- List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners
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The European Champion Clubs' Cup which the winner receives
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal association football competition established in 1955.[1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from second to fourth position in the strongest leagues.[2] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup.[1] Originally, only the champions of their respective national league and the defending champion of the competition were allowed to participate. However, this was changed in 1997 to allow the runners-up of the stronger leagues to compete as well.[3] The defending champion of the competition did not automatically qualify until the rules were changed in 2005 to allow title holders, Liverpool, to enter the competition.[4] Real Madrid won the inaugural competition, beating Stade de Reims in the 1956 final.
If a team wins the UEFA Champions League three times in a row, or five times overall, they are allowed to keep the European Champion Clubs' Cup and a new one is commissioned.[5] As of 2011, five teams have earned this privilege; Real Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Milan and Liverpool.[6]
Real Madrid hold the record for the most victories, winning the competition nine times since its inception. They have also won the competition the most times in a row, winning it five times from 1956 to 1960. Benfica and Juventus have been runners-up the most times, with both teams losing the final five times. Spain have provided the most champions, with thirteen wins from two clubs.[7] Italy have produced twelve winners from three clubs and England have produced eleven winners from four clubs. English teams were banned from the competition for five years following the Heysel disaster in 1985.[8] The current champions are Barcelona who beat Manchester United 3–1 in the 2011 final at the Wembley Stadium.
Contents
Winners
Key
Match went to extra time † Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time * Match replayed Finals
- ^ Liverpool won 4–2 in a penalty shootout[9]
- ^ Steaua Bucureşti won 2–0 in a penalty shootout[10]
- ^ PSV Eindhoven won 6–5 in a penalty shootout[11]
- ^ Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 in a penalty shootout[12]
- ^ Juventus won 4–2 in a penalty shootout[13]
- ^ Bayern Munich won 5–4 in a penalty shootout[14]
- ^ Milan won 3–2 in a penalty shootout[15]
- ^ Liverpool won 3–2 in a penalty shootout[16]
- ^ Manchester United won 6–5 in a penalty shootout[17]
Performances
By Club
Club Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up 
Real Madrid9 3 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002 1962, 1964, 1981 
Milan7 4 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 1958, 1993, 1995, 2005 
Liverpool5 2 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 1985, 2007 
Bayern Munich4 4 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001 1982, 1987, 1999, 2010 Barcelona4 3 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011 1961, 1986, 1994 
Ajax4 2 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 1969, 1996 Manchester United3 2 1968, 1999, 2008 2009, 2011 Internazionale3 2 1964, 1965, 2010 1967, 1972 
Benfica2 5 1961, 1962 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990 Juventus2 5 1985, 1996 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003 Nottingham Forest2 0 1979, 1980 Porto2 0 1987, 2004 
Celtic1 1 1967 1970 Hamburg1 1 1983 1980 
Steaua Bucureşti1 1 1986 1989 
Marseille1 1 1993 1991 Feyenoord1 0 1970 Aston Villa1 0 1982 PSV1 0 1988 
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Red Star Belgrade1 0 1991 Borussia Dortmund1 0 1997 Stade de Reims0 2 1956, 1959 Valencia0 2 2000, 2001 Fiorentina0 1 1957 Eintracht Frankfurt0 1 1960 / Partizan0 1 1966 
Panathinaikos0 1 1971 Atlético Madrid0 1 1974 Leeds United0 1 1975 Saint-Étienne0 1 1976 Borussia Mönchengladbach0 1 1977 
Club Brugge0 1 1978 
Malmö FF0 1 1979 Roma0 1 1984 Sampdoria0 1 1992 Bayer Leverkusen0 1 2002 Monaco0 1 2004 Arsenal0 1 2006 Chelsea0 1 2008 By Nation
Nation Winners Runners-up Spain13 9 Italy12 14 England11 7 Germany6 8 Netherlands6 2 Portugal4 5 France1 5 Scotland1 1 Romania1 1 Yugoslavia1 1 Greece0 1 Belgium0 1 Sweden0 1 See also
- List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers
- List of combined European club champions
- List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners
- List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winners
References
- General
- "Football's premier club competition: History". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 14 June 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/index.html. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- "European Champions' Cup". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 2 June 2010. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/ec1.html. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- Specific
- ^ a b "History". UEFA. 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080529232134/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/index.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ "Competition format". UEFA. 18 June 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/competitionformat/index.html. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "1997/98: Seventh heaven for Madrid". UEFA. 30 April 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1997/index.html. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Liverpool get in Champions League". BBC Sport. 10 Jun, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4613695.stm. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League" (PDF). UEFA. http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ Vieli, André, ed (October 2005). "10.5 UEFA Direct" (PDF). UEFA Direct (UEFA) (42): 8. http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/344979.pdf. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ Haslam, Andrew (27 May 2009). "Spain savour European pre-eminence". UEFA. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=833250.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ "1985: English teams banned after Heysel". BBC Archive. 31 May 1985. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_2481000/2481723.stm. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
- ^ "1983/84: Kennedy spot on for Liverpool". UEFA. 30 April 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1983/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "1985/86: Steaua stun Barcelona". UEFA. 30 April 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1985/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "1987/88: PSV prosper from Oranje boom". UEFA. 30 April 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1987/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "1990/91: Crvena Zvezda spot on". UEFA. 19 May 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1990/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "1995/96: Juve hold their nerve". UEFA. 30 April 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1995/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "2000/01: Kahn saves day for Bayern". UEFA. 30 April 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=2000/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "2002/03: Shevchenko spot on for Milan". UEFA. 19 July 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=2002/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "2004/05: Liverpool belief defies Milan". UEFA. 30 April 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=2004/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "2007/08: Fate favours triumphant United". UEFA. 21 May 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=2008/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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