European football records

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This is a list of major records in European football.

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[edit] Most Competition Wins

These lists rank the winners of the four main competitions in European football, specifically the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, its predecessor the Fairs Cup, and the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup, by the total number of competition wins.

[edit] By Club[1]

The table below shows the clubs that have won European Trophies. Bold if it is the most wins for that competition. Teams in bold have managed to win all three competitions.

Team European Cup/UEFA Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Fairs Cup Total
Flag of Spain Real Madrid CF 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002 - 1985, 1986 - 11
Flag of Italy AC Milan 1963, 1969,1989,1990,1994, 2003,2007 1968, 1973 - - 9
Flag of Spain FC Barcelona 1992, 2006 1979, 1982, 1989, 1997 - 1958, 1960, 1966 9
Flag of England Liverpool 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 - 1973, 1976, 2001 - 8
Flag of the Netherlands AFC Ajax 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 1987 1992 - 6
Flag of Germany FC Bayern München 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001 1967 1996 - 6
Flag of Italy Juventus 1985, 1996 1984 1977, 1990, 1993 - 6
Flag of Italy FC Internazionale 1964, 1965 - 1991, 1994, 1998 - 5
Flag of England Manchester United 1968, 1999, 2008 1991 - - 4
Flag of Spain Valencia CF - 1980 2004 1962, 1963 4
Flag of Portugal FC Porto 1987, 2004 - 2003 - 3
Flag of the Netherlands Feyenoord 1970 - 1974, 2002 - 3
Flag of Belgium Anderlecht - 1976, 1978 1983 - 3
Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur - 1963 1972, 1984 - 3
Flag of Italy Parma F.C. - 1993 1995, 1998 - 3
Flag of Portugal SL Benfica 1961, 1962 - - - 2
Flag of England Nottingham Forest 1979, 1980 - - - 2
Flag of Germany Hamburg 1983 1977 - - 2
Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund 1997 1966 - - 2
Flag of the Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1988 - 1978 - 2
Flag of the Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev now Flag of Ukraine - 1975, 1986 - - 2
Flag of England Arsenal - 1994 - 1970 2
Flag of Spain Real Zaragoza - 1995 - 1964 2
Flag of England Leeds United - - - 1968, 1971 2
Flag of Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach - - 1975, 1979 - 2
Flag of Sweden IFK Göteborg - - 1982, 1987 - 2
Flag of England Chelsea - 1971, 1998 - - 2
Flag of Spain Sevilla - - 2006, 2007 - 2
Flag of Scotland Celtic 1967 - - - 1
Flag of England Aston Villa 1982 - - - 1
Flag of Romania Steaua Bucharest 1986 - - - 1
Flag of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade now Flag of Serbia 1991 - - - 1
Flag of France Olympique de Marseille 1993 - - - 1
Flag of Italy Fiorentina - 1961 - - 1
Flag of Spain Atlético Madrid - 1962 - - 1
Flag of Portugal Sporting Lisbon - 1964 - - 1
Flag of England West Ham United - 1965 - - 1
Flag of the Czech Republic Slovan Bratislava now Flag of Slovakia - 1969 - - 1
Flag of England Manchester City - 1970 - - 1
Flag of Scotland Rangers - 1972 - - 1
Flag of the German Democratic Republic 1. FC Magdeburg now Flag of Germany - 1974 - - 1
Flag of the Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi now Flag of Georgia (country) - 1981 - - 1
Flag of Scotland Aberdeen - 1983 - - 1
Flag of England Everton - 1985 - - 1
Flag of Belgium KV Mechelen - 1988 - - 1
Flag of Italy Sampdoria - 1990 - - 1
Flag of Germany Werder Bremen - 1992 - - 1
Flag of France Paris Saint-Germain - 1996 - - 1
Flag of Italy Lazio - 1999 - - 1
Flag of Italy Roma - - - 1961 1
Flag of Hungary Ferencvaros - - - 1965 1
Flag of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb now Flag of Croatia - - - 1967 1
Flag of England Newcastle United - - - 1969 1
Flag of Germany Eintracht Frankfurt - - 1980 - 1
Flag of England Ipswich Town - - 1981 - 1
Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen - - 1988 - 1
Flag of Italy Napoli - - 1989 - 1
Flag of Germany Schalke 04 - - 1997 - 1
Flag of Turkey Galatasaray - - 2000 - 1
Flag of Russia CSKA Moscow - - 2005 - 1
Flag of Russia Zenit St Petersburg - - 2008 - 1

[edit] By Country

Country Total
Flag of Spain Spain 29
Flag of England England 29
Flag of Italy Italy 28
Flag of Germany Germany * 16
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 11
Flag of Portugal Portugal 6
Flag of Belgium Belgium 4
Flag of Scotland Scotland 3
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union+ 3
Flag of France France 2
Flag of Sweden Sweden 2
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia+ 2
Flag of Russia Russia 2
Flag of Romania Romania 1
Flag of Turkey Turkey 1
Flag of Hungary Hungary 1
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia+ 1
Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany+ 1

+ = national federation no longer exist
* = Germany's record are included with West Germany.

  • NOTE: The records of clubs from those non-existing federations such as Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, East Germany & Yugoslavia are still counted toward those defunct federations (as when they won those European titles, before the breakdown, they still belonged to those federations).

[edit] Champions


[edit] TOP 15

Country Total
Flag of Scotland Rangers 51
Flag of Northern Ireland Linfield FC 48
Flag of Scotland Celtic 42
Flag of Greece Olympiakos 36
Flag of Austria SK Rapid Wien 32
Flag of Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 31
Flag of Portugal SL Benfica 31
Flag of Spain Real Madrid 31
Flag of the Netherlands AFC Ajax 29
Flag of Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht 29
Flag of Hungary Ferencváros 28
Flag of Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 27
Flag of Italy Juventus 27
Flag of Switzerland Grasshopper Club 27
Flag of Malta Sliema Wanderers 26

[edit] By Player

Player European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Italy Gaetano Scirea 1985 - Juventus FC 1984 - Juventus FC 1977 - Juventus FC
Italy Antonio Cabrini 1985 - Juventus FC 1984 - Juventus FC 1977 - Juventus FC
Italy Marco Tardelli 1985 - Juventus FC 1984 - Juventus FC 1977 - Juventus FC
Italy Stefano Tacconi 1985 - Juventus FC 1984 - Juventus FC 1990 - Juventus FC
Italy Sergio Brio 1985 - Juventus FC 1984 - Juventus FC 1990 - Juventus FC
The Netherlands Danny Blind 1995 - Ajax 1987 - Ajax 1992 - Ajax
Italy Gianluca Vialli 1996 - Juventus FC 1990 - Sampdoria, 1998 - Chelsea FC 1993 - Juventus FC
Portugal Vitor Baia 2004 - FC Porto 1997 - FC Barcelona 2003 - FC Porto

[edit] 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 European Trophies [2] (chronological order).

Manager European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup [2]
Germany Udo Lattek 1974 - FC Bayern München 1982 - FC Barcelona 1979 - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 1985 - Juventus FC 1984 - Juventus FC 1977; 1993 - Juventus FC
1991 - FC Internazionale Milano

[edit] Top Scorers

Name Games Goals Average
Flag of Spain Raúl
124
63
0.51
Flag of Italy Filippo Inzaghi
106
63
0.64
Flag of Germany Gerd Müller
71
62
0.87
Flag of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
112
60
0.54
Flag of the Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy
77
57
0.74
Flag of Portugal Eusébio
75
56
0.75
Flag of France Thierry Henry
118
53
0.45
Flag of Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano
60
50
0.83
Flag of Spain Carlos Santillana
87
47
0.54
Flag of Sweden Henrik Larsson
90
47
0.52
Flag of Germany Jupp Heynckes
55
45
0.82
Flag of Italy Alessandro Del Piero
79
45
0.57

Last updated 08 March 2008
Source:[citation needed]
Bold=Players still active.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Intertoto Cup, competition per clubs recognised by the main football organisation in Europe since 1995, is not included in this list.
  2. ^ a b The European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1958-1971) is not included in this list because is not recognized as official European competition by UEFA. See: History of the UEFA Cup. uefa.com. Retrieved on August, 2006.. The Intertoto Cup, competition per clubs recognized by the main football organization in Europe since 1995, is not included in this list.

[edit] See also

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