UEFA Champions League Past Winners List (1956 to 2016)

UEFA Champions League is the premier european football club competition played every year along with the traditional domestic league seasons across whole europe. Champions League formerly known as “European Cup” was established back in 1955 and all the league champions of countries associated with “UEFA” were invited to take part in the yearly competition. European Cup was re-branded in 1992 and it was changed to Champions League where even the runners-up, third and fourth place teams in their domestic league were invited. We take a look at all the previous winners of Champions League history.

So far only 22 different teams has won the competition in its 60 year history. Real Madrid has won the competition record 11 times including 5 back to back wins in first 5 seasons from 1956 to 1960. AC Milan has won the competition 7 times while both Liverpool and Barcelona has won it 5 times each. Since the competition was re-banded in 1992 no team has manage to defend the title. Lets take a look at all champions league winners
See Also: Most successful teams in champions league
Below is the list of all past winners of UEFA Champions League from 1955-56 season to 2014-15 season. Spanish teams has been the most dominant with Barca and Real Madrid winning 16 titles between them while English teams has won 13 titles.

Most Successful Teams In UEFA Champions League History

YEAR	WINNERS	RUNNERS-UP	RESULT
1956	Real Madrid	Stade de Reims	Real Madrid won 4-3
1957	Real Madrid	Fiorentina	Real Madrid won 2-0
1958	Real Madrid	AC Milan	Real Madrid won 3-2
1959	Real Madrid	Stade de Reims	Real Madrid won 2-0
1960	Real Madrid	Eintracht Frankfurt	Real Madrid won 7-0
1961	Benfica	Barcelona	Benfica won by 3-2
1962	Benfica	Real Madrid	Benfica won by 5-3
1963	AC Milan	Benfica	AC Milan won by 2-1
1964	Inter Milan	Real Madrid	Inter Milan won by 3-1
1965	Inter Milan	Benfica	Inter Milan won by 1-0
1966	Real Madrid	Partizan	Real Madrid won by 2-1
1967	Celtic	Inter Milan	Celtic won by 2-1
1968	Manchester United	Benfica	Man Utd won by 4-1 in extra time
1969	AC Milan	Ajax	Milan won by 4-0
1970	Feyenoord	Celtic	Fayenoord won by 2-1
1971	Ajax	Panathinaikos	Ajax won by 2-0
1972	Ajax	Inter Milan	Ajax won by 2-0
1973	Ajax	Juventus	Ajax won by 1-0
1974	Bayern Munich	Atletico Madrid	Bayern won 5-1 on aggregate
1975	Bayern Munich	Leeds United	Bayern won 2-0
1976	Bayern Munich	Saint-Étienne	Bayern won 1-0
1977	Liverpool	Borussia M’gladbach	Liverpool (3-1)
1978	Liverpool	Club Brugge	Liverpool (1-0)
1979	Nottingham Forest	Malmo	Nottingham (1-0)
1980	Nottingham Forest	Hamburg	Nottingham (1-0)
1981	Liverpool	Real Madrid	Liverpool (1-0)
1982	Aston Villa	Bayern Munich	Aston Villa (1-0)
1983	Hamburg	Juventus	Hamburg (1-0)
1984	Liverpool	AS Roma	Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties
1985	Juventus	Liverpool	Juventus (1-0)
1986	Steaua București	Barcelona	Steaua București 2-0 on penalties
1987	FC Porto	Bayern Munich	Porto (2-1)
1988	PSV Eindhoven	Benfica	PSV won 6-5 on penalties
1989	AC Milan	Steaua București	Milan (4-0)
1990	AC Milan	Benfica	Milan (1-0)
1991	Red Star Belgrade	Marseille	Red Star won 5-3 on penalties
1992	Barcelona	Sampdoria	Barcelona (1-0)
1993	Marseille	AC Milan	Marseille (1-0)
1994	AC Milan	Barcelona	AC Milan (4-0)
1995	Ajax	AC Milan	Ajax (1-0)
1996	Juventus	Ajax	Juventus (4-2 on penalties)
1997	Borussia Dortmund	Juventus	B.Dortmund (3-1)
1998	Real Madrid	Juventus	Real Madrid (1-)
1999	Manchester United	Bayern Munich	Man utd (2-1)
2000	Real Madrid	Valencia	Real Madrid (3-0)
2001	Bayern Munich	Valencia	Bayern (5-4 on penalties)
2002	Real Madrid	Bayer Leverkusen	Real Madrid won 2-1
2003	AC Milan	Juventus	AC Milan (3-2 on penalties)
2004	FC Porto	AS Monaco	FC Porto (3-0)
2005	Liverpool	AC Milan	Liverpool (3-2 on penalties)
2006	Barcelona	Arsenal	Barcelona (2-1)
2007	AC Milan	Liverpool	AC Milan (2-1)
2008	Manchester United	Chelsea	Man United (6-5 on penalties)
2009	Barcelona	Manchester United	Barcelona (2-0)
2010	Inter Milan	Bayern Munich	Inter (3-0)
2011	Barcelona	Manchester United	Barcelona (3-1)
2012	Chelsea	Bayern Munich	Chelsea (4-3 on penalties)
2013	Bayern Munich	Borussia Dortmund	Bayern (2-1)
2014	Real Madrid	Atletico Madrid	Real Madrid (4-1 in extra time)
2015	Barcelona	Juventus	Barcelena (3-1)
2016	Real Madrid	Atletico Madrid	Real Madrid (5-3 on penalties)

Since the re branding to champions league in 1992 the level of competition in Champions League has increased 10 fold. No team has managed to defend title since a league system was introduced in the competition.