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Competition facts UEFA Champions League final: Did you know? Spain are the most successful nation with ten triumphs, five more than Italy. Spain's wins 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 came from 15 final dates while Italy were victorious in 1994, 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2010 from their 13 appearances. England emerged victorious in 1999, 2005, 2008 and 2012 and were losing finalists in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 while Germany were winners in 1997, 2001 and 2013 and runners-up in 1999, 2002, 2010, 2012 and 2013. AC Milan made their sixth appearance in 2007, a record Real Madrid and Juventus equalled in 2017. Madrid (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017) have six final victories, two more than Barcelona (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015) with Milan on three (1994, 2003, 2007). Italy and Spain jointly have the most appearances per nation in all-time European Cup finals with 28; Spain has 17 wins from those 28 final appearances while Italy has recorded 12 victories and 16 defeats. England has 12 wins from 19 final appearances, with Germany on 17 appearances (seven wins), Portugal nine (four wins) and the Netherlands eight (six wins). There have been six finals between teams from the same country. In 2000 Real Madrid beat Valencia CF 3-0 at the Stade de France; three years later Milan defeated Juventus on penalties at Old Trafford; in 2008 Manchester United overcame Chelsea in Moscow, also on spot kicks; in 2013 Bayern München beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley. Then in 2014, Real Madrid overcame Club Atlético de Madrid 4-1 after extra time in Lisbon in the first European final between teams from the same city, and again beat their neighbours, this time on penalties, in Milan two years later. In the previous 25 UEFA Champions League finals, there have been 18 outright wins and seven matches decided on shoot-outs. A total of 70 goals have been scored with the most common results being 2-1 and 1-1, which have each happened on five occasions; three finals have finished 1-0. Seventeen European Cup finals have gone to extra time, including the 2016 decider. The finals of 1958, 1968, 1970, 1992 and 2014 were decided in the additional period, while the 1974 showpiece between Bayern and Atlético Madrid ended 1-1 after 120 minutes with Bayern winning a replay. The other 11 finals were settled by a penalty shoot-out after extra time: in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2016, when Real Madrid defeated Atlético 5-3 in the shoot-out after a 1-1 draw. Milan's 4-0 win against FC Barcelona in the 1994 final remains the biggest winning margin in a UEFA Champions League final and the Rossoneri were also involved in the highest scoring showpiece when they shared six goals with Liverpool in 2005 before penalties. In terms of the European Cup, Madrid's 7-3 defeat of Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960 remains the most impressive while Bayern (1974 v Atlético Madrid) and Milan (1989 v Steaua Bucureşti) also recorded 4-0 successes. No player has scored a hat-trick in a UEFA Champions League final. Daniele Massaro (Milan 1994), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Borussia Dortmund 1997), Hernán Crespo (Milan 2005), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan 2007), Diego Milito (Internazionale Milano 2010) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid 2017) all struck twice. In European Cup terms, Ferenc Puskás scored four goals in Madrid's 7-3 defeat of Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960, when Alfredo Di Stéfano found the net three times; Puskás scored another final hat-trick in 1962, with Pierino Prati (Milan 1969) the only other player to have managed a final hat-trick. In 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to find the net in three UEFA Champions League finals, having previously scored for Manchester United in 2008 and Real Madrid in 2014. Raúl González (Madrid 2000 and 2002), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona 2006 and 2009), Lionel Messi (Barcelona 2009 and 2011), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid 2014, 2016) and Mario Mandžukić (Bayern München 2013, Juventus 2017) have scored in two UEFA Champions League finals part of an exclusive club of 19 players to have found the net in more than one European Cup showpiece. Di Stéfano and Puskás lead the list having each scored seven goals for Madrid. Paolo Maldini's goal 51 seconds into the 2005 showpiece is the fastest in a UEFA Champions League final. Jens Lehmann (2006), Didier Drogba (2008) and Juan Cuadrado (2017) are the only players to be dismissed in a European Cup final. Clarence Seedorf is the only player to lift the European Cup with three clubs (Ajax 1995, Real Madrid 1998, Milan 2003, 2007). Bob Paisley (Liverpool 1977, 1978, 1981) was the first coach to win three times, a feat Carlo Ancelotti (Milan 2003, 2007, Real Madrid 2014) replicated. In 2014 Ancelotti also became the fifth coach to win the trophy with two clubs; Ernst Happel (Feyenoord 1970, Hamburger SV 1983), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund 1997, Bayern 2001), José Mourinho (FC Porto 2004, 2
Internazionale 2010) and Jupp Heynckes (Real Madrid 1998, Bayern 2013) had previously achieved the feat. Seven people have won the trophy as both a player and a coach: Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid 1956, 1957 (player); Real Madrid 1960, 1966 (coach); Giovanni Trapattoni (AC Milan 1963, 1969; Juventus 1985); Johan Cruyff (Ajax 1971, 1972, 1973; Barcelona 1992); Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan 1989, 1990; AC Milan 2003, 2007, Real Madrid 2014); Frank Rijkaard (AC Milan 1989, 1990, Ajax 1995; Barcelona 2006); Josep Guardiola (Barcelona 1992; Barcelona 2009, 2011); Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid 2002; Real Madrid 2016, 2017). In 2017, Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend the UEFA Champions League trophy; Milan (1989, 1990) had been the last club to pick up consecutive European Champion Clubs' Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United FC (2008, 2009) have all returned to the final as holders only to lose. Only two sides have ever won the UEFA Champions League in their own country: Juventus (1996, final in Rome) and Dortmund (1997, final in Munich). Manchester United lost the 2011 final in London and 12 months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München. UEFA Champions League: Did you know? Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in FC Barcelona's 7-1 triumph against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 7 March 2012, a feat reproduced by FC Shakhtar Donetsk's Luiz Adriano at FC BATE Borisov on 21 October 2014. Eleven more players, also including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid on matchday six in 2015/16. Cristiano Ronaldo set a new record for a UEFA Champions League group stage with 11 goals in 2015/16, eclipsing his own mark of nine goals in 2013/14, which Luiz Adriano matched in 2014/15 and Ronaldo himself equalled in 2017/18. Lionel Messi got ten goals in 2016/17; Zlatan Ibrahimović (2013/14), Ruud van Nistelrooy (2004/05), Filippo Inzaghi and Hernán Crespo (both 2002/03) managed eight. Messi's hat-trick on matchday three of the 2016/17 competition was his seventh in the competition, a record Ronaldo matched against Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2016/17 semi-finals. SS Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete at this level, having been aged 43 years and 252 days when he figured against Madrid on matchday six of the 2007/08 edition. Francesco Totti is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 38 years and 59 days, in AS Roma's 1-1 draw at PFC CSKA Moskva on 25 November 2014. Ryan Giggs (37 years and 290 days) was the previous record holder. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared he was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was sent off in the 37th minute. Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored, aged 17 years and 195 days, in Olympiacos FC's 5-1 reverse at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997. 3
Legend ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. Match officials UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final Tournament GS-FT: Group stage final tournament Statistics National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted 4
Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 5