Lionel Messi Fan Club

This are the records that Lionel Messi equalled or broke during the course of this season (2011-2012)

1. RECORD #1 - With 72 goals for Barca Messi set a new world record, surpassing Archie Stark (1924-25 Bethlehem Steel, USA)
2. RECORD #2 - Messi became the first player to score 50 goals in a single season in La Liga, breaking CR's record of 40 goals.
3. RECORD #3 - Messi (currently on 252 goals) became Barcelona's all-time topscorer, breaking Césars record of 232 goals.
4. RECORD #4 - Messi is the first player ever in the history of the Liga to score 8 hat-tricks in a single Liga season
5. RECORD #5 - Messi is the first player to be crowned top goalscorer in the Champions League for 4 consecutive seasons
6. RECORD #6 - Messi has played more matches this season (currently 59) than in any of his previous seasons with Barcelona.
7. RECORD #7 - Messi registered 29 assists for Barcelona in all competitions this season, a new personal record
8. RECORD #8 - Messi became the first player to have scored and assisted in 6 different official competitions in a calendar year
9. RECORD #9 - Messi became the 2nd Barca player (after Pedro) to score in 6 different official competitions in a single season
10. RECORD #10 - Messi scored 5 goals in the CL-match against Bayer Leverkusen (7-1), most goals by any player in a CL-match
11. RECORD #11 - Messi produced 35 goals in home games this Liga season, more than any other player in La Liga's history
12. RECORD #12 - Messi produced 14 hat-tricks in La Liga in his Barca career, breaking the club record held by Cesar (13)
13. RECORD #13 - Messi became to first player ever to reach 100 points in the race of the European Golden Shoe (50x2)
14. RECORD #14 - With 214 games Messi is Barca's most experienced foreigner in La Liga history, beating record of Cocu (205)
15. RECORD #15 - Messi (24) became the youngest player ever to pass the 50-goal mark in the Champions League
16. RECORD #16 - Messi became record scorer in the CL knockout stage with 26 goals. Previous record: 18 goals (Raúl/Shevchenko)
17. RECORD #17 - Messi scored his 2nd and 3rd CL-hattrick for Barca this season, equaling the record held by Filippo Inzaghi
18. RECORD #18 - Messi became the 2nd Barcelona player (after Quini) to win the Pichichi trophy for topscorer in La Liga twice
19. RECORD #19 - Messi became all-time topscorer in the Supercopa with 8 goals, surpassing the record of Raúl (7 goals)
20. RECORD #20 - Messi converted 10 penaties this Liga season, equal to the club record held by Ronald Koeman (1989-90)
21. RECORD #21 - Messi scored in 10 consecutive Liga games this season, equalling the club record of Martín (42/43) & Ronaldo (96/97)
22. RECORD #22 - Messi is the 2nd player (after H.Sánchez) in Spanish football to score 35+ goals in all comps for 4 seasons in a row
23. RECORD #23 - Messi scored in 6 consecutive home games (twice) this season, a new personal record. Previous record was 5.
24. RECORD #24 - Messi has equalled Samuel Eto'o's (2007-08) record of scoring in 7 consecutive away Liga games this season.
25. RECORD #25 - Messi registered the fastest hat-trick in Barca's Liga history in the game vs Mallorca (5-0) this season (17 minutes)
26. RECORD #26 - Messi became the 4th player in CL history (after Litmanen, Crespo & Henry) to score in 7 consecutive away games
27. RECORD #27 - Messi became the first player in CL history to score 14 goals in a single season (main tournament)
28. RECORD #28 - Messi (24 years old) became the youngest player ever to reach 150 goals in La Liga
29. RECORD #29 - Messi became the 4th player to win 3 Ballons d'Or, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten.
30. RECORD #30 - Messi became the 2nd player to win 3 consecutive Ballons d'Or, after Michel Platini.