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Most appearances by Antipodean players in the European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)

32: Harry Kewell (AUS – Leeds, Liverpool, Galatasaray)
29: Scott Chipperfield (AUS – Basel)
27: Craig Moore (AUS – Rangers, Newcastle United)
25: Tom Rogic (AUS – Celtic)
25: Mark Viduka (AUS – Dinamo Zagreb, Leeds United)
20: Jason Culina (AUS – PSV Eindhoven)
20: Scott McDonald (AUS – Celtic)
18: Tony Vidmar (AUS – Rangers)
15: Brett Emerton (AUS – Feyenoord)
14: Leonidas Christodolou (AUS – Panathinaikos)

Top-scoring Antipodean players in the European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)

8: Wynton Rufer (NZL – Werder Bremen)
5: Mark Viduka (AUS – Dinamo Zagreb, Leeds)
4: Scott McDonald (AUS – Celtic)
3: Tom Rogic (AUS – Celtic)
2: Scott Chipperfield (AUS – Basel)
2: Leonidas Christodolou (AUS – Panathinaikos)
2: Eduvard Krnčević (AUS – Anderlecht)
2: Chris James (NZL – Tampere United)
1: Paul Agostino (AUS – 1860 München)
1: Frank Farina (AUS – Club Brugge)
1: Dylan McAllister (AUS – Breidablik)
1: Craig Moore (AUS – Rangers)
1: Mile Sterjovski (AUS – LOSC Lille, Basel)
1: Tony Vidmar (AUS – Rangers)

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Most appearances by Antipodean players in UEFA club competitions*

88: Harry Kewell (AUS – Leeds, Liverpool, Galatasaray)
78: Scott Chipperfield (AUS – Basel)
56: Mark Viduka (AUS – Dinamo Zagreb, Celtic, Leeds, Middlesbrough)
55: Mark Schwarzer (AUS – Kaiserslautern, Middlesbrough, Fulham, Chelsea)
45: Craig Moore (AUS – Rangers, Newcastle United)
44: Wynton Rufer (NZL –Zürich, Grasshopper Club, Werder Bremen)
44: Josip Skoko (AUS – Hajduk Split, Genk, Gençlerbirliği)
42: Mile Sterjovski (AUS – LOSC Lille, Basel)
38: Brett Emerton (AUS – Feyenoord, Blackburn Rovers)
33: Zeljko Kalac (AUS – Roda, Perugia, AC Milan)

Wynton Rufer with Bremen in 1992©Getty Images

Top-scoring Antipodean players in UEFA club competition*

23: Wynton Rufer (NZL – Zürich, Grasshoppers, Werder Bremen)
21: Harry Kewell (AUS – Leeds United, Liverpool, Galatasaray)
18: Mark Viduka (AUS – Dinamo Zagreb, Celtic, Leeds United, Middlesbrough)
8: Scott Chipperfield (AUS – Basel)
7: Eduvard Krnčević (AUS – Dinamo Zagreb, Cercle Brugge, Anderlecht, RC Liègois, Charleroi)
7: Josip Skoko (AUS – Hajduk Split, Genk, Gençlerbirliği)
5: Joel Griffiths (AUS – Neuchâtel Xamax)
5: Brett Holman (AUS – AZ Alkmaar)
5: Scott McDonald (AUS – Celtic)
4: Tim Cahill (AUS – Everton)
4: Mile Sterjovski (AUS – LOSC Lille, Basel)

Notable Antipodean firsts

First Antipodean national to appear in/win a European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League final

Craig Johnston in 1984©Getty Images

Craig Johnston § (Liverpool 1-1 Roma, aet, Liverpool win 4-2 on pens, 1984)

First Antipodean international to appear in/win a European Cup Winners’ Cup final
Wynton Rufer (Werder Bremen 2-0 Monaco, 1992)

Harry Kewell celebrates with Liverpool in 2005©Getty Images

First Antipodean international to appear in/win a European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League final
Harry Kewell (AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool, aet, Liverpool win 3-2 on pens, 2005)

Only Antipodean internationals to appear in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League finals
Ned Zelic (Juventus 6-1agg Borussia Dortmund, 1993)
Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough 0-4 Sevilla, 2006)

Australian goalkeepers have been unused subsitutes in four UEFA club competition finals
Frank Jurić (Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Real Madrid, 2002 UEFA Champions League)
Brad Jones (Middlesbrough 0-4 Sevilla, 2006 UEFA Cup)
Željko Kalac (AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool FC, 2007 UEFA Champions League)
Mitchell Langarak (Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Bayern München, 2013 UEFA Champions League)

Tahiti’s Marama Vahirua©Getty Images

Nation-by-nation: Most appearances by Australasian/Oceanian players in UEFA club competition*

AMERICAN SAMOA: none
AUSTRALIA: 88 – Harry Kewell (Leeds, Liverpool, Galatasaray)
COOK ISLANDS: none
FIJI: none
NEW ZEALAND: 44 – Wynton Rufer (Werder Bremen)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: none
SAMOA: none
SOLOMON ISLANDS: none
TAHITI: 15 – Marama Vahirua (Nantes)
TONGA: none
VANUATU: none

* UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, European/South American Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup

§ Johnston was born in South Africa to Australian parents, and raised in New Zealand, but represented England at Under-21 level and never made a senior international appearance