Most goals in a Champions League week: Highest-scoring matchdays, most goals in a single night, most goals in a group
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What is the record for most UEFA Champions League goals on one matchnight? Most goals in a single night? Highest-scoring round in a group?
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The record for most goals in a single week of the UEFA Champions League came back in the 2000/01 edition of the world's ultimate club competition, under the old format of two group stages. We have come close to breaking that several times since then, though.
What are the highest-scoring Champions League matchdays?
2000/01 Matchday 1 (63 goals)
2020/21 Matchday 3 (62)
2022/23 Matchday 5 (59)
2021/22 Matchday 3 (59)
2014/15 Matchday 3 (59)
2012/13 Matchday 4 (58)
How the record-breaking week unfolded
This round was the first of two group stages. The competition produced a record 449 goals, though there were 157 matches under the format. The 386 goals struck in 2020/21 came in just 119 fixtures, setting a Champions League record average of 3.24 per game.
Tuesday 12/09/2000
Spartak Moskva 2-0 Leverkusen, Sporting CP 2-2 Real Madrid
Sparta Praha 0-1 Arsenal, Shakhtar 0-3 Lazio
Valencia 2-1 Olympiacos, Lyon 3-1 Heerenveen
Galatasaray 3-2 Monaco, Rangers 5-0 Sturm Graz
Wednesday 13/09/2000
Hamburg 4-4 Juventus, Panathinaikos 1-1 Deportivo La Coruña
Rosenborg 3-1 Paris, Helsingborg 1-3 Bayern
Man. United 5-1 Anderlecht, PSV 2-1 Dynamo Kyiv
AC Milan 4-1 Beşiktaş, Barcelona 4-0 Leeds United
What is the record for most goals in a single Champions League night?*
40, 21/10/2014
CSKA Moskva 2-2 Man. City, Roma 1-7 Bayern
APOEL 0-1 Paris, Barcelona 3-1 Ajax
Schalke 4-3 Sporting CP, Chelsea 6-0 Maribor
BATE Borisov 0-7 Shakhtar, Porto 2-1 Athletic Club
What is the record for most goals in a Champions League group in one night?*
16
25/10/2022, Group H: Benfica 4-3 Juventus, Paris 7-2 Maccabi Haifa
What is the record for most goals by Champions League matchday?*
Matchday 1: 54 (2017/18)
Matchday 2: 54 (2004/05)
Matchday 3: 62 (2020/21)
Matchday 4: 58 (2012/13)
Matchday 5: 59 (2022/23)
Matchday 6: 54 (2004/05)
*Under current competition format introduced in 2003/04