UEFA Champions League group stage records

PLAYERS

Big numbers
Most appearances*: 87 – Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Porto)
Most goals: 57 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best strike rate**: 1.00 goals per game – Lionel Messi (57 goals in 57 group stage appearances)
Most campaigns***: 19 – Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Porto)
Most goals in a single game: 5 – Luiz Adriano (BATE Borisov 0-7 Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 October 2014)
Most goals in a single campaign: 11 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 2015/16)

*does not include second group stage
**minimum ten goals scored
***up to and including 2017/18

Jonas celebrates scoring within 11 seconds against Leverkusen©Getty Images

Speed records
Fastest goal: 10.96 seconds – Jonas (Valencia 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen, 1 November 2011)
Fastest own goal: 2 minutes 9 seconds – Iñigo Martínez (Manchester United 1-0 Real Sociedad, 23 October 2013)
Fastest hat-trick: 8 minutes – Bafétimbi Gomis (Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon, 7 December 2011)

Age records
Youngest player in a group stage game: 16 years 87 days – Celestine Babayaro (Anderlecht 1-1 Steaua Bucureşti, 23 November 1994)
Youngest scorer in a group stage game: 17 years 195 days – Peter Ofori-Quaye (Rosenborg 5-1 Olympiacos, 1 October 1997)
Oldest player in a group stage game: 43 years 253 days – Marco Ballotta (Real Madrid 3-1 Lazio, 11 December 2007)
Oldest scorer in a group stage game: 38 years 59 days – Francesco Totti (CSKA Moskva 1-1 Roma, 25 November 2014)

CLUBS

Carles Puyol’s all-time Barcelona five-a-side

Most campaigns*: 22 – Barcelona, Real Madrid, Porto
Highest points totals: 18 (six times) – AC Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2011/12 and 2014/15)
Lowest points totals: 0 (19 times) – most recently, Dinamo Zagreb and Club Brugge (2016/17)
Most goals scored in a single campaign: 21 – Borussia Dortmund (2016/17)
Fewest goals scored in a single campaign: 0 (three times) – Deportivo La Coruña (2004/05), Maccabi Haifa (2009/10), Dinamo Zagreb (2016/17)
Most goals conceded in a single campaign: 24 (twice) – BATE Borisov (2014/15), Legia Warszawa (2016/17)

*up to and including 2017/18