Trivia on Players regarding European Club Cups


NB: this file has not been updated since 1999.
Notes: 

1) A winner of a given Cup is considered to be any player who
   played at least one minute of one match during a winning
   campaign of a club in one of the three European Club Cups.
2) After each player's nationality his position is indicated by
   the following core:
   A 'keeper
   B defender
   C midfield player
   D forward
3) C1 denotes the European Champions' Cup (now Champions' League)
   C2 denotes the Cup Winners' Cup
   C3 the UEFA Cup and its precursor the Fairs' Cup
   SC the European Super Cup
   IC the Intercontinental Cup
4) asterisks (*) following a year denote a final that took place in the
   following season (so C2 87 is the C2 86/87 but SC 95* the SC 95/96,
   which of course involved the C1 and C2 winners 94/95).

Winners of all three European Cups: C1, C2 and C3

Blind, Danny        
Hol    B    5    C2 87, C3 92, C1 95, SC 95*, IC 95* Ajax
Brio, Sergio        
Ita    B    5    C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85*, C3 90 Juventus
Cabrini, Antonio    
Ita    B    5    C3 77, C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85* Juventus
Cudicini, Fabio     
Ita    A    4    C3 61* Roma ; C2 68, C1 69, IC 69* Milan
Mühren, Arnold    
Hol    C    5    SC 72*, IC 72*, C1 73 Ajax ; C3 81 Ipswich ; C2 87 Ajax
Scirea, Gaetano     
Ita    B    5    C3 77, C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85* Juventus
Tacconi, Stefano    
Ita    A    4    C2 84, C1 85, IC 85*, C3 90 Juventus
Tardelli, Marco     
Ita    C    4    C3 77, C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85 Juventus
Vialli, Gianluca    
Ita    D    4    C2 90 Sampdoria ; C3 93, C1 96 Juventus ; C2 98 Chelsea

Of the above, Vialli won the three cups while playing for three different 
teams.  One could also consider Mühren as such, since he won the CWC with 
Ajax after returning from Ipswich Town.

Winners of at least two European Cups with different clubs

There are 84 such players; among them the following have won most titles:

Clemence, Raymond N
Eng    A    6    C3 73, C3 76, C1 77, C1 78, C1 81 Liverpool ; C3 84 Tottenham
Haan, Arie
Hol    C    5    C1 71, C1 72, C1 73 Ajax ; C2 76, C2 78 Anderlecht
Kennedy, Raymond
Eng    C    5    C3 70 Arsenal ; C3 76, C1 77, C1 78, C1 81 Liverpool
Blankenburg, Horst
Ger    B    4    C1 71, C1 72, C1 73 Ajax ; C2 77 Hamburger SV
Malatrasi, Saul
Ita    B    4    C2 61 Fiorentina ; C1 65 Inter ; C2 68, C1 69 Milan
Neeskens, Johan
Hol    C    4    C1 71, C1 72, C1 73 Ajax ; C2 79 Barcelona
Ribelles Sero, Enrique
Esp    C    4    C3 58, C3 60 Barcelona ; C3 62*, C3 63 Valencia
Rijkaard, Frank
Hol    C    4    C2 87 Ajax ; C1 89, C1 90 Milan ; C1 95 Ajax
Souness, Graeme James
Sco    C    4    C3 72 Tottenham ; C1 78, C1 81, C1 84 Liverpool
Suárez Miramontes, Luis
Esp    C    4    C3 58, C3 60 Barcelona ; C1 64, C1 65 Inter
Vialli, Gianluca
Ita    D    4    C2 90 Sampdoria ; C3 93, C1 96 Juventus ; C2 98 Chelsea

Winners of most European Cups

Clemence, Raymond N
Eng    A    6    C3 73, C3 76, C1 77, C1 78, C1 81 Liverpool ; C3 84 Tottenham
Gento López, Francisco
Esp    D    6    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60, C1 66 Real Madrid
Di Stéfano, Alfredo
Arg    D    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Haan, Arie
Hol    C    5    C1 71, C1 72, C1 73, Ajax ; C2 76, C2 78 Anderlecht
Heighway, Stephen
Irl    D    5    C3 73, C3 76, C1 77, C1 78, C1 81 Liverpool
Kennedy, Raymond
Eng    C    5    C3 70 Arsenal ; C3 76, C1 77, C1 78, C1 81 Liverpool
Lesmes, Rafael
Esp    B    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Marquitos, Alonso Imas Marcos
Esp    B    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Neal, Philip
Eng    B    5    C3 76, C1 77, C1 78, C1 81, C1 84 Liverpool
Rial, José Héctor
Arg    C    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Thompson, Philip Brian
Eng    B    5    C3 73, C3 76, C1 77, C1 78, C1 81 Liverpool
Zárraga Martín, José María
Esp    B    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid

There are 63 players who have won both the C1 and C2 at least once, 60
who have won both C1 and C3 at least once, and 45 who have won both C2
and C3 at least once.

If we also consider SC and IC (for players of European sides), 74 players
have own both IC and SC, but only 5 have won each of C1, C2, C3, IC and SC:

Blind, Danny
Hol    B    5    C2 87, C3 92, C1 95, SC 95*, IC 95* Ajax
Brio, Sergio
Ita    B    5    C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85*, C3 90 Juventus
Cabrini, Antonio
Ita    B    5    C3 77, C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85* Juventus
Mühren, Arnold
Hol    C    5    SC 72*, IC 72*, C1 73 Ajax ; C3 81 Ipswich ; C2 87 Ajax
Scirea, Gaetano
Ita    B    5    C3 77, C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85* Juventus

Each of them won each type of cup exactly once!

There are 54 players who won the C1 and the SC and IC in the next season.
All of these belonged to Ajax (1972, 12 players, and 1995, 11 players),
Milan (1989, 8 players, and 1990, 10 players, of which 5 were part of
both series: Costacurta, Donadoni, Maldini, Tassotti and Rijkaard),
Porto (1987, 9 players) and Juventus (1996, 9 players).  Of the above
list of five, only Danny Blind accomplished this.

Winners of most international Cups

Again, adding the IC and SC, we obtain the following classification of
most titled players:

Haan, Arie
Hol    C   10    C1 71, C1 72, SC 72*, IC 72*, C1 73*, SC 73* Ajax ; 
                 C2 76, SC 76*, C2 78, SC 78* RSC Anderlecht
Rijkaard, Frank
Hol    C    8    C2 87 Ajax ; C1 89, SC 89*, IC 89*, C1 90, SC 90*, 
                 IC 90* Milan AC ; C1 95 Ajax
Donadoni, Roberto
Ita    C    8    C1 89, SC 89*, IC 89*, C1 90, SC 90*, IC 90*,C1 94, 
                 SC 94* Milan AC
Costacurta, Alessandro
Ita    B    8    C1 89, SC 89*, IC 89*, C1 90, SC 90*, IC 90*,C1 94, 
                 SC 94* Milan AC
Maldini, Paolo
Ita    B    8    C1 89, SC 89*, IC 89*, C1 90, SC 90*, IC 90*,C1 94, 
                 SC 94* Milan AC
Tassotti, Mauro
Ita    B    8    C1 89, SC 89*, IC 89*, C1 90, SC 90*, IC 90*,C1 94, 
                 SC 94* Milan AC
Gento, Francisco
Esp    D    7    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60, IC 60*, C1 66 Real Madrid
Clemence, Raymond
Eng    A    7    C3 73, C3 76, C1 77, SC 77*, C1 78, C1 81 Liverpool ; 
                 C3 84 Tottenham
Neeskens, Johan
Hol    C    7    C1 71, C1 72, SC 72*, IC 72*, C1 73, IC 73* Ajax ; 
                 C2 79 FC Barcelona
Blankenburg, Horst
Ger    B    7    C1 71, C1 72, SC 72*, IC 72*, C1 73, SC 73* Ajax ; 
                 C2 77 Hamburger SV
Baresi, Franco
Ita    B    7    C1 89, IC 89*, C1 90, SC 90*, IC 90*,C1 94, SC 94* Milan AC

There are 19 players who won the IC twice; Malatrasi and Jugovic with
two different clubs, all other either playing for Inter or for Milan.

There are 7 players who won the SC at least 3 times; Arie Haan and
Albert Ferrer are the only ones with 4 (both with two different clubs).
All others played for Milan.

Apart from Haan and Ferrer, four more players won the SC for different
teams: Bogarde, Desailly, Reiziger and Zola.

Stefano Tacconi, Marco Tardelli and Gaetano Scirea (all Juventus) are
the only players to have won all four European Cups (and all three won
the IC as well): Scirea and Tardelli won C3 77, C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85*;
Tacconi won C2 84, SC 84*, C1 85, IC 85*, C3 90.

The only players to have won European Cups with three different teams are:

Paulo Sousa (Juventus C1 96, Borussia Dortmund C1 97, Internazionale C3 98);
Gianluca Vialli (Sampdoria C2 90, Juventus C3 93, C1 96, Chelsea C2 98);
Gianfranco Zola (Napoli C3 89, Parma SC 93*, C3 95, Chelsea C2).

Only Vialli played in all finals.

Players with most C1 wins

Gento López, Francisco
Esp    D    6    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60, C1 66 Real Madrid
Di Stéfano, Alfredo
ARG    D    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Marquitos Alonso
Esp    B    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Zárraga, José Maria
Esp    B    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Rial, José Héctor
ARG    C    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid
Lesmes, Rafael
Esp    B    5    C1 56, C1 57, C1 58, C1 59, C1 60 Real Madrid

[Note that Gento played in all 6 finals; of the others only Di Stéfano
 and Zárraga played in all 5 finals.]

There are 59 players with at least 3 wins.  Apart from Phil Neal,
all players with at least 4 titles played for Real Madrid.

Players who won the C1 for different teams

Rijkaard, Frank
Hol    C    3    C1 89, C1 90 Milan ; C1 95 Ajax
Malatrasi, Saul
Ita    B    2    C1 65 Inter ; C1 69 Milan
Belodedici, Miodrag
Rom    B    2    C1 86 Steaua Bucuresti ; C1 91 Crvena Zvezda
Koeman, Ronald
Hol    B    2    C1 88 PSV ; C1 92 Barcelona
Savicevic, Dejan
Yug    C    2    C1 91 Crvena Zvezda ; C1 94 Milan
Desailly, Marcel
Fra    B    2    C1 93 Marseille ; C1 94 Milan
Deschamps, Didier
Fra    C    2    C1 93 Marseille ; C1 96 Juventus
Jugovic, Vladimir
Yug    C    2    C1 91 Crvena Zvezda ; C1 96 Juventus
Paulo Sousa Carvalho Manuel
Por    C    2    C1 96 Juventus ; C1 97 Dortmund
Panucci, Christian
Ita    B    2    C1 94 Milan ; C1 98 Real Madrid
Seedorf, Clarence
Hol    C    2    C1 95 Ajax ; C1 98 Real Madrid

Players with most C2 wins

Carrasco, Francisco José
Esp    D    3    C2 79, C2 82, C2 89 Barcelona

35 other players won it twice.

Players who won the C2 for different teams

Malatrasi, Saul
Ita    B    2    C2 61 Fiorentina ; C2 68 Milan
Hamrin, Kurt
Swe    D    2    C2 61 Fiorentina ; C2 68 Milan
Víctor Muñoz Manrique
Esp    C    2    C2 82 Barcelona ; C2 90 Sampdoria
Vialli, Gianluca
Ita    D    2    C2 90 Sampdoria ; C2 98 Chelsea
Hughes, Mark
Wal    D    2    C2 91 Manchester U ; C2 98 Chelsea
Poyet, Gustavo
Uru    C    2    C2 95 Real Zaragoza ; C2 98 Chelsea

Players with most C3 wins

Ribelles, Enrique
Esp    C    4    C3 58, C3 60 Barcelona ; C3 62, C3 63 Valencia
Clemence, Raymond
Eng    A    3    C3 73, C3 76 Liverpool ; C3 84 Tottenham
Coll, Luis
Esp    D    3    C3 60 Barcelona ; C3 62*, C3 63 Valencia
Vergés Massa, Martín
Esp    C    3    C3 58, C3 60, C3 66* Barcelona
Olivella Pons, Fernando
Esp    B    3    C3 58, C3 60, C3 66* Barcelona
Bergomi, Giuseppe
Ita    B    3    C3 91, C3 94, C3 98 Inter
Berti, Nicola
Ita    C    3    C3 91, C3 94, C3 98 Inter

There are 103 players who won it twice.

Players who won the C3 for different teams

Ribelles, Enrique
Esp    C    4    C3 58, C3 60 Barcelona ; C3 62, C3 63 Valencia
Clemence, Raymond
Eng    A    3    C3 73, C3 76 Liverpool ; C3 84 Tottenham
Coll, Luis
Esp    D    3    C3 60 Barcelona ; C3 62*, C3 63 Valencia
Ramljak, Mladen
Yug    B    2    C3 67 Dinamo Zagreb ; C3 74 Feyenoord
Kennedy, Raymond
Eng    C    2    C3 70 Arsenal ; C3 76 Liverpool
Brazil, Alan Bernard
Sco    D    2    C3 81 Ipswich ; C3 84 Tottenham
Stielike, Ulrich
Ger    C    2    C3 75 M'gladbach ; C3 85 Real Madrid
Lozano, Juan
Esp    C    2    C3 83 Anderlecht ; C3 85 Real Madrid
Cha Bum-Kun
Kor    D    2    C3 80 E Frankfurt ; C3 88 B Leverkusen
Pettersson, Stefan
Swe    D    2    C3 87 Göteborg ; C3 92 Ajax
Schillaci, Salvatore
Ita    D    2    C3 90 Juventus ; C3 94 Inter
Bergkamp, Dennis
Hol    D    2    C3 92 Ajax ; C3 94 Inter
Jonk, Wim
Hol    C    2    C3 92 Ajax ; C3 94 Inter
Crippa, Massimo
Ita    C    2    C3 89 Napoli ; C3 95 Parma
Baggio, Dino
Ita    C    2    C3 93 Juventus ; C3 95 Parma
Matthäus, Lothar
Ger    C    2    C3 91 Inter ; C3 96 Bayern
Klinsmann, Jürgen
Ger    D    2    C3 91 Inter ; C3 96 Bayern
Winter, Aron Mohamed
Hol    C    2    C3 92 Ajax ; C3 98 Inter
Sartor, Luigi
Ita    B    2    C3 93 Juventus ; C3 98 Inter
Branca, Marco
Ita    D    2    C3 95 Parma ; C3 98 Inter

Scoring Feats

The scoring record in the Champions' Cup is held by Alfredo di Stéfano,
who scored 49 goals from 58 matches for Real Madrid.  Second is Eusébio,
who scored 47 for Benfica.


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