The Champions League begins: 20 records that could be broken in the league phase with 29 Argentines in 15 teams.

Twenty records to be broken in the group stage or league phase of the 2025/26 Champions League , which begins this Tuesday with the expectation of knowing if Paris Saint Germain will be able to defend the crown or if one of the other 35 teams, where there are 29 Argentines scattered, will be able to snatch it away .

Deportivo La Coruña scored 0 goals in 2004-05, Maccabi Haifa in 2009-10, and Dinamo Zagreb in 2016-17, in one of the most striking negative records of this phase.

1 goal conceded is the lowest number of goals conceded in the history of this phase. Twelve different teams have achieved this feat: Milan (1992-93), Ajax (1995-96), Juventus (1996-97 and 2004-05), Villarreal (2005-06), Liverpool (2005-06), Chelsea (2005-06), Manchester United (2010-11), Monaco (2014-15), Paris Saint-Germain (2015-16), Barcelona (2017-18), Manchester City (2020-21) and Inter (2024-25).

4-4 is the highest-scoring draw , having been Hamburg-Juventus on 13 September 2000, Leverkusen-Roma on 20 October 2015 and Chelsea-Ajax on 5 November 2019.

5 goals from Luiz Adriano in a single match, on 21 October 2014 with Shakhtar Donetsk against BATE Borisov (0-7).

It took Mohamed Salah 7 minutes to score the fastest hat trick in history at this stage of the competition, in Liverpool's 7-1 win over Rangers on October 12, 2022.

Liverpool's 8-0 win over Besiktas on 6 November 2007 and Real Madrid's 8-0 win over Malmö on 8 December 2015 are the biggest wins in the first round of the Champions League .

10.96 seconds is the fastest goal in Champions League first-round history , scored by Jonas for Valencia against Bayer Leverkusen on November 1, 2011.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored 11 goals for Real Madrid in the 2015-16 group stage.

Twelve goals is the most in a single match, the 8-4 scoreline between Dortmund and Legia Warsaw on November 22, 2016.

Youssoufa Moukoko was 16 years and 18 days old when he became the youngest player to feature in the Champions League group stage in Borussia Dortmund's 2-1 win over Zenit on December 8, 2020.

Ansu Fati was 17 years and 40 days old when he set the record for the earliest goalscorer at this stage of the tournament, in Barcelona's 2-1 win over Inter in Milan on December 10, 2019.

Barcelona has finished top of the group 19 times , more than any other team.

Salzburg and Slovan Bratislava each conceded 27 goals in the last edition of the tournament, in 2024-25.

Barcelona 's 28 goals in 2024-25 are the highest tally in this first phase of the tournament.

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have participated in the Champions League group stage 29 times . The Whites have advanced to the next round each time.

Marco Ballotta was 43 years and 252 days old when he became the oldest player to appear in this round of the Champions League. It was on December 11, 2007, with Lazio facing Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu (3-1).

Lionel Messi has scored 80 goals , with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, in his 86 appearances at this stage of the competition.

Cristiano Ronaldo has played 98 group stage matches against Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus. The closest active goalkeeper in the tournament is Manuel Neuer , with 82, followed by Robert Lewandowski , with 80.

Real Madrid has accumulated 379 points across all its Champions League first-round matches, followed by Barcelona and Bayern Munich, both with 361.

Real Madrid have scored 423 goals overall in this round of the Champions League.