Football :
The Cup Winners' Cup
(1961 - 1999)



Winners of the Cup Winners' Cup

Years expressed as 1998 depict the 1997-98 season.
Cup Winners from England are in BOLD.
Years in which English clubs did not enter or were banned from entering are indicated by a pale yellow background.
Click on year to see season details.

Season Club Number
of Wins
Country Number
of Wins
1961 Fiorentina1Italy1
1962 Athletico Madrid1Spain1
1963 Tottenham Hotspur1England 1
1964 Sporting Lisbon1Portugal1
1965 West Ham United1England 2
1966 Borussia Dortmund1Germany1
1967 Bayern Munich1Germany2
1968 AC Milan1Italy2
1969 Slovan Bratislava1Slovakia1
1970 Manchester City1England 3
1971 Chelsea1England4
1972 Rangers1Scotland1
1973 AC Milan2Italy3
1974 FC Magdeburg1Germany3
1975 Dynamo Kiev1Ukraine (then USSR)1
1976 Anderlecht1Belgium1
1977 SV Hamburg1Germany4
1978 Anderlecht2Belgium2
1979 Barcelona1Spain2
1980 Valencia1Spain3
1981 Dynamo Tblisi1Georgia (then USSR)1
1982 Barcelona2Spain4
1983 Aberdeen1Scotland2
1984 Juventus1Italy4
1985 Everton1England5
1986 Dynamo Kiev2Ukraine (then USSR)2
1987 Ajax1Netherlands1
1988 Mechelen1Belgium3
1989 Barcelona3Spain5
1990 Sampdoria1Italy5
1991 Manchester United1England 6
1992 Werder Bremen1Germany5
1993 Parma1Italy6
1994 Arsenal1England7
1995 Real Zaragosa1Spain6
1996 Paris San Germain1France1
1997 Barcelona4Spain7
1998 Chelsea2England 8
1999 Lazio1Italy7
Cup Discontinued


Winners of the Cup Winners' Cup
by Country

Country Number
of Wins
England8
Spain7
Italy7
Germany5
Belgium3
Scotland2
Ukraine2
Portugal1
Slovakia1
Georgia1
Netherlands1
France1


History of the Cup Winners' Cup

Season Notes
1961 Founded for winners of domestic cup (or runners up if winners also champions)
1963 First English club to win European trophy (Tottenham Hotspur)
1970 First double of Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup (Manchester City)
1985 Unique double of Cup Winners' Cup and League (Everton)
1986 English clubs banned from European competitions
1991 English clubs reinstated into European competitions
1998 Second double of Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup (Chelsea)
1999 Final Cup Winners' Cup tournament