Robert Lewandowski continues to break records in the Champions League!

Published:2/10/2024 - 02:46h

Updated:2/10/2024 - 04:15h

Robert Lewandowski scored a brace against Young Boys on Matchday 2 of the Champions League. With these goals, the Pole broke some impressive new records

Robert Lewandowski was one of the great figures in FC Barcelona's brutal 5-0 thrashing of Young Boys. In the Champions League matchday 2, the Polish star celebrated a double, scoring the opening goal of the match and then sealing the result by scoring the fourth goal against the Swiss side.

With the two goals scored against the team managed by Patrick Rahmen, the Blaugrana star reached several records that put him on a par with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, arguably the two best footballers to have played in the continental competition.

Lewandowski reaches 50 goals after turning 30

'Lewy' has become the second player in the history of the UEFA Champions League to reach 50 goals after turning 30, scoring his 51st goal against Young Boys and only surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who with 68 goals has scored more in that stage of his career.

Robert is the Champions League's top scorer

On the other hand, Lewandowski scored his 96th goal in the Champions League, averaging 0.79 goals per game in the tournament, which is the best average among players who have reached 50 goals in the competition along with Lionel Messi (0.79). Behind them are Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy (0.77 goals per game) and Karim Benzema, who rounds off the top 5 with an average of 0.59 goals per game.

THE PLAYERS WITH THE BEST GOAL-SCORING AVERAGE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (AT LEAST 50 GOALS)
PLAYER	GOALS	MATCH	AVERAGE
Robert Lewandowski	96	122	0,79
Lionel Messi	129	163	0,79
Cristiano Ronaldo	140	183	0,77
Ruud Van Nistelrooy	56	73	0,77
Karim Benzema	90	152	0,59
Raúl	71	142	0,50
Thierry Henry	50	112	0,45
Thomas Müller	54	152	0,36

A global goalscorer

Until Tuesday evening, Lewandowski had never scored against a Swiss opponent. Now, with his two goals against Young Boys, the Pole has already scored against clubs from 16 different countries in the Champions League.

CLUBS THAT ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI HAS SCORED AGAINST IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
COUNTRY	CLUBS
Spain	FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid, Villarreal y Málaga
Italy	Roma, Juventus, Lazio, Inter de Milán y Napoli
England	Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham y Chelsea
France	Olympique de Marsella, Olympique de Lyon y Paris Saint-Germain
Netherlands	Ajax y PSV Eindhoven
Portugal	Oporto y Benfica
Greece	Olympiacos y AEK Atenas
Belgium	Anderlecht y Royal Antwerp
Russia	Zenit de San Petersburgo y Rostov
Ukraine	Shahktar Donetsk y Dinamo de Kiev
Croatia	Dinamo Zagreb
Türkiye	Besiktas
Serbia	Red Star Belgrade
Austria	RB Salzburg
Czech Republic	Viktoria Plzen
Switzerland	Young Boys

Lewandowski's total goals in the Champions League

In total, Robert Lewandowski has scored 96 goals in the European Cup: 64 in the group stage and 32 in the knockout stages. Wearing the Barça shirt, 'Lewy' has scored 10: 3 against Viktoria Plzen, 2 against Inter, 2 against Napoli, 1 against Antwerp and 2 against Young Boys.