Key facts Record eighth Europa League group appearance for Salzburg Salzburg are group stage's all-time highest goal and point scorers 9 debutants take total to grace Europa League group stage to 207 Dudelange are first team from Luxembourg to reach UEFA men's club group stage Other major group stage debutants: Akhisar Belediyespor, Jablonec, Spartak Trnava, Sarpsborg 08 RB Leipzig 17th different German side in Europa L... UEFA.com - News
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Champions League group stage records and statistics
Key facts Barcelona, Porto, Real Madrid making 23rd group appearances Madrid hold records for most points, goals and qualifications Lionel Messi now three goals clear of Ronaldo on 63 group goals Ronaldo closing on Xavi Hernández's outfield group appearance record Debutants Crvena zvezda, Hoffenheim and Young Boys Number of clubs to feature in group stage reaches 140 ALL STATISTICS ARE FOR G... UEFA.com - News
Ronaldo joins Juventus: what records can he break?
Following his switch from Real Madrid to Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo is starting again from scratch in a new league – but records are doubtless on his mind, the 33-year-old having left the Merengues as their all-time top scorer with 450 goals.Here is our bucket list of targets he can size up in Italy, beginning with the easiest and working towards the truly inconceivable. However, with Ronaldo, nothing is impossible. Most goals in a single Italian top-flight season: 36 – Gino Rossetti (Torino 1928/29), Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli, 2015/16)Most goals in a single Juventus season: 35 – Ferenc Hirz... UEFA.com - News
Records Ronaldo and Messi have not broken (yet)
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's ongoing battle to be the top goalscorer in European football remains perhaps the sport's greatest drama of our age, but both still need to raise their game considerably if they are to scoop certain European Champion Clubs' Cup and UEFA Champions League records.MESSI AND RONALDO GOAL FOR GOAL The great Alfredo Di Stéfano
What records has Salah set in 2017/18?
Mohamed Salah took his tally to 43 goals for the season with two finishes in the 5-2 defeat of Roma. How remarkable have the Egyptian's achievements been so far, and what other records could he break before the end of the campaign? Mohamed Salah for Liverpool in 2017/18 UEFA Champions League: 13 games, 11 goals, 5 assists Premier League: 33 games, 31 goals, 10 assists FA Cup: 1 game, 1 goal Most goals by a Liverpool player in a single season
Longest unbeaten home UEFA Champions League runs
The names Barcelona and Juventus are enough to strike fear into any team, and a look at their formidable home records suggests that caution is not unfounded.Neither club have lost on their own turf in the UEFA Champions League since spring 2013, unbeaten runs that now stand at 25 matches in Barcelona's case and 23 for Juventus. In the quarter-finals both are at home in the first leg, with Real Madrid travelling to Turin on 3 April, and Roma at Barcelona the following night.
Katie Ledecky swims to AP Female Athlete of the Year honors
Katie Ledecky got her start in swimming because she just wanted to make friends. Her brother was eager to join a team at a pool near their house and as a 6-year-old, she tagged along. By summer’s end, the Ledecky siblings had made 100 friends ranging in age from 6 to 18. Some of them remain good friends with Katie, who went on to become the world’s best swimmer in the post-Michael Phelps era. She earned five golds and a silver at this year’s world championships in Budapest, maintaining the upward trajectory she first established as a surprise gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics. Her dominant performance in Hungary earned Ledecky Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year honors.In balloting by U.S.