Clubs With the Most Champions League Titles
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The European Cup, rebranded the UEFA Champions League in 1992, is the most prestigious prize in club football — and a handful of clubs have made it their own. This page ranks every club to have won it, by number of titles, from Real Madrid's record haul down to the one-time winners.
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Which club inflicted an 8-0 defeat on Beşiktaş in the 2007-08 Champions League group stage?
Liverpool won 8-0 at Anfield in November 2007, with Yossi Benayoun scoring a hat-trick.
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In their first European Cup campaign in 1987-88, Napoli were knocked out in the first round by which club?
Real Madrid beat Maradona's Napoli 3-1 on aggregate in the first round of the 1987-88 European Cup.
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Which Dutch club beat AC Milan 1-0 in the 1994-95 Champions League final?
Patrick Kluivert's late goal won Ajax the 1994-95 European Cup, completing an unbeaten campaign.
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Who won the inaugural UEFA Super Cup in 1972?
Cruyff's Ajax beat Rangers over two legs in the first, initially unofficial, 1972 edition — mid-dynasty, between European Cups.
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Paul Lambert won the Champions League in 1997 as a player — with which club?
Lambert man-marked Zinedine Zidane out of the 1997 final as Dortmund beat Juventus 3-1 in Munich — Karl-Heinz Riedle scored twice and 20-year-old Lars Ricken chipped the third; Lambert joined Celtic later that year.
| Rank | Team | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 15 | 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 7 | 1962, 1968, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2002, 2006 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 2000, 2012, 2019 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 6 | 1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 2004, 2018 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 5 | 1991, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014 |
| 6 | Ajax | 4 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1994 |
| 7 | Inter Milan | 3 | 1963, 1964, 2009 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 3 | 1967, 1998, 2007 |
| 9 | Benfica | 2 | 1960, 1961 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 2 | 2011, 2020 |
| 9 | Juventus | 2 | 1984, 1995 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1978, 1979 |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 2024, 2025 |
| 9 | Porto | 2 | 1986, 2003 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1981 |
| 15 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1996 |
| 15 | Celtic | 1 | 1966 |
| 15 | Feyenoord | 1 | 1969 |
| 15 | Hamburger SV | 1 | 1982 |
| 15 | Manchester City | 1 | 2022 |
| 15 | Marseille | 1 | 1992 |
| 15 | PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 1987 |
| 15 | Red Star Belgrade | 1 | 1990 |
| 15 | Steaua București | 1 | 1985 |
Real Madrid stand far clear at the top: they won the first five editions in a row from 1956 and have kept adding to the tally ever since, more than doubling the count of their nearest rivals. AC Milan are the most successful of the chasing pack, ahead of the modern powerhouses of Bayern Munich and Liverpool.
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