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Facts about the UEFA Champions League as draw begins

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Facts about the UEFA Champions League as draw begins
Champions League
As the draw for the biggest club football competition (UEFA Champions League)  begins today, let’s refresh our memories and give some historical information and figures about the tournament.
Teams with most Champions League:
• 15 times — 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
• 7 times — 🇮🇹AC Milan
• 6 times — 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
• 6 times — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool
• 5 times — 🇪🇸 Barcelona
• 4 times — 🇳🇱 Ajax
• 3 times — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
• 3 times — 🇮🇹 Inter Milan
• 2 times — 🇮🇹 Juventus
• 2 times — 🇵🇹 Benfica
• 2 times — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
• 2 times — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest
• 2 times — 🇵🇹 Porto
• 1 time — 🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
• 1 time — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic
• 1 time — 🇩🇪 Hamburg
• 1 time — 🇷🇴 Steaua Bucharest
• 1 time — 🇫🇷 Marseille
• 1 time — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
• 1 time — 🇳🇱 Feyenoord
• 1 time — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa
• 1 time — 🇳🇱 PSV Eindhoven
• 1 time — 🇷🇸 Red Star
All-time highest goal scorer
140 goals — 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
129 goals — 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
94 goals — 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski
90 goals — 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
71 goals — 🇪🇸 Raul González
56 goals — 🇳🇱 Ruud van Nistelrooy
54 goals — 🇩🇪 Thomas Müller
50 goals — 🇫🇷 Thierry Henry
49 goals — 🇪🇸 Alfredo di Stefano
48 goals — Zlatan Ibrahimovic
48 goals — 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappe
All-time highest goal assister
42 assists — 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
40 assists — 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
39 assists — 🇦🇷 Angel Di Maria
33 assists — 🇧🇷 Neymar
31 assists — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Giggs
30 assists — 🇪🇸 Xavi
29 assists — 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
29 assists — 🇪🇸 Andres Iniesta
29 assists — Kevin De Bruyne
29 assists — 🇩🇪 Thomas Muller
Most goals scored in the Champions League group stage:
80 goals — 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
73 goals — 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
62 goals — 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski
56 goals — 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
53 goals — 🇪🇸 Raul González
Most goals scored in the knockout stages of the Champions League:
67 goals — 🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo
49 goals — 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
32 goals — 🇫🇷 Benzema
30 goals — 🇵🇱Robert Lewandowski
27 goals — 🇩🇪 Thomas Müller
20 goals — 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
Teams that achieved 18/18 points in the group stage of the Champions League:
✅ACMilan 1992/93
✅Paris Saint-Germain 1994/95
✅ Spartak Moscow 1995/96
✅ Barcelona 2002/03
✅ Real Madrid 2011/12
✅ Real Madrid 2014/15
✅ Bayern Munich 2019/20
✅ Ajax 2021/22
✅ Bayern Munich 2021/22
✅ Liverpool 2021/22
✅ Bayern Munich 2022/23
✅ Real Madrid 2023/24
✅ Manchester City 2023/24
More facts;
Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to open the Champions League goals in two different versions.
✅2009/10 season
✅ 2021/22 season
Cristiano Ronaldo’s record still stands as the highest scorer in the history of the Champions League in a single season 😱
2013/14 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (17 goals)
2015/16 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (16 goals)
Cristiano Ronaldo is the player who has won the top scorer title in the most consecutive seasons in the history of the Champions League!
✅ 2012/13
✅ 2013/14
✅ 2014/15
✅ 2015/16
✅ 2016/17
✅ 2017/18
Youngest player to score in the Champions League:
🇪🇸 Ansu Fati (17 years and 40 days)
Oldest player to score in the Champions League:
🇵🇹 Pepe (40 years and 289 days)
Most appearances in the Champions League:
183 matches — 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
177 matches — 🇪🇸 Iker Casillas
163 matches — 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
152 matches — 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
151 matches — 🇪🇸 Xavi Hernández
151 matches — 🇩🇪 Thomas Müller
151 matches — 🇩🇪 Toni Kroos
Robert Lewandowski is the only player in Champions League history to score a hat-trick with three different clubs.
✅ With Dortmund
✅ With Bayern Munich
✅ With Barcelona
He also has the fastest hat-trick in the Champions League since the start of the match, having done it in the first 23 minutes — against Salzburg in March 2022.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the only player in the history of the Champions League who played for seven different clubs 😨
🇳🇱 Ajax
🇮🇹 Juventus
🇮🇹 Inter Milan
🇮🇹 AC Milan
🇪🇸 Barcelona
🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
Historically. Most Champions League titles in the modern format:
6 times — 🇭🇷 Modrić
6 times — 🇪🇸 Carvajal
6 times — 🇩🇪 Kroos
6 times — 🇪🇸 Nacho
5 times — 🇵🇹 Ronaldo
5 times — 🇫🇷 Benzema
5 times — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bale
5 times — 🇪🇸 Isco
5 times — 🇧🇷 Marcelo
5 times — 🇧🇷 Casemiro
5 times — 🇪🇸 Vazquez
Historically…There are only 3 players in the history of the Champions League who have scored 5 goals in a single match:
2022/23 — 🇳🇴 Haaland vs Leipzig
2014/15 — 🇧🇷 Luiz Adriano vs Bate Borisov
2011/12 — 🇦🇷 Messi vs Bayer Leverkusen
Historically.Most Champions League winning coaches:
🇮🇹 Ancelotti 5 times
With Milan 2003, 2007
With Real Madrid 2014, 2022, 2024
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Paisley 3 times
Liverpool 1977, 1978, 1981
🇫🇷 Zidane 3 times
Real Madrid 2016, 2017, 2018
🇪🇸 Guardiola 3 times
Barcelona 2009, 2011
Manchester City 2023
Historically. Teams that achieved the Champions League without losing.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool
✅ 1980/81
✅ 1983/84
🇮🇹 AC Milan
✅ 1988/89
✅ 1993/94
🇳🇱 Ajax
✅ 1971/72
✅ 1994/95
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
✅ 1998/99
✅ 2007/08
🇮🇹 Inter Milan
✅ 1963/64
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest
✅ 1978/79
🇷🇸 Red Star
✅ 1990/91
🇫🇷 Marseille
✅ 1992/93
🇪🇸 Barcelona
✅ 2005/06
🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
✅ 2019/20
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
✅ 2022/23
🇪🇸 Real Madrid
✅ 2023/24

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