The Mediterranean Athletics Championships ( Greek : Μεσογειακοί Αγώνες Στίβου ) were an annual outdoor track and field competition between nations in the Mediterranean region that took place from 1947 to 1949. These events were a precursor to the Mediterranean Games , founded in 1951.
38-520: The Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association (SEGAS) sought to establish a regular athletics competition for the region, and scheduled the first event for 28–30 June 1935 at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens . Seven countries were invited ( Greece , France , Italy , Turkey , Yugoslavia , Egypt and Mandatory Palestine ), but political and economic complications in the build up to World War II saw
76-486: A 1–1 draw against Atlético Madrid . Bayern Munich is also the first club to win all of their matches (without needing extra time) in a Champions League season, winning 11 out of 11 in their successful 2019–20 campaign. Bayern Munich hold the record of 21 consecutive home wins in the European Cup era. The run began with a 2–0 win against Saint-Étienne in the first leg of the 1969–70 first round. The run ended with
114-404: A 1–1 draw in the second leg of their semi-final tie against Barcelona on 3 May 2011. This run continued into the entirety of the next two seasons, with Madrid scoring in all twelve matches of both their 2011–12 and 2012–13 Champions League campaigns. The club then scored in the first nine games of their 2013–14 campaign (six group stage games, both legs of the round of 16 and the first leg of
152-471: A 1–1 draw to Liverpool in the second leg of the 1980–81 semi-finals. In the Champions League era, the record stands at 16 games and is also held by Bayern Munich. The run began with a 1–0 win against Manchester City in the first match of the 2014–15 group stage and reached the 16th win after a 5–1 victory over Arsenal in the 2016–17 round of 16, then it ended after a 2–1 loss to Real Madrid in
190-411: A 3–0 win against Red Star Belgrade in their first group stage match, after losing 1–3 against Liverpool in the previous season's round of 16. The run continued in their other five group matches and all five knockout matches, as they defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 in the final . Bayern won the next four matches of the following season's group stage, before their streak ended on 1 December 2020 with
228-458: A 4–1 defeat to AGF Aarhus on 16 September 1987. The streak ended when they beat the same team 1–0 two weeks later. In the Champions League era, the record stands at 13 games and is held by Marseille . Marseille's run began with a 2–1 loss to Inter Milan in the round of 16 on 13 March 2012, and continued up to a 2–0 defeat to Porto on 25 November 2020. The streak ended with Marseille's 2–1 win over Olympiacos on 1 December 2020. FCSB holds
266-410: A neutral venue, and as such are not classified as away games. AEK Athens holds the record for the most consecutive draws: 7 draws starting from 17 September 2002 until 17 September 2003. Jeunesse Esch holds the record for the most consecutive defeats in the competition, with 16 straight losses. The streak began with a 2–0 first round loss against Liverpool on 13 October 1973, and continued up to
304-454: A win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. Following statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Only the top twenty-five are listed (includes qualifying rounds). A total of 155 clubs from 34 national associations have played in or qualified for
342-471: Is Greece's governing body for amateur sport . SEGAS was created in 1897 and has been the principal organiser of many international sporting competitions held in Greece. The association was behind the 1969 and 1982 European Championships , the 1995 European Indoor Championships, the 1986 World Junior Championships , the 1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final, the 1991 Mediterranean Games , the 1994 World Relay Championships,
380-402: Is held by Bayern Munich . Bayern Munich's run began with a 2–0 win against Saint-Étienne in the first leg of the 1969–70 first round. The run ended with a 2–1 defeat to Red Star Belgrade in the first leg of the 1990–91 semi-finals. In the Champions League era, the record stands at 38 games and is held by Barcelona . Barcelona's run began with a 4–0 win against Ajax in the first match of
418-479: The 2013–14 group stage and reached the 38th match in a 2–1 win against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2020–21 group stage, before it ended after a 3–0 loss to Juventus in the final match of the group stage of that season. The record for the longest away unbeaten run stands at 22 games and is held by Bayern Munich . The run began with a 2–1 win against Celtic in the 2017–18 group stage, and reached its 22nd match following Bayern's 1–1 draw away to Red Bull Salzburg in
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#1733085326995456-520: The 2021–22 round of 16. The streak ended in the following round, following Bayern's 1–0 quarter-final defeat at Villarreal . During this run, Bayern defeated Barcelona and Lyon in the 2019–20 quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, played in Lisbon over a single leg as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . They also defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 final . These matches, however, were played at
494-696: The European Cup and Champions League . These statistics do not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted. Twenty-three clubs have won the tournament since its 1955 inception. Real Madrid is the most successful club in the tournament, winning it fifteen times. A total of thirteen clubs have won the tournament multiple times: Real Madrid, Milan , Bayern Munich , Liverpool , Benfica , Inter Milan , Ajax , Nottingham Forest , Juventus , Manchester United , Porto , Barcelona and Chelsea . Nineteen clubs have reached
532-504: The relay . The marathon race was held over the classic route, from Marathon, Greece to the Panathenaic Stadium . A total of 19 athletes participated in the marathon: 2 Turks, 2 Greeks and 15 other Greek runners not part of the team competition. Stylianos Kyriakides (2:56:15) was runner-up, with Turkey's Mustafa Kaplan in third with 3:04:20. Hammer throw was also held at the Panellinios G.S. stadium on 2 October. The Balkan relay event
570-738: The 1995 World Marathon Cup , many Balkan Games and many European Cups . SEGAS is putting together the Athens Classic Marathon taking place in November this year. The president of the association is Sofia Sakorafa . When two Greek sprinters were barred from the Athens Olympics in 2004 for drug abuse, SEGAS set up an independent tribunal to review the ban. They are located at 137 Syngrou Avenue, Nea Smirni , Athens. European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics This page details all statistics of all seasons of
608-428: The Champions League group stage. Season in bold represents teams qualified for the knockout phase that season. Between 1999–2000 and 2002–03 , qualification is considered from the second group stage. Starting from the 2024–25 season with the introduction of a league phase, the top eight are considered to be qualified as well as the eight play-off winners. European Cup group stage participants (only one season
646-460: The European Cup on their debut: Three clubs won the Champions League on their debut: Two clubs have won European Cup on their debut without losing a single game in the competition: Until 2023–24 season, nine clubs have won all of their games in a group stage, on thirteen occasions. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have done so the most, on three occasions, and the latter are also the only club to have two consecutive six-win group stages. All of
684-450: The addition of a third qualifying round in the 1999–2000 season , four teams have negotiated all three rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase: Since the addition of a fourth 'play-off' round in the 2009–10 season , five teams have negotiated all four rounds of qualification and reached the Champions League group phase: Four teams have won the tournament from the third qualification round: Real Madrid holds
722-815: The cancellation of the event. When the war concluded, SEGAS looked to revive the idea, particularly given that the Balkan Athletics Championships was not taking place at this time. The first event was organised as the Eastern Mediterranean Athletics Championships ( Greek : Αθλητικοί Αγώνες Ανατολικής Μεσογείου ) and held at the Panathenaic Stadium on 28 September, 4 and 5 October 1947 with the participation of three countries: Greece (40 athletes), Turkey (28) and Palestine (15). The 22 events were between men only and featured two athletes from each country, and one team each for
760-420: The final but never won the tournament. Spanish clubs are the most successful, winning twenty titles. England is second with fifteen and Italy is third with twelve. Germany has eight titles, Netherlands has six, Portugal has four, and Scotland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and France each have one. Clubs from Greece, Belgium and Sweden have reached the final but never won. In this ranking, two points are awarded for
798-415: The first- and second-placed teams in a Champions League group phase is eleven points, achieved by four teams: Several teams have been knocked out on a tiebreaker , most on the head-to-head criteria: 1995–96 was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two. The following teams were knocked out from the group stage, but would have advanced following the old rule: Since
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#1733085326995836-474: The following season, with group stage away wins over Manchester City , Viktoria Plzeň and CSKA Moscow . The record equaling seventh win was achieved when Bayern again defeated Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the round of 16 on 19 February 2014. Their run ended with a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the first leg of the quarter-finals on 1 April 2014. Manchester City holds
874-425: The following teams won six matches in the previous group stage format. So far, no club has managed to win all eight matches since the system update in the 2024–25 season: Only one club has drawn all of their games in a group stage: In the history of the Champions League, the following 23 clubs have lost all group stage matches, Dinamo Zagreb is the only team to do it twice: The biggest points difference between
912-558: The qualification stage of the competition. The following players have scored four goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match. Only Alfredo Di Stéfano , Ferenc Puskás , Sándor Kocsis , Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski managed to do this from the quarter-final stage onwards and Ferenc Puskás is the only footballer to score four goals in a final ( 1960 ). The following players have managed to score five goals in one European Cup/UEFA Champions League match: Notes: The criteria for an assist to be awarded may vary according to
950-451: The qualification stage of the competition. The following table includes the number of assists since the 1992–93 season . However, according to UEFA's own official list, Cristiano Ronaldo sits at 1st place with 42 official assists and Ryan Giggs sits at 5th with 31 assists. This is due to the website only counting assists from the 2003-04 season onwards. In addition, UEFA's criteria for assists differ from those of Opta, as it considers causing
988-564: The quarter-finals and Panathinaikos at the Spyridon Louis in the semi-finals. Ajax's run continued the following season, winning all three away group stage matches, against Auxerre , Rangers and Grasshopper . Their record seventh win came on 19 March 1997, after defeating Atlético Madrid 3–2 at the Vicente Calderón after extra time in the quarter-finals. The streak would end in the following round, as Ajax lost 4–1 to Juventus in
1026-525: The quarter-finals of that season. The most consecutive away wins in the Champions League (not including matches played at neutral venues) is seven, achieved on two occasions. Ajax were the first side to reach this number; their run began with a 2–0 group stage win against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu on 22 November 1995. They then defeated Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion in
1064-484: The quarter-finals), with the run coming to an end following a 2–0 away loss against Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of the quarter-finals on 8 April 2014. Paris Saint-Germain's run started with a 1–1 group stage draw against Arsenal on 13 September 2016. This streak continued with PSG scoring at least once in all 24 matches played over the course of their 2016–17 , 2017–18 and 2018–19 Champions League campaigns (including all six group stage games and both legs of
1102-504: The record for most knockout tie wins in the competition's history, with 117 overall. Their first knockout tie success came following a 7–0 aggregate win over Servette in the 1955–56 first round, and their most recent victory was a 2–0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the 2024 final . Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain share the record of consecutive goalscoring in Champions League matches, with both sides scoring at least one goal in 34 successive games. Real Madrid's run started with
1140-519: The record for the most consecutive Champions League games without a win. They failed to record a victory in 23 matches played in the competition from 26 September 2006 until 11 December 2013, although they did win games in the qualifying rounds during that period. They have not appeared in the group stage since the last of those 23 games. Players that are still active in Europe are highlighted in boldface . The table below does not include appearances made in
1178-414: The record of 26 consecutive unbeaten run in the Champions League. The streak began with a 4–0 away win against Sevilla in their opening group stage game in 2022–23 and continued up to a 5–0 home against Sparta Prague in the third match of the 2024–25 league phase. before it ended after a 4–1 loss to Sporting CP in next matchday. The record for the longest unbeaten run at home stands at 43 games and
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1216-433: The round of 16). The club then scored in all six group stage games, both legs of the round of 16, and the single-legged quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2019–20 edition, with their run ending in the final following a 0–1 defeat to Bayern Munich on 23 August 2020. Bayern Munich ( 2019–20 and 2020–21 ) holds the record of 15 consecutive wins in the Champions League. Bayern's run started on 18 September 2019 with
1254-629: The semi-finals at the Stadio delle Alpi on 23 April 1997. Bayern Munich would go on to equal this record nearly two decades later; their run began with a 3–1 round of 16 victory against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 19 February 2013, and continued with wins against Juventus at the Juventus Stadium in the quarter-finals and Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the semi-finals. The streak continued
1292-433: The source, this table is based on the assists criteria according to Opta , where assists are not counted for balls that are deflected or rebounded off opposing players and have clearly affected the trajectory of the ball and its arrival to the recipient (the goal scorer). Assists are also not counted for penalty kicks, direct goals from corners or free kicks, or own goals. This table does not include assists provided in
1330-477: Was over 1500 metres, with four legs divided into distances of 800 m, 400 m, 200 m, and 100 m. A team system allocated points based on finishing position, running from six points for first place to one point for sixth place. Turkey won the points competition, with Turkish athletes winning 14 events. The event returned the following year, taking place at İnönü Stadium in Istanbul on 6, 12 and 13 June 1948, though there
1368-563: Was played in this format) 1991–92 : Note: In the 1992 and 1993 seasons there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage. The winners ( Sampdoria and Barcelona in 1992, Marseille and Milan in 1993) and runners-up ( Red Star Belgrade and Sparta Prague in 1992, Rangers and IFK Göteborg in 1993) of the two groups are marked as semi-finalists in the table. See also Treble (association football) and List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season . Five clubs managed to win
1406-484: Was reduced participation with only three countries: Greece, Turkey, Persia . Again 22 men's events were contested and Turkey topped the points table, though the marathon race was not included in the scoring. The marathon course had a difficult looped route, starting from İnönü Stadium, on to Tarabya , Büyükdere, Sarıyer and Beykoz Park, then back to İnönü Stadium. Five athletes finished the race. Hassan Yildirim finished in second with 3:08:46.0 and Christos Vartzakis
1444-653: Was third in 3:13:24.2. A third edition followed, but a diplomatic fall out between the Greek and Turkish national sports administrators, caused by events earlier that year at a Mediterranean Cup football match, meant only Turkey and five Italians athletes took part. The competition returned to Istanbul's İnönü Stadium from 9–11 September 1949. A reduced programme of 12 men's events took place, with Italy winning nine of them. Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association The Hellenic Athletics Federation (Greek: Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Γυμναστικών Αθλητικών Σωματείων ; abbreviated SEGAS )
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