing against Lyon.
• Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to have scored for six teams in the Champions League:
• * Ajax
• * Juventus
• * Inter Milan
• * Barcelona
• * Milan
• * Paris Saint-Germain
• Two players scored in 15 consecutive Champions League seasons:
• * Lionel Messi scored from 2005–06 to 2019–20, for Barcelona.
• * Karim Benzema scored from 2005–06 to 2019–20, for Lyon and Real Madrid.
• Two players scored in 14 consecutive Champions League seasons:
• * Raúl scored from 1997–98 to 2010–11, for Real Madrid and Schalke 04.
• * Cristiano Ronaldo scored from 2006–07 to 2019–20, for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
• Ryan Giggs is the only player to score in 16 Champions League seasons:
• * Giggs scored in 1994–95, 1996–97 to 2006–07 and 2008–09 to 2011–12, all for Manchester United.
• Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have scored 10 goals against a single opponent.
• Three players from the same team scored at least ten goals in the same season:
• * Liverpool in 2017–18: Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah.
• Two players from the same team scored at least ten goals in the same season:
• * Barcelona in 2014–15: Lionel Messi and Neymar.

  Other records

First goal

• On 4 September 1955, João Baptista Martins scored the first goal of the European Cup with Sporting CP after 14 minutes in a 3–3 draw against Partizan.
• On 25 November 1992, Daniel Amokachi scored the first goal of the UEFA Champions League with Club Brugge against CSKA Moscow.

  Most wins

• Francisco Gento is the only player to win the tournament six times, all during his time at Real Madrid: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1966.
• Nine players have won the tournament five times:
• * Alfredo Di Stéfano, Héctor Rial, Juan Alonso, Marquitos, Rafael Lesmes and José María Zárraga in consecutive years 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960, all with Real Madrid
• * Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta in 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003 and 2007, all with Milan
• * Cristiano Ronaldo has won the tournament five times in the Champions League era, once at Manchester United and four times at Real Madrid.
• Cristiano Ronaldo and Iker Casillas have won more than 100 matches in their Champions League career, the most by any player.
• Two players have appeared in eight finals:
• * Francisco Gento in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966, all with Real Madrid
• * Paolo Maldini in 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005 and 2007, all with Milan
• Only one player has won the tournament with three teams:
• * Clarence Seedorf with Ajax in 1995, with Real Madrid in 1998 and with Milan in 2003 and 2007
• Only four players have won the Champions League in two consecutive seasons with two teams:
• * Marcel Desailly – Marseille 1993 and Milan 1994
• * Paulo Sousa – Juventus 1996 and Borussia Dortmund 1997
• * Gerard Piqué – Manchester United 2008 and Barcelona 2009
• * Samuel Eto'o – Barcelona 2009 and Inter Milan 2010 – the only player to have won the treble in two consecutive seasons with two teams
• Four father-son duos have won the competition for the same club:
• * Manuel Sanchís Martínez and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, both for Real Madrid
• * Cesare Maldini and Paolo Maldini, both for Milan
• * Carles Busquets and Sergio Busquets both for Barcelona
• * Zinedine Zidane and Luca Zidane both for Real Madrid
• Only eleven players have won both the UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup in the same year:
• * 1974: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Uli Hoeneß and Jupp Kapellmann
• * 1998: Christian Karembeu
• * 2002: Roberto Carlos
• * 2014: Sami Khedira
• * 2018: Raphaël Varane
• Only twelve players have won both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship in the same year:
• * 1964: Luis Suárez
• * 1988: Hans van Breukelen, Ronald Koeman, Berry van Aerle, Gerald Vanenburg and Wim Kieft
• * 2000: Christian Karembeu and Nicolas Anelka
• * 2012: Fernando Torres and Juan Mata
• * 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe
• Fourteen players have been runner-up of the UEFA Champions League and either FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship in the same year:
• * 1958: Nils Liedholm
• * 1982: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Paul Breitner
• * 2002: Michael Ballack, Carsten Ramelow, Bernd Schneider, Oliver Neuville and Hans-Jörg Butt
• * 2006: Thierry Henry
• * 2008: Michael Ballack
• * 2010: Arjen Robben and Mark van Bommel
• * 2016: Antoine Griezmann
• * 2018: Dejan Lovren
• Only eleven players have won both the UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores:
• * Juan Pablo Sorín: with Juventus, and with River Plate
• * Santiago Solari: with River Plate, and with Real Madrid
• * Dida: with Cruzeiro, and with Milan
• * Cafu: with São Paulo, and with Milan
• * Roque Júnior: with Palmeiras, and with Milan
• * Carlos Tevez: with Boca Juniors, and with Manchester United
• * Walter Samuel: with Boca Juniors, and with Inter Milan
• * Ronaldinho: with Barcelona, and with Atlético Mineiro
• * Neymar: with Santos, and with Barcelona
• * Danilo: with Santos, and with Real Madrid
• * Rafinha: with Bayern Munich, and with Flamengo

  Oldest and youngest

• The oldest player to win the tournament is Alessandro Costacurta, who was 41 years and 29 days when Milan won against Liverpool on 23 May 2007.
• The youngest player to win the tournament is António Simões, who was 18 years and 139 days when Benfica won against Real Madrid on 2 May 1962.
• * Despite not playing the final match, Gary Mills is considered the youngest player to win the competition with Nottingham Forest on 30 May 1979 at age 17 years and 201 days, on the virtue of having made one appearance in the competition that season.
• The oldest player to play in the tournament is Lazio's Marco Ballotta, against Real Madrid on 11 December 2007, aged 43 years and 253 days.
• The youngest player to play in the tournament is Anderlecht's Celestine Babayaro, against Steaua București on 23 November 1994, aged 16 years and 87 days. He was sent off in the 37th minute.
• The oldest player to play in a final is Dino Zoff, who was 41 years and 86 days when Juventus lost to Hamburger SV in 1983.

  Penalties

• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 15 penalties out of 18 taken.
• Iker Casillas has the most penalty kicks saved with 7 out of 23.
• The oldest goalkeeper to ever save a penalty in the tournament is Maribor's Jasmin Handanović, against Liverpool on 1 November 2017, aged 39 years and 274 days.
• The youngest goalkeeper to ever save a penalty in the tournament is Benfica's Mile Svilar, against Manchester United on 31 October 2017, aged 18 years and 65 days.
• On 1 June 2019, the fastest penalty ever was awarded for Liverpool against Tottenham Hotspur at 23 seconds, later scored by Mohamed Salah.

  Own goals

• 21 players scored 2 own goals against their teams: Igor Akinfeev, Alex, Alex Sandro, Ânderson Polga, Wes Brown, Cadú, Gary Caldwell, Edu Dracena, Andrzej Grębosz, Iván Helguera, József Horváth, Tomáš Hubočan, Jardel, Phil Jones, Thomas Kleine, Jérémy Mathieu, Craig Moore, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Stefan Savić and Zoco.
• Iñigo Martínez scored after 69 seconds the fastest own goal ever in 2013–14 Champions League against his team Real Sociedad for Manchester United.

  Goalkeeping

• Jens Lehmann holds the record for the most consecutive clean sheets, with 10 for Arsenal in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In total his run without conceding a goal lasted 853 minutes.
• Helmuth Duckadam holds the record of saving all 4 penalties during the shoot-out in the 1986 final between Steaua București and Barcelona.
• Heinz Stuy holds the record for three consecutive clean sheets in the finals of 1971, 1972 and 1973.
• Iker Casillas holds the record for most clean sheets in the competition with 57, 50 with Real Madrid and 7 with Porto.
• Marco Ballotta holds the record of being the oldest goalkeeper to play in the tournament for Lazio against Real Madrid on 11 December 2007, aged 43 years and 253 days.
• Maarten Vandevoordt holds the record of being the youngest goalkeeper, aged 17 years and 287 days, to start a Champions League game, for Genk on 10 December 2019.
• Edwin van der Sar is the only goalkeeper to have won the UEFA Champions League with two teams: Ajax in 1995, and Manchester United in 2008.
• Edwin van der Sar is the oldest goalkeeper to win the competition in 2008, aged 37 years 205 days.
• Iker Casillas is the youngest goalkeeper to win the competition in 2000, aged 19 years 4 days.
• The oldest goalkeeper to play in a final is Dino Zoff, who was 41 years and 86 days when Juventus lost to Hamburg in 1983.
• Eight goalkeepers won the Champions League on three occasions :
• * Juan Alonso: with Real Madrid
• * Heinz Stuy: with Ajax – he holds the record for three consecutive clean sheets in these finals.
• * Sepp Maier: with Bayern Munich
• * Ray Clemence: with Liverpool
• * Víctor Valdés: with Barcelona
• * Iker Casillas: with Real Madrid
• * Keylor Navas: with Real Madrid
• * Kiko Casilla: with Real Madrid
• Two goalkeepers won all three major UEFA club competitions:
• * Stefano Tacconi: 1984 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1985 European Cup and 1990 UEFA Cup all with Juventus.
• * Vítor Baía: 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona, 2003 UEFA Cup and 2004 UEFA Champions League with Porto.

  Assisting

• Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most assists with 40.
• James Milner holds the record for most assists in a season with 9 for Liverpool in the 2017–18 season.
• Three players provided four assists in one match:
• * Carlos Martins for Benfica against Lyon on 2 November 2010.
• * Zlatan Ibrahimović for Paris Saint-Germain against Dinamo Zagreb on 6 November 2012.
• * Neymar for Barcelona against Celtic on 13 September 2016, he scored a goal as well.

  Disciplinary

• Only three players have ever been sent off in a Champions League Final: Jens Lehmann in the 2006 Final against Barcelona ; Didier Drogba in the 2008 Final against Manchester United ; and Juan Cuadrado in the 2017 Final against Real Madrid. All three players' teams lost their respective finals.
• Edgar Davids, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Sergio Ramos jointly hold the record for the most red cards in the Champions League; they have each been sent off four times.
• Patrick Vieira is the only player to have been sent off for three teams in the Champions League, with Arsenal, Juventus and Inter Milan.
• Olexandr Kucher holds the record for the fastest red card ever in 3 minutes 59 seconds in 2014–15, when he was sent off in the match between his team Shakhtar Donetsk against Bayern Munich.
• Sergio Ramos holds the record for the most yellow cards in the Champions League, with 39+1 along with three straight red cards.

  Captaincy

• Paolo Maldini is the oldest captain to lift the trophy with Milan in 2007, aged 38 years and 331 days.
• Didier Deschamps is the youngest captain to lift the trophy with Marseille in 1993, aged 24 years and 223 days.
• David Weir became the oldest player to start as captain in the Champions League era when he led Rangers against Bursaspor in 2010–11, aged 40 years and 212 days.
• Rúben Neves became the youngest player to start as captain in the Champions League era when he led Porto against Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015–16, aged 18 years and 221 days.

  Trivia

• Miodrag Belodedici is the first player to win the trophy with two different clubs, Steaua București and Red Star Belgrade.
• Michael Ballack became the first player to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with four separate clubs: Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Chelsea.
• Zlatan Ibrahimović became the first player to play in the Champions League group stage with seven clubs: Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.
• Patrice Evra holds the record for the most finals lost, with 4: in 2004 with Monaco, in 2009 and 2011 with Manchester United, and in 2015 with Juventus. He lost to Barcelona in the last three occasions.
• Moise Kean is the first player born in the 2000s to play in the Champions League for Juventus against Sevilla on 22 November 2016.
• Jadon Sancho is the first player born in the 2000s to score in the Champions League for Borussia Dortmund against Atlético Madrid on 24 October 2018.
• Han-Noah Massengo is the first player born in the 21st century to play in the Champions League for Monaco against Club Brugge on 6 November 2018.
• Rodrygo is the first player born in the 21st century to score in the Champions League for Real Madrid against Galatasaray on 6 November 2019.

  Managers

Top coach appearances in Champions League era

Final and winning records

• Carlo Ancelotti holds the record of being a three-time champion and reaching four finals of the UEFA Champions League.
• Three managers have won the UEFA European Cup three times.
• * Zinedine Zidane in 2016, 2017, 2018. He is the only manager to have succeeded winning three consecutive times.
• * Bob Paisley in 1977, 1978 and 1981.
• * Carlo Ancelotti in 2003, 2007 and 2014.
• Four managers have managed four finalists:
• * Marcello Lippi in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003.
• * Miguel Muñoz in 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966.
• * Sir Alex Ferguson in 1999, 2008, 2009 and 2011.
• * Carlo Ancelotti in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.
• Marcello Lippi holds the record for losing 3 finals as a manager.
• Seven individuals have won the 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 1956 and 1957 and as a manager in 1960 and 1966.
• * Carlo Ancelotti won as a player in 1989 and 1990 and as a manager in 2003 and 2007 with Milan, then as a manager in 2014 with Real Madrid.
• * Pep Guardiola of Barcelona won as a player in 1992 and as a manager in 2009 and 2011.
• * Giovanni Trapattoni won as a player in 1963 and 1969, both with Milan, and as a manager in 1985 with Juventus.
• * Johan Cruyff won as a player in 1971, 1972 and 1973, all with Ajax, and as a manager in 1992 with Barcelona.
• * Frank Rijkaard won as a player in 1989 and 1990, both with Milan and in 1995 with Ajax, and as a manager in 2006 with Barcelona.
• * Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid won as player in 2002 and as a manager in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
• Five managers have won the title with two clubs:
• * Ernst Happel did so with Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983.
• * Ottmar Hitzfeld did so with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001.
• * José Mourinho did it with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010.
• * Jupp Heynckes did so with Real Madrid in 1998 and Bayern Munich in 2013.
• * Carlo Ancelotti did so with Milan in 2003 and 2007, and Real Madrid in 2014.
• Ernst Happel is the only manager to reach the Champions League final with three teams:
• * Feyenoord, Club Brugge and Hamburg.

  Winning other trophies

• Vicente del Bosque is the only manager to have won the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Championship:
• * 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 Benítez won the UEFA Cup in 2004 with Valencia and the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool
• Rafael Benítez 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.

  Other records

• José Villalonga Llorente is the youngest coach to win the European Cup with Real Madrid in 1955–56 at age 36 years and 185 days.
• Pep Guardiola is the youngest coach to win the Champions League with Barcelona in 2008–09 at age 38 years and 129 days.
• Raymond Goethals is the oldest coach to win the competition with Marseille in 1992–93 at age 71 years and 232 days.
• Julian Nagelsmann is the youngest coach to feature in a Champions League match, doing so with 1899 Hoffenheim in the 2018–19 season, and the youngest coach to win in a Champions League match, doing so with RB Leipzig in the 2019–20 season.
• Jupp Heynckes of Bayern Munich is the oldest coach to win in a Champions League match, doing so in the 2017–18 season against Sevilla in the quarter-finals. Moreover, he became the oldest coach to feature in a Champions League match, doing so in the semi-finals of the same season against Real Madrid.
• Alex Ferguson holds the record of winning 114 European Cup and UEFA Champions League matches.
• Jupp Heynckes holds the record of most consecutive wins in the competition, twelve wins all with Bayern Munich. The winning run started on 2 April 2013 by beating Juventus 2–0 in the quarter-finals, then winning the second leg, two semi-finals against Barcelona and the 2013 final against Borussia Dortmund. After two group stage matches with Carlo Ancelotti in the 2017–18 season, Heynckes came out of retirement winning four group stage matches, two round of 16 matches, then he reached the twelfth successive win on 3 April 2018 by defeating Sevilla 2–1 in the first leg of quarter-finals, the run ended with a goalless draw against Sevilla in the second leg.
• Carlo Ancelotti became the first coach to feature in the Champions League group stage with eight clubs: Parma, Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Napoli.
• Two non-European coaches won the European Cup twice:
• * Luis Carniglia: with Real Madrid
• * Helenio Herrera: with Inter Milan
• During Champions League era, all winning coaches are Europeans. However, three non-European coaches lost their final matches:
• * Héctor Cúper: with Valencia
• * Diego Simeone: with Atlético Madrid
• * Mauricio Pochettino: with Tottenham Hotspur

  Referees

• Kim Milton Nielsen has made the most appearances in the competition with 59 matches.
• 4 referees officiated a record of 2 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
• 8 referees officiated a record of 7 matches in one season:
• * Anders Frisk and Ľuboš Micheľ in 1999–2000
• * Dick Jol and Urs Meier in 2000–01
• * Anders Frisk, Urs Meier and Kim Milton Nielsen in 2001–02
• * Manuel Mejuto González in 2004–05
• * Wolfgang Stark in 2008–09
• * Cüneyt Çakır in 2015–16
• * Cüneyt Çakır in 2018–19

  Disciplinary

• Felix Brych has awarded 228 yellow cards, in which 16 of them turned to a red card.
• Markus Merk has awarded 12 direct red cards.
• Felix Brych has awarded 25 penalties.