Champions League group stage records and statistics
Wednesday 3 October 2018
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UEFA.com picks out the headline figures as the 26th group stage continues.
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Key facts
- Barcelona, Porto, Real Madrid making 23rd group appearances
- Madrid hold records for most points, goals and qualifications
- Lionel Messi now five goals clear of Ronaldo on 65 group goals
- Ronaldo closing on Xavi Hernández's outfield group appearance record
- Debutants Crvena zvezda, Hoffenheim and Young Boys
- Number of clubs to feature in group stage reaches 140
ALL STATISTICS ARE FOR GROUP GAMES SINCE 1992/93, NOT INCLUDING SECOND GROUP STAGE (1999/2000–2002/03)
Players
Most appearances
91 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Porto)
80 Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
78 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Real Madrid)
Most goals
65 Lionel Messi
60 Cristiano Ronaldo
40 Karim Benzema
Most goals in a game
5 Luiz Adriano (BATE Borisov 0-7 Shakhtar, 21/10/14)
Most goals in a single group stage
11 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 2015/16)
Fastest goal
10.96 seconds Jonas (Valencia 3-1 Leverkusen, 01/11/11)
Fastest own goal
2:09 Iñigo Martínez (Manchester United 1-0 Real Sociedad, 23/10/13)
Fastest hat-trick
8 minutes Bafétimbi Gomis (Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon, 07/12/11)
Youngest player
16 years 87 days Celestine Babayaro (Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Anderlecht, 23/11/94)
Youngest scorer
17 years 195 days Peter Ofori-Quaye (Rosenborg 5-1 Olympiacos, 01/10/97)
Oldest player
43 years 253 days Marco Ballotta (Real Madrid 3-1 Lazio, 11/12/07)
Oldest scorer
38 years 59 days Francesco Totti (CSKA Moskva 1-1 Roma, 25/11/14)
Clubs
Most group campaigns by club
23 Barcelona*, FC Porto*, Real Madrid*
22 Bayern*, Manchester United*
Most points (2 points for a win in 1992/93, 1993/94 & 1994/95)
288 Real Madrid
279 Barcelona (285 if 3 points for a win throughout)
Most goals
324 Real Madrid
301 Barcelona
Most qualifications from group stage
22 Real Madrid
Most consecutive qualifications from group stage
21 Real Madrid (since 1997/98)
Most first-place group stage finishes
19 Barcelona
Most unbeaten group stage campaigns
11 Barcelona
Most wins in a single season
6 AC Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2011/12, 2014/15)
Most draws in a single season
6 AEK Athens (2002/03)
Most goals scored in a single season
25 Paris Saint-Germain (2017/18)
Most goals conceded in a single campaign
24 BATE Borisov (2014/15), Legia Warszawa (2016/17)
Most total goals involving a single team (for and against)
33 Legia Warszawa (2016/17)
Fewest goals conceded in a single season
1 AC Milan (1992/93), Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97, 2004/05), Valencia (2005/06), Liverpool (2005/06), Chelsea (2005/06), Manchester United (2010/11), Monaco (2014/15), Paris Saint-Germain (2015/16), Barcelona (2017/18)
Fewest goals scored in a single season
0 Deportivo La Coruña (2004/05), Maccabi Haifa (2009/10), Dinamo Zagreb (2016/17)
Biggest group-winning points margin
11 Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2014/15)
Fewest points to qualify (3 points for a win)
6 Zenit (2013/14)
Most points without going through
12 Paris Saint-Germain** (1997/98), Napoli (2013/14)
Matches
Most goals in a group game
12 Dortmund 8-4 Legia Warszawa (22/11/16)
Biggest margin of victory
8-0 Liverpool 8-0 Beşiktaş (06/11/07), Real Madrid 8-0 Malmö (08/12/15)
Highest-scoring draw
4-4 Hamburg 4-4 Juventus (13/09/00), Bayer Leverkusen 4-4 Roma (20/10/15)
Country records
Most group stage club campaigns
87 Spain*
84 England*
74 Germany*, Italy*
Most different national representatives
13 Germany*, Spain
10 England, France
Countries never represented
22 Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, San Marino, Wales
*includes 2018/19
**finished second but not one of the two best runners-up that qualified