Barcelona Overtake Real Madrid as Champions League All-Time Leading Scorers

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Humbled in the Clasico on Saturday evening and now surpassed atop the Champions League goalscoring charts, Real Madrid have more reason to despise Barcelona this week.

The Catalan side’s impressive 6-1 thrashing of Roma at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night saw them overtake Real as the competition’s all-time leading scorers.

Adriano’s goal, Luis Enrique’s side’s sixth, was their 1,037th in the competition—one more than Real Madrid’s 1,036 goals.

Of course, Rafa Benitez’s side have the chance to regain that crown when they take on Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night.

There’s daylight between the two Spanish giants and third place, with Bayern Munich boasting 856 goals in Champions League history.

The top 20 is as follows, thanks to Opta (via Daily Mail):

  1. Barcelona (1,037 goals)
  2. Real Madrid (1,036)
  3. Bayern Munich (856)
  4. Juventus (746)
  5. Anderlecht (640)
  6. Benfica (639)
  7. Liverpool (612)
  8. Milan (612)
  9. Ajax (606)
  10. Inter Milan (606)
  11. Manchester United (594)
  12. Porto (542)
  13. Valencia (529)
  14. Red Star Belgrade (507)
  15. PSV (503)
  16. Celtic (500)
  17. Atletico Madrid (488)
  18. Sporting Lisbon (463)
  19. Rangers (461)
  20. Club Bruges (458)

[Daily Mail]

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