Champions League group stage number crunching
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
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The UEFA Champions League group stage draw takes place in Monaco on Thursday and UEFA.com crunches the numbers from the 23 past seasons of action.
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Key facts
- Barcelona, Porto, Manchester United, Madrid making 20th group appearances
- Madrid hold records for most points, goals and consecutive qualifications
- Five teams have won all six games, but only Madrid have done it twice
- Lionel Messi has scored a record 44 group stage goals
- Astana are first Kazakhstani representatives
- Debutants Astana, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Gent take the number of clubs to have played in the group stage to 133
ALL STATISTICS ARE FOR GROUP GAMES ONLY SINCE 1992/93, NOT INCLUDING SECOND GROUP STAGE (1999/2000–2002/03)
Most group appearances by club
Barcelona*, FC Porto*, , Manchester United*, Real Madrid* 20
Bayern München* 19
Most points (2 points for a win in 1992/93, 1993/94 & 1994/95)
Real Madrid 244
Barcelona 230 (236 if 3 points for a win throughout)
Most goals
Real Madrid 269
Barcelona 249
Most qualifications from group stage
Real Madrid 19
Consecutive qualifications from group stage
Real Madrid (since 1997/98) 18
Most first places
Barcelona 16
Most times unbeaten
Barcelona 9
Single season:
Most wins
AC Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2011/12 & 2014/15) 6
Most draws
AEK Athens (2002/03) 6
Most goals scored
Manchester United (1998/99), Barcelona (2011/12), Real Madrid (2013/14) 20
Fewest goals conceded
AC Milan (1992/93), Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/96 & 2004/05), Valencia (2005/06), Liverpool (2005/06), Chelsea (2005/06), Manchester United (2010/11), Monaco (2014/15) 1
Biggest winning margin
Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2014/15) 11
Fewest points to qualify (3 points for a win)
FC Zenit (2013/14) 6
Most points without going through
Paris Saint-Germain** (1997/98), Napoli (2013/14) 12
League stats:
Most total appearances
Spain* 75
England* 71
Italy* 65
Most different national representatives
Spain 13
Germany* 11
France 10
Nations never represented
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, San Marino, Wales
Player stats:
Most appearances
Xavi Hernández 80
Raúl González 77
Iker Casillas 75
Most goals
Lionel Messi 44
Ruud van Nistelrooy 39
Cristiano Ronaldo 38
Single season
Cristiano Ronaldo (2013/14), Luiz Adriano (2014/15) 9
*Includes 2015/16
**Finished second but not one of the two best runners-up that qualified
***Could qualify in 2015/16