Champions League winners and history: Full list of European Champions

The full history of Champions League winners from 1993 through today includes legends of the sport at their absolute peak.

For almost 70 years, ultimate supremacy over the European club soccer scene has been determined by the Champions League (or European Cup as it was once known).

Clubs who reach the top face a gauntlet of the best players and clubs the continent has to offer. And at the end of it all they get to hoist one of the most iconic trophies in sports: Old Big Ears.

Real Madrid leads all clubs with 14 European Cups in their history and they’re also the reigning champions going into the 2022-23 Champions League Final.

Who else has won the ultimate prize over the years?

Full list of Champions League winners

2022-23 TBD
2021-22 Real Madrid over Liverpool 1-0
2020-21 Chelsea over Manchester City 1-0
2019-20 Bayern Munich over Paris Saint-Germain 1-0
2018-19 Liverpool over Tottenham 2-0
2017-18 Real Madrid over Liverpool 3-1
2016-17 Real Madrid over Juventus 4-1
2015-16 Real Madrid over Atlético Madrid 1-1 (5–3 pens)
2014-15 Barcelona over Juventus 3-1
2013-14 Real Madrid over Atlético Madrid 4-1
2012-13 Bayern Munich over Borussia Dortmund 2-1
2011-12 Chelsea over Bayern Munich 1-1 (4–3 pens)
2010-11 Barcelona over Manchester United 3-1
2009-10 Inter over Bayern Munich 2-0
2008-09 Barcelona over Manchester United 2-0
2007-08 Manchester United over Chelsea 1-1 (6–5 pens)
2006-07 Milan over Liverpool 2-1
2005-06 Barcelona over Arsenal 2-1
2004-05 Liverpool over Milan 3-3
2003-04 Porto over Monaco 3-0
2002-03 Milan over Juventus 0-0
2001-02 Real Madrid over Bayer Leverkusen 2-1
2000-01 Bayern Munich over Valencia 1-1
1999-00 Real Madrid over Valencia 3-0
1998-99 Manchester United over Bayern Munich 2-1
1997-98 Real Madrid over Juventus 1-0
1996-97 Borussia Dortmund over Juventus 3-1
1995-96 Juventus over Ajax 1-1
1994-95 Ajax over Milan 1-0
1993-94 Milan over Barcelona 4-0
1992-93 Marseille over Milan 1-0
1991/92 Barcelona over Sampdoria 1-0 (a.e.t.)
1990/91 Red Star Belgrade over Marseille 0-0 (5-3 pens)
1989/90 Milan over Benfica 1-0
1988/89 Milan over Steaua Bucharest 4-0
1987/88 PSV Eindhoven over Benfica 0-0 (6-5 pens)
1986/87 Porto over Bayern Munich 2-1
1985/86 Steaua Bucharest over Barcelona 0-0 (2-0 pens)
1984/85 Juventus over Liverpool 1-0
1983/84 Liverpool over Roma 1-1 (4-2 pens)
1982/83 Hamburg over Juventus 1-0
1981/82 Aston Villa over Bayern Munich 1-0
1980/81 Liverpool over Real Madrid 1-0
1979/80 Nottingham Forest over Hamburg 1-0
1978/79 Nottingham Forest over Malmo 1-0
1977/78 Liverpool over Club Brugge 1-0
1976/77 Liverpool over Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1
1975/76 Bayern Munich over Saint-Etienne 1-0
1974/75 Bayern Munich over Leeds United 2-0
1973/74 Bayern Munich over Atletico Madrid 4-0 (replay)
1972/73 Ajax over Juventus 1-0
1971/72 Ajax over Inter 2-0
1970/71 Ajax over Panathinaikos 2-0
1969/70 Feyenoord over Celtic 2-1 (a.e.t.)
1968/69 Milan over Ajax 4-1
1967/68 Manchester United over Benfica 4-1 (a.e.t.)
1966/67 Celtic over Inter 2-1
1965/66 Real Madrid over Partizan 2-1
1964/65 Inter over Benfica 1-0
1963/64 Inter over Real Madrid 3-1
1962/63 Milan over Benfica 2-1
1961/62 Benfica over Real Madrid 5-3
1960/61 Benfica over Barcelona 3-2
1959/60 Real Madrid over Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3
1958/59 Real Madrid over Reims 2-0
1957/58 Real Madrid over Milan 3-2 (a.e.t.)
1956/57 Real Madrid over Fiorentina 2-0
1955/56 Real Madrid over Reims 4-3

Champions League history

The European Cup was launched in 1955 with 16 participants from around Europe. Real Madrid staked their claim to the first five tournament championships. It took

The Cup grew in size and prestige over the years and it was officially rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992.