The

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renam ...

(called European Cup Winners' Cup prior to 1994–95) was a

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competition contested between member associations of European football's governing body, the

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(UEFA). It was open to winners of domestic cup competitions, such as the English

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champions. Throughout its 39-year history, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was always a knock-out tournament with two-legged home and away ties until the single match final staged at a neutral venue, the only exception to this being the two-legged final in the competition's first year. The first competition was won by

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, from Italy, who defeated Scotland's Rangers 4–1 over two legs to win the 1961 final. The competition was abolished in 1999; Italian team

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were the last team to win the competition when they beat

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2–1.

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are the most successful club in the competition's history, having won it on four occasions, followed by

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(Belgium),

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(Italy), Chelsea (England) and

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(USSR / Ukraine) with two victories each. Barcelona,

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(all from Spain), Anderlecht (Belgium), Rangers (Scotland),

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(England) and Rapid Wien (Austria) hold the record for being runners-up the most times, with each team losing the final twice. Teams from England won the competition eight times, more than any other country. Additionally, England provided nine different teams in the finals, seven of which went on to win the trophy at least once, both also records.

List of finals

* The "Season" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season. * The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that season's final game.

List of finals

Performances

By club

By nation

See also

Notes

References

External links