Champions League Updates..

The Champions League Final

Welcome to the Champions League Final  where i will be talking record-breaking stadiums, teams, managers, players and will also compare this season’s stats with the all-time Champions League Guinness World Records to see how they match up.

On Saturday 22nd May at the Santiago Bernabeu home of Real Madrid in Spain the 18th Champions League Final (55th European Cup Final) is taking place. This is the fourth final at the Bernabeu just one short of the record held by Wembley Stadium, London and Heysel Stadium, Brussels for the most times to host the European Cup/Champions League Final. In this season’s match up Bayern Munich take on Inter Milan with both clubs chasing an unprecedented treble (they have already won their respective domestic league and cup).


Bayern Munich have the edge over Inter historically, they have won the trophy 4 times including three consecutive victories in the 1970s compared to Inter’s 2 triumphs (back-to-back in the 1960s). It is their hosts Real Madrid though who put them in the shade with the most European Cup victories a whopping 9, they had won the first five tournaments from 1956 to 1960 to record the most consecutive wins of the European Cup. It is no surprise then that Spanish clubs have recorded 12 European Cup/Champions League victories. Italian clubs however have won 11 so an Inter victory would equal the record for the most European Cup/Champions League titles won by a country.



The teams themselves also hold records in Europe. Last season Bayern Munich trounced Sporting Lisbon 12-1 on aggregate in the second phase. The 11-goal margin is the highest margin of victory in a Champions League knockout tie. The second leg victory (which Bayern are celebrating below) was 7-1 which equalled the record for highest margin of victory in a single knockout match, first set by Manchester United vs. Roma in the 2007/08 season.


Inter Milan share the record for the most wins of the UEFA Cup, they won it three times in the 1990s under three different managers to equal the record first set by Juventus in 1993. In 2001 they were joined by Premier League club Liverpool.


Both managers have won the tournament previously, Louis van Gaal won it with Ajax in 1995 while Jose Mourinho won it at Porto in 2004. That means the winner will equal the record for the manager with the most Champions League victories with different clubs. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) and Ernst Happel (Feyenoord and Hamburg) currently share this record. The record for the most European Cups/Champions Leagues won by a manager is three, Bob Paisley completed his personal treble with Liverpool in 1977, 1978 and 1981.


Finally let’s see how this year’s cream of European football compare historically as we match up this season’s heroes with some of the all-time Guinness World Records in the Champions League.

Most goals in a Champions League season (individual)
2002/03: 12 goals - Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)
2009/10: 8 goals - Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Most goals scored in a Champions League season (team)
2000: 45 goals - Barcelona
2009/10: 21 goals – Arsenal, Manchester United, Bayern Munich

Highest aggregate score in a Champions League match
2003/04: 11 goals - Monaco vs Deportivo La Coruña 8-3
2009/10: 7 goals – Four different games in the group stages

Highest margin of victory in a Champions Leage match

2007/08: 8 goals – Liverpool vs Besiktas 8-0
2009/10: 5 goals – Marseille vs FC Zurich 6-1 and Arsenal vs Porto 5-0


Most consecutive clean sheets in the Champions League
2005/06: 10 matches – Arsenal
2009/10: 4 matches - Bordeaux

Fastest Champions League goal
2006/07: 10 seconds - Roy Makaay
2009/10: 2 minutes – five players

Longest unbeaten run in the Champions League
2007-2009: 25 games - Manchester United
2009/10: 8 games – Bordeaux

so far it looks Barcelona are the only team making history, unbeaten runs, most goals scored by a team, lets wait until the final whistle of UEFA Champions League and enjoy Heinkein Adverts because thats what makes the show entertain most!!!