UEFA club competition records and statistics
Clubs
UEFA club competition winners
Real Madrid hold the record for the most overall titles (22) while Milan has the most UEFA Super Cup wins (5), a record shared with Barcelona.[1] The Madrid club have a record thirteen titles achieved in the UEFA Champions League and its predecessor.[2] Barcelona have a record four titles in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup while Sevilla have a record of six UEFA Cup and Europa League titles.[3] 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 (2 each).
Ranking three main European club competitions' winning club sides by winning percentage
This is a ranking of all club sides which have won one of the three main European competitions.[4]
Bayern Munich are the only team to finish a continental competition with a 100% winning record, achieving that milestone in 2020.
Top 15 club sides
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. |  Dynamo Kyiv | Cup Winners' Cup | 1974–75 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 88.88% |
| 3. |  Paris Saint-Germain | Cup Winners' Cup | 1995–96 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 88.88% |
| 4. |  Atlético Madrid | Europa League | 2011–12 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 86.67% |
| 5. | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Real Madrid | European Cup | 1959–60 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 85.71% |
| 6. |  Tottenham Hotspur | Cup Winners' Cup | 1962–63 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 85.71% |
| 7. |  Ajax | European Cup | 1972–73 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 85.71% |
| 8. |  Inter Milan | European Cup | 1963–64 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 85.71% |
| 9. | Real Madrid | Champions League | 2013–14 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 10 | +31 | 84.61% |
| 10. | Barcelona | Champions League | 2014–15 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 84.61% |
| 11. | Juventus | UEFA Cup | 1992–93 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 6 | +25 | 83.33% |
| 12. | Borussia Mönchengladbach | UEFA Cup | 1974–75 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 83.33% |
| 13. | Bayern Munich | UEFA Cup | 1995–96 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 83.33% |
| 14. | Fiorentina | Cup Winners' Cup | 1960–61 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 83.33% |
| 15. | Borussia Dortmund | Champions League | 1996–97 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 81.81% |
List of teams to have won the three main European club competitions
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] 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. Nine of those teams are just one trophy away from the feat, including Barcelona and Milan[6][7] who have both won the Champions League and Cup Winners' Cup and are one Europa League trophy away from achieving the UEFA treble. Other clubs needing Europa League title to achieve the treble are German clubs Hamburg and Borussia Dortmund having previously won the European Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup 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 Europa Conference League in 2021–22 season, there is a chance for the 32 former winners of the Cup Winners' Cup to win a UEFA quadruple. Any other existing clubs can also win a modern UEFA treble (counting only the Champions, Europa, and Europa Conference Leagues title) 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,[8][9] 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).[10]
Chelsea is the first 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, not including the two UEFA Super Cups they won in 1998 and 2021.
Hamburg, Fiorentina, Ajax, Arsenal and Liverpool are the only clubs to have been runners-up in all three of these competitions.[11]
List of teams to have won all UEFA club competitions
Juventus was the first club – and remains the only one club at present – in association football history to have won all six official confederation tournaments.[12]
| 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 are the only club to have been runners-up in all six UEFA club competitions.[13] 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 winners from one country
Before the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999 and the commencement of the Europa 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:[14]
| Season | Competition | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | European Cup | Milan |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | Sampdoria | |
| UEFA Cup | Juventus |
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.
All finalists from one country
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.[15][16]
| Season | Competition | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | Liverpool | Tottenham Hotspur |
| UEFA Europa League | Chelsea | Arsenal |
Other records
- Milan have lost a record 11 UEFA competition finals: 4 in European Cup/UEFA Champions League, a record of 4 in Intercontinental Cup, 1 in Cup Winners' Cup, and 2 in UEFA Super Cup.
- Juventus played a record 54 consecutive matches in UEFA competitions, stretched from 13 September 1994 to 21 April 1999, reaching four consecutive finals and one semi-final during that period.
- Real Madrid has played (570) and won (331) more games than any other side in Europe, and also hold the records for most goals scored (1,207) and conceded (623) as of 26 April 2022.[17]
- Barcelona has drawn more games than any other team (117) as of 14 April 2022.[17]
- Anderlecht has lost the most games in confederation competitions (144) as of 26 August 2021.[17]
- Jeunesse Esch has the worst goal difference in UEFA competition matches (−183 from 81 games) as of June 2020.[17]
- Barcelona became the first women's club to follow its men's team of winning the Champions League, by winning the 2021 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. Barcelona men's team won their fifth and most recent in 2015. The beaten finalists Chelsea was also seeking to break that record as well, as its men's team won their maiden in 2012. They were already the first club ever to see its men's and women's teams reach the Champions League final in the same season, having qualified for the UEFA Champions League Final as well.
Players
List of players to have won the three main European club competitions
The table below show the nine players who have won all three major pre-1999 UEFA club competitions.[18][19]
| Footballer | European Cup/ Champions League |
UEFA Cup/ Europa League[20] |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetano Scirea | 1985 – Juventus | 1977 – Juventus | 1984 – Juventus |
| Antonio Cabrini | |||
| Marco Tardelli | |||
| Arnold Mühren | 1973 – Ajax | 1981 – Ipswich Town | 1987 – Ajax |
| Sergio Brio | 1985 – Juventus | 1990 – Juventus | 1984 – Juventus |
| Stefano Tacconi | |||
| Danny Blind | 1995 – Ajax | 1992 – Ajax | 1987 – Ajax |
| Gianluca Vialli | 1996 – Juventus | 1993 – Juventus | 1990 – Sampdoria |
 Vítor Baía | 2004 – Porto | 2003 – Porto | 1997 – Barcelona |
Shows first win only for any player with multiple wins of same competition.
List of players to have won all international club competitions
The table below show the only six players who have won all international tournaments recognised by UEFA[21] (chronological order).
| Footballer | European Cup/ Champions League |
UEFA Cup/ Europa League[19] |
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
- As of 27 April 2022[22]
Includes UEFA Champions League (UCL), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (CWC), UEFA Europa League (UEL), UEFA Europa 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 |
191 | 2002 | — | Sporting CP Manchester United Real Madrid Juventus |
| 2 | Iker Casillas |
188 | 1999 | 2019 | Real Madrid Porto |
| 3 | Pepe Reina |
178 | 2000 | — | Barcelona Villarreal Liverpool Napoli Milan Lazio |
| 4 | Paolo Maldini |
174 | 1985 | 2009 | Milan |
| 5 | Xavi |
173 | 1999 | 2015 | Barcelona |
| 6 | Gianluigi Buffon |
167 | 1995 | — | Parma Juventus Paris Saint-Germain |
| 7 | Clarence Seedorf |
163 | 2012 | Ajax Sampdoria Real Madrid Inter Milan Milan | |
| 8 | Raúl |
161 | Real Madrid Schalke 04 | ||
| 9 |  Javier Zanetti |
160 | 2014 | Inter Milan | |
| Lionel Messi |
2004 | — | Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain |
Bold = Still active
Top scorers in UEFA club competitions
- As of 27 April 2022[23]
Includes UEFA Champions League (UCL), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (UCWC), UEFA Europa League (UEL), UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL), UEFA Intertoto Cup (Int), UEFA Super Cup (SC), Intercontinental Cup (IC)
| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Goal ratio | Debut in Europe | Retirement | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
143 | 191 | 0.75 | 2002 | — | Sporting CP Manchester United Real Madrid Juventus |
| 2 | Lionel Messi |
128 | 160 | 0.8 | 2004 | Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain | |
| 3 |  Robert Lewandowski |
93 | 131 | 0.71 | 2008 | Lech Poznań Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich | |
| 4 | Karim Benzema |
86 | 142 | 0.61 | 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 |
| 9 | Gerd Müller |
62 | 71 | 0.87 | 1967 | 1981 | Bayern Munich |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy |
92 | 0.67 | 1998 | 2012 | PSV Eindhoven Manchester United Real Madrid Hamburger SV |
Bold = Still active
Other records
- In September 2021, Harry Kane became the first player to score a hat-trick in each of the Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League.[24]
- Paolo Maldini is the player with most appearances for a single club (Milan, 174).
- Gerd Muller was the player with most goals scored having played for a single club (Bayern Munich, 71).
Managers
List of managers to have won the three main European club competitions
The table below show the only two managers who have won all three major pre-1999 UEFA club competitions.[19]
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 all three major UEFA club competitions.[25] 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
The table below shows the only manager to have won all international tournaments recognised by UEFA[19] and FIFA.
Shows first win only in the case of manager's multiple wins of same competition.
Other records
- Thomas Tuchel is the first coach/manager to reach the European Cup/UEFA Champions League final in successive seasons with different clubs, having lost the 2020 final with Paris Saint-Germain and won the 2021 final as Chelsea head coach.
Attendance
Highest attendance for a UEFA club competition
| 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) | [26] |
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