Traditionally the Cup contested by the champions of all UEFA countries (though there were a few exceptions in the first year or two, e.g. the Dutch representative in 55/56 was not champions Willem II but PSV). Since 1991/92 the traditional knock-out-format has been replaced a league structure during some stage of the competition, in order to guarantee the "big teams" more matches and the UEFA more (TV) money. In 1994/95 only the supposedly "best" 24 champions of the member countries were allowed to enter; the other champions were relegated to the UEFA Cup. In 1997/98 all champions were allowed to enter again, but invitations were also made to the runners-up of the 8 "best" countries, with 8 teams being seeded for the league stage and the others entering various qualifying rounds; in 1999/00, the "best" countries could enter up to 4 teams and the first group stage was extended to 32 teams and followed by a second group stage of 16 teams; in 2003/04 that second group stage has been abolished again. The losers of the last qualifying round enter the UEFA Cup since 1997/98, and the third-placed teams of the first group stage enter the later rounds of the UEFA Cup since 1999/00.
For an explanation about how UEFA's seeding system works, check out Martin Protzen's FAQ.
1955/56 Real Madrid 1956/57 Real Madrid 1957/58 Real Madrid 1958/59 Real Madrid 1959/60 Real Madrid 1960/61 Benfica 1961/62 Benfica 1962/63 Milan 1963/64 Internazionale 1964/65 Internazionale 1965/66 Real Madrid 1966/67 Celtic 1967/68 Manchester United 1968/69 Milan 1969/70 Feyenoord 1970/71 Ajax 1971/72 Ajax 1972/73 Ajax 1973/74 Bayern München 1974/75 Bayern München 1975/76 Bayern München 1976/77 Liverpool 1977/78 Liverpool 1978/79 Nottingham Forest 1979/80 Nottingham Forest 1980/81 Liverpool 1981/82 Aston Villa 1982/83 Hamburger SV 1983/84 Liverpool 1984/85 Juventus 1985/86 Steaua Bucuresti 1986/87 Porto 1987/88 PSV 1988/89 Milan 1989/90 Milan 1990/91 Crvena zvezda 1991/92 Barcelona 1992/93 Olympique Marseille 1993/94 Milan 1994/95 Ajax 1995/96 Juventus 1996/97 Borussia Dortmund 1997/98 Real Madrid 1998/99 Manchester United 1999/00 Real Madrid 2000/01 Bayern München 2001/02 Real Madrid 2002/03 Milan 2003/04 Porto 2004/05 Liverpool 2005/06 Barcelona 2006/07 Milan 2007/08 Manchester United 2008/09 Barcelona
Real Madrid 9 Milan 7 Liverpool 5 Ajax 4 Bayern München 4 Barcelona 3 Manchester United 3 Benfica 2 Internazionale 2 Juventus 2 Nottingham Forest 2 Porto 2 Aston Villa 1 Borussia Dortmund 1 Celtic 1 Crvena zvezda 1 Feyenoord 1 Hamburger SV 1 Olympique Marseille 1 PSV 1 Steaua Bucuresti 1
Spain 12 England 11 Italy 11 Netherlands 6 (West) Germany 6 Portugal 4 France 1 Romania 1 Scotland 1 Yugoslavia 1
55/56 Real Madrid 4-3 Stade Reims
56/57 Real Madrid 2-0 Fiorentina
57/58 Real Madrid 3-2 Milan [aet]
58/59 Real Madrid 2-0 Stade Reims
59/60 Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
60/61 Benfica 3-2 Barcelona
61/62 Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid
62/63 Milan 2-1 Benfica
63/64 Internazionale 3-1 Real Madrid
64/65 Internazionale 1-0 Benfica
65/66 Real Madrid 2-1 Partizan Beograd
66/67 Celtic 2-1 Internazionale
67/68 Manchester United 4-1 Benfica [aet]
68/69 Milan 4-1 Ajax
69/70 Feyenoord 2-1 Celtic [aet]
70/71 Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos
71/72 Ajax 2-0 Internazionale
72/73 Ajax 1-0 Juventus
73/74 Bayern München 1-1 Atlético Madrid [aet]
Bayern München 4-0 Atlético Madrid
74/75 Bayern München 2-0 Leeds United
75/76 Bayern München 1-0 Saint Etienne
76/77 Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
77/78 Liverpool 1-0 FC Brugge
78/79 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmö FF
79/80 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburger SV
80/81 Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid
81/82 Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern München
82/83 Hamburger SV 1-0 Juventus
83/84 Liverpool 1-1 Roma [aet, 4-2 pen]
84/85 Juventus 1-0 Liverpool
85/86 Steaua Bucuresti 0-0 Barcelona [aet, 2-0 pen]
86/87 Porto 2-1 Bayern München
87/88 PSV 0-0 Benfica [aet, 6-5 pen]
88/89 Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucuresti
89/90 Milan 1-0 Benfica
90/91 Crvena zvezda 0-0 Olympique Marseille [aet, 5-3 pen]
91/92 Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria [aet]
92/93 Olympique Marseille 1-0 Milan
93/94 Milan 4-0 Barcelona
94/95 Ajax 1-0 Milan
95/96 Juventus 1-1 Ajax [aet, 4-2 pen]
96/97 Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus
97/98 Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus
98/99 Manchester United 2-1 Bayern München
99/00 Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
00/01 Bayern München 1-1 Valencia [asdet, 5-4 pen]
01/02 Real Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
02/03 Milan 0-0 Juventus [aet, 3-2 pen]
03/04 Porto 3-0 Monaco
04/05 Liverpool 3-3 Milan [aet, 3-2 pen]
05/06 Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal
06/07 Milan 2-1 Liverpool
07/08 Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea [aet, 6-5 pen]
08/09 Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United
win fin
Spain 12 21
Italy 11 25
England 11 17
Germany 6 13
Netherlands 6 8
Portugal 4 9
France 1 6
Romania 1 2
Scotland 1 2
Yugoslavia 1 2
Belgium 1
Greece 1
Sweden 1
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Last updated: 28 May 2009
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