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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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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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RankTeamTitlesYears won
1Real Madrid151955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023
2AC Milan71962, 1968, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2002, 2006
3Bayern Munich61973, 1974, 1975, 2000, 2012, 2019
3Liverpool61976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 2004, 2018
5Barcelona51991, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014
6Ajax41970, 1971, 1972, 1994
7Inter Milan31963, 1964, 2009
7Manchester United31967, 1998, 2007
9Benfica21960, 1961
9Chelsea22011, 2020
9Juventus21984, 1995
9Nottingham Forest21978, 1979
9Paris Saint-Germain22024, 2025
9Porto21986, 2003
15Aston Villa11981
15Borussia Dortmund11996
15Celtic11966
15Feyenoord11969
15Hamburger SV11982
15Manchester City12022
15Marseille11992
15PSV Eindhoven11987
15Red Star Belgrade11990
15Steaua București11985

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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Clubs With the Most Champions League Titles — FAQ

Which club has won the most Champions League titles?
Real Madrid have won the most, with 15 European Cup / Champions League titles — comfortably a record. They won the first five editions from 1956 to 1960 and have led the all-time count ever since.
Which club has won the second-most Champions League titles?
AC Milan are second on the all-time list with seven, ahead of Bayern Munich and Liverpool, who are level on six each.
Is this a complete list of Champions League winners?
This page ranks clubs by number of titles. For the full season-by-season list of every final, winner, runner-up and score, see our Champions League winners list.