Haaland: 61 UCL Goals in 60 Games - the Manchester City Record Machine

Haaland: 61 UCL Goals in 60 Games - the Manchester City Record Machine

SoccerKits Hub · September 2026 · Player Edition / Fan Edition guides

61/60UCL goals per game - 1.02 ratio
38City UCL goals - past Aguero
60games to 60 UCL goals - fastest ever
26y 85dyoungest to 60 UCL goals

Two goals against Paris - a header from Iliman Ndiaye's cross and a composed finish from Ayyoub Bouaddi's pass - took Erling Haaland's Champions League totals past a round milestone: 61 goals in 60 appearances. He got there in 60 games, beating Lionel Messi's previous mark of 80, and at 26 years and 85 days he is the youngest player to reach 60 in this competition. A brace was not enough on its own, though: Manchester City lost 4-2 at the Etihad.

The Paris Brace and the City Record

The brace also carried club history. His two goals in Manchester took his Manchester City Champions League tally to 38 goals in 41 games, moving him clear of Sergio Aguero as the club's outright all-time top scorer in this competition - in 23 fewer appearances than Aguero needed for his 36. He was man of the match, and the strikes also lifted him past Thomas Muller (57) into seventh on the all-time Champions League scoring list.

Career Champions League Record, Club by Club

ClubUCL appsUCL goals
RB Salzburg68
Borussia Dortmund1315
Manchester City4138
Total6061

Per UEFA statistics, updated 14 October 2026.

The Fastest to 50 - and Still Counting

Haaland reached 50 Champions League goals in 44 appearances, beating Ruud van Nistelrooy's mark of 45 - and he was the youngest player to several of the competition's scoring milestones on the way. Among players with 50 or more goals, his strike rate of 1.02 per game stands alone; Cristiano Ronaldo's career rate, for comparison, is roughly 0.77. City's Champions League group is now one win and one defeat, the PSG reverse ending an eight-match winning streak in the competition, and the Premier League Golden Boot he won in 2024-25 looks like an annual appointment rather than an achievement.

Haaland Kits: City Sky Blue, Norway Red, and a Dortmund Throwback

Three shirts cover his story: the Manchester City home shirt with Haaland 9, the Norway home shirt from the World Cup quarter-final run, and the Borussia Dortmund home shirt for the Bundesliga years. A long-sleeve City version exists for cold nights at the Etihad.

The Premier League hub collects every English club shirt we stock, including City's full 2026-27 range.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Haaland's Champions League goals-to-games record?
61 goals in 60 appearances across Salzburg, Dortmund and Manchester City. Among players with 50+ goals, nobody else sustains a rate above 1.00 over that volume.
Is Haaland Manchester City's all-time UCL top scorer?
Outright top scorer: 38 goals in 41 games, past Sergio Aguero, who needed 64 appearances for his 36.
Who is the fastest player to 50 Champions League goals?
Haaland, in 44 appearances - beating Ruud van Nistelrooy's previous mark of 45.
Where does Haaland rank among all-time UCL scorers?
Seventh, with 59 goals - just past Thomas Muller's 57 and behind the level pair of Mbappe on 72 and Raul on 71.

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