Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos, Manuel Neuer: Who are Germany's top UEFA Champions League performers?
venerdì 20 dicembre 2024
Intro articolo
Which German players have the most appearances and goals in Europe's leading club competition?
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Corpo articolo
Bundesliga sides are a major presence in Europe's top club competitions, with Bayern notably winning the top prize in continental club football six times, most recently in 2019/20. Eintracht Frankfurt were losing finalists in 1960, but it was not until the 1970s that German clubs became a major force in the European Cup, Bayern winning three finals in a row from 1974-76. Hamburg (1983) and Dortmund (1997) have taken the top prize since.
Last updated: 20 December 2024
Most appearances by German players in the UEFA Champions League (group stage/league phase to final)
156: Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
151: Toni Kroos (Bayern München, Real Madrid)
145: Manuel Neuer (Schalke, Bayern München)
112: Philipp Lahm (Bayern München, Stuttgart)
103: İlkay Gündoğan (Dortmund, Manchester City, Barcelona)
103: Oliver Kahn (Bayern München)
95: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern München, Manchester United)
93: Michael Ballack (Kaiserslautern, Leverkusen, Bayern München, Chelsea)
90: Mats Hummels (Dortmund, Bayern München)
88: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern München)
Top-scoring German players in the UEFA Champions League (group stage/league phase to final)
55: Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
26: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart, Bayern München)
24: Marco Reus (Dortmund)
23: Leroy Sané (Schalke, Man City, Bayern München)
17: Timo Werner (Leipzig, Chelsea)
16: Michael Ballack (Kaiserslautern, Leverkusen, Bayern München, Chelsea)
16: Serge Gnabry (Arsenal, Bayern München)
14: Miroslav Klose (Bremen, Bayern München)
13: İlkay Gündoğan (Dortmund, Manchester City, Barcelona)
13: Carsten Jancker (Bayern München)
13: Lukas Podolski (Bayern München, Arsenal, Galatasaray)
Most appearances by German players in UEFA club competition*
164: Toni Kroos (Bayern München, Real Madrid)
160: Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
154: Manuel Neuer (Schalke, Bayern München)
142: Oliver Kahn (Karlsruhe, Bayern München)
131: Philipp Lahm (Bayern München, Stuttgart)
130: Jérôme Boateng (Hamburg, Manchester City, Bayern München, Lyon, LASK)
125: Frank Rost (Bremen, Schalke, Hamburg)
117: Mats Hummels (Dortmund, Bayern München, Roma)
116: Mario Götze (Dortmund, Bayern München, PSV Eindhoven, Eintracht Frankfurt)
116: Jens Lehmann (Schalke, Dortmund, Arsenal, Stuttgart)
116: Mesut Özil (Schalke, Bremen, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Fenerbahçe, Başakşehir)
Top-scoring German players in UEFA club competition*
62: Gerd Müller (Bayern München)
55: Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
45: Jupp Heynckes (Mönchengladbach)
43: Ulf Kirsten (Dynamo Dresden, Leverkusen)
42: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart, Bayern München, Fiorentina, Beşiktaş)
39: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern München, Inter, Servette)
38: Dieter Müller (Köln, Stuttgart, Bordeaux)
33: Marco Reus (Dortmund)
31: Miroslav Klose (Kaiserslautern, Bremen, Bayern München, Lazio)
29: Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Köln, Marseille, Bremen)
Key facts
Most successful European club: Bayern (6 European Cup wins)
First team to compete in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League: Rot-Weiss Essen (first round, 1955/56)
First team to win the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League: Bayern (1973/74)
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*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup