This article details men's professional
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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
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and its cups (,
league cup,
super cup
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); for continental competitions, all
UEFA club competitions
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including – although recognized but not organized by
UEFA
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– the
Fairs Cup
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as the predecessor to the
UEFA Cup
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and additionally, on an intercontinental scale, both the
FIFA Club World Cup
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and its defunct predecessor, the
Intercontinental Cup, which was endorsed by UEFA (Europe) and
CONMEBOL
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(South America).
All competitions for men's European football clubs
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.
* The list refers to goals in
all national club competitions , organized by UEFA (including all ''UEFA preliminary and qualifying rounds'')
as the predecessor in the
and
club competitions (excluding the ''
International Champions Cup
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'')
* Does not include goals scored in the ,
in regional competitions, in
invitational tournaments and
in the national team
;Notes
List of top scorers in European football
* Does not include goals scored in the lower divisions.
* ''As of 16 March 2025''
Club records
Most national league titles
Source:
;Notes
Most consecutive national league titles
Source:
Most consecutive wins across all competitions
Source:
;Notes
Most consecutive wins in domestic league
Source:
Longest unbeaten run across all competitions
Source:
;Notes
Longest unbeaten league run
Source:
Longest unbeaten league home run
Source:
Longest run of games scored in across all competitions
Longest run of games scored in domestic league
Biggest title-winning points margins
Source:
Highest attendance at a European domestic match
147,365 –
Celtic
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Sports Foot ...
vs
Aberdeen
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,
1936–37 Scottish Cup
Highest goal margin (aggregate) in European Cup
* 18 –
Benfica against
Stade Dudelange
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Stade was one of the country's most successf ...
in
1965–66 European Cup
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**''First leg score'': Stade Dudelange 0–8 Benfica
**''Second leg score'': Benfica 10–0 Stade Dudelange
**''Aggregate score'': Benfica 18–0 Stade Dudelange
See also
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European Golden Shoe
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*
List of world association football records
This article features a list of men's professional FIFA records in association football, in any football league, cup, or other competition around the world, including professionals, semi-professionals, and amateurs. Friendly club matches are gene ...
*
UEFA club competition records and statistics
Clubs UEFA club competition winners
Real Madrid hold the record for the most overall titles (26), and have the most UEFA Super Cup wins (6) as well. The Madrid club also have a record 15 titles achieved in the UEFA Champions League and its pr ...
References
Further reading
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External links
England All-Time Topscorers - Top Level Only(archived)
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Association football club records and statistics
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