Ever since the inception of the European Cup in 1955, a number of different teams have made their mark on the biggest stage.
It all started with five consecutive wins from Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid, who saw their winning run ended by Benfica in 1960.
We have since enjoyed periods of Italian success as AC Milan and Inter were the teams to beat, before Ajax and Feyenoord were flying the flag for Netherlands.
Bayern Munich then rose to prominence in the 1970s, with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Liverpool also enjoying a fair bit of success.
There has been a little less variety in recent years as Premier League and LaLiga representatives have been on another level for most of the last decade, with Bayern the only team able to match their English and Spanish rivals.
LIST OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS
Season Winner Score Runner-Up Stadium
1955–56 Real Madrid 4–3 Stade de Reims Parc des Princes, Paris
1956–57 Real Madrid 2–0 Fiorentina Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
1957–58 Real Madrid 3–2 (aet) AC Milan Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1958–59 Real Madrid 2–0 Stade de Reims Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
1959–60 Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Hampden Park, Glasgow
1960–61 Benfica 3–2 Barcelona Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
1961–62 Benfica 5–3 Real Madrid Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
1962–63 AC Milan 2–1 Benfica Wembley Stadium, London
1963–64 Internazionale 3–1 Real Madrid Prater Stadium, Vienna
1964–65 Internazionale 1–0 Benfica San Siro, Milan
1965–66 Real Madrid 2–1 Partizan Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1966–67 Celtic 2–1 Internazionale Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
1967–68 Manchester United 4–1 (aet) Benfica Wembley Stadium, London
1968–69 AC Milan 4–1 Ajax Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
1969–70 Feyenoord 2–1 (aet) Celtic San Siro, Milan
1970–71 Ajax 2–0 Panathinaikos Wembley Stadium, London
1971–72 Ajax 2–0 Internazioanle De Kuip, Rotterdam
1972–73 Ajax 1–0 Juventus Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
1973–74 Bayern Munich 4–0 (replay) Atlético Madrid Heysel Stadium, Brussels
First leg ended 1-1.
1974–75 Bayern Munich 2–0 Leeds United Parc des Princes, Paris 50.000
1975–76 Bayern Munich 1–0 AS Saint-Étienne Hampden Park, Glasgow 54.864
1976–77 Liverpool 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stadio Olimpico, Rome 52.000
1977–78 Liverpool 1–0 Club Brugge Wembley Stadium, London 92.000
1978–79 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Malmö FF Olympiastadion, Munich 57.000
1979–80 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Hamburg Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 50.000
1980–81 Liverpool 1–0 Real Madrid Parc des Princes, Paris 48.360
1981–82 Aston Villa 1–0 Bayern München De Kuip, Rotterdam 46.000
1982–83 Hamburg 1–0 Juventus Olympic Stadium, Athens 75.000
1983–84 Liverpool 1–1 AS Roma Stadio Olimpico, Rome 69.693
Liverpool won after penalties 4-2.
1984–85 Juventus 1–0 Liverpool Heysel Stadium, Brussels 59.000
1985–86 Steaua București 0–0 Barcelona Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville 70.000
Steaua won after penalties 2-0.
1986–87 FC Porto 2–1 Bayern München Prater Stadium, Vienna 62.000
1987–88 PSV Eindhoven 0–0 Benfica Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 70.000
PSV won after 6-5.
1988–89 AC Milan 4–0 Steaua București Camp Nou, Barcelona 97.000
1989–90 AC Milan 1–0 Benfica Prater Stadium, Vienna 57.500
1990–91 Red Star Belgrade 0–0 Olympique de Marseille Stadio San Nicola, Bari 56.000
Red Star won after penalties 5-3.
1991–92 Barcelona 1–0 p.w. Sampdoria Wembley Stadium, London 70.827
1992–93 Olympique de Marseille 1–0 AC Milan Olympiastadion, Munich 64.400
1993–94 AC Milan 4–0 Barcelona Olympic Stadium, Athens 70.000
1994–95 Ajax 1–0 AC Milan Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna 49.730
1995–96 Juventus 1–1 Ajax Stadio Olimpico, Rome 67.000
Juventus won after penalties 4-2.
1996–97 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Juventus Olympiastadion, Munich 59.000
1997–98 Real Madrid 1–0 Juventus Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 48.500
1998–99 Manchester United 2–1 Bayern Munich Camp Nou, Barcelona 90.045
1999–2000 Real Madrid 3–0 Valencia Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78.759
2000–01 Bayern Munich 1–1 Valencia San Siro, Milan 71.500
Bayern won after penalties 5-4.
2001–02 Real Madrid 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Hampden Park, Glasgow 52.000
2002–03 AC Milan 0–0 Juventus Old Trafford, Manchester 63.215
AC Milan won after penalties 3-2.
2003–04 FC Porto 3–0 AS Monaco Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen 52.000
2004–05 Liverpool 3–3 AC Milan Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul 70.024
Liverpool won after penalties 3-2.
2005–06 Barcelona 2–1 Arsenal Stade de France, Saint-Denis 79.500
2006–07 AC Milan 2–1 Liverpool Olympic Stadium, Athens 74.000
2007–08 Manchester United 1–1 Chelsea Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow 67.310
Manchester United won after penalties 6-5.
2008–09 Barcelona 2–0 Manchester United Stadio Olimpico, Rome 62.467
2009–10 Internazionale 2–0 Bayern Munich Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 73.170
2010–11 Barcelona 3–1 Manchester United Wembley Stadium, London 87.695
2011–12 Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich Allianz Arena, Munich 62.500
Chelsea won after penalties 4-3.
2012-13 Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund Wembley Stadium, London 86.298
2013-14 Real Madrid 4-1
p.w. Atlético Madrid Estadio da Luz, Lisbon 80.000
2014-15 Barcelona 3-1 Juventus Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin 70.442
2015-16 Real Madrid 1-1 Atlético Madrid San Siro, Milan 71.942
Real Madrid won after penalties 5-3.
2016-17 Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus National Stadium, Cardiff 65.842
2017-18 Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool Olympisky Stadium, Kiev 61.561
2018-19 Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid 63.272
2019-20 Bayern Munich 1-0 PSG Estadio da Luz, Lisbon –
2020-21 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City Estadio do Dragao, Porto 63.272
2021-22 Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool Stade de France, Paris
75.000
WHO HAS WON THE MOST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLES?
Real Madrid remain the most successful team in Europe by some distance, having lifted the trophy an impressive 14 times.
AC Milan remain their closest competitors with seven victories, but the Serie A outfit have been unable to make much of an impact at the European stage recently
Liverpool and Barcelona have both emerged victorious on six occasions, while Bayern have been on the rise in the last decade and now have five wins to their name.
| Club | Titles | Runner-Up | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up |
| Real Madrid | 14 | 3 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 | 1962, 1964, 1981 |
| AC Milan | 7 | 4 | 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 | 1958, 1993, 1995, 2005 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019 | 1985, 2007, 2018, 2022 |
| Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013. 2020 | 1982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012 |
| Barcelona | 5 | 3 | 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 | 1961, 1986, 1994 |
| Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 | 1969, 1996 |
| Internazionale | 3 | 2 | 1964, 1965, 2010 | 1967, 1972 |
| Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 1968, 1999, 2008 | 2009, 2011 |
| Juventus | 2 | 7 | 1985, 1996 | 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2017 |
| Benfica | 2 | 5 | 1961, 1962 | 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 1979, 1980 | |
| Chelsea | 2 | 1 | 2012, 2021 | 2008 |
| FC Porto | 2 | 0 | 1987, 2004 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 1997 | 2013 |
| Celtic | 1 | 1 | 1967 | 1970 |
| Hamburg | 1 | 1 | 1983 | 1980 |
| Steaua București | 1 | 1 | 1986 | 1989 |
| Olympique de Marseille | 1 | 1 | 1993 | 1991 |
| Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1970 | |
| Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 1982 | |
| PSV | 1 | 0 | 1988 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1 | 0 | 1991 | |
| Atlético Madrid | 0 | 3 | 1974, 2014, 2016 | |
| Stade de Reims | 0 | 2 | 1956, 1959 | |
| Valencia | 0 | 2 | 2000, 2001 | |
| Fiorentina | 0 | 1 | 1957 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 1 | 1960 | |
| Partizan | 0 | 1 | 1966 | |
| Panathinaikos | 0 | 1 | 1971 | |
| Leeds United | 0 | 1 | 1975 | |
| AS Saint-Étienne | 0 | 1 | 1976 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | 1 | 1977 | |
| Club Brugge | 0 | 1 | 1978 | |
| Malmö FF | 0 | 1 | 1979 | |
| AS Roma | 0 | 1 | 1984 | |
| Sampdoria | 0 | 1 | 1992 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 1 | 2002 | |
| AS Monaco | 0 | 1 | 2004 | |
| Arsenal | 0 | 1 | 2006 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 1 | 2019 | |
| PSG | 0 | 1 | 2020 |
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