UEFA Champions League / European Champions Cup Finals
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1956 |
Real Madrid |
4 - 3
(in Paris) |
Stade de Reims |
1957 |
Real Madrid |
2 - 0
(in Madrid)
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Fiorentina |
1958 |
Real Madrid |
3 - 2
(in Brussels)
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AC Milan |
1959 |
Real Madrid |
2 - 0
(in Stuttgart)
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Stade de Reims |
1960 |
Real Madrid |
7 - 3
(in Glasgow)
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Eintracht Frankfurt |
1961 |
Benfica |
3 - 2
(in Berne)
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Barcelona |
1962 |
Benfica |
5 - 3
(in Amsterdam)
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Real Madrid |
1963 |
AC Milan |
2 - 1
(in London) |
Benfica |
1964 |
Internazionale |
3 - 1
(in Vienna)
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Real Madrid |
1965 |
Internazionale |
1 - 0
(in Milan)
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Benfica |
1966 |
Real Madrid |
2 - 1
(in Brussels)
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Partizan Belgrade |
1967 |
Celtic |
2 - 1
(in Lisbon)
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Internazionale |
1968 |
Manchester United |
5 - 1
(in London)
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Benfica |
1969 |
AC Milan |
4 - 1
(in Madrid)
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Ajax |
1970 |
Feijenoord |
2 - 1
(in Milan)
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Celtic |
1971 |
Ajax |
2 - 0
(in London)
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Panathinaikos |
1972 |
Ajax |
2 - 0
(in Rotterdam) |
Internazionale |
1973 |
Ajax |
1 - 0
(in Belgrade)
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Juventus |
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Bayern Munich |
4 - 0 (replay, after 1 - 1)
(in Brussels)
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Atlético de Madrid |
1975 |
Bayern Munich |
2 - 0
(in Paris)
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Leeds United |
1976 |
Bayern Munich |
1 - 0
(in Glasgow)
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AS Saint-Étienne |
1977 |
Liverpool |
3 - 1
(in Rome)
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Borussia Möenchengladbach |
1978 |
Liverpool |
1 - 0
(in London)
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FC Bruges |
1979 |
Nottingham Forest |
1 - 0
(in Munich)
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Malmo |
1980 |
Nottingham Forest |
1 - 0
(in Madrid)
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Hamburg SV |
1981 |
Liverpool |
1 - 0
(in Paris)
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Real Madrid |
1982 |
Aston Villa |
1 - 0
(in Rotterdam)
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Bayern Munich |
1983 |
Hamburg SV |
1 - 0
(in Rotterdam)
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Juventus |
1984 |
Liverpool |
1 - 1 (4 - 2 pens)
(in Rome)
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AS Roma |
1985 |
Juventus |
1 - 0
(in Brussels)
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Liverpool |
1986 |
Steaua Bucuresti |
0 - 0 (4 - 2 pens)
(in Seville)
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Barcelona |
1987 |
FC Oporto |
2 - 1
(in Vienna)
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Bayern Munich |
1988 |
PSV Eindhoven |
0 - 0 (6 - 5 pens)
(in Stuttgart)
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Benfica |
1989 |
AC Milan |
4 - 0
(in Barcelona)
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Steaua Bucuresti |
1990 |
AC Milan |
1 - 0
(in Vienna)
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Benfica |
1991 |
Red Star Belgrade |
0 - 0 (5 - 3 pens)
(in Bari)
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Olympique de Marseille |
1992 |
Barcelona |
1 - 0
(in London)
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Sampdoria |
1993 |
Olympique de Marseille |
1 - 0
(in Munich)
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AC Milan |
1994 |
AC Milan |
4 - 0
(in Athens)
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Barcelona |
1995 |
Ajax |
1 - 0
(in Vienna)
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AC Milan |
1996 |
Juventus |
1 - 1 (4 - 2 pens)
(in Rome)
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Ajax |
1997 |
Borussia Dortmund |
3 - 1
(in Munich)
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Juventus |
1998 |
Real Madrid |
1 - 0
(in Amsterdam)
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Juventus |
1999 |
Manchester United |
2 - 1
(in Barcelona)
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Bayern Munich |
2000 |
Real Madrid |
3 - 0
(in Paris)
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Valencia |
2001 |
Bayern Munich |
1 - 1 (5 - 4 pens)
(in Milan)
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Valencia |
2002 |
Real Madrid |
2 - 1
(in Glasgow)
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Bayer Leverkusen |
2003 |
AC Milan |
0 - 0 (3 - 2 pens)
(in Manchester) |
Juventus |
2004 |
FC Oporto |
3 - 0
(in Gelsenkirchen)
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AS Monaco |
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Liverpool |
3 - 3 (3 - 2 pens)
(in Istanbul)
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AC Milan |
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Barcelona |
2 - 1
(in Paris)
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Arsenal |
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AC Milan |
2 - 1
(in Athens)
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Liverpool |
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Manchester United |
1 - 1 (6 - 5 pens)
(in Moscow)
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Chelsea |
see also -
Brief History
The European Cup is the premier European club competition, created for the champions of the various leagues throughout Europe, plus the holders. The idea for the competition came from Gabriel Hanot, the editor of the French daily sports newspaper L'Equipe. It began in 1955 and was supported by FIFA. Consequently, the idea was approved by UEFA, who took over its administration.
The format was a two-legged home and away knock-out competition, with a single Final on a neutral ground. In 1992 the format was changed with the quarter-finals and semi-finals replaced with two groups of four, playing home and away, to produce two finalists. This was changed slightly again in 1994 with the re-introduction of semi-finals for the winners and runners-up of the two champions league groups.
Under pressure from the big European clubs, who wanted a European League, it altered again the following year. Now the seven top seeded teams plus the holders went straight into the Champions League - which was 16 teams in four groups of four. The remaining 8 teams came from a preliminary round made up of the lower-seeded teams, with all the losers off-loaded into the UEFA Cup. The group stage was moved to the first part of the Champions League format, with the top two teams going through to the knock-out stage. Then two group stages was tried before reverting back to one (8 groups of four teams) - as we have now. Winners and runners-up go through to the last 16, then quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
From 1997-98, teams other than the national league champions were allowed to enter to enter - based on the relative strength of the league in that country. Now, the number of clubs entered from each league is decided by a ranking system of "UEFA coefficients", as follows -
| Rank |
League |
Champions League places |
1 |
Spain |
4 |
2 |
Italy |
4 |
3 |
England |
4 |
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4 |
France |
3 |
5 |
Germany |
3 |
6 |
Portugal |
3 |
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7 |
Holland |
2 |
8 |
Greece |
2 |
9 |
Russia |
2 |
10 |
Romania |
2 |
11 |
Scotland |
2 |
12 |
Belgium |
2 |
13 |
Ukraine |
2 |
14 |
Czech Republic |
2 |
15 |
Turkey |
2 |
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16 and lower |
Remaining nations |
1 |
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