December 9, 2024

UEFA Champions League Winners Since 1955.

The top pan-European club competition, the UEFA Champions League is played every year between the top football teams in Europe. 

As of June 10, 2023, Manchester City is the reigning champion after defeating Inter Milan 1-0 to win the title. 

The Champions League winners list is a distinguished compilation of the top teams in Europe from the competition’s inception in 1955–1956, until the present.

Before it was renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992 to reflect the change from a straight knockout competition to a group stage in a mini-league format preceding the knockout stages, the tournament was known as the European Cup or European Champions Cup (officially the European Champion Clubs’ Cup). 

Currently, 32 clubs are split into eight groups for the UEFA Champions League main draw, where they play in a double round-robin group stage. 

The top two teams from each group proceed to the knockout phase, which is divided into two legs, with the exception of the final.

The whole list of Champions League winners is as follows: Real Madrid leads the league in wins (14), closely followed by AC Milan (7), Liverpool and Bayern Munich (6 apiece), and Barcelona (5). 

Over the years, there have been 23 different UCL winners. The defending champions Manchester City made history by being the sixth English team to win the UCL 2022–23 championship.

UEFA Champions League winners list

Season             Winners

1955-1956        Real Madrid (Spain)

1956-1957        Real Madrid (Spain)

1957-1958        Real Madrid (Spain)

1958-1959        Real Madrid (Spain)

1959-1960        Real Madrid (Spain)

1960-1961        Benfica (Portugal)

1961-1962        Benfica (Portugal)

1962-1963        AC Milan (Italy)

1963-1964        Inter Milan (Italy)

1964-1965        Inter Milan (Italy)

1965-1966        Real Madrid (Spain)

1966-1967        Celtic FC (Scotland)

1967-1968        Manchester United (England)

1968-1969        AC Milan (Italy)

1969-1970        Feyenoord (Netherlands)

1970-1971         Ajax (Netherlands)

1971-1972         Ajax (Netherlands)

1972-1973        Ajax (Netherlands)

1973-1974        Bayern Munich (Germany)

1974-1975        Bayern Munich (Germany)

1975-1976        Bayern Munich (Germany)

1976-1977        Liverpool (England)

1977-1978        Liverpool (England)

1978-179        Nottingham Forest (England)

1979-1980        Nottingham Forest (England)

1980-1981        Liverpool (England)

1981-1982        Aston Villa (England)

1982-1983        Hamburger SV (Germany)

1983-1984        Liverpool (England)

1984-1985        Juventus (Italy)

1985-1986        Steaua Bucuresti (Romania)

1986-1987        FC Porto (Portugal)

1987-1988        PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)

1988-1989        AC Milan (Italy)

1989-1990        AC Milan (Italy)

1990-1991        Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia)

1991-1992        Barcelona (Spain)

1992-1993        Marseille (France)

1993-1994        AC Milan (Italy)

1994-1995        Ajax (Netherlands)

1995-1996        Juventus (Italy)

1996-1997        Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

1997-1998        Real Madrid (Spain)

1998-1999        Manchester United (England)

1999-2000   Real Madrid (Spain)

2000-2001       Bayern Munich (Germany)

2001-2002       Real Madrid (Spain)

2002-2003       AC Milan (Italy)

2003-2004       FC Porto (Portugal)

2004-2005       Liverpool (England)

2005-2006       Barcelona (Spain)

2006-2007       AC Milan (Italy)

2007-2008       Manchester United (England)

2008-2009       Barcelona (Spain)

2009-2010       Inter Milan (Italy)

2010-2011        Barcelona (Spain)

2011-2012       Chelsea (England))

2012-2013       Bayern Munich (Germany)

2013-2014       Real Madrid (Spain)

2014-2015       Barcelona (Spain)

2015-2016       Real Madrid (Spain)

2016-2017       Real Madrid (Spain)

2017-2018       Real Madrid (Spain)

2018-2019       Liverpool (England)

2019-2020       Bayern Munich (Germany)

2020-2021       Chelsea (England)

2021-2022       Real Madrid (Spain)

2022-2023       Manchester City (England)

UEFA Champions League Winners Since 1955.