Champions League group stage number crunching

Key facts

• Barcelona, Porto, Manchester United, Madrid making 20th group appearances
• Madrid hold records for most points, goals and consecutive qualifications
• Five teams have won all six games, but only Madrid have done it twice
• Lionel Messi has scored a record 44 group stage goals
• Astana are first Kazakhstani representatives
• Debutants Astana, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Gent take the number of clubs to have played in the group stage to 133
  

ALL STATISTICS ARE FOR GROUP GAMES ONLY SINCE 1992/93, NOT INCLUDING SECOND GROUP STAGE (1999/2000–2002/03)

There are few records not held by Real Madrid©AFP/Getty Images

Most group appearances by club
Barcelona*, FC Porto*, , Manchester United*, Real Madrid* 20
Bayern München* 19

Most points (2 points for a win in 1992/93, 1993/94 & 1994/95)
Real Madrid 244
Barcelona 230 (236 if 3 points for a win throughout)

Most goals
Real Madrid 269
Barcelona 249

Most qualifications from group stage
Real Madrid 19

Consecutive qualifications from group stage
Real Madrid (since 1997/98) 18

Most first places
Barcelona 16

Most times unbeaten
Barcelona 9

Barcelona: Prolific in the 2011/12 group stage©Getty Images

Single season:
Most wins
AC Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2011/12 & 2014/15) 6

Most draws
AEK Athens (2002/03) 6

Most goals scored
Manchester United (1998/99), Barcelona (2011/12), Real Madrid (2013/14) 20

Fewest goals conceded
AC Milan (1992/93), Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/96 & 2004/05), Valencia (2005/06), Liverpool (2005/06), Chelsea (2005/06), Manchester United (2010/11), Monaco (2014/15) 1

Biggest winning margin
Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2014/15) 11

Six points were all Zenit needed in 2013/14©AFP/Getty Images

Fewest points to qualify (3 points for a win)
FC Zenit (2013/14) 6

Most points without going through
Paris Saint-Germain** (1997/98), Napoli (2013/14) 12

League stats:
Most total appearances
Spain* 75
England* 71
Italy* 65

Most different national representatives
Spain 13
Germany* 11
France 10

Nations never represented
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, San Marino, Wales

Player stats:
Most appearances
Xavi Hernández 80
Raúl González 77
Iker Casillas 75

Most goals
Lionel Messi 44
Ruud van Nistelrooy 39
Cristiano Ronaldo 38

Single season
Cristiano Ronaldo (2013/14), Luiz Adriano (2014/15) 9

*Includes 2015/16
**Finished second but not one of the two best runners-up that qualified
***Could qualify in 2015/16