European association football club records

This article details professional association football club records in Europe.

Individual records

Most goals in a season

Rank	Player	Nationality	Goals	Club	Season	League	Cup	International[1]	Other[2]	Golden Shoe
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	73	Barcelona	2011–12	50[3]	3	14	6	Yes
2	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	66	Szentlőrinc A.C.	1945–46	66	**	*	-	^
	Arthur Ceuleers	Belgium	66	Beerschot	1940–41	15	-	*	51	^
4	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	65	Újpest	1938–39	56	**	9	-	^
5	Dixie Dean	England	63	Everton	1927–28	60	3	*	-	^
	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	63	Celtic	1927–28	48	6	*	9	^
	Marc Lloyd-Williams	Wales	63	Bangor City	2001–02	47	13	-	3	No
8	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	61	Real Madrid	2014–15	48	1	10	2	Yes
9	William MacFadyen	Scotland	60	Motherwell	1932–33	45	15	*	-	^
	Isidro Lángara	Spain	60	Real Oviedo	1933–34	27	9	*	24	^
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	60	Real Madrid	2011–12	46	3	10	1	No
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	60	Barcelona	2012–13	46	4	8	2	Yes
13	Fred Roberts	Northern Ireland	59	Glentoran	1930–31	55	4	*	-	^
	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	59	Ferencváros	1948–49	59	**	*	-	^
	Refik Resmja	Albania	59+?	KF Partizani Tirana	1950–51	59	?	*	-	^
	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	59	Barcelona	2015–16	40	5	8	6	Yes
17	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	58	Celtic	1926–27	47	9	*	2	^
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	58	Barcelona	2014–15	43	5	10	-	No
19	Joe Bambrick	Northern Ireland	57	Linfield	1929–30	50	7	*	-	^
	Josef Bican	Czech Republic	57+?	SC Slavia Prague	1943–44	57	?	*	?	^
	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	57	Sporting CP	1945–46	37	9	*	11	^
22	Duncan Walker	Scotland	56	St Mirren	1921–22	45	11	-	-	^
	Werner Baßler	Germany	56	Kaiserslautern	1948–49	-	**	*	56	^
	Jim Forrest	Scotland	56	Rangers	1964–65	30	3	6	17	^
	Rhys Griffiths	Wales	56	Llanelli	2007–08	40	7	3	6	No
	Aleksandrs Čekulajevs	Latvia	56	JK Narva Trans	2011	46	10	-	-	No
27	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	55	Sporting CP	1937–38	34	9	*	12	^
	Henk Groot	Netherlands	55	Ajax	1960–61	41	14	-	-	^
	Mário Jardel	Brazil	55	Sporting CP	2001–02	42	7	6	-	Yes
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	55	Real Madrid	2012–13	34	7	12	2	No

• All records happened while the players' clubs in top-flight domestic league
• *: No European football competition before 1955
• **: No domestic cup competition held
• ^: No Golden Shoe Award before 1967

Most Ballon d'Or (1956–2009) + FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–)

Players still active marked in bold.

Rank	Player	Club	Awards	Years
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	5	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United, Real Madrid	4	2008, 2013, 2014, 2016
3	Johan Cruyff	Ajax, Barcelona[4]	3	1971, 1973, 1974
	Michel Platini	Juventus	3	1983, 1984, 1985
	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	3	1988, 1989, 1992
6	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	2	1957, 1959
	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	2	1972, 1976
	Kevin Keegan	Hamburger SV	2	1978, 1979
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich	2	1980, 1981
	Ronaldo	Inter Milan,[5]Real Madrid[6]	2	1997, 2002

Club records

Most consecutive national league titles

Source:^[7]

• 14 - Skonto Riga (1991–2004), Lincoln Red Imps (2003–2016)

• 13 - Rosenborg (1992–2004)
• 11 - Dinamo Zagreb (2006–2016), BATE Borisov (2006–16)
• 10 - Dinamo Tbilisi (1990–99), BFC Dynamo (1979–88), MTK (1914, 1917–25), Pyunik Yerevan (2001–10), Sheriff Tiraspol (2001–10)

Longest unbeaten run across all competitions

Source:^[8]

• 62: Celtic (SCO) 1915–17
• 60: Union SG (BEL) 1933–35

After the introduction of European club tournaments:

• 48: Benfica (POR) 15.12.1963 (1:3 Sporting Lisbon) – 14.02.1965 (0:2 CUF)
• 45: Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2014–15
• 45: Rijeka (CRO) 2016–17
• 43: Juventus (ITA) 2011–12
• 42: Ajax (NED) 1995–96
• 42: Milan (ITA) 1991–92
• 41: Al Ahly SC (EGY) 2016–17
• 40: Nottingham Forest (ENG) 1978
• 40: Real Madrid (ESP) 2016–17

Longest unbeaten league run

Source:^[9]

• 106: Steaua Bucureşti (ROM) (1986–89)

• 63: Sheriff (MOL) (2006–08)
• 62: Celtic (SCO) (1915–17)
• 61: Levadia Tallinn (EST) (2008–09)
• 60: Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) (1933–35)
• 59: Shirak (ARM) (1993–95)
• 59: Pyunik ARM) (2002–04)
• 58: AC Milan (ITA) (1991–93)
• 58: Olympiacos (GRE) (1972–74)
• 58: Skonto (LAT) (1993–96)
• 56: Benfica (POR) (1976–78)
• 55: Porto (POR) (2010–12)
• 55: Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) (2000–02)

Most consecutive wins in domestic league

• 29 - Benfica, between 1971–72 and 1972–73^[10]
• 28 - Dinamo Zagreb in 2006–07^[10]
• 25 - Dinamo Tirana, between 1951 and 1952^[10]
• 25 - Celtic in 2003–04^[10]
• 24 - Crvena Zvezda in 2015–16^[11]
• 23 - Dresdner SC in 1942–43^[12]
• 23 - Malmö between 1948–49 and 1949–50^[10]
• 22 - Ferencváros in 1931–32^[12][13]
• 22 - PSV in 1987–88^[10]
• 22 - The New Saints in 2016–17^[14]
• 22 - Celtic in 2016–17
• 19 - Ajax in 1971–72^[15] and 1995-96^[16]
• 19 - Bayern Munich in 2013–14^[10]
• 18 - Rangers in 1898–99 and 1899–1900 ^[17][18]
• 18 - FH, between 2004 and 2005^[10]

Most consecutive wins across all competitions

Italic denotes record that was not achieved in country's top tier (unofficial record for nonprofessional leagues). Ongoing marked in bold.

• 32 - South Shields in 2016-17^[19]
• 30 - East Kilbride in 2016–17^[20]
• 27 - The New Saints in 2016-17^[21]
• 26 - Ajax in 1971–72 (Ajax also has 25 consecutive wins achieved during 1995-96)^[22]
• 26 - Salisbury City reserves in 2007-08^[23]
• 24 - Coritiba (2011)
• 22 - Real Madrid in 2014-15^[24]

Highest attendance at a European domestic match

• 149,433 - 1937 Scottish Cup Final, Celtic and Aberdeen in 1937 at Hampden Park in Glasgow^[25]

Highest goal margin (aggregate) in European Cup

• 18 - Benfica against Stade Dudelange in European Cup 1965–66^[26]
  • 1st leg score: Stade Dudelange 0–8 Benfica^[27]
  • 2nd leg score: Benfica 10–0 Stade Dudelange^[28]
  • Aggregate score: Benfica 18–0 Stade Dudelange^[29]

See also

• European Golden Shoe

References

Further reading

• Robertson, Forrest; Ross, David. The First 100 Years of Hampden. First Press Publishing. ISBN 1-901603-18-0. 

External links

• England All-Time Topscorers - Top Level Only