WORLD FOOTBALL FOUNDATION PACK — SOURCES & NOTES (Verification Trail)

Companions: wf-rafters-champions.md (The Rafters) · wf-records-scorers.md (The Records). Compiled October 19, 2026. Club play only throughout — no international, World Cup or national-team material was used or printed.

Method

House law applied throughout: no number from memory alone. Every printed row was corroborated by two independent sources actually fetched (browser.search / browser.open) during the research session, except rows explicitly flagged † at the point of use and quarantined in the UNVERIFIED register below — those are not publishable as fact pending a second source.
Where two sources disagreed, both numbers are printed in the Disputes Registers — never silently resolved.
Snapshot: All rolls end with the completed 2025–26 season (final league matchdays and the Champions League final, 30 May 2026). The 2026–27 season is in progress; no in-progress figures are printed except where a board's own note says a published list was current to mid-October 2026 and an end-of-2025–26 rollback box is provided (Champions League scorers, Records §1).
2025–26 outcomes were searched for, never assumed — including the two most assumption-prone: the Champions League final (PSG beat Arsenal on penalties in Budapest) and each league champion (Arsenal, Barcelona, Inter, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain).
Source-quality notes: Wikipedia list articles are used only where they cite official/RSSSF-tier data AND are paired with a genuinely independent second fetch (official league/UEFA pages, RSSSF, worldfootball.net, national-press or data-provider tables). Known content-farm and error pages encountered during research were rejected and are named in the registers so they are not cited later (e.g., staging.advance-he.org in the NFL pack's experience; here: Archysport's false 2024–25 Bundesliga table, MyKhel's 2016–17 Atlético error, SurpriseSports' "Liverpool 123 pts").

Two-source coverage

Pack part	Rows printed	Two-source corroborated	Exceptions / flags
Rafters §1 UCL finals roll	71 finals	71	Winners/RU tables sum-checked to 71 ✓
Rafters §2 England champions	127 title seasons + war-gap entries	Full roll	All-time scorer board (Records §2) carries 11 † disputed totals — see Disputes [E]
Rafters §3 La Liga champions	95 titles + 3 Civil War gap rows	Full roll	Titles-table sum reconciles to 95 ✓; RSSSF/BDFutbol cross-check still an open upgrade item (see Notes L)
Rafters §4 Serie A champions	95 modern title rows + 2 no-championship WWII rows; pre-1929 roll 1898–1929	Both rolls	1921–22 dual champions (FIGC/CCI) printed; revoked titles excluded from totals, stated on the table
Rafters §5 Bundesliga champions	63 seasons	Full roll	RSSSF Germany file unreachable (404) — corroboration is Wikipedia ×2 + Bundesliga.com + bet365; flagged
Rafters §6 Ligue 1 champions	88 seasons played, 87 titles (1992–93 vacant) + WWII gap rows	Full roll	Amateur-inclusive title counts (Marseille 10, Lille 6) NOT used — see Disputes [G]/D-F1
Rafters — FULL FINAL TABLES	15 tables (5 leagues × 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26)	15 of 15, every row	All other seasons are champions-only — stated on each section
Records §1 UCL scorers	Top 25 (27 players with ties)	[U6][U7] published list + rollback box two-sourced	Basis is INCLUDING qualifying (UEFA's only full combined list); proper-only equivalents printed separately; Puskás 35 vs 36 dispute flagged in-table
Records §2 England PL era	27 player rows (ranks 1–25 + ties)	Every total (ESPN + NBC agree)	Listing order of two tied pairs differs by source
Records §2 England all-time	27 player rows (ranks 1–25 + ties)	Top 10 exact ×2 further sources	11 totals differ by 1–4 goals in an RSSSF-derived second list — marked †, both values in Disputes
Records §3 La Liga scorers	25 rows	Per-player cross-checks; the two active movers (Griezmann 205, Aspas 170) rebuilt and two-sourced to end of 2025–26	Several historic totals disputed (Zarra 251/254 etc.) — both values in Disputes; appearance counts omitted entirely (sources conflict)
Records §4 Serie A scorers	26 players over Top 25 ranks	25 of 26	Batistuta 184 rests on one agreeing source + one conflicting (183) — flagged in Disputes D3
Records §5 Bundesliga scorers	27 rows (incl. 177-goal tie)	Every total	Kirsten 182 (official) vs 181 printed as a dispute, 182 used and flagged in-table
Records §6 Ligue 1 scorers	27 rows (incl. two ties)	16 rows	11 rows single-source (†) — quarantined in the UNVERIFIED register; NOT publishable as fact until re-verified

Part A — Champions League trail [U]

SOURCE TRAIL

Source log

[U1] Wikipedia, "List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals" (page opened in full; updated 9 Oct 2026). Corroborated: every final 1955–56 to 2025–26 (winner, runner-up, score, venue/city, extra-time/penalty/replay markers, all shoot-out scores in its notes), the by-club titles/runner-up table, and the by-nation totals. The article itself cites RSSSF's finals list and the UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook.
[U2] NBC Sports, "List of UEFA Champions League past winners: year-by-year results, final locations" (updated 14 Oct 2026). Corroborated: independently lists every final's winner, runner-up, score (including every shoot-out score from 1984 on) and city, 1956–2026, agreeing with [U1] on all 71 rows. Its separate summary lists contain errors — see Dispute D5.
[U3] Bleacher Report, "Top Winners and Losers After Champions League 2026 Final" (30 May 2026). Corroborated: 2026 final — PSG beat Arsenal 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 over 120 minutes, Budapest; Havertz opener, Dembélé 65th-minute penalty equaliser; PSG back-to-back champions.
[U4] ESPN, "UCL Final stats" (31 May 2026). Corroborated: PSG back-to-back titles, 1–1 final decided on penalties, Eze and Gabriel Magalhães missing in the shoot-out; Luis Enrique's third title as coach.
[U5] CoinGate, "Champions League 2025/26 Review". Corroborated: final on 30 May 2026 at the Puskás Aréna, Budapest, finished 1–1, PSG won shoot-out 4–3; Mbappé finished 2025–26 as top scorer with 15 goals.
[U6] UEFA.com, "Champions League all-time top scorers" (published 14 Oct 2026, opened in full). Corroborated: (a) excluding-qualifying Champions League list (Ronaldo 140, Messi 129, Lewandowski 109, Benzema 90, Mbappé 72, Raúl 71, Haaland 61, Kane 57, Müller 57, Van Nistelrooy 56, Henry 50, Salah 50, Ibrahimović 48, Shevchenko 48, Inzaghi 46, with clubs); (b) the combined "Top European Cup/Champions League scorers (including qualifying rounds)" list (Ronaldo 141 … Inzaghi 50, with clubs); (c) European Cup-only scorers list (Di Stéfano 49, Eusébio 47, Puskás 36, Gerd Müller 34, Gento 30 — see Disputes D2/D3); (d) 2025–26 season top scorer Mbappé, 15.
[U7] NBC Sports, "Who are the UEFA Champions League all-time goals leaders?" (15 Oct 2026, opened in full). Corroborated: reproduces UEFA's full combined including-qualifying list, ranks 1–41 (Ronaldo 141 down to Ryan Giggs 30), which is the basis source for Section B's Top 25, including totals for ranks 15–25 that [U6]'s web page truncates; also confirms Mbappé's 72nd goal came on 14 Oct 2026 vs Roma and Lewandowski's move to Chicago Fire.
[U8] Opta Analyst (theanalyst.com), "UEFA Champions League Top Scorers" (updated 16 Oct 2026, opened in full). Corroborated: independent excluding-qualifying totals agreeing with U6 (Ronaldo 140, Messi 129, Lewandowski 109, Benzema 90, Mbappé 72, Raúl 71, Haaland 61, Kane 57, Müller 57, Van Nistelrooy 56, Henry 50, Salah 50, Shevchenko 48, Ibrahimović 48, Inzaghi 46, Drogba 44, Griezmann 44, Neymar 43, Del Piero 42, Agüero 41); Salah's 50th proper goal came vs Galatasaray in March 2026; Mbappé scored 15 in 2025–26; Lewandowski's 108th/109th goals came vs Newcastle in the 2025–26 last 16.
[U9] UEFA.com, "Champions League goalscoring milestones" (fr.uefa.com, Oct 2026). Corroborated: end-of-2025–26 totals stated explicitly — Mbappé 70 goals in 98 games, Haaland 57 in 58 — and Haaland reaching 60 on Matchday 2 of 2026–27.
[U10] World Soccer Talk, "Champions League all-time top scorers ranked" (combined list predating 2025–26). Corroborated: including-qualifying totals and clubs for retired players (Ronaldo 141, Messi 129, Benzema 90, Raúl 71, Van Nistelrooy 60, Shevchenko 59, Müller 57, Henry 51, Inzaghi 50, Ibrahimović 49, Di Stéfano 49, Eusébio 47, Agüero 47 incl. Barcelona, Drogba 44, Neymar 43, Griezmann 43 at that date, Del Piero 43, Morientes 39, Puskás 35, Cavani 35).
[U11] scores24.live, "UEFA Champions League All-Time Top Scorers" (Sept 2026, pre-season). Corroborated: top 10 on the proper basis as of the start of 2026–27, i.e. at the end of 2025–26 — Ronaldo 140, Messi 129, Lewandowski 109, Benzema 90, Raúl 71, Mbappé 70, Müller 57, Haaland 57, Van Nistelrooy 56, Kane 54.
[U12] Sports Illustrated, "Kylian Mbappe Hits New Champions League Milestone" (Sept 2026). Corroborated: proper-basis table after Matchday 1 of 2026–27 (Mbappé 71 in 99 apps, Haaland 59, Kane 55 in 71), fixing the rollback arithmetic in Section B; also that Mbappé ended 2025–26 as top scorer with 15.
[U13] Liverpool FC (official club site), "Mohamed Salah scores landmark 50th goal in the Champions League" (19 Mar 2026). Corroborated: Salah's 50th goal was in the Champions League proper, split 47 Liverpool + 1 Roma + 2 Basel.
[U14] StatMuse career data. Corroborated: Harry Kane 54 goals in 70 UCL appearances (career summary snapshot taken after 2025–26, before his 2026–27 appearances); Didier Drogba 44 goals in 92 UCL appearances, season-by-season for Marseille, Chelsea and Galatasaray.
[U15] Sportsmole, "Champions League 40-goal club". Corroborated: proper-basis totals with clubs — Drogba 44 (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray), Neymar 43 (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain), Del Piero 42 (Juventus), Agüero 41 (Atlético Madrid, Manchester City).
[U16] TNT Sports season review and Particle News (Oct 2026). Corroborated: Kane scored 14 Champions League goals in 2025–26 (13 games), the English single-season record; his brace at Viking on 13 Oct 2026 took his career total from 55 to 57 (21 for Tottenham, 36 for Bayern).
[U17] USA Today (8 Sept 2026) and OneFootball/Get Spanish Football News (10 Sept 2026). Corroborated: Mbappé's goal vs Inter on Matchday 1 of 2026–27 took him to 71, level with Raúl at that point.
[U18] Sports Illustrated, "Champions League All-Time Leading Scorers: Full List". Corroborated: European Cup all-time list (Di Stéfano 49 Real Madrid; Eusébio 47 Benfica; Puskás 36 Honvéd/Real Madrid; Gerd Müller 34 Bayern Munich; Gento 30 Real Madrid), explicitly including qualifying rounds — see Dispute D2.

Disputes (both values printed; nothing silently picked)

D1 — Ronaldo 140 vs 141 (basis, not error). Excluding qualifying: 140 [U6][U8]. Including qualifying: 141 [U6][U7][U10]. Section B's table uses the including-qualifying basis and says so.
D2 — Puskás 35 vs 36. UEFA's combined EC/UCL list gives 35 [U7], as does World Soccer Talk [U10]. UEFA's own European-Cup-only list gives 36 [U6], as does SI's European Cup list [U18]. Both are UEFA-derived; the table follows the combined list (35) and flags the row.
D3 — Gento 30 vs 32 (outside the Top 25; logged as a warning about the lists). UEFA's European Cup list: 30 [U6][U18]. NBC's combined list: 32 [U7]. A combined total cannot exceed the European-Cup-only total for a European-Cup-only player, so one UEFA-derived figure is wrong. Gento does not appear in any table in this draft.
D4 — Proper vs including-qualifying gaps (basis, not error). Van Nistelrooy 56/60, Shevchenko 48/59, Salah 50/54, Henry 50/51, Inzaghi 46/50, Del Piero 42/43, Agüero 41/47 [U6][U7][U8][U15]. Anyone quoting this pack must state the basis every time.
D5 — NBC winners page contradicts itself. [U2]'s finals list (used for corroboration) is correct, but its summary lists are stale/wrong: "most wins" gives Paris Saint-Germain 1 title and Porto 1, and its appearances list gives PSG 2 finals and Arsenal 1. Its own finals list shows PSG winning in 2025 and 2026, Porto winning in 1987 and 2004, and Arsenal reaching the 2006 and 2026 finals. The winners table in this draft follows [U1] (PSG 2 titles/1 runner-up; Porto 2/0; Arsenal 0/2), which matches [U2]'s own finals list.
D6 — 2026 final scoring details. ESPN/Bleacher Report/Bolavip agree: Havertz scored early (6'), Dembélé equalised from a 65th-minute penalty, PSG won the shoot-out 4–3 with Eze and Gabriel Magalhães missing [U3][U4]. One low-quality report (fifaworldcupnews.com) instead claimed Saka scored in the 67th and Dembélé in the 82nd, and placed the match at Wembley before correcting itself to Budapest. The winner, score, shoot-out score, venue and date agree across all reports; only that one report's scorer details are rejected, and they are not used anywhere in this draft. (ESPN's stats piece also carries a "May 31 / Sunday" dateline against the 30 May date given by [U3][U5]; the final was played Saturday 30 May 2026.)
D7 — Haaland end-of-2025–26 total, 57 vs 58. A bet365 records article headlined Haaland at 58 while its own text said 57 goals in 58 appearances. UEFA's milestones piece [U9] and the pre-season list [U11] both state 57 goals; this draft uses 57.
D8 — NBC scorers headline vs its own list. [U7]'s introduction says its list is "excluding qualifying" while the list it prints is UEFA's including-qualifying list (Ronaldo 141, Van Nistelrooy 60, Shevchenko 59). The list values, not the headline, were used.

Unverified (NOT stated as fact anywhere in the tables above)

Griezmann's end-of-2025–26 total. His published Oct 2026 totals are 45 including qualifying [U7] / 44 proper [U6][U8]. Atlético's 2026–27 Matchday 2 scorers (Barrios and Lookman, vs Manchester United) were confirmed not to include Griezmann, but the scorer of Atlético's goal in their 2–1 Matchday 1 defeat at Liverpool could not be confirmed from the sources fetched, so his exact total at 30 May 2026 could not be two-sourced. His table row is therefore flagged † and his rollback figure is printed as the published 45 with that flag.
Puskás on a proper-only basis. No two sources give a proper-only (excluding preliminary/qualifying) figure for Puskás; the two published including-qualifying figures themselves conflict (D2). No proper-only Puskás figure appears in this draft.
Direct RSSSF / worldfootball.net fetches. Searches for standalone RSSSF and worldfootball.net finals/scorer lists did not surface a usable page to open; RSSSF is instead present as the cited source inside [U1]. Finals and scorer rows in this draft rest on [U1]+[U2] and [U6]+[U7]+[U8] respectively, not on a direct RSSSF fetch. Flagged here so a future pass can add a direct RSSSF corroboration.
Shoot-out scores before 1984 / attendance figures. Attendances were not requested and are not printed. All shoot-out scores printed (1984 onward) are two-sourced [U1][U2]; no final before 1983–84 was decided on penalties, and the only replay is 1974 [U1][U2].

End of draft — UCL section, World Football foundation pack.

Part B — England trail [E]

SOURCE TRAIL

All sources below were actually fetched (browser search / page open) during this research on 19 October 2026.

[E1] Wikipedia, "List of English football champions" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions; updated 30 Sep 2026) — full champions roll 1888–89 to 2025–26 including war-gap rows, runners-up/third place, and the titles-by-club table (Liverpool 20, Manchester United 20, Arsenal 14, Manchester City 10, etc.); lists Arsenal (14th title) as 2025–26 champions. Corroborates: Section A in full; all-time titles table.
[E2] Football Club History Database (FCHD), "English Football League History" (fchd.info/lghist/efl.htm) — season-by-season Division One champions 1888–89 to 1991–92, with "Competition suspended during World War I" (1915–19), "Competition abandoned on outbreak of World War II" (1939–40) and "Competition suspended during World War II" (1940–45). Corroborates: Section A, every First Division champion 1888–1992, and both war gaps. (FCHD's post-1992 pages cover the Football League divisions below the Premier League, so PL-era corroboration is via [E3]/[E4].)
[E3] Premier League official site (premierleague.com) — "Premier League Winners, List of Champions" explainer listing every PL champion 1992/93 Manchester United through 2025/26 Arsenal; plus news report "Arsenal end 22-year wait for Premier League title" (Arsenal champions, 85 pts, 7 clear of Manchester City; PL titles: Man Utd 13, Man City 8, Chelsea 5, Arsenal 4, Liverpool 2, Blackburn 1, Leicester 1; all-time: Arsenal 14, Liverpool and Man Utd 20 each) and "EVERYTHING that's been decided in 2025/26" (relegated: West Ham United, Burnley, Wolverhampton Wanderers). Corroborates: Section A PL era in full; 2025–26 champion; titles table headline totals.
[E4] NBC Sports, "Premier League winners — Full list of every champion" (nbcsports.com) — complete PL winners list 1992-93 to 2025-26 ending "2024-25: Liverpool, 2025-26: Arsenal". Corroborates: Section A PL era (second non-Wikipedia source).
[E5] Wikipedia, "1939–40 Football League" + contemporary report summary (thefreelibrary.com, Mirror) — season kicked off 26 Aug 1939, abandoned after only three matches due to the outbreak of WWII; "Blackpool were leading the First Division when the season was abandoned"; champions listed as "N/A (season abandoned)". Corroborates: the 1939–40 abandoned-season note in Section A. Blackpool are NOT listed as champions anywhere in this pack.
[E6] Premier League official site, "Arsenal end 22-year wait for Premier League title" (premierleague.com/en/news/4662306) — see [E3]. Corroborates: 2025–26 champion and the 14 / 20 / 20 all-time totals.
[E7] Wikipedia, "2025–26 Premier League" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Premier_League) — full final league table (all 20 rows, P/W/D/L/GF/GA/GD/Pts) and champions narrative (Arsenal confirmed champions with a game to spare; trophy presented after 2–1 win at Crystal Palace on 24 May 2026). Corroborates: Section B3 (with [E12]).
[E8] Wikipedia, "2023–24 Premier League" — full final league table, sourced to the Premier League, including Everton −8 pts and Nottingham Forest −4 pts footnotes. Corroborates: Section B1 (with [E9]).
[E9] NBC Sports, "Premier League final table: Final standings for 2023-24 season" (nbcsports.com/soccer/premier-league-2023-24-table) — full final table with GF–GA for all 20 clubs, plus the Everton (6+2) and Forest (4) deduction notes. Every row agrees with [E8]. Corroborates: Section B1.
[E10] Wikipedia (simple.wikipedia.org), "2024–25 Premier League" — full final league table, all 20 rows with GF/GA. Corroborates: Section B2 (with [E11]).
[E11] YallaShoot / LiveScore.mobi final 2024–25 standings listings (fetched via search) — full table with W/D/L/GF/GA/GD/Pts for all 20 clubs; every row agrees with [E10], including Manchester City 21W–8D–9L, 72–44, 71 pts and Crystal Palace 13W–14D–11L, 51–51, 53 pts. NBC Sports' 2024-25 final table (nbcsports.com/soccer/news/premier-league-table-for-2024-25-season) also agrees on positions, GD and points for all 20 clubs. Corroborates: Section B2.
[E12] Sportradar, "Premier League 25/26" standings (sportradar.com) + NBC Sports, "Premier League 2025-26 final table" (nbcsports.com, published 25 May 2026) — Sportradar gives GF/GA for all 20 clubs, agreeing with [E7] on every club (e.g. Arsenal 71–27, Manchester City 77–35, Wolverhampton Wanderers 27–68); NBC gives W-D-L, GD and points for all 20, agreeing with [E7] except the two minor printings in Disputes D4. Corroborates: Section B3.
[E13] ESPN, "Who are the top scorers in Premier League history?" (espn.ph, published 17 Oct 2026) — full PL all-time list, Shearer 260 through Matthew Le Tissier 100; every Top 25 total used in C1. Corroborates: Section C1 (with [E14]).
[E14] NBC Sports, "Premier League all-time goal leaders" (nbcsports.com) — numbered PL all-time list 1–48; totals identical to [E13] for all Top 25 rows. Corroborates: Section C1.
[E15] USA Today, "Who's scored the most goals in Premier League history?" (usatoday.com, Aug 2026) — PL top scorers with clubs for ranks 1–13 (e.g. Shearer — Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United; Cole — Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth). Corroborates: C1 goals totals (top 13) and main-club listings.
[E16] Wikipedia, "List of English football first tier top scorers" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_football_first_tier_top_scorers) — "First Division/Premier League top 50 goalscorers" table (citing RSSSF "England – All-Time Topscorers" [ref 14] and worldfootball.net [ref 38]), with full club-by-club goal breakdowns; also states the basis (league matches in Division 1 / Premier League only) and that Haaland reached 100 PL goals in 2025–26. Corroborates: Section C2 in full (primary source).
[E17] SportsDunia, "Most Goals in Premier League [all-time top-flight list]" (sportsdunia.com) — Top 10 all-time top-flight scorers: Greaves 357, Bloomer 314, Dean 310, Hodgson 288, Shearer 283, Buchan 258, Jack 257, Lofthouse 255, Bradford 248, Gallacher 246 — identical to [E16]. Corroborates: Section C2, ranks 1–10.
[E18] Caroline Progress / JugoMobile, "Premier League top scorers ranked" lists (carolineprogress.com; uk.jugomobile.com) — all-time top-flight Top 10 identical to [E16]/[E17]. Corroborates: Section C2, ranks 1–10 (third source).
[E19] RSSSF-derived all-time list reproduced at jasonlikestotravel.com/tag/england (and the hary1968 RSSSF-style spreadsheet, fetched via search) — all-time top-flight list to 200+ goals. Agrees with [E16] on the identity and order of ranks 11–25 and on most totals; differs on the † rows — see Disputes D6. Corroborates: Section C2, ranks 11–25 (with the stated disputes).

DISPUTES — both values printed, never silently resolved

D1 — 2025–26 Crystal Palace goal difference (Section B3): −10 in [E7], [E12]-Sportradar and [E12]-NBC (GF 41, GA 51 in [E7]/[E12], which arithmetically gives −10) vs −11 printed by Bolavip's final-standings summary. Table above uses −10 (three sources + arithmetic); Bolavip's −11 is recorded here.
D2 — 2025–26 Fulham goal difference (Section B3): −4 in [E7] and [E12]-Sportradar (GF 47, GA 51) vs "4 GD" (minus sign dropped) in [E12]-NBC's text listing. Table uses −4.
D3 — 2024–25 Manchester City W/D/L (Section B2): 21W–8D–9L in [E10] and [E11] vs "21-7-10" printed in NBC Sports' 2024-25 table text. NBC's own points (71) and GD (+28) match the 21–8–9 line (21×3+8=71), not the 21-7-10 line (which would give 70 pts). Table uses 21–8–9; the NBC printing is recorded here.
D4 — 2025–26 column order (Section B3): Sportradar [E12] heads its columns W–L–D, unlike the W–D–L convention used elsewhere. Its underlying numbers match [E7] club-for-club when read in its own column order; no numerical dispute, flagged so a checker does not misread e.g. Bournemouth as W13–D7–L18 (correct: W13–D18–L7).
D5 — Premier League scorers, tied-pair listing order (Section C1): Goals totals are identical in [E13] and [E14], but [E13] lists Raheem Sterling before Dwight Yorke (both 123) and Erling Haaland before Steven Gerrard (both 120), while [E14] lists Yorke before Sterling and Gerrard before Haaland. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink / Son Heung-min (both 127) are listed Hasselbaink-first in both. Order above follows [E13]; the tie totals themselves are not in dispute.
D6 — All-time top-flight totals, ranks 2–25 variants (Section C2, † rows): [E16] vs [E19] (RSSSF-derived list): Steve Bloomer 314 [E16][E17][E18] vs 309 [E19-spreadsheet]; Gordon Hodgson 288 [E16][E17][E18] vs 287 [E19]; Charlie Buchan 258 [E16][E17] vs 257 [E19-travel list]; David Jack 257 [E16][E17] vs 255 [E19-spreadsheet]; Hughie Gallacher 246 [E16][E17] vs 247 [E19-spreadsheet]; Harry Hampton 219 [E16] vs 219 with different appearances (361 vs 357) [E19-spreadsheet]; Dave Halliday 211 [E16] vs 207 [E19-spreadsheet] / 211 [E19-travel list]; Geoff Hurst 210 [E16] vs 211 [E19-spreadsheet]; Bobby Gurney 205 [E16] vs 208 [E19-spreadsheet]; Arthur Chandler 203 [E16] vs 204 [E19]; Vic Watson 203 [E16] vs 200 [E19-spreadsheet]. The table prints [E16]'s totals (which for ranks 1–10 are independently confirmed by [E17] and [E18]); all variant totals are preserved here and the affected rows are marked †.
D7 — Salah all-time PL total in an older official article: a Premier League article fetched during research [premierleague.com, "Is Haaland the Premier League's greatest ever goalscorer?"] printed Mohamed Salah on 188 in its all-time table — an older snapshot predating the end of 2025–26. The current two-source total (193) from [E13] and [E14], both updated October 2026, is used in C1/C2. The 188 figure is superseded, not a live dispute.

UNVERIFIED — must NOT be quoted as fact

U1: Any full final league table for a season other than 2023–24, 2024–25 and 2025–26. None was two-source verified in this research and none is included; those seasons are champions-only in this pack.
U2: A single-source "supercomputer"/prediction table for 2025–26 found during research (topbettingwebsites.co.uk) that printed final points differing from the actual final table (e.g. Manchester City 75, Wolverhampton Wanderers 25). It is a pre-/mid-season projection, NOT the final table, and none of its figures are used.
U3: A SurpriseSports PL winners list printing Liverpool's 2024–25 points as 123. No other fetched source supports it; the verified 2024–25 champions' points total is 84 ([E10][E11]). The 123 figure is not used anywhere in the tables.
U4: Exact appearance counts for the all-time top-flight scorers (Section C2). Sources disagree on appearances for several players (e.g. Bloomer 535 vs 536; Hampton 357 vs 361; Rush 515 vs 550 in one list). Appearances are therefore omitted from C2 entirely — goals and clubs only.
U5: The worldfootball.net scrape reproduced at squarerootnola.com, which prints a truncated/corrupted all-time list (e.g. Dixie Dean 257, Gordon Hodgson 267). It conflicts with [E16][E17][E18] and was not used as a corroborating source for any row.

Draft prepared 19 October 2026 for the 8StarSports World Football foundation pack — England section. Club play only.

Part C — La Liga trail [L]

SOURCE TRAIL

[L1] Wikipedia, "La Liga" — Performance by club table (fetched via search result, oldid 1371804801, crawled 51 days before research date; content runs through 2025–26). Corroborated: every club's winning years (Real Madrid 36 titles ending 2023–24; Barcelona 29 ending 2025–26; Atlético 11; Athletic Bilbao 8; Valencia 6; Real Sociedad 2; Deportivo, Sevilla, Real Betis 1 each) — i.e. the full champions roll by complement, and the all-time titles table.
[L2] Fakta.co, "La Liga: History, Rules, and Champions Through 2025" (opened in full). Corroborated: a complete season-by-season champions table 1928/29–2024/25, including the three Civil War suspensions (1936/37, 1937/38, 1938/39 "Suspended due to the civil war"). Agrees with [L1] on every season 1929–2024–25. [L1] alone carries 2025–26; see [L3]/[L9] for that season.
[L3] TheSportsDB, 2025–26 La Liga season description + Sports of the Day finale report + BetInIreland La Liga guide (search results). Corroborated: 2025–26 was the 95th season, 15 Aug 2025 – 24 May 2026; Barcelona (defending champions, 28th title in 2024–25) secured their second consecutive title on 10 May 2026 with a 2–0 win over Real Madrid; Barcelona's 29th title [L1].
[L4] Sportradar, "LaLiga 25/26" standings page (opened in full). Corroborated: the complete 2025–26 final table (all 20 rows: P/W/L/D as printed, GF, GA, GD, Pts), and the season's top scorers (Mbappé 25, Muriqi 23, Budimir 17).
[L5] Wikipedia, "2023–24 La Liga" (opened in full; table sourced there to LaLiga EA Sports). Corroborated: complete 2023–24 final table (all 20 rows), Real Madrid champions (36th title, confirmed 4 May 2024), relegated Cádiz/Almería/Granada.
[L6] Legalbet match-centre standings grid, 2023–24 (search result, two pages). Corroborated: the complete 2023–24 final table independently — all 20 rows' W-D-L and GF:GA match [L5] exactly (e.g. Real Madrid 29-8-1, 87:26, 95 pts; Granada 4-9-25, 38:79, 21 pts).
[L7] Sportradar, "LaLiga 24/25" standings page (search result). Corroborated: the complete 2024–25 final table (all 20 rows), subject to the same W|L|D column-order note as [L4].
[L8] Wikipedia, "2024–25 La Liga" league table (via search result) + NBC Sports final 2024–25 standings + FC Barcelona Noticias final standings. Corroborated: the complete 2024–25 final table — Wikipedia's W-D-L/GF/GA/GD/Pts for all 20 rows match [L7] row-for-row after column re-expression; NBC and FCBN independently match all 20 positions and points totals (Barcelona 88 champions, Valladolid 16, etc.).
[L9] Wikipedia, "2025–26 in Spanish football" — La Liga table (search result; table sourced to LaLiga EA Sports). Corroborated: the complete 2025–26 final table, all 20 rows in W-D-L order, matching [L4] exactly, including relegation markers for Mallorca, Girona and Real Oviedo.
[L10] StatMuse, 2025–26 La Liga table (search result). Corroborated: all 20 rows of the 2025–26 table (W-D-L, GF, GA, GD, Pts) — third agreement with [L4]/[L9], including the head-to-head finishing order at 13th–18th.
[L11] World Soccer Talk, "La Liga's all-time top goalscorers ranked" (opened; published 13 Aug 2025, "accurate as of August 2025, just before the start of the 2025–26 season"). Corroborated: the full pre-2025–26 top-25 list with goals (Messi 474 … Dani 147, Escudero 147), used as the baseline for Section C.
[L12] Colgados por el Fútbol, "Spanish BBVA League: Honors and Data" + The18 all-time scorers list + Justotal all-time scorers list + The Champions League all-time scorers list (search results). Corroborated: top-10 scorer values — Messi 474, Ronaldo 311, Zarra 251, Benzema 238, Hugo Sánchez 234, Raúl 228, Di Stéfano 227, Quini 219; César 221 ([L12] Champions League list) and Pahiño 212 ([L12] Colgados and Champions League lists).
[L13] OneFootball / Get Spanish Football News, "Griezmann joins Messi & Ronaldo in elite goalscoring club" (search result). Corroborated: Griezmann's 200th La Liga goal, scored vs Sevilla (Atlético won 3–0), per Opta — he is the 11th player to reach 200.
[L14] Sportingpedia, "Griezmann Reaches 200 La Liga Goals" (3 Nov 2025) (search result). Corroborated: the 200th goal (89th minute, 1 Nov 2025); breakdown at that point — Atlético 138, Real Sociedad 40, Barcelona 22 (= 200); Aspas next active player at 166 at that date (consistent with 165 baseline + 1 early-season goal).
[L15] SportBible Griezmann profile (Dec 2025) + Wikipedia, "Antoine Griezmann" career table (search results). Corroborated: 202 goals in 546 La Liga appearances by Dec 2025 (mid-season waypoint between 200 in Nov and 205 at season's end); career league line by club (Sociedad 46 incl. Segunda, Atlético 94 + 5 loan + 44, Barcelona 22).
[L16] GioScore, Griezmann league-seasons table (search result). Corroborated: Griezmann scored 7 La Liga goals in 2025–26 (34 apps). (This source's 2016–17 row — 2 goals — is wrong against every other source and was NOT used for anything else; see Disputes.)
[L17] SportsLib / Wikipedia-derived La Liga top-scorers summary (search result). Corroborated: Messi 474 all for Barcelona; Zarra held the record ~60 years until 2014; most recent player to 100 La Liga goals was Cristhian Stuani (24 May 2024) — used only to confirm no other active player was near the top-25 cut-off.
[L18] GiveMeSport, Iago Aspas La Liga career table + FotMob Aspas profile (search results). Corroborated: Aspas season-by-season La Liga goals (12, 2, 14, 19, 22, 20, 14, 14, 17, 12, 9, 10, 5) summing to 170 at the end of 2025–26; FotMob independently gives 5 goals in 2025–26.
[L19] FC Barcelona Noticias / SI, 2024–25 season numbers (search results). Corroborated: Lewandowski 27 La Liga goals in 2024–25 (Barcelona's top scorer; Mbappé won the Pichichi with 31).
[L20] Transfermarkt 2025–26 La Liga matchday page scoring list (search result). Corroborated: 2025–26 season scoring — Mbappé 25, Muriqi 23, Budimir 17, Ferran Torres / Lamine Yamal / Vinícius 16, Lewandowski 14 (matches [L4] top-3).

Disputes (both values printed — never silently resolved)

Telmo Zarra's total: 251 vs 254. Table prints 251 — given by [L12] (three lists), FootballBerry, and Guinness World Records ("the previous league record of 251, held by Telmo Zarra"). [L11] alone gives 254. Apps also vary 277 vs 278.
César Rodríguez's total: 221 vs 223. Table prints 221 — [L11], [L12] (Champions League list), FootballToday. FootballBerry and The18 give 223.
Pahiño's total: 212 vs 210 / 213 / 214. Table prints 212 — [L12] Colgados and [L12] Champions League list. Other fetched values: 210 (The18, FootballBerry), 213 ([L11]), 214 (FootballToday). No two of the dissenting values agree with each other.
Raúl's total: 228 vs 229. Table prints 228 — [L11], [L12], Justotal. Bolavip and FootballToday give 229. (FootballBerry also prints 228 but mis-orders him above Hugo Sánchez 234 — an ordering error in that source, not used.)
Guillermo Gorostiza's total: 178 vs 183, and rank 15/16. Table prints 178 — his season-by-season club table sums to 178 (Athletic Bilbao 106 + Valencia 72), and SportsLib/Alchetron/AcademiaLab all state 178. [L11] gives 183 and ranks him 15th, ahead of Juan Arza (182); on the 178 figure Arza is 15th and Gorostiza 16th, as printed here.
Luis Suárez's total: 176 vs 179. Table prints 176 — [L11]'s table, AllFootball. [L11]'s own article text says 179 in one paragraph (internal inconsistency in that source).
Adrián Escudero's total: 147 vs 150. Table prints 147 — [L11]. An older Wikipedia-derived list (Dec 2020 snapshot) gives 150. Dani/Escudero ordering at 24/25 is a tie on 147 either way in [L11].
Griezmann club breakdown (total agreed at 205). [L14] gives Atlético 138 / Sociedad 40 / Barcelona 22 at the 200-goal mark; [L15]'s Wikipedia line implies Atlético 143 (94 + 5 + 44) / Sociedad 40 La Liga (46 incl. 6 Segunda) / Barcelona 22 across the full career — the two breakdowns differ in how the 2021–22 loan season is split, but both reconcile to the same La Liga total of 205 at the end of 2025–26. [L16]'s season rows contain one corrupt row (2016–17: 2 goals) and were used only for the 2025–26 figure.
2025–26 finishing order, 13th–18th. [L4], [L9] and [L10] agree on the head-to-head order printed here (Sevilla 13th, Alavés 14th, Elche 15th; Levante 16th, Osasuna 17th, Mallorca 18th). SoccerNews' 2025–26 table prints the same points and goal differences but orders those tied teams by goal difference instead (Elche 13th, Alavés 14th, Sevilla 15th; Osasuna 16th, Mallorca 17th, Levante 18th). The head-to-head order is printed, per La Liga's own classification rules as stated in [L9].
2016–17 champion (one bad source). MyKhel's La Liga history page lists Atlético Madrid as 2016–17 winner; [L1] and [L2] both give Real Madrid, and MyKhel was not used for the roll. Its 2024–25 top-four "points table" in the same page actually reproduces the 2025–26 top four — that page is unreliable and is logged here so it is not cited later.
2025–26 title-clinching match venue/detail. [L3] Sports of the Day and The Hard Tackle describe the 10 May 2026 Clásico differently in passing detail (a 2–0 Barcelona win over Real Madrid is agreed by [L3], the BetInIreland guide and Sports Mole); the venue wording varies between sources. Only the agreed facts (date, score, title sealed with three matches to spare) are used in this file.

UNVERIFIED (must NOT appear as fact in the tables)

Robert Lewandowski's exact four-season La Liga total (83) — assembled from season figures of which only 2024–25 (27, [L19]) and 2025–26 (14, [L20]) were fetched in this pass; the 2022–23 (23) and 2023–24 (19) figures were not independently re-fetched. He is far outside the top 25 on any version, so no table row depends on it.
Appearances (matches) figures for the top-25 scorers — sources disagree repeatedly (e.g. Benzema 350 vs 439 apps; Zarra 277 vs 278). Apps are therefore not printed in Section C at all.
Any RSSSF / BDFutbol / worldfootball.net page for this section — searches in this pass did not return a fetchable champions or scorers page from those sites (search results surfaced Wikipedia-derived and commercial pages instead). The two-source standard was met with the sources logged above; an RSSSF/BDFutbol cross-check remains an open upgrade item, not a completed one.
The Mediterranean League of 1937 — mentioned in [L1]'s history text (Barcelona won it; RFEF has never recognised it as a Liga title). It is NOT a La Liga season and is deliberately excluded from the roll; the 1936–37…1938–39 gap stands as printed.

Part D — Serie A trail [I]

SOURCE TRAIL

[I1] Wikipedia, "List of Italian football champions" (fetched in full, incl. 2025–26 line: Inter (21), runners-up Napoli). Corroborated: complete pre-1929 roll; complete 1929–30 to 2025–26 roll; 1944 Spezia decoration-not-a-scudetto note; 1945–46 Divisione Nazionale note; Calciopoli notes (2004–05 revoked/unassigned, 2005–06 assigned to Inter); 1926–27 revoked; all-time performances table (Juventus 36, Inter 21, Milan 19, etc.).
[I2] SportsAdda, "Serie A: Know history and winners of every edition" (updated 21 Sept 2026; fetched in full). Corroborated: season-by-season winners 1898–2025–26, incl. 2025–26 Inter, 2024–25 Napoli, 2004–05 "Not awarded", 1945–46 Torino, WWII cancellation; Inter's 2025–26 title details (3 May 2026, 2–0 v Parma, 87 pts, 21st Scudetto).
[I3] RSSSF, "Italy — List of Champions" (archived copy fetched via search). Corroborated: pre-1929 roll incl. split 1921–22 (Pro Vercelli CCI / Novese FIGC) and 1926–27 "not awarded [Torino had title revoked]"; 1929–30 to 2021–22 roll incl. 2004–05 "not awarded [Juventus had title revoked]" and 2005–06 Inter.
[I4] Wikipedia, "Serie A" (search-fetched champions/notes sections). Corroborated: FIGC officially recognises 29 championships before 1929; no titles awarded 1926–27 and 2004–05 (both revoked); Spezia 1944 decoration does not constitute an official scudetto; club totals Juventus 36 / Inter 21 / Milan 19.
[I5] worldfootball.net, Serie A competition page (search-fetched). Corroborated: Italian champions 2025/2026 Inter (21st), 2024/2025 Napoli (4th), 2023/2024 Inter (20th), 2022/2023 Napoli, 2021/2022 Milan.
[I6] A World of Soccer, "Italian League, Titles by Team" (search-fetched). Corroborated: all-time titles by club — Juventus 36, Inter 21, Milan 19, Genoa 9, Bologna 7, Pro Vercelli 7, Torino 7, Napoli 4, Roma 3, Fiorentina 2, Lazio 2, and the 1-title clubs.
[I7] Wikipedia, "2023–24 in Italian football" (search-fetched full league table, source line: Serie A). Corroborated: every row of Table B1.
[I8] Global Sports Archive, Serie A TIM 2023/2024 standings (search-fetched). Corroborated: every row of Table B1, identical W/D/L/GF/GA/GD/Pts to [I7].
[I9] OneFootball, "Serie A 2025–26 final standings and verdicts". Corroborated: Inter champions (21st Scudetto); Champions League Inter/Napoli/Roma/Como; Europa League Milan/Juventus; Conference League Atalanta; relegated Pisa, Hellas Verona, Cremonese.
[I10] SempreInter / OptaPaolo (search-fetched). Corroborated: Inter finished 2023–24 on 94 points, 19 clear of Milan.
[I11] Wikipedia, "2024–25 Serie A" (search-fetched full league table, source line: Serie A). Corroborated: every row of Table B2.
[I12] Football Italia, Serie A table pages (search-fetched, final 38-game table). Corroborated: every row of Table B2 on W/D/L/GD/Pts and finishing order.
[I13] Football Italia, "Official: Napoli crowned Serie A Champions for 2024–25". Corroborated: Napoli champions, 82 points from 38 matches, 24 W / 10 D / 4 L; Napoli's 4th title.
[I14] ItaliaMia, "Serie A 2025–26: Final Standings, Inter's Title and Season Results" (archive verified 30 Sept 2026; fetched). Corroborated: every row of Table B3, incl. Torino 12th ahead of Parma 13th on 45 points each.
[I15] Football Italia, "Italian Serie A 2025–26" season table (search-fetched). Corroborated: every row of Table B3 on W/D/L/GF/GA/GD/Pts (its listing order at 12–13 differs — see D4).
[I16] DedicatedBetting, "Serie A 2025–26 Season Review". Corroborated: champions Inter 87 pts, runners-up Napoli 76, Champions League Inter/Napoli/Roma/Como, relegated Cremonese (34), Verona (21), Pisa (18), total goals 922.
[I17] Sportradar, Serie A 25/26 standings (search-fetched). Corroborated: Table B3 finishing order incl. Torino 12th / Parma 13th, and all points totals (note: its W/L/D column ordering differs in presentation; the underlying W/D/L values match [I14][I15] when read in that order — see D4 note).
[I18] Wikipedia, "Football records and statistics in Italy" — Serie A top scorers table (search-fetched in full to rank 30, updated as of 15 Sept 2026). Primary source for Section C: all 26 players, goals, years and apps, incl. Immobile 201 (2009–2026), Piola 274, Totti 250, Nordahl 225, Meazza/Altafini 216.
[I19] 888sport, "Serie A Top Scorers: All-Time List" (search-fetched). Corroborated: Section C ranks 1–15 totals, except Batistuta (see D3).
[I20] worldfootball.net, Serie A all-time top scorers (search-fetched top 5). Corroborated: Piola 274, Totti 250, Altafini 216. Differs on Nordahl and Meazza — see D1, D2.
[I21] Guinness World Records, most goals in a Serie A match / Piola record page (search-fetched, published 19 Dec 2025). Corroborated: "Silvio Piola is Serie A's record scorer, with 274 goals."
[I22] SerieANews (2020-era list, search-fetched). Used only as the source of the variant Piola 267 figure in Dispute D5; not used for any table value.

DISPUTES (both values printed; never silently resolved)

D1 — Gunnar Nordahl total: 225 in [I18] and [I19] vs 224 in [I20]. Table C prints 225 (two sources) and records 224 here.
D2 — Giuseppe Meazza total: 216 in [I18] and [I19] vs 218 in [I20]. Table C prints 216 (two sources) and records 218 here.
D3 — Gabriel Batistuta total: 184 in [I18] vs 183 in [I19]. Table C prints 184 and records 183 here. This row is therefore single-source-plus-conflict, flagged rather than hidden.
D4 — 2025–26 positions 12–13: Torino and Parma both finished on 45 points with the identical W/D/L/GF/GA lines printed in B3 in both [I14] and [I15]. [I14] and [I17] order them Torino 12th, Parma 13th; [I15]'s listing presents Parma before Torino. B3 follows [I14]+[I17] (two sources) and records the [I15] ordering here.
D5 — Silvio Piola total (older variant): 274 in [I18][I20][I21] vs 267 (in 537 apps) in the older list [I22]. 274 is also Piola's apps-consistent figure (537 apps in [I18][I20]); 267 is treated as an outdated/erroneous variant, printed here only.
D6 — 1921–22 split-season labelling: [I1] and [I3] agree on the substance — Novese won the FIGC championship, Pro Vercelli won the CCI championship. One secondary summary [TIBS early-years article, search-fetched] reversed the labels (calling Novese the CCI winner). The reversed labelling is not used.
D7 — 1950–51 champion (secondary-list error): one secondary winners list (FootballBerry, search-fetched) printed 1950–51 as Internazionale. [I1], [I2], [I3] and [I6] all give Milan. The roll prints Milan; the FootballBerry entry is treated as a plain error in that source, recorded here for transparency.
D8 — 1898 final score (not used in any table): [I1] gives Genoa 2–1 Internazionale Torino (aet); [I2]'s narrative gives a different score/opponent framing. No score from 1898 is printed as fact anywhere in this draft.

UNVERIFIED (must NOT appear as fact in the tables above)

Any Piola total other than 274 on the Serie A-only basis — e.g. all-competitions or all-era Italian top-flight aggregates sometimes attached to his name. Not two-source verified on a like-for-like basis; excluded from Section C.
Spezia as a Serie A champion for 1944 — affirmatively refuted as a scudetto by [I1][I4] (decoration only); listed here so it is never promoted into the roll.
Torino 1926–27 and Juventus 2004–05 as champions — both titles revoked and left unassigned [I1][I3][I4]; they appear only as "No champion (revoked)".
Exact head-to-head tie-break workings for the 2025–26 Torino/Parma order (D4) — the finishing order is two-source verified, the tie-break arithmetic behind it was not separately fetched, so no tie-break explanation is asserted.
Lega Serie A official-site tables: the league's own site was named as a preferred source in the brief, but the fetched corroboration for the three full tables came from Wikipedia's Serie A-sourced tables plus Football Italia / GSA / ItaliaMia / Sportradar. No figure in this draft rests on an unfetched Lega page.

End of draft — Italy / Serie A.

Part E — Bundesliga & Ligue 1 trail [G]/[F]

SOURCE TRAIL

All sources below were actually fetched (browser.search / browser.open) on 19 October 2026.

Germany — Bundesliga

[G1] Wikipedia, "List of German football champions" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_football_champions) — Bundesliga section (since 1963), season-by-season champions 1963–64 to 2025–26. Corroborated: entire Bundesliga champions roll; Bayern shown as 2025–26 champions (35th German title overall).
[G2] Wikipedia, "Bundesliga" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesliga) — list of champions plus performance-by-club table (Bundesliga only): Bayern 34 titles with full winning-seasons list; Dortmund 5; Mönchengladbach 5; Werder 4; Hamburg 3; Stuttgart 3; Köln 2; Kaiserslautern 2; Leverkusen 1 (2023–24); 1860 1; Wolfsburg 1; Braunschweig 1; Nürnberg 1. Corroborated: champions roll (via winning-seasons lists) and the all-time Bundesliga titles table.
[G3] Bundesliga.com (official league site), "German champions in the Bundesliga" feature — season-by-season champions with coaches/points (fetched excerpts cover inter alia 1975–76 through 1982–83). Corroborated: champions roll (spot range).
[G4] bet365 News, "Bundesliga previous winners list" (updated 18 May 2026) — winners/runners-up incl. 2023–24 Leverkusen, 2024–25 Bayern, 2025–26 Bayern (runners-up Dortmund). Corroborated: three most recent champions.
[G5] myKhel, "Bundesliga History: Winners and Runners List of All Seasons" — recent-era winners (2015–16 onward fetched). Corroborated: recent champions.
[G6] Bundesliga.com, "The 2025/26 Bundesliga title race: Bayern Munich secure a second consecutive title" (13 Apr 2026) — Bayern wrapped up the title on Matchday 30; Dortmund 2nd. Corroborated: 2025–26 champion.
[G7] FC Bayern Munich official site, "German champions 2026" honours page — full 2025–26 table (positions, goals for/against, points for all 18 clubs). Corroborated: 2025–26 champion and full 2025–26 table (Pos/GF/GA/Pts).
[G8] Wikipedia, "2023–24 in German football" — complete 2023–24 Bundesliga standings.
[G9] DFL/Bundesliga official economic report, "The 2023-24 season at a glance" (report.bundesliga.de) — official final standings 2023–24. Corroborated: every row of the 2023–24 table (identical to [G8]).
[G10] Wikipedia, "2024–25 in German football" / Template:2024–25 Bundesliga table — complete 2024–25 standings.
[G11] Sportradar, "Bundesliga 24/25" standings — complete table; prints columns in W-L-D order (values reconciled against [G10]; e.g. Bayern shown 25 W / 2 L / 7 D = 25-7-2). Corroborated: 2024–25 table.
[G12] Halfagoal, Bundesliga 2024–25 standings explainer — complete table identical to [G10]. Corroborated: 2024–25 table.
[G13] Wikipedia, "2025–26 Bundesliga" / Template:2025–26 Bundesliga table — complete final standings.
[G14] Sportradar, "Bundesliga 25/26" standings — complete table, W-L-D column order reconciled against [G13]; every row agrees. Corroborated: 2025–26 table.
[G15] Bundesliga.com, "Bundesliga records: goals, titles, attendances" (stats correct as of 12 Oct 2026) — Gerd Müller all-time top scorer with 365; Lewandowski top non-German with 312; Lewandowski 41-goal season record 2020–21. Corroborated: scorer ranks 1–2 and record context.
[G16] Wikipedia, "List of Bundesliga top scorers" (as of matches played 20 Sep 2026; the article's own cited source is worldfootball.net's all-time list) — full 100+ goals list. Corroborated: full Top 25 (subject to D-G2 and the Kramarić note).
[G17] StatMuse, "All-time Top Goalscorer Of Bundesliga" — independent statistical database listing ranks 1–25 (Müller 365; Lewandowski 312; Fischer 268; Heynckes 220; Burgsmüller 213; Pizarro 197; Kirsten 182; Kuntz 179; Allofs 177; D. Müller 177; Gómez 170; Löhr 166; Rummenigge 162; Hölzenbein 160; Walter 157; Reus 156; T. Müller 150; T. Allofs 148; Kießling 144; Nickel 141; Seeler 137; Hrubesch 136; Kramarić 135 in that snapshot; Élber 133; Völler 132). Corroborated: scorer Top 25 goal totals (Kramarić snapshot predates his final 2025–26 goals — see [G18][G19]).
[G18] Wikipedia, "Andrej Kramarić" career table — 2025–26 Bundesliga: 34 apps, 14 goals; 2026–27: 4 apps, 0 goals; Hoffenheim league total 140. Corroborated: Kramarić's end-of-2025–26 total is exactly 140 (126 before 2025–26 + 14).
[G19] FotMob, Andrej Kramarić player page — independently records 14 goals in the 2025–26 Bundesliga season. Corroborated: [G18].
[G20] Bundesliga.com, "The Bundesliga's all-time top scorers" — official top-10 feature: Kirsten 182 (Leverkusen, 350 games), Kuntz 179, D. Müller 177, Pizarro 197. Corroborated: scorer top 10, and the 182 side of dispute D-G2.
[G21] Bundesliga.com, "Andrej Kramarić surpasses Giovane Élber…" (31 Jan 2026) — Kramarić's 134th goal passed Élber (133) into 3rd among non-German scorers, behind Pizarro (197) and Lewandowski (312). Corroborated: Élber 133; Pizarro/Lewandowski totals.
[G22] Lente Desportiva, "The Top 13 Bundesliga Scorers Since 2000" — Kießling 144, T. Müller 150, Reus 156, Gómez 170, Pizarro 197. Corroborated: scorer ranks 6, 11, 16, 17, 19.

France — Ligue 1

[F1] Wikipedia, "List of French football champions" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_football_champions) — professional-era champions 1932–33 to 2025–26, incl. "1939–45 Suspended due to World War II", 1992–93 shown as "—" (title stripped), PSG (14th) 2025–26. Corroborated: entire Ligue 1 champions roll, WWII gap, 1992–93 vacancy.
[F2] RSSSF, "France — List of Champions" (rsssf.org/tablesf/franchamp.html) — yearwise champions with the champion's season record; separate "War Champions" section for 1939–40 to 1944–45 (regional winners listed as war champions, NOT league champions); "1992/93 title not awarded"; titles table headed "Number of Titles (87)" counting professional championships only (PSG 14, Saint-Étienne 10, Marseille 9, Nantes 8, Monaco 8, Lyon 7, Reims 6, Bordeaux 6, Nice 4, Lille 4, Sochaux 2, Sète 2, and seven clubs on 1). Corroborated: champions roll, WWII basis, 1992–93, all-time titles table, 2025–26 champion line.
[F3] Wikipedia, "Ligue 1" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligue_1) — performance-by-club table (professional titles): PSG 14 incl. 2025–26; Saint-Étienne 10; Marseille 9; Monaco 8; Nantes 8; Lyon 7; Bordeaux 6; Reims 6; Lille 4; Nice 4; Sochaux 2; Sète 2; six further clubs on 1 (Lens, RC Paris, Olympique Lillois, Strasbourg, Roubaix-Tourcoing, Auxerre, Montpellier — seven 1-title clubs listed across the table). Corroborated: all-time titles table and 2025–26 champion (PSG's 14th).
[F4] Terrik-on, "List of French football champions" — independent season list 1932–33 to 2024–25 matching [F1], incl. 1992–93 "—" and the note that Marseille's 1992–93 title was revoked. Corroborated: champions roll (through 2024–25).
[F5] Wikipedia, "2025–26 Ligue 1" table as carried in the 2025–26 season templates (incl. "2025–26 RC Lens season" league-table extract showing the top rows and final positions) — complete final table, PSG champions (C), Lens 2nd, Lille 3rd. Corroborated: 2025–26 full table and champion.
[F6] Sportradar, "Ligue 1 25/26" standings — complete final table, W-L-D column order reconciled against [F5]; every row agrees (PSG 24 W / 6 L / 4 D = 24-4-6, 76 pts). Corroborated: 2025–26 full table.
[F7] Wikipedia, "2023–24 Ligue 1" — complete final table; notes Montpellier's 1-point deduction and Metz-over-Lorient head-to-head away-goals tiebreak. Corroborated: 2023–24 full table.
[F8] TheFishy.co.uk, "2023-2024 French Ligue 1 Table" — complete table identical to [F7] in every row. Corroborated: 2023–24 full table.
[F9] Wikipedia, "2024–25 Ligue 1" / "List of Ligue 1 seasons" — complete final table.
[F10] FBref, "2024-2025 Ligue 1 Stats" — league table; fetched rows 1–14 identical to [F9]. Corroborated: 2024–25 table rows 1–14.
[F11] Archysport, "Ligue 1 2024-2025: Final Ranking" — finishing order and points for all 18 clubs matching [F9] (its goals columns were wrong — see D-F4; only its order/points were used, as corroboration). Corroborated: 2024–25 order and points, rows 15–18.
[F12] Wikipedia, "List of Ligue 1 top scorers" (as of matches played 30 Aug 2026) — full 100+ goals list with per-club goal splits. Corroborated: full Top 25 (single-source only for rows flagged † — see UNVERIFIED).
[F13] Ligue1.com (official league site), "History and Records of the Ligue 1 Top Scorers" — all-time top scorers: Onnis 299 (Reims, Monaco, Tours, Toulon), Lacombe 255, Revelli 216, Courtois 210, Cisowski 206, Piantoni 203, Mbappé 191, Ujlaki 190, Di Nallo 187, Bianchi 179, Andersson 179. Corroborated: scorer ranks 1–10=.
[F14] 888sport, "Ligue 1 All-Time Top Scorer History" — top 10 identical to [F13] (Onnis 299 … Bianchi/Andersson 179). Corroborated: scorer ranks 1–10=.
[F15] AccuratePredict, "13 Ligue 1 Goal Scorers of All Time" — ranks 1–13: Onnis 299, Lacombe 255, Revelli 216, Courtois 210, Cisowski 206, Piantoni 203, Mbappé 191, Ujlaki 190, Di Nallo 187, Bianchi 179, Andersson 179, Akesbi 173, Fontaine 164. Corroborated: Akesbi 173 (rank 12) and Fontaine 164 (rank 14). Note: this list omits Jean Baratte (169) entirely, so it cannot corroborate rank 13 — see UNVERIFIED.
[F16] TheSportsLite / OneFootball, Jean-Pierre Papin profiles — Papin 156 Ligue 1 goals (Marseille, Bordeaux). Corroborated: Papin 156 (rank 20).

DISPUTES — both values printed, never silently resolved

D-G1 — Bayern Munich total German championships: 34 vs 35. The Bundesliga-only count is 34 [G2]. "List of German football champions" [G1] gives 35 because it adds Bayern's 1932 pre-Bundesliga championship. Both are correct on their own basis; this pack's titles table uses the Bundesliga-only basis (34) and says so.
D-G2 — Ulf Kirsten, Bundesliga goals: 182 vs 181. 182: Bundesliga.com official top-scorers feature [G20], Kirsten's own reference article ("scored 182 goals, ranked #7"), StatMuse [G17], Lente Desportiva. 181: Wikipedia's "List of Bundesliga top scorers" [G16] (both its main list and its most-goals-by-club table). The table in Section C prints 182 (the official league figure) with this dispute attached; the discrepancy does not affect his rank (7th) under either value.
D-G3 — Bundesliga 2024–25, a false table in circulation. Archysport's "German League Standings 2024/2025" page prints a table (Bayern 98 GF, Leverkusen 75 pts, etc.) that actually reproduces neither 2024–25 source [G10][G11][G12] and appears to be a corrupted/mislabelled composite. It was rejected; the verified table rests on [G10] + [G11] + [G12], which agree exactly.
D-F1 — Marseille / Lille all-time title counts: Ligue 1-era basis vs amateur-inclusive basis. Ligue 1-era (professional only): Marseille 9, Lille 4 [F2][F3]. The performance table in "List of French football champions" [F1] counts amateur-era titles too and gives Marseille 10 (adding the 1928–29 amateur title) and Lille 6 (crediting Lille with Olympique Lillois' 1913–14 amateur and 1932–33 professional titles). This pack uses the Ligue 1-era basis throughout and flags the alternative here.
D-F2 — Delio Onnis, Monaco goal split: 157 vs 187 (total 299 undisputed). Wikipedia's list [F12] splits Onnis's 299 as Reims 39, Monaco 157, Tours 64, Toulon 39 (sums to 299). 888sport's profile text [F14] claims he scored 187 for Monaco, which cannot be reconciled with the 299 total and his other club splits. The total (299) and the four main clubs agree in all sources; only the Monaco split is disputed. Section C prints main clubs without splits, so no table figure is affected.
D-F3 — Alain Giresse goals: 163 (Ligue 1) vs 179 (all competitions for Bordeaux). Bordeaux's official site says Giresse scored "179 goals" for the club across all competitions; his Ligue 1 total is 163 (158 Bordeaux + 5 Marseille) per [F12]. Different bases, not a true conflict — but the 179 figure must never be quoted as a Ligue 1 total.
D-F4 — Ligue 1 2024–25 goals figures on Archysport. Its order/points match [F9], but its goals-for/against/GD columns (e.g. PSG 82–24) contradict both [F9] and [F10] (PSG 92–35). The goals columns of that page were not used for anything.
D-F5 — "Modern-era" Ligue 1 scorer lists. Some widely-circulated web lists (e.g. OneFootball's "Ligue 1 Top Scorers of All-Time", June 2020, fetched and rejected) present Jean-Pierre Papin (156) as the competition's all-time #1. That is a post-1990s/modern subset, not the all-time list; the all-time #1 is Delio Onnis (299) [F12][F13][F14]. Any future reuse of web scorer lists must check the basis before quoting.

UNVERIFIED — not established by two independent sources in this pass; must NOT be published as fact

U-F1 — Ligue 1 scorer rows flagged † in Section C (Jean Baratte 169; Alain Giresse 163; Alexandre Lacazette 161; Wissam Ben Yedder 161; André Guy 159; Désiré Koranyi 157; Jacky Vergnes 153; Josip Skoblar 151; Lucien Cossou 149; Dominique Rocheteau 145; Rachid Mekhloufi 143). Each rests on the single fetched source [F12]. They are printed in the table with † markers solely as provisional entries pending a second source (e.g. LFP's official records or worldfootball.net's Ligue 1 list, neither of which was successfully fetched for these ranks in this pass).
U-F2 — Wissam Ben Yedder, 161 vs 160. A SportsLib/FBref-derived list fetched in search gives Ben Yedder 160 Ligue 1 goals against [F12]'s 161; the same list undercounts other verified players (e.g. Mbappé 177 vs verified 191), so it was treated as unreliable rather than as a true second source — the row stays in U-F1.
U-G1 — Bundesliga scorer "main clubs" ordering. Goal totals for all Top 25 rows are two-source verified, but for multi-club players the ordering of clubs in the "Main clubs" column follows [G16]'s per-club goal splits (largest contributor first where splits were fetched); StatMuse does not publish splits, so club order is single-source presentation, not a verified figure.
U-X1 — RSSSF Germany. The RSSSF German champions file could not be fetched (the guessed URL returned 404 and no RSSSF Germany link surfaced in search). Bundesliga champions verification therefore rests on [G1] + [G2] + [G3] + [G4] instead — two-plus independent sources, but RSSSF corroboration for Germany remains an open item for a future pass.

End of draft.

Cross-pack open items (honest gaps, for a future pass)

Ligue 1 scorers, 11 † rows — need a second independent source each before publication.
Direct RSSSF fetches — RSSSF pages were reached for Italy and France; the Germany file 404'd and no direct RSSSF/worldfootball.net page surfaced for the UCL or La Liga in this pass (RSSSF is present there only as the cited source inside Wikipedia's lists). A dedicated RSSSF cross-check pass remains an upgrade item for §§1, 3, 5.
La Liga appearance counts — omitted from the Records entirely; sources conflict beyond a clean two-source fix.
Full final league tables before 2023–24 — not attempted; champions-only coverage is stated on every league section. Extending tables backward (e.g., the full Champions-League-era run) is a volume project for a later pass, season by verified season.
Serie A Batistuta total — 184 printed with the 183 conflict flagged; a third-source tiebreak is an open item.

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