Henrik Larsson 37
'Waldo' da Silva (Valencia) 31*
Jupp Heynckes 29
Dieter Muller 29
* includes goals in the Fairs Cup (precurser to Uefa Cup)
Larsson's full record is at this link http://www.rsssf.com/players/larsson-in-ec.html
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Larsson's European Record
Former Celt Henrik Larsson is now officially the highest ever goalscorer in the Uefa Cup. Now that the competition has been suspended and replaced by the Europa League, Larsson's Uefa Cup record of 37 goals will never be beaten. His first goal came for Feyenoord against Zalgiris Vilnius in 1994/95.
Henrik Larsson 37
'Waldo' da Silva (Valencia) 31*
Jupp Heynckes 29
Dieter Muller 29
* includes goals in the Fairs Cup (precurser to Uefa Cup)
Larsson's full record is at this link http://www.rsssf.com/players/larsson-in-ec.html
Henrik Larsson 37
'Waldo' da Silva (Valencia) 31*
Jupp Heynckes 29
Dieter Muller 29
* includes goals in the Fairs Cup (precurser to Uefa Cup)
Larsson's full record is at this link http://www.rsssf.com/players/larsson-in-ec.html
Euro Campaigns Begin (by Mick Statto)
The Champions League returns tomorrow night with Rangers representing Scotland in Group G. As discussed in a previous article, Rangers have been placed in a very winnable group. Second place, at the very least, should be a given say most fans. But not so, say we at OFF. Rangers' record in the group stages is very poor, as the table below shows:
Uefa CL Group Stages
Rangers P 48 W 11 D 16 L 21 Pts 49
The most wins Rangers have ever recorded in the CL groups is two. However, if the group is very tight and most games end in a draw, Rangers could still qualify for the last sixteen. This occurred in 2005/06 season when Rangers won only one match (Porto 3-2) yet with four other draws progressed to the next phase with just seven points.
One thing in Rangers favour is that they have won four matches away from home. The four games were against CSKA Moscow (92/93 played in Bochum), PSV Eindhoven (99/00), AS Monaco (00/01) and, their best ever away victory, against Lyon (07/08). The reason this is worth mentioning is because tomorrow night's match is against a fairly weak VfB Stuttgart in Germany. After five Bundesliga games they are lying 12th in the table having won only match against Freiburg 4-2. They drew two others and lost 2-0 to last year's Champions Wolfsburg and 3-1 to this year's tabletoppers Hamburg.
Celtic, of course, will be competing in the inaugural Europa League and their campaign kicks off in Israel on Thursday against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Just for comparison Celtic's Champions League record is as follows:
Uefa CL Group Stages
Celtic P 36 W 13 D 5 L 18 Pts 44
Celtic's strength lies in their home record where they have lost only once in the group stages, to Barcelona. However, unlike Rangers, Celtic have never won away from home in the group stages, though they have won a number of away ties in qualification, most notably against Ajax in 2001 and Dinamo Moscow this season.
Uefa CL Group Stages
Rangers P 48 W 11 D 16 L 21 Pts 49
The most wins Rangers have ever recorded in the CL groups is two. However, if the group is very tight and most games end in a draw, Rangers could still qualify for the last sixteen. This occurred in 2005/06 season when Rangers won only one match (Porto 3-2) yet with four other draws progressed to the next phase with just seven points.
One thing in Rangers favour is that they have won four matches away from home. The four games were against CSKA Moscow (92/93 played in Bochum), PSV Eindhoven (99/00), AS Monaco (00/01) and, their best ever away victory, against Lyon (07/08). The reason this is worth mentioning is because tomorrow night's match is against a fairly weak VfB Stuttgart in Germany. After five Bundesliga games they are lying 12th in the table having won only match against Freiburg 4-2. They drew two others and lost 2-0 to last year's Champions Wolfsburg and 3-1 to this year's tabletoppers Hamburg.
Celtic, of course, will be competing in the inaugural Europa League and their campaign kicks off in Israel on Thursday against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Just for comparison Celtic's Champions League record is as follows:
Uefa CL Group Stages
Celtic P 36 W 13 D 5 L 18 Pts 44
Celtic's strength lies in their home record where they have lost only once in the group stages, to Barcelona. However, unlike Rangers, Celtic have never won away from home in the group stages, though they have won a number of away ties in qualification, most notably against Ajax in 2001 and Dinamo Moscow this season.
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