Sunday, December 14, 2008

Manchester United unbeaten streak reached 19 matches: They go for a new record

On Wednesday, Manchester United drew AaB 2-2 at home, bringing their Champions League unbeaten streak to 19 matches.

United join Ajax and Bayern München for most successive matches in the CL without a defeat.
AC Milan are the last team that beat Manchester (02 May 2007).
Milan won in the semifinal of the 2006/2007 CL replay at home against Manchester (3-0).
According to Infostrada, the Red Devils also recorded two streaks of 16 matches without a defeat earlier.

Longest undefeated streaks in Champions League
# Club Start date W D Match that ended streak

19 Manchester United 19 Sep 2007 11 8 Still running
19 Ajax 14 Sep 1994 14 5 Ajax - Panathinaikos (03 Apr 1996) 0-1
19 Bayern München 14 Mar 2001 13 6 Real Madrid - Bayern München (10 Apr 2002) 2-0
16 Manchester United 04 Mar 1998 7 9 Olympique Marseille - Manchester United (19 Oct 1999) 1-0
16 Manchester United 23 Oct 2001 10 6 Maccabi Haifa - Manchester United (29 Oct 2002) 3-0
15 FC Barcelona 14 Sep 2005 10 5 Chelsea - FC Barcelona (18 Oct 2006) 1-0
14 FC Barcelona 25 Nov 1998 10 4 Chelsea - FC Barcelona (05 Apr 2000) 3-1
14 FC Barcelona 01 May 2002 11 3 FC Barcelona - Juventus (22 Apr 2003) 1-2
14 Liverpool 08 Dec 2004 8 6 Benfica - Liverpool (21 Feb 2006) 1-0
14 Olympique Lyon 08 Dec 2004 10 4 AC Milan - Olympique Lyon (04 Apr 2006) 3-1

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