Champions League finals

Main article: European Cup and Champions League finals

The Champions League final is the most important match of the season in European club football. The stadium to host the final is selected by UEFA two years before the match.

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue
2008/09 Details	To be played.			Stadio Olimpico, Rome
2007/08 Details	To be played.			Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
2006/07 Details	AC Milan	2 - 1	Liverpool FC	Olympic Stadium, Athens
2005/06 Details	FC Barcelona	2 - 1	Arsenal FC	Stade de France, Paris
2004/05 Details	Liverpool FC	3 - 3 aet, 3-2 pen	AC Milan	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, İstanbul
2003/04 Details	FC Porto	3 - 0	/ AS Monaco FC	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
2002/03 Details	AC Milan	0 - 0 aet, 3-2 pen	Juventus FC	Old Trafford, Manchester
2001/02 Details	Real Madrid CF	2 - 1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Hampden Park, Glasgow
2000/01 Details	FC Bayern München	1 - 1 aet, 5-4 pen	Valencia CF	San Siro, Milan
1999/2000 Details	Real Madrid CF	3 - 0	Valencia CF	Stade de France, Paris
1998/99 Details	Manchester United FC	2 - 1	FC Bayern München	Camp Nou, Barcelona
1997/98 Details	Real Madrid CF	1 - 0	Juventus FC	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
1996/97 Details	BV Borussia Dortmund	3 - 1	Juventus FC	Olympiastadion, Munich
1995/96 Details	Juventus FC	1 - 1 aet, 4-2 pen	AFC Ajax	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
1994/95 Details	AFC Ajax	1 - 0	AC Milan	Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna
1993/94 Details	AC Milan	4 - 0	FC Barcelona	Olympic Stadium Spiros Louis, Athens
1992/93 Details	Olympique de Marseille	1 - 0	AC Milan	Olympiastadion, Munich
1991/92 Details	FC Barcelona	1 - 0 aet	UC Sampdoria	Wembley Stadium, London
1990/91 Details	Red Star Belgrade	0 - 0 aet, 5-3 in pen	Olympique de Marseille	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
1989/90 Details	AC Milan	1 - 0	SL Benfica	Prater Stadium, Vienna
1988/89 Details	AC Milan	4 - 0	FC Steaua	Camp Nou, Barcelona
1987/88 Details	PSV Eindhoven	0 - 0 aet, 6-5 pen	SL Benfica	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
1986/87 Details	FC Porto	2 - 1	FC Bayern München	Prater Stadium, Vienna
1985/86 Details	FC Steaua	0 - 0 aet, 2-0 pen	FC Barcelona	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
1984/85 Details	Juventus FC	1 - 0 (see: Heysel tragedy)	Liverpool FC	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1983/84 Details	Liverpool FC	1 - 1 aet, 4-2 pen	AS Roma	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
1982/83 Details	Hamburger SV	1 - 0	Juventus FC	Olympic Stadium Spiros Louis, Athens
1981/82 Details	Aston Villa FC	1 - 0	FC Bayern München	De Kuip, Rotterdam
1980/81 Details	Liverpool FC	1 - 0	Real Madrid CF	Parc des Princes, Paris
1979/80 Details	Nottingham Forest FC	1 - 0	Hamburger SV	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
1978/79 Details	Nottingham Forest FC	1 - 0	Malmö FF	Olympiastadion, Munich
1977/78 Details	Liverpool FC	1 - 0	Club Brugge KV	Wembley Stadium, London
1976/77 Details	Liverpool FC	3 - 1	VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
1975/76 Details	FC Bayern München	1 - 0	AS Saint-Étienne	Hampden Park, Glasgow
1974/75 Details	FC Bayern München	2 - 0	Leeds United AFC	Parc des Princes, Paris
1973/74 Details	FC Bayern München	1 - 1 aet, 4 - 0 (replay)	Atlético Madrid	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1972/73 Details	AFC Ajax	1 - 0	Juventus FC	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade
1971/72 Details	AFC Ajax	2 - 0	FC Internazionale	De Kuip, Rotterdam
1970/71 Details	AFC Ajax	2 - 0	Panathinaikos FC	Wembley Stadium, London
1969/70 Details	Feyenoord	2 - 1 aet	Celtic FC	San Siro, Milan
1968/69 Details	AC Milan	4 - 1	AFC Ajax	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
1967/68 Details	Manchester United FC	4 - 1 aet	SL Benfica	Wembley Stadium, London
1966/67 Details	Celtic FC	2 - 1	FC Internazionale	Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
1965/66 Details	Real Madrid CF	2 - 1	FK Partizan	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1964/65 Details	FC Internazionale	1 - 0	SL Benfica	San Siro, Milan
1963/64 Details	FC Internazionale	3 - 1	Real Madrid CF	Prater Stadium, Vienna
1962/63 Details	AC Milan	2 - 1	SL Benfica	Wembley Stadium, London
1961/62 Details	SL Benfica	5 - 3	Real Madrid CF	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
1960/61 Details	SL Benfica	3 - 2	CF Barcelona	Wankdorf Stadium, Berne
1959/60 Details	Real Madrid CF	7 - 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hampden Park, Glasgow
1958/59 Details	Real Madrid CF	2 - 0	Stade de Reims-Champagne	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
1957/58 Details	Real Madrid CF	3 - 2 aet	AC Milan	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1956/57 Details	Real Madrid CF	2 - 0	AC Fiorentina	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
1955/56 Details	Real Madrid CF	4 - 3	Stade de Reims-Champagne	Parc des Princes, Paris

The winning club gets possession of the trophy at the awards ceremony, but must return it to UEFA headquarters two months before the following year's final. UEFA gives the winners a scaled-down replica of the trophy to keep permanently, and winning clubs are free to make replicas of the trophy as long as they are clearly marked as replicas and are no larger than 80% of the size of the actual trophy. However, the current competition rules also specify that the actual trophy will be permanently awarded to a team that wins three consecutive years or five times in all.^[3]

Five clubs have been awarded the UEFA badge of honour and the right to keep the trophy permanently:

• Real Madrid, who won the first five competitions from 1956 to 1960,
• Ajax Amsterdam, who won consecutively in 1971–1973,and again in 1995
• Bayern Munich, who won consecutively in 1974–1976, and again in 2001
• A.C. Milan, who won for the fifth time in 1994,
• Liverpool, whose 2005 win was their fifth overall.

The first European Cup/UEFA Champions League final to be competed between two clubs from the same country was in 2000, when Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia reached the final. This was followed in 2003 when Italian giants AC Milan and Juventus reached the final, making it only two intra-national finals since its inception in 1955.