IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS AND STATS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : That Florian Wirtz goal is Leverkusen's earliest away goal in the Champions League.
Statistics on Champions’ League group stage round 1 (September 19)
A Champions League matchday has been played on a Thursday for the first time since 27 November 1997 (6 games).
Atlético Madrid vs RB Leipzig 2-1
*Atlético Madrid have equaled their best streak of consecutive home victories (6) in the European Cup/UCL. They also reached this figure in 1958-1966 (their first 6 games in the competition), until losing a home playoff match against Vojvodina 2-3 on 21 December 1966.
Monaco vs Barcelona 2-1
*Monaco ended their negative streak in UCL (14 games without a win: 3 draws and 11 losses) that was the worst such streak in the Champions League for a team from the top 5 European leagues.
*Barça begin the Champions League with defeat for the 3rd time in their history (also vs Newcastle in 1997 and vs Bayern in 2021).
*George Ilenikhena (18 years 34 days) became the youngest ever Champions League goal scorer for Monaco, breaking the previous club record set by Kylian Mbappé in 2017 (18 years 63 days).
*Ilenikhena is the 3rd youngest players to score with a French club in Champions League, after:
Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris SG) at 17 years 280 days,
Karim Benzema (Lyon) at 17 years 352 days.
*The expulsion of Eric García (in the 10th minute) is the earliest suffered by a Barcelona player in the history of European competitions.
The club record “holder” was Guillermo Amor (sent off in the 17th minute against Sparta Prague in the 1991-92 European Cup).
Overall, it is 5th earliest expulsion in Barcelona history (in all competitions).
*Barcelona have picked up a first half red card in each of their last 2 matches in Champions League, including Ronald Araujo’s case against Paris SG on 16 April 2024 (in the 29th minute).
Atalanta vs Arsenal 0-0
*Arsenal have failed to score in their last four Champions League away games in Italy.
*David Raya is the first Arsenal goalkeeper to save a penalty in the Champions League since 11 March 2014 (Łukasz Fabiański).
Feyenoord vs Bayer Leverkusen 0-4
*It is Bayer Leverkusen's biggest away victory in the history of the European Cup/UCL.
*With his brace, Florian Wirtz became the first German player to score 2+ goals on his Champions League debut.
*It took Florian Wirtz just 4 minutes 37 seconds to score his first goal in the Champions League.
Only one German player needed less time to debut as a scorer in the competition: Andy Möller which debuted in UCL with Borussia Dortmund in 1995 scoring after just 37 seconds.
*That Florian Wirtz goal is Leverkusen's earliest away goal in the Champions League.
Brest vs Sturm Graz 2-1
*Brest became the first French team in XXI century to debut in the Champions League with a victory, after defeats by Lille in 2001 and Montpellier in 2012, and a draw by Rennes in 2020.
Crvena Zvezda vs Benfica 1-2
*Milson (Crvena Zvezda) is the 2nd ever Angolan player to score a goal in the Champions League, after Luís Miguel who scored on 26 November 1997 for Sporting Lisbon.
*Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) is the first Turkish player to score from a direct free kick in the Champions League since 29 September 2021 (goal by Burak Yılmaz, for Lille against RB Salzburg).