How many teams have reached multiple Champions League finals in a row, and how many have won them?
PSG is part of an exclusive group, and joined an even more prestigious club on Saturday night.
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Paris Saint-Germain reached their third Champions League final after beating Bayern Munich – and their second in a row – something very few teams have managed in the history of the European Cup. Winning two Champions League titles in a row has happened even less often.
In fact, in the current version of the Champions League, it has only happened once: Real Madrid’s famous treble between 2016 and 2018. Before that, in the old European Cup, there were several teams that managed the feat.
Teams that have won the European Cup/Champions League two or more times in a row:
- Real Madrid won 5 in a row (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960)
- Benfica won 2 in a row (1961, 1962)
- Inter Milan won 2 in a row (1964, 1965)
- Ajax won 3 in a row (1971, 1972, 1973)
- Bayern Munich won 3 in a row (1974, 1975, 1976)
- Liverpool won 2 in a row (1977, 1978)
- Nottingham Forest won 2 in a row (1979, 1980)
- AC Milan won 2 in a row (1989, 1990)
- Real Madrid won 3 in a row (2016, 2017, 2018) – in the Champions League era
- Paris Saint-Germain have now won two in a row (2025 and 2025)
Teams that have reached several finals in a row, but not won all:
- Liverpool in 2018 and 2019 (won in 2019)
- Bayern Munich in 2012 and 2013 (won in 2013)
- Manchester United in 2008 and 2009 (won in 2008)
- Valencia in 2000 and 2001 (won neither)
- Juventus in 1996, 1997 and 1998 (won in 1996)
- AC Milan in 1993, 1994 and 1995 (won in 1994)
- Liverpool in 1984 and 1985 (won in 1984)
- Benfica also reached the final in 1963 (after winning in 1961 and 1962)
Paris Saint-Germain, who yesterday Saturday beat Arsenal in the final – one year after they beat Inter Milan 5-0 in the 2024/25 season, and six years after Bayern beat PSG 1-0 in the 2019/20 season, made Champions League history yesterday.
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