Traditionally the Cup contested by the champions of all UEFA countries (though there were a few exceptions in the first year or two, e.g. the Dutch representatives in 1955/56 were not champions Willem II but PSV). Since 1991/92 the traditional knock-out-format has been replaced by a league structure during some stage of the competition, in order to guarantee the "big teams" more matches and the UEFA more (TV) money. In 1994/95 only the supposedly "best" 24 champions of the member countries were allowed to enter; the other champions were relegated to the UEFA Cup. In 1997/98 all champions were allowed to enter again, but invitations were also made to the runners-up of the 8 "best" countries, with 8 teams being seeded for the league stage and the others entering various qualifying rounds; in 1999/00, the "best" countries could enter up to 4 teams and the first group stage was extended to 32 teams and followed by a second group stage of 16 teams; in 2003/04 that second group stage was abolished again. The losers of the last qualifying round enter the UEFA Cup since 1997/98, and the third-placed teams of the first group stage enter the later rounds of the UEFA Cup since 1999/00. In 2009/10, the UEFA Cup was renamed Europa League and the losers of the penultimate qualifying round of the Champions League enter the final qualifying round before the Europa League group stage.
For an explanation about how UEFA's seeding system works, check out Martin Protzen's FAQ.
European Champions Clubs' Cup 1955/56 Real Madrid 1956/57 Real Madrid 1957/58 Real Madrid 1958/59 Real Madrid 1959/60 Real Madrid 1960/61 Benfica 1961/62 Benfica 1962/63 Milan 1963/64 Internazionale 1964/65 Internazionale 1965/66 Real Madrid 1966/67 Celtic 1967/68 Manchester United 1968/69 Milan 1969/70 Feyenoord 1970/71 Ajax 1971/72 Ajax 1972/73 Ajax 1973/74 Bayern München 1974/75 Bayern München 1975/76 Bayern München 1976/77 Liverpool 1977/78 Liverpool 1978/79 Nottingham Forest 1979/80 Nottingham Forest 1980/81 Liverpool 1981/82 Aston Villa 1982/83 Hamburger SV 1983/84 Liverpool 1984/85 Juventus 1985/86 Steaua Bucuresti 1986/87 Porto 1987/88 PSV 1988/89 Milan 1989/90 Milan 1990/91 Crvena zvezda Champions League 1991/92 Barcelona 1992/93 Olympique Marseille 1993/94 Milan 1994/95 Ajax 1995/96 Juventus 1996/97 Borussia Dortmund 1997/98 Real Madrid 1998/99 Manchester United 1999/00 Real Madrid 2000/01 Bayern München 2001/02 Real Madrid 2002/03 Milan 2003/04 Porto 2004/05 Liverpool 2005/06 Barcelona 2006/07 Milan 2007/08 Manchester United 2008/09 Barcelona 2009/10 Internazionale 2010/11 Barcelona 2011/12 Chelsea 2012/13 Bayern München 2013/14 Real Madrid 2014/15 Barcelona 2015/16 Real Madrid 2016/17 Real Madrid 2017/18 Real Madrid 2018/19 Liverpool 2019/20 Bayern München 2020/21 Chelsea 2021/22 Real Madrid 2022/23 Manchester City 2023/24 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 15 Milan 7 Bayern München 6 Liverpool 6 Barcelona 5 Ajax 4 Internazionale 3 Manchester United 3 Benfica 2 Chelsea 2 Juventus 2 Nottingham Forest 2 Porto 2 Aston Villa 1 Borussia Dortmund 1 Celtic 1 Crvena zvezda 1 Feyenoord 1 Hamburger SV 1 Manchester City 1 Olympique Marseille 1 PSV 1 Steaua Bucuresti 1
Spain 20 England 15 Italy 12 (West) Germany 8 Netherlands 6 Portugal 4 France 1 Romania 1 Scotland 1 Yugoslavia 1
55/56 Real Madrid 4-3 Stade Reims
56/57 Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina
57/58 Real Madrid 3-2 Milan [aet]
58/59 Real Madrid 2-0 Stade Reims
59/60 Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
60/61 Benfica 3-2 Barcelona
61/62 Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid
62/63 Milan 2-1 Benfica
63/64 Internazionale 3-1 Real Madrid
64/65 Internazionale 1-0 Benfica
65/66 Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan Beograd
66/67 Celtic 2-1 Internazionale
67/68 Manchester United 4-1 Benfica [aet]
68/69 Milan 4-1 Ajax
69/70 Feyenoord 2-1 Celtic [aet]
70/71 Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos
71/72 Ajax 2-0 Internazionale
72/73 Ajax 1-0 Juventus
73/74 Bayern München 1-1 Atlético Madrid [aet]
Bayern München 4-0 Atlético Madrid
74/75 Bayern München 2-0 Leeds United
75/76 Bayern München 1-0 Saint Etienne
76/77 Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
77/78 Liverpool 1-0 FC Brugge
78/79 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmö FF
79/80 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburger SV
80/81 Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid
81/82 Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern München
82/83 Hamburger SV 1-0 Juventus
83/84 Liverpool 1-1 Roma [aet, 4-2 pen]
84/85 Juventus 1-0 Liverpool
85/86 Steaua Bucuresti 0-0 Barcelona [aet, 2-0 pen]
86/87 Porto 2-1 Bayern München
87/88 PSV 0-0 Benfica [aet, 6-5 pen]
88/89 Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucuresti
89/90 Milan 1-0 Benfica
90/91 Crvena zvezda 0-0 Olympique Marseille [aet, 5-3 pen]
91/92 Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria [aet]
92/93 Olympique Marseille 1-0 Milan
93/94 Milan 4-0 Barcelona
94/95 Ajax 1-0 Milan
95/96 Juventus 1-1 Ajax [aet, 4-2 pen]
96/97 Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus
97/98 Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus
98/99 Manchester United 2-1 Bayern München
99/00 Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
00/01 Bayern München 1-1 Valencia [asdet, 5-4 pen]
01/02 Real Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
02/03 Milan 0-0 Juventus [aet, 3-2 pen]
03/04 Porto 3-0 Monaco
04/05 Liverpool 3-3 Milan [aet, 3-2 pen]
05/06 Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal
06/07 Milan 2-1 Liverpool
07/08 Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea [aet, 6-5 pen]
08/09 Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United
09/10 Internazionale 2-0 Bayern München
10/11 Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United
11/12 Chelsea 1-1 Bayern München [aet, 4-3 pen]
12/13 Bayern München 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
13/14 Real Madrid 4-1 Atlético Madrid [aet]
14/15 Barcelona 3-1 Juventus
15/16 Real Madrid 1-1 Atlético Madrid [aet, 5-3 pen]
16/17 Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus
17/18 Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool
18/19 Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
19/20 Bayern München 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain
20/21 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City
21/22 Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool
22/23 Manchester City 1-0 Internazionale
23/24 Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
win fin
Spain 20 31
England 15 26
Italy 12 29
Germany 8 19
Netherlands 6 8
Portugal 4 9
France 1 7
Romania 1 2
Scotland 1 2
Yugoslavia 1 2
Belgium 1
Greece 1
Sweden 1
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