MOST ENGLISH
PREMIER LEAGUE
(EPL) GAMES
UNDEFEATED
WHEN SCORING
James Milner (UK)
scored in 47 EPL
games without
suffering defeat
between 26 Dec
2002 and 19 Mar- His record
stood at 37 wins
and 10 draws while
playing for Leeds
United, Newcastle
United, Aston Villa,
Manchester City and
Liverpool (all UK).
Club Soccer
SPORTS
Paul Pogba (FRA), the most expensive footballer, cost
Manchester United €105 m (£89.1 m; $116.4 m) in 2016.Longest unbeaten streak by a
newly promoted Bundesliga team
RB Leipzig (DEU) went 13 matches unbeaten
from 28 Aug to 3 Dec 2016. They almost lost
their first game, salvaging a last-minute draw,
but went on to win eight games in a row from
30 Sep to 3 Dec. Leipzig’s run finally came to
an end when they lost 1–0 to Ingolstadt.Youngest coach in the Bundesliga
Julian Nagelsmann (DEU, b. 23 Jul 1987) was
aged 28 years 203 days when he took over at
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 11 Feb 2016.Longest unbeaten streak by a Ligue 1 team
Paris Saint-Germain went 36 games without
defeat in the French top division from
15 Mar 2015 to 20 Feb 2016. They won 32 games
and drew four, scoring 98 goals at an average of
2.72 per game. The longest previous unbeaten
streak had been 32 games by Nantes in 1994–95.First all-foreign Serie A match
When Internazionale met Udinese (both ITA)
on 23 Apr 2016, all 22 starting players
were non-Italian. Inter came out on
top, winning the game 3–1.Most consecutive Champions League
home match victories
Bayern Munich (DEU) won 16 Champions League
home matches in a row between 17 Sep 2014
and 15 Feb 2017, scoring 58 goals in the process.Most consecutive wins in La Liga
Real Madrid (ESP) won 16 consecutive games
in the top division of Spanish football between
2 Mar and 18 Sep 2016. This equalled the mark
set by their great rivals FC Barcelona from
16 Oct 2010 to 5 Feb 2011.Most goals scored by an individual
in the UEFA Champions League
On 18 Apr 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo (PRT) netted a
hat-trick during the second leg of Real Madrid’s
quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich, bringing
his total of Champions League goals to 100. His
first 15 were scored for Manchester United (UK).Most different clubs coached
in the UEFA Champions League
Carlo Ancelotti (ITA) coached seven sides in
Europe’s premier soccer competition from 1997
to 2016DZ Parma, Juventus, AC Milan (all ITA),
Chelsea (UK), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Real
Madrid (ESP) and Bayern Munich (DEU).Most yellow cards for a team
in an English Premier League match
On 2 May 2016, nine players from Tottenham
Hotspur (UK) were booked during a 2–2 draw
against Chelsea at Stamford
Bridge in London, UK.Highest margin
of victory in Major
League Soccer (MLS)
On 21 May 2016, the New York
Red Bulls beat local rivals New
York City FC 7–0. This matched
LA Galaxy’s 8–1 win over FC Dallas
on 4 Jun 1998, and Chicago Fire’s
7–0 rout of the Kansas City
Wizards (all USA) on 4 Jul 2001.MOST SERIE A GOALS SCORED
IN A SINGLE SEASON BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Argentinian hitman Gonzalo Higua®n broke a
long-standing Serie A record when he scored
36 times for Napoli (ITA) during the 2015–16
season. The previous best of 35 goals had been
set by Gunnar Nordahl (SWE) for AC Milan (ITA)
in 1949–50. Higua®n scored a hat-trick against
Frosinone on the final day of the season to beat
it, finishing with a spectacular overhead kick.MOST APPEARANCES IN
UEFA CLUB COMPETITIONS
On 14 Mar 2017, keeper Iker Casillas (ESP) made his
175th UEFA club competition appearance for Porto
(PRT) against Juventus (ITA) in Turin, Italy. Casillas,
who played for Real Madrid from 1999 to 2015
before joining Porto, has also made the most UEFA
Champions League appearancesDZ 168.MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS
OF THE UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Sevilla (ESP) won their third consecutive UEFA
Europa League title on 18 May 2016, beating
Liverpool (UK) 3–1 in the final at St Jakob-Park
in Basel, Switzerland. Manager Unai Emery (ESP)
was involved in all three triumphs – the most
wins of the UEFA Cup/Europa League by a
manager, tying with Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA).LARGEST SECOND-LEG COMEBACK
IN A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT TIE
On 8 Mar 2017, FC Barcelona (ESP) fought back from
a 4–0 first-leg deficit to win 6–1 against Paris Saint-
Germain (FRA) at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, for a
6–5 aggregate victory. The Catalan side scored three goals in
the final seven minutes, with Neymar netting twice before Sergi
Roberto (pictured) scored the decisive goal in the 95th minute.The previous
largest Champions
League comeback
had been achieved by
Deportivo de La Coruña
(ESP) in 2004. They beat
AC Milan 4–0 in the
second leg of their tie,
having lost 4–1 in
the first.