European association football club records and statistics

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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).

All competitions for men's European football clubs

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Individual records

Most goals in a season in all club competitions

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.

Abbreviations
NLNational League
NCNational Cup
LCLeague Cup
SCSuper Cup
UCLEuropean Cup / UEFA Champions League
UELUEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
UCWCUEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UECLUEFA Conference League
USCUEFA Super Cup
FCFairs Cup
ICIntercontinental Cup
FCWCFIFA Club World Cup
Key
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
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List of most goals in a season in all club competitions (50 or more goals)
Rank Player Nationality Goals Itemized Goals Club Season Reference
1Lionel Messi  (2) Argentina73

(50) NL, (3) NC, (3) SC (14) UCL, (1) USC (2) FCWC

Spain Barcelona2011–12 [5][6][7][8]
2Ferenc Deák Hungary66

(66) NL

Hungary Szentlőrinci1945–46 [9][10][11][12]
Gerd Müller (2) Germany66

(36) NL, (7) NC, (12) LC (11) UCL

Germany Bayern Munich1972–73 [13][14][15][16]
4Dixie Dean England63

(60) NL, (3) NC

England Everton1927–28 [9][11][17][18]
5Fred Roberts Northern Ireland61[a]

(55) NL, (6) NC

Northern Ireland Glentoran1930–31 [19][20][21]
Cristiano Ronaldo  (5) Portugal61

(48) NL, (1) NC (10) UCL, (2) USC

Spain Real Madrid2014–15 [5][22][23][24]
7Willie MacFadyen (2) Scotland60

(45) NL, (15) NC

Scotland Motherwell1932–33 [25]
Josef Bican (3) Czech Republic60[b] (57) NL, (3) NC Czech Republic Slavia Prague1943–44 [26][27]
Cristiano Ronaldo (2) Portugal60

(46) NL, (3) NC, (1) SC (10) UCL

Spain Real Madrid2011–12 [28][29][30]
Lionel Messi  (3) Argentina60

(46) NL, (4) NC, (2) SC (8) UCL

Spain Barcelona2012–13 [31][32]
11Ferenc Deák (2) Hungary59

(59) NL

Hungary Ferencváros1948–49 [9][12][33]
Refik Resmja Albania59

(59) NL

Albania Partizani Tirana1950–51 [9][34][10][35]
Luis Suárez  Uruguay59

(40) NL, (5) NC (8) UCL, (1) USC (5) FCWC

Spain Barcelona2015–16 [36][37][38][39]
14Jimmy McGrory Scotland58[c]

(49) NL, (9) NC

Scotland Celtic1926–27 [40][41][42][43]
Lionel Messi (4) Argentina58

(43) NL, (5) NC (10) UCL

Spain Barcelona2014–15 [44][24]
16Joe Bambrick Northern Ireland57[d]

(50) NL, (7) NC

Northern Ireland Linfield1929–30 [45]
17Gyula Zsengellér Hungary56[e]

(56) NL

Hungary Újpest1938–39 [9][46]
Ladislau Bonyhádi Romania56 (49) NL, (7) NC Romania UTA Arad1947–48 [47]
19Josef Bican (1) Czech Republic55[f] (50) NL, (5) NC Czech Republic Slavia Prague1939–40 [26][48][27]
Josef Bican (2) Czech Republic55[g]

(45) NL, (10) NC

Czech Republic Slavia Prague1941–42 [26][27]
Henk Groot Netherlands55

(41) NL, (14) NC

Netherlands Ajax1960–61 [49][50]
Mário Jardel (1) Brazil55

(37) NL, (6) NC, (2) SC (10) UCL

Portugal Porto1999–2000 [51][52]
Mário Jardel  (2) Brazil55

(42) NL, (7) NC (6) UEL

Portugal Sporting CP2001–02 [51][53][54]
Cristiano Ronaldo (3) Portugal55

(34) NL, (7) NC, (2) SC (12) UCL

Spain Real Madrid2012–13 [28][55]
Robert Lewandowski Poland55

(34) NL, (6) NC (15) UCL

Germany Bayern Munich2019–20 [56][57][58]
26Willie MacFadyen Scotland54

(52) NL, (2) NC

Scotland Motherwell1931–32 [9][10][59][60]
Lionel Messi  (5) Argentina54

(37) NL, (5) NC, (1) SC (11) UCL

Spain Barcelona2016–17 [61][62]
Viktor Gyökeres Sweden54

(39) NL, (5) NC, (4) LC (6) UCL

Portugal Sporting CP2024–25 [63]
Harry Kane England54

(33) NL, (7) NC, (1) SC (13) UCL

Germany Bayern Munich2025–26 [64]
30Jimmy McGrory (2) Scotland53[h]

(47) NL, (6) NC

Scotland Celtic1927–28 [40][41][42]
Henrik Larsson  Sweden53[i]

(35) NL, (9) NC, (5) LC (4) UEL

Scotland Celtic2000–01 [65][66][67]
[68][69][70]
Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal53

(40) NL, (7) NC (6) UCL

Spain Real Madrid2010–11 [71][72]
Lionel Messi Argentina53

(31) NL, (7) NC, (3) SC (12) UCL

Spain Barcelona2010–11 [73][72]
34Erling Haaland  GM Norway52

(36) NL, (3) NC, (1) LC (12) UCL

England Manchester City2022–23 [74][18][75]
35Gyula Zsengellér (2) Hungary51

(51) NL

Hungary Újpest1945–46 [9][46]
Cristiano Ronaldo  (4) Portugal51

(31) NL, (3) NC (17) UCL

Spain Real Madrid2013–14 [76][77]
Cristiano Ronaldo  (6) Portugal51

(35) NL (16) UCL

Spain Real Madrid2015–16 [78][39]
Lionel Messi  (6) Argentina51

(36) NL, (3) NC (12) UCL

Spain Barcelona2018–19 [79][80]
39Vic Watson England50

(42) NL, (8) NC

England West Ham United1929–30 [81][18]
Tom Waring England50

(49) NL, (1) NC

England Aston Villa1930–31 [82][18]
Jimmy McGrory (3) Scotland50[j]

(50) NL

Scotland Celtic1935–36 [40][43][83]
Franz Binder Austria50

(32) NL, (18) NC

Austria Rapid Wien1939–40 [citation needed]
Ferenc Puskás Hungary50

(50) NL

Hungary Kispesti1947–48 [9][citation needed]
Eusébio  Portugal50

(42) NL, (2) NC (6) UCL

Portugal Benfica1967–68 [9][84][85]
Gerd Müller  Germany50

(40) NL, (5) NC (5) UCWC

Germany Bayern Munich1971–72 [16][86]
Héctor Yazalde  Argentina50

(46) NL (4) UCWC

Portugal Sporting CP1973–74 [87][9][10][88]
Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden50

(38) NL, (7) NC (5) UCL

France Paris Saint-Germain2015–16 [89][90]
Robert Lewandowski  GM (2) Poland50

(35) NL, (2) SC (13) UCL

Germany Bayern Munich2021–22 [91][92][93]
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Notes
  1. Roberts also scored 35 goals in regional and local cups, which included, would make the tally 96 goals that season.
  2. Josef Bican also scored 16 goals in the 1943–44 Středočeský Pohár, a regional cup competition in the Central Bohemian Region. Including the regional cup competition, Bican scored 76 goals in the 1943–44 season.
  3. McGrory also scored 2 goals in Glasgow Cup, which included, would make the tally 60 goals that season.
  4. Bambrick also scored 26 goals in regional and local cups, which included, would make the tally 83 goals that season.
  5. Zsengellér also scored 9 goals in 1939 Mitropa Cup, which included, would make the tally 65 goals that season.
  6. Josef Bican also scored one goal in the 1939–40 Středočeský Pohár, a regional cup competition in the Central Bohemian Region. Including the regional cup competition, Bican scored 56 goals in the 1939–40 season.
  7. Josef Bican also scored 8 goals in the 1941–42 Středočeský Pohár, a regional cup competition in the Central Bohemian Region. Including the regional cup competition, Bican scored 63 goals in the 1941–42 season.
  8. McGrory also scored 9 goals in Glasgow Cup, which included, would make the tally 62 goals that season.
  9. Includes Henrik Larsson's one goal in the first qualifying round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
  10. McGrory also scored 1 goal in Glasgow Charity Cup, which included, would make the tally 51 goals that season.

List of top scorers in European football

  • Does not include goals scored in the lower divisions.[94]
  • As of 22 November 2025
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List of top scorers in European football (500 or more goals)
Rank Player Nationality Goals Itemized Goals Period
1Lionel Messi Argentina704 496 NL, 56 NC, 15 SC, 129 UCL, 3 USC, 5 FCWC 2004–2023
2Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal701 498 NL, 41 NC, 4 LC, 6 SC, 141 UCL, 2 UEL, 2 USC, 7 FCWC 2002–2022
3Josef Bican Czech Republic690 515 NL, 75 NC, 59 OC, 41 OIC 1931–1955
4Ferenc Puskás Hungary640 515 NL, 69 NC, 36 UCL, 2 IC, 18 OIC 1943–1966
5Jimmy Jones Northern Ireland636 332 NL, 43 NC, 247 OC, 14 OIC 1947–1964
6Joe Bambrick Northern Ireland608 348 NL, 40 NC, 220 OC 1926–1943
7Robert Lewandowski Poland602 422 NL, 52 NC, 13 SC, 105 UCL, 8 UEL, 2 FCWC 2008–
8Abe Lenstra Netherlands591 289 NL, 284 OL, 18 NC 1936–1963
9Glenn Ferguson Northern Ireland561 313 NL, 56 NC, 185 OC, 2 UCL, 3 UEL, 2 UCWC 1987–2011
10Jimmy McGrory Scotland540 409 NL, 77 NC, 54 OC 1922–1937
11Gerd Müller West Germany526 365 NL, 78 NC, 12 LC, 2 OC, 34 UCL, 4 UEL, 20 UCWC, 7 FC, 3 USC, 1 IC 1964–1979
12Uwe Seeler West Germany509 180 NL, 267 OL, 24 NC, 17 OC, 5 UCL, 3 UEL, 13 UCWC 1954–1978
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List of top scorers in European national leagues

  • Does not include goals scored in the lower divisions.[95]
  • As of 8 February 2026
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List of top scorers in European leagues (400 or more goals)
Rank Player Nationality Goals Itemized Goals Period
1Josef Bican Czech Republic515 Austria 71, Czechoslovakia & Bohemia-Moravia 444 1931–1955
=Ferenc Puskás Hungary515 Hungary 358, Spain 157 1943–1966
3Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal498 Portugal 3, England 103, Spain 311, Italy 81 2002–2022
4Lionel Messi Argentina496 Spain 474, France 22 2004–2023
5Uwe Seeler West Germany447 Oberliga Nord (Germany) 308, Germany 137, Ireland 2 1954–1978
6Robert Lewandowski Poland423 Poland 32, Germany 312, Spain 79 2008–
7Jimmy McGrory Scotland409 Scotland 409 1922–1937
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Club records

Most national league titles

Source:[96]

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TitlesClubPeriod
(first and last title)
57Northern Ireland Linfield1891–2025 WR
55Scotland Rangers1891–2021
55Scotland Celtic1893–2025
48Greece Olympiacos1931–2025
38Portugal Benfica1936–2023
37Serbia Red Star Belgrade1946–2026[a]
36Italy Juventus1905–2020
36Netherlands Ajax1918–2022
36Spain Real Madrid1932–2024
36Hungary Ferencváros1903–2025
36Croatia Dinamo Zagreb1923–2026[b]
35Czech Republic Sparta Prague1926–2024[c]
35Germany Bayern Munich1932–2026
34Belgium Anderlecht1947–2017
33Finland HJK1911–2023
33Austria Rapid Wien1912–2008[d]
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Notes
  1. Includes Red Star Belgrade's 18 championships of former Yugoslavia until 1991, their 18 league titles in Serbia (and Montenegro) won since the 1991/92 season, and the 1945/46 title of Serbia won in a regional qualification tournament for the Yugoslav championship[97] and recognised by the FA of Serbia in May 2019.[98]
  2. Includes Dinamo Zagreb's 4 Yugoslav and 26 Croatian championships since 1947–48 and the championships of HŠK Građanski Zagreb (5 in Yugoslavia before World War II and 1 in the Independent State of Croatia in 1943 during the war;[99][100] not counting the Croatian First League season of 1941 as it was not finished).[101]
  3. Includes Czechoslovak and Czech titles since 1925. Sparta won 21 Czechoslovak and 14 Czech titles.
  4. Includes Rapid's German title of 1941, along with their 32 Austrian titles.

Most consecutive national league titles

Source:[102]

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TitlesClubYears
14Latvia Skonto1991–2004
14Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2003–2016
14Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad2012–2025; ongoing
13Norway Rosenborg1992–2004
13Belarus BATE Borisov2006–2018
11Croatia Dinamo Zagreb2006–2016
11Germany Bayern Munich2013–2023
10Hungary MTK Budapest1914, 1917–1925
10East Germany BFC Dynamo1979–1988
10Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi1990–1999
10Armenia Pyunik2001–2010
10Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol2001–2010
10Austria Red Bull Salzburg2014–2023
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Most consecutive wins across all competitions

Source:[103]

Notes
  1. Celtic also won in their winning streak, from 30 April 1966 to 2 November 1966, two matches in the 1966–67 Glasgow Cup, between August and October 1966. Including this regional cup, Celtic's winning streak increases to 25 consecutive matches.[115]
  2. Celtic also won in their winning streak, from 3 February 1968 to 11 September 1968, one match in the 1967–68 Glasgow Cup, on 17 April 1968. Including this regional cup, Celtic's winning streak increases to 24 consecutive matches.[115]

Most consecutive wins in domestic league

Source:[140][141]

Longest unbeaten run across all competitions

Source:[159][160]

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MatchesClubYearsRef.
62Scotland Celtic1915–1917[a][160][162]
60Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise1933–1935[160][163]
After the introduction of UEFA club competitions (1955–56)
51Germany Bayer Leverkusen2023–2024[164][165]
48Portugal Benfica1963–1965[166][167]
48Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2010–2012[b]
45Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2007–2009[c]
45Croatia Dinamo Zagreb2014–2015[168][169]
45Croatia Rijeka2016–2017[170][171]
44Scotland Rangers1992–1993[172]
43Italy Juventus2011–2012[d][173][174]
42Italy Milan1991–1992[175][176]
42Netherlands Ajax1995–1996[177][178]
42Scotland Celtic2016–2017[179][180][181]
41Wales The New Saints2023–2024[e][182][183]
40Italy Fiorentina1955–1956[f][184]
40England Nottingham Forest1978[185][186]
40Italy Inter Milan2004–2005[187]
40Spain Real Madrid2016–2017[188][189]
40Serbia Red Star Belgrade2020–2021[156][190]
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Notes
  1. Celtic also played in their unbeaten run, from 20 November 1915 to 14 April 1917, in two regional cups, the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup and Glasgow Cup. Including two matches each in the 1915–16 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, in May 1916,[161] and in the 1916–17 Glasgow Cup, in October 1916,[115] Celtic was unbeaten for 66 games.[160]
  2. Lincoln Red Imps did not take part in any European competition during this unbeaten run.
  3. Lincoln Red Imps did not take part in any European competition during this unbeaten run.
  4. Juventus did not take part in any European competition during this unbeaten run.
  5. The New Saints did not take part in any European competition during this unbeaten run.
  6. Fiorentina did not take part in any European competition during this unbeaten run.

Longest unbeaten league run

Source:[191][192][193]

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MatchesClubYearsRef.
104Romania Steaua București1986–1989[191][192]
88Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2009–2014[191][192]
65Serbia Red Star Belgrade2021–2023[192]
63Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol2006–2008[191][192]
62Scotland Celtic1915–1917[191][192]
61Estonia Levadia2008–2009[191][192]
60Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise1933–1935[191][192]
59Armenia Shirak1993–1995[191][192]
59Armenia Pyunik2002–2004[191][192]
58Greece Olympiacos1972–1974[191][192]
58Italy Milan1991–1993[191][192]
58Latvia Skonto1993–1996[191][192]
58Portugal Porto2020–2022[192][194]
57Serbia Red Star Belgrade2017–2019[192]
56Portugal Benfica1976–1978[191][192]
56Scotland Celtic2016–2017[191][192]
55Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk2000–2002[192]
55Portugal Porto2010–2012[191][192]
55Serbia Red Star Belgrade2020–2022[195]
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Longest unbeaten league home run

Source:[196][197]

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MatchesClubYearsRef.
159Serbia Red Star Belgrade2017–2025[198][199]
121Spain Real Madrid1957–1965[197][200]
103Croatia Dinamo Zagreb2010–2016[201]
96Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade1998–2004[202]
93Netherlands PSV Eindhoven1983–1989[197]
92France Nantes1976–1981[197]
91Italy Torino1943–1949[203][204]
90Turkey Trabzonspor1975–1981[197]
89Slovakia Spartak Trnava1968–1974[197]
86England Chelsea2004–2008[205]
85Greece Panathinaikos1973–1978[197]
81Portugal Porto2008–2014[197][206]
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Longest unbeaten league away run

Source:[207]

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MatchesClubYearsRef.
64Romania Steaua București1986–1990
62Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2009–2016
47Estonia Nõmme Kalju2017–2020
44Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol2006–2008
40Turkey Galatasaray1998–2000[208]
39Armenia Pyunik2002–2005
39France Paris Saint-Germain2023–2025[209]
38Italy Milan1991–1993
37Germany Bayer Leverkusen2023–2025[210]
35Scotland Celtic1915–1917
33Turkey Beşiktaş1991–1993
33Germany Bayern Munich2012–2014
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Longest run of games scored in across all competitions

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MatchesClubPeriodRef.
85Germany Bayern Munich(16 February 2020 – 23 October 2021)[211][212]
73Spain Real Madrid(30 April 2016 – 17 September 2017)[213]
63France Paris Saint-Germain(4 August 2018 – 22 September 2019)[214][215]
61Germany Bayern Munich(16 March 2013 – 5 April 2014)[216]
57Serbia Red Star Belgrade(6 October 2024 – 19 October 2025)
53Spain Barcelona(21 December 2024 – 22 November 2025)[217]
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Longest run of games scored in domestic league

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MatchesClubPeriodRef.
87Germany Bayern Munich(matchday 22 of 2019–20 to matchday 6 of 2022–23)[218]
69Serbia Red Star Belgrade(matchday 10 of 2016–17 – matchday 8 of 2019–20)
65Germany Bayern Munich(matchday 32 of 2011–12 to matchday 28 of 2013–14)[219]
65Netherlands PSV Eindhoven(matchday 19 of 2022–23 – matchday 15 of 2024–25)
64Spain Barcelona(matchday 22 of 2011–12 to matchday 8 of 2013–14)[220]
61Scotland Celtic(matchday 33 of 2015–16 – matchday 18 of 2017–18)
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Biggest title-winning points margins

Source:[221]

Highest attendance at a European domestic match

147,365 – Celtic vs Aberdeen, 1936–37 Scottish Cup[228]

Highest attendance at a European club competition match

135,805 – Celtic vs Leeds United, 1969–70 European Cup[229]

Highest goal margin (aggregate) in European club competition

Most goals scored in a tie in European club competition

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