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Mario Basler, the Munich player, scored the first goal of the 1999 Champions League final. He scored the goal in the 6th minute.
If you are asking of the Barcelona verses Arsenal game , then David Villa scored the first goal.
He played for Arsenal against Barcelona in the 2006 Champions League final, he scored the first goal, but Arsenal eventually lost out 2-1.
The first goal scored in the 2009 Champions League final, which was the last time Barcelona and Manchester United met each other, was scored by Samuel Eto'o from Cameroon. Barcelona went on to win the match 2-0, with the second goal scored by Argentina's Lionel Messi.
The first year of the Champions League was in 1992. But if you are referring to the first year of the Champions League as in first year of European cup it was in 1955.
Messi netted six goals in 17 league appearances, and scored one Champions League goal in six appearances
No American has won the Champions League to my knowledge.
John Arne Riise.
Yes, Michael Ballack did play in the final of the Champions League. He scored a penalty at the end of the game, after taking the first for Chelsea.
The Champions League is the updated format of the former European Cup. The first Champions League was in the 1992/93 season and was won by Marseille. No club has ever retained the Champions League in its current format. If however you mean the first European Cup which was in the 1955/56 season, that was won by Real Madrid, who would then go on to win it another 4 times in a row. Making them the only team in history to win 5 in a row. They have since won another 4 and hold the record with a total of 9.