European association football club records

This article details professional association football club records in Europe.

Individual records

Most goals in a season

Rank	Player	Nationality	Goals	Club	Season	League	Cup	International[1]	Other[2]	Golden Shoe
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	73	Barcelona	2011–12	50[3]	3	17	3	Yes
2	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	66	Szentlőrinc A.C.	1945–46	66	**	*	-	^
	Arthur Ceuleers	Belgium	66	Beerschot	1940–41	15	-	*	51	^
4	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	65	Újpest	1938–39	56	**	9	-	^
5	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
8	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	61	Real Madrid	2014–15	48	1	10	2	Yes
9	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
13	Fred Roberts	Northern Ireland	59	Glentoran	1930–31	55	4	*	-	^
	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	59	Ferencváros	1948–49	59	**	*	-	^
	Refik Resmja	Albania	59+?	KF Partizani Tirana	1950–51	59	?	*	-	^
	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	59	Barcelona	2015–16	40	5	8	6	Yes
17	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	58	Celtic	1926–27	47	9	*	2	^
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	58	Barcelona	2014–15	43	5	10	-	No
19	Joe Bambrick	Northern Ireland	57	Linfield	1929–30	50	7	*	-	^
	Josef Bican	Czech Republic	57+?	SC Slavia Prague	1943–44	57	?	*	?	^
	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	57	Sporting CP	1945–46	37	9	*	11	^
22	Duncan Walker	Scotland	56	St Mirren	1921–22	45	11	-	-	^
	Werner Baßler	Germany	56	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	JK Narva Trans	2011	46	10	-	-	No
27	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

• 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 Ballon d'Or (1956–2009) + FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–)

Players still active marked in bold.

Rank	Player	Club	Awards	Years
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	5	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
2	Johan Cruyff	AFC Ajax, Barcelona[4]	3	1971, 1973, 1974
	Michel Platini	Juventus	3	1983, 1984, 1985
	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	3	1988, 1989, 1992
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United, Real Madrid	3	2008, 2013, 2014
6	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	2	1957, 1959
	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	2	1972, 1976
	Kevin Keegan	Hamburger SV	2	1978, 1979
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich	2	1980, 1981
	Ronaldo	Inter Milan,[5]Real Madrid[6]	2	1997, 2002

Club records

Most consecutive national league titles

Source:^[7]

• 14 - Skonto Riga (1991–2004), Lincoln (2003–2016)
• 13 - Rosenborg (1992–2004)
• 11 - Dinamo Zagreb (2006–2016)
• 10 - Dinamo Tbilisi (1990–99), BATE Borisov (2006–15), BFC Dynamo (1979–88), MTK (1914, 1917–25), Pyunik Yerevan (2001–10), Sheriff Tiraspol (2001–10)

Most consecutive wins in domestic league

Ongoing marked in bold.

• 29 - Benfica, between 1971–72 and 1972–73^[8]
• 28 - Dinamo Zagreb in 2006–07^[8]
• 25 - Celtic in 2003–04^[8]
• 25 - Dinamo Tirana, between 1951 and 1952^[8]
• 24 - Crvena Zvezda in 2015–16^[9]
• 23 - Malmö between 1948–49 and 1949–50^[8]
• 22 - PSV in 1987–88^[8]
• 22 - Ferencváros in 1931–32^[10][11]
• 19 - Bayern Munich in 2013–14^[8]
• 18 - Rangers in 1898–99^[12][13]
• 18 - FH, between 2004 and 2005^[8]

Highest attendance at a European domestic match

• 149,433 - 1937 Scottish Cup Final, Celtic and Aberdeen in 1937 at Hampden Park in Glasgow^[14]

Highest goal margin (aggregate) in European Cup

• 18 - Benfica against Stade Dudelange in European Cup 1965–66^[15]
  • 1st leg score: Stade Dudelange 0–8 Benfica^[16]
  • 2nd leg score: Benfica 10–0 Stade Dudelange^[17]
  • Aggregate score: Benfica 18–0 Stade Dudelange^[18]

See also

• European Golden Shoe

References

1. UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup etc
2. League Cup etc
3. Most goals in a La Liga season (at least 30 goals)
4. Johan Cruyff was signed by Barcelona from Ajax mid-way through 1973.
5. Ronaldo was signed by Internazionale from Barcelona mid-way through 1997.
6. Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Internazionale mid-way through 2002.
7. Stokkermans, Karel (14 January 2016). "Trivia on Winning Domestic Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
8. "Europe's longest domestic winning streaks". UEFA. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
9. "Red Stars 24th win a row". b92. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
10. "Hungary - List of Final Tables 1931-1940".
11. "Unbeaten".
12. Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Scottish Division One (old) League Table 1898-1899 - Statto.com".
13. "Club Win Records In Sight - Rangers Football Club, Official Website". 1 December 2013.
14. Robertson & Ross, p. 72.
15. Stokkermans, Karel (30 April 2015). "Champions' Cup/Champions League Trivia". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
16. "UEFA Champions League 1965_66 - History - Stade Dudelange-Benfica Lineups". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
17. "UEFA Champions League 1965_66 - History - Benfica-Stade Dudelange Lineups". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
18. Stokkermans, Karel (30 April 2015). "Champions' Cup/Champions League Trivia". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

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