Top 10 Incredible Football Records Broken In 2017

Football is such an exciting sport and its a game full of records and records are meant to be set and broken, 2017 was quite an eventful year in football and we saw some history made.

We take a look at 10 out of some of the records that were broken in the year 2017.

1.Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to reach 100 European goals, the prolific Portuguese netted twice against Bayern Munich to reach a century of European goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo broke European goalscoring record. Source: ESPN

2.David De Gea of Manchester United became the goal keeper to make the most saves(14) in a Premier League game.

De Gea has the most saves in a single premier League game. Source: M.E.N

The Spanish Number 1 recorded this achievement in Manchester United's 3-1 victory against Arsenal.

3.Real Madrid became the first team in Champions League era to win the Champions League title in consecutive years.

The Los Blancos broke this record when they defeated Italian side Juventus 3-1 in the final in Cardiff.

4. Cristiano Ronaldo became first player to hit 100 Champions League goals, haven broken the European goals record against Bayern Muniuch a week earlier.

Ronaldo scored again in the return leg to become the first player to score 100 Champions League goal.

5.Neymar became the World's most expensive footballer when he moved from Barcelona to PSGfor a staggering £200 million, he broke Paul Pogba's £89 million record.

Neymar became the most expensive footballer inthe world. Source: Skysports

6.Manchester City became the first English team in history to win 16 consecutive games, it has never been done in any tier of English football, they achieved this when they defeated Tottenham 4-1 at the Etihad.

The flying Manchester City broke the winning streak record in England. Source: Mirror

7.Lionel Messi matched Gerd Muller's long-standing record for scoring the most goals for one club in the top five European leagues.

Messi equaled Muller's 40 years record. Source: Metro

Muller scored 525 goals in 572 appearances for Bayern Munich between 1965 and 1979, a record which had remained untouched for nearly 40 years.

8.Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend the FIFA World Club Cup, when they defeated Gremio by 1-0 in Abu Dhabi.

Real Madrid became the first team to win the Club World Cup back to back. Source: SUN

9.Cristiano Ronaldo became the only man to have scored in three Champions League finals when he scored against Juventus in the Final of the 2017 Champions League against Juve.