The 2021/22 Champions League season got here to a conclusion on Saturday night time with Actual Madrid beating Liverpool 1-0 to raise the trophy, a file 14th time.
Vinicius Jr scored on the hour mark to offer Carlo Ancelotti one more win, his fourth as a supervisor.
The season had memorable moments, from Sebastien Haller’s goal-scoring file to Pep Guardiola’s run within the semi-finals.
Listed here are the stats and details from the just-concluded season;
- 14 – Actual Madrid have gained the title for the 14th time, their victory in opposition to Liverpool which means they’ve gained all eight of their finals within the UEFA Champions League period.
- 4 – On Matchday 1, Sébastien Haller turned the primary participant to attain 4 targets on his UEFA Champions League debut since Marco van Basten in November 1992 as Ajax gained 5-1 at Sporting CP.
- 183 – Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Iker Casillas (177) for many Champions League appearances on Matchday 2, subsequently shifting on to 183.
- 34 – Sheriff’s ground-breaking marketing campaign – together with a well-known win on the Bernabéu – took the variety of nations who’ve graced the group stage to 34.
- 6 – Carlo Ancelotti has now gained the competitors six occasions; twice as a participant with AC Milan, then twice as coach of each Milan and Actual Madrid.
- 21 – For the primary time in 21 years, since 2000/01, Barcelona didn’t characteristic within the knockout levels.
- 3 – Ajax, Bayern, and Liverpool all superior from the group stage with a 100% file, the primary time multiple membership has managed an ideal group stage in a single season.
- 5 – Manchester Metropolis’s 5-0 win at Sporting CP within the final 16 equalled the largest margin of victory in a Champions League first leg.
- 3 – There have been six hat-tricks in 2021/22, courtesy of Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku, Haller, and two apiece for Karim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski.
- 11 – Lewandowski struck 3 times within the house of 11 minutes throughout Bayern’s 7-1 residence win in opposition to Salzburg within the final 16, the third-fastest Champions League hat-trick of all time.
- 22 – Bayern’s 1-0 loss at Villarreal within the quarter-finals halted the German aspect’s file 22-match unbeaten run away from residence within the Champions League. The earlier excessive was 16.
- 100 – Lewandowski, Luka Modrić, Fernandinho, Marcelo, and David Alaba all reached 100 Champions League appearances in 2021/22, taking the tally of centurions to 45.
- 9 – Pep Guardiola reached the semi-finals for the ninth time as a coach, probably the most within the competitors’s historical past.
- 12 – Liverpool equalled Manchester United’s English file of 12 European Cup semi-finals – they’ve gained ten to United’s 5.
- 10 – Benzema scored ten targets within the knockout levels, equalling Cristiano Ronaldo’s file set in 2016/17.
- 15 – Solely Cristiano Ronaldo (17 in 2013/14; 16 in 2015/16) has ever scored greater than Benzema (15) in a single Champions League marketing campaign.
- 60.1 – Liverpool and Bayern have been this season’s cross masters, every averaging a shade over 60% possession; Actual Madrid ranked thirteenth of the 32 sides with 50.4%.
- 2 Liverpool have climbed seven locations from ninth to second within the UEFA rankings this season, whereas Actual Madrid have truly dropped three spots to fifth regardless of successful the competitors. Bayern stay No1.
