UEFA club competition records and statistics
Clubs
[edit]UEFA club competition winners
[edit]Real Madrid hold the record for the most overall titles (26), and have the most UEFA Super Cup wins (6) as well.[1] The Madrid club also have a record 15 titles achieved in the UEFA Champions League and its predecessor.[2] Barcelona have a record four titles in the Cup Winners' Cup, while Sevilla have a record of seven UEFA Cup and Europa League titles.[3] Roma, West Ham United, and Olympiacos have each won one UEFA Conference League title. Finally, German clubs Hamburger SV, Schalke 04, and VfB Stuttgart, as well as Spanish club Villarreal, are the record holders by titles won in the UEFA Intertoto Cup (two each).
Ranking main European club competitions' winning club sides by winning percentage
[edit]This is a ranking of all club sides which have won one of the three main European competitions, past or present.[4]
Bayern Munich are the only team to finish a continental competition with a 100% winning record, achieving that milestone in 2020 as part of a modified tournament structure with a final eight in a neutral venue held in a single elimination match due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Top 15 club sides
[edit]Qualifying and preliminary round matches are not included, neither are play-off matches; results of penalty shoot-outs are considered the score which preceded them (including extra time).
- Table key
| Rank | Club | Tournament | Season | Pld | W | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Bayern Munich |
Champions League | 2019–20 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 8 | +35 | 100% |
| 2. |  West Ham United |
Europa Conference League | 2022–23 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 92.31% |
| 3. |  Dynamo Kyiv |
Cup Winners' Cup | 1974–75 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 88.88% |
| 4. |  Paris Saint-Germain |
Cup Winners' Cup | 1995–96 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 88.88% |
| 5. |  Atlético Madrid |
Europa League | 2011–12 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 86.67% |
| 6. |  Real Madrid |
European Cup | 1959–60 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 85.71% |
| 7. | Tottenham Hotspur |
Cup Winners' Cup | 1962–63 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 85.71% |
| 8. |  Ajax |
European Cup | 1972–73 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 85.71% |
| 9. |  Inter Milan |
European Cup | 1963–64 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 85.71% |
| 10. | Real Madrid |
Champions League | 2013–14 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 10 | +31 | 84.61% |
| 11. | Barcelona |
Champions League | 2014–15 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 84.61% |
| 12. | Juventus |
UEFA Cup | 1992–93 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 6 | +25 | 83.33% |
| 13. | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
UEFA Cup | 1974–75 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 83.33% |
| 14. | Bayern Munich |
UEFA Cup | 1995–96 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 83.33% |
| 15. | Fiorentina |
Cup Winners' Cup | 1960–61 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 83.33% |
List of teams to have won the three main European club competitions
[edit]
To date, five clubs have won all three main pre-1999 UEFA club competitions, the "European Treble" of European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.[5][6][7]
Although the Cup Winners' Cup no longer exists, 27 of its former winners could still add wins in the other two competitions to achieve this UEFA treble. Ten of those teams are just one trophy away from the feat, including Barcelona and Milan who have both won the Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup titles and are one Europa League trophy away from achieving the UEFA treble.[8][9] Other clubs needing the Europa League title to achieve the treble are Hamburg, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City, having previously won the European Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup once each. The remaining five clubs need to win the Champions League; Atlético Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Anderlecht, Valencia and Parma.
Upon the commencement of the UEFA Conference League in the 2021–22 season, there is a chance for the 32 former winners of the Cup Winners' Cup to win that competition. Any other existing clubs can also win a modern UEFA treble (counting only the Champions, Europa and Conference League titles) in the future.
Only the first win is shown for any club with multiple wins of the same competition.
Juventus received The UEFA Plaque from the confederation in 1988, in recognition of being the first side in European football history to win all three major UEFA club competitions,[10][11] and the only one to reach it with in a single coach spell (i.e. Giovanni Trapattoni). They completed the European treble in the shortest amount of time (8 years), while Manchester United reached it in the longest (49 years).[12]
Chelsea is the first and only club to win all three pre-1999 main UEFA club competitions more than once each, having won the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, and 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. They won the 2012–13 Europa League, the club's first title in the tournament, after being transferred as a third-placed team in the season's Champions League group stage, the first Champions League holders to be eliminated that early.[13][14]
Hamburg, Fiorentina, Ajax, Arsenal, and Liverpool are the only clubs to have been runners-up in all three of these competitions.[15] After the inception of the UEFA Conference League from the 2021–22 season, Fiorentina became the first club in European football to finish as runners-up in all four seasonal competitions, achieved after losing the 2023 Europa Conference League final.
List of teams to have won all UEFA club competitions
[edit]Until the first Conference League final in 2022, Juventus was the only club in association football history to have won every men's official confederation tournaments.[16]
| Club | First title | Second title | Third title | Fourth title | Fifth title | Sixth title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juventus |
1976–77 UEFA Cup | 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup | 1984 European Super Cup | 1984–85 European Cup | 1985 Intercontinental Cup | 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
Shows first win only in the case of club's multiple wins of same competition.
German side Hamburg was the only club to have been runners-up in all six UEFA club competitions played until 2021.[15] The club lost in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1968, the European Super Cup in 1977 and 1983, the final of the European Cup in 1980, the final of the UEFA Cup in 1982, the Intercontinental Cup in 1983, and the finals of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999.
All finalists from one country
[edit]The 2018–19 season was the first time that all European finals featured representatives from only one country (England). In the Champions League final, Liverpool defeated Tottenham Hotspur, while Chelsea defeated Arsenal in the Europa League final.[17][18][19][20]
| Season | Competition | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | Liverpool |
Tottenham Hotspur
|
| UEFA Europa League | Chelsea |
Arsenal
|
All winners from one country
[edit]Before the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999 and after the commencement of the Conference League in 2021, only once have three clubs from the same country – Italy in 1989–90 – won all three main UEFA club competitions in the same season:[21] In between, clubs from the same country have won both remaining main UEFA club competitions (Champions League and Europa League) in the same season six times: two Spanish teams in 2005–06, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, and 2017–18, and two English teams in 2018–19.
| Season | Competition | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | European Cup | Milan
|
| European Cup Winners' Cup | Sampdoria
| |
| UEFA Cup | Juventus
| |
| 2005–06 | UEFA Champions League | Barcelona
|
| UEFA Cup | Sevilla
| |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid
|
| UEFA Europa League | Sevilla
| |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Champions League | Barcelona
|
| UEFA Europa League | Sevilla
| |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid
|
| UEFA Europa League | Sevilla
| |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid
|
| UEFA Europa League | Atlético Madrid
| |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | Liverpool
|
| UEFA Europa League | Chelsea
|
All runners-up from one country
[edit]In 2022–23 season, for the first time in European football history, three different member teams from the same association (Italian FIGC) lost in all three UEFA competitions: Inter Milan lost the Champions League final, Roma lost the Europa League final and Fiorentina lost the Europa Conference League final, respectively.[22][23]
Finalists from the same city
[edit]Clubs from the same city played with each other on four occasions. Only Madrid and London clubs have achieved this rare feat.
| Edition | Competition | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid |
Atlético Madrid
|
| 2015–16 | UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid |
Atlético Madrid
|
| 2018 | UEFA Super Cup | Atlético Madrid |
Real Madrid
|
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | Chelsea |
Arsenal
|
Other records
[edit]- Milan have lost a record 11 UEFA competition finals: 4 in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, a shared record of 4 in the Intercontinental Cup (with Argentinian side Independiente), 1 in the Cup Winners' Cup, and 2 in the UEFA Super Cup.
- Juventus played a record 54 consecutive matches in UEFA competitions, stretching from 13 September 1994 to 21 April 1999, and reached four consecutive finals and one semi-final during that period.
- Real Madrid have played (603) and won (354) more games than any other side in Europe, and also hold the records for most goals scored (1,279) and conceded (659) as of 10 December 2024.[24]
- Barcelona have drawn more games than any other team (120) as of 11 December 2024.[24]
- Anderlecht have lost the most games in confederation competitions (149) as of 12 December 2024.[24]
- Fiorentina are the only team to reach the finals of the four seasonal UEFA club competitions: the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, the Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the UEFA Conference League.
- Jeunesse Esch have the worst goal difference in UEFA competition matches (−183 from 81 games) as of June 2020.[24]
Players
[edit]List of players to have won the three main European club competitions
[edit]The table below show the ten players who have won all three major former and current UEFA club competitions (chronological order).[25][26]
Shows first win only for any player with multiple wins of same competition.
List of players to have won all international club competitions
[edit]Although no footballer has ever won all six competitions, the table below show the only seven players who have won five different international competitions organised by UEFA,[26] including the three seasonal tournaments, until the introduction of the Conference League in 2021–22 season (chronological order).
| Footballer | European Cup/ Champions League |
UEFA Cup/ Europa League[26] |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Super Cup | Intercontinental Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetano Scirea |
1985 – Juventus | 1977 – Juventus | 1984 – Juventus | 1984 – Juventus | 1985 – Juventus |
| Antonio Cabrini
| |||||
| Arnold Mühren |
1973 – Ajax | 1981 – Ipswich Town | 1987 – Ajax | 1973 – Ajax | 1972 – Ajax |
| Stefano Tacconi |
1985 – Juventus | 1990 – Juventus | 1984 – Juventus | 1984 – Juventus | 1985 – Juventus |
| Sergio Brio
| |||||
| Danny Blind |
1995 – Ajax | 1992 – Ajax | 1987 – Ajax | 1995 – Ajax | 1995 – Ajax |
Most appearances in UEFA club competitions
[edit]- As of 19 December 2024[27]
Includes all rounds of UEFA Champions League (UCL), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (UCWC), UEFA Europa League (UEL), UEFA Conference League (UECL), UEFA Intertoto Cup (UIC), UEFA Super Cup (USC), Intercontinental Cup (IC)
| Rank | Player | Apps | Debut in Europe |
Retirement | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cristiano Ronaldo
|
197 | 2002 | — | Sporting CP Manchester United Real Madrid Juventus |
| 2 | Pepe Reina
|
192 | 2000 | — | Barcelona Villarreal Liverpool Napoli Milan Lazio |
| 3 | Iker Casillas
|
188 | 1999 | 2019 | Real Madrid Porto |
| 4 | Paolo Maldini
|
174 | 1985 | 2009 | Milan |
| 5 | Xavi
|
173 | 1999 | 2015 | Barcelona |
| 6 | Gianluigi Buffon
|
167 | 1995 | 2023 | Parma Juventus Paris Saint-Germain |
 Lionel Messi
|
167 | 2004 | — | Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain | |
| 8 |  Luka Modrić
|
165 | 2006 | — | Dinamo Zagreb Tottenham Hotspur Real Madrid |
| 9 | Toni Kroos
|
164 | 2007 | 2024 | Bayern Munich Real Madrid |
| 10 | Clarence Seedorf
|
163 | 1995 | 2012 | Ajax Sampdoria Real Madrid Inter Milan Milan |
Bold = Still active
Top scorers in UEFA club competitions
[edit]- As of 19 December 2024[28]
Includes all rounds of UEFA Champions League (UCL), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (UCWC), UEFA Europa League (UEL), UEFA Conference League (UECL), UEFA Intertoto Cup (UIC), UEFA Super Cup (USC), Intercontinental Cup (IC)
| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Goal ratio | Debut in Europe |
Retirement | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
145 | 197 | 0.74 | 2002 | — | Sporting CP Manchester United Real Madrid Juventus |
| 2 | Lionel Messi
|
132 | 167 | 0.79 | 2004 | — | Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain |
| 3 |  Robert Lewandowski
|
109 | 153 | 0.71 | 2008 | — | Lech Poznań Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Barcelona |
| 4 |  Karim Benzema
|
92 | 157 | 0.59 | 2005 | — | Lyon Real Madrid |
| 5 | Raúl
|
77 | 161 | 0.48 | 1995 | 2012 | Real Madrid Schalke 04 |
| 6 | Filippo Inzaghi
|
70 | 114 | 0.61 | Parma Juventus Milan | ||
| 7 |  Andriy Shevchenko
|
67 | 143 | 0.47 | 1994 | Dynamo Kyiv Milan Chelsea | |
| 8 | Sergio Agüero
|
63 | 109 | 0.58 | 2007 | 2021 | Atlético Madrid Manchester City Barcelona |
 Edin Džeko
|
63 | 147 | 0.43 | 2008 | — | Wolfsburg Manchester City Roma Inter Milan Fenerbahçe | |
| 10 | Gerd Müller
|
62 | 71 | 0.87 | 1967 | 1981 | Bayern Munich |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy
|
62 | 92 | 0.67 | 1998 | 2012 | PSV Eindhoven Manchester United Real Madrid Hamburger SV |
Bold = Still active
Other records
[edit]- In September 2021, Harry Kane became the first player to score a hat-trick in each of the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League.[29]
- Paolo Maldini is the player with the most European appearances for a single club (174 for Milan).
- In March 2023, Gift Orban became the fastest hat-trick scorer in the history of UEFA club competitions.[30]
Managers
[edit]List of managers to have won the three main European club competitions
[edit]The table below show the only three managers who have won all three major former and current UEFA club competitions.[26]
Shows first win only for any manager with multiple wins of same competition.
French manager Arsène Wenger is the only manager who has been runner-up in three major UEFA club competitions.[26] He finished runner-up in the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup with Monaco and in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup and 2005–06 UEFA Champions League with Arsenal.
List of managers to have won all international club competitions
[edit]Although no manager has ever won all seven competitions, the table below shows the only one to have won five different international tournaments organised by UEFA,[26] including the three seasonal tournaments, until the introduction of the Conference League in the 2021–22 season.
Shows first win only in the case of manager's multiple wins of same competition.
Attendance
[edit]Highest attendance for a UEFA club competition
[edit]| Rank | Match | Date | Competition | Stadium and City | Attendance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Celtic 2–1 Leeds United
|
15 April 1970 | European Cup | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | 136,505 (official attendance) | [31] |
See also
[edit]- European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics
- UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup records and statistics
- European association football club records and statistics
- List of world association football records
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