European association football club records

Most goals in a season

Rank	Player	Nationality	Goals	Club	Season	League	Cup	International[1]	Other[2]	Golden Boot
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	73	Barcelona	2011–12	50[3]	3	14	6	Yes
2	Gerd Müller	Germany	67[4]	Bayern Munich	1972–73	36	7	12	12	No
3	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	66[5]	Szentlőrinci	1945–46	66	**	*	-	Yes
	Arthur Ceuleers	Belgium	66	Beerschot	1940–41	15	-	*	51	^
5	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	65	Újpest	1938–39	56[6]	**	9	-	^
6	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
9	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	61	Real Madrid	2014–15	48	1	10	2	Yes
10	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
14	Fred Roberts	Northern Ireland	59	Glentoran	1930–31	55	4	*	-	^
	Ferenc Deák	Hungary	59[7]	Ferencváros	1948–49	59	**	*	-	^
	Refik Resmja	Albania	60+?	Partizani Tirana	1950–51	59	?	*	-	Yes
	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	59	Barcelona	2015–16	40	5	8	6	Yes
18	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	58	Celtic	1926–27	47	9	*	2	^
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	58	Barcelona	2014–15	43	5	10	-	No
20	Joe Bambrick	Northern Ireland	57	Linfield	1929–30	50	7	*	-	^
	Josef Bican	Czech Republic	57+?	Slavia Prague	1943–44	57[8]	?	*	?	^
	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	57	Sporting CP	1945–46	37	9	*	11	^
23	Duncan Walker	Scotland	56	St Mirren	1921–22	45	11	-	-	^
	Werner Baßler	Germany	56	1. FC 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	Narva Trans	2011	46	10	-	-	No
28	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, 2016–) + FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)

Active players are marked in bold.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Awards	Years
1	Cristiano Ronaldo[9]	Manchester United, Real Madrid	5	2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
	Lionel Messi	Barcelona		2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
3	Johan Cruyff	Ajax, Barcelona[10]	3	1971, 1973, 1974
	Michel Platini	Juventus		1983, 1984, 1985
	Marco van Basten	Milan		1988, 1989, 1992
6	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	2	1972, 1976
	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid		1957, 1959
	Kevin Keegan	Hamburger SV		1978, 1979
	Ronaldo	Internazionale,[11] Real Madrid[12]		1997, 2002
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich		1980, 1981

Most consecutive national league titles

Source:^[13]

• 14 - Skonto Riga (LVA) (1991–2004), Lincoln (GIB) (2003–16)
• 13 - Rosenborg (NOR) (1992–2004)
• 12 - BATE Borisov (BLR) (2006–17)
• 11 - Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) (2006–16)

Longest unbeaten run across all competitions

Source:^[14]

• 62 - Celtic (SCO) 1915–17 (all league matches)
• 60 - Union SG (BEL) 1933–35 (all league matches)

After the introduction of European club tournaments:

• 48 - Benfica (POR) 1963–65
• 45 - Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2014–15
• 45 - Rijeka (CRO) 2016–17
• 43 - Juventus (ITA) 2011–12
• 42 - Milan (ITA) 1991–92
• 42 - Ajax (NED) 1995–96
• 40 - Nottingham Forest (ENG) 1978
• 40 - Real Madrid (ESP) 2016–17

Most consecutive wins across all competitions

Italic denotes record that was not achieved in country's top tier (unofficial record for nonprofessional leagues).

• 32 - South Shields in 2016–17^[15]
• 30 - East Kilbride in 2016–17^[16]
• 27 - Hereford FC in 2015–16^[17]
• 27 - The New Saints in 2016–17^[18]
• 26 - Ajax in 1971–72 (Ajax also has 25 consecutive wins achieved during 1995–96)^[19]
• 26 - Salisbury City reserves in 2007–08^[20]
• 22 - Real Madrid in 2014–15^[21]

Longest unbeaten league run

Source:^[22]

• 104 - Steaua București (ROM) (1986–89)
• 88 - Lincoln Red Imps F.C. (GBA) (2009–14)
• 63 - Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) (2006–08)
• 62 - Celtic (SCO) (1915–17)
• 61 - Levadia (EST) (2008–09)
• 60 - Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) (1933–35)
• 59 - Shirak (ARM) (1993–95)
• 59 - Pyunik (ARM) (2002–04)
• 58 - Milan (ITA) (1991–93)
• 58 - Olympiacos (GRE) (1972–74)
• 58 - Skonto (LAT) (1993–96)
• 56 - Celtic (SCO) (2016–17)
• 56 - Benfica (POR) (1976–78)
• 55 - Porto (POR) (2010–12)
• 55 - Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) (2000–02)

Most consecutive wins in domestic league

Source:^[23]

Italic denotes record that was not achieved in country's top tier (unofficial record for non-professional leagues).

• 30 - Tiverton Town F.C. between 1995–96^[24] and 1996–97^[25]
• 29 - Benfica, between 1971–72 and 1972–73
• 28 - Dinamo Zagreb in 2006–07
• 25 - Dinamo Tirana, between 1951 and 1952
• 25 - Celtic in 2003–04^[23]
• 24 - Red Star Belgrade in 2015–16^[26]
• 23 - Dresdner SC in 1942–43^[27]
• 23 - Malmö FF between 1948–49 and 1949–50
• 22 - Ferencváros in 1931–32^[27][28]
• 22 - PSV Eindhoven in 1987–88
• 22 - The New Saints in 2016–17
• 19 - Hereford FC in 2015–16^[17]

Longest run of games scored in

• Real Madrid – 73 games, 6 April 2016 – 20 September 2017^[29]
• Bayern Munich – 61, 16 March 2013 – 5 April 2014^[30]

Highest attendance at a European domestic match

• 149,433 - 1937 Scottish Cup Final, Celtic and Aberdeen in 1937 at Hampden Park in Glasgow^[31]