Champions League Winners, Year by Year

The competition began in 1955–56 as the European Cup and was rebranded the UEFA Champions League for the 1992–93 season. Real Madrid won the inaugural edition and remain the record holder with 15 titles overall, including five in a row from 1956 to 1960. Six clubs — Real Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Liverpool, and Barcelona — have been recognised by UEFA for winning the competition three times in a row or five times in total.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2025–26	Paris Saint-Germain	Arsenal	1–1 (4–3 pens.)
2024–25	Paris Saint-Germain	Inter Milan	5–0
2023–24	Real Madrid	Borussia Dortmund	2–0
2022–23	Manchester City	Inter Milan	1–0
2021–22	Real Madrid	Liverpool	1–0
2020–21	Chelsea	Manchester City	1–0
2019–20	Bayern Munich	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0
2018–19	Liverpool	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0
2017–18	Real Madrid	Liverpool	3–1
2016–17	Real Madrid	Juventus	4–1
2015–16	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	1–1 (5–3 pens.)
2014–15	Barcelona	Juventus	3–1
2013–14	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	4–1
2012–13	Bayern Munich	Borussia Dortmund	2–1
2011–12	Chelsea	Bayern Munich	1–1 (4–3 pens.)
2010–11	Barcelona	Manchester United	3–1
2009–10	Inter Milan	Bayern Munich	2–0
2008–09	Barcelona	Manchester United	2–0
2007–08	Manchester United	Chelsea	1–1 (6–5 pens.)
2006–07	Milan	Liverpool	2–1
2005–06	Barcelona	Arsenal	2–1
2004–05	Liverpool	Milan	3–3 (3–2 pens.)
2003–04	Porto	Monaco	3–0
2002–03	Milan	Juventus	0–0 (3–2 pens.)
2001–02	Real Madrid	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1
2000–01	Bayern Munich	Valencia	1–1 (5–4 pens.)
1999–2000	Real Madrid	Valencia	3–0
1998–99	Manchester United	Bayern Munich	2–1
1997–98	Real Madrid	Juventus	1–0
1996–97	Borussia Dortmund	Juventus	3–1
1995–96	Juventus	Ajax	1–1 (4–2 pens.)
1994–95	Ajax	Milan	1–0
1993–94	Milan	Barcelona	4–0
1992–93	Marseille	Milan	1–0
1991–92	Barcelona	Sampdoria	1–0
1990–91	Red Star Belgrade	Marseille	0–0 (5–3 pens.)
1989–90	Milan	Benfica	1–0
1988–89	Milan	Steaua București	4–0
1987–88	PSV Eindhoven	Benfica	0–0 (6–5 pens.)
1986–87	Porto	Bayern Munich	2–1
1985–86	Steaua București	Barcelona	0–0 (2–0 pens.)
1984–85	Juventus	Liverpool	1–0
1983–84	Liverpool	Roma	1–1 (4–2 pens.)
1982–83	Hamburg	Juventus	1–0
1981–82	Aston Villa	Bayern Munich	1–0
1980–81	Liverpool	Real Madrid	1–0
1979–80	Nottingham Forest	Hamburg	1–0
1978–79	Nottingham Forest	Malmö FF	1–0
1977–78	Liverpool	Club Brugge	1–0
1976–77	Liverpool	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1
1975–76	Bayern Munich	Saint-Étienne	1–0
1974–75	Bayern Munich	Leeds United	2–0
1973–74*	Bayern Munich	Atlético Madrid	1–1, replay 4–0
1972–73	Ajax	Juventus	1–0
1971–72	Ajax	Inter Milan	2–0
1970–71	Ajax	Panathinaikos	2–0
1969–70	Feyenoord	Celtic	2–1
1968–69	Milan	Ajax	4–1
1967–68	Manchester United	Benfica	4–1
1966–67	Celtic	Inter Milan	2–1
1965–66	Real Madrid	Partizan	2–1
1964–65	Inter Milan	Benfica	1–0
1963–64	Inter Milan	Real Madrid	3–1
1962–63	Milan	Benfica	2–1
1961–62	Benfica	Real Madrid	5–3
1960–61	Benfica	Barcelona	3–2
1959–60	Real Madrid	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–3
1958–59	Real Madrid	Stade de Reims	2–0
1957–58	Real Madrid	Milan	3–2
1956–57	Real Madrid	Fiorentina	2–0
1955–56	Real Madrid	Stade de Reims	4–3

* The 1973–74 final was drawn and had to be replayed two days later.

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