This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League. Unless noted, these statistics concern all seasons since the inception of the European Cup in the 1955–56 season, and renamed since 1992 as the UEFA Champions League. This does not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted.^[1]

General performances

By club

A total of 23 clubs have won the tournament since its 1955 inception, with Real Madrid being the only team to win it fifteen times, including the first five. Only three other clubs have reached ten or more finals: Milan, Bayern Munich and Liverpool. A total of thirteen clubs have won the tournament multiple times: the four forementioned clubs, along with Benfica, Inter Milan, Ajax, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, Manchester United, Porto, Barcelona and Chelsea. A total of nineteen clubs have reached the final without ever managing to win the tournament.

Clubs from ten countries have provided tournament winners. Spanish clubs have been the most successful, winning twenty titles. England is second with fifteen and Italy is third with twelve, while the other multiple-time winners are Germany with eight, the Netherlands with six, and Portugal with four. The only other countries to provide a tournament winner are Scotland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and France. Greece, Belgium and Sweden have all provided losing finalists.

Performances in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League by club

v t e 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 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per 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 25 are listed (includes qualifying rounds).^[2]

As of 1 June 2024

Rank	Club	Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	FW	F	SF	QF
1	Real Madrid	54	489	294	85	110	1075	536	+539	673	15	18	33	39
2	Bayern Munich	40	394	236	79	79	825	386	+439	551	6	11	21	34
3	Barcelona	34	349	203	77	69	687	357	+330	483	5	8	17	25
4	Manchester United	31	299	161	70	68	545	299	+246	392	3	5	12	19
5	Juventus	37	301	153	70	78	479	301	+178	376	2	9	12	19
6	Milan	31	273	133	70	70	442	259	+183	336	7	11	14	18
7	Liverpool	27	248	142	50	56	472	228	+244	334	6	10	12	17
8	Benfica	43	293	131	68	94	482	345	+137	330	2	7	8	20
9	Porto	38	277	126	61	90	411	313	+98	313	2	2	3	11
10	Ajax	39	247	112	64	71	396	282	+114	288	4	6	9	13
11	Dynamo Kyiv	39	254	104	55	95	350	315	+35	263	0	0	3	9
12	Chelsea	19	201	104	53	44	342	181	+161	261	2	3	8	12
13	Inter Milan	25	213	102	57	54	300	211	+89	261	3	6	9	13
14	Arsenal	22	211	106	45	60	351	226	+125	257	0	1	2	8
15	Celtic	38	228	102	40	86	342	285	+57	244	1	2	4	7
16	Borussia Dortmund	22	183	88	36	59	304	225	+79	212	1	3	5	10
17	Atlético Madrid	19	170	82	44	44	249	165	+84	208	0	3	6	12
18	PSV Eindhoven	31	199	74	49	76	272	256	+16	197	1	1	3	8
19	Paris Saint-Germain	17	155	82	29	44	302	181	+121	193	0	1	4	8
20	Anderlecht	34	200	70	44	86	282	320	–38	184	0	0	2	9
21	Manchester City	14	129	74	26	29	273	144	+129	174	1	2	4	8
22	Red Star Belgrade	29	157	70	34	53	285	218	+67	174	1	1	4	9
23	Rangers	33	177	65	43	69	248	257	–9	173	0	0	2	6
24	Galatasaray	28	189	63	46	80	237	297	–60	172	0	0	1	5
25	Olympiacos	35	186	66	36	84	222	284	–62	168	0	0	0	1

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.

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Nation	No.	Club	Seasons
Germany (15)	28	Bayern Munich	1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	19	Borussia Dortmund	1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	14	Bayer Leverkusen	1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2024–25
	8	Schalke 04	2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19
	7	Werder Bremen	1993–94, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
	7	RB Leipzig	2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	4	VfB Stuttgart	2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2024–25
	3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21
	3	VfL Wolfsburg	2009–10, 2015–16, 2021–22
	2	Hamburger SV	2000–01, 2006–07
	1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1998–99
	1	Hertha BSC	1999–2000
	1	TSG Hoffenheim	2018–19
	1	Eintracht Frankfurt	2022–23
	1	Union Berlin	2023–24
Spain (14)	29	Barcelona	1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	29	Real Madrid	1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	15	Atlético Madrid	1996–97, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	12	Valencia	1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
	9	Sevilla	2007–08, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	5	Deportivo La Coruña	2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
	4	Villarreal	2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2021–22
	3	Real Sociedad	2003–04, 2013–14, 2023–24
	2	Athletic Bilbao	1998–99, 2014–15
	1	Mallorca	2001–02
	1	Celta Vigo	2003–04
	1	Real Betis	2005–06
	1	Málaga	2012–13
	1	Girona	2024–25
France (12)	17	Paris Saint-Germain	1994–95, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	16	Lyon	2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20
	11	Marseille	1992–93, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2020–21, 2022–23
	10	Monaco	1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2024–25
	7	Lille	2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2021–22
	4	Bordeaux	1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
	3	Auxerre	1996–97, 2002–03, 2010–11
	3	Lens	1998–99, 2002–03, 2023–24
	2	Nantes	1995–96, 2001–02
	1	Montpellier	2012–13
	1	Rennes	2020–21
	1	Brest	2024–25
England (11)	25	Manchester United	1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
	21	Arsenal	1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2023–24, 2024–25
	19	Chelsea	1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
	16	Liverpool	2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25
	14	Manchester City	2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23
	3	Newcastle United	1997–98, 2002–03, 2023–24
	1	Blackburn Rovers	1995–96
	1	Leeds United	2000–01
	1	Leicester City	2016–17
	1	Aston Villa	2024–25
Italy (11)	24	Juventus	1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25
	21	Milan	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	18	Inter Milan	1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	11	Roma	2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
	8	Napoli	2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
	7	Lazio	1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2020–21, 2023–24
	4	Atalanta	2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2024–25
	3	Fiorentina	1999–2000, 2008–09, 2009–10
	1	Parma	1997–98
	1	Udinese	2005–06
	1	Bologna	2024–25
Netherlands (7)	18	Ajax	1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
	18	PSV Eindhoven	1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2023–24, 2024–25
	7	Feyenoord	1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2017–18, 2023–24, 2024–25
	1	Willem II	1999–2000
	1	Heerenveen	2000–01
	1	AZ	2009–10
	1	Twente	2010–11
Russia (7)	12	Spartak Moscow	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2017–18
	12	CSKA Moscow	1992–93, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
	9	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
	6	Lokomotiv Moscow	2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
	2	Rubin Kazan	2009–10, 2010–11
	1	Rostov	2016–17
	1	Krasnodar	2020–21
Belgium (7)	12	Anderlecht	1993–94, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18
	11	Club Brugge	1992–93, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25
	3	Genk	2002–03, 2011–12, 2019–20
	1	Lierse	1997–98
	1	Standard Liège	2009–10
	1	Gent	2015–16
	1	Antwerp	2023–24
Turkey (6)	17	Galatasaray	1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2023–24
	8	Beşiktaş	1997–98, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22
	6	Fenerbahçe	1996–97, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09
	1	Bursaspor	2010–11
	1	Trabzonspor	2011–12
	1	İstanbul Başakşehir	2020–21
Portugal (5)	27	Porto	1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	19	Benfica	1994–95, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	11	Sporting CP	1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25
	3	Braga	2010–11, 2012–13, 2023–24
	2	Boavista	1999–2000, 2001–02
Switzerland (5)	8	Basel	2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18
	3	Young Boys	2018–19, 2021–22, 2023–24
	2	Grasshopper	1995–96, 1996–97
	1	Thun	2005–06
	1	Zürich	2009–10
Denmark (5)	6	Copenhagen	2006–07, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24
	2	Aalborg	1995–96, 2008–09
	1	Brøndby	1998–99
	1	Nordsjælland	2012–13
	1	Midtjylland	2020–21
Romania (5)	4	FCSB	2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14
	3	Steaua București	1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
	3	CFR Cluj	2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
	1	Unirea Urziceni	2009–10
	1	Oțelul Galați	2011–12
Austria (4)	6	Red Bull Salzburg	1994–95, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	4	Sturm Graz	1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2024–25
	2	Rapid Wien	1996–97, 2005–06
	1	Austria Wien	2013–14
Sweden (4)	4	IFK Göteborg	1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98
	3	Malmö FF	2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22
	1	AIK	1999–2000
	1	Helsingborg	2000–01
Greece (3)	20	Olympiacos	1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21
	9	Panathinaikos	1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
	5	AEK Athens	1994–95, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2018–19
Czech Republic (3)	7	Sparta Prague	1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
	4	Viktoria Plzeň	2011–12, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2022–23
	2	Slavia Prague	2007–08, 2019–20
Israel (3)	3	Maccabi Haifa	2002–03, 2009–10, 2022–23
	2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2004–05, 2015–16
	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2010–11
Slovakia (3)	1	Košice	1997–98
	1	Petržalka	2005–06
	1	Žilina	2010–11
Ukraine (2)	19	Shakhtar Donetsk	2000–01, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	18	Dynamo Kyiv	1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2021–22
Scotland (2)	13	Celtic	2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
	11	Rangers	1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2022–23
Norway (2)	11	Rosenborg	1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
	1	Molde	1999–2000
Croatia (2)	8	Dinamo Zagreb	1998–99, 1999–2000, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2022–23
	1	Hajduk Split	1994–95
Cyprus (2)	4	APOEL	2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2017–18
	1	Anorthosis	2008–09
Serbia (2)	3	Red Star Belgrade	2018–19, 2019–20, 2023–24
	2	Partizan	2003–04, 2010–11
Poland (2)	2	Legia Warsaw	1995–96, 2016–17
	1	Widzew Łódź	1996–97
Bulgaria (2)	2	Ludogorets Razgrad	2014–15, 2016–17
	1	Levski Sofia	2006–07
Hungary (2)	2	Ferencváros	1995–96, 2020–21
	1	Debrecen	2009–10
Belarus (1)	5	BATE Borisov	2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
Slovenia (1)	3	Maribor	1999–2000, 2014–15, 2017–18
Finland (1)	1	HJK	1998–99
Kazakhstan (1)	1	Astana	2015–16
Azerbaijan (1)	1	Qarabağ	2017–18
Moldova (1)	1	Sheriff Tiraspol	2021–22

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: 63 (matchday 1 of the first group stage, 2000–01 season).
• Most goals scored in a season: 449 (2000–01 season).

Host of the finals

• The city that has hosted the final the most times is London, doing so on eight occasions. Of these, five have been played at the original Wembley Stadium and thrice at the new Wembley Stadium. Paris come joint second, having hosted six finals.
• The nation that has hosted the most finals is Italy, with nine (Milan and Rome four times each and Bari once). England (London seven times and Manchester once), Spain (Madrid five times, Barcelona twice and Sevilla once) and Germany (Munich four times, Stuttgart twice, Berlin and Gelsenkirchen once each) comes second with eight each.
• The original Wembley Stadium has a record for the stadium that has hosted the most final matches, with five times (1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992). Santiago Bernabéu, Heysel Stadium, San Siro and Stadio Olimpico comes second with four times each.
• The nation that has hosted the finals with most different stadiums is Germany, with five stadiums (Neckarstadion, Munich Olympiastadion, Arena AufSchalke, Allianz Arena and Berlin Olympiastadion). Spain comes second, with four stadiums (Santiago Bernabéu, Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Camp Nou and Metropolitano Stadium).
• London, Munich, Lisbon, Madrid and Paris are the cities that hosted the final with most different stadiums, with two stadiums each.

Clubs

By semi-final appearances

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.^{[note 1]}
  • Manchester City had eight wins and five draws in 2022–23.
  • Real Madrid had nine wins and four draws in 2023–24.
• The team to have won the European Cup with the fewest games won is PSV Eindhoven (1987–88), managing just three victories in the entire tournament, including none from the quarter-finals onwards.
• The team to have won the Champions League with the fewest games won is Manchester United (1998–99), with five wins.
• Three teams have won the Champions League with the most games lost, Liverpool (2018–19), Milan (2002–03) and Real Madrid (1999–2000 and 2021–22), all losing four games.

Final success rate

• Only two clubs have appeared in the final of the European Cup/Champions league more than once, with a 100% success rate:
  • Nottingham Forest (1979, 1980)
  • Porto (1987, 2004)
• Four clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion:
  • Feyenoord (1970)
  • Aston Villa (1982)
  • PSV Eindhoven (1988)
  • Red Star Belgrade (1991)
• On the opposite end of the scale, nineteen clubs have played at least one final, but never won. Only three of these have appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:
  • Reims (1956, 1959)
  • Valencia (2000, 2001)
  • Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016)
• Of the 23 teams who have won the trophy, only two 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)

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: 27, Real Madrid (1997–98 to 2023–24)
• 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)
• Eintracht Frankfurt's appearance in the 2022–23 came 63 years after their previous appearance (1959–60). This was the longest period any team had spent since the previous appearance in the tournament.

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, he 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.^[3]
  • 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.^[4]
• 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.^{[note 2][4][5][6][7]}

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:^[8]

• Marseille (1992–93)
• Ajax (1994–95)
• Juventus (1995–96)

Biggest wins

• The following teams won a single match by ten goals or more in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup:
  • Dinamo București beat Crusaders 11–0 in 1973–74
  • Feyenoord beat KR Reykjavík 12–2 in 1969–70
  • Manchester United beat Anderlecht 10–0 in 1956–57
  • Ipswich Town beat Floriana 10–0 in 1962–63
  • Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 10–0 in 1965–66
  • Leeds United beat Lyn 10–0 in 1969–70
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach beat EPA Larnaca 10–0 in 1970–71
  • Ajax beat Omonia 10–0 in 1979–80
• The largest single match margin of victory in the current Champions League format is 10–0:
  • HJK beat Bangor City in the second qualifying round in 2011–12
• The largest single match margin of victory in the group stage is 8–0:
  • Liverpool beat Beşiktaş in the group stage in 2007–08
  • Real Madrid beat Malmö FF in the group stage in 2015–16
• The largest single match margin of victory in the knockout phase of the current Champions League format is 7–0:
  • Bayern Munich beat Basel in the first knockout round in 2011–12
  • Bayern Munich beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the first knockout round in 2014–15
  • Manchester City beat Schalke 04 in the first knockout round in 2018–19
  • Manchester City beat RB Leipzig in the first knockout round in 2022–23
• The largest single match margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the knockout phase is eight goals:
  • Real Madrid beat Sevilla 8–0 in 1957–58
• The largest single match margin of victory in the quarter-finals of the knockout phase in Champions League era is six goals:^[9]
  • Manchester United beat Roma 7–1 in 2006–07
  • Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 8–2 in 2019–20
• The largest single match margin of victory in the semi-finals of the knockout phase is six goals:
  • Real Madrid beat Zürich 6–0 in 1963–64
• The largest single match margin of victory in the semi-finals of the knockout phase in Champions League era is 4–0:^[9]
  • Bayern Munich beat Barcelona in 2012–13
  • Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich in 2013–14
  • Liverpool beat Barcelona in 2018–19
  • Manchester City beat Real Madrid in 2022–23
• The largest margin of victory in a final is four goals:
  • Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in 1960
  • Bayern Munich beat Atlético Madrid 4–0 in 1974 (replay)
  • Milan beat Steaua București 4–0 in 1989
  • Milan beat Barcelona 4–0 in 1994
• The largest single match margin of victory for an away side is 7–0:
  • Marseille beat Žilina in the group stage in 2010–11
  • Shakhtar Donetsk beat BATE Borisov in the group stage in 2014–15
  • Liverpool beat Maribor in the group stage in 2017–18

Biggest two leg wins

• Benfica hold the overall record for highest aggregate win in the competition. They beat Stade Dudelange 18–0 (8–0 away, 10–0 at home) in the preliminary round in 1965–66.^[10]
• As for the group stage, the record belongs to Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat BATE Borisov 12–0 (7–0 away, 5–0 at home) in 2014–15. Including the preliminary rounds, HJK hold the Champions League era record, beating Bangor City 13–0 (3–0 away, 10–0 at home) in 2011–12.
• Bayern Munich hold the biggest margin of victory on aggregate in the knockout phase of the Champions League era. They beat Sporting CP 12–1 (5–0 away, 7–1 at home) in the round of 16 in 2008–09.
• Real Madrid hold the record for the biggest win in a quarter-final tie, beating Sevilla 10–2 (8–0 at home, 2–2 away) in 1957–58. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid share the record for the biggest win since the 1992 rebranding; Bayern beat 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6–0 (2–0 at home, 4–0 away) in 1998–99, and Barcelona 8–2 in a single leg tie in 2019–20, while Madrid achieved the same feat against APOEL in 2011–12, winning 8–2 (3–0 away, 5–2 at home).^[11]
• Eintracht Frankfurt hold the record for the biggest win in a semi-final tie, beating Rangers 12–4 (6–1, 6–3) in 1959–60. Bayern Munich hold the record in the Champions League era, beating Barcelona 7–0 (4–0 at home, 3–0 away) in 2012–13.

Deciding drawn ties

Play-offs

• The first play-off match held was Borussia Dortmund's 7–0 win against Spora Luxembourg in the preliminary round in 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).
• The last play-off match held was Ajax's 3–0 win against Benfica in the quarter-finals in 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).
• The first (and only) replayed final was in 1974, with Bayern Munich defeating Atlético Madrid 4–0, 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

• The first coin toss occurred in 1957–58, with Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beating Gwardia Warsaw 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.
• The last season to use a coin toss was 1969–70, with Galatasaray beating Spartak Trnava and Celtic beating Benfica, both in the second round. Celtic later progressed to the final.
• A total of 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

• The away goals rule was introduced in 1967–68, with Valur beating Jeunesse Esch 4–4 (1–1 at home, 3–3 away) and Benfica beating Glentoran 1–1 (1–1 away, 0–0 at home), both in the first round. 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.
• The quarter-final of the 2020–21 season between previous year's finalists Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain was the last to be decided by the away goals rule before its abolition from the following season.
• 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

• The first penalty shoot-out in the European Cup was between Everton and Borussia Mönchengladbach on 4 November 1970, after both games ended 1–1. Gladbach's Klaus-Dieter Sieloff was the first player to score 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.
• The first penalty shoot-out in a final was between Liverpool and Roma in the 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:^[12]
  • 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)
• Four teams were involved in four penalty shoot-outs: Atlético Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid.
• Liverpool (out of three), Atlético Madrid (out of four), Bayern Munich (out of four) and Real Madrid (out of four) are the only teams to have won three penalty shoot-outs.
• Six 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) and Porto (two out of two). Ajax, Roma, Lyon and Porto are the only teams to have played in multiple shoot-outs and failed to have won one.

Extra time

• Real Madrid had a record 13 ties require extra time to be decided; nine of these were decided by the end of extra time, and four went to penalty shoot-outs.
• Four clubs have reached extra time in the final matches three times:
  • Real Madrid (1958, 2014 and 2016)
  • Milan (1958, 2003 and 2005)
  • Bayern Munich (1974, 2001 and 2012)
  • 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 beat Milan 3–2 in 1958
  • Manchester United beat Benfica 4–1 in 1968
  • Feyenoord beat Celtic 2–1 in 1970
  • Barcelona beat Sampdoria 1–0 in 1992
  • Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 4–1 in 2014

Most goals in a match

• The most goals scored in a single match across all European Cup/Champions League seasons is fourteen, which occurred when Feyenoord beat KR Reykjavík 12–2 in the first round in 1969–70.
• The most goals scored in a single match in the Champions League era is twelve, which occurred when Borussia Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8–4 in the group stage in 2016–17.
• Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 8–2 in the quarter-finals in 2019–20. With ten goals, this is the highest-scoring individual knockout game in the Champions League era.^[13]
• Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the 1960 final. With ten goals, this is the highest-scoring final across both the European Cup and the Champions League.
• With six goals, a 3–3 draw between Milan and Liverpool in the 2005 final is the highest-scoring final in the Champions League era.

Highest scoring draws

• The highest scoring draw in a European Cup/Champions League match had eight goals (four goals for each side), and occurred on five occasions:
  • Vörös Lobogó 4–4 Reims in the 1955–56 quarter-finals
  • Hamburger SV 4–4 Juventus in the 2000–01 first group stage
  • Chelsea 4–4 Liverpool in the 2008–09 quarter-finals
  • Bayer Leverkusen 4–4 Roma in the 2015–16 group stage
  • Chelsea 4–4 Ajax in the 2019–20 group stage

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)
• Twenty clubs have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage despite not having won the domestic league title before:
  • Rennes
  • 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hertha BSC, RB Leipzig, Schalke 04, Union Berlin
  • Atalanta, Parma, Udinese
  • Heerenveen
  • Braga
  • Krasnodar, Rostov
  • Celta Vigo, 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:^[14]
  • 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;^[15] 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; 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^[16]
• 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 18 teams were trailing by three goals at some point in a knockout match, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
  • Manchester United were trailing 0–3 to Athletic Bilbao after 43 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1956–57, and then 2–5 after 78 minutes, but managed to finish the game 3–5 and won 3–0 in the second leg and 6–5 on aggregate.
  • CCA București lost 2–4 to Borussia Dortmund in the first round 1957–58 and were trailing 0–1 (2–5 on aggregate) after 12 minutes of the second leg, but managed to win the game 3–1 to qualify for the next round on away goals.
  • Hamburg were trailing 0–3 to Burnley after 74 minutes of the first leg in the quarter-final 1960–61, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–1 in the second leg and 5–4 on aggregate.
  • Spartak Trnava were trailing 0–3 to Steaua București after 51 minutes of the first leg in the first round 1968–69, but managed to finish the game 1–3 and won 4–0 in the second leg and 5–3 on aggregate.
  • Austria 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 one team has lost the first leg of a knockout match at home by two goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round:
  • Manchester United lost 2–0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 in 2018–19 at Old Trafford, but won 3–1 in the second leg at the Parc des Princes to advance on away goals^[17] 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^[18]
• 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 twelve 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

Defence

Arsenal goalkeepers Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia racked up ten consecutive clean sheets en route to the 2006 final.

• Arsenal hold the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in the competition, with ten during the 2005–06 season. They did not concede a goal for 995 minutes between September 2005 and May 2006.^[19] 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).
• Aston Villa (in 9 matches in 1981–82) and Milan (in 12 matches in 1993–94) hold the record for the fewest goals conceded by European Cup-winning team, conceding only two goals. In addition, Milan achieved the lowest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning in the history of the competition (0.16).
• Real Madrid hold the record for the most goals conceded by a Champions League-winning team, conceding 23 goals in 17 matches in 1999–2000.
• Benfica achieved the highest-ever goals conceded-per-game ratio for Champions League-winning in the history of the competition (1.57), the club conceded 11 goals in 7 matches in 1961–62.
• Benfica hold the record for the fewest goals conceded by a finalists, conceding only one goal in 1987–88 season.
• Manchester United holds the record for the longest run without conceding from the start of a campaign, with 481 minutes in the 2010–11 season. The run ended with Pablo Hernández's goal for Valencia after 32 minutes on matchday 6 of the group stage.
  • That season, the club also became the only side to play six away games in a single Champions League campaign without conceding a goal.

Goalscoring records

• Barcelona holds the record for most goals in a season, with the club scoring 45 goals in 16 matches in 1999–2000. Including qualifying stages, Liverpool holds this feat, scoring 47 goals in 15 matches in 2017–18.
• Bayern Munich hold the record for most goals by a Champions League-winning side, scoring 43 goals in 11 matches in 2019–20.
• Real Madrid hold the record for highest-ever goal-per-game ratio by a Champions League-winning side (4.4), scoring 31 goals in 7 matches in 1959–60.
• PSV Eindhoven hold the record for fewest goals by a Champions League-winning, scoring 9 goals in 9 matches in 1987–88. Additionally, the club achieved the lowest-ever goal-per-game ratio in the history of the competition (1).
• Real Madrid holds the record for a title-winning team that has the most players who scored at least one goal in one season, with fourteen players in the 2001–02 season.
• Borussia Mönchengladbach holds the record for the team with the most players to have scored in a single match, with eight players against EPA Larnaca on 22 September 1970.
• Real Madrid is the first club to reach the 1000th goal in the history of the competition, 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.^[20]

Meetings

• Bayern Munich and Real Madrid played each other on a record 28 occasions.
• Fellow English clubs Liverpool and Chelsea played each other in a record five consecutive seasons between 2004–05 and 2008–09 editions, while Spanish sides Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid also played each other for four consecutive seasons between 2013–14 and 2016–17, including the 2014 and 2016 finals.

Penalties

• Real Madrid is the club with the most penalties awarded in the Champions League, with 58.^[21][22] They are also the club with the most penalties conceded in the competition, with 35.^[23]
• The match between Sevilla and Red Bull Salzburg in the 2021–22 group stage had a record four penalties awarded (three for Salzburg and one for Sevilla), of which two were scored.^[24]
• The 2001 final is the final with the highest number of penalties in the history of the tournament, as three penalties were awarded, of which two were scored. Additionally the game ended in a penalty shoot-out.
• 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

• Juventus hold the record for the most red cards, with 28.
• The match between Bayern Munich and Juventus in the second leg of the round of 16 in the 2015–16 season had a record for most yellow cards, with 12.

Own goals

• Real Madrid hold the record for most own goals scored, with 12.
• The match between Astana and Galatasaray in the 2015–16 group stage holds the record for the most own goals scored, with 3.

Finals

• Only one pair of teams have played each other in three finals:
  • Real Madrid against 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:^[25]
  • Real Madrid against Reims (won 4–3 in 1956 and won 2–0 in 1959)
  • Milan against Benfica (won 2–1 in 1963 and won 1–0 in 1990)
  • Milan against Ajax (won 4–1 in 1969 and lost 0–1 in 1995)
  • Ajax against Juventus (won 1–0 in 1973 and lost 1–1 (2–4 on penalties) in 1996)
  • Liverpool against Milan (won 3–3 (3–2 on penalties) in 2005 and lost 1–2 in 2007)
  • Barcelona against Manchester United (won 2–0 in 2009 and won 3–1 in 2011)
  • Real Madrid against Atlético Madrid (won 4–1 (a.e.t.) in 2014 and won 1–1 (5–3 on penalties) in 2016)
  • Real Madrid against 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 vs Reims
  • 1961: Benfica vs Barcelona
  • 1971: Ajax vs Panathinaikos
  • 1974: Bayern Munich vs Atletico Madrid
  • 1977: Liverpool vs Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 1979: Nottingham Forest vs Malmö FF
  • 1983: Hamburger SV vs Juventus
  • 1986: Steaua București vs Barcelona
  • 1991: Red Star Belgrade vs Marseille
  • 1992: Barcelona vs Sampdoria
• On eight 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 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach (semi-finals)
  • 1996–97: Juventus vs Ajax (semi-finals)
  • 2010–11: Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich (round of 16)
  • 2014–15: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (quarter-finals)
  • 2016–17: Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-finals)
  • 2017–18: Real Madrid vs Juventus (quarter-finals)
  • 2020–21: Bayern Munich vs Paris Saint-Germain (quarter-finals)
  • 2022–23: Liverpool vs Real Madrid (round of 16)
    • 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.
• 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).^[26]

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, 31 meetings between teams from the same league have been 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)
  • Eleven 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)
  • 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)
  • Two 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)
    • 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)
  • One meeting from the French league:
    • 2009–10: Lyon 3–2 Bordeaux, quarter-finals (3–1, 0–1)
• Germany has provided the highest number of participants in the history of the competition (including West and East Germany), including the qualifying stages, with 28 clubs:
  • 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, 1899 Hoffenheim and Union Berlin
• Three 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 in 2022–23 (Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig)
• 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.^[27]
• 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.