Champions League Biggest Wins & Defeats in football History

Henry

Apr 29, 2022

Champions League Biggest Wins & Defeats in football History

Biggest Wins and Defeats In Champions League History

Highest winning of the Champions League in all history? What is the biggest win ever in a Champions League match? Who has won with the biggest margin in the Champions League? Biggest wins & defeats in Champions League history?

The Champions League is an elite competition for European football clubs. It is the dream of every player to play in the competition and winning it is special. Given how prestigious the event is, goals are meant to be few; surprisingly, the case is not true. The UCL has seen more goals than most competitions despite being a den of big European guns. The biggest wins and defeats in the Champions League history will be highlighted below.

Biggest Wins and Defeats In Champions League History

What is the highest winning margin of a UCL match in all history? What is the biggest win ever in a Champions League match? Which football club has won with the biggest scoreline in the UCL? Biggest wins and defeats in Champions League history?

Most goals scored in the Champions League

The UEFA champions league is exciting and entertaining to watch partly because of its goals. Real Madrid FC is regarded as the Chairman and CEO of the prestige competition. The Spanish giant is nearing the 1000 goals mark (973) - no team has ever achieved such an incredible feat. The other three football clubs that have passed the 500-goal mark in the UCL are Bayern Munich (720), Barcelona (635), and Manchester United (506). You might wonder why Liverpool did not cut - here is the reason: The Reds have scored 406 goals in the history of UCL.

Biggest wins & defeats in Champions League history

Biggest defeat in Champions League history? Here is the list of the biggest wins and losses in Champions League (5+ Goals). Lets have a look at the biggest wins and defeat in Champions League history:

The following teams won a single match by ten goals or more in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup :

Dinamo București beat Crusaders 11–0 in 1973–74
Feyenoord beat KR Reykjavík 12–2 in 1969–70
Manchester United beat Anderlecht 10–0 in 1956–57
Ipswich Town beat Floriana 10–0 in 1962–63
Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 10–0 in 1965–66
Leeds United beat Lyn 10–0 in 1969–70
Borussia Mönchengladbach beat EPA Larnaca 10–0 in 1970–71
Ajax beat Omonia 10–0 in 1979–80

The biggest defeat in Champions League history was Dinamo București beat Crusaders with 11–0 in Champions League 1973–74 season. The 11-0 is the largets margin of a deafeat in Champions League history.

The largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format is 10–0:

HJK Helsinki beat Bangor City in the second qualifying round in 2011–12

The largest margin of victory after the preliminary rounds in either competition is 8–0:

Real Madrid beat Sevilla in the quarter-final in 1957–58
Liverpool beat Beşiktaş in the group stage in 2007–08
Real Madrid beat Malmö FF in the group stage in 2015–16

The largest margin of victory in the knockout stage in the current Champions League format is 7–0:

Bayern Munich beat Basel in the first knockout round in 2011–12
Bayern Munich beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the first knockout round in 2014–15

The largest margin of victory in a final is four goals:

Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in 1959–60
Bayern Munich beat Atlético Madrid 4–0 in 1973–74 (replay)
Milan beat Steaua București 4–0 in 1988–89
Milan beat Barcelona 4–0 in 1993–94

Biggest two leg wins in Champions League history

Benfica holds the overall record by beating Stade Dudelange 18–0 in the preliminary round in 1965–66. They beat the Luxembourgers by 8–0 and 10–0
As for the group stage, record belongs to Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat BATE Borisov 12–0 (7–0 away, 5–0 at home) in 2014–15. Including the preliminary rounds, HJK Helsinki holds the Champions League era record by beating Bangor City 13–0 (3–0, 10–0) in 2011–12
Bayern Munich holds the biggest margin of overall home and away result in the Champions League era in play-off. They beat Sporting CP 12–1 (5–0, 7–1) in the round of 16 in 2008–09.
Real Madrid holds the record for the biggest win in a quarter-final, beating Sevilla 10–2 (8–0, 2–2) in 1957–58. During the Champions League era, Bayern Munich holds the record by beating Kaiserslautern 6–0 (2–0, 4–0) in 1998–99.
Eintracht Frankfurt holds the record for the biggest win in a semi-final, beating Rangers 12–4 (6–1, 6–3) in 1959–60. During the Champions League era, Bayern Munich holds the record by beating Barcelona 7–0 (4–0, 3–0) in 2012–13.

Biggest wins and defeats in Champions League history

Stage of the competition	Date/Season	Fixtures	The match scoreline
Group Stage, Matchday 4	06/11/2007	Liverpool v Beşiktaş	8-0
Group Stage, Matchday 6	08/12/2015	Real Madrid v Malmö	8-0
Qualification Stage, Round of 16	14/03/2023	Manchester City vs RB Leipzig	7-0
Qualification Stage, Round of 16	13/03/2012	Bayern München v Basel	7-0
Qualification Stage, Round of 16	11/03/2015	Bayern München v Shakhtar Donetsk	7-0
Qualification Stage, Round of 16	12/03/2019	Manchester City v Schalke	7-0
Qualification Stage, Quarter-final	14/8/2020	Bayern v Barcelona	8-2
Qualification Stage, Quarter-final	10/04/2007	Manchester United v Roma	7-1
Qualification Stage, Semi-final	23/04/2013	Bayern v Barcelona	4-0
Qualification Stage, Semi-final	29/04/2014	Bayern v Real Madrid	4-0
Final	18/05/1994	AC Milan v Barcelona	4-0
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1973–74	Dinamo București v Crusaders	11-0
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1969–70	Feyenoord v KR Reykjavík	12-2
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1956-57	Manchester United v Anderlecht	10-0
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1962-63	Ipswich Town v Floriana	10-0
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1965-66	Benfica v Stade Dudelange	10-0
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1969-70	Leeds United v Lyn	10-0
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1970-71	Borussia Mönchengladbach v EPA Larnaca	10-0
Preliminary rounds of the European Cup	1979-80	Ajax v Omonia	10-0
Final	1959-60	Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt	7-3
Final (replay)	1973-74	Bayern Munich v Atlético Madrid	4-0
Final	1988-89	Milan v Steaua București	4-0
Preliminary round	1965-66	Benfica (winner) v Stade Dudelange	18-0 (home 8-0, away 10-0)
Group Stage	2014–15	Shakhtar Donetsk (winner) v BATE Borisov	12–0 (7–0 away, 5–0 at home)
Preliminary rounds	2011–12	HJK Helsinki (winner) v Bangor City	13–0 (3–0, 10–0)
Qualification Stage, Round of 16	2008–09	Bayern Munich v Sporting CP	12–1 (5–0, 7–1)
UCL Matchday	1/11/1913	FC Barcelona v Real Madrid	7-0
UCL Matchday	13, June 1943	Real Madrid v FC Barcelona	11-1

Conclusion

The biggest wins and defeats in the UEFA champions league are certainly intriguing to know. This post lists these records and arranges them in order of qualification rounds and stage of the competition.