IT WAS THE PARTIAL 1-3 AGAINST CRVENA ZVEZDA
Historical! Robert Lewandowski scored FC Barcelona's 700th goal in the Champions League
Published:7/11/2024 - 02:04h
Updated:9/11/2024 - 16:05h
FC Barcelona beat Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade (2-5) on a historic night for the culés. The Barça team reached 700 goals in the Champions League and Robert Lewandowski was the scorer
Robert Lewandowski entered the golden history of FC Barcelona this Wednesday thanks to one of the goals scored against Red Star (2-5). In the 53rd minute, the Pole scored the partial 1-3 against the Serbs, his second goal of the night and Barça's 700th in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
The '9' took advantage of a pass from Jules Koundé from the right to push the ball into an empty goal, a goal that also marked the experienced striker's 99th goal in the tournament. 'Lewy' also scored 5 goals in this edition of the top European club competition and has already scored 19 goals in just 16 games in 2024/25.
In total, Robert has already registered 76 goals in 110 official matches with the Barça shirt. After the arrival of Hansi Flick, the man from Warsaw has returned to his best version, the one that he only showed in the first part of 2022/23, his first season with Barça.
Lewandowski enters a select list along with Leo Messi and other culé legends
Barça scored their first goal in the European Cup against CSKA Sofia on September 3, 1959. Joan Segarra was in charge of scoring against the Bulgarian team and, 65 years later, the Catalans are already the second team with the most points has obtained in the modern era (370, two less than Real Madrid).
Barça reached 100 goals in the tournament in November 1993, with Hristo Stoichkov as the protagonist. The Bulgarian scored in the culé victory at Austria Vienna. The second offensive centenary took seven years to arrive, until September 2009. Patrick Kluivert was in charge of the goal in the beating of Leeds at Camp Nou. Of Barça's 'round' goals in Europe, this was the only one at home.
In the first leg of the 2005/06 round of 16, against Chelsea, Samuel Eto'o scored the club's 300th goal in the tournament. Four years later, in September 2010, David Villa scored 400 against Russian side Rubin Kazan. Leo Messi would be in charge of scoring the 500th and 600th goals in 2014 and 2018, respectively, in the field of Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham. Six years later, Lewandowski has taken the baton after scoring 700.
Historical goals for Barça in the UEFA Champions League
| Goal | Player | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joan Segarra | CSKA Sofia-FC Barcelona (2-2) | 03/09/1959 |
| 100 | Hristo Stoichkov | Austria Vienna-FC Barcelona (1-2) | 03/11/1993 |
| 200 | Patrick Kluivert | FC Barcelona-Leeds United (4-0) | 13/09/2000 |
| 300 | Samuel Eto'o | Chelsea-FC Barcelona (1-2) | 22/02/2006 |
| 400 | David Villa | Rubin Kazán-FC Barcelona (1-1) | 29/09/2010 |
| 500 | Lionel Messi | Paris Saint-Germain-FC Barcelona (2-2) | 30/09/2014 |
| 600 | Lionel Messi | Tottenham-FC Barcelona (2-4) | 03/10/2018 |
| 700 | Robert Lewandowski | Crvena Zvezda-FC Barcelona (2-5) | 06/11/2024 |
