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.
| 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) |
| 2017 | Real Madrid | Juventus | Real Madrid (4-1) |
| 2018 | Real Madrid | Liverpool | Real Madrid (3-1) |
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.