UEFA Champions League Winners and Runners-up in Every Season

Eager to know all past winners of the UEFA Champions League in every season? This article provides you a complete list of the previous year-by-year Champions of the most popular football club competition in Europe. This tournament was formed in 1955. At that time, it was called the European Cup. Later in 1992, the competition was renamed as the UEFA Champions League.

UEFA Champions League Past Winners by Seasons

In 1955, its first season was played among 16 teams. During that time, there were no group stage games and only knock-out matches were played in a single leg. The first season was concluded in 29 games and Real Madrid became the first-ever Champions of the competition. Later, they won 4 more titles and won the first 5 seasons of the European Cup. Don’t forget to see the records of the UEFA Champions League.

It was Benfica, who broke the Champions streak of Real Madrid in 1961 when they became the second team to win the competition after a 3-2 victory against Barcelona in the final of the 1960-1961 edition. Benfica successfully defended their title the next season and won it again in 1962. Given below is the list of all winners and runner-ups in every season.

Note: Bold scores indicate that the winner was decided on penalties.

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