Discover a complete list of foreign players who have featured in UEFA European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals, from the 1955-56 to 2019-20. See which international stars played for winning and runner-up teams, with detailed stats by season.
| Season | Winners | Foreigners (Starting XI) | Runners-Up | Foreigners (Starting XI) | Venue | Tot | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-56 |  | REAL MADRID |  | 1 | Argentina |  | REIMS |  | 0 | None | Paris | 1 |
| 1956-57 | | REAL MADRID | | 2 | Argentina, France |  | FIORENTINA |  | 2 | Argentina, Brazil | Madrid | 4 |
| 1957-58 | | REAL MADRID | | 4 | Argentina (2), France, Uruguay | | AC MILAN |  | 4 | Argentina (2), Sweden, Uruguay | Brussels | 8 |
| 1958-59 | | REAL MADRID | | 4 | Argentina (2), France, Uruguay | | REIMS | | 0 | None | Stuttgart | 4 |
| 1959-60 | | REAL MADRID | | 5 | Argentina (2), Brazil, Hungary, Uruguay |  | EINTRACHT FRANKFURT |  | 0 | None | Glasgow | 5 |
| 1960-61 |  | BENFICA |  | 0 | None | | BARCELONA |  | 4 | Hungary (3), Brazil | Berne | 4 |
| 1961-62 | | BENFICA | | 0 | None | | REAL MADRID | | 3 | Argentina, Hungary, Uruguay | Amsterdam | 3 |
| 1962-63 | | AC MILAN | | 3 | Brazil (2), Peru | | BENFICA | | 0 | None | Wembley | 3 |
| 1963-64 | | INTER MILAN |  | 2 | Brazil, Spain | | REAL MADRID | | 4 | Argentina, France, Hungary, Uruguay | Vienna | 6 |
| 1964-65 | | INTER MILAN | | 3 | Spain (2), Brazil | | BENFICA | | 0 | None | Milan | 3 |
| 1965-66 | | REAL MADRID | | 0 | None |  | PARTIZAN BELGRADE |  | 0 | None | Brussels | 0 |
| 1966-67 |  | CELTIC |  | 0 | None | | INTER MILAN | | 0 | None | Lisbon | 0 |
| 1967-68 |  | MANCHESTER UNITED |  | 4 | Ireland (2), Northern Ireland, Scotland | | BENFICA | | 0 | None | Wembley | 4 |
| 1968-69 | | AC MILAN | | 2 | Sweden, West Germany |  | AJAX |  | 2 | Sweden, Yugoslavia | Madrid | 4 |
| 1969-70 | | FEYENOORD |  | 2 | Austria, Sweden | | CELTIC | | 0 | None | Milan | 2 |
| 1970-71 | | AJAX | | 1 | Yugoslavia |  | PANATHINIKOS |  | 0 | None | Wembley | 1 |
| 1971-72 | | AJAX | | 1 | West Germany | | INTER MILAN | | 1 | Brazil | Rotterdam | 2 |
| 1972-73 | | AJAX | | 1 | West Germany | | JUVENTUS |  | 1 | Brazil | Belgrade | 2 |
| 1973-74 | | BAYERN MUNICH |  | 2 | Denmark, Sweden | | ATLETICO MADRID |  | 1 | Argentina | Brussels | 3 |
| 1974-75 | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 2 | Sweden (2) | | LEEDS UNITED |  | 7 | Scotland (5), Ireland, Wales | Paris | 9 |
| 1975-76 | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 1 | Denmark | | ST. ETIENNE |  | 2 | Argentina, Yugoslavia | Glasgow | 3 |
| 1976-77 | | LIVERPOOL |  | 2 | Ireland, Wales | | Borussia Monchengladbach |  | 1 | Denmark | Rome | 3 |
| 1977-78 | | LIVERPOOL | | 3 | Scotland (3) |  | FC BRUGGE |  | 4 | Denmark (2), Austria, Hungary | Wembley | 7 |
| 1978-79 | | NOTTINGHAM FOREST |  | 3 | Scotland (3) |  | MALMO |  | 0 | None | Munich | 3 |
| 1979-80 | | NOTTINGHAM FOREST | | 5 | Scotland (4), Northern Ireland | | SV HAMBURG |  | 2 | England, Yugoslavia | Madrid | 7 |
| 1980-81 | | LIVERPOOL | | 3 | Scotland (3) | | REAL MADRID | | 2 | England, West Germany | Paris | 5 |
| 1981-82 | | ASTON VILLA |  | 3 | Scotland (3) | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 0 | None | Rotterdam | 3 |
| 1982-83 | | SV HAMBURG | | 1 | Denmark | | JUVENTUS | | 3 | France, Poland, San Marino | Athens | 4 |
| 1983-84 | | LIVERPOOL | | 7 | Scotland (3), Ireland (2), Wales, Zimbabwe | | AS ROMA |  | 2 | Brazil (2) | Rome | 9 |
| 1984-85 | | JUVENTUS | | 2 | Poland, San Marino | | LIVERPOOL | | 9 | Scotland (4), Ireland (3), Wales, Zimbabwe | Brussels | 11 |
| 1985-86 |  | STEAUA BUCHAREST |  | 0 | None | | BARCELONA | | 2 | Scotland, West Germany | Sevilla | 2 |
| 1986-87 | | FC PORTO |  | 2 | Algeria, Poland | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 2 | Belgium, East Germany | Vienna | 4 |
| 1987-88 | | PSV EINDHOVEN |  | 4 | Denmark (3), Belgium | | BENFICA | | 4 | Brazil (3), Sweden | Stuttgart | 8 |
| 1988-89 | | AC MILAN | | 3 | Netherlands (3) | | STEAUA BUCHAREST | | 0 | None | Barcelona | 3 |
| 1989-90 | | AC MILAN | | 3 | Netherlands (3) | | BENFICA | | 5 | Brazil (3), Sweden (2) | Vienna | 8 |
| 1990-91 | | RED STAR BELGRADE |  | 1 | Romania | | OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE |  | 3 | Brazil, England, Ghana | Bari | 4 |
| 1991-92 | | BARCELONA | | 3 | Bulgaria, Denmark, Netherlands | | SAMPDORIA |  | 2 | Brazil, Slovenia | Wembley | 5 |
| 1992-93 | | OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE | | 3 | Croatia, Germany, Ghana | | AC MILAN | | 2 | Netherlands (2) | Munich | 5 |
| 1993-94 | | AC MILAN | | 2 | Croatia, Yugoslavia | | BARCELONA | | 3 | Brazil, Bulgaria, Netherlands | Athens | 5 |
| 1994-95 | | AJAX | | 2 | Finland, Nigeria | | AC MILAN | | 2 | Croatia, France | Vienna | 4 |
| 1995-96 | | JUVENTUS | | 2 | France, Portugal | | AJAX | | 3 | Nigeria (2), France | Rome | 5 |
| 1996-97 | | BORUSSIA DORTMUND |  | 3 | Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland | | JUVENTUS | | 5 | France (2), Croatia, Uruguay, Yugoslavia | Munich | 8 |
| 1997-98 | | REAL MADRID | | 7 | Argentina, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Yugoslavia | | JUVENTUS | | 4 | France (2), Netherlands, Uruguay | Amsterdam | 11 |
| 1998-99 | | MANCHESTER UNITED | | 7 | Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Trinidad, Wales | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 1 | Ghana | Barcelona | 8 |
| 1999-00 | | REAL MADRID | | 4 | Argentina, Brazil, England, France | | VALENCIA |  | 5 | Argentina (3), France, Yugoslavia | Paris | 9 |
| 2000-01 | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 7 | France (2), Bosnia, Brazil, England, Ghana, Sweden | | VALENCIA | | 7 | Argentina (4), France, Italy, Norway | Milan | 14 |
| 2001-02 | | REAL MADRID | | 5 | France (2), Argentina, Brazil, Portugal | | BAYER LEVERKUSEN |  | 4 | Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Turkey | Glasgow | 9 |
| 2002-03 | | AC MILAN | | 5 | Brazil, Georgia, Netherlands, Portugal, Ukraine | | JUVENTUS | | 6 | France (2), Argentina, Croatia, Netherlands, Uruguay | Manchester | 11 |
| 2003-04 | | FC PORTO | | 2 | Brazil (2) | | AS MONACO |  | 5 | Argentina (2), Italy, Greece, Spain | Gelsenkirchen | 7 |
| 2004-05 | | LIVERPOOL | | 9 | Spain (2), Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Mali, Norway, Poland | | AC MILAN | | 7 | Brazil (3), Netherlands (2), Argentina, Ukraine | Istanbul | 16 |
| 2005-06 | | BARCELONA | | 8 | Brazil (2), Netherlands (2), Cameroon, France, Mexico, Portugal | | ARSENAL |  | 9 | France (2), Ivory Coast (2), Belarus, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Sweden | Paris | 17 |
| 2006-07 | | AC MILAN | | 4 | Brazil (2), Czech Republic, Netherlands | | LIVERPOOL | | 8 | Spain (2), Netherlands (2), Argentina, Denmark, Ireland, Norway | Athens | 12 |
| 2007-08 | | MANCHESTER UNITED | | 5 | Netherlands, Serbia, France, Portugal, Argentina | | CHELSEA |  | 7 | France (2), Czech Republic, Ghana, Portugal, Germany, Ivory Coast | Moscow | 12 |
| 2008-09 | | BARCELONA | | 5 | Ivory Coast, Brazil, Argentina France, Cameroon | | MANCHESTER UNITED | | 8 | Netherlands, Ireland, Serbia, France, Brazil, Wales, South Korea, Portugal | Rome | 13 |
| 2009-10 | | INTER MILAN | | 11 | Argentina (4), Brazil (3), Romania, Netherlands, Cameroon, Macedonia | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 6 | Netherlands (2), Belgium, Arg,entina Turkey, Croatia | Madrid | 17 |
| 2010-11 | | BARCELONA | | 4 | Argentina (2), Brazil, France | | MANCHESTER UNITED | | 8 | Netherlands, Brazil, Serbia, France, Ecuador, Wales, South Korea, Mexico | Wembley | 12 |
| 2011-12 | | CHELSEA | | 7 | Ivory Coast (2), Czech Republic, Portugal, Brazil, Nigeria, Spain | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 3 | Ukraine, Netherlands, France | Munich | 10 |
| 2012-13 | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 6 | Brazil, Austria, Spain, Netherlands, France, Croatia | | BORUSSIA DORTMUND | | 4 | Poland (3), Serbia | Wembley | 10 |
| 2013-14 | | REAL MADRID | | 8 | France (2), Portugal (2), Croatia, Germany, Argentina, Wales | | ATLETICO MADRID | | 5 | Brazil (2), Belgium, Uruguay, Portugal | Lisbon | 13 |
| 2014-15 | | BARCELONA | | 7 | Brazil (2), Argentina (2), Germany, Croatia, Uruguay | | JUVENTUS | | 6 | France (2), Switzerland, Chile, Argentina, Spain | Berlin | 13 |
| 2015-16 | | REAL MADRID | | 9 | Brazil (2), Portugal (2), Costa Rica, Croatia, Germany, Wales, France | | ATLETICO MADRID | | 6 | Slovenia, Montenegro, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, France | Milan | 15 |
| 2016-17 | | REAL MADRID | | 8 | France (2), Brazil (2), Costa Rica, Germany, Croatia, Portugal | | JUVENTUS | | 7 | Brazil (2), Argentina (2), Bosnia, Germany, Croatia | Cardiff | 15 |
| 2017-18 | | REAL MADRID | | 8 | France (2), Brazil (2), Costa Rica, Croatia, Germany, Portugal | | LIVERPOOL | | 8 | Netherlands (2), Germany, Croatia, Scotland, Egypt, Brazil, Senegal | Kiev | 16 |
| 2018-19 | | LIVERPOOL | | 9 | Brazil (3), Netherlands (2), Cameroon, Scotland, Egypt, Senegal | | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR |  | 6 | France (2), Belgium (2), Denmark, South Korea | Madrid | 15 |
| 2019-20 | | BAYERN MUNICH | | 5 | Austria, Canada, Spain, France, Poland | | PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN |  | 9 | Brazil (3), Spain (2), Argentina (2), Costa Rica, Germany | Lisbon | 14 |
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