Liverpool end season with Champions League goals record
Saturday, May 26, 2018
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Liverpool could not win the European Cup for a sixth time, but set a daunting mark by scoring their 47th goal in the 2017/18 competition.
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Liverpool broke the all-time record for goals in a single UEFA Champions League season in their semi-final against Roma, and extended their extraordinary total to 47 with Sadio Mané's finish in the final in Kyiv.
Jürgen Klopp's side ran out 3-1 losers in the final, with star forward Mohamed Salah taken off with a shoulder injury in the first half, but Mané's goal gave them hope after Karim Benzema's finish had put Real Madrid ahead. Club-mates Mané, Salah and Roberto Firmino all ended the season with ten UEFA Champions League goals, Senegalese international Mané following Egyptian Salah in becoming the second African player to reach double figures in a single UEFA Champions League season.
Most goals in a single UEFA Champions League season*
2017/18 Liverpool: 47 from 15 (av. 3.13)*
1999/00 Barcelona: 45 from 16 games (av. 2.81)
2013/14 Real Madrid: 41 from 13 (av. 3.15)
2002/03 Manchester United: 37 from 16 (av. 2.31)*
2016/17 Real Madrid: 36 from 13 (av. 2.77)
2008/09 Barcelona: 36 from 15 (av. 2.4)*
2011/12 Barcelona: 35 from 12 (av. 2.92)
2011/12 Real Madrid: 35 from 12 (av. 2.92)
2000/01 Real Madrid: 35 from 16 (av. 2.19)
1999/00 Real Madrid: 35 from 17 (av. 2.06)
2001/02 Real Madrid: 35 from 17 (av. 2.06)
*includes qualifying
Discounting the Reds' haul of six against Hoffenheim back in August, they are on 41 goals and still third on the all-time list.
Top UEFA Champions League scorers each season
2017/18 Liverpool: 47
2016/17 Real Madrid: 36 – winners
2015/16 Bayern München: 30
2014/15 Bayern München: 33
2013/14 Real Madrid: 41 – winners
2012/13 Bayern München: 31 – winners
2011/12 Barcelona/Real Madrid: 35
2010/11 Barcelona: 30 – winners
2009/10 Arsenal: 26
2008/09 Barcelona: 36 – winners
2007/08 Liverpool: 34
2006/07 AC Milan/Manchester United: 23 – Milan winners
2005/06 Barcelona: 24 – winners
2004/05 Lyon: 29
2003/04 Monaco: 27
2002/03 Manchester United: 37
2001/02 Real Madrid: 35 – winners
2000/01 Real Madrid: 35
1999/00 Barcelona: 45
1998/99 Manchester United: 31 – winners
1997/98 Dynamo Kyiv: 25
1996/97 Borussia Dortmund: 23 – winners
1995/96 Ajax/Juventus: 22 – Juve winners
1994/95 Paris Saint-Germain: 20
1993/94 Barcelona: 26 – winners
1992/93 Marseille: 25 – winners