Some clubs and players have achieved significant success so far in the number one club-level organization of European football, where the new season will start with the matches to be played tomorrow.
Real Madrid is the most successful in the UEFA Champions League
Real Madrid, the Spanish team for which national football player Arda Güler also plays, took the UEFA Champions League trophy to its museum 15 times.
The Spanish representative managed to become the most successful team in Europe's number one cup by reaching a happy ending 15 times, including 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024. The Madrid team was defeated in the final matches of 1962, 1964 and 1981 and could not reach the cup.
The closest follower of Real Madrid is the Italian team Milan with 7 championships.
Real Madrid with the most matches
Real Madrid, which is the team that has played the most matches in the organization with 517 times, also stands out as the only team that has passed the 500 threshold in the tournament.
The Spanish team is followed by the German team Bayern Munich with 422 matches, and the other Spanish representative Barcelona with 375 matches.
Top scorers Ronaldo and Messi
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in the number one club-level organization of European football, which started to be played under the name of UEFA Champions League since the 1992-1993 season; He scored 141 goals in 187 matches with Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
Argentinian star Lionel Messi followed Ronaldo with 129 goals in 163 matches during his time in Barcelona and PSG.
Ronaldo scored the most goals in a season
Ronaldo, who completed the 2013-2014 season with 17 goals while playing for Real Madrid, holds the title of the player who scored the most goals in a season in the Champions League.
The Portuguese football player succeeded in scoring 16 goals in the league in the 2015-2016 season.
The fastest "hat-trick" was from Muhammed Salah
Egyptian star football player Muhammed Salah, who was transferred to Trabzonspor this season, holds the record for the fastest "hat-trick" in the UEFA Champions League.
Salah succeeded in scoring 3 goals in 6 minutes and 12 seconds for Liverpool in their away match against Rangers on October 12, 2022.
The Egyptian football player entered the game from the bench and scored goals in the 75th, 80th and 81st minutes, and Liverpool defeated Rangers 7-1.
Messi and Ronaldo with the most hat tricks
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo share the title of the footballers who have scored the most hat tricks in the Champions League.
Messi managed to score 3 goals in a match 8 times for Barcelona and Ronaldo for Real Madrid.
The youngest goal scorers are Fati and Yamal
In the 6th and last week match of Group F in the 2019-2020 season of the UEFA Champions League, the Spanish team Barcelona defeated the Italian representative Inter 2-1 away.
Ansu Fati made history in Barcelona, which guaranteed to advance to the last 16 rounds by becoming the leader of its group.
Ansu Fati, who scored in the 86th minute of the match in which his team beat Inter 2-1, became the youngest football player to score a goal in a Champions League match at the age of 17 years and 40 days.
Barcelona's young star Lamine Yamal follows Fati with the goal he scored against Monaco in the UEFA Champions League 2024-2025 season at the age of 17 years and 68 days.
The youngest Turkish player to score a goal in the UEFA Champions League was Kenan Yıldız, with the goal he scored against PSV last year while playing for Juventus. Kenan achieved this success at the age of 20 years and 4 months.
Pepe is the oldest football player to score a goal
Portuguese defender Pepe, who also played for Beşiktaş for a while, became the oldest player to score a goal in the history of the UEFA Champions League by scoring the net in Porto's home match against Antwerp in the 2023-2024 season.
Pepe, who scored at the age of 40 years and 254 days in the match where the Portuguese representative Porto beat the Belgian team Antwerp 2-0 in the 4th week of the UEFA Champions League Group H, became the first player over the age of 40 to score a goal in the organization.
Seedorf won 4 trophies in 3 different clubs
Dutch football player Clarence Seedorf has the title of being the only football player to win 4 UEFA Champions League trophies in 3 different clubs.
Seedorf managed to lift the Champions League trophies with Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998, and Milan in 2003 and 2007.
Winners both on the field and in the dugout
7 players have previously won the championship in the UEFA Champions League, both as players and coaches.
Zinedine Zidane, Miguel Munoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard and Josep Guardiola succeeded in lifting the league cup as coaches after their football careers.
First goal from Amokachi
After the Champion Clubs' Cup was changed to the Champions League in 1992, the first goal was scored by Daniel Amokachi, who also played for Beşiktaş for a while.
While playing for Belgium's Club Brugge team, the Nigerian football player scored the first goal of the UEFA Champions League with the goal he scored in the 17th minute of the match in which they beat CSKA Moscow 1-0.
Most different victory record in the final
The most distinctive victory in the UEFA Champions League final was achieved by the French team Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
PSG defeated the Italian representative Inter 5-0 in the 2024-2025 season and achieved the most different final victory in the history of the Champions League.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu made history
National football player Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who plays for Inter, became the first national player to compete in the UEFA Champions League final for the second time. Hakan could not experience the joy of championship in both finals.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu played his first final match in the league against the English representative Manchester City at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul in the 2022-2023 season.
The national football player experienced the same sadness in the 2024-2025 season when Inter lost 5-0 to PSG in the final.
Arda Güler experienced the joy of a cup at a young age
In the Champions League final of the 2023-2024 season, Real Madrid, including national football player Arda Güler, won the cup by defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0.
With this victory, Arda Güler became the first Turkish national football player to enjoy the cup in the UEFA Champions League. The 20-year-old national football player could not play in the final match and finished the match on the bench.
24 different teams succeeded in taking the cup to the museum
While 42 different teams have competed in the final match in Europe's largest club-based organization, 24 different teams have succeeded in taking the cup to their museum.
