UEFA Champions League: Facts And Figures

The final will be played at the San Siro for the fourth time (greedy). The last time the final was in Milan, Bayern beat Valencia in 2001.

78 teams from 53 different UEFA associations started the journey to the final in Milan but more than half will be watching on their TV's instead.

For the first time a country - Spain - will have five representatives in the group stage: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Valencia & Sevilla.

Kazhak giants Astana will be in the group stage for the first time, an important milestone for the team created only six years ago.

Lichtenstein is the only UEFA association that did not participate in this season’s competition, since their clubs play in the Swiss league. Boo hoo.

Niklas Bendtner and Emile Heskey are the all-time leading goalscorers in the Champions League with 77 goals each. Only joking, it's Ronaldo and Messi.

Xavi holds the record for the number of appearances (151). Casillas (with 150) is likely to overtake him as Xavi moved to Qatar in the summer.

Luiz Adriano (formally of Shakhtar) and Lionel Messi hold the record for the most goals scored in a single game; 5. Not team players, obviously.

Little-known Bavarian club Bayern Munich scored the most goals in last season's competition (33) and had the highest average possession (61%).

Atlético were the baddest bastards last season with 32 yellow cards, whilst Dani Alves of Barcelona was shown the yellow six times. Ooh, you're hard.

Olexandr 'The Butcher of Shakhtar' Kucher saw the fastest red card in UCL history in front of Bayern Munich after only two mins and 39 seconds.

Crumbling fossil Francesco Totti is the oldest goalscorer in Champions League history when he scored at 38 years and 59 days old.