# European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics

This page details all statistics of all seasons of the European Cup and Champions League. These statistics do not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted.

## General performances
### By club

Twenty-three clubs have won the tournament since its 1955 inception. Real Madrid is the most successful club in the tournament, winning it fifteen times. A total of thirteen clubs have won the tournament multiple times: Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Benfica, Inter Milan, Ajax, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, Manchester United, Porto, Barcelona and Chelsea. Nineteen clubs have reached the final but never won the tournament.
Spanish clubs are the most successful, winning twenty titles. England is second with fifteen and Italy is third with twelve. Germany has eight titles, Netherlands has six, Portugal has four, and Scotland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and France each have one. Clubs from Greece, Belgium and Sweden have reached the final but never won.
Performances in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League by club :
| vte Club | Title(s) | Runners-up | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up |
| Real Madrid | 15 | 3 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024 | 1962, 1964, 1981 |
| Milan | 7 | 4 | 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 | 1958, 1993, 1995, 2005 |
| Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020 | 1982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019 | 1985, 2007, 2018, 2022 |
| Barcelona | 5 | 3 | 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 | 1961, 1986, 1994 |
| Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 | 1969, 1996 |
| Inter Milan | 3 | 3 | 1964, 1965, 2010 | 1967, 1972, 2023 |
| Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 1968, 1999, 2008 | 2009, 2011 |
| Juventus | 2 | 7 | 1985, 1996 | 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2017 |
| Benfica | 2 | 5 | 1961, 1962 | 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990 |
| Chelsea | 2 | 1 | 2012, 2021 | 2008 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 1979, 1980 | — |
| Porto | 2 | 0 | 1987, 2004 | — |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 2 | 1997 | 2013, 2024 |
| Celtic | 1 | 1 | 1967 | 1970 |
| Hamburger SV | 1 | 1 | 1983 | 1980 |
| Steaua București | 1 | 1 | 1986 | 1989 |
| Marseille | 1 | 1 | 1993 | 1991 |
| Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 2021 |
| Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1970 | — |
| Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 1982 | — |
| PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 0 | 1988 | — |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1 | 0 | 1991 | — |
| Atlético Madrid | 0 | 3 | — | 1974, 2014, 2016 |
| Reims | 0 | 2 | — | 1956, 1959 |
| Valencia | 0 | 2 | — | 2000, 2001 |
| Fiorentina | 0 | 1 | — | 1957 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 1 | — | 1960 |
| Partizan | 0 | 1 | — | 1966 |
| Panathinaikos | 0 | 1 | — | 1971 |
| Leeds United | 0 | 1 | — | 1975 |
| Saint-Étienne | 0 | 1 | — | 1976 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | 1 | — | 1977 |
| Club Brugge | 0 | 1 | — | 1978 |
| Malmö FF | 0 | 1 | — | 1979 |
| Roma | 0 | 1 | — | 1984 |
| Sampdoria | 0 | 1 | — | 1992 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 1 | — | 2002 |
| Monaco | 0 | 1 | — | 2004 |
| Arsenal | 0 | 1 | — | 2006 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 1 | — | 2019 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 1 | — | 2020 |

### By nation

| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs | Runners-up |
| Spain | 20 | 11 | Real Madrid (15) Barcelona (5) | Atlético Madrid (3) Barcelona (3) Real Madrid (3) Valencia (2) |
| England | 15 | 11 | Liverpool (6) Manchester United (3) Chelsea (2) Nottingham Forest (2) Aston Villa (1) Manchester City (1) | Liverpool (4) Manchester United (2) Arsenal (1) Chelsea (1) Leeds United (1) Manchester City (1) Tottenham Hotspur (1) |
| Italy | 12 | 17 | Milan (7) Inter Milan (3) Juventus (2) | Juventus (7) Milan (4) Inter Milan (3) Fiorentina (1) Roma (1) Sampdoria (1) |
| Germany | 8 | 11 | Bayern Munich (6) Hamburger SV (1) Borussia Dortmund (1) | Bayern Munich (5) Borussia Dortmund (2) Bayer Leverkusen (1) Borussia Mönchengladbach (1) Eintracht Frankfurt (1) Hamburger SV (1) |
| Netherlands | 6 | 2 | Ajax (4) Feyenoord (1) PSV Eindhoven (1) | Ajax (2) |
| Portugal | 4 | 5 | Benfica (2) Porto (2) | Benfica (5) |
| France | 1 | 6 | Marseille (1) | Reims (2) Saint-Étienne (1) Marseille (1) Monaco (1) Paris Saint-Germain (1) |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | Red Star Belgrade (1) | Partizan (1) |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | Steaua București (1) | Steaua București (1) |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | Celtic (1) | Celtic (1) |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | — | Panathinaikos (1) |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | — | Club Brugge (1) |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | — | Malmö FF (1) |

### Overall team records

In this ranking, two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. Following statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Only the top twenty-five are listed (includes qualifying rounds).
    As of 12 March 2025
| Rank | Club | Seasons | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FW | F | SF | QF |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 55 | 501 | 302 | 85 | 114 | 1103 | 553 | +550 | 689 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 40 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 41 | 406 | 244 | 80 | 82 | 853 | 400 | +453 | 568 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 35 | 359 | 211 | 78 | 70 | 719 | 371 | +348 | 500 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 30 | 299 | 161 | 70 | 68 | 545 | 299 | +246 | 392 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Juventus | 38 | 311 | 157 | 73 | 81 | 491 | 312 | +179 | 387 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 28 | 258 | 150 | 50 | 58 | 490 | 234 | +256 | 350 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
| 7 | Milan | 32 | 283 | 138 | 71 | 74 | 457 | 272 | +183 | 347 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
| 8 | Benfica | 44 | 305 | 136 | 70 | 99 | 503 | 364 | +139 | 342 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 9 | Porto | 38 | 277 | 126 | 61 | 90 | 411 | 312 | +99 | 313 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Ajax | 39 | 247 | 112 | 64 | 71 | 396 | 282 | +114 | 288 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
| 11 | Inter Milan | 26 | 223 | 110 | 58 | 55 | 315 | 213 | +102 | 278 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 23 | 221 | 113 | 47 | 61 | 376 | 232 | +144 | 273 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Dynamo Kyiv | 40 | 260 | 107 | 57 | 96 | 364 | 321 | +43 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 19 | 201 | 104 | 53 | 44 | 342 | 181 | +161 | 261 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 15 | Celtic | 39 | 238 | 105 | 44 | 89 | 357 | 302 | +55 | 254 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 195 | 95 | 38 | 62 | 332 | 239 | +93 | 228 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 17 | Atlético Madrid | 20 | 180 | 89 | 44 | 47 | 271 | 179 | +92 | 222 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | PSV Eindhoven | 32 | 211 | 79 | 52 | 80 | 295 | 280 | +15 | 210 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | Paris Saint-Germain | 18 | 167 | 89 | 30 | 48 | 327 | 191 | +136 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 20 | Anderlecht | 34 | 200 | 70 | 44 | 86 | 282 | 320 | –38 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 21 | Manchester City | 15 | 139 | 77 | 28 | 34 | 294 | 164 | +130 | 182 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 167 | 73 | 34 | 60 | 301 | 242 | +59 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 23 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 170 | 72 | 35 | 63 | 256 | 240 | +16 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rangers | 34 | 179 | 65 | 44 | 70 | 249 | 260 | –11 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | Galatasaray | 29 | 191 | 63 | 46 | 82 | 239 | 301 | –62 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Number of participating clubs of the Champions League era (from 1992–present)

A total of 154 clubs from 34 national associations have played in or qualified for the Champions League group stage. Season in bold represents teams qualified for the knockout phase that season. Between 1999–2000 and 2002–03, qualification is considered from the second group stage. Starting from the 2024–25 season with the introduction of a league phase, the top eight are considered to be qualified as well as the eight play-off winners.
European Cup group stage participants (only one season was played in this format)
1991–92:
* Anderlecht
* Barcelona
* Benfica
* Dynamo Kyiv
* Panathinaikos
* Red Star Belgrade
* Sampdoria
** Sampdoria is the only side to have played in 1991–92 European Cup group stage, but to have not played in the Champions League group stage.
* Sparta Prague

### Goals

* Most goals scored in a matchday: 67 – matchday 5 of the league phase, 2024–25 season
* Most goals scored in a season: 470 – 2024–25 season

### Host of the finals

* Most city hosted the final: 8 – London; five at the original Wembley Stadium and three at the new Wembley Stadium.
* Most nations hosted the final: 9
** England; London eight times and Manchester once.
** Italy; Milan and Rome four times each and Bari once.
* Most stadium hosted the final: 5 – original Wembley Stadium (1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992)
* Most nations hosted the final with most different stadiums: 5 – Germany (Neckarstadion, Munich Olympiastadion, Arena AufSchalke, Allianz Arena and Berlin Olympiastadion)
* Most cities hosted the final with most different stadiums: 2
** London (original Wembley Stadium and Wembley Stadium)
** Munich (Munich Olympiastadion and Allianz Arena)
** Lisbon (Estádio Nacional and Estádio da Luz)
** Madrid (Santiago Bernabéu and Metropolitano)
** Paris (Parc des Princes and Stade de France)

## Clubs
### By semi-final appearances

| Year in bold: | team was finalist in that year |
| Team | No. | Years |
| Real Madrid | 33 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Bayern Munich | 21 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024 |
| Barcelona | 17 | 1960, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019 |
| Milan | 14 | 1956, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2023 |
| Manchester United | 12 | 1957, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 |
| Liverpool | 12 | 1965, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2022 |
| Juventus | 12 | 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2015, 2017 |
| Inter Milan | 9 | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1981, 2003, 2010, 2023 |
| Ajax | 9 | 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2019 |
| Benfica | 8 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1990 |
| Chelsea | 8 | 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021 |
| Atlético Madrid | 6 | 1959, 1971, 1974, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 1964, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2024 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 4 | 1957, 1971, 1991, 1992 |
| Celtic | 4 | 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974 |
| Monaco | 4 | 1994, 1998, 2004, 2017 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1995, 2020, 2021, 2024 |
| Manchester City | 4 | 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Hamburger SV | 3 | 1961, 1980, 1983 |
| Leeds United | 3 | 1970, 1975, 2001 |
| Panathinaikos | 3 | 1971, 1985, 1996 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 1976, 1988, 2005 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 1977, 1987, 1999 |
| Steaua București | 3 | 1986, 1988, 1989 |
| Porto | 3 | 1987, 1994, 2004 |
| Marseille | 3 | 1990, 1991, 1993 |
| Reims | 2 | 1956, 1959 |
| Rangers | 2 | 1960, 1993 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1962, 2019 |
| Feyenoord | 2 | 1963, 1970 |
| Zürich | 2 | 1964, 1977 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2 | 1967, 1982 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2 | 1975, 1976 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 1977, 1978 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1979, 1980 |
| Anderlecht | 2 | 1982, 1986 |
| Roma | 2 | 1984, 2018 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2 | 1986, 1993 |
| Valencia | 2 | 2000, 2001 |
| Arsenal | 2 | 2006, 2009 |
| Villarreal | 2 | 2006, 2022 |
| Lyon | 2 | 2010, 2020 |
| Hibernian | 1 | 1956 |
| Fiorentina | 1 | 1957 |
| Vasas | 1 | 1958 |
| Young Boys | 1 | 1959 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 1960 |
| Rapid Wien | 1 | 1961 |
| Standard Liège | 1 | 1962 |
| Dundee | 1 | 1963 |
| Győri ETO | 1 | 1965 |
| Partizan | 1 | 1966 |
| Dukla Prague | 1 | 1967 |
| Spartak Trnava | 1 | 1969 |
| Legia Warsaw | 1 | 1970 |
| Derby County | 1 | 1973 |
| Újpest | 1 | 1974 |
| Club Brugge | 1 | 1978 |
| Austria Wien | 1 | 1979 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1 | 1979 |
| Malmö FF | 1 | 1979 |
| Aston Villa | 1 | 1982 |
| Real Sociedad | 1 | 1983 |
| Widzew Łódź | 1 | 1983 |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 1984 |
| Dundee United | 1 | 1984 |
| Bordeaux | 1 | 1985 |
| Galatasaray | 1 | 1989 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1 | 1991 |
| Sparta Prague | 1 | 1992 |
| Sampdoria | 1 | 1992 |
| Nantes | 1 | 1996 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 2002 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 1 | 2004 |
| Schalke 04 | 1 | 2011 |
| RB Leipzig | 1 | 2020 |

#### By nation

| Nation | Won | Lost | Total | Different clubs |
| Spain | 31 | 31 | 62 | 7 |
| England | 26 | 21 | 47 | 10 |
| Italy | 29 | 10 | 39 | 6 |
| Germany | 19 | 17 | 36 | 9 |
| France | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Portugal | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Scotland | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Serbia | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Romania | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Greece | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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: 4
** Milan (2002–03)
** Liverpool (2018–19)
** Real Madrid (1999–2000 and 2021–22)

### Final success rate

* Highest win success rate in the final (at least two finals): 100%
** Nottingham Forest (1979, 1980)
** Porto (1987, 2004)
* Highest win success rate in the final (at least three finals): 83% – Real Madrid; lost only three finals out of eighteen finals.
* 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)
* Played the final more than once but never won:
** Reims (1956, 1959)
** Valencia (2000, 2001)
** Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016)
* Clubs have lost more finals than they have won:
** 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: 28 – Real Madrid (1997–98 to 2024–25)
* Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase: 28 – Real Madrid (1997–98 to 2024–25)
* 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 consecutive appearances for club: 63 years – Eintracht Frankfurt (between 1959–60 and 2022–23)

### Winning other trophies

See also Treble (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
*** 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 European Super Cup, and the Supercopa de España the following season, making it a sextuple of cup successes, and thus winning all available cups to them.
** Bayern Munich won the DFL-Supercup in the start of the 2012–13 season, the European Super Cup in 2013 and the FIFA Club World Cup in the same year winning a 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 European Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
* Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, 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 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 win by a margin: 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 win by a margin in the Champions League: 10
** HJK 10–0 Bangor City, second qualifying, 2011–12
* Biggest win by a margin 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 win by a margin in the league phase (which replaced the group stage in 2024–25): 7
** Bayern Munich 9–2 Dinamo Zagreb, 2024–25
* Biggest win by a margin 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 win by a margin in the quarter-finals: 8
** Real Madrid 8–0 Sevilla, 1957–58
* Biggest win by a margin in the quarter-finals in Champions League era: 6
** Manchester United 7–1 Roma, 2006–07
** Bayern Munich 8–2 Barcelona, 2019–20
* Biggest win by a margin in the semi-finals: 6
** Real Madrid 6–0 Zürich, 1963–64
* Biggest win by a margin in the semi-finals in Champions League era: 4
** Bayern Munich 4–0 Barcelona, 2012–13
** Real Madrid 4–0 Bayern Munich, 2013–14
** Liverpool 4–0 Barcelona, 2018–19
** Manchester City 4–0 Real Madrid, 2022–23
* Biggest win by a margin in a final: 4
** Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960
** Bayern Munich 4–0 Atlético Madrid, 1974 (replay)
** Milan 4–0 Steaua București, 1989
** Milan 4–0 Barcelona, 1994
* Biggest win by a margin for an away side in the Champions League era: 7
** Marseille 7–0 Žilina, group stage, 2010–11
** Shakhtar Donetsk 7–0 BATE Borisov, group stage, 2014–15
** Liverpool 7–0 Maribor, group stage, 2017–18

### Biggest two leg wins

* Highest aggregate win by a margin: : 18 – Benfica v Stade Dudelange, 18–0 (8–0 away, 10–0 at home), preliminary round, 1965–66
* Highest aggregate win in group stage: 12 – Shakhtar Donetsk v BATE Borisov, 12–0 (7–0 away, 5–0 at home), 2014–15
* Highest aggregate win in the knockout phase of the Champions League era by a margin: 12–1 – Bayern Munich v Sporting CP, 12–1 (5–0 away, 7–1 at home), round of 16, 2008–09
* Highest aggregate win in quarter-final by a margin: 8 – Real Madrid v Sevilla, 10–2 (8–0 at home, 2–2 away), 1957–58
* Highest aggregate win in quarter-final of the Champions League era by a margin: 6
** Bayern Munich v Kaiserslautern, 6–0 (2–0 at home, 4–0 away), 1998–99
** Bayern Munich v Barcelona, 8–2, 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 win in semi-final of the Champions League era by a margin: 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

* 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 one.

#### 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 1–0 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

### 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.
*** 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
* Only three teams have progressed past the group stage without winning any of their first four games:
** Lokomotiv Moscow lost three and drew one in 2002–03 (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
* Seventeen 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
* 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.
** Hamburg were trailing 0–3 to Burnley after 74 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1960–61, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–1 in the second leg and 5–4 on aggregate.
** Spartak Trnava were trailing 0–3 to Steaua București after 51 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1968–69, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate.
** Austria 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.
* 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

* 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
* 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
* 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 Champions League-winning side: 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: 28 matches – Bayern Munich v Real Madrid, 1976–2024
* Most consecutive faced teams: 5 seasons – Chelsea v Liverpool, 2004–2009
* Clubs that faced each other on four consecutive seasons:
** Deportivo La Coruña v Juventus, 2000–2004
** Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid, 2013–2017
** Manchester City v Real Madrid, 2021–2025

### Penalties

* Most penalties awarded: 62 – Bayern Munich
* Most penalties conceded: 39 – 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, of which twelve have been scored and five have been missed:
** Y 1957: by Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 69th minute for Real Madrid, against Fiorentina
** N 1959: by Enrique Mateos in the 16th minute for Real Madrid, against Reims
** Y 1960: by Ferenc Puskás in the 56th minute for Real Madrid, against Eintracht Frankfurt
** Y 1962: by Eusébio in the 64th minute for Benfica, against Real Madrid
** Y 1967: by Sandro Mazzola in the 7th minute for Inter Milan, against Celtic
** Y 1969: by Velibor Vasović in the 60th minute for Ajax, against Milan
** Y 1977: by Phil Neal in the 82nd minute for Liverpool, against Borussia Mönchengladbach
** Y 1985: by Michel Platini in the 58th minute for Juventus, against Liverpool
** Y 2001: by Gaizka Mendieta in the 2nd minute for Valencia, against Bayern Munich
** N 2001: by Mehmet Scholl in the 5th minute for Bayern Munich, against Valencia
** Y 2001: by Stefan Effenberg in the 50th minute for Bayern Munich, against Valencia
** N 2005: by Xabi Alonso in the 60th minute for Liverpool, against Milan
** N 2012: by Arjen Robben in the 95th minute for Bayern Munich, against Chelsea
** Y 2013: by İlkay Gündoğan in the 68th minute for Borussia Dortmund, against Bayern Munich
** Y 2014: by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 120th minute for Real Madrid, against Atlético Madrid
** N 2016: by Antoine Griezmann in the 47th minute for Atlético Madrid, against Real Madrid
** Y 2019: by Mohamed Salah in the 2nd minute for Liverpool, against Tottenham Hotspur

### Defending the trophy

* A total of 69 tournaments have been played: 37 in the European Cup era (1955–56 to 1991–92) and 32 in the Champions League era (1992–93 to 2023–24). 15 of the 68 attempts to defend the trophy (22.05%) have been successful, split between eight teams. These are:
** Real Madrid on six attempts out of fourteen (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 32 attempts in the Champions League era: 2 successful (6.25%)
* 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: 28 – 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 teams have played each other in a final: '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 (a.e.t.) 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
* Ten finals were played where neither team had previously won the tournament, with all of them occurring in the European Cup era:
** 1956: Real Madrid v Reims
** 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)
*** Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 are the only side to lose the initial final but win the rematch, doing so on away goals.
* In only two seasons, the eventual finalists already met on previous stages, in particular in 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)
** Roma (1984) and Bayern Munich (2012) are the only clubs who lost 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 France 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 twice a final 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'.
* 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 (3–2 p) Juventus
** 2008: Manchester United 1–1 (6–5 p) Chelsea
** 2013: Bayern Munich 2–1 Borussia Dortmund
** 2014: Real Madrid 4–1 (a.e.t.) Atlético Madrid
** 2016: Real Madrid 1–1 (5–3 p) Atlético Madrid
** 2019: Liverpool 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
** 2021: Chelsea 1–0 Manchester City
* In addition to the eight finals, 34 meetings between teams from the same league have been or will be played:
** 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 (4–1 pen.) 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)
** Twelve 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 (4–2 pen.) Atlético Madrid, round of 16 (2–1, 0–1)
** 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: BFC Dynamo 1–3 Hamburger SV, second round (1–1, 0–2)
**** 1988–89: Werder Bremen 5–3 BFC Dynamo, first round (0–3, 5–0)
** Two meetings from the French league:
*** 2009–10: Lyon 3–2 Bordeaux, quarter-finals (3–1, 0–1)
*** 2024–25: Brest 0–10 Paris Saint-Germain, knockout phase play-offs (0–3, 0–7)
* 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
* Four nations have provided the highest number of participants in the competition in one season, including the qualifying stages, with five each:
** Spain (four times) in 2015–16 (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia), 2016–17, 2021–22 (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Villarreal) and 2023–24 (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Sevilla)
** England (twice) in 2005–06 (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United) and 2017–18 (Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur)
** Germany (twice) in 2022–23 (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig) and 2024–25 (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart)
** Italy in 2024–25 (Atalanta, Bologna, Inter Milan, Juventus and Milan)
* In all of the above occasions, except England in 2005–06 and Spain in 2016–17, all five teams appeared in the group stage.
* In 2017–18, England became the first nation to have five representatives in the knockout phase: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester 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
* 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
* Apart from the two finals, only seven 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)
* 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

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 loses

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.
* MŠK 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

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: 21 – Bayern Munich, 2003–2024
* 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: 34 – Bayern Munich, 2014–2024; ongoing
* Most consecutive away undefeated matches in the group stage: 20 – Bayern Munich, 2017–2024
* 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: +15
** Barcelona (2024–25)
* Lowest goal difference: –22
** Red Bull Salzburg (2024–25)

#### Points and results

* Highest points achieved: 21
** Liverpool (2024–25)
* Lowest points achieved: 0
** Slovan Bratislava (2024–25)
** Young Boys (2024–25)
* Most wins: 7
** Liverpool (2024–25)
* Most draws: 3
** Atalanta (2024–25)
** Juventus (2024–25)
** Celtic (2024–25)
** Bologna (2024–25)
* Most defeats: 8
** Slovan Bratislava (2024–25)
** Young Boys (2024–25)

### Qualifying from first qualifying round

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
* Artmedia Bratislava in 2005–06
* Anorthosis in 2008–09
* BATE Borisov in 2008–09
* Liverpool went on to become the first team in the history of the competition to reach the knockout phase from the first qualifying round.
Since the addition of a fourth 'play-off' round in the 2009–10 season, five 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

### Winning after playing in a qualifying round

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: 119 – Real Madrid, 1955–2025; 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 2–2 (4–2 pen.) aggregate win over Atlético Madrid in the 2024–25 round of the 16

### Streaks
#### Consecutive goalscoring

* Most consecutive goalscoring in Champions League matches: 34
** Real Madrid, 2011–2014
** Paris Saint-Germain, 2016–2020

#### 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, 2017–2021; 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

* Most consecutive defeats: 16 – Jeunesse Esch, 1973–1987
* Most consecutive defeats in Champions League era: 13 – Marseille, 2012–2020

#### Most consecutive games without a win

* Most consecutive defeats: 23 – FCSB, 2006–2013

## Players
### Wins
#### Most wins

| No. of wins | Player | Club(s) |
| 6 | Paco Gento | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966) |
| 6 | Toni Kroos | Bayern Munich (2013) Real Madrid (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
| 6 | Dani Carvajal | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
| 6 | Luka Modrić | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
| 6 | Nacho | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
| 5 | Juan Alonso | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 5 | Rafael Lesmes | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 5 | Marquitos | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 5 | Héctor Rial | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 5 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 5 | José María Zárraga | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 5 | Alessandro Costacurta | AC Milan (1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007) |
| 5 | Paolo Maldini | AC Milan (1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007) |
| 5 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United (2008) Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) |
| 5 | Gareth Bale | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| 5 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| 5 | Casemiro | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| 5 | Isco | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| 5 | Marcelo | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| 5 | Lucas Vázquez | Real Madrid (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
| 4 | Joseíto | Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959) |
| 4 | Enrique Mateos | Real Madrid (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 4 | Juan Santisteban | Real Madrid (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) |
| 4 | José Santamaría | Real Madrid (1958, 1959, 1960, 1966) |
| 4 | Phil Neal | Liverpool (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984) |
| 4 | Clarence Seedorf | Ajax (1995) Real Madrid (1998) AC Milan (2003, 2007) |
| 4 | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
| 4 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
| 4 | Xavi | Barcelona (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
| 4 | Gerard Piqué | Manchester United (2008) Barcelona (2009, 2011, 2015) |
| 4 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) |
| 4 | Raphaël Varane | Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) |
| 4 | Mateo Kovačić | Real Madrid (2016, 2017, 2018) Chelsea (2021) |
| 4 | David Alaba | Bayern Munich (2013, 2020) Real Madrid (2022, 2024) |

#### Finals

* Most players who won the tournament while starting in the final: 6
** Paco Gento
** Dani Carvajal
*** In addition, Luka Modrić appeared in five finals as a starter, and played his sixth final as a substitute.
* Most players appeared in finals: 8
** Paco Gento: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966, all with Real Madrid.
** Paolo Maldini: 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005 and 2007, all with Milan.

#### Match wins

* Most matches won: 115 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003–2022
* The only other players to win more than 100 matches:
** Thomas Müller, 2008–2025, 111
** Iker Casillas, 1999–2019, 101
* Most consecutive matches won by a player: 22 – Robert Lewandowski, 2019–2021

#### Combinations of wins in the Champions League and other competitions

* Eleven players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA World Cup in the same year:
** 1974: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Uli Hoeneß and Jupp Kapellmann (Bayern Munich and West Germany)
** 1998: Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid and France)
** 2002: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid and Brazil)
** 2014: Sami Khedira (Real Madrid and Germany)
** 2018: Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid and France)
* Seventeen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA European Championship in the same year:
** 1964: Luis Suárez (Inter Milan and Spain)
** 1988: Hans van Breukelen, Ronald Koeman, Berry van Aerle, Gerald Vanenburg and Wim Kieft (PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands)
** 2000: Christian Karembeu and Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid and France)
** 2012: Fernando Torres and Juan Mata (Chelsea and Spain)
** 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe (Real Madrid and Portugal)
** 2021: Jorginho and Emerson (Chelsea and Italy)
** 2024: Dani Carvajal, Joselu and Nacho (Real Madrid and Spain)
* Nineteen players have been runner-up of the UEFA Champions League and either the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship in the same year:
** 1958: Nils Liedholm (Milan and Sweden)
** 1982: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich and West Germany)
** 2002: Michael Ballack, Carsten Ramelow, Bernd Schneider, Oliver Neuville and Hans-Jörg Butt (Bayer Leverkusen and Germany)
** 2006: Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France)
** 2008: Michael Ballack (2) (Chelsea and Germany)
** 2010: Arjen Robben and Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich and Netherlands)
** 2016: Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid and France)
** 2018: Dejan Lovren (Liverpool and Croatia)
** 2021: Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling, John Stones and Kyle Walker (Manchester City and England)
** 2022: Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool and France)
* Fifteen players have won both the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores:
** Juan Pablo Sorín with Juventus (1995–96) and River Plate (1996)
** Santiago Solari with River Plate (1996) and Real Madrid (2001–02)
** Dida with Cruzeiro (1997) and Milan (2002–03 and 2006–07)
** Cafu with São Paulo (1992 and 1993) and Milan (2006–07)
** Roque Júnior with Palmeiras (1999) and Milan (2002–03)
** Carlos Tevez with Boca Juniors (2003) and Manchester United (2007–08)
** Walter Samuel with Boca Juniors (2000) and Inter Milan (2009–10)
** Ronaldinho with Barcelona (2005–06) and Atlético Mineiro (2013)
** Neymar with Santos (2011) and Barcelona (2014–15)
** Danilo with Santos (2011) and Real Madrid (2015–16 and 2016–17)
** Rafinha with Bayern Munich (2012–13) and Flamengo (2019)
** Willy Caballero with Boca Juniors (2003) and Chelsea (2020–21)
** David Luiz with Chelsea (2011–12) and Flamengo (2022)
** Julián Álvarez with River Plate (2018) and Manchester City (2022–23)
** Marcelo with Real Madrid (2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2021–22) and Fluminense (2023)

#### Oldest and youngest

* Oldest player to win the tournament: 41 years and 29 days – Alessandro Costacurta, 2007 final with Milan
* Youngest player to win the tournament: 17 years and 201 days – Gary Mills, 1979 final with Nottingham Forest; on the virtue of having made one appearance in the competition that season, despite him not playing in the final match.
* Youngest player to play in and win a final: 18 years and 139 days – António Simões, 1962 final with Benfica
* Youngest player to play in and lose a final: 18 years and 307 days – Kiki Musampa, 1996 final with Ajax
* Oldest player to play in and win a final: 38 years and 331 days – Paolo Maldini, 2007 final with Milan
* Oldest player to play in and lose a final: 38 years and 331 days – Dino Zoff, 1983 final with Juventus

#### Relatives

* Four father-son duos have won the competition, all for the same club:
** Cesare Maldini (1962–63) and Paolo Maldini (1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03 and 2006–07), both for Milan
** Manuel Sanchís (1965–66) and Manolo Sanchís (1997–98 and 1999–2000), both for Real Madrid
** Carles Busquets (1991–92) and Sergio Busquets (2008–09, 2010–11, and 2014–15) both for Barcelona
** Zinedine Zidane (2001–02) and his two sons, Enzo Zidane (2016–17) and Luca Zidane (2017–18), all three for Real Madrid, with Zinedine managing the club during both his sons' wins
* Seven brother duos have won the competition:
** Michael Laudrup (1991–92 with Barcelona) and Brian Laudrup (1993–94 with Milan).
** Frank de Boer and Ronald de Boer (both in 1994–95 with Ajax).
** Gary Neville and Phil Neville (both in 1998–99 with Manchester United).
** Diego Milito (2009–10 with Inter Milan) and Gabriel Milito (2010–11 with Barcelona).
** Thiago Alcântara (2010–11 with Barcelona and 2019–20 with Bayern Munich) and Rafinha Alcântara (2014–15 with Barcelona).
** Enzo Zidane (2016–17) and Luca Zidane (2017–18), both for Real Madrid.
** Théo Hernandez (2017–18 with Real Madrid) and Lucas Hernandez (2019–20 with Bayern Munich).
* Only one grandfather-father-son trio have reached the final with their clubs:
** Marcos Alonso Imaz (1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60 and 1961–62, all with Real Madrid), Marcos Alonso Peña (1985–86 with Barcelona) and Marcos Alonso Mendoza (2020–21 with Chelsea).

#### Other records

* Most wins with different clubs: 3 – Clarence Seedorf; with Ajax in 1994–95, with Real Madrid in 1997–98 and with Milan in 2002–03 and 2006–07
* First player to win the trophy with two clubs: Saul Malatrasi; with Inter Milan in 1964–65 and with Milan in 1968–69
* First player to win the trophy with two clubs and played both finals: Miodrag Belodedici; with Steaua București in 1985–86 and with Red Star Belgrade in 1990–91
* Four players have won the Champions League in two consecutive seasons with two clubs:
** Marcel Desailly in 1992–93 with Marseille and in 1993–94 with Milan
** Paulo Sousa in 1995–96 with Juventus and in 1996–97 with Borussia Dortmund
** Gerard Piqué in 2007–08 with Manchester United and in 2008–09 with Barcelona
** Samuel Eto'o in 2008–09 with Barcelona and in 2009–10 with Inter Milan; the only player to have won a treble in two consecutive seasons with two clubs

### Appearances
#### All-time top player appearances

    As of 12 March 2025
Players that are still active in Europe are highlighted in boldface. The table below does not include appearances made in the qualification stage of the competition.
| Rank | Player | Nation | Apps | Years | Club(s) (Apps) |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 183 | 2003–2022 | Manchester United (59), Real Madrid (101), Juventus (23) |
| 2 | Iker Casillas | Spain | 177 | 1999–2019 | Real Madrid (150), Porto (27) |
| 3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 163 | 2004–2023 | Barcelona (149), Paris Saint-Germain (14) |
| 4 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 161 | 2009– | Bayern Munich |
| 5 | Karim Benzema | France | 152 | 2005–2023 | Lyon (19), Real Madrid (133) |
| 6 | Toni Kroos | Germany | 151 | 2008–2024 | Bayern Munich (41), Real Madrid (110) |
| 6 | Xavi | Spain | 151 | 1998–2015 | Barcelona |
| 8 | Manuel Neuer | Germany | 150 | 2007– | Schalke 04 (22), Bayern Munich (128) |
| 9 | Sergio Ramos | Spain | 142 | 2005–2023 | Real Madrid (129), Paris Saint-Germain (8), Sevilla (5) |
| 9 | Raúl | Spain | 142 | 1995–2011 | Real Madrid (130), Schalke 04 (12) |

#### Oldest and youngest

* Oldest player: 43 years and 252 days – Marco Ballotta, for Lazio v Real Madrid, 11 December 2007
* Oldest outfield player: 41 years and 14 days – Pepe, for Porto v Arsenal, 12 March 2024.
* Youngest player: 16 years and 18 days – Youssoufa Moukoko, for Borussia Dortmund v Zenit Saint Petersburg, 8 December 2020; However, the German press reports doubts about the date of birth of Youssoufa Moukoko, making him 4 years younger.
* Youngest player to start a match: 16 years and 83 days – Lamine Yamal, for Barcelona v Porto, 4 October 2023
* Youngest player in the knockout phase in the Champions League era: 16 years and 223 days – Lamine Yamal, for Barcelona v Napoli, 21 February 2024
* Oldest player in the knockout phase in the Champions League era: 41 years and 206 – Mark Schwarzer, for Chelsea v Atlético Madrid, 30 April 2014

#### Other records

* First player made his 100th Champions League appearances: Raúl, for Real Madrid v Arsenal, 21 February 2006
* Most consecutive seasons appearances: 20 – Iker Casillas, 1999–2019, for Real Madrid and Porto
* Most knockout phase appearances: 19 – Iker Casillas, 1999–2019, for Real Madrid and Porto
* Most appearances by minutes: 16,267 minutes – Iker Casillas, 1999–2019
* Most appearances for a single club: 161 – Thomas Müller, 2008–2025, with Bayern Munich
* Most appearances with different clubs: 7 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, with Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.

### Goalscoring
#### All-time top scorers

    As of 12 March 2025
    A ‡ indicates the player was from the European Cup era.
    Players taking part in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League are highlighted in bold.
    The table below does not include goals scored in the qualification stage of the competition.
| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Club(s) (Goals/Apps) |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 140 | 183 | 0.77 | 2003–2022 | Manchester United (21/59), Real Madrid (105/101), Juventus (14/23) |
| 2 | Lionel Messi | 129 | 163 | 0.79 | 2005–2023 | Barcelona (120/149), Paris Saint-Germain (9/14) |
| 3 | Robert Lewandowski | 103 | 130 | 0.8 | 2011– | Borussia Dortmund (17/28), Bayern Munich (69/78), Barcelona (17/24) |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | 90 | 152 | 0.59 | 2005–2023 | Lyon (12/19), Real Madrid (78/133) |
| 5 | Raúl | 71 | 142 | 0.50 | 1995–2011 | Real Madrid (66/130), Schalke 04 (5/12) |
| 6 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 56 | 73 | 0.77 | 1998–2009 | PSV Eindhoven (8/11), Manchester United (35/43), Real Madrid (13/19) |
| 6 | Thomas Müller | 56 | 161 | 0.35 | 2009– | Bayern Munich |
| 8 | Kylian Mbappé | 55 | 85 | 0.65 | 2016– | Monaco (6/9), Paris Saint-Germain (42/64), Real Madrid (7/12) |
| 9 | Thierry Henry | 50 | 112 | 0.45 | 1997–2012 | Monaco (7/9), Arsenal (35/77), Barcelona (8/26) |
| 10 | Erling Haaland | 49 | 48 | 1.02 | 2019– | Red Bull Salzburg (8/6), Borussia Dortmund (15/13), Manchester City (26/29) |
| 10 | Alfredo Di Stéfano ‡ | 49 | 58 | 0.84 | 1955–1964 | Real Madrid |

##### Notes
#### Top scorers by seasons

* Most seasons as top scorer: 7 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18
* Youngest top scorer: 20 years, 231 days – Erling Haaland, 2020–21
* Oldest top scorer: 37 years, 36 days – Ferenc Puskás, 1963–64
* Most team produced the top scorer: 16 – Real Madrid:
** Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1957–58 and 1961–62
** Ferenc Puskás in 1959–60, 1961–62 and 1963–64
** Justo Tejada in 1961–62
** Míchel in 1987–88
** Raúl in 1999–2000 and 2000–01
** Cristiano Ronaldo in 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18
** Karim Benzema in 2021–22
* Most nation produced the top scorer: 13 – Portugal:
** José Águas in 1960–61
** José Torres in 1964–65
** Eusébio in 1964–65, 1965–66, and 1967–68
** Rui Águas in 1987–88
** Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18
* José (1960–61) and Rui Águas (1987–88) are the only father–son duo to finish as top scorers; each achieved this while playing for Benfica.
* Jupp Heynckes is the only player to have been top scorer in this competition as well as in the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
** 1975–76 top scorer with Borussia Mönchengladbach, and 1972–73 UEFA Cup, 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup, and 1974–75 UEFA Cup top scorer also with Borussia Mönchengladbach
* The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
** Allan Simonsen (1977–78 with Borussia Mönchengladbach) in the 1978–79 season with Borussia Mönchengladbach
** Dieter Hoeneß (1981–82 with Bayern Munich) in the 1979–80 season with Bayern Munich
** Torbjörn Nilsson (1984–85 and 1985–86 with Göteborg) in the 1981–82 season with Göteborg
* Only two players have been top scorer in this competition as well as in both the World Cup and the European Championship:
** Gerd Müller in 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1976–77 with Bayern Munich, 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
** Harry Kane in 2023–24 with Bayern Munich, 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024 with England
* The following top scorers have also won the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot:
** Just Fontaine (1958–59) at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
** Flórián Albert (1965–66) at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
** Eusébio (1964–65, 1965–66, and 1967–68) at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
** Paolo Rossi (1982–83) at the 1982 FIFA World Cup
** Kylian Mbappé (2023–24) at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
* The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA European Championship:
** Michel Platini (1984–85) at the UEFA Euro 1984
** Marco van Basten (1988–89) at the UEFA Euro 1988
** Cristiano Ronaldo (2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18) at the UEFA Euro 2012 and the UEFA Euro 2020

#### Most goals in a single season

    As of 1 June 2024
| Rank | Player | Season | Goals |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 2013–14 | 17 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 2015–16 | 16 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 2017–18 | 15 |
| 3 | Robert Lewandowski | 2019–20 | 15 |
| 3 | Karim Benzema | 2021–22 | 15 |
| 6 | José Altafini | 1962–63 | 14 |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | 2011–12 | 14 |
| 8 | Robert Lewandowski | 2021–22 | 13 |
| 9 | Ferenc Puskás | 1959–60 | 12 |
| 9 | Gerd Müller | 1972–73 | 12 |
| 9 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 2002–03 | 12 |
| 9 | Lionel Messi | 2010–11 | 12 |
| 9 | Mario Gómez | 2011–12 | 12 |
| 9 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 2012–13 | 12 |
| 9 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 2016–17 | 12 |
| 9 | Lionel Messi | 2018–19 | 12 |
| 9 | Erling Haaland | 2022–23 | 12 |

#### Hat-tricks

* Most hat-tricks: 8
** Lionel Messi, 2005–2023
** Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003–2022
* First hat-trick: Péter Palotás, for MTK Hungária v Anderlecht, 7 September 1955; in the second match ever played in the competition.
* First hat-trick of the Champions League era: Juul Ellerman, for PSV Eindhoven v Žalgiris, 16 September 1992
* Only three players managed to score a hat-trick in a final:
** Alfredo Di Stéfano, for Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960
** Ferenc Puskás, Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960 (four goals) and for Real Madrid v Benfica in 1962; Puskás in 1962 is the only player to score a hat-trick in a final and lose
** Pierino Prati, for Milan v Ajax, 1969
* Most hat-tricks in a single Champions League season: 3 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 3+4+3 goals, in 2015–16
* Six players have scored two hat-tricks in a single Champions League season:
** Lionel Messi (3+5 goals and 3+3 goals) in 2011–12 and 2016–17
** Mario Gómez (3+4 goals) in 2011–12
** Luiz Adriano, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the group stage (5+3 goals) in 2014–15
** Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the knockout phase (3+3 goals) in 2016–17
** Robert Lewandowski (3+3 goals) in 2021–22
** Karim Benzema (3+3 goals) in 2021–22, who, like Ronaldo, scored hat-tricks in two consecutive knockout phase matches
* Most hat-tricks with different teams: 3 – Robert Lewandowski, with Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona
* Fastest-ever hat-trick: 6 minutes – Mohamed Salah, for Liverpool v Rangers, 12 October 2022; In addition, this was the fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick scored by a substitute.
* Fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick from the start of a match: 23 minutes – Robert Lewandowski, for Bayern Munich v Red Bull Salzburg, 8 March 2022.
* Youngest player to score a hat trick: 18 years and 113 days – Raúl, for Real Madrid v Ferencváros, 18 October 1995
* Youngest debut player to score a hat trick: 18 years and 340 days – Wayne Rooney, for Manchester United v Fenerbahçe, 28 September 2004
* Oldest player to score a hat trick: 38 years and 173 days – Ferenc Puskás, for Real Madrid v Feyenoord, 22 September 1965
* Oldest player to score a hat trick in the Champions League era: 34 years and 108 days – Karim Benzema, for Real Madrid v Chelsea, 6 April 2022
* Ten players have scored a hat-trick on their debut in the Champions League era:
** Marco van Basten for Milan v IFK Göteborg, 25 November 1992; together with Sébastien Haller for Ajax v Sporting CP, 15 September 2021, the only player who scored four goals in their debut
** Faustino Asprilla for Newcastle United v Barcelona, 17 September 1997
** Yakubu for Maccabi Haifa v Olympiacos, 24 September 2002
** Wayne Rooney for Manchester United v Fenerbahçe, 28 September 2004
** Vincenzo Iaquinta for Udinese v Panathinaikos, 14 September 2005
** Grafite for VfL Wolfsburg v CSKA Moscow, 15 September 2009
** Yacine Brahimi for Porto v BATE Borisov, 17 September 2014
** Erling Haaland for Red Bull Salzburg v Genk, 17 September 2019
** Mislav Oršić for Dinamo Zagreb v Atalanta, 18 September 2019
** Sébastien Haller for Ajax v Sporting CP, 15 September 2021

#### Four goals in a match

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).
* European Cup era:
** Miloš Milutinović (Partizan), 5–2 against Sporting CP, 1955–56 first round
** Dennis Viollet (Manchester United), 10–0 against Anderlecht, 1956–57 preliminary round
** Jovan Cokić (Red Star Belgrade), 9–1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957–58 preliminary round
** Bora Kostić (Red Star Belgrade), 9–1 against Stade Dudelange, 1957–58 preliminary round
** Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid), 8–0 against Sevilla, 1957–58 quarter-final, and 7–1 against Wiener Sport-Club, 1958–59 quarter-final
** Just Fontaine (Reims), 4–1 away against Ards, 1958–59 first round
** Josef Hamerl (Wiener Sport-Club), 7–0 against Juventus, 1958–59 first round
** Sándor Kocsis (Barcelona), 5–2 away against Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1959–60 quarter-final
** Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid), 7–3 against Eintracht Frankfurt, 1959–60 final, and 5–0 against Feyenoord, 1965–66 preliminary round
** Lucien Cossou (Monaco), 7–2 against AEK Athens, 1963–64 preliminary round
** Vladimir Kovačević (Partizan), 6–2 against Jeunesse Esch, 1963–64 first round
** José Torres (Benfica), 5–1 away against Aris, 1964–65 preliminary round
** Eusébio (Benfica), 10–0 against Stade Dudelange, 1965–66 preliminary round
** Friedhelm Konietzka (1860 Munich), 8–0 against Omonia, 1966–67 first round
** Denis Law (Manchester United), 7–1 against Waterford United, 1968–69 first round
** Zoran Antonijević (Red Star Belgrade), 4–2 away against Linfield, 1969–70 first round
** Ruud Geels (Feyenoord), 12–2 away against KR Reykjavík, 1969–70 first round
** Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos), 5–0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1970–71 first round
** João Lourenço (Sporting CP), 5–0 against Floriana, 1970–71 first round
** Kurt Müller (Grasshoppers), 8–0 against Reipas Lahti, 1971–72 first round
** Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo București), 11–0 against Crusaders, 1973–74 first round
** Radu Nunweiller (Dinamo București), 11–0 against Crusaders, 1973–74 first round
** Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach), 6–1 away against Wacker Innsbruck, 1975–76 first round
** René van de Kerkhof (PSV Eindhoven), 6–0 against Dundalk, 1976–77 first round
** Willy van der Kuijlen (PSV Eindhoven), 6–1 against Fenerbahçe, 1978–79 first round
** Sotiris Kaiafas (Omonia), 6–1 against Red Boys Differdange, 1979–80 first round
** Ton Blanker (Ajax), 8–1 against HJK Helsinki, 1979–80 first round
** Fernando Gomes (Porto), 9–0 against Rabat Ajax, 1986–87 first round
** Marco van Basten (Milan), 5–2 against Vitosha, 1988–89 first round
** Rabah Madjer (Porto), 8–1 away against Portadown, 1990–91 first round
** Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid), 9–1 against Swarovski Tirol, 1990–91 second round
** Alan Smith (Arsenal), 6–1 against Austria Wien, 1991–92 first round
** Sergei Yuran (Benfica), 6–0 away against Ħamrun Spartans, 1991–92 first round
* Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
** Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv), 8–0 against Barry Town, 1998–99 first qualifying round
** Pena (Porto), 8–0 against Barry Town United, 2001–02 second qualifying round
** Tomasz Frankowski (Wisła Kraków), 8–2 away against WIT Georgia, 2004–05 second qualifying round
** Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe), 5–0 away against MTK Hungária, 2008–09 second qualifying round
** Michael Mifsud (Valletta), 8–0 against Lusitanos, 2012–13 first qualifying round
* Champions League era:
** Marco van Basten (Milan), 4–0 against IFK Göteborg, 1992–93 group stage
** Simone Inzaghi (Lazio), 5–1 against Marseille, 1999–2000 second group stage
** Dado Pršo (Monaco), 8–3 against Deportivo La Coruña, 2003–04 group stage
** Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), 4–1 against Sparta Prague, 2004–05 group stage
** Andriy Shevchenko (Milan), 4–0 away against Fenerbahçe, 2005–06 group stage
** Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 4–1 against Arsenal, 2009–10 quarter-final
** Bafétimbi Gomis (Lyon), 7–1 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2011–12 group stage
** Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich), 7–0 against Basel, 2011–12 round of 16
** Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), 4–1 against Real Madrid, 2012–13 semi-final
** Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain), 5–0 against Anderlecht, 2013–14 group stage
** Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), 8–0 against Malmö FF, 2015–16 group stage
** Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), 7–2 against Tottenham Hotspur, 2019–20 group stage
** Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), 6–0 against Red Star Belgrade, 2019–20 group stage
** Josip Iličić (Atalanta), 4–3 against Valencia, 2019–20 round of 16
** Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 4–0 against Sevilla, 2020–21 group stage
** Sébastien Haller (Ajax), 5–1 against Sporting CP, 2021–22 group stage
** Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), 9–2 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2024–25 league phase

#### Five goals in a match

The following players have managed to score five goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match:
* European Cup era, preliminary rounds:
** Ove Olsson (Gothenburg), 6–1 against Linfield, 1959–60 preliminary round
** Bent Løfqvist (Boldklubben 1913), 9–2 against Spora, 1961–62 preliminary round
** José Altafini (Milan), 8–0 against Union Luxembourg, 1962–63 preliminary round
** Ray Crawford (Ipswich), 10–0 against Floriana, 1962–63 preliminary round
** Nikola Kotkov (Lokomotiv Sofia), 8–3 against Malmö FF, 1964–65 preliminary round
** Flórián Albert (Ferencváros), 9–1 against Keflavík, 1965–66 preliminary round
* European Cup era:
** Paul van Himst (Anderlecht), 10–1 away against Haka, 1966–67 first round
** Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich), 9–0 against Omonia, 1972–73 second round
** Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers), 8–0 against Valletta, 1978–79 first round
** Søren Lerby (Ajax), 10–0 against Omonia, 1979–80 second round
* Champions League era, preliminary rounds:
** Mihails Miholaps (Skonto), 8–0 against Jeunesse Esch, 1999–2000 first qualifying round
** David Lafata (Sparta Prague), 7–0 against Levadia Tallinn, 2014–15 second qualifying round
* Champions League era:
** Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 7–1 against Bayer Leverkusen, 2011–12 round of 16
** Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk), 7–0 against BATE Borisov, 2014–15 group stage
** Erling Haaland (Manchester City), 7–0 against RB Leipzig, 2022–23 round of 16

#### Oldest and youngest

* Oldest goalscorer: 40 years and 289 days – Pepe, for Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk, 13 December 2023
* Oldest goalscorer in the European Cup era: 38 years and 293 – Manfred Burgsmüller, for Werder Bremen v Dynamo Berlin, 11 October 1988
* Youngest goalscorer: 16 years and 258 days – Włodzimierz Lubański, for Górnik Zabrze v Dukla Prague, 13 November 1963
* Youngest goalscorer in the Champions League era: 17 years and 40 days – Ansu Fati, for Barcelona v Inter Milan, 10 December 2019
* Youngest goalscorer in knockout phase in the Champions League era: 17 years and 217 days – Bojan Krkić, for Barcelona v Schalke 04, 1 April 2008
* Oldest goalscorer in the final: 36 years and 333 days – Paolo Maldini, for Milan v Liverpool, 2005 final
* Youngest goalscorer in the final: 18 years and 327 days – Patrick Kluivert, for Ajax v Milan, 1995 final

#### Fastest goals

* Fastest goal: 10.12 seconds – Roy Makaay, for Bayern Munich v Real Madrid, 7 March 2007
* Fastest goal in group stage: 10.96 seconds – Jonas, for Valencia v Bayer Leverkusen, 1 November 2011
* Fastest goal in the second half: 10 seconds – Federico Chiesa, for Juventus v Chelsea, 29 September 2021
* Fastest goal in the final: 53 seconds – Paolo Maldini, for Milan v Liverpool, 2005 final
* Fastest goal by a substitute: 14 seconds – Vinícius Júnior, for Real Madrid v Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 October 2020
* Fastest goal by a debutant: 19 seconds – Yevhen Konoplyanka, for Sevilla v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 15 September 2015
* Fastest goal by a debutant from the start of the match: 33 seconds – Dušan Vlahović, for Juventus v Villarreal on 22 February 2022.

#### First goal

* First goal in the European Cup: João Baptista Martins, for Sporting CP v Partizan, 4 September 1955
* First goal in the UEFA Champions League: Daniel Amokachi, for Club Brugge v CSKA Moscow, 25 November 1992

#### Consecutive scoring

* Most consecutive matches with goals: 11 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2017–18
* Most consecutive home matches with goals: 7
** Cristiano Ronaldo, 2017–18
** Robert Lewandowski, 2015–16
** Thierry Henry, 2001–02
* Most consecutive away matches with goals: 12 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2013–15
* Most consecutive matches with goals by a debutant: 7 – Sébastien Haller, 2021–22

#### Other goalscoring records

* Most goals: 140 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003–2022; (73 GS, 25 R16, 25 QF, 13 SF, 4 F) (95 RF, 20 LF, 25 H)
* Highest-ever goals-per-game ratio for players who have played at least 20 matches: 1.02 – Erling Haaland; he scored 49 goals in 48 matches
* Most goals in finals: 7
** Ferenc Puskás; scored four in 1960 and three in 1962
** Alfredo Di Stéfano; scored seven goals in an aforementioned five finals
* Most goals in finals in the UEFA Champions league era: 4 – Cristiano Ronaldo; scored one goal each in 2008 and 2014, and two in 2017
* Most goals in the knockout phase: 67 – Cristiano Ronaldo
* Most goals in the semi-finals: 13 – Cristiano Ronaldo
* Most goals in the quarter-finals: 25 – Cristiano Ronaldo
* Most goals in the round of 16: 29 – Lionel Messi
* Most goals in the group stage: 80 – Lionel Messi
* Most goals in the knockout phase in a season: 12 – Ferenc Puskás, 1959–60
* Most goals in the knockout phase in a season in the Champions League era: 10
** Cristiano Ronaldo, 2016–17
** Karim Benzema, 2021–22
* Most goals in the group stage in a season: 11 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2015–16
* First player to score 100 goals in the competition: Cristiano Ronaldo, 18 April 2017
* First player to score 100 goals with a single club: Cristiano Ronaldo, with Real Madrid, 18 February 2018
* Two players have scored in all six group stage matches of the competition:
** Cristiano Ronaldo, 2017–18; scored nine goals for Real Madrid
** Sébastien Haller, 2021–22; scored ten goals for Ajax
* Most home goals: 78 – Lionel Messi, 2005–2023
* Most away goals: 63 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003–2022
* Most brace or more socred: 38 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003–2022
* Most direct free kick goals: 12 – Cristiano Ronaldo; two for Manchester United and ten for Real Madrid
* Most individual Champions League opponents scored against: 40 – Lionel Messi
* Most goals scored for a single club: 120 – Lionel Messi, with Barcelona, 2005–2021
* Most finals scored in: 5 – Alfredo Di Stéfano; with one goal in each final from 1956 to 1959, and three goals in 1960
* Most finals scored in the UEFA Champions league era: 4 – Cristiano Ronaldo; one goal each in 2008 and 2014, and two in 2017
* Three players scored for two clubs in the final:
** Velibor Vasović, for Partizan in 1966 and for Ajax in 1969
** Cristiano Ronaldo, for Manchester United in 2008 and for Real Madrid in 2014 and 2017; he is the only player to score for two winning clubs
** Mario Mandžukić, for Bayern Munich in 2013 and for Juventus in 2017
* Six goalkeepers have scored in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League (not include qualifying rounds):
** Ilija Pantelić, for Vojvodina v Atlético Madrid, 16 November 1966; scored from penalty
** Christian Piot, for Standard Liège v Linfield, 29 September 1971; scored from penalty
** Hans-Jörg Butt has done so three times with three clubs, all with penalties, and all against Juventus:
*** for Hamburger SV in a 4–4 group stage home draw on 13 September 2000;
*** for Bayer Leverkusen in a 3–1 second group stage home win on 12 March 2002;
*** the equaliser for Bayern Munich in a 4–1 group stage win in Turin on 8 December 2009, which Bayern had to win to qualify for the next stage.
** Sinan Bolat and Ivan Provedel are the only goalkeepers to score a goal in open play:
*** Bolat's second-half stoppage time (fifth minute) equaliser for Standard Liège against AZ on 9 December 2009 secured third place in Group H, and qualified his team for the Europa League.
*** Provedel scored a second-half stoppage time (fifth minute) equaliser for Lazio against Atlético Madrid on 19 September 2023, in the opening match of the 2023–24 season.
** Vincent Enyeama, for Hapoel Tel Aviv v Lyon, 29 September 2010; scored from penalty
* Most goals with different clubs: 6 – Zlatan Ibrahimović; with Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain
* Most goals in different seasons: 18
** Lionel Messi, 2005–06 to 2022–23, for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain
** Karim Benzema, 2005–06 to 2022–23, for Lyon and Real Madrid
* Most goals against a single opponent: 10 – Cristiano Ronaldo v Juventus; three goals in 2013, two goals in 2015, two goals in 2017 and three goals in 2018
* Most goals as a substitute: 12 – Marco Asensio
* Four players have scored against the same opponent with three clubs:
** Ruud van Nistelrooy v Bayern Munich, with PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid.
** Hans-Jörg Butt v Juventus, with Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.
** Cristiano Ronaldo v Lyon, with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
** Edin Džeko v Viktoria Plzeň, with Manchester City, Roma and Inter Milan.
* Longest time between goals by a player: 12 years and 357 days – Marko Arnautović, 7 December 2010 – 29 November 2023
* Only on one occasion have three players from the same team scored at least ten goals in the same season:
** Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah, for Liverpool in 2017–18
* Two players from the same team have scored at least ten goals in the same season on one further occasion:
** Lionel Messi and Neymar, for Barcelona in 2014–15
* Allan Simonsen is the only player to have scored in the final of the European Cup/Champions League, the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup/Europa League, with goals in the 1977 European Cup final and the second leg of both the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cup finals with Borussia Mönchengladbach, and in the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup final with Barcelona.
* The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup:
** Franz Roth scored in both the 1975 and 1976 European Cup final, and in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup final, all with Bayern Munich.
** Felix Magath scored in the 1983 European Cup final and in the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup final, both with Hamburger SV.
** Marco van Basten scored in the 1989 European Cup final with Milan and in the 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup final with Ajax.
** Ronald Koeman scored in the 1992 final and in the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup final, both with Barcelona.
* The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the UEFA Cup/Europa League:
** Hernán Crespo scored in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final with Milan and in the 1999 UEFA Cup final with Parma.
** Steven Gerrard scored in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final and in the 2001 UEFA Cup final, both with Liverpool.
** Pedro scored in the 2011 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final with Chelsea.
** Diego Godín scored in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final with Atlético Madrid and in the 2020 UEFA Europa League final with Inter Milan.
* Gerd Müller is the only player to have scored in the final of the European Cup/Champions League, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship, with goals in both the 1974 (replay) and 1975 European Cup final with Bayern Munich, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup final and UEFA Euro 1972 final with West Germany.
* The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the FIFA World Cup:
** Juan Alberto Schiaffino scored in the 1958 European Cup final with Milan and in the 1950 FIFA World Cup final with Uruguay.
** Ferenc Puskás scored in both the 1960 and 1962 European Cup final with Real Madrid and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final with Hungary.
** Zoltán Czibor scored in the 1961 European Cup final with Barcelona and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final with Hungary.
** Zinedine Zidane scored in the 2002 final with Real Madrid and in both the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cup final with France.
** Mario Mandžukić scored in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final with Bayern Munich, the 2017 UEFA Champions League final with Juventus, and in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final with Croatia.
** Lionel Messi scored in the 2009 and 2011 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona, and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final with Argentina.
* The following players have additionally scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the UEFA European Championship:
** Michel Platini scored in the 1985 European Cup final with Juventus and in the UEFA Euro 1984 final with France.
** Both Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten scored in the 1989 European Cup final with Milan and in the UEFA Euro 1988 final with Netherlands.
* Luis Suárez is the only player have scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Copa América. He did so in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and the 2011 Copa América final with Uruguay.
* Samuel Eto'o is the only player have scored in the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the Africa Cup of Nations. He did so in the 2006 and 2009 UEFA Champions League final with Barcelona and the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations final with Cameroon.

### Assists
#### Most assists

    As of 12 February 2025
Notes: The criteria for an assist to be awarded may vary according to the source, this table is based on the assists criteria according to Opta, where assists are not counted for balls that are deflected or rebounded off opposing players and have clearly affected the trajectory of the ball and its arrival to the recipient (the goal scorer). Assists are also not counted for penalty kicks, direct goals from corners or free kicks, or own goals. This table does not include assists provided in the qualification stage of the competition. The following table includes the number of assists since the 1992–93 season. However, according to UEFA's own official list, Cristiano Ronaldo sits at 1st place with 42 official assists and Ryan Giggs sits at 5th with 31 assists. This is due to the website only counting assists from the 2003–04 season onwards. In addition, UEFA's criteria for assists differ from those of Opta, as it considers causing a penalty kick, free kicks, own goals, deflected, and rebounded balls as assists.
| Rank | Player | Nation | Assists | Apps | Years | Club(s) |
| 1 | Ryan Giggs | Wales | 41 | 141 | 1993–2014 | Manchester United |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 40 | 183 | 2003–2022 | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus |
| 3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 39 | 163 | 2005–2023 | Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain |
| 4 | Ángel Di María | Argentina | 38 | 116 | 2007– | Benfica, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus |
| 5 | David Beckham | England | 36 | 107 | 1994–2013 | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain |
| 6 | Luís Figo | Portugal | 34 | 103 | 1997–2009 | Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan |
| 7 | Xavi | Spain | 31 | 151 | 1998–2015 | Barcelona |
| 8 | Neymar | Brazil | 30 | 81 | 2013–2023 | Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain |
| 9 | Raúl | Spain | 27 | 142 | 1995–2011 | Real Madrid, Schalke 04 |
| 9 | Karim Benzema | France | 27 | 152 | 2005–2023 | Lyon, Real Madrid |

#### Single season (since 1992–93)

    As of 16 May 2018
| Rank | Player | Season | Assists |
| 1 | Luís Figo | 1999–2000 | 9 |
| 2 | David Beckham | 1998–99 | 8 |
| 2 | Gaizka Mendieta | 2000–01 | 8 |
| 2 | Neymar | 2016–17 | 8 |
| 2 | James Milner | 2017–18 | 8 |

#### Other records

* Most assists in a single match (since 2003–04): 4
** Ryan Giggs, for Manchester United v Roma, 10 April 2007
** Carlos Martins, for Benfica v Lyon, 2 November 2010
** Zlatan Ibrahimović, for Paris Saint-Germain v Dinamo Zagreb, 6 November 2012
** Neymar, for Barcelona v Celtic, 13 September 2016; he scored a goal as well
* Most assists in a final matches: 5 – Raymond Kopa; in 1956 (2) for Stade Reims and in 1957 and 1958 (2) for Real Madrid
* Four players finished twice at the top of the assists list (including joint top, since 1992–93):
** Luís Figo, for Barcelona in 1999–2000 and Real Madrid in 2000–01 season
** Kaká, for Milan in 2004–05 and Real Madrid in 2011–12 season
** Lionel Messi, for Barcelona in 2011–12 and 2014–15 season
** Neymar, for Barcelona in 2015–16 and 2016–17 season
* Most assists against a single opponent: 8 – Neymar v Celtic

### Other records
#### Penalties

* Most penalty kick goals (excluding shoot-outs): 19
** Cristiano Ronaldo; out of 22
** Robert Lewandowski; out of 20
* Most penalty kick goals in a season: 5
** João Mário, for Benfica, 2022–23
** Harry Kane, for Bayern Munich, 2024–25
* Most penalty kick goals in a match: 3 – Harry Kane, for Bayern Munich v Dinamo Zagreb on 17 September 2024
* Most penalties missed: 5
** Thierry Henry
** Lionel Messi
* Most penalties saved: 5
** Andriy Pyatov
** Joe Hart
* Oldest goalkeeper to save a penalty: 39 years and 274 days – Jasmin Handanović, for Maribor v Liverpool, 1 November 2017
* Youngest goalkeeper to save a penalty: 18 years and 65 days – Mile Svilar, for Benfica v Manchester United, 31 October 2017
* Fastest penalty awarded: 23 seconds – for Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur, in the final, 1 June 2019; converted by Mohamed Salah
* Fastest penalty scored: 1 minute and 45 seconds – Johan Micoud, for Werder Bremen v Panathinaikos, 7 December 2005; only two seconds faster than Mohamed Salah goal

#### Penalty shoot-out

* Most penalties scored: 3 – Antoine Griezmann
* Most penalties missed: 2 – Cristiano Ronaldo
* Most penalties saved: 5 – Manuel Neuer
* Most penalties saved in a single shoot-out: 4
** Jan Möller, for Malmö FF v 1. FC Magdeburg, 1975–76 first round
** Helmut Duckadam, for Steaua București v Barcelona, 1986 final

#### Own goals

* Most own goals: 2 – 28 players; Igor Akinfeev, Alex, Alex Sandro, Ânderson Polga, Valeriy Bondar, Wes Brown, Cadú, Gary Caldwell, Rúben Dias, Edu Dracena, Andrzej Grębosz, Iván Helguera, József Horváth, Tomáš Hubočan, Jardel, Phil Jones, Thomas Kleine, Ladislav Krejčí, Iván Marcano, Jérémy Mathieu, Brandon Mechele, Craig Moore, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Stefan Savić, Gernot Trauner, Raphaël Varane and Zoco
* Most own goals in a single match: 2 – Gernot Trauner, against his team Feyenoord for Lille, 29 January 2025
* Fastest own goal scored: 69 seconds – Iñigo Martínez, against his team Real Sociedad for Manchester United, 23 October 2013
* Scored an own goal in a final:
** Antoni Ramallets, against his team Barcelona for Benfica, 1961 final

#### Goalkeeping

* Most clean sheets: 61 – Manuel Neuer; 63 including 2 qualifying games, 7 with Schalke 04 and 54 with Bayern Munich
* Most consecutive clean sheets: 9 – Jens Lehmann, for Arsenal, 9 March 2005 – 17 May 2006
* Longest period without conceding a goal: 853 minutes – Jens Lehmann, 22 February 2005 – 13 September 2006
* Most clean sheets in final matches: 3
** Heinz Stuy, in 1971, 1972 and 1973, all with Ajax
** Sepp Maier, in 1974 (replay), 1975 and 1976, all with Bayern Munich
* Most clean sheets in a single season: 9
** Sebastiano Rossi, with Milan, 1993–94
** Santiago Cañizares, with Valencia, 2000–01
** Keylor Navas, with Real Madrid, 2015–16
** Édouard Mendy, with Chelsea, 2020–21
* Oldest goalkeeper: 43 years, 252 days – Marco Ballotta, for Lazio v Real Madrid, 11 December 2007
* Youngest goalkeeper: 17 years and 287 days – Maarten Vandevoordt, for Genk v Napoli, 10 December 2019
* Four goalkeepers have won the competition with two clubs:
** Jimmy Rimmer with Manchester United in 1968, and with Aston Villa in 1982
** Edwin van der Sar with Ajax in 1995, and with Manchester United in 2008
** Scott Carson with Liverpool in 2005, and with Manchester City in 2023
** Kepa Arrizabalaga with Chelsea in 2021, and with Real Madrid in 2024
* Oldest goalkeeper to play in and win a final: 37 years and 205 days – Edwin van der Sar, 2008 final with Manchester United
* Youngest goalkeeper to play in and win a final: 19 years and 4 days – Iker Casillas, 2000 final with Real Madrid
* Oldest goalkeeper to play in a final: 41 years and 86 days – Dino Zoff, 1983 with Juventus
* Most finals played by a goalkeeper: 5 – Edwin van der Sar; doing so with Ajax in 1995 and 1996, and with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011
* Most finals lost by a goalkeeper: 3
** Edwin van der Sar; doing so with Ajax in 1996, and with Manchester United in 2009 and 2011
** Gianluigi Buffon; doing so with Juventus in 2003, 2015 and 2017
* Most saves in a single match: 15 – Dmytro Riznyk, for Shakhtar Donetsk v PSV Eindhoven, 27 November 2024
* Four goalkeepers played for two clubs in a final:
** Edwin van der Sar with Ajax in 1995 and 1996, and with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
** Hans-Jörg Butt with Bayer Leverkusen in 2002, and with Bayern Munich in 2010.
** Keylor Navas with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and with Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.
** Thibaut Courtois with Atlético Madrid in 2014, and with Real Madrid in 2022 and 2024.
* Most titles by a goalkeeper: 5 – Juan Alonso, 1955–60; he played in the first three finals and was a non-substitute in the latter two
* Two goalkeepers won all three major UEFA club competitions they have played in:
** Stefano Tacconi: 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1984–85 European Cup and 1989–90 UEFA Cup, all with Juventus
** Vítor Baía: 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona, 2002–03 UEFA Cup and 2003–04 UEFA Champions League with Porto
* Three goalkeepers have won the tournament as well as both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship:
** Sepp Maier won the 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76 European Cup with Bayern Munich, and both the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 with West Germany
** Fabien Barthez won the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League with Marseille, and both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 with France
** Iker Casillas won the 1999–2000, 2001–02 and 2013–14 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, and both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008 and 2012 with Spain
* The following goalkeepers have additionally won both the tournament and the FIFA World Cup:
** Bodo Illgner won the 1997–98 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup with West Germany
** Manuel Neuer won the 2012–13 and 2019–20 UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Germany
* The following goalkeepers have additionally won both the tournament and the UEFA European Championship:
** Hans van Breukelen won the 1987–88 European Cup with PSV Eindhoven, and UEFA Euro 1988 with Netherlands
** Peter Schmeichel won the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League with Manchester United, and UEFA Euro 1992 with Denmark
* Six goalkeepers have lifted the trophy as captain:
** Juan Alonso with Real Madrid (1958)
** Stevan Stojanović with Red Star Belgrade (1991)
** Andoni Zubizarreta with Barcelona (1992)
** Peter Schmeichel with Manchester United (1999)
** Iker Casillas with Real Madrid (2014)
** Manuel Neuer with Bayern Munich (2020)
* Most consecutive matches without a clean sheet: 43 – Igor Akinfeev, 21 November 2006 – 31 October 2017

#### Disciplinary

* Most yellow cards: 43+1 – Sergio Ramos, 2005–2023; once double yellow cards turned red, along with three straight red cards
* Most red cards: 4
** Edgar Davids
** Zlatan Ibrahimović
** Sergio Ramos
* Players have been sent off in the final, all of them lost their respective finals:
** Jens Lehmann, with Arsenal v Barcelona, 2006 final
** Didier Drogba, with Chelsea v Manchester United, 2008 final
** Juan Cuadrado, with Juventus v Real Madrid, 2017 final
* Most red cards received with the most different clubs: 3
** Zlatan Ibrahimović, with Juventus, Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain
** Arturo Vidal, with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan
** Patrick Vieira, with Arsenal, Juventus and Inter Milan
* Fastest red card: 3 minutes and 59 seconds – Olexandr Kucher, for Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munich, 11 March 2015

#### Captaincy

The following table shows the captains who have won the title:
| Final | Nationality | Winning captain | Nation | Club |
| 1956 | Spain | Miguel Muñoz | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1957 | Spain | Miguel Muñoz | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1958 | Spain | Juan Alonso | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1959 | Spain | José María Zárraga | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1960 | Spain | José María Zárraga | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1961 | Portugal | José Águas | Portugal | Benfica |
| 1962 | Portugal | José Águas | Portugal | Benfica |
| 1963 | Italy | Cesare Maldini | Italy | Milan |
| 1964 | Italy | Armando Picchi | Italy | Inter Milan |
| 1965 | Italy | Armando Picchi | Italy | Inter Milan |
| 1966 | Spain | Paco Gento | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1967 | Scotland | Billy McNeill | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1968 | England | Bobby Charlton | England | Manchester United |
| 1969 | Italy | Gianni Rivera | Italy | Milan |
| 1970 | Netherlands | Rinus Israël | Netherlands | Feyenoord |
| 1971 | Yugoslavia | Velibor Vasović | Netherlands | Ajax |
| 1972 | Netherlands | Piet Keizer | Netherlands | Ajax |
| 1973 | Netherlands | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Ajax |
| 1974 | West Germany | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1975 | West Germany | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1976 | West Germany | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1977 | England | Emlyn Hughes | England | Liverpool |
| 1978 | England | Emlyn Hughes | England | Liverpool |
| 1979 | Scotland | John McGovern | England | Nottingham Forest |
| 1980 | Scotland | John McGovern | England | Nottingham Forest |
| 1981 | England | Phil Thompson | England | Liverpool |
| 1982 | England | Dennis Mortimer | England | Aston Villa |
| 1983 | West Germany | Horst Hrubesch | West Germany | Hamburger SV |
| 1984 | Scotland | Graeme Souness | England | Liverpool |
| 1985 | Italy | Gaetano Scirea | Italy | Juventus |
| 1986 | Romania | Ştefan Iovan | Romania | Steaua București |
| 1987 | Portugal | João Pinto | Portugal | Porto |
| 1988 | Belgium | Eric Gerets | Netherlands | PSV Eindhoven |
| 1989 | Italy | Franco Baresi | Italy | Milan |
| 1990 | Italy | Franco Baresi | Italy | Milan |
| 1991 | Yugoslavia | Stevan Stojanović | Yugoslavia | Red Star Belgrade |
| 1992 | Spain | Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | Barcelona |
| 1993 | France | Didier Deschamps | France | Marseille |
| 1994 | Italy | Mauro Tassotti | Italy | Milan |
| 1995 | Netherlands | Danny Blind | Netherlands | Ajax |
| 1996 | Italy | Gianluca Vialli | Italy | Juventus |
| 1997 | Germany | Matthias Sammer | Germany | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1998 | Spain | Manolo Sanchís | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1999 | Denmark | Peter Schmeichel | England | Manchester United |
| 2000 | Argentina | Fernando Redondo | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 2001 | Germany | Stefan Effenberg | Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 2002 | Spain | Fernando Hierro | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 2003 | Italy | Paolo Maldini | Italy | Milan |
| 2004 | Portugal | Jorge Costa | Portugal | Porto |
| 2005 | England | Steven Gerrard | England | Liverpool |
| 2006 | Spain | Carles Puyol | Spain | Barcelona |
| 2007 | Italy | Paolo Maldini | Italy | Milan |
| 2008 | England | Rio Ferdinand | England | Manchester United |
| 2009 | Spain | Carles Puyol | Spain | Barcelona |
| 2010 | Argentina | Javier Zanetti | Italy | Inter Milan |
| 2011 | Spain | Xavi | Spain | Barcelona |
| 2012 | England | Frank Lampard | England | Chelsea |
| 2013 | Germany | Philipp Lahm | Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 2014 | Spain | Iker Casillas | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 2015 | Spain | Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Barcelona |
| 2016 | Spain | Sergio Ramos | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 2017 | Spain | Sergio Ramos | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 2018 | Spain | Sergio Ramos | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 2019 | England | Jordan Henderson | England | Liverpool |
| 2020 | Germany | Manuel Neuer | Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 2021 | Spain | César Azpilicueta | England | Chelsea |
| 2022 | France | Karim Benzema | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 2023 | Germany | İlkay Gündoğan | England | Manchester City |
| 2024 | Spain | Nacho | Spain | Real Madrid |
* Most matches as a captain: 105 – John Terry, with Chelsea
* Most trophies lifted as captain: 3
** Franz Beckenbauer, with Bayern Munich in 1974, 1975 and 1976
** Sergio Ramos, with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018
* Most participated in the final as captain: 4
** Franz Beckenbauer with Bayern Munich in 1974 (2), 1975 and 1976
** Franco Baresi with Milan in 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1995
* Six other players participated in the final as captain on three occasions:
** Paco Gento with Real Madrid in 1962, 1964 and 1966
** Mário Coluna with Benfica in 1963, 1965 and 1968
** Armando Picchi with Inter Milan in 1964, 1965 and 1967
** Paolo Maldini with Milan in 2003, 2005 and 2007
** Sergio Ramos with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018
** Jordan Henderson with Liverpool in 2018, 2019 and 2022
* Oldest captain to lift the trophy: 38 years and 331 days – Paolo Maldini, with Milan, 2007 final
* Youngest captain to lift the trophy: 24 years and 223 days – Didier Deschamps, with Marseille, 1993 final
* Oldest player to start as captain: 40 years and 212 days – David Weir, with Rangers v Bursaspor, 7 December 2010
* Youngest player to start as captain: 18 years and 221 days – Rúben Neves, with Porto v Maccabi Tel Aviv, 20 October 2015
* Youngest player to start as captain in the Champions League knockout phase: 19 years and 186 days – Matthijs de Ligt, with Ajax v Real Madrid, 13 February 2019

#### Trivia

* Most finals reached with the most different clubs: 3
** Didier Deschamps with Marseille in 1993, with Juventus in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and with Valencia in 2001
** Clarence Seedorf with Ajax in 1995, with Real Madrid in 1998, and with Milan in 2003, 2005 and 2007
** Patrice Evra with Monaco in 2004, with Manchester United in 2008, 2009 and 2011, and with Juventus in 2015
** Thiago with Barcelona in 2011, with Bayern Munich in 2020, and with Liverpool in 2022
* Most quarter-final appearances with different clubs: 5 – Zlatan Ibrahimović; with Ajax, Juventus, Barcelona, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain
* Most finals lost: 4 – Patrice Evra; doing so in 2004 with Monaco, in 2009 and 2011 with Manchester United, and in 2015 with Juventus, with his side losing to Barcelona on each of the latter three occasions. He is the only player to lose the final with three clubs
* Zinedine Zidane (with Bordeaux in the 1996 UEFA Cup final and with Juventus in the 1997 UEFA Champions League final), Christian Eriksen (with Tottenham Hotspur in the 2019 UEFA Champions League final and with Inter Milan in the 2020 UEFA Europa League final) and Edinson Cavani (with Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 UEFA Champions League final and with Manchester United in the 2021 UEFA Europa League final) are the only players to lose two consecutive European club finals in two different competitions.
* Kingsley Coman was the first player to score in a final against a former club, doing so for Bayern Munich in their 1–0 win against Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 final.
* Moise Kean (born 28 February 2000) was the first player born in the 2000s to play in the Champions League, playing in Juventus's match against Sevilla on 22 November 2016.
* Jadon Sancho (born 25 March 2000) was the first player born in the 2000s to score in the Champions League, playing in Borussia Dortmund's match against Atlético Madrid on 24 October 2018.
* Han-Noah Massengo (born 7 July 2001) was the first player born in the 21st century to play in the Champions League, playing in Monaco's match against Club Brugge on 6 November 2018.
* Rodrygo (born 9 January 2001) was the first player born in the 21st century to score in the Champions League, doing so for Real Madrid against Galatasaray on 6 November 2019.
* Three players lost three finals with their clubs, and never won the tournament:
** Raul Machado (1963, 1965 and 1968 with Benfica)
** Paolo Montero (1997, 1998 and 2003 with Juventus)
** Gianluigi Buffon (2003, 2015 and 2017 with Juventus)

## Managers
### All-time managerial appearances

    As of 12 March 2025
The table below does not include the qualification stage of the competition.
| Rank | Manager | Nation | Matches | Years | Club(s) (matches) |
| 1 | Carlo Ancelotti | Italy | 216 | 1997– | Parma (6) Juventus (10) Milan (73) Chelsea (18) Paris Saint-Germain (10) Real Madrid (75) Bayern Munich (12) Napoli (12) |
| 2 | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | 202 | 1980–2013 | Aberdeen (12) Manchester United (190) |
| 3 | Arsène Wenger | France | 190 | 1988–2017 | Monaco (13) Arsenal (177) |
| 4 | Pep Guardiola | Spain | 181 | 2008– | Barcelona (50) Bayern Munich (36) Manchester City (95) |
| 5 | José Mourinho | Portugal | 145 | 2001– | Porto (17) Chelsea (57) Inter Milan (21) Real Madrid (32) Manchester United (14) Tottenham Hotspur (4) |
| 6 | Mircea Lucescu | Romania | 115 | 1998– | Inter Milan (3) Galatasaray (26) Beşiktaş (6) Shakhtar Donetsk (68) Dynamo Kyiv (12) |
| 6 | Diego Simeone | Argentina | 115 | 2013– | Atlético Madrid (115) |
| 8 | Jürgen Klopp | Germany | 102 | 2011– | Borussia Dortmund (37) Liverpool (65) |
| 9 | Massimiliano Allegri | Italy | 100 | 2010– | Milan (32) Juventus (68) |
| 10 | Ottmar Hitzfeld | Germany | 97 | 1990–2004 | Grasshopper (2) Borussia Dortmund (19) Bayern Munich (76) |

#### Notes

* ↑ Ferguson coached in 12 European Cup matches + 190 Champions League matches.
* ↑ Wenger coached in 6 European Cup matches + 184 Champions League matches.
* ↑ Hitzfeld coached in 2 European Cup matches + 95 Champions League matches.

### Final and winning records

* Most titles won as manager: 5 – Carlo Ancelotti; doing so in 2002–03 and 2006–07 with Milan, and in 2013–14, 2021–22 and 2023–24 with Real Madrid
* Three other managers have won the competition three times:
** Bob Paisley in 1976–77, 1977–78 and 1980–81 (all with Liverpool)
** Zinedine Zidane in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18, all with Real Madrid
** Pep Guardiola in 2008–09, 2010–11, with Barcelona and 2022–23, with Manchester City
* Most consecutive seasons won as manager: 3 – Zinedine Zidane, 2016–2018
* Most consecutive debut seasons won as manager: 3 – Zinedine Zidane, 2016–2018
* The following five managers have also won the tournament two times in their first two appearances:
** José Villalonga (1955–56 and 1956–57, both with Real Madrid)
** Béla Guttmann (1960–61 and 1961–62, both with Benfica)
** Dettmar Cramer (1974–75 and 1975–76, both with Bayern Munich)
** Bob Paisley (1976–77 and 1977–78, both with Liverpool)
** Arrigo Sacchi (1988–89 and 1989–90, both with Milan)
* Most finalists as manager: 6 – Carlo Ancelotti; 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2022 and 2024
* Five other managers have managed four finalists:
** Miguel Muñoz; 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966
** Marcello Lippi; 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003
** Alex Ferguson; 1999, 2008, 2009 and 2011
** Jürgen Klopp; 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2022
** Pep Guardiola; 2009, 2011, 2021 and 2023
* Most lost finals: 3
** Marcello Lippi; 1997, 1998 and 2003
** Jürgen Klopp; 2013 with Borussia Dortmund, and in 2018 and 2022
* Seven individuals have won the European Cup/Champions League as a player then later as a manager, four of them with the same club:
** Miguel Muñoz of Real Madrid won as a player in 1955–56 and 1956–57, and as a manager in 1959–60 and 1965–66.
** Carlo Ancelotti won as a player in 1988–89 and 1989–90, and as a manager in 2002–03 and 2006–07 with Milan, then as a manager in 2013–14, 2021–22 and 2023–24 with Real Madrid.
** Pep Guardiola won as a player in 1991–92, and as a manager in 2008–09 and 2010–11 with Barcelona, then as a manager in 2022–23 with Manchester City.
** Giovanni Trapattoni won as a player in 1962–63 and 1968–69, both with Milan, and as a manager in 1984–85 with Juventus.
** Johan Cruyff won as a player in 1970–71, 1971–72 and 1972–73, all with Ajax, and as a manager in 1991–92 with Barcelona.
** Frank Rijkaard won as a player in 1988–89 and 1989–90, both with Milan, in 1994–95 with Ajax, and as a manager in 2005–06 with Barcelona.
** Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid won as player in 2001–02, and as a manager in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.
* Eight other individuals have appeared in the final as a player then later as a manager, though did not win while in one or either of the roles:
** Vicente del Bosque of Real Madrid lost as a player in 1981, but won as a manager in 2000 and 2002.
** Fabio Capello lost as a player in 1973 with Juventus and as a manager in 1993 and 1995, but won as a manager in 1994, all as a manager with Milan.
** Didier Deschamps won as a player in 1993 with Marseille and 1996 with Juventus and lost with Juventus in 1997 and 1998 (also lost in 2001 with Valencia as an unused substitute), and lost as a manager with Monaco in 2004.
** Jupp Heynckes lost as a player in 1977 with Borussia Mönchengladbach, but won as a manager in 1998 with Real Madrid and in 2013 with Bayern Munich, and lost as a manager in 2012 with Bayern Munich.
** Anghel Iordănescu of Steaua București won as a player in 1986, but lost as a manager in 1989.
** Nils Liedholm lost as a player in 1958 with Milan and as a manager with Roma in 1984.
** Ferenc Puskás won as a player in 1960 (also won in 1959 and 1966 as a team member not selected for the final) and lost in 1962 and 1964, all with Real Madrid, and lost as a manager in 1971 with Panathinaikos.
** Hansi Flick of Bayern Munich lost as a player in 1987, but won as a manager in 2020.
* Six managers have won the title with two clubs:
** Ernst Happel did so with Feyenoord in 1969–70, and with Hamburger SV in 1982–83.
** Ottmar Hitzfeld did so with Borussia Dortmund in 1996–97, and with Bayern Munich in 2000–01, and is the only manager to have won the trophy with two different clubs from the same domestic league.
** José Mourinho did so with Porto in 2003–04, and with Inter Milan in 2009–10.
** Jupp Heynckes did so with Real Madrid in 1997–98, and with Bayern Munich in 2012–13.
** Carlo Ancelotti did so with Milan in 2002–03 and 2006–07, and with Real Madrid in 2013–14, 2021–22 and 2023–24.
** Pep Guardiola did so with Barcelona in 2008–09 and 2010–11, and with Manchester City in 2022–23, and is only manager to win a continental treble with two different clubs.
* Thomas Tuchel is the only manager to reach the final in consecutive seasons with two clubs (Paris Saint-Germain in 2020 and Chelsea in 2021).
* Italian managers have won the competition a record 13 times; Carlo Ancelotti (5), Nereo Rocco (2), Arrigo Sacchi (2), Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Marcello Lippi and Roberto Di Matteo
* Five clubs, on nine total occasions, changed their manager during the season and went on to win the tournament:
** Real Madrid replaced Manuel Fleitas Solich with Miguel Muñoz in 1959–60, replaced John Toshack with Vicente del Bosque in 1999–2000, and replaced Rafael Benítez with Zinedine Zidane in 2015–16
** Bayern Munich replaced Udo Lattek with Dettmar Cramer in 1974–75, and replaced Niko Kovač with Hansi Flick in 2019–20
** Aston Villa replaced Ron Saunders with Tony Barton in 1981–82
** Marseille replaced Jean Fernandez with Raymond Goethals in 1992–93
** Chelsea replaced André Villas-Boas with Roberto Di Matteo in 2011–12, and replaced Frank Lampard with Thomas Tuchel in 2020–21

### Winning other trophies

* Pep Guardiola and Hansi Flick are the only two managers to have won the sextuple, doing so with Barcelona in 2009 and Bayern Munich in 2020, respectively.
* Vicente del Bosque is the only manager to have won the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Championship:
** Real Madrid in 2000 and 2002, the World Cup in 2010 and the European Championship in 2012 with Spain
* One other manager has won the Champions League as well as the World Cup:
** Marcello Lippi won the Champions League with Juventus in 1996 and the World Cup in 2006 with Italy. In addition, he won the 2013 AFC Champions League with Guangzhou Evergrande, to become the only manager to win both the AFC and UEFA Champions League.
* Two other managers have won the European Cup as well as the European Championship:
** José Villalonga won the European Cup with Real Madrid in 1956 and 1957 and the European Championship in 1964 with Spain
** Rinus Michels won the European Cup with Ajax in 1971 and the European Championship in 1988 with Netherlands
* Two managers have won the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Cup with the same club in two consecutive seasons:
** Nereo Rocco of Milan won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1968 and the European Cup in 1969
** Giovanni Trapattoni of Juventus won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985
* Three managers have won the UEFA Cup and the European Cup in two consecutive seasons, two of them with the same club:
** Bob Paisley won the UEFA Cup in 1976 and the European Cup in 1977, both with Liverpool
** José Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004, both with Porto
** Rafael Benítez won the UEFA Cup in 2004 with Valencia and the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool
* Rafael Benítez is the only manager to have won the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.
* Two managers have won the Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup and the European Cup:
** Giovanni Trapattoni of Juventus won the UEFA Cup in 1977 and 1993, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985. He also won the UEFA Cup in 1991 with Inter Milan.
** Udo Lattek won the European Cup in 1974 with Bayern Munich, the UEFA Cup in 1979 with Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1982 with Barcelona.
* Only one manager won the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa Conference League:
** José Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003 with Porto, the UEFA Champions League with the same club in the following year, then the UEFA Champions League again with Inter Milan in 2010, the UEFA Europa League with Manchester United in 2017 and the UEFA Europa Conference League with Roma in 2022.

### Oldest and youngest

* Youngest manager: 27 years, 349 days – Bob Houghton, for Malmö v Magdeburg, 17 September 1975
* Youngest manager in the Champions League era: 31 years, 58 days – Julian Nagelsmann, for TSG Hoffenheim v Shakhtar Donetsk, 19 September 2018
* Oldest manager: 76 years, 132 days – Mircea Lucescu, for Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica, 8 December 2021
* Youngest manager to win a match: 27 years, 349 days – Bob Houghton, for Malmö v Magdeburg, 17 September 1975
* Youngest manager to win a match in the Champions League era: 32 years, 56 days – Julian Nagelsmann, for RB Leipzig v Benfica, 17 September 2019
* Oldest manager to win a match: 75 years, 132 days – Mircea Lucescu, for Dynamo Kyiv v Ferencváros, 8 December 2020
* Youngest manager to win a title: 36 years, 184 days – José Villalonga, with Real Madrid, 13 June 1956
* Youngest manager to win a title in the Champions League era: 38 years, 129 days – Pep Guardiola, with Barcelona, 27 May 2009
* Oldest manager to win a title: 71 years, 231 days – Raymond Goethals for Marseille, 26 May 1993

### Other records

* Most matches won as manager: 124 – Carlo Ancelotti, 1997–2025
* The only other managers to win more than 100 matches:
** Pep Guardiola, 2008–2025, 112
** Alex Ferguson, 1980–2013, 107
* Most appearances for a single club: 190 – Alex Ferguson, for Manchester United
* Most matches won for a single club: 102 – Alex Ferguson, for Manchester United
* Most matches won in the knockout phase: 44 – Pep Guardiola
* Most consecutive knockout tie wins: 12 – Zinedine Zidane, 2016–2018
* Most consecutive matches won: 12
** Jupp Heynckes, with Bayern Munich, 2013–2018
** Hansi Flick, with Bayern Munich, 2019–2020
* Most consecutive matches won in the group stage: 14
** Louis van Gaal, 1999–2009
** Julian Nagelsmann, 2020–2022
* Most finals reached by a manager with the most different clubs: 3 – Ernst Happel; with Feyenoord in 1970, Club Brugge in 1978 and Hamburger SV in 1983
* Most semi-finals reached by a manager with the most different clubs: 4 – José Mourinho; with Porto in 2003–04, with Chelsea in 2004–05, 2006–07 and 2013–14, with Inter Milan in 2009–10 and with Real Madrid in 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2012–13
* Most appearances by a manager with different clubs: 8 – Carlo Ancelotti; Parma, Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Napoli
* Most consecutive final appearances: 3
** Fabio Capello, 1993–1995
** Marcello Lippi, 1996–1997
** Zinedine Zidane, 2016–2018; the only manager to have won all of them
* Two non-European coaches won the European Cup twice:
** Luis Carniglia with Real Madrid (1958 and 1959)
** Helenio Herrera with Inter Milan (1964 and 1965)
* Six non-European coaches lost their final matches:
** Fernando Riera with Benfica (1963)
** Otto Glória with Benfica (1968)
** Juan Carlos Lorenzo with Atlético Madrid (1974)
** Héctor Cúper with Valencia (2000 and 2001)
** Diego Simeone with Atlético Madrid (2014 and 2016)
** Mauricio Pochettino with Tottenham Hotspur (2019)
* In four finals, two coaches from the same nation were faced:
** England: Brian Clough with Nottingham Forest against Bob Houghton with Malmö FF (1979)
** Italy: Carlo Ancelotti with Milan against Marcello Lippi with Juventus (2003)
** Germany: Jupp Heynckes with Bayern Munich against Jürgen Klopp with Borussia Dortmund (2013)
** Germany: Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich against Thomas Tuchel with Paris Saint-Germain (2020)
* In 2019–20, three German managers reached the semi-finals (Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich, Julian Nagelsmann with RB Leipzig and Thomas Tuchel with Paris Saint-Germain), the most by any single nationality to reach the last four in the competition's history. This was matched in 2022–23 when three Italian managers reached the last four (Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid, Simone Inzaghi with Inter Milan and Stefano Pioli with Milan).
* There have been four occasions where a record four managers from the same nationality reached the quarter-finals:
** Four German managers (including East and West Germany) in 1976–77 (Dettmar Cramer with Bayern Munich, Walter Fritzsch with Dynamo Dresden, Friedhelm Konietzka with Zürich and Udo Lattek with Borussia Mönchengladbach)
** Four German managers in 2020–21 (Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich, Jürgen Klopp with Liverpool, Edin Terzić with Borussia Dortmund and Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea)
** Four Italian managers in 2022–23 (Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid, Simone Inzaghi with Inter Milan, Stefano Pioli with Milan and Luciano Spalletti with Napoli)
** Four Spanish managers in 2023–24 (Mikel Arteta with Arsenal, Pep Guardiola with Manchester City, Luis Enrique with Paris Saint-Germain and Xavi with Barcelona)

## Referees

* Most appearances as a referee: 69 – Felix Brych, 2008–2021
* Most appearances in a season as a referee: 9 – Björn Kuipers, 2020–21
* Four referees have officiated two finals:
** Leo Horn in 1957 and 1962
** Gottfried Dienst in 1961 and 1965
** Concetto Lo Bello in 1968 and 1970
** Károly Palotai in 1976 and 1981
* Gottfried Dienst is the only referee to have officiated the final of the European Cup/Champions League, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship, with the 1961 and 1965 European Cup final, and in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final and UEFA Euro 1968 final.
* The following referees have additionally officiated the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the FIFA World Cup:
** Jack Taylor, with the 1971 European Cup final, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup final.
** Sándor Puhl, with the 1997 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 1994 FIFA World Cup final.
** Pierluigi Collina, with the 1999 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2002 FIFA World Cup final.
** Howard Webb, with the 2010 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.
** Nicola Rizzoli, with the 2013 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2014 FIFA World Cup final.
** Szymon Marciniak, with the 2023 UEFA Champions League final, and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
* The following referees have additionally officiated the final of both the European Cup/Champions League and the UEFA European Championship:
** Arthur Edward Ellis, with the 1956 European Cup final, and in the 1960 European Nations' Cup final.
** Arthur Holland, with the 1963 European Cup final, and in the 1964 European Nations' Cup final.
** Nicolae Rainea, with the 1983 European Cup final, and in the UEFA Euro 1980 final.
** Michel Vautrot, with the 1986 European Cup final, and in the UEFA Euro 1988 final.
** Markus Merk, with the 2003 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2004 final.
** Pedro Proença, with the 2012 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2012 final.
** Björn Kuipers, with the 2014 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2020 final.
** Mark Clattenburg, with the 2016 UEFA Champions League final, and in the UEFA Euro 2016 final.
* Stéphanie Frappart became the first and the only woman to referee a men's UEFA Champions League match, when she officiated a group stage game between Juventus and Dynamo Kyiv on 2 December 2020.

### Disciplinary

    As of 7 December 2021
* Most yellow cards: 271 – Felix Brych
* Most direct red cards: 12 – Markus Merk
* Most penalties awarded: 27 – Felix Brych

## Presidents

* Florentino Pérez is the president whose club has won the most titles with him in charge, seven Champions League titles with Real Madrid in 2001–02, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22 and 2023–24.
** Santiago Bernabéu as a president of Real Madrid won six European Cups in 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60 and 1965–66.
** Silvio Berlusconi as a president of Milan won five European Cups in 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03 and 2006–07.
* Franco Carraro was the youngest president in charge when his club won the competition, with Milan in 1968–69, aged 29 years and 173 days.
* Florentino Pérez was the oldest president in charge when his club won the competition, with Real Madrid in 2023–24, aged 77 years and 86 days.
* Jaap van Praag and Michael van Praag are the first father and son in the position of president when their club won the competition, 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 in the position of president when their club won the competition, Inter Milan. This team won the Champions League in different periods with these presidents, in 1963–64, 1964–65 and 2009–10.

## Attendance

* Highest attendance: 135,805 – Celtic v Leeds United, 1969–70 semi-final second leg, 15 April 1970, at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland
* Highest attendance in the Champions League era: 115,500 – Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain, 1994–95 quarter-final first leg, 15 April 1970, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain
* Highest attendance in the final: 127,621 – Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960 final, 18 May 1960, at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland
* Highest attendance in the final in the Champions League era: 90,245 – Manchester United v Bayern Munich, 1999 final, 26 May 1999, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain
* Lowest attendance in the final: 0 – Bayern Munich v Paris Saint-Germain, 2020 final, 23 August 2020, at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal; the match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 final at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto was also played with a reduced attendance of 14,110 due to the pandemic. Aside from these two anomalies, the final with the lowest attendance was the 1961 final between Benfica and Barcelona, played at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland, in front of a crowd of 26,732, although the replay of the 1974 final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels was attended by 23,325.