UEFA club competition records and statistics

This article is about major club records and statistics for Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) organized/recognized football competitions whether supported or not by FIFA. For UEFA clubs records across all competitions (i.e, including Fair's Cup and the new century Intercontintental Cup format (World Clubs Cup), see European association football club records.


UEFA club competition winners

Barcelona, Milan and Real Madrid hold the record for the most overall titles (17 each one) and most UEFA Super Cup wins (5) for the Barcelona and Milanese side.[1] The Madridian club have record ten were achieved in the UEFA Champions League and its predecessor.[2] Barcelona have a record four titles in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Finally, Sevilla have a record of four UEFA Cup and Europa League titles.[3]

List of teams to have won the three main European club competitions

To date, only four clubs have won all three main UEFA club competitions at different points in their history, the "European Treble" of European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

While the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup no longer exists, there are 28 teams that have won it in the past who could still add wins in the other two competitions to achieve this UEFA treble.[4][5]

Club First Title Second Title Treble Title
Italy Juventus1976–77 UEFA Cup1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup1984–85 European Champions' Cup
Netherlands Ajax1970–71 European Champions' Cup1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup1991–92 UEFA Cup
Germany Bayern Munich1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup1973–74 European Champions' Cup1995–96 UEFA Cup
England Chelsea1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup2011–12 UEFA Champions League2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Note: per criteria for achieving European Treble, shows first win only for any club with multiple wins of same competition.

Juventus has received, in recognition of being the first side in European football history to win all three major UEFA club competitions, The UEFA Plaque from the Confederation in 1988.[6]

Only once have three different clubs from the same country, Italy in 1989–90, won all three main UEFA club competitions in the same season, a feat that cannot be repeated since the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup no longer exists:[7]

List of teams to have won all UEFA club competitions

Juventus was the first club—and remains the only one at present—in association football history to have won all possible official confederation tournaments.[8][9][10]

List of players to have won the three main European club competitions

The table below show the only nine players who have won all three major UEFA club competitions.[11][12] (chronological order).

Footballer European Champions' Cup/
Champions League
Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup[12]
Netherlands Arnold Mühren1973 - Ajax1987 - Ajax1981 - Ipswich Town
Italy Gaetano Scirea1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1977 - Juventus
Italy Antonio Cabrini1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1977 - Juventus
Italy Marco Tardelli1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1977 - Juventus
Italy Sergio Brio1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1990 - Juventus
Italy Stefano Tacconi1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1990 - Juventus
Netherlands Danny Blind1995 - Ajax1987 - Ajax1992 - Ajax
Italy Gianluca Vialli1996 - Juventus1990 - Sampdoria
1998 - Chelsea
1993 - Juventus
Portugal Vitor Baía2004 - Porto1997 - Barcelona2003 - Porto

List of players to have won all international club competitions

The table below show the only five players who have won all international tournaments recognised by UEFA[12] and FIFA (chronological order).

Footballer European Champions' Cup/
Champions League
Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup[12] Super Cup Intercontinental Cup
Italy Gaetano Scirea1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1977 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1985 - Juventus
Italy Antonio Cabrini1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1977 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1985 - Juventus
Italy Stefano Tacconi1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1990 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1985 - Juventus
Italy Sergio Brio1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1990 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1985 - Juventus
Netherlands Danny Blind1995 - Ajax1987 - Ajax1992 - Ajax1995 - Ajax1995 - Ajax

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 UEFA club competitions[12] (chronological order).

Manager European Champions' Cup/
Champions League
Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup[12]
Germany Udo Lattek1974 - Bayern Munich1982 - Barcelona1979 - Borussia Mönchengladbach
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1977; 1993 - Juventus
1991 - Internazionale

Notably, French manager Arsène Wenger is the only manager who has been runner-up in all three major UEFA club competitions.[12] He finished runner-up in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1991–92 with AS Monaco and in the UEFA Cup 1999–2000 and UEFA Champions League 2005–06 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[12] and FIFA.

Manager European Champions' Cup/
Champions League
Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup[12] Super Cup Intercontinental Cup
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni1985 - Juventus1984 - Juventus1977; 1993 - Juventus
1991 - Internazionale
1984 - Juventus1985 - Juventus

Highest attendance for a UEFA club competition

Rank Match Date Competition Stadium and City Attendance Refs
1 Scotland Celtic 2-1 England Leeds United 15 April 1970 European Cup Semi-Final Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 136,505 [13]

Top appearances in UEFA club competitions

As of 29 September 2015[14]

Includes UEFA Champions League (UCL), Cup Winners Cup (CWC), Europa League / UEFA Cup (UEL), UEFA Intertoto Cup (UIC), UEFA Super Cup (USC), Intercontinental Cup (IC)

Rank Nation Player Games Goals Goal Ratio Debut in Europe Retirement Clubs
1 Italy Paolo Maldini 174 3 0.02 1985 2009 Milan
2 Spain Xavi Hernández 173 13 0.08 1999 2015 Barcelona
3 Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 163 15 0.09 1992 2012 Ajax, Sampdoria, Real Madrid, Internazionale, Milan
4 Spain Raúl González 161 77 0.48 1995 2012 Real Madrid, Schalke 04
5 Argentina Javier Zanetti 160 5 0.03 1995 2014 Internazionale
6 Spain Iker Casillas 159 0 0.00 1999 Real Madrid, FC Porto
7 Wales Ryan Giggs 159 29 0.18 1991 2014 Manchester United
8 England Jamie Carragher 150 1 0.01 1997 2013 Liverpool
9 Brazil Roberto Carlos 144 20 0.13 1995 2012 Internazionale, Real Madrid, Fenerbahçe
10 Spain Pepe Reina 143 0 0.00 2000 Barcelona, Villarreal, Liverpool, Napoli
10 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 143 67 0.47 1994 2012 Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea, Milan, Dynamo Kyiv
10 Netherlands Edwin Van Der Sar 143 0 0.00 1993 2011 Ajax, Juventus, Fulham, Manchester United

Bold = Still active

Top scorers in UEFA club competitions

As of 25 November 2015[15][16]

Includes UEFA Champions League (UCL), UEFA Cup Winners Cup (UCWC), Europa League / UEFA Cup (UEL), UEFA Intertoto Cup (Int), UEFA Super Cup (SC), Intercontinental Cup (IC)

Rank Nation Player Goals Games Goal Ratio Debut in Europe Retirement Clubs
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 91 127 0.69 2002 Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid
2 Argentina Lionel Messi 83 104 0.79 2004 Barcelona
3 Spain Raúl González 77 161 0.48 1995 2012 Real Madrid, Schalke 04
4 Italy Filippo Inzaghi 70 114 0.61 1995 2012 Parma, Juventus, Milan
5 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 67 143 0.47 1994 2012 Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea, Milan, Dynamo Kyiv
6 Germany Gerd Müller 62 71 0.87 1967 1981 (1979 in Europe) Bayern Munich
6 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 62 92 0.67 1998 2012 PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Hamburg
8 Sweden Henrik Larsson 59 108 0.55 1996 2009 Feyenoord, Celtic, Barcelona, Manchester United, Helsingborg
8 France Thierry Henry 59 140 0.42 1996 2014 AS Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona
10 Portugal Eusébio[17] 57 75 0.76 1961 1979 (1975 in Europe, played again in 1976 and 1977–78) Benfica
11 Italy Alessandro Del Piero 53 127 0.42 1993 2015 Juventus

Bold = Still active

Footnotes and references

  1. "Competition format". UEFA. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  2. "Final facts and figures". UEFA. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  3. "Competition format". UEFA. 2005-07-13. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  4. "Un dilema histórico". El Mundo Deportivo's Historical Archive (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2003.
  5. "El Barça, gran atracción del sorteo". El Mundo Deportivo's Historical Archive (in Spanish). 16 July 1992.
  6. "All start 'with a little' poetry". Gazzetta dello Sport's Historical Archive (in Italian). 24 May 1997.
  7. "1989/90: Rijkaard seals Milan triumph". Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 23 May 1990. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. In addition, Juventus F.C. were the first club in association football history to have won all possible continental competitions (e.g. the international tournaments organised by UEFA and held exclusively in Eurasia) and remain the only in the Europe to achieve this, cf. "Legend: UEFA club competitions". Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 21 August 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
    "1985: Juventus end European drought". Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 8 December 1985. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  9. "FIFA Club World Championship Cup: Solidarity – the name of the game" (PDF). FIFA Activity Report 2005 (Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association): 62. April 2004 – May 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  10. "We are the champions". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2005-12-01. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  11. "Treble chance for Vítor Baía". Union des Associations Européennes de Football. 21 May 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1958–1971) is not included in this list because is not recognised as official European competition by UEFA. See: "History of the UEFA Cup". uefa.com.. The Intertoto Cup, competition per clubs recognised by the main football organisation in Europe since 1995, is not included in this list.
  13. "Celtic's Battles of Britain". BBC. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  14. "Players with the most UEFA club appearances". UEFA. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  15. "Ronaldo sets new all-time UEFA scoring record". UEFA. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  16. http://www.trn.infra.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2286207.html
  17. "Eusébio Ferreira da Silva - Goals in European Cups". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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