Since its inception as the European Cup in 1955 and its transformation into the current UEFA Champions League, the tournament has been the stage where Europe’s football giants have written their legends.
With unforgettable matches, epic comebacks and finals that have marked generations, this competition represents the pinnacle of continental success.
Champions League winners
For almost seven decades, the best clubs on the continent have fought for glory. Real Madrid, with 15 titles to its name, is the absolute king of the tournament, from that first edition won in 1956 to the most recent final, in which it beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Wembley to win its 15th crown. It is followed by AC Milan (seven titles), Liverpool and Bayern Munich (six each) and Barcelona (five), among other historic clubs.
Over the years, the Champions League has changed its format. In its early editions it was a knockout tournament between league champions, but since the 1990s it has adopted a group stage that has made it even more competitive,
Currently, 32 teams participate in this phase, divided into eight groups. After that, a two-legged knockout round is played until the grand final.
List of Champions League (European Cup) winners by year
- 2024-25 PSG
- 2023-24 Real Madrid
- 2022-23 Manchester City F.C
- 2021-2022 Real Madrid
- 2020-2021 Chelsea
- 2019-2020 Bayern Munich
- 2018-2019 Liverpool
- 2017-2018 Real Madrid
- 2016-2017 Real Madrid
- 2015-2016 Real Madrid
- 2014-2015 Barcelona
- 2013-2014 Real Madrid
- 2012-13 Bayern Munich
- 2011-2012 Chelsea
- 2010-2011 Barcelona
- 2009-2010 Inter Milan
- 2008-2009 Barcelona
- 2007-08 Manchester United
- 2006-2007 Milan
- 2005-2006 Barcelona
- 2004-2005 Liverpool
- 2003-2004 Porto
- 2002-03 Milan
- 2001-2002 Real Madrid
- 2000-2001 Bayern Munich
- 1999-2000 Real Madrid
- 1998-99 Manchester United
- 1997-98 Real Madrid
- 1996-1997 Borussia Dortmund
- 1995-1996 Juventus
- 1994-95 Ajax
- 1993-1994 Milan
- 1992-1993 Olympique de Marseille
- 1991-1992 Barcelona
- 1990-1991 Red Star
- 1989-1990 Milan
- 1988-1989 Milan
- 1987-1988 PSV Eindhoven
- 1986-1987 Porto
- 1985-1986 Steaua Bucharest
- 1984-85 Juventus
- 1983-1984 Liverpool
- 1982-1983 Hamburg
- 1981-1982 Aston Villa
- 1980-1981 Liverpool
- 1979-1980 Nottingham Forest
- 1978-1979 Nottingham Forest
- 1977-78 Liverpool
- 1976-77 Liverpool
- 1975-1976 Bayern Munich
- 1974-1975 Bayern Munich
- 1973-1974 Bayern Munich
- 1972-1973 Ajax
- 1971-1972 Ajax
- 1970-1971 Ajax
- 1969-1970 Feyenoord
- 1968-1969 Milan
- 1967-68 Manchester United
- 1966-67 Celtic
- 1965-1966 Real Madrid
- 1964-1965 Inter Milan
- 1963-1964 Inter Milan
- 1962-1963 Milan
- 1961-62 Benfica
- 1960-61 Benfica
- 1959-1960 Real Madrid
- 1958-1959 Real Madrid
- 1957-58 Real Madrid
- 1956-57 Real Madrid
- 1955-1956 Real Madrid
This tournament not only consecrates the best, but also immortalizes clubs that manage to break logic and overcome giants. And each edition adds new chapters to this glorious history.
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