By semi-final appearances ;By nation Note: In the
1992 and
1993 seasons there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage. The winners (
Sampdoria and
Barcelona in 1992,
Marseille and
Milan in 1993) and runners-up (
Red Star Belgrade and
Sparta Prague in 1992,
Rangers and
IFK Göteborg in 1993) of the two groups are marked as semi-finalists in the table.
Unbeaten sides • Twelve clubs have won either the European Cup or the Champions League unbeaten, and only four clubs have done so twice: •
Liverpool had six wins and three draws in
1980–81, and seven wins and two draws in
1983–84. •
Milan had five wins and four draws in
1988–89, and seven wins and five draws in
1993–94. •
Ajax had seven wins and two draws in
1971–72, and 7 wins and 4 draws in
1994–95. •
Manchester United had five wins and six draws in
1998–99, and nine wins and four draws in
2007–08. • Eight clubs have done so on one occasion: •
Inter Milan had seven wins and two draws in
1963–64. •
Nottingham Forest had six wins and three draws in
1978–79. •
Red Star Belgrade had five wins and four draws in
1990–91. •
Marseille had seven wins and four draws in
1992–93. •
Barcelona had nine wins and four draws in
2005–06. •
Bayern Munich had eleven wins in eleven games in the reduced-schedule
2019–20, becoming the first side in any European competition to claim a trophy with a
100 percent winning record. •
Manchester City had eight wins and five draws in
2022–23. •
Real Madrid had nine wins and four draws in
2023–24. • Champions with fewest games won:
3 –
PSV Eindhoven (
1987–88);
managing just three victories in the entire tournament, including none from the quarter-finals onwards. • Champions with fewest games won in the Champions League:
5 –
Manchester United (
1998–99) • Champions with most games lost:
5 –
Paris Saint-Germain (
2024–25)
Final success rate ,
Nottingham Forest manager who won the European Cup in
1979 and
1980 • Highest win success rate in the final (at least three finals):
83% –
Real Madrid;
lost only three finals out of eighteen finals. • Highest win success rate in the final (at least two finals):
100% •
Nottingham Forest (
1979,
1980) •
Porto (
1987,
2004) • Four clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion: •
Feyenoord (
1970) •
Aston Villa (
1982) •
PSV Eindhoven (
1988) •
Red Star Belgrade (
1991) • Three clubs played the final more than once but never won: •
Reims (
1956,
1959) •
Valencia (
2000,
2001) •
Atlético Madrid (
1974,
2014,
2016) • Among the clubs that have won at least one final, four have lost more finals than they have won: •
Inter Milan three wins (
1964,
1965,
2010) and four losses (
1967,
1972,
2023,
2025) •
Juventus two wins (
1985,
1996) and seven losses (
1973,
1983,
1997,
1998,
2003,
2015,
2017) •
Benfica two wins (
1961,
1962) and five losses (
1963,
1965,
1968,
1988,
1990) •
Borussia Dortmund one win (
1997) and two losses (
2013,
2024)
Consecutive appearances • Most consecutive seasons in the European Cup:
15 –
Real Madrid (
1955–56 to
1969–70) • Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League:
29 –
Real Madrid (
1997–98 to
2025–26) • Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase:
29 –
Real Madrid (
1997–98 to
2025–26) • Most consecutive quarter-final appearances:
13 –
Barcelona (
2007–08 to
2019–20) • Most consecutive semi-final appearances:
8 –
Real Madrid (
2010–11 to
2017–18) • Most consecutive final appearances:
5 –
Real Madrid (
1956 to
1960) • Most consecutive final appearances (Champions League era):
3 – joint record •
Milan (
1993 to
1995) •
Juventus (
1996 to
1998) •
Real Madrid (
2016 to
2018) • Longest gap between appearances for club:
63 years –
Eintracht Frankfurt (between
1959–60 and
2022–23)
Winning other trophies won a treble in 1999: the
Premier League,
Champions League and
FA Cup (left to right); the English club also won the
1999 Intercontinental Cup.|alt=Three silver trophies on blue plinths in a glass display case.
See also Treble (association football), Sextuple (association football) and List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season. • Although not an officially recognised achievement, eight clubs have achieved the distinction of winning the Champions League or European Cup, their domestic championship, and their primary domestic cup competition in the same season, known colloquially as the "
continental treble": •
Celtic in 1967, having won the
European Cup, the
Scottish First Division, and the
Scottish Cup •
Ajax in 1972 won the
European Cup, the
Eredivisie, and the
KNVB Cup •
PSV Eindhoven in 1988 did likewise, having won the
European Cup, the
Eredivisie, and the
KNVB Cup •
Manchester United in 1999, having won the
Premier League, the
FA Cup, and the
Champions League •
Barcelona in 2009, which included
La Liga, the
Copa del Rey, and the
Champions League •
Inter Milan in 2010, which included
Serie A, the
Coppa Italia, and the
Champions League •
Bayern Munich in 2013, which included
Bundesliga, the
DFB-Pokal, and the
Champions League •
Barcelona in 2015 won the treble for the second time, having won
La Liga, the
Copa del Rey, and the
Champions League •
Bayern Munich in 2020 became the second club to win multiple trebles, having won the
Bundesliga, the
DFB-Pokal, and the
Champions League •
Manchester City in 2023, which included the
Premier League, the
FA Cup, and the
Champions League •
Paris Saint-Germain in 2025, which included the
Ligue 1, the
Coupe de France, and the
Champions League •
Liverpool in 1984 won the
English First Division and the
European Cup. However, this 'treble' included the
Football League Cup rather than the
FA Cup. •
Bayern Munich in 2001 won the
Bundesliga and the
Champions League. However, this 'treble' included the
DFB-Ligapokal rather than the
DFB-Pokal. • In addition to this treble, several of these clubs went on to win further cups. However, most of these cups were technically won the following year following the conclusion of regular domestic or international leagues the year before. Also, several domestic cups may not have been extant at the time that equivalent cups were won by clubs of other nations, and in some cases they remain so. Furthermore, there is much variance in the regard with which several cups are taken both over time and between nations. Regardless, the following clubs all won competitions further to
the treble mentioned above: •
Celtic also won their secondary domestic cup competition, the
Scottish League Cup, in the 1966–67 season and it is the only European club historically that was able to achieve four major titles in one season (UEFA Champions League, top national league, the main domestic cup competition, and the second domestic cup championship; This does not include the previous season's competitions, for example; Super Cups), thus making their achievement unique in this respect to every other club. In addition, they also managed to win the
Glasgow Cup (an unofficial regional competition) sometimes colloquially referred to as a part of "the quintuple". •
Ajax also won the
Intercontinental Cup (the predecessor of the
FIFA Club World Cup and the de facto premier global club cup) and the
inaugural (and technically unofficial)
UEFA Super Cup the following season, forming part of a quintuple of Cup successes; they thus won all available cups to them. •
Manchester United won the
Intercontinental Cup the following season, winning a quadruple of cups. •
Barcelona won the
FIFA Club World Cup, the
UEFA Super Cup, and the
Supercopa de España the following season, making it a sextuple of cup successes, and thus winning all available cups to them. •
Bayern Munich won the
DFL-Supercup in the start of the 2012–13 season, the
UEFA Super Cup in 2013 and the
FIFA Club World Cup in the same year, winning a quintuple of cups. •
Inter Milan completed the quintuple by winning
Serie A, the
Coppa Italia, the
Champions League, the
FIFA Club World Cup, and the
Supercoppa Italiana. •
Barcelona completed their quintuple in 2015 by lifting
La Liga, the
Copa del Rey, the
Champions League, the
UEFA Super Cup, and the
Club World Cup. •
Bayern Munich also won the
European Super Cup and the
DFL-Supercup in 2020, and the
FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021 to become the second sextuple-winning club after Barcelona. •
Manchester City also won the
UEFA Super Cup and the
FIFA Club World Cup. •
Paris Saint-Germain also won the
FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the
UEFA Super Cup and the
Trophée des Champions, to become the third sextuple-winning club after Barcelona and Bayern Munich. •
Chelsea are the only club which won the four major
UEFA competitions, namely
Champions League/European Cup,
Cup Winners' Cup,
Europa League/UEFA Cup, and
Conference League. • Other clubs including:
Juventus,
Ajax,
Bayern Munich, and
Manchester United are also the only teams to have won the original three major UEFA competitions, namely Champions League/European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, and Europa League/UEFA Cup. • Until the first staging of the
UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022, Juventus was the first and only club in football history to have won all six official
UEFA-sanctioned tournaments, a record claimed after their
1999 Intertoto Cup victory.
Best debuts Five clubs managed to win the European Cup on their debut: •
Real Madrid (
1955–56) •
Inter Milan (
1963–64) •
Celtic (
1966–67) •
Nottingham Forest (
1978–79) •
Aston Villa (
1981–82) Three clubs won the Champions League on their debut: •
Marseille (
1992–93) •
Ajax (
1994–95) •
Juventus (
1995–96) Two clubs have won the European Cup on their debut without losing a single game in the competition: •
Inter Milan (
1963–64) with seven wins and two draws •
Nottingham Forest (
1978–79) with six wins and three draws
Biggest wins • Biggest margin of victory:
11 •
Dinamo București 11–0
Crusaders, first round,
1973–74 • Most goals scored by a team in a match:
12 •
Feyenoord 12–2
KR Reykjavík, first round,
1969–70 • Biggest margin of victory in the Champions League:
10 •
HJK 10–0
Bangor City, second qualifying,
2011–12 • Biggest margin of victory in the group stage (
1991–92 to
2023–24):
8 •
Liverpool 8–0
Beşiktaş,
2007–08 •
Real Madrid 8–0
Malmö FF,
2015–16 • Biggest margin of victory in the league phase (which replaced the group stage in
2024–25):
7 •
Bayern Munich 9–2
Dinamo Zagreb,
2024–25 • Biggest margin of victory in the knockout phase of the Champions League era:
7 •
Bayern Munich 7–0
Basel, round of 16,
2011–12 • Bayern Munich 7–0
Shakhtar Donetsk, round of 16,
2014–15 •
Manchester City 7–0
Schalke 04, round of 16,
2018–19 • Manchester City 7–0
RB Leipzig, round of 16,
2022–23 •
Paris Saint-Germain 7–0
Brest, knockout phase play-offs,
2024–25 • Biggest margin of victory in the quarter-finals:
8 •
Real Madrid 8–0
Sevilla,
1957–58 • Biggest margin of victory in the quarter-finals in Champions League era:
6 •
Manchester United 7–1
Roma,
2006–07 •
Bayern Munich 8–2 Barcelona,
2019–20 • Biggest margin of victory in the semi-finals:
6 •
Real Madrid 6–0
Zürich,
1963–64 • Biggest margin of victory in the semi-finals in Champions League era:
4 • Highest aggregate margin of victory in group stage:
12 –
Shakhtar Donetsk v
BATE Borisov, 12–0 (7–0 away, 5–0 at home),
2014–15 • Highest aggregate margin of victory in the knockout phase of the Champions League era:
11 –
Bayern Munich v
Sporting CP, 12–1 (5–0 away, 7–1 at home), round of 16,
2008–09 • Highest aggregate margin of victory in the quarter-finals:
8 –
Real Madrid v
Sevilla, 10–2 (8–0 at home, 2–2 away),
1957–58 • Highest aggregate margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the Champions League era:
6 •
Bayern Munich v
Kaiserslautern, 6–0 (2–0 at home, 4–0 away),
1998–99 •
Bayern Munich v
Barcelona,
8–2 (single game at neutral venue),
2019–20 •
Real Madrid v
APOEL, 8–2 (3–0 away, 5–2 at home),
2011–12 • Highest aggregate win in semi-final by a margin:
8 –
Eintracht Frankfurt v
Rangers, 12–4 (6–1 at home, 6–3 away),
1959–60 • Highest aggregate margin of victory in the semi-finals of the Champions League era:
7 –
Bayern Munich v
Barcelona, 7–0 (4–0 at home, 3–0 away),
2012–13 Deciding drawn ties Play-offs • First
play-off match:
Borussia Dortmund 7–0
Spora Luxembourg, preliminary round,
1956–57, after the first two games between the sides had ended 5–5 on aggregate (4–3 win for Dortmund, 2–1 win for Spora). • Last play-off match:
Ajax 3–0
Benfica, quarter-finals,
1968–69, after the first two games between the sides had ended 4–4 on aggregate (3–1 win for Benfica, 3–1 win for Ajax). • First (and only) replayed final:
Bayern Munich 4–0
Atlético Madrid,
1974, following a 1–1 in the first meeting after
extra time. • A total of 32 play-offs have been played.
Real Madrid is the only team to have won three play-offs, doing so in
1956–57,
1958–59 and
1961–62, and progressing to the final in all three seasons.
Feyenoord is the only team to win two play-offs in the same season, beating
Servette in the preliminary round and
Vasas in the first round in
1962–63.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and
Atlético Madrid have played the most overall play-offs, with four each.
Coin toss • First
coin toss occurred:
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt v
Gwardia Warsaw,
1957–58, after their 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 draw played to completion. • Last coin toss occurred:
Galatasaray v
Spartak Trnava and
Celtic v
Benfica, both in the second round,
1969–70, Celtic later progressed to the final. • A total of seven European Cup ties were decided by a coin toss, with Galatasaray being the only team to be involved twice, winning one and losing one.
Away goals • First instance of the
away goals rule:
Valur v
Jeunesse Esch and
Benfica v
Glentoran, both in the first round,
1967–68, Benfica later progressed to the final. • In
2002–03,
Milan and
Inter met in the semi-finals. Sharing the same stadium (
San Siro), they drew 0–0 in the first leg and 1–1 in the second. However, Milan were the designated away side in the latter, and thus became the only team to win on "away" goals without having scored a goal away from their own stadium. • Last instance of the
away goals rule:
Paris Saint-Germain v
Bayern Munich, quarter-final,
2020–21 • Milan,
Paris Saint-Germain and
Porto are the only teams to have advanced on the away goals rule after
extra time: • In the semi-finals against
Bayern Munich in
1989–90, Milan won 1–0 at home and were 0–1 down after 90 minutes in the second leg. Both teams scored one goal each in extra time, giving Milan the victory on away goals. • In the round of 16 against
Chelsea in
2014–15, Paris Saint-Germain drew 1–1 both home and away. Both teams scored one goal each in the extra time period played in
London, giving Paris Saint-Germain the victory on away goals. • In the round of 16 against
Juventus in 2020–21 (the last season the away goals rule was used), Porto won 2–1 at home and were 1–2 down after 90 minutes in the second leg. Both teams scored one goal each in the extra time period played in
Turin, giving Porto the victory on away goals.
Penalty shoot-out scored the decisive penalty kick in the
1984 final. • First
penalty shoot-out:
Everton v
Borussia Mönchengladbach, 4 November 1970. Gladbach's
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff was the first player to score from a penalty kick, while Everton's
Joe Royle was the first to miss. Everton went on to win 4–3 with
Sandy Brown scoring the decisive goal. • First
penalty shoot-out in a final:
Liverpool v
Roma,
1984 final, following a 1–1 draw after
extra time. Roma's
Agostino Di Bartolomei was the first player to score, while Liverpool's
Steve Nicol was the first to miss. Liverpool went on to win 4–2, with
Alan Kennedy scoring the decisive penalty. Kennedy had also scored the winning goal in the
1981 final. • Eleven finals have been decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Liverpool is the only team to have won more than once (1984 and
2005), while
Juventus,
Milan,
Bayern Munich and
Chelsea have won one and lost one. No team has lost twice. •
Barcelona, Bayern Munich and
Atlético Madrid are the only teams to have been involved in two penalty shoot-outs in the same season. In
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 that ended with a penalty shoot-out in all-time of the tournament: •
Everton 4–3
Borussia Mönchengladbach (
1970–71, second round) •
Celtic 4–5
Inter Milan (
1971–72, semi-finals) •
Atvidabergs FF 3–4
Bayern Munich (
1973–74, first round) •
Újpest 4–3
Spartak Trnava (
1973–74, quarter-finals) •
1. FC Magdeburg 1–2
Malmö FF (
1975–76, first round) •
Torpedo Moscow 1–4
Benfica (
1977–78, first round) •
Juventus 3–0
Ajax (
1977–78, quarter-finals) •
Dynamo Dresden 5–4
Partizan (
1978–79, first round) •
Liverpool 4–2
Roma (
1983–84,
final) •
BFC Dynamo 5–4
Aberdeen (
1984–85, first round) •
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–5
Bordeaux (
1984–85, quarter-finals) •
Barcelona 5–4
IFK Göteborg (
1985–86, semi-finals) •
Steaua București 2–0
Barcelona (
1985–86,
final) •
Juventus 1–3
Real Madrid (
1986–87, second round) •
PSV Eindhoven 6–5
Benfica (
1987–88,
final) •
Neuchâtel Xamax 3–0
Larisa (
1988–89, second round) •
Red Star Belgrade 2–4
Milan (
1988–89, second round) •
Spartak Moscow 5–3
Napoli (
1990–91, second round) •
Malmö FF 4–5
Dynamo Dresden (
1990–91, second round) •
Red Star Belgrade 5–3
Marseille (
1990–91,
final) •
Ajax 2–4
Juventus (
1995–96,
final) •
Bayern Munich 5–4
Valencia (
2000–01,
final) •
Juventus 2–3
Milan (
2002–03,
final) •
PSV Eindhoven 4–2
Lyon (
2004–05, quarter-finals) •
Milan 2–3
Liverpool (
2004–05,
final) •
Liverpool 4–1
Chelsea (
2006–07, semi-finals) •
Sevilla 2–3
Fenerbahçe (
2007–08, round of 16) •
Porto 1–4
Schalke 04 (
2007–08, round of 16) •
Manchester United 6–5
Chelsea (
2007–08,
final) •
Roma 6–7
Arsenal (
2008–09, round of 16) •
APOEL 4–3
Lyon (
2011–12, round of 16) •
Real Madrid 1–3
Bayern Munich (
2011–12, semi-finals) •
Bayern Munich 3–4
Chelsea (
2011–12,
final) •
Atlético Madrid 3–2
Bayer Leverkusen (
2014–15, round of 16) •
Atlético Madrid 8–7
PSV Eindhoven (
2015–16, round of 16) •
Real Madrid 5–3
Atlético Madrid (
2015–16,
final) •
Arsenal 4–2
Porto (
2023–24, round of 16) •
Atlético Madrid 3–2
Inter Milan (
2023–24, round of 16) •
Manchester City 3–4
Real Madrid (
2023–24, quarter-finals) •
Liverpool 1–4
Paris Saint-Germain (
2024–25, round of 16) •
Atlético Madrid 2–4
Real Madrid (
2024–25, round of 16) • Two teams were involved in five penalty shoot-outs: Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid. • Real Madrid (out of five) is the only team to have won four penalty shoot-outs. • Seven teams have lost two penalty shoot-outs: Ajax (two out of two), Juventus (two out of four), Roma (two out of two), Chelsea (two out of three), Lyon (two out of two), Porto (two out of two) and Atlético Madrid (two out of five). Ajax, Roma, Lyon and Porto are the only teams to have played in multiple shoot-outs and failed to have won any.
Extra time • Most matches requiring extra time:
14 –
Real Madrid; nine of these were decided by the end of
extra time, and five went to
penalty shoot-outs. • Most matches requiring extra time in a final:
3 •
Milan (1958,
2003 and
2005) •
Bayern Munich (
1974,
2001 and
2012) • Real Madrid (
1958,
2014 and
2016) •
Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014 and 2016) • Seventeen finals have gone to extra time. One was replayed and eleven went to a penalty shoot-out, while the remaining five were decided after 120 minutes: • Real Madrid 3–2 Milan, 1958 •
Manchester United 4–1
Benfica,
1968 •
Feyenoord 2–1
Celtic,
1970 •
Barcelona 1–0
Sampdoria,
1992 • Real Madrid 4–1 Atlético Madrid, 2014
Most goals in a match • Most goals scored in a single match:
14 –
Feyenoord 12–2
KR Reykjavík, first round,
1969–70 • Most goals scored in a single match in the Champions League era:
12 –
Borussia Dortmund 8–4
Legia Warsaw, group stage,
2016–17 • Most goals scored in a knockout phase match in the Champions League era:
10 –
Bayern Munich 8–2 Barcelona, quarter-finals,
2019–20 • Most goals scored in a final:
10 –
Real Madrid 7–3
Eintracht Frankfurt,
1960 final • Most goals scored in a final in the Champions League era:
6 –
Liverpool 3–3
Milan,
2005 final Highest scoring draws • Highest scoring draw:
8 •
Vörös Lobogó 4–4
Reims, quarter-finals,
1955–56 •
Hamburger SV 4–4
Juventus, first group stage,
2000–01 •
Chelsea 4–4
Liverpool, quarter-finals,
2008–09 •
Bayer Leverkusen 4–4
Roma, group stage,
2015–16 •
Chelsea 4–4
Ajax, group stage,
2019–20 •
Juventus 4–4
Borussia Dortmund, league phase,
2025–26 More European Cups than domestic league titles •
Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times (twice) than they have won their own domestic league (once). Forest won the
Football League in
1978, before winning the European Cup in
1979 and defending it in
1980. Nottingham Forest are also the only previous winners of the European Cup to be later relegated to the third tier of their national league (in
2005).
Not winning the domestic league • The competition format was changed in
1997–98 to allow teams that were not champions of their domestic league nor reigning title holders to compete in the tournament. Since then there have been European Champions who had neither been domestic nor continental champions: •
Manchester United's
treble-winners of
1998–99 were the first winners of the tournament to have won neither their domestic title nor the European Cup/Champions League the previous season. Since then: •
Real Madrid (
1999–2000,
2013–14,
2015–16,
2021–22 and
2023–24) •
Milan (
2002–03 and
2006–07) •
Liverpool (
2004–05 and
2018–19) • Liverpool's
2018–19 triumph came 29 years after their previous domestic league title (
1989–90). This was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning their league, breaking the record Liverpool set in
2004–05, which was fifteen years after their last league title. They would eventually win their next league title in
the following season. •
Barcelona (
2008–09 and
2014–15) •
Chelsea (
2011–12 and
2020–21) •
Bayern Munich (
2012–13) • 22 clubs have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage despite not having won the domestic league title before: •
Brest,
Rennes •
TSG Hoffenheim,
Bayer Leverkusen,
Eintracht Frankfurt,
Hertha BSC,
RB Leipzig,
Schalke 04,
Union Berlin •
Atalanta,
Parma,
Udinese •
Heerenveen •
Braga •
Krasnodar,
Rostov •
Celta Vigo,
Girona,
Mallorca,
Málaga,
Villarreal •
Thun •
Bayer Leverkusen (in
2002) is the only club to play in the final having never won their domestic league. They would later win a first league title in
2024. • There have been ten finals contested where both sides did not win their national league in the previous season: •
1999 –
Manchester United (
2nd) vs
Bayern Munich (
2nd) •
2000 –
Real Madrid (
2nd) vs
Valencia (
4th) •
2007 –
Milan (
3rd) vs
Liverpool (
3rd) •
2012 –
Chelsea (
2nd) vs
Bayern Munich (
3rd) •
2014 –
Real Madrid (
2nd) vs
Atlético Madrid (
3rd) •
2016 –
Real Madrid (
2nd) vs
Atlético Madrid (
3rd) •
2019 –
Tottenham Hotspur (
3rd) vs
Liverpool (
4th) •
2021 –
Manchester City (
2nd) vs
Chelsea (
4th) •
2022 –
Liverpool (
3rd) vs
Real Madrid (
2nd) •
2024 –
Borussia Dortmund (
2nd) vs
Real Madrid (
2nd)
Comebacks Group stage • Only two teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games: •
Newcastle United in
2002–03: In Newcastle's final game against
Feyenoord,
Craig Bellamy's goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time secured the 3–2 victory and a place in the second group stage. •
Atalanta in
2019–20: Atalanta managed to advance after losing their first three matches and drawing their fourth. • Only fifteen teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first two games. Of these sides, only Galatasaray, Tottenham Hotspur and Atalanta managed to advance past the second round of the tournament. •
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 respectively •
Werder Bremen in
2005–06; lost to
Juventus on away goals (4–4 agg.) in the
round of 16 •
Inter Milan in
2006–07; lost to
Valencia on away goals (2–2 agg.) in the
round of 16 •
Lyon in
2007–08; lost 2–1 on aggregate to
Manchester United in the
round of 16 •
Panathinaikos in
2008–09; came back to win the group but lost 3–2 on aggregate to
Villarreal in the
round of 16 •
Marseille in
2010–11; lost 2–1 on aggregate to
Manchester United in the
round of 16 •
Galatasaray in
2012–13; lost 5–3 on aggregate to
Real Madrid in the
quarter-finals •
Arsenal in
2015–16; lost 5–1 on aggregate to
Barcelona in the
round of 16 •
Tottenham Hotspur in
2018–19; lost 2–0 to
Liverpool in the
final •
Atalanta in
2019–20; lost 2–1 to
Paris Saint-Germain in the
quarter-finals •
Sporting CP in
2021–22; lost 5–0 on aggregate to
Manchester City in the
round of 16 •
Porto in
2022–23; came back to win the group but lost 1–0 on aggregate to
Inter Milan in the
round of 16 •
RB Leipzig in
2022–23; lost 8–1 on aggregate to
Manchester City in the
round of 16 • 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 zero points after two games, they still managed to advance from the group and later to the
final, where they lost to
Ajax. • Only three 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 •
Liverpool lost their first game and drew next four games in
2001–02 second group stage and
Juventus drew their first five games in
1998–99. • Another 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 (first group stage) •
Manchester City lost two and drew two in
2014–15 •
Atalanta lost three and drew one in
2019–20 Two-leg knockout matches • Only one team has lost the first leg of a knockout match by four goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round: •
Barcelona lost 4–0 to
Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the
round of 16 in
2016–17, but won
6–1 in the second leg to advance 6–5 on aggregate • One additional team was trailing by four goals at some point in a knockout match, but still managed to qualify for the next round: •
Tottenham Hotspur were trailing 4–0 to
Górnik Zabrze after 48 minutes of the first leg in the
1961–62 preliminary round, but managed to finish the game down 4–2 and won 8–1 in the second leg to advance 10–5 on aggregate • Eighteen teams have lost the first leg of a knockout match by three goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round: •
Schalke 04 lost 3–0 to
KB in the
1958–59 first round, but won 5–2 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3–1 in the play-off •
Jeunesse Esch lost 4–1 to
Haka in the
1963–64 preliminary round, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–4 on aggregate •
Partizan lost 4–1 to
Sparta Prague in the
1965–66 quarter-finals, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 6–4 on aggregate •
Panathinaikos lost 4–1 to
Red Star Belgrade in the
1970–71 semi-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced to the final on away goals •
Saint-Étienne lost 4–1 to
Hajduk Split in the
1974–75 second round, but won 5–1 in the second leg and advanced 6–5 on aggregate •
Real Madrid lost 4–1 to
Derby County in the
1975–76 second round, but won 5–1 in the second leg and advanced 6–5 on aggregate •
Barcelona lost 3–0 to
Gothenburg in the
1985–86 semi-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 5–4 on penalties •
Werder Bremen lost 3–0 to
Dynamo Berlin in the
1988–89 first round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate •
Galatasaray lost 3–0 to
Neuchâtel Xamax in the
1988–89 second round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate •
Leeds United lost 3–0 to
VfB Stuttgart in the
1992–93 first round, but was awarded a 3–0 win in the second leg and advanced after winning 2–1 in the play-off •
Copenhagen lost 3–0 to
Linfield in the
1993–94 first round, but won 4–0 after
extra time in the second leg and advanced 4–3 on aggregate •
Paris Saint-Germain lost 3–0 to
Steaua București in the
1997–98 second qualifying round, but won 5–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate •
Widzew Łódź lost 4–1 to
Litex Lovech in the
1999–2000 second qualifying round, but won 4–1 in the second leg and advanced after winning 3–2 on penalties •
KF Tirana lost 3–0 to
Dinamo Tbilisi in the
2003–04 first qualifying round, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced after winning 4–2 on penalties •
Deportivo La Coruña lost 4–1 to
Milan in the
2003–04 quarter-finals, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced 5–4 on aggregate •
Roma lost 4–1 to
Barcelona in the
2017–18 quarter-finals, but won 3–0 in the second leg and advanced on away goals •
Liverpool lost 3–0 to
Barcelona in the
2018–19 semi-finals, but won 4–0 in the second leg and advanced to the final 4–3 on aggregate •
Sporting CP lost 3–0 to
Bodø/Glimt in the
2025–26 round of 16, but won 5–0 after extra time in the second leg and advanced 5–3 on aggregate • Another 17 teams were trailing by three goals at some point in a knockout match, but still managed to qualify for the next round: •
Manchester United were trailing 0–3 to
Athletic Bilbao after 43 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final
1956–57, and then 2–5 after 78 minutes, but managed to finish the game 3–5 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 6–5 on aggregate. •
Hamburger SV were trailing 0–3 to
Burnley after 74 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final
1960–61, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–1 in the second leg and 5–4 on aggregate. •
Spartak Trnava were trailing 0–3 to
Steaua București after 51 minutes of the first leg in the first round
1968–69, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate. •
Austria Wien were trailing 0–3 to
Levski-Spartak after 62 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round
1970–71, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate. •
Basel were trailing 0–3 to
Spartak Moscow after 76 minutes of the first leg in the first round
1970–71, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals. •
Anderlecht were trailing 0–3 to
Slovan Bratislava after 44 minutes, and 1–4 after 63 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round
1974–75, but managed to finish the game 2–4 and won 3–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals. •
Saint-Étienne were trailing 0–3 to
Ruch Chorzów after 46 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final
1974–75, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate. •
Borussia Mönchengladbach were trailing 0–3 to
Wacker Innsbruck after 27 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final
1977–78, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals. •
Banik Ostrava were trailing 0–3 to
Ferencváros after 47 minutes of the first leg in the first round
1981–82, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate. •
Bayern Munich were trailing 0–3 to
CSKA Sofia after 18 minutes of the first leg in the semi-final
1981–82, but managed to finish the game 3–4 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 7–4 on aggregate. •
Real Madrid were trailing 0–3 to
Red Star Belgrade after 39 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final
1986–87, but managed to finish the game 2–4 and won 2–0 in the second leg to qualify on away goals. •
Real Madrid were trailing 0–3 to
Bayern Munich after 47 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final
1987–88, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–0 in the second leg and 4–3 on aggregate. •
Sparta Prague were trailing 0–3 to
Marseille after 60 minutes of the first leg in the second round
1991–92, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals. •
Cork City were trailing 0–3 to
Cwmbrân Town after 27 minutes of the first leg in the preliminary round
1993–94, but managed to finish the game 2–3 and won 2–1 in the second leg to qualify on away goals. •
Monaco were trailing 1–4 to
Real Madrid after 81 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final
2003–04, managed to finish the game 2–4, were trailing 0–1 (2–5 on aggregate) 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 (0–3 on agg.) to
Ajax after 35 minutes of the second leg in the semi-final
2018–19, but managed to win the game 3–2 to qualify on away goals after a 3–3 aggregate score. • Four teams lost the first leg of a knockout match by three goals, overcame the deficit in the second leg, but still did not qualify for the next round: •
Rapid Wien lost 4–1 to
Milan in the preliminary round
1957–58, won 5–2 in the second leg, but lost 4–2 in the play-off. •
Górnik Zabrze lost 4–1 to
Dukla Prague in the preliminary round
1964–65, won 3–0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss after the play-off ended 0–0. •
Benfica lost 3–0 to
Celtic in the second round
1969–70, won 3–0 in the second leg, but lost the coin toss. •
Juventus lost their home leg of the
2017–18 quarter-finals to
Real Madrid 0–3, but then proceeded to score three unanswered goals in the away game to put the aggregate score at 3–3 only to concede a last minute penalty and lose 3–4 on aggregate. •
Juventus lost their away leg of the
2025–26 knockout phase play-offs to
Galatasaray 2–5, but then proceeded to score three unanswered goals in the home game to put the aggregate score at 5–5 only to concede two extra-time goals and lose 5–7 on aggregate. • Two teams were trailing by three goals at some point in a knockout match, overcame the deficit, but still did not qualify for the next round: •
Gothenburg were trailing 0–3 to
Sparta Rotterdam after 48 minutes of the first leg in the round of 16
1959–60, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 3–1 in the second leg, only to lose 1–3 in the playoff. •
Red Star Belgrade lost 1–3 to
Rangers in the preliminary round
1964–65 and were trailing 0–1 (1–4 on aggregate) after 40 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4–2, only to lose 1–3 in the playoff. • Only two teams has lost the first leg of a knockout match at home by two goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round: •
Ajax lost 3–1 to
Benfica in the first leg of the quarter-finals in
1968–69 at
Olympic Stadium, but won 3–1 in the second leg at the
Estádio da Luz then won 3–0 in the playoff. •
Manchester United lost 2–0 to
Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the
round of 16 in
2018–19 at
Old Trafford, but won 3–1 in the second leg at the
Parc des Princes to advance on away goals Including the European Cup era, only
Ajax have additionally managed to achieve this feat; they lost 3–1 at home to
Benfica in the first leg of the
quarter-finals in
1968–69, but won 3–1 away in the second leg to force a play-off, which they won 3–0 after
extra time • On eight occasions, a team lost the first leg away from home 1–0 and was trailing 1–0 in the second leg at home, but managed to score the three goals required under the
away goals rule and qualify for the next round (Or two goals and qualify on
penalties shoot-out after removing the away goals rule in
2021–22): •
Celtic lost 1–0 away to
Partizani in the
1979–80 first round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Partizani also having an away goal) after 15 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 4–1 and advance 4–2 on aggregate •
AEK Athens lost 1–0 away to
Dynamo Dresden in the
1989–90 first round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Dresden also having an away goal) after 10 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–3 and advance 5–4 on aggregate •
PSV Eindhoven lost 1–0 away to
Steaua București in the
1989–90 second round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Steaua also having an away goal) after 17 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 5–1 and advance 5–2 on aggregate •
Barcelona lost 1–0 away to
Panathinaikos in the
2001–02 quarter-finals and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Panathinaikos also having an away goal) after eight minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate •
Shakhtar Donetsk lost 1–0 away to
Red Bull Salzburg in the
2007–08 third qualifying round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Salzburg also having an away goal) after five minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate •
BATE Borisov lost 1–0 away to
Debrecen in the
2014–15 third qualifying round and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate, with Debrecen also having an away goal) after 20 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate •
Real Madrid lost 1–0 away to
Paris Saint-Germain in the
2021–22 round of 16 and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate) after 39 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 and advance 3–2 on aggregate •
Atlético Madrid lost 1–0 away to
Inter Milan in the
2023–24 round of 16 and were trailing 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate) after 33 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 2–1 and qualify on penalties shoot-out • On one occasion, a team lost the first leg at home by one goal and was trailing 0–1 in the second leg away from home, but managed to score two or more goals afterwards and progressed to the next round: •
Paris Saint-Germain lost 2–3 home to
Barcelona in the
2023–24 quarter-finals and were trailing 1–0 (4–2 on aggregate) after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 1–4 and advance 4–6 on aggregate
Single game • No team has ever managed to escape a loss in a single game after trailing by four or more goals. • Teams have managed to win a game after trailing by three goals on three occasions: •
Werder Bremen were trailing 3–0 to
Anderlecht after 33 minutes in the
1993–94 group stage, but managed to win the game 5–3 •
Deportivo La Coruña were trailing 3–0 to
Paris Saint-Germain after 55 minutes in the
2000–01 second group stage, but managed to win the game 4–3 •
Maccabi Haifa were trailing 3–0 to
Aktobe after 15 minutes in the
2009–10 third qualifying round second leg, but managed to win the game 4–3 and advance 4–3 on aggregate • Teams have managed to tie a game after trailing by three goals on thirteen occasions: •
Vörös Lobogó were trailing 4–1 to
Reims after 52 minutes in the second leg of the
1955–56 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 4–4; however, Reims still advanced after winning 8–6 on aggregate •
Red Star Belgrade were trailing 3–0 to
Manchester United after 31 minutes in the second leg of the
1957–58 quarter-finals, but managed to finish the game 3–3; however, Manchester United still advanced after winning 5–4 on aggregate •
Panathinaikos were trailing 3–0 to
Linfield after 26 minutes in the second leg of the
1984–85 second round, but managed to finish the game 3–3 and advance 5–4 on aggregate •
Liverpool were trailing 3–0 to
Basel after 29 minutes in the
2002–03 first group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3 •
Liverpool were trailing 3–0 to
Milan after 44 minutes in the
2005 final, but managed to finish the game 3–3, and win the final 3–2 on penalties •
Maccabi Tel Aviv were trailing 3–0 to
Basel after 32 minutes in the second leg of the
2013–14 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3–3; however, Basel still advanced after winning 4–3 on aggregate •
Anderlecht were trailing 3–0 to
Arsenal after 58 minutes in the
2014–15 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3 •
Molde were trailing 3–0 to
Dinamo Zagreb after 22 minutes in the second leg of the
2015–16 third qualifying round, but managed to finish the game 3–3; however, Dinamo Zagreb still advanced on away goals •
Beşiktaş were trailing 3–0 to
Benfica after 31 minutes in the
2016–17 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3 •
Sevilla were trailing 3–0 to
Liverpool after 30 minutes in the
2017–18 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3 •
Chelsea were trailing 4–1 to
Ajax after 55 minutes in the
2019–20 group stage, but managed to finish the game 4–4 •
Inter Milan were trailing 3–0 to
Benfica after 34 minutes in the
2023–24 group stage, but managed to finish the game 3–3 •
Feyenoord were trailing 3–0 to
Manchester City after 53 minutes in the
2024–25 league phase, but managed to finish the game 3–3
Defence • Most clean sheets in a season:
10 •
Milan,
1993–94 •
Arsenal,
2005–06;
the most consecutive clean sheets •
Real Madrid,
2015–16;
all home matches won without conceding a goal • Including qualifying rounds,
Valencia in the
2000–01 also had 10 clean sheets. • Longest period without conceding a goal:
995 minutes –
Arsenal, September 2005 – May 2006; ''the run started after
Markus Rosenberg's goal for
Ajax in the 71st minute of matchday 2 of the group stage, continued with four group stage games and six games in the knockout rounds, and ended with
Samuel Eto'o's goal for
Barcelona after 76 minutes in the final. These minutes were split between two goalkeepers:
Jens Lehmann (648 minutes) and
Manuel Almunia (347 minutes).'' • Fewest goals conceded by European Cup-winning team:
2 goals •
Aston Villa,
1981–82;
in nine matches •
Milan,
1993–94;
in twelve matches • Longest consecutive home clean sheets:
7 –
Arsenal, 2 November 2005 – 1 November 2006;
conceded one goal during the qualifying rounds. • Longest consecutive away clean sheets:
7 –
Ajax, 18 October 1995 – 4 December 1996 • Lowest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning:
0.16 –
Milan,
1993–94;
conceded 2 goals in 12 matches. • Most goals conceded by European Cup-winning team:
17 goals –
Real Madrid,
1999–2000 • Most goals conceded in a single season:
30 goals –
Qarabağ,
2025–26;
reached the knockout phase play-offs • Highest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning:
1.57 –
Benfica,
1961–62;
conceded 11 goals in 7 matches. • Fewest goals conceded by a finalists:
1 goal –
Benfica,
1987–88 • Longest run without conceding from the start of a campaign:
540 minutes –
Inter Milan,
2024–25; ''the run ended with
Nordi Mukiele's goal for
Bayer Leverkusen after 90 minutes on matchday 6 of the league phase.''
Goalscoring records • Most goals in a season:
45 goals –
Barcelona,
1999–2000 • Most goals in a season, including qualifying stages:
47 goals –
Liverpool,
2017–18 • Most goals by a Champions League-winning side:
43 goals –
Bayern Munich,
2019–20 • Highest-ever goal-per-game ratio by a Champions League-winning side:
4.4 –
Real Madrid,
1959–60;
scoring 31 goals in 7 matches. • Fewest goals by a Champions League-winning side:
9 goals –
PSV Eindhoven,
1987–88 • Fewest-ever goal-per-game ratio by a Champions League-winning side:
1 –
PSV Eindhoven,
1987–88;
scoring 9 goals in 9 matches. • Most goalscorers by a team in a season:
15 –
Borussia Dortmund,
2016–17 • Most goalscorers by a Champions League-winning side in a season:
14 –
Real Madrid,
2001–02 • Most goalscorers by a team in a single match:
8 –
Borussia Mönchengladbach v
Larnaca, 22 September 1970 • First club to reach the 1000th goal:
Real Madrid; ''doing so when
Karim Benzema scored the first goal in the 14th minute in his team's 2–1 victory against
Shakhtar Donetsk in the fourth matchday of the group stage in the
2021–22 season.''
Meetings • Most faced teams:
30 matches –
Bayern Munich v
Real Madrid, 1976–2026 • Most consecutive faced teams:
5 seasons •
Chelsea v
Liverpool, 2004–2009 •
Manchester City v
Real Madrid, 2021–2026 • Clubs that faced each other on four consecutive seasons: •
Deportivo La Coruña v
Juventus, 2000–2004 (8 matches involved that half of those resulted in draw, the Spain side won thrice and the Italian won once.) •
Atlético Madrid v
Real Madrid, 2013–2017 (6 matches involved that half of those won by Real, Atlético only won once and twice in draw.)
Penalties • Most penalties awarded in UEFA Champions League era:
67 –
Bayern Munich • Most penalties conceded in UEFA Champions League era:
41 –
Real Madrid • Most penalties awarded in a match:
4 –
Red Bull Salzburg v
Sevilla, group stage,
2021–22;
three for Salzburg and one for Sevilla, of which two were scored. • Most penalties awarded in a final:
3 –
Bayern Munich v
Valencia,
2001 final • Seventeen penalties have been taken in the final of the tournament in fifteen occasions that only the 2001 had multiple penalties. Twelve of those have been scored and five have been saved: •
1957: by
Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 69th minute for
Real Madrid, against
Fiorentina •
1959: by
Enrique Mateos in the 16th minute for
Real Madrid, against
Reims •
1960: by
Ferenc Puskás in the 56th minute for
Real Madrid, against
Eintracht Frankfurt •
1962: by
Eusébio in the 64th minute for
Benfica, against
Real Madrid •
1967: by
Sandro Mazzola in the 7th minute for
Inter Milan, against
Celtic •
1969: by
Velibor Vasović in the 60th minute for
Ajax, against
Milan •
1977: by
Phil Neal in the 82nd minute for
Liverpool, against
Borussia Mönchengladbach •
1985: by
Michel Platini in the 58th minute for
Juventus, against
Liverpool •
2001: by
Gaizka Mendieta in the 2nd minute for
Valencia, against
Bayern Munich •
2001: by
Mehmet Scholl in the 5th minute for
Bayern Munich, against
Valencia •
2001: by
Stefan Effenberg in the 50th minute for
Bayern Munich, against
Valencia •
2005: by
Xabi Alonso in the 60th minute for
Liverpool, against
Milan (The penalty was saved but Alonso scored from the rebound.) •
2012: by
Arjen Robben in the 95th minute for
Bayern Munich, against
Chelsea •
2013: by
İlkay Gündoğan in the 68th minute for
Borussia Dortmund, against
Bayern Munich •
2014: by
Cristiano Ronaldo in the 120th minute for
Real Madrid, against
Atlético Madrid •
2016: by
Antoine Griezmann in the 47th minute for
Atlético Madrid, against
Real Madrid •
2019: by
Mohamed Salah in the 2nd minute for
Liverpool, against
Tottenham Hotspur Defending the trophy • A total of 70 tournaments have been played: 37 in the European Cup era (
1955–56 to
1991–92) and 33 in the Champions League era (
1992–93 to
2024–25). 15 of the 69 attempts to defend the trophy (21.7%) have been successful, split between eight teams. These are: •
Real Madrid on six attempts out of fifteen (
1956–57,
1957–58,
1958–59,
1959–60,
2016–17,
2017–18) •
Benfica on one attempt out of two (
1961–62) •
Inter Milan on one attempt out of three (
1964–65) •
Ajax on two attempts out of four (
1971–72,
1972–73) •
Bayern Munich on two attempts out of six (
1974–75,
1975–76) •
Liverpool on one attempt out of six (
1977–78) •
Nottingham Forest on one attempt out of two (
1979–80) •
Milan on one attempt out of seven (
1989–90) • Between the two eras of this competition, this breaks down as: • Of the 36 attempts in European Cup era: 13 successful (36.1%) • Of the 33 attempts in the Champions League era: 2 successful (6.06%) • Only one team has managed to defend the trophy in the Champions League era:
Real Madrid (twice), who won in
2015–16,
2016–17 and
2017–18. • The teams who came closest to defending the trophy but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final: •
Benfica in
1962–63 •
Liverpool in
1984–85 •
Milan in
1994–95 •
Ajax in
1995–96 •
Juventus in
1996–97 •
Manchester United in
2008–09 • Of the 23 teams that have won the trophy, 15 have never defended it. Only five of these have won the trophy more than once, and so have had more than one attempt to do so. These are: •
Barcelona on five attempts: lost to
CSKA Moscow in the second round in
1992–93, to
Liverpool in the round of 16 in
2006–07, to
Inter Milan in the semi-finals in
2009–10, to Chelsea in the semi-finals in
2011–12, and to
Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals in
2015–16 •
Manchester United on three attempts: lost to
Milan in the semi-finals in
1968–69, to
Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in
1999–2000, and to
Barcelona in the final in
2008–09 •
Juventus on two attempts: lost to
Barcelona in the quarter-finals in
1985–86, and to
Borussia Dortmund in the final in
1996–97 •
Porto on two 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 on two attempts: finished behind
Juventus and
Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage in
2012–13, and lost to
Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in
2021–22 • During the Champions League era, only one title holder has failed to qualify from the group stage: •
Chelsea in
2012–13 •
Marseille were denied the opportunity to defend their title in
1993–94, following their punishment due to the
French football bribery scandal. • Two teams lost consecutive finals: •
Juventus (
1997 and
1998) •
Valencia (
2000 and
2001) • Three teams won the tournament after losing the final in the previous season: •
Milan (
1993–94) •
Bayern Munich (
2012–13) •
Liverpool (
2018–19) •
Inter Milan's
2009–10 triumph came 45 years after winning their previous title (
1964–65). This was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning the tournament.
Disciplinary • Most red cards:
32 –
Juventus • Most yellow cards in a match:
12 –
Bayern Munich v
Juventus, round of 16,
2015–16 Own goals • Most own goals:
12 –
Real Madrid • Most own goals in a season:
4 •
Girona,
2024–25 •
Feyenoord, 2024–25 • Most own goals in a match:
3 –
Astana v
Galatasaray, group stage,
2015–16 Finals • Most number of finals two teams have played each other:
3 times •
Real Madrid v
Liverpool;
lost 0–1 in 1981, won 3–1 in 2018, won 1–0 in 2022 • Eight other pairs of teams have played each other in two finals: •
Real Madrid v
Reims;
won 4–3 in 1956 and won 2–0 in 1959 •
Milan v
Benfica;
won 2–1 in 1963 and won 1–0 in 1990 •
Milan v
Ajax;
won 4–1 in 1969 and lost 0–1 in 1995 •
Ajax v
Juventus;
won 1–0 in 1973 and lost 1–1 (2–4 on penalties) in 1996 •
Liverpool v
Milan;
won 3–3 (3–2 on penalties) in 2005 and lost 1–2 in 2007 •
Barcelona v
Manchester United;
won 2–0 in 2009 and won 3–1 in 2011 •
Real Madrid v
Atlético Madrid;
won 4–1 in 2014 and won 1–1 (5–3 on penalties) in 2016 •
Real Madrid v
Juventus;
won 1–0 in 1998 and won 4–1 in 2017 • Other than the first season, nine finals were played where neither team had previously won the tournament, with all of them occurring in the European Cup era: •
1961:
Benfica v
Barcelona •
1971:
Ajax v
Panathinaikos •
1974:
Bayern Munich v
Atletico Madrid •
1977:
Liverpool v
Borussia Mönchengladbach •
1979:
Nottingham Forest v
Malmö FF •
1983:
Hamburger SV v
Juventus •
1986:
Steaua București v
Barcelona •
1991:
Red Star Belgrade v
Marseille •
1992:
Barcelona v
Sampdoria • On nine occasions, but never in the final, has there been a rematch of the previous season's final at some point in the following season's competition: •
1977–78:
Liverpool v
Borussia Mönchengladbach (semi-finals) •
1996–97:
Juventus v
Ajax (semi-finals) •
2010–11:
Inter Milan v
Bayern Munich (round of 16) •
2014–15:
Real Madrid v
Atlético Madrid (quarter-finals) •
2016–17:
Real Madrid v
Atlético Madrid (semi-finals) •
2017–18:
Real Madrid v
Juventus (quarter-finals) •
2020–21:
Bayern Munich v
Paris Saint-Germain (quarter-finals) •
2022–23:
Liverpool v
Real Madrid (round of 16) •
2024–25:
Real Madrid v
Borussia Dortmund (league phase) • Only one side lost the initial final but won the rematch: Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, who did so on away goals. • In only two seasons, the eventual finalists had already met in previous stages, in particular the group stage: • In
1994–95, Ajax and Milan met in the group stage and later in the final. Ajax won all three matches (2–0 both home and away in the group stage, 1–0 in the final). • In the
1998–99 edition, eventual winners Manchester United met Bayern Munich twice in the group stage (both draws) and later in the final. • Only four clubs have played a final in their home stadium: •
Real Madrid (
1957),
Inter Milan (
1965),
Roma (
1984) and
Bayern Munich (
2012) •
Real Madrid (
1957) and
Inter Milan (
1965) were the only clubs who won a final in their home stadium. • On 12 occasions, the host of the final was the home country of a finalist: • (3x):
Inter Milan (1965 at
San Siro, Milan);
Roma (1984 at
Stadio Olimpico, Rome);
Juventus (1996 at
Stadio Olimpico, Rome) • (3x):
Manchester United (1968 and 2011 at
Wembley Stadium, London);
Liverpool (1978 at
Wembley Stadium, London) • (2x):
Real Madrid (1957 at
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid);
Barcelona (1986 at
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville) • (2x):
Borussia Dortmund (1997 at
Olympiastadion, Munich);
Bayern Munich (2012 at
Allianz Arena, Munich) • (1x):
Reims (1956 at
Parc des Princes, Paris) • (1x):
Ajax (1972 at
De Kuip, Rotterdam) • From the 12 occasions, 7 clubs have won the final in their home country: •
Real Madrid (1957),
Inter Milan (1965),
Manchester United (1968),
Ajax (1972),
Liverpool (1978),
Juventus (1996) and
Borussia Dortmund (1997) •
Manchester United is the only club who played two finals in their home country, winning (1968) and losing (2011).
Nationalities • Three clubs have won the European Cup/Champions League fielding teams from a single nationality: •
Benfica twice won the competition (1961 and 1962) with a team consisting entirely of Portuguese players, although some of them had been born in
Portuguese African colonies, then Overseas Provinces of Portugal but now independent nations. •
Celtic won the competition in 1967 with their entire squad born within a 30-mile radius of
Celtic Park, their home ground. •
Steaua București won in 1986 with a team consisting entirely of players from Romania. • In addition,
Real Madrid won the competition in 1966 with Spanish players in the final match lineup, despite the participation of some foreign players in the lower rounds. This generation was called the '
Yé-yé'. •
Inter Milan is the only team to have won the European Cup/Champions League fielding a starting line-up composed entirely of foreign players and with a foreign coach in
2010 final:
Julio Cesar,
Maicon and
Lúcio (Brazil),
Walter Samuel,
Javier Zanetti,
Esteban Cambiasso and
Diego Milito (Argentine),
Cristian Chivu (Romania),
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands),
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon),
Goran Pandev (Macedonia), coached by
José Mourinho (Portugal). •
Chelsea are believed to be the first club in Champions League history to have fielded a starting line-up composed entirely of foreign players and with a foreign coach, in their 1–2 home loss against
Lazio on
22 March 2000. The Chelsea team was:
Ed de Goey (Netherlands),
Dan Petrescu (Romania),
Celestine Babayaro (Nigeria),
Frank Leboeuf,
Marcel Desailly and
Didier Deschamps (France),
Gus Poyet (Uruguay),
Roberto Di Matteo and
Gianfranco Zola (Italy),
Albert Ferrer (Spain),
Tore André Flo (Norway), coached by
Gianluca Vialli (Italy). •
Arsenal are believed to be the first club in Champions League history to have fielded 11 players of different nationalities at the same time, in their 2–1 win away at
Hamburger SV on
13 September 2006. The Arsenal team, after the 28th-minute substitution of
Kolo Touré, was:
Jens Lehmann (Germany),
Emmanuel Eboué (Ivory Coast),
Johan Djourou (Switzerland),
Justin Hoyte (England),
William Gallas (France),
Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic),
Gilberto Silva (Brazil),
Cesc Fàbregas (Spain),
Alexander Hleb (Belarus),
Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo) and
Robin van Persie (Netherlands).
Countries • On eight occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same nation: •
2000:
Real Madrid 3–0
Valencia •
2003:
Milan 0–0
Juventus •
2008:
Manchester United 1–1
Chelsea •
2013:
Bayern Munich 2–1
Borussia Dortmund •
2014:
Real Madrid 4–1
Atlético Madrid •
2016:
Real Madrid 1–1
Atlético Madrid •
2019:
Liverpool 2–0
Tottenham Hotspur •
2021:
Chelsea 1–0
Manchester City • In addition to the eight finals, 36 meetings between teams from the same league have been or will be played: • Thirteen meetings from the Spanish league: •
1957–58:
Real Madrid 10–2
Sevilla, quarter-finals (8–0, 2–2) •
1958–59:
Real Madrid 2–2 (2–1 in play-off)
Atlético Madrid, semi-finals (2–1, 0–1) •
1959–60:
Real Madrid 6–2
Barcelona, semi-finals (3–1, 3–1) •
1960–61:
Barcelona 4–3
Real Madrid, first round (2–2, 2–1) •
1999–2000:
Valencia 5–3
Barcelona, semi-finals (4–1, 1–2) •
2001–02:
Real Madrid 3–1
Barcelona, semi-finals (2–0, 1–1) •
2010–11:
Barcelona 3–1
Real Madrid, semi-finals (2–0, 1–1) •
2013–14:
Atlético Madrid 2–1
Barcelona, quarter-finals (1–1, 1–0) •
2014–15:
Real Madrid 1–0
Atlético Madrid, quarter-finals (0–0, 1–0) •
2015–16:
Atlético Madrid 3–2
Barcelona, quarter-finals (1–2, 2–0) •
2016–17:
Real Madrid 4–2
Atlético Madrid, semi-finals (3–0, 1–2) •
2024–25:
Real Madrid 2–2
Atlético Madrid, round of 16 (2–1, 0–1) •
2025–26:
Atlético Madrid 3–2
Barcelona, quarter-finals (2–0, 1–2) • Twelve meetings from the English league: •
1978–79:
Nottingham Forest 2–0
Liverpool, first round (2–0, 0–0) •
2003–04:
Chelsea 3–2
Arsenal, quarter-finals (1–1, 2–1) •
2004–05:
Liverpool 1–0
Chelsea, semi-finals (0–0, 1–0) •
2005–06:
Liverpool 0–0
Chelsea, group stage (0–0, 0–0) •
2006–07:
Liverpool 1–1
Chelsea, semi-finals (1–0, 0–1) •
2007–08:
Liverpool 5–3
Arsenal, quarter-finals (1–1, 4–2) •
2007–08:
Chelsea 4–3
Liverpool, semi-finals (1–1, 3–2) •
2008–09:
Chelsea 7–5
Liverpool, quarter-finals (3–1, 4–4) •
2008–09:
Manchester United 4–1
Arsenal, semi-finals (1–0, 3–1) •
2010–11:
Manchester United 3–1
Chelsea, quarter-finals (1–0, 2–1) •
2017–18:
Liverpool 5–1
Manchester City, quarter-finals (3–0, 2–1) •
2018–19:
Tottenham Hotspur 4–4
Manchester City, quarter-finals (1–0, 3–4, Tottenham Hotspur won on
away goals) • Five meetings from the Italian league: •
1985–86:
Juventus 2–0
Hellas Verona, second round (0–0, 2–0) •
2002–03:
Milan 1–1
Inter Milan, semi-finals (0–0, 1–1, Milan won on
"away" goals) •
2004–05:
Milan 5–0
Inter Milan, quarter-finals (2–0, 3–0
(match awarded)) •
2022–23:
Milan 2–1
Napoli, quarter-finals (1–0, 1–1) •
2022–23:
Inter Milan 3–0
Milan, semi-finals (2–0, 1–0) • Three meetings from the
Bundesliga: •
1997–98:
Borussia Dortmund 1–0
Bayern Munich, quarter-finals (0–0, 1–0) •
1998–99:
Bayern Munich 6–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern, quarter-finals (2–0, 4–0) •
2024–25:
Bayern Munich 5–0
Bayer Leverkusen, round of 16 (3–0, 2–0) • There were an additional four meetings between teams from the
West German Bundesliga and the
East German DDR-Oberliga: •
1973–74:
Bayern Munich 7–6
Dynamo Dresden, second round (4–3, 3–3) •
1974–75:
Bayern Munich 5–3
1. FC Magdeburg, second round (3–2, 2–1) •
1982–83:
Hamburger SV 3–1
BFC Dynamo, second round (1–1, 2–0) •
1988–89:
Werder Bremen 5–3
BFC Dynamo, first round (0–3, 5–0) • Three meetings from the French league: •
2009–10:
Lyon 3–2
Bordeaux, quarter-finals (3–1, 0–1) •
2024–25:
Paris Saint-Germain 10–0
Brest, knockout phase play-offs (3–0, 7–0) •
2025–26:
Paris Saint-Germain 5–4
Monaco, knockout phase play-offs (3–2, 2–2) • Germany has provided the highest number of participants in the history of the competition (including West and East Germany), including the qualifying stages, with 29 clubs: •
Saarbrücken,
Rot-Weiss Essen,
Borussia Dortmund,
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt,
Schalke 04,
ASK Vorwärts Berlin,
Eintracht Frankfurt,
Hamburger SV,
1. FC Nürnberg,
Carl Zeiss Jena,
Chemie Leipzig,
1. FC Köln,
Werder Bremen,
1860 Munich,
Eintracht Braunschweig,
Borussia Mönchengladbach,
Dynamo Dresden,
Bayern Munich,
1. FC Magdeburg,
BFC Dynamo,
VfB Stuttgart,
Hansa Rostock,
1. FC Kaiserslautern,
Bayer Leverkusen,
Hertha BSC,
VfL Wolfsburg,
RB Leipzig,
TSG Hoffenheim and
Union Berlin • England has provided the highest number of participants in the competition in one season with six clubs in
2025–26, including:
Liverpool,
Arsenal,
Manchester City,
Chelsea,
Newcastle United (European Performance Spot awarded to associations with the highest UEFA coefficient in 2024–25) and
Tottenham Hotspur (
Europa League winners). • In
2025–26, England became the first nation to have six representatives in the knockout phase:
Liverpool,
Arsenal,
Manchester City,
Chelsea,
Newcastle United and
Tottenham Hotspur. • In
2007–08, England became the first nation to have four representatives in the quarter-finals:
Arsenal,
Chelsea,
Liverpool and
Manchester United. This feat was repeated by the same four teams in the
2008–09 season, and by Liverpool,
Manchester City, Manchester United and
Tottenham Hotspur in
2018–19. • Three nations have provided the highest number of representatives in the semi-finals in one season with three each: • Spain in
1999–2000 (
Real Madrid,
Barcelona and
Valencia) • Italy in
2002–03 (
Inter Milan,
Milan and
Juventus) • England (three times) in
2006–07,
2007–08 (
Manchester United,
Chelsea and
Liverpool) and
2008–09 (
Manchester United,
Chelsea and
Arsenal) • Spanish teams have won the most titles, with twenty victories shared among two teams:
Real Madrid (fifteen) and
Barcelona (five). • Spanish teams provided the highest number of representatives in the finals, with 31 (eighteen for
Real Madrid, eight for
Barcelona, three for
Atlético Madrid and two for
Valencia). • England has provided the most individual winners of the tournament, with six:
Manchester United,
Liverpool,
Nottingham Forest,
Aston Villa,
Chelsea and
Manchester City. • England has also provided the highest number of different finalists, with nine: the six winners, plus
Leeds United,
Arsenal and
Tottenham Hotspur. • England has also provided the highest number of different semi-finalists, with ten: the nine finalists, plus
Derby County. • England has the most consecutive titles, with its clubs winning the title in six consecutive seasons from
1976–77 to
1981–82. Spain is followed by five consecutive seasons on two occasions, from
1955–56 to
1959–60 and from
2013–14 to
2017–18, then the Netherlands in four consecutive years from
1969–70 to
1972–73. • In the 1985–86 season, Spain became the first nation to have three finalists in the three old UEFA competitions:
Barcelona in the
European Cup,
Atlético Madrid in the
European Cup Winners' Cup, and
Real Madrid in the
UEFA Cup final. Real Madrid is the only winner out of the three clubs. • In the 1989–90 season, Italian clubs won all three of Europe's three major competitions: the
European Cup (
Milan), the
European Cup Winners' Cup (
Sampdoria) and the
UEFA Cup (
Juventus). Juventus faced another side from Italy,
Fiorentina, in the
1990 UEFA Cup final. • In the 2018–19 season, England became the first nation to have all the final places in Europe's two major competitions:
Liverpool and
Tottenham Hotspur in the
2019 UEFA Champions League final, and
Arsenal and
Chelsea in the
2019 UEFA Europa League final. • In the 2022–23 season, Italy became the first nation to have three finalists in the three modern UEFA competitions:
Inter Milan in the
Champions League,
Roma in the
Europa League, and
Fiorentina in the
Europa Conference League. All three sides would go on to lose their respective finals.
Cities • On two occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same city: •
2014 (
Madrid):
Real Madrid vs
Atlético Madrid •
2016 (
Madrid):
Real Madrid vs
Atlético Madrid • Only two cities have been represented by two teams who have won the competition: •
Milan:
Inter Milan (1964, 1965, 2010) and
Milan (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007) •
Manchester:
Manchester City (2023) and
Manchester United (1968, 1999, 2008) •
London is the only city to have been represented by three teams in the final:
Arsenal (runners-up in 2006),
Chelsea (runners-up in 2008, winners in 2012 and 2021) and
Tottenham Hotspur (runners-up in 2019). • Apart from Milan, Manchester and London, two other cities have been represented by two teams in the final: •
Madrid has been represented by two clubs in nineteen finals, with fifteen wins (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) and three losses (1962, 1964, 1981) for
Real Madrid, and three losses for
Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016). •
Belgrade has been represented by
Partizan (runners-up in 1966) and
Red Star Belgrade (winners in 1991). •
Istanbul is the only city to have been represented in the group stage by four teams:
Beşiktaş,
Fenerbahçe,
Galatasaray and
İstanbul Başakşehir. • Only two cities have been represented in the group stage by three teams in the same season: •
Athens:
Olympiacos,
Panathinaikos and
AEK Athens in
2003–04 •
London:
Chelsea,
Arsenal, and
Tottenham Hotspur in
2010–11 and
2025–26 • Only one city has been represented in the knockout phase by three teams in the same season: London in
2010–11, when
Arsenal,
Chelsea and
Tottenham Hotspur all progressed to the first knockout round. • England is the only nation with teams from five cities who have won the competition: • Liverpool:
Liverpool • Manchester:
Manchester United,
Manchester City • Nottingham:
Nottingham Forest • Birmingham:
Aston Villa • London:
Chelsea • Cities at the geographical extremes: • Easternmost:
Almaty –
Kairat • Southernmost:
Tel Aviv –
Hapoel Tel Aviv and
Maccabi Tel Aviv • Northernmost:
Bodø –
Bodø/Glimt • Westernmost:
Lisbon –
Benfica and
Sporting CP • Longest journey in UEFA competitions: •
Kairat travelled about from
Almaty to
Lisbon to face
Sporting CP in the
2025–26 league phase, with the route lengthened by Portugal's ban on flights through Russian airspace following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. • Apart from the two finals, only eight other
derbies between teams of the same city have ever been played: •
1958–59 (
Madrid):
Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-finals) •
2002–03 (
Milan):
Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals) •
2003–04 (
London):
Chelsea vs Arsenal (quarter-finals) •
2004–05 (
Milan):
Inter Milan vs Milan (quarter-finals)
(the second leg was abandoned and awarded to Milan due to disturbances from the Inter fans) •
2014–15 (
Madrid):
Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (quarter-finals) •
2016–17 (
Madrid):
Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-finals) •
2022–23 (
Milan):
Inter Milan vs Milan (semi-finals) •
2024–25 (
Madrid):
Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (round of 16) • The 2002–03 semi-final tie between Milan and Inter Milan was the first time both games of a two-legged tie were played in the same stadium (
San Siro), as the teams shared the stadium as their home venue. Milan won via the "away goals" rule, as it was designated as the "away" team that scored more goals in the tie. The teams also played each other in the same stadium in the 2004–05 quarter-finals and 2022–23 semi-finals. However, at the 2022–23 season the away goals rule no longer existed. • The same situation occurred three times in the
2020–21 season, due to
travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic: two round of 16 ties (
RB Leipzig vs
Liverpool and
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs
Manchester City) saw both legs played at the
Puskás Aréna in
Budapest (Leipzig and Borussia were the designated "home" teams for the first legs, and Liverpool and Manchester City were for the second), while the quarter-final tie between
Porto and
Chelsea saw both legs played at the
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in
Seville (Porto were the designated "home" team for the first leg, and Chelsea were for the second).
Specific group stage records (1991–2023) • Most goals scored in a group stage:
25 •
Paris Saint-Germain (
2017–18) • Fewest goals scored in a group stage:
0 •
Deportivo La Coruña (
2004–05) •
Maccabi Haifa (
2009–10) •
Dinamo Zagreb (
2016–17) • Fewest goals conceded in a group stage:
1 •
Milan (
1992–93) •
Ajax (
1995–96) •
Juventus (
1996–97 and
2004–05) •
Villarreal (
2005–06) •
Liverpool (
2005–06) •
Chelsea (
2005–06) •
Manchester United (
2010–11) •
Monaco (
2014–15) •
Paris Saint-Germain (
2015–16) •
Barcelona (
2017–18) •
Manchester City (
2020–21) • Most goals conceded in a group stage:
24 •
BATE Borisov (
2014–15) •
Legia Warsaw (
2016–17) •
Viktoria Plzeň (
2022–23) • Highest goal difference in a group stage:
+21 •
Paris Saint-Germain (
2017–18) • Lowest goal difference in a group stage:
–22 •
BATE Borisov (
2014–15) • Lowest goal difference while winning a group:
–3 •
Sturm Graz (
2000–01) (first group stage) •
Anderlecht (
2000–01) (first group stage) • Lowest number of points while winning a group:
8 •
Juventus (
1998–99) • Highest goal difference while being last in the group:
+3 •
Monaco (
2000–01) (first group stage) • Highest number of points while being last in the group:
7 •
Ajax (
1998–99) •
Monaco (
2000–01) (first group stage) •
Juventus (
2001–02) (second group stage) •
Deportivo La Coruña (
2002–03) (second group stage) •
Anderlecht (
2003–04) •
Dynamo Kyiv (
2003–04) •
Copenhagen (
2006–07) •
CSKA Moscow (
2018–19) •
Zenit Saint Petersburg (
2019–20)
Six wins 's
Milan became the first side to win all group stage matches in the
1992–93 season. Nine clubs have won all of their six games in a group stage, on thirteen occasions.
Real Madrid and
Bayern Munich have done so the most, on three occasions, and the latter are also the only club to have two consecutive six-win group stages: •
Milan,
1992–93 (reached the final) •
Paris Saint-Germain,
1994–95 (reached the semi-finals) •
Spartak Moscow,
1995–96 (reached the quarter-finals) •
Barcelona,
2002–03 (first group stage) (reached the quarter-finals) •
Real Madrid has achieved this feat thrice, in
2011–12,
2014–15 (reached the semi-finals on both occasions) and
2023–24 (became the second team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage) •
Bayern Munich has achieved this feat thrice, in
2019–20 (became the first team to win the tournament after sweeping the group stage),
2021–22 and
2022–23 (reached the quarter-finals on both occasions) •
Liverpool,
2021–22 (reached the final) •
Ajax,
2021–22 (reached the round of 16) •
Manchester City,
2023–24 (reached the quarter-finals)
Six draws Only one club has drawn all of their games in a group stage: •
AEK Athens,
2002–03 (first group stage, finished 3rd and advanced to the
UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round by
Málaga)
Six losses In the history of the Champions League, the following 23 clubs have lost all group stage matches,
Dinamo Zagreb is the only team to do it twice: •
Košice (
1997–98) ended
Group B conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11. •
Fenerbahçe (
2001–02, first group stage) ended
Group F conceding twelve goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –9. •
Spartak Moscow (
2002–03, first group stage) ended
Group B conceding eighteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –17. •
Bayer Leverkusen (
2002–03, second group stage) ended
Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –10. This was the only time that a club lost all matches in the second group stage. It was also the first time that two clubs lost six group stage matches in the same season. Leverkusen had reached the final in the previous season. •
Anderlecht (
2004–05) ended
Group G conceding seventeen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of –13. •
Rapid Wien (
2005–06) ended
Group A conceding fifteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –12. •
Levski Sofia (
2006–07) ended
Group A conceding seventeen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –16. This has been the club's only appearance in the group stage to date. •
Dynamo Kyiv (
2007–08) ended
Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring four, with a goal difference of –15. •
Maccabi Haifa (
2009–10) was the first club to lose all of their group stage matches without scoring a goal. In what was only their second appearance in the competition, they lost 3–0 to
Bayern Munich in their first
Group A game, and then lost five consecutive games by a score of 1–0, ending the group stage with a goal difference of –8. Although
Deportivo La Coruña also scored no goals in
Group A in
2004–05, they still collected two points as they twice drew 0–0. •
Debrecen (
2009–10) ended
Group E conceding nineteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –14. •
Partizan (
2010–11) ended
Group H conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11. •
Žilina (
2010–11) ended
Group F conceding nineteen goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –16. This was the second consecutive season that two clubs had lost all six group stage matches. •
Dinamo Zagreb (
2011–12) ended
Group D conceding 22 goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –19. •
Villarreal (
2011–12) ended
Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –12. •
Oțelul Galați (
2011–12) ended
Group C conceding eleven goals and scoring three, with a goal difference of –8. This was the first season in which three teams lost all six of their group stage matches, and a third consecutive season in which at least two teams finished with zero points. •
Marseille (
2013–14) ended
Group F conceding fourteen goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –9. •
Maccabi Tel Aviv (
2015–16) ended
Group G conceding sixteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –15. Tel-Aviv's only goal came from a penalty. •
Club Brugge (
2016–17) ended
Group G conceding fourteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –12. •
Dinamo Zagreb (
2016–17) ended
Group H conceding fifteen goals and scoring none, with a goal difference of –15. They became the first club to finish the group stage with zero points on multiple occasions. •
Benfica (
2017–18) ended
Group A conceding fourteen goals and scoring only once, with a goal difference of –13. They became the first team from Pot 1 to lose all six group stage matches. •
AEK Athens (
2018–19) ended
Group E conceding thirteen goals and scoring only twice, with a goal difference of –11. •
Beşiktaş (
2021–22) ended
Group C conceding nineteen goals and scoring only three, with a goal difference of –16. •
Rangers (
2022–23) ended
Group A conceding 22 goals and scoring only two, with a goal difference of –20, which constituted the worst goal difference out of all the performances with losses in all six games. •
Viktoria Plzeň (
2022–23) ended
Group C conceding 24 goals and scoring five, with a goal difference of –19. This equalled the record for most goals conceded in a group stage.
Three goals in each match • On
13 December 2023,
Manchester City won 3–2 against
Red Star Belgrade to become the first team to accomplish this. • Six other teams have managed to score at least two goals in each match of the group stage, on nine occasions: • On
7 December 2010,
Tottenham Hotspur drew 3–3 against
Twente and became the first team to achieve this feat. •
Bayern Munich equalled this accomplishment
the very next day, after beating
Basel 3–0. On
11 December 2019, Bayern won 3–1 against Tottenham to achieve this feat for a second time. On
8 December 2021, Bayern won 3–0 against
Barcelona to achieve this feat for a record third time. Bayern achieved this for a fourth time after defeating
Inter Milan 2–0 on
1 November 2022, becoming the first team to achieve this feat in two consecutive seasons. •
Barcelona managed to accomplish this feat on
6 December 2011, after defeating
BATE Borisov 4–0. •
Real Madrid achieved this feat by beating
Copenhagen 2–0 on
10 December 2013. On
7 December 2016, Madrid drew 2–2 against
Borussia Dortmund to accomplish this for a second time. •
Ajax managed to accomplish this feat on
7 December 2021, after defeating
Sporting CP 4–2. •
Liverpool accomplished this on
the same day as Ajax, after defeating
Milan 2–1.
Advancing past the group stage •
Real Madrid hold the record for the most consecutive seasons in which a side have advanced past the group stage, with 27 straight progressions from
1997–98 to
2023–24. They won the title nine times in this period. •
Barcelona finished top of their group for a record thirteen consecutive seasons from
2007–08 to
2019–20, and in 18 seasons in total. • In
2012–13,
Chelsea became the first title holders not to qualify from the following season's group stage. •
Monaco scored the fewest goals (four) to earn eleven points in the group stage in
2014–15. •
Villarreal won a group with the fewest goals scored (three) in
2005–06, resulting in two wins.
Biggest disparity between group winner and runner-up 's
Barcelona won
Group H by eleven points in
2002–03. The biggest points difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is eleven points, achieved by four teams: •
Real Madrid, 18 points (16:2 goals, +14 GD) in
2014–15 (2nd
Basel 7 points, 3rd
Liverpool 5 points, 4th
Ludogorets Razgrad 4 points). Real Madrid ultimately lost to
Juventus in the semi-finals. •
Liverpool, 18 points (17:6 goals, +11 GD) in
2021–22 (2nd
Atlético Madrid 7 points, 3rd
Porto 5 points, 4th
Milan 4 points). Liverpool would go on to lose to
Real Madrid in the final. •
Spartak Moscow, 18 points (15:4 goals, +11 GD) in
1995–96 (2nd
Legia Warsaw 7 points, 3rd
Rosenborg 6 points, 4th
Blackburn Rovers 4 points). Spartak Moscow lost to
Nantes in the next round (quarter-finals). •
Barcelona, 18 points (13:4 goals, +9 GD) in
2002–03 (first group stage) (2nd
Lokomotiv Moscow 7 points, 3rd
Club Brugge 5 points, 4th
Galatasaray 4 points). Barcelona went on to win their group in the second group stage with sixteen points, but lost to
Juventus in the quarter-finals.
Most points achieved, yet knocked out •
Paris Saint-Germain, 12 points in
1997–98 (ranked third out of six runners-up, only two advanced) •
Napoli, 12 points in
2013–14 •
Rosenborg, 11 points in
1997–98 (ranked fourth out of six runners-up, only two advanced) •
Dynamo Kyiv, 10 points in
1999–2000 (second group stage) and
2004–05 •
Borussia Dortmund, 10 points in
2002–03 (second group stage) •
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 Most points achieved in the group stage, not winning the group •
Manchester City, 15 points in
2013–14 (ranked second) •
Bayern Munich, 15 points in
2017–18 (ranked second) •
Barcelona, 15 points in
2020–21 (ranked second) •
Liverpool, 15 points in
2022–23 (ranked second) •
Paris Saint-Germain, 14 points in
2022–23 (ranked second) •
Arsenal, 13 points in
2014–15 (ranked second) •
Paris Saint-Germain, 13 points in
2015–16 (ranked second) •
Real Madrid, 13 points in
2017–18 (ranked second) •
Atlético Madrid, 13 points in
2018–19 (ranked second) •
Sevilla, 13 points in
2020–21 (ranked second) •
Porto, 13 points in
2020–21 (ranked second) •
Chelsea, 13 points in
2021–22 (ranked second)
Fewest points achieved, yet advanced •
Milan, 5 points in
1994–95 (3 wins and 1 draw, 2 points deducted, 2 points for a win) •
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 (second group stage) •
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 •
Atlético Madrid, 7 points in
2021–22 Fewest points achieved, yet qualified to UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League •
Borussia Dortmund, 2 points in
2017–18 Knocked out on tiebreakers Several teams have been knocked out on a
tiebreaker, most on the head-to-head criteria: •
Manchester United lost on overall goal difference to
Barcelona in
1994–95 •
Casino Salzburg lost on overall goal difference to
Milan in
1994–95, although Milan had been docked 2 points due to crowd trouble (2 points for a win, would have been 2 points behind with 3 points for a win) •
Paris Saint-Germain lost on overall goal difference to
Bayern Munich in
1997–98 (second place, only one team advanced directly), and on goal difference to
Juventus in the
ranking of runners-up •
Galatasaray and
Rosenborg lost on head-to-head points to
Juventus in
1998–99. Although each team had 8 points, in matches played between the three sides in question, Juventus had 6 points, Galatasaray had 5 points, and Rosenborg had 4 points (only first place team advanced directly) •
Bayer Leverkusen lost on head-to-head points to
Dynamo Kyiv in
1999–2000 (first group stage) •
Dynamo Kyiv lost on head-to-head points to
Real Madrid in
1999–2000 (second group stage), despite having a better goal difference. Real Madrid went on to win the
final. •
Olympiacos lost on head-to-head away goals to
Lyon in
2000–01 (first group stage), on head-to-head goal difference to
Liverpool in
2004–05, and on head-to-head goal difference to
Arsenal in
2015–16. In 2004–05, Liverpool went on to win the
final. •
Rangers lost on head-to-head points to
Galatasaray in
2000–01 (first group stage), despite having a better goal difference •
Lyon lost to
Arsenal in
2000–01 (second group stage), and to
Ajax in
2002–03 (first group stage), both times on head-to-head points despite having a better goal difference •
Borussia Dortmund lost on overall goal difference to
Boavista in
2001–02 (first group stage), with both teams winning 2–1 at home in head-to-head matches •
Mallorca lost on head-to-head goal difference to
Arsenal in
2001–02 •
Roma lost on head-to-head points to
Liverpool in
2001–02 (second group stage), despite having a better goal difference •
Inter Milan lost on head-to-head points to
Lokomotiv Moscow in
2003–04 •
PSV Eindhoven lost on head-to-head goal difference to
Deportivo La Coruña in
2003–04, despite having a better overall goal difference •
Udinese lost to
Werder Bremen in
2005–06 •
Ajax lost on overall goal difference to
Lyon in
2011–12, with both head-to-head games ending in a 0–0 draw. Lyon won their last group game against
Dinamo Zagreb 7–1 (after being 0–1 down at half time) while Ajax lost 0–3 against
Real Madrid. The aggregate goal difference in both games had to be at least a 7-goal swing for Lyon to advance, and Lyon successfully managed to reach 9. •
Chelsea lost on head-to-head away goals to
Shakhtar Donetsk in
2012–13, despite having a better goal difference •
CFR Cluj lost on head-to-head points to
Galatasaray in
2012–13, despite having a better goal difference •
Benfica lost on head-to-head points to
Olympiacos in
2013–14 •
Napoli lost on head-to-head goal difference to
Borussia Dortmund and
Arsenal in
2013–14. Although each team had 12 points and 8 points in matches played between the three sides, the goal difference in games played between the three was +1 for Borussia Dortmund, 0 for Arsenal and −1 for Napoli. •
Bayer Leverkusen lost on head-to-head points to
Roma in
2015–16, despite having a better goal difference •
Inter Milan lost on head-to-head away goals to
Tottenham Hotspur in
2018–19 •
Napoli lost on overall goals scored to
Liverpool in
2018–19, with both teams winning 1–0 at home in head-to-head matches. Liverpool defeated Napoli in their final group game, with
Paris Saint-Germain defeating
Red Star Belgrade in the other match to top the group with 11 points. With both Liverpool and Napoli tied on 9 points, having identical head-to-head results, and a goal difference of +2, Liverpool advanced by virtue of having scored more overall goals than Napoli (9 to Napoli's 7). Liverpool went on to win the
final. •
Shakhtar Donetsk lost on head-to-head points to
Borussia Mönchengladbach in
2020–21 •
Borussia Dortmund lost on head-to-head goal difference to
Sporting CP in
2021–22 •
Milan lost on head-to-head goal difference to
Paris Saint-Germain in
2023–24 Knocked out on 3 points for a win rule 1995–96 was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two. The following teams were knocked out from the group stage, but would have advanced following the old rule: •
Rosenborg was ranked fourth out of six runners-up in
1997–98, but would have equalled the points of
Paris Saint-Germain and eventual finalists
Juventus and advanced on goal difference •
Bayer Leverkusen ended third in Group A in
1999–2000, but would have been one point ahead of
Dynamo Kyiv •
Panathinaikos ended third in Group E in
2004–05, but would have equalled the points of
PSV Eindhoven and advanced on head-to-head matches •
Werder Bremen ended third in Group B in
2008–09, but would have equalled the points of
Inter Milan and advanced on head-to-head matches •
Napoli ended third in Group C in
2018–19, but would have been one point ahead of eventual winners
Liverpool Other records • Most consecutive wins in season-opening fixtures:
22 –
Bayern Munich, 2003–2025;
ongoing • Most consecutive wins in the group stage:
17 –
Bayern Munich, 2020–2023 • Most consecutive home wins in the group stage:
17 –
Barcelona, 2013–2018 • Most consecutive away wins in the group stage:
9 –
Bayern Munich, 2021–2023 • Most consecutive undefeated matches in the group stage:
41 –
Bayern Munich, 2017–2024 • Most consecutive home undefeated matches in the group stage:
35 –
Bayern Munich, 2014–2025;
ongoing • Most consecutive away undefeated matches in the group stage:
20 –
Bayern Munich, 2017–2024 • Most consecutive clean sheets in the group stage:
8 –
Real Madrid, 2014–2015 • Most consecutive home clean sheets in the group stage / league phase:
9 –
Arsenal, 2023–2025 • Most consecutive away clean sheets in the group stage:
6 –
Ajax, 1995–1998;
absent in the 1997–98 season. • Most matches played in the group stage in a season:
7 –
Panathinaikos,
1995–96 group stage;
until the 2023–24 season, Panathinaikos is the only team that has ever played seven matches in the group stage (instead of the usual six). After Panathinaikos lost 1–0 away to Dynamo Kyiv on matchday one of the 1995–96 group stage, the Ukrainian team was expelled from the competition by UEFA following Spanish referee Antonio Jesús López Nieto reporting he received a bribe attempt from the side. To replace Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage, UEFA promoted their qualifying round rivals AaB, who were allowed to play a replacement fixture against Panathinaikos in between matchdays three and four. Although this took the total number of group matches played by Panathinaikos to seven, their result against Dynamo Kyiv was annulled. Specific league phase records (2024–) Goals • Most goals scored:
28 –
Barcelona (
2024–25) • Fewest goals scored:
3 –
Young Boys (
2024–25) • Fewest goals conceded:
1 –
Inter Milan (
2024–25) • Most goals conceded:
27 •
Red Bull Salzburg (
2024–25) •
Slovan Bratislava (
2024–25) • Highest goal difference:
+19 –
Arsenal (
2025–26) • Lowest goal difference:
–22 –
Red Bull Salzburg (
2024–25)
Results • All
8 matches won (24 points) –
Arsenal (
2025–26) • Most draws:
4 •
Juventus (
2025–26) •
Monaco (
2025–26) • All
8 matches lost (0 points): •
Slovan Bratislava (
2024–25) •
Young Boys (
2024–25) • Most points achieved, yet knocked out:
11 –
Dinamo Zagreb (
2024–25) • Fewest points achieved, yet advanced to knockout phase play-offs:
9 •
Bodø/Glimt (
2025–26) •
Benfica (
2025–26) • Most points achieved, yet not a top-eight finish:
15 •
Atalanta (
2024–25) •
Borussia Dortmund (
2024–25) •
Real Madrid (
2024–25 and
2025–26) •
Bayern Munich (
2024–25) •
Milan (
2024–25) •
Inter Milan (
2025–26)
Qualifying rounds • Since the addition of a third qualifying round in the
1999–2000 season, four teams have negotiated all three rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase: •
Liverpool in
2005–06 • Liverpool went on to become the first team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout phase from the first qualifying round. •
Artmedia Bratislava in
2005–06 •
Anorthosis in
2008–09 •
BATE Borisov in
2008–09 • Since the addition of a fourth 'play-off' round in the
2009–10 season, six teams have negotiated all four rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase: •
Red Star Belgrade in
2018–19 and
2019–20 •
Ferencváros in
2020–21 •
Sheriff Tiraspol in
2021–22 •
Malmö FF in
2021–22 •
Slovan Bratislava in
2024–25 •
Kairat in
2025–26 • Biggest UEFA ranking disparities in qualifying upsets: 208 places •
Sheriff Tiraspol (ranked 101) lost 3–4 on aggregate to
Saburtalo Tbilisi (ranked 309) in the
2019–20 first qualifying round.
Winning after playing in a qualifying round coached
Barcelona to victory from the qualification round in
2008–09. Four teams have won the tournament from the third qualification round: •
Manchester United in
1998–99 •
Milan in
2002–03 and
2006–07 •
Liverpool in
2004–05 •
Barcelona in
2008–09 Most knockout tie wins • Most knockout tie wins:
120 –
Real Madrid, 1955–2026;
their first knockout tie success came following a 7–0 aggregate win over Servette in the 1955–56 first round, and their most recent victory was a 5–1 aggregate win over Manchester City in the 2025–26 round of the 16 Streaks Consecutive goalscoring • Most consecutive goalscoring in Champions League matches:
34 •
Real Madrid, 2011–2014 •
Paris Saint-Germain, 2016–2020 • Most consecutive home goalscoring in Champions League matches:
44 •
Real Madrid, 2011–2018 • Most consecutive away goalscoring in Champions League matches:
13 •
Bayern Munich, 2019–2022;
excluding three matches from 2019–20 played at neutral venues • Most consecutive goalscoring in Champions League group/league phase:
51 •
Paris Saint-Germain, 2016–2024
Consecutive wins • Most consecutive wins:
15 –
Bayern Munich, 2019–2020;
Bayern Munich is also the first club to win all of their matches (without needing extra time) in a Champions League season, winning 11 out of 11 in their successful 2019–20 campaign. Consecutive home wins • Most consecutive home wins:
21 –
Bayern Munich, 1969–1981 • Most consecutive home wins in the Champions League era:
16 –
Bayern Munich, 2014–2017
Consecutive away wins • Most consecutive away wins:
7 •
Ajax, 1995–1997 •
Bayern Munich, 2013–2014
Longest undefeated run • Most consecutive unbeaten run:
26 –
Manchester City, 2022–2024
Longest home undefeated run • Most consecutive home unbeaten run:
43 –
Bayern Munich, 1969–1991 • Most consecutive home unbeaten run in Champions League era:
38 –
Barcelona, 2013–2020
Longest away undefeated run • Most consecutive away unbeaten run:
22 –
Bayern Munich, 2017–2022;
During this run, Bayern defeated Barcelona and Lyon in the 2019–20 quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, played in Lisbon over a single leg as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 final. These matches, however, were played at a neutral venue, and as such are not classified as away games. Most consecutive draws • Most consecutive draws:
7 –
AEK Athens, 2002–2003 • Most consecutive defeats in Champions League era:
13 –
Marseille, 2012–2020
Most consecutive games without a win • Most consecutive games without a win (not counting qualifying rounds):
23 –
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