The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal association football competition established in 1956. The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA 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. 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 previous winners 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, but under the new format the previous winners of the competition did not automatically qualify until the rules were changed in 2005.^[2] Real Madrid won the inaugural competition in the 1956 European Cup 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.^[3] As of 2008, five teams have earned this privilege; Real Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Milan and Liverpool.^[4]

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 teams from the country winning the competition 12 times.^[5] The current champions are FC Barcelona who beat Manchester United 2–0 in the 2009 Final.

Contents 1 Key 2 Winners 3 Results by clubs 4 By country 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Key

(R)	Replay
†	Match went to extra time
*	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

[edit] Winners

Season	Country	Winners[6]	Score[6]	Runners-up[6]	Country	Venue	Attendance	Notes
1955–56	ESP	Real Madrid	4–3	Stade Reims	FRA	Parc des Princes	38,239
1956–57	ESP	Real Madrid	2–0	Fiorentina	ITA	Santiago Bernabéu	120,000
1957–58	ESP	Real Madrid	†3–2†	Milan	ITA	Heysel Stadium	67,000
1958–59	ESP	Real Madrid	2–0	Stade Reims	FRA	Neckarstadion	80,000
1959–60	ESP	Real Madrid	7–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	FRG	Hampden Park	135,000
1960–61	POR	Benfica	3–2	Barcelona	ESP	Wankdorf Stadium	33,000
1961–62	POR	Benfica	5–3	Real Madrid	ESP	Olympisch Stadion	65,000
1962–63	ITA	Milan	2–1	Benfica	POR	Wembley Stadium	45,700
1963–64	ITA	Internazionale	3–1	Real Madrid	ESP	Prater Stadium	72,000
1964–65	ITA	Internazionale	1–0	Benfica	POR	San Siro	85,000
1965–66	ESP	Real Madrid	3–1	Partizan	YUG	Heysel Stadium	55,000
1966–67	SCO	Celtic	2–1	Internazionale	ITA	Estádio Nacional	56,000
1967–68	ENG	Manchester United	†4–1†	Benfica	POR	Wembley Stadium	92,225
1968–69	ITA	Milan	4–1	Ajax	NED	Santiago Bernabéu	50,000
1969–70	NED	Feyenoord	†2–1†	Celtic	SCO	San Siro	50,000
1970–71	NED	Ajax	2–0	Panathinaikos	GRE	Wembley Stadium	90,000
1971–72	NED	Ajax	2–0	Internazionale	ITA	De Kuip	67,000
1972–73	NED	Ajax	1–0	Juventus	ITA	Red Star Stadium	93,500
1973–74	FRG	Bayern Munich	†1–1†	Atlético Madrid	ESP	Heysel Stadium	49,000	[a]
			(R)4–0(R)				23,000
1974–75	FRG	Bayern Munich	2–0	Leeds United	ENG	Parc des Princes	50,000
1975–76	FRG	Bayern Munich	1–0	Saint-Étienne	FRA	Hampden Park	54,864
1976–77	ENG	Liverpool	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	FRG	Stadio Olimpico	52,000
1977–78	ENG	Liverpool	1–0	Club Brugge	BEL	Wembley Stadium	92,000
1978–79	ENG	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Malmö FF	SWE	Olympiastadion	57,000
1979–80	ENG	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Hamburg	FRG	Santiago Bernabéu	50,000
1980–81	ENG	Liverpool	1–0	Real Madrid	ESP	Parc des Princes	48,360
1981–82	ENG	Aston Villa	1–0	Bayern Munich	FRG	De Kuip	46,000
1982–83	FRG	Hamburg	1–0	Juventus	ITA	Olympic Stadium	75,000
1983–84	ENG	Liverpool	*1–1*	Roma	ITA	Stadio Olimpico	69,693	[b]
1984–85	ITA	Juventus	1–0	Liverpool	ENG	Heysel Stadium	59,000
1985–86	ROU	Steaua Bucureşti	*0–0*	Barcelona	ESP	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	70,000	[c]
1986–87	POR	Porto	2–1	Bayern Munich	FRG	Prater Stadium	62,000
1987–88	NED	PSV Eindhoven	*0–0*	Benfica	POR	Neckarstadion	70,000	[d]
1988–89	ITA	Milan	4–0	Steaua Bucureşti	ROU	Camp Nou	97,000
1989–90	ITA	Milan	1–0	Benfica	POR	Prater Stadium	57,500
1990–91	YUG	Red Star Belgrade	*0–0*	Marseille	FRA	Stadio San Nicola	56,000	[e]
1991–92	ESP	Barcelona	†1–0†	Sampdoria	ITA	Wembley Stadium	70,827
1992–93	FRA	Marseille	1–0	Milan	ITA	Olympiastadion	64,400
1993–94	ITA	Milan	4–0	Barcelona	ESP	Olympic Stadium	70,000
1994–95	NED	Ajax	1–0	Milan	ITA	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	49,730
1995–96	ITA	Juventus	*1–1*	Ajax	NED	Stadio Olimpico	67,000	[f]
1996–97	GER	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Juventus	ITA	Olympiastadion	59,000
1997–98	ESP	Real Madrid	1–0	Juventus	ITA	Amsterdam Arena	47,500
1998–99	ENG	Manchester United	2–1	Bayern Munich	GER	Camp Nou	90,045
1999–2000	ESP	Real Madrid	3–0	Valencia	ESP	Stade de France	78,759
2000–01	GER	Bayern Munich	*1–1*	Valencia	ESP	San Siro	71,500	[g]
2001–02	ESP	Real Madrid	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	GER	Hampden Park	52,000
2002–03	ITA	Milan	*0–0*	Juventus	ITA	Old Trafford	63,215	[h]
2003–04	POR	Porto	3–0	Monaco	FRA	Arena AufSchalke	52,000
2004–05	ENG	Liverpool	*3–3*	Milan	ITA	Atatürk Olympic Stadium	70,024	[i]
2005–06	ESP	Barcelona	2–1	Arsenal	ENG	Stade de France	79,500
2006–07	ITA	Milan	2–1	Liverpool	ENG	Olympic Stadium	74,000
2007–08	ENG	Manchester United	*1–1*	Chelsea	ENG	Luzhniki Stadium	67,310	[j]
2008–09	ESP	Barcelona	2–0	Manchester United	ENG	Stadio Olimpico	62,467

[edit] Results by clubs

Club	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Real Madrid	9	3	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002	1962, 1964, 1981
Milan	7	4	1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007	1958, 1993, 1995, 2005
Liverpool	5	2	1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005	1985, 2007
Bayern Munich	4	3	1974, 1975, 1976, 2001	1982, 1987, 1999
Ajax	4	2	1971, 1972, 1973, 1995	1969, 1996
Barcelona	3	3	1992, 2006, 2009	1961, 1986, 1994
Manchester United	3	1	1968, 1999, 2008	2009
Juventus	2	5	1985, 1996	1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003
Benfica	2	5	1961, 1962	1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990
Internazionale	2	2	1964, 1965	1967, 1972
Porto	2	0	1987, 2004
Nottingham Forest	2	0	1979, 1980
Marseille	1	1	1993	1991
Steaua Bucureşti	1	1	1986	1989
Hamburg	1	1	1983	1980
Celtic	1	1	1967	1970
Borussia Dortmund	1	0	1997
Red Star Belgrade	1	0	1991
PSV Eindhoven	1	0	1988
Aston Villa	1	0	1982
Feyenoord	1	0	1970
Valencia	0	2		2000, 2001
Stade Reims	0	2		1956, 1959
Chelsea	0	1		2008
Arsenal	0	1		2006
AS Monaco	0	1		2004
Bayer Leverkusen	0	1		2002
Sampdoria	0	1		1992
Roma	0	1		1984
Malmö	0	1		1979
Club Brugge	0	1		1978
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	1		1977
Saint-Étienne	0	1		1976
Leeds United	0	1		1975
Atlético Madrid	0	1		1974
Panathinaikos	0	1		1971
Partizan	0	1		1966
Eintracht Frankfurt	0	1		1960
Fiorentina	0	1		1957

[edit] By country

Nation	Winners	Runners Up	% Wins per Final	Winning Clubs	Runners-Up
Spain	12	9	57%	Real Madrid (9), Barcelona (3)	Real Madrid (3), Barcelona (3), Valencia (2), Atlético Madrid (1)
Italy	11	14	44%	Milan (7), Juventus (2), Internazionale (2)	Juventus (5), Milan (4), Internazionale (2), Fiorentina (1), Roma (1), Sampdoria (1)
England	11	6	65%	Liverpool (5), Manchester United (3), Nottingham Forest (2), Aston Villa (1)	Liverpool (2), Arsenal (1), Chelsea (1), Leeds United (1), Manchester United (1)
Germany	6	7	46%	Bayern Munich (4), Borussia Dortmund (1), Hamburg (1)	Bayern Munich (3), Bayer Leverkusen (1), Borussia Mönchengladbach (1), Eintracht Frankfurt (1), Hamburg (1)
Netherlands	6	2	75%	Ajax (4), Feyenoord (1), PSV Eindhoven (1)	Ajax (2)
Portugal	4	5	44%	Benfica (2), Porto (2)	Benfica (5)
France	1	5	16%	Marseille (1)	Reims (2), Marseille (1), Monaco (1),[7] St-Étienne (1)
Scotland	1	1	50%	Celtic (1)	Celtic (1)
Romania	1	1	50%	Steaua Bucureşti (1)	Steaua Bucureşti (1)
Serbia	1	1	50%	Red Star Belgrade (1)	Partizan Belgrade (1)
Greece	0	1	0%	-	Panathinaikos (1)
Belgium	0	1	0%	-	Club Brugge (1)
Sweden	0	1	0%	-	Malmö FF (1)

[edit] 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 winners

[edit] Notes

• ^a  Bayern Munich won 4–0 in a replay
• ^b  Liverpool won 4–2 in a penalty shootout
• ^c  Steaua Bucureşti won 2–0 in a penalty shootout
• ^d  PSV Eindhoven won 6–5 in a penalty shootout
• ^e  Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 in a penalty shootout
• ^f  Juventus won 4–2 in a penalty shootout
• ^g  Bayern Munich won 5–4 in a penalty shootout
• ^h  Milan won 3–2 in a penalty shootout
• ⁱ  Liverpool won 3–2 in a penalty shootout
• ^j  Manchester United won 6–5 in a penalty shootout

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• UEFA Champions league official history

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