Records of the Womens Champions League Competition

The women's competition has a book of records of its own. Because the tournament is distinct from the men's, its records are counted separately, and they describe the history of the women's game in Europe through its leading scorers, its most enduring players and its most emphatic results.

The scoring record

The women's competition keeps a scoring record. It counts the goals scored in the tournament across its history, and its leaders are the forwards who have scored most in the women's club game, a list that has grown as the competition has expanded.

The record is young but already deep. Because the modern tournament offers more matches than the early knockout did, the totals at the top have risen, and the scoring table reflects both the growth of the format and the quality of the forwards who have played in it.

The appearance record

The women's tournament also keeps an appearance record. It counts the matches played by each footballer across her career in the competition, and its leaders are the players who stayed in the tournament longest, at clubs that returned season after season.

The record measures endurance. A single strong season cannot place a player near the top of the appearance table, but a career spent at a club that reaches the competition every year can, so the list rewards consistency above all.

The titles record

The titles record names the clubs that have won the women's competition and how often. One club leads it by a wide margin, a small group follows, and the list widens below them, so the records of the competition show both a dynasty and a growing field.

The record is the spine of the competition's history. Because the tournament is young, its titles table is short enough to be read as a whole, and it traces the rise of the leading clubs of the women's game from the early years to the present.

The biggest results

The competition keeps a record of its most emphatic results. A small number of matches in its history ended with a wide margin, and the table of those results joins the scoring and titles records as part of the book of the women's tournament.

The wide margins tend to come from the early years. As the competition has grown and the field has levelled, such results have become rarer, and the record of the biggest wins reflects the change from a young tournament to an established one.

Reading the records

The records should be read as the history of a growing competition. They are younger than the men's tables, but they are already deep, and they trace the development of the women's game through its scorers, its long servers and its champions.

For a reader, the records are the women's competition's own account of itself. Counted separately from the men's, they stand as the record of the women's game in Europe, and they are added to every season as the tournament continues to grow.

• The women's competition keeps its records separately.
• A scoring record counts the goals across its history.
• An appearance record measures the longest careers.
• The titles record is led by one club by a wide margin.
• A record of the biggest results is part of the tables.
• The records trace the growth of the women's game.

The women's competition has a book of records of its own. Counted separately from the men's tournament, the tables of scorers, appearances and titles trace the history of the women's game in Europe, and they are added to every season as the competition grows.