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Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name. [177] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl , in November 2014. [ 178 ]
Messi pointing to the sky following his record five-goal display against Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in 2012. Despite Messi's individual form, Barcelona's four-year cycle of success under Guardiola – one of the greatest eras in the club's history – drew to an end. [108]
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a round-robin ...
Messi capped off the year by winning the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup final over River Plate in Yokohama, collecting his fifth club trophy of the calendar year. [124] On 11 January 2016, Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time in his career. [125] He would end the season by winning La Liga as well as the Copa del Rey again. [126]
Most goals scored in UEFA Champions League: 120 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2021 [1] Most goals scored in the group stage of UEFA Champions League (UCL Record): 71 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2021 [1] Most goals scored in UEFA Cup: 11 – Carles Rexach, 1972–1981 [citation needed] Most goals scored in UEFA Super Cup: 3 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2021 ...
Bayern Munich won the DFL-Supercup in the start of the 2012–13 season, the European Super Cup in 2013 and the FIFA Club World Cup in the same year winning a quintuple of cups. Inter Milan completed the quintuple by winning Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, and the Supercoppa Italiana.
Cristiano Ronaldo made 183 UEFA Champions League appearances, the most in the competition. Since the rebranding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup to UEFA Champions League in 1992 at the start of the 1992–93 season, a total of 50 players have managed to make at least 100 appearances in the competition. [1]