IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Statistics on Champions League final Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid 0-2
*Real Madrid have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League for the 15th time (the next-most Milan have 7 trophies).
*Real Madrid have won the trophy in all 9 Champions League finals (since 1992/93).
*Real Madrid have gone unbeaten in a European Cup/Champions League season for the first time in their history (9 wins and 4 draws in 13 games). They are the 2nd Spanish team to win the trophy unbeaten after Barcelona in 2005/06 (with the exactly same balance, 9 wins and 4 draws).
Overall, there are 16 teams to win European Cup/Champions League undefeated.
*For the 5th time, Real Madrid have won Champions League and La Liga in the same season, after 1956-57 (under coach Villalonga), 1957-58 (Carniglia), 2016-17 (Zidane) and 2021-22 (Ancelotti).
*Real Madrid has won all of their finals (5 out of 5) against German rivals: 3 in the European Cup (Eintracht in 1960, Bayer Leverkusen in 2002 and Borussia Dortmund in 2024), 1 in the UEFA Cup (Köln in 1986) and 1 in the European Super Cup (Eintracht in 2022).
*Real Madrid have won 18 of their last 19 international finals since their Intercontinental Cup defeat against Boca Juniors (2000).
During this period, they have won 7 of 7 Champions League finals, 5 of 6 of the European Super Cup, 1 of 1 of the Intercontinental Cup and 5 of 5 of the Club World Cup.
*Spanish teams have won their last 19 European finals against foreign teams (since Alavés and Valencia lost both finals in 2001).
*Real Madrid has only lost 2 of the 55 official matches this season, both against Atlético Madrid.
Their last campaign with only 2 defeats was 1931-32 (they lost against Nacional Madrid and Deportivo in 30 games).
*Before that, only one team won the European Cup/Champions League in a season in which they only lost 2 or less games in all official competitions: Ajax in 1971-72 and in 1994-95.
*Dani Carvajal became the first defender to score in a Champions League final since Sergio Ramos in 2016.
It was his just 2nd Champions League goal in the career (and first in 9 years).
*Vinícius Júnior became the first ever Brazilian to score in multiple Champions League final (safter doing so in 2022 vs Liverpool).
*Vinícius Júnior is 5th player to score in multiple Champions League finals for Real Madrid in the Champions League era, after Raúl, Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.
*Vinícius Júnior became the youngest player (23 years 325 days) to score in multiple Champions League finals, surpassing the record previously held by Lionel Messi (23 years 338 days).
*Vinícius Júnior has contributed in 22 goals in the knockout stages of the Champions League (11 goals, 11 assists); the joint-most by any player before turning 24, along with Messi.
*London is the city that has hosted the most European Cup finals, with a total of 8.
Five were played at the old Wembley (1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992) and three (2011, 2013 and 2024) in the new stadium that opened in 2002.
*Since 1966, Paco Gento holds the Record of the most UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE titles (6). 4 players Luka Modric, Dani Carvajal, Nacho Fernandez (6 with Real) and Toni Kroos (1 with Bayern, 5 with Real) are now co-record holders !