This article details men's professional football club records and statistics (individual and collective) in Europe.
The records and stats look across all European clubs competing in the highest divisions and levels of European professional football, allowing for cross-competition comparison. Therefore, the coverage only considers for domestic competitions the top-division of the national league and its cups (national cup, league cup, super cup); for continental competitions, all UEFA club competitions including – although recognized but not organized by UEFA – the Fairs Cup as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup; [1] [2] and additionally, on an intercontinental scale, both the FIFA Club World Cup and its defunct predecessor, the Intercontinental Cup, which was endorsed by UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America).
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Only the period starting from the implementation of the modern offside rule in 1925 is considered for this list. Under the revised offside rule introduced in 1925, a player would be deemed offside unless there were two opposing players (including the goalkeeper) positioned ahead of them.
National League | |
National Cup | |
League Cup | |
Super Cup | |
European Cup / UEFA Champions League | |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | |
UEFA Europa Conference League | |
UEFA Super Cup | |
Fairs Cup | |
Intercontinental Cup | |
FIFA Club World Cup |
Number of goals scored in a national club competition | |
Number of goals scored in a European club competition | |
Number of goals scored in an intercontinental / worldwide club competition | |
‡ | Player won the European Golden Shoe |
GM | Player won the Gerd Müller Trophy |
Red | Number of goals with which the European Golden Shoe was won |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had scored 50 or more goals in a season at that time |
Source: [89]
Titles | Club | Period (first and last title) |
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56 | Linfield | 1891–2022 |
55 | Rangers | 1891–2021 |
54 | Celtic | 1893–2024 |
47 | Olympiacos | 1931–2022 |
38 | Benfica | 1936–2023 |
36 | Juventus | 1905–2020 |
36 | Ajax | 1918–2022 |
36 | Real Madrid | 1932–2024 |
35 | Ferencváros | 1903–2024 |
35 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1923–2024 [lower-alpha 1] |
35 | Sparta Prague | 1926–2024 [lower-alpha 2] |
35 | Red Star Belgrade | 1946–2024 [lower-alpha 3] |
34 | Anderlecht | 1947–2017 |
33 | HJK | 1911–2023 |
33 | Rapid Wien | 1912–2008 [lower-alpha 4] |
33 | Bayern Munich | 1932–2023 |
Source: [95]
Titles | Club | Years |
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14 | Skonto | 1991–2004 |
14 | Lincoln Red Imps | 2003–2016 |
13 | Rosenborg | 1992–2004 |
13 | BATE Borisov | 2006–2018 |
13 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2012–2024; ongoing |
11 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2006–2016 |
11 | Bayern Munich | 2013–2023 |
10 | MTK Budapest | 1914, 1917–1925 |
10 | BFC Dynamo | 1979–1988 |
10 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1990–1999 |
10 | Pyunik | 2001–2010 |
10 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2001–2010 |
10 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2014–2023 |
Source: [96]
Matches | Club | Seasons | Ref. |
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32 | Ferencváros | between 1930–31 and 1932–33 | [103] [104] [131] [132] |
30 | Újpest | between 1945 and 1945–46 | [97] [98] [99] |
29 | Benfica | between 1971–72 and 1972–73 | [129] [101] |
28 | Dresdner SC | between 1942–43 and 1943–44 | [133] [134] [135] [136] |
28 | Dinamo Zagreb | between 2006–07 and 2007–08 | [129] |
26 | The New Saints | 2023–24; ongoing | [137] [138] |
25 | Dinamo Tirana | between 1951 and 1952 | [129] |
25 | Celtic | 2003–04 | [129] |
24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | between 2011–12 and 2012–13 | [139] |
24 | Red Star Belgrade | 2015–16 | [129] [140] |
23 | Malmö FF | between 1948–49 and 1949–50 | [129] |
23 | KÍ Klaksvík | between 2022 and 2023 | [141] |
22 | Rangers | between 1898–99 and 1899–1900 | [142] [143] |
22 | PSV Eindhoven | 1987–88 | [129] |
22 | Kapaz | 1997–98 | [129] |
22 | Celtic | 2016–17 | [144] |
22 | The New Saints | 2016–17 | [129] |
22 | Red Star Belgrade | 2020–21 | [145] |
21 | Víkingur | between 2023 and 2024 | [146] [147] |
Matches | Club | Years | Ref. | |||||
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62 | Celtic | 1915–1917 [lower-alpha 1] | [149] [151] | |||||
60 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1933–1935 | [149] [152] | |||||
After the introduction of UEFA club competitions (1955–56) | ||||||||
51 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2023–2024 | [153] [154] | |||||
48 | Benfica | 1963–1965 | [155] [156] | |||||
45 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2014–2015 | [157] [158] | |||||
45 | Rijeka | 2016–2017 | [159] [160] | |||||
44 | Rangers | 1992–1993 | [161] | |||||
43 | Juventus | 2011–2012 | [162] [163] | |||||
42 | Milan | 1991–1992 | [164] [165] | |||||
42 | Ajax | 1995–1996 | [166] [167] | |||||
42 | Celtic | 2016–2017 | [168] [169] [170] | |||||
41 | The New Saints | 2023–2024 | [171] [172] | |||||
40 | Fiorentina | 1955–1956 | [173] | |||||
40 | Nottingham Forest | 1978 | [174] [175] | |||||
40 | Real Madrid | 2016–2017 | [176] [177] | |||||
40 | Red Star Belgrade | 2020–2021 | [145] [178] |
Matches | Club | Years | Ref. |
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104 | Steaua București | 1986–1989 | [179] [180] |
88 | Lincoln Red Imps | 2009–2014 | [179] [180] |
65 | Red Star Belgrade | 2021–2023 | [180] |
63 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2006–2008 | [179] [180] |
62 | Celtic | 1915–1917 | [179] [180] |
61 | Levadia | 2008–2009 | [179] [180] |
60 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1933–1935 | [179] [180] |
59 | Shirak | 1993–1995 | [179] [180] |
59 | Pyunik | 2002–2004 | [179] [180] |
58 | Olympiacos | 1972–1974 | [179] [180] |
58 | Milan | 1991–1993 | [179] [180] |
58 | Skonto | 1993–1996 | [179] [180] |
58 | Porto | 2020–2022 | [180] [182] |
57 | Red Star Belgrade | 2017–2019 | [180] [183] |
56 | Benfica | 1976–1978 | [179] [180] |
56 | Celtic | 2016–2017 | [179] [180] |
55 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2000–2002 | [180] |
55 | Porto | 2010–2012 | [179] [180] |
Matches | Club | Years | Ref. |
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132 | Red Star Belgrade | 2017–2024; ongoing | [186] [187] |
121 | Real Madrid | 1957–1965 | [185] |
96 | Red Star Belgrade | 1998–2004 | [188] |
93 | PSV Eindhoven | 1983–1989 | [185] |
92 | Nantes | 1976–1981 | [185] |
91 | Torino | 1943–1949 | [189] [190] |
90 | Trabzonspor | 1975–1981 | [185] |
89 | Spartak Trnava | 1968–1974 | [185] |
86 | Chelsea | 2004–2008 | [191] |
85 | Panathinaikos | 1973–1978 | [185] |
81 | Porto | 2008–2014 | [185] [192] |
Matches | Club | Period | Ref. |
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85 | Bayern Munich | (16 February 2020 – 23 October 2021) | [193] |
73 | Real Madrid | (30 April 2016 – 17 September 2017) | [194] |
63 | Paris Saint-Germain | (4 August 2018 – 22 September 2019) | [195] [196] |
61 | Bayern Munich | (16 March 2013 – 5 April 2014) | [197] |
Source: [198]
Points | Club | Season | Ref. |
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35 | Shkëndija | 2017–18 | [199] |
33 | The New Saints | 2023–24 | [200] |
31 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2015–16 | [198] |
31 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2018–19 | [201] |
31 | Young Boys | 2020–21 | [202] |
30 | Celtic | 2016–17 | [198] |
29 | Celtic | 2013–14 | [198] |
28 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2007–08 | [198] |
28 | Olympiacos | 2015–16 | [198] |
27 | Skonto | 1995 | [198] |
27 | The New Saints | 2016–17 | [198] |
26 | Barry Town | 1997–98 | [198] |
26 | Copenhagen | 2010–11 | [198] |
26 | Olympiacos | 2020–21 | [203] |
147,365 – Celtic vs Aberdeen, 1936–37 Scottish Cup [204]
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