All you ever wanted to know: Champions League own goals

All you ever wanted to know: Champions League own goals

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have both passed 100 UEFA Champions League goals but there is one name that has appeared on the scoresheet almost as many times as the two of them combined: og.

The competition has witnessed 198 official own goals over the years, group stage to final – about one every 15 games. But who got the first, who has scored the most and which team have a great habit of benefitting?

First own goal

Franco Baresi AC Milan 0-2 Ajax, 23/11/1994

There were none in the first two seasons. Benfica’s Paulo Madeira diverted into his own net on 28 September 1994, a late cons…

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