European association football club records and statistics

This article details men's professional association football club records and statistics (individual and collective) in Europe.

Individual records

Most goals in a season

Josef Bican, playing for Slavia Prague in 1943–44, still holds the record for most goals in a club season with 76.[1] In the 2011–12 season, Lionel Messi came the closest in recent years to beating Jones's record with 73 goals for Barcelona. He did, however, pass Gerd Müller's tally of 67 goals from the 1972–73 season. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scored 55 goals or more in a club season at least three times each; Ferenc Deák, Jimmy McGrory and Fernando Peyroteo accomplished this feat at least two times each.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Goals	Club	Season	League	Cup	International[lower-alpha 1]	Other[lower-alpha 2]	Golden Boot
1	Josef Bican	Czech Republic	76[1]	Slavia Prague	1943–44	57[2]	19	*		^
2	Jimmy Jones	Northern Ireland	74[3]	Glenavon	1956–57	74	-	-	-	^
3	Lionel Messi	Argentina	73[4]	Barcelona	2011–12	50[5]	3	14	6	Yes
4	Gerd Müller	Germany	67[6]	Bayern Munich	1972–73	36	7	12	12	No
5	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	66[7]	Szentlőrinci	1945–46	66	**	*	-	Yes
	Arthur Ceuleers	Belgium	66	Beerschot	1940–41	15	-	*	51	^
7	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	65	Újpest	1938–39	56[8]	**	9	-	^
8	Josef Bican	Czech Republic	63[1]	Slavia Prague	1941–42	45	18	*		^
	Dixie Dean	England	63	Everton	1927–28	60	3	*	-	^
	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	63	Celtic	1927–28	48	6	*	9	^
	Marc Lloyd-Williams	Wales	63	Bangor City	2001–02	47	13	-	3	No
12	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	61	Real Madrid	2014–15	48	1	10	2	Yes
13	William MacFadyen	Scotland	60	Motherwell	1932–33	45	15	*	-	^
	Isidro Lángara	Spain	60	Real Oviedo	1933–34	27	9	*	24	^
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	60	Real Madrid	2011–12	46	3	10	1	No
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	60	Barcelona	2012–13	46	4	8	2	Yes
17	Fred Roberts	Northern Ireland	59	Glentoran	1930–31	55	4	*	-	^
	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	59[9]	Ferencváros	1948–49	59	**	*	-	^
	Refik Resmja	Albania	59	Partizani Tirana	1950–51	59		*	-	Yes
	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	59	Barcelona	2015–16	40	5	8	6	Yes
21	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	58	Celtic	1926–27	47	9	*	2	^
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	58	Barcelona	2014–15	43	5	10	-	No
23	Joe Bambrick	Northern Ireland	57	Linfield	1929–30	50	7	*	-	^
	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	57	Sporting CP	1945–46	37	9	*	11	^
25	Josef Bican	Czech Republic	56[1]	Slavia Prague	1939–40	50	6	*
	Duncan Walker	Scotland	56	St Mirren	1921–22	45	11	-	-	^
	Werner Baßler	Germany	56	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1948–49	-	**	*	56	^
	Jim Forrest	Scotland	56	Rangers	1964–65	30	3	6	17	^
	Rhys Griffiths	Wales	56	Llanelli	2007–08	40	7	3	6	No
	Aleksandrs Čekulajevs	Latvia	56	Narva Trans	2011	46	10	-	-	No
31	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	55	Sporting CP	1937–38	34	9	*	12	^
	Henk Groot	Netherlands	55	Ajax	1960–61	41	14	-	-	^
	Mário Jardel	Brazil	55	Sporting CP	2001–02	42	7	6	-	Yes
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	55	Real Madrid	2012–13	34	7	12	2	No
	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	55	Bayern Munich	2019–20	34	6	15	-	No

• All records happened while the players' clubs in top-flight domestic league
• *: No European football competition before 1955
• **: No domestic cup competition held
• ^: No Golden Shoe Award before 1967

Most Ballons d'Or (1956–2009, 2016–) + FIFA Ballons d'Or (2010–2015)

Active players are marked in bold. Clubs listed are those represented by players who received the award for their performance at their respective clubs.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Awards	Years
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	6	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United, Real Madrid	5	2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
3	Johan Cruyff	Ajax, Barcelona[10]	3	1971, 1973, 1974
	Michel Platini	Juventus		1983, 1984, 1985
	Marco van Basten	Milan		1988, 1989, 1992
6	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	2	1972, 1976
	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid		1957, 1959
	Kevin Keegan	Hamburger SV		1978, 1979
	Ronaldo	Internazionale,[11] Real Madrid[12]		1997, 2002
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich		1980, 1981

Most Souliers d'Or (European Golden Shoe) (1968–1991, 1997–)

Active players are marked in bold. Clubs listed are those represented by players who received the award for their performance at their respective clubs.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Awards	Years
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	6	2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United, Real Madrid	4	2008, 2011, 2014, 2015
3	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	2	1970, 1972
	Eusébio	Benfica	2	1968, 1973
	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo București	2	1975, 1977
	Fernando Gomes	Porto	2	1983, 1985
	Mário Jardel	Porto, Sporting CP	2	1999, 2002
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	2	2004, 2005
	Diego Forlán	Villarreal, Atlético Madrid	2	2005, 2009
	Luis Suárez	Liverpool, Barcelona	2	2014, 2016

Club records

Most consecutive national league titles

Source:[13]

• 14 – Skonto Riga (1991–2004)
• 14 – Lincoln Red Imps (2003–16)
• 13 – Rosenborg (1992–2004)
• 13 – BATE Borisov (2006–18)
• 11 – Dinamo Zagreb (2006–16)

Longest unbeaten run across all competitions

• 62 – Celtic 1915–17[14]
• 60 – Union SG 1933–35

After the introduction of the UEFA club tournaments (1955–56)

• 48 – Benfica 1963–65
• 45 – Dinamo Zagreb 2014–15
• 45 – Rijeka 2016–17
• 44 – Rangers 1992–93
• 43 – Juventus 2011–12
• 42 – Barcelona 2018
• 42 – Milan 1991–92
• 42 – Ajax 1995–96
• 40 – Nottingham Forest 1978
• 40 – Real Madrid 2016–17
• 40 – Fiorentina 1955–56

Most consecutive wins across all competitions

Italic denotes record that was not achieved in country's top tier (unofficial record for non professional leagues).

• 32 – South Shields in 2016–17[15]
• 27 – Hereford FC in 2015–16[16]
• 27 – East Kilbride in 2016–17[17]
• 27 – The New Saints in 2016–17[18]
• 26 – Ajax in 1971–72[19]
• 26 – Salisbury City reserves in 2007–08[20]
• 23 – Bayern Munich in 2019–20 and 2020–21[21]
• 22 – Real Madrid in 2014–15[21]
• 18 – Benfica in 2010–11[22]
• 18 – Porto in 2018–19[22]
• 14 – F.C. United of Manchester in 2006[23][24]
• 13 – Atlético Madrid in 2012–13[25]
• 12 – Celtic in 2019–20[26]
• 11 – Arsenal in 2018–19[27]
• 11 – Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 1996–97

Longest unbeaten league run

Source:[28]

• 104 – Steaua București (1986–89)
• 88 – Lincoln Red Imps (2009–14)
• 63 – Sheriff Tiraspol (2006–08)
• 62 – Celtic (1915–17)
• 61 – Levadia (2008–09)
• 60 – Union Saint-Gilloise (1933–35)
• 59 – Shirak (1993–95)
• 59 – Pyunik (2002–04)
• 58 – Milan (1991–93)
• 58 – Olympiacos (1972–74)
• 58 – Skonto (1993–96)
• 56 – Celtic (2016–17)
• 56 – Benfica (1976–78)
• 55 – Porto (2010–12)
• 55 – Shakhtar Donetsk (2000–02)

Longest unbeaten league home run

Source:[29]

• 121 – Real Madrid (1957–65)
• 96 – Red Star Belgrade (1998–2004)
• 93 – PSV Eindhoven (1983–89)
• 92 – Nantes (1976–81)
• 90 – Trabzonspor (1975–81)
• 89 – Spartak Trnava (1968–74)
• 88 – Torino (1943–49)
• 86 – Chelsea (2004–08)
• 85 – Panathinaikos (1973–78)
• 81 – Porto (2008–14)

Most consecutive wins in domestic league

Source:[30]

Italic denotes record that was not achieved in country's top tier (unofficial record for non-professional leagues).

• 30 – Tiverton Town, between 1995–96[31] and 1996–97[32]
• 29 – Benfica, between 1971–72 and 1972–73[19]
• 28 – Ferencváros in 1931–32[33][34] and 1932–33
• 28 – Dinamo Zagreb in 2006–07
• 25 – Dinamo Tirana, between 1951 and 1952
• 25 – Celtic in 2003–04[30]
• 24 – Red Star Belgrade in 2015–16[35]
• 23 – Dresdner SC in 1942–43[33]
• 23 – Malmö FF, between 1948–49 and 1949–50
• 22 – PSV Eindhoven in 1987–88
• 22 – Kapaz in 1997–98
• 22 – The New Saints in 2016–17
• 19 – Ajax in 1971–72
• 19 – Bayern Munich in 2013–14
• 19 – Hereford in 2015–16[16]

Longest run of games scored in

• Real Madrid – 73 games, 30 April 2016 – 17 September 2017[36]
• Bayern Munich – 61 games, 16 March 2013 – 5 April 2014[37]

Highest attendance at a European domestic match

147,365 – Celtic vs Aberdeen, 1936-37 Scottish Cup

Highest goal margin (aggregate) in European Cup

• 18 – Benfica against Stade Dudelange in 1965–66 European Cup[38]
  • First leg score: Stade Dudelange 0–8 Benfica[39]
  • Second leg score: Benfica 10–0 Stade Dudelange[40]
  • Aggregate score: Benfica 18–0 Stade Dudelange[41]

Biggest title-winning points margins

Source:[42]

• 31 – Paris Saint-Germain in 2015–16
• 31 – Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2018–19
• 30 – Celtic in 2016–17
• 29 – Celtic in 2013–14
• 28 – Dinamo Zagreb in 2007–08
• 28 – Olympiacos in 2015–16
• 27 – Skonto in 1997
• 27 – The New Saints in 2016–17
• 26 – Barry Town in 1997–98
• 26 – Copenhagen in 2010–11

See also

• European Golden Shoe

Notes

1. UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, etc
2. League Cup etc

References

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Further reading

• Robertson, Forrest; Ross, David. The First 100 Years of Hampden. First Press Publishing. ISBN 1-901603-18-0.

External links

• England All-Time Topscorers - Top Level Only (archived)