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This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League. Unless notified these statistics concern all seasons since inception of the European Cup in the 1955–56 season, including qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League as per "Competition facts";[1] all goals scored before league phase(s) count as "qualifying goals".
A total of 22 clubs have won the tournament since it's 1955 inception, with Real Madrid being the only team to win it 10 times, including the first five. Only two other clubs have reached 10 finals; AC Milan and Bayern Munich. A total of 12 clubs have won the tournament multiple times; the three aforementioned clubs, along with Liverpool, Ajax, Barcelona, Internazionale, Manchester United, Benfica, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, and Porto. A total of 17 clubs have reached the final without ever managing to win the tournament.
Clubs from 10 different countries have provided tournament winners. Spanish clubs have been the most successful, winning a total of 14. Italy and England are joint-second with 12, while the other multiple-time winners are Germany with 7, Netherlands with 6, and Portugal with 4. The only other countries to provide a tournament winner are Scotland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and France. Greece, Belgium and Sweden have all provided losing finalists.
Clubs from a total of 35 European cities have participated in the tournament final, while clubs from 21 cities have provided winners, with Madrid and Milan each winning 10; though both AC Milan and Internazionale have helped Milan be successful, only Real Madrid have won it for Madrid, with Atletico managing to lose two finals.
This list is current as of 16 December 2013.
The following is a list of clubs that have played in or qualified for the Champions League group stages.[4]
Team in Bold: qualified for the knockout phase.
European Cup group stage participants
only one season was played in that format
1991-92
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 runner-ups (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.
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, AFC 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, Internazionale. This team won the Champions League in different periods with these presidents, in 1963–64, 1964–65 and 2009–10.
The record for consecutive semifinals is six, held by Barcelona (2007–08 to 2012–13). The record stopped by losing to Atletico Madrid in quarterfinals of 2013–14.
See also Treble (association football) and Tuples in association football.
Although not an officially recognized achievement, seven 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 treble":
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 Fußball-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:
Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea are also the only teams to have won the three major UEFA official Cups, namely UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/Europa League.[5]
Juventus was the first club in association football history—and remain the only one at present—to have won all official continental tournaments and the world champions title.[5][6][7]
Chelsea became the first club to hold the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League trophies simultaneously by winning 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.[8]
A total of 58 tournaments have been played, 37 in the European Cup era (1955–56 to 1991–92) and 21 in the Champions League era (1992–93 to 2012–13). 13 of the 57 attempts to defend the trophy (22.8%) have been successful, split between 8 teams. These are:
Between the two eras of this competition, this breaks down as:
The teams closest to defending the trophy in the Champions League era, all making it to the final:
Of the 22 teams that have won the trophy, 14 have never defended it. Only four of these have won the trophy more than once, and so have had more than one attempt to do so. These are:
During the Champions League era, only one title holder has failed to qualify from the group stage:
Five clubs have won all their games in a group stage:
Only one club has drawn all their games in a group stage:
In the history of the Champions League, the following clubs have lost all 6 group stage matches:
Four teams have managed to score at least two goals in each match of the group stage:
Real Madrid hold the record of the most consecutive seasons in advancing past the group stage with 17 from 1997–98 to 2013–14. The first seven seasons (1997–98 to 2003–04) they qualified for at least the quarterfinal each year, winning the tournament three times. After this followed six consecutive seasons (2004–05 to 2009–10) losing the first round (round of 16) after the group stage.
In 2012–13, Chelsea became the first title holder not to qualify from the following year's group stage.
The biggest points difference between the first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is 11 points, achieved by two teams:
Several teams have been knocked out on a tiebreaker, most on the head-to-head criteria:
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:
Since the addition of a third qualifying round in 1999–2000, four teams have negotiated all three rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase:
Liverpool went on to become the first team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout phase from the first qualifying round.
No team has progressed to the group stage from the First Qualifying Round since the Champion's League Format was altered from the 2009-10 season onwards.
Four teams have managed to win the tournament from the third qualification round:
Real Madrid hold the record of consecutive goalscoring in the Champions League matches. They have scored at least one goal in 34 consecutive games. The run started with a 1–1 draw against Barcelona in the second leg of the semi-final of the 2010–11 season. This continued with all 12 matches of both the 2011–12 season and 2012–13 season, and continued into the 2013–14 season for nine games (six group stage games, both legs of the round of 16 and the first leg of the quarter-finals), with the run finally coming to an end in a 2–0 away loss in the quarter-finals second leg against Borussia Dortmund on 8 April 2014.
Manchester United hold the record of consecutive home wins in the Champions League. They have 12 consecutive home wins which was achieved when they defeated Barcelona 1–0 on 29 April 2008. This run was ended with a 0–0 draw against Villarreal on 17 September 2008.
Bayern Munich equaled the record of Ajax (1995–1997) for consecutive away wins in the Champions League having won 7 consecutive away games. The run began with a 3–1 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg of the 2012–13 round of 16, and continued through to the final, with wins against Juventus (2–0) at the Juventus Stadium and against Barcelona (3–0) at the Camp Nou. In the 2013–14 season the streak continued with group stage wins over Manchester City (3–0) at the City of Manchester Stadium, CSKA Moscow (3–1) and Viktoria Plzeň (1–0). The record equaling seventh win was achieved when they again defeated Arsenal 2–0 at the Emirates Stadium in the round of 16 first leg on 19 February 2014. Their run ended with a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the first leg of the quarter-finals.[13]
Bayern Munich (2012–13, 2013–14) hold the record of 10 consecutive wins in the Champions League. Bayern Munich's run started on 2 April 2013 in the 2–0 win against Juventus in the first leg of the quarter final of the 2012–13 season after losing 2–0 against Arsenal three weeks earlier. The run continued in the other three knockout matches and the final of the 2012–13 season. The run continued in the first five group stage matches of the 2013–14 season, but ended with the sixth in a 2-3 home defeat against Manchester City on 10 December 2013.
The record for the longest unbeaten run at home stands at 31 games and is held by Bayern Munich. The run began with a 0–0 draw against Borussia Dortmund in 1997–98 and finished with a 2–1 win against Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarter finals 2001–02. The 31 game unbeaten run ended with a 2–3 loss to Deportivo La Coruña in the first group stage in 2002–03.
The record for the longest away unbeaten run stands at 16 games and is held by Manchester United. The run began with a 1–0 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 2007–08 group stage. It lasted until the 3–2 win against Milan at the Giuseppe Meazza in the first leg of the first knockout stage 2009–10. The run ended with a 1–2 defeat to Bayern in the first leg of the quarter final 2009–10. During this run Manchester United were beaten 2–0 by Barcelona in the 2009 final. This game, however, was at a neutral venue and as such is not classified as an away game.
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 25 games and is held by Manchester United. It began with a 1–0 away win against Sporting Clube de Portugal in their opening group stage game in 2007–08 and finished with a 3–1 away win against Arsenal in the second leg of the semi-final in 2008–09. The 25 game unbeaten streak ended with a 0–2 loss to Barcelona in the 2009 final.
This broke the previous record of 20 consecutive games unbeaten by Ajax, which began with a 0–0 home draw against F.C. Porto in the second leg of the first round in 1985–86, and after an eight-year hiatus from the competition resumed through a 2–0 home win against Milan in their opening group stage game in 1994–95 and ended with a 0–1 home loss to Panathinaikos in the first leg of the semi-final in 1995–96.
The third longest run is 19 by Bayern Munich, which began with a 1–0 home win against Arsenal on matchday six of the second group stage in 2000–01, and ended with a 0–2 away loss to Real Madrid in the second leg of the quarter-finals in 2001–02.
31 players have made 100 or more Champions League appearances (including qualifying games): Paolo Maldini, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Andrea Pirlo, Xavi, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Luís Figo, Raúl, Roberto Carlos, Andriy Shevchenko, David Beckham, Javier Zanetti, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Oliver Kahn, Carles Puyol, Edwin van der Sar, Clarence Seedorf, Gary Neville, Iker Casillas, Ashley Cole, Petr Čech, Fernando Morientes, Philipp Lahm, Víctor Valdés, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy and Roar Strand. Of these 31 players, 14 have made their appearances all for a single club:
Players in Bold are still active in Europe.
The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament, excluding the qualifying rounds.
The following players have scored four goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match. Only Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski managed to do this from the quarter-final stage onwards and Ferenc Puskás is the only footballer to score four goals in a final (1960).
The following players have managed to score five goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match:
Only two players have ever been sent off in a Champions League Final: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal) in the 2006 Final against Barcelona (sent off by Terje Hauge in the 18th minute after bringing down Samuel Eto'o); and Didier Drogba (Chelsea) in the 2008 Champions League Final (sent off by Ľuboš Micheľ in the 117th minute for slapping Manchester United player Nemanja Vidić). Both players' teams lost their respective finals.
Edgar Davids, Patrick Vieira, Didier Drogba and Zlatan Ibrahimović jointly hold the record for the most red cards in the Champions League. They have each been sent off three times.
Patrick Vieira is also the only player to have been sent off for three different teams in the Champions League (Arsenal, Juventus, and Internazionale).
Paul Scholes holds the record for the most yellow cards in the Champions League. He has received a total of 32 yellow cards.[23]
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