Undefeated Champions League Winners List
Has any team won the Champions League undefeated? Unbeaten Champions League winners list? Bayern Munchen won Champions League 2019/20 undefeated. This has raised many questions about which teams have won the UEFA Champions League unbeaten.
Have you ever thought of finding out which teams have won the Champions League undefeated? Well, if you have then worry not because we have prepared a list of unbeaten Champions League winners.
Has any team won the Champions League undefeated?
Real Madrid and FC Barclona are two of the most successful clubs in the Champions League winners history. Both teams have won many Champions League titles, but have any of the teams won a title unbeaten trough out the season?
Bayern Munich made history on 23 August 2020 by going an entire Champions League season unbeaten. The defeated PSG in the final 1-0 to ultimately lift their sixth ever trophy and becoming one of the most successful clubs in the competition.
Here, we have listed the nine other teams who were undefeated in their Champions League campaign. Four of those clubs have achieved that feat twice and they are –
- Liverpool had 6 wins and 3 draws in 1980–81 and 7 wins and 2 draws in 1983–84.
- Milan had 5 wins and 4 draws in 1988–89 and 7 wins and 5 draws in 1993–94.
- Ajax had 7 wins and 2 draws in 1971–72 and 7 wins and 4 draws in 1994–95.
- Manchester United had 5 wins and 6 draws in 1998–99 and 9 wins and 4 draws in 2007–08.
The rest achieved it just once and they are –
- Inter Milan had 7 wins and 2 draws in 1963–64.
- Nottingham Forest had 6 wins and 3 draws in 1978–79.
- Red Star Belgrade had 5 wins and 4 draws in 1990–91.
- Marseille had 7 wins and 4 draws in 1992–93.
- Barcelona had 9 wins and 4 draws in 2005–06.
- Bayern Munich had 11 wins and 0 draws in 2019–20.
Undefeated Champions League Winners Of All Time
The UEFA Champions League is the premium knockout competition of all elite teams in Europe. It was introduced in 1955 and took on their current format in 1992. Out of the 65 years it has been present in football, we have seen teams go unbeaten just 14 times.
Here is the list of all 14 seasons that teams went undefeated –
| Season | Champions League Winner | Unbeaten games | Wins | Draw |
| 2019–20 | Bayern Munchen | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | Manchester United | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 2005-06 | FC Barcelona | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 1998–99 | Manchester United | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 1994–95 | Ajax | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 1993–94 | AC Milan | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 1992-93 | Marseille | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 1990–91 | Red Star Belgrade | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 1988–89 |
AC Milan | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 1983–84 |
Liverpool | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 1980–81 |
Liverpool | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 1978–79 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 1971–72 |
Ajax | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 1963–64 | Inter Milan | 9 | 7 | 2 |
Longest Champions Leauge Unbeaten Run
The UEFA Champions League is where the very best of the best come to compete. Teams across Europe duke it out in a round-robin tournament format where home and away advantage is taken into account.
Winning the tournament is a massive feat on its own but going through it unbeaten is simply sensational. Barcelona currently hold the longest streak of going unbeaten at home in the Champions League at 35 games. They last hosted Napoli in a Round of 16 tie in July 2020, beating them 4-2.
The last time anyone beat the Blaugrana on their own turf was Bayern Munich in an aggregate thrashing of 7-0 in the semi-final in 2013. Since then, Barca have won 32 and drawn four, scoring 108 goals (2.97 per game) and conceding just 19 (0.49) in the process.
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 36* | Barcelona | 18/09/2013 – |
| 29 | Bayern München | 04/03/1998 – 02/04/2002 |
| 24 | Arsenal | 14/09/2004 – 15/04/2009 |
| 23 | Juventus | 02/10/2013 – 13/02/2018 |
| 23 | Manchester United | 27/09/2005 – 03/11/2009 |
Most successive home wins
Out of all the undefeated Champions League winners, there is also a special place for teams who have maintained an undefeated record at home longer than just one season.
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 16 | Bayern München | 17/09/2014 – 15/02/2017 |
| 15 | Barcelona | 17/09/2014 – 08/03/2017 |
| 12 | Manchester United | 13/09/2006 – 29/04/2008 |
| 11 | Real Madrid | 03/04/2013 – 09/12/2014 |
| 10 | Juventus | 20/03/1996 – 10/12/1997 |
Most successive away games without defeat
Going undefeated in the most successive away games remains one of Alex Ferguson’s greatest feats as Manchester United manager. The Red Devils were also one of the undefeated Champions League winners in ’99 and ’08, repeating it twice.
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 16 | Manchester United | 19/09/2007 – 16/02/2010 |
| 14 | Ajax | 28/09/1994 – 19/03/1997 |
| 12* | Bayern München | 31/10/2017 – |
| 11= | Barcelona | 01/10/2008 – 31/03/2010 |
| 11= | Real Madrid | 28/09/2010 – 27/03/2012 |
Most successive away wins
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 7 | Ajax | 22/11/1995 – 19/03/1997 |
| 7 | Bayern München | 19/02/2013 – 19/02/2014 |
| 6 | Barcelona | 12/04/2011 – 14/02/2012 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 15/04/2009 – 16/02/2010 |
| 5 | Ajax | 27/11/2018 – 02/10/2019 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 16/09/2003 – 06/04/2004 |
| 5 | Juventus | 05/12/2017 – 23/10/2018 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 29/04/2014 – 18/02/2015 |
Most successive games without defeat
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 25 | Manchester United | 19/09/2007 – 05/05/2009 |
| 19 | Ajax | 14/09/1994 – 20/03/1996 |
| 19 | Bayern München | 14/03/2001 – 02/04/2002 |
| 16 | Barcelona | 08/03/2011 – 03/04/2012 |
| 16 | Manchester United | 04/03/1998 – 29/09/1999 & 23/10/2001 – 23/10/2002 |
Most successive wins
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 10 | Bayern München | 02/04/2013 – 27/11/2013 |
| 10 | Real Madrid | 23/04/2014 – 18/02/2015 |
| 9 | Barcelona | 18/09/2002 – 18/02/2003 & 21/10/2014 – 06/05/2015 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 04/12/1996 – 01/10/1997 |
* Current winning runs: Bayern (6), Juventus (5)
Most successive draws
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 7 | AEK Athens | 17/09/2002 – 17/09/2003 |
| 6 | Lyon | 02/10/2018 – 19/02/2019 |
| 6 | Rangers | 19/10/2005 – 07/03/2006 |
Most successive clean sheets
| Games | Teams | Period |
| 10 | Arsenal | 18/10/2005 – 25/04/2006 |
| 7 | AC Milan | 24/11/2004 – 26/04/2005 |
| 6 | Ajax | 18/10/1995 – 20/03/1996 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 24/10/2007 – 05/03/2008 |
| 6 | Juventus | 07/12/2016 – 03/05/2017 |
| 6 | Panathinaikos | 01/11/1995 – 03/04/1996 |
Biggest Champions League Wins
Teams have dominated across Europe several times. There are several undefeated Champions League winners and teams who have thrashed others by big margins. Here are the biggest Champions League wins in every stage of the competition –
Group stage
8-0: Liverpool v Beşiktaş
06/11/2007, Matchday 4
8-0: Real Madrid v Malmö
08/12/2015, Matchday 6
Round of 16
7-0: Bayern München v Basel
13/03/2012, second leg
7-0: Bayern München v Shakhtar Donetsk
11/03/2015, second leg
7-0: Manchester City v Schalke
12/03/2019, second leg
Quarter-finals
8-2: Bayern v Barcelona
14/8/2020, one-off tie in Lisbon
7-1: Manchester United v Roma
10/04/2007, second leg
Semi-finals
4-0: Bayern v Barcelona
23/04/2013, first leg
0-4: Bayern v Real Madrid
29/04/2014, second leg
Final
4-0: AC Milan v Barcelona
18/05/1994, Athens
Most Goals Scored In The Champions League
Real Madrid leads the head to head results in most goals scored in Champions League with 973, followed up by Bayern Munich (720) and Barcelona (635). Manchester United and Liverpool are the only clubs in the top ten with 506 and 408 goals respectively. Bayern Munich are the most recent undefeated Champions League winners.
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