Editing UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

{{Short description|Former European football tournament}}
{{Redirect|Cup Winners' Cup}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| logo                 = [[File:Cup Winners Cup.png|200px]]
| organiser            = [[UEFA]]
| founded              = 1960 (rebranded in 1994)
| abolished            = 1999
| related comps        = [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] (1st tier)<br>[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] (3rd tier; merged with)
| region               = [[Europe]]
| number of teams      = 32 (first round)
| current champions    = {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[SS Lazio|Lazio]]<br>(1st title)
| most successful club = {{nowrap|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<br>(4 titles)}}
| website              = <!-- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100206232042/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/index.html UEFA Cup Winners' Cup] -->
}}
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:left; margin-top:15px; font-size:85%"
|+ Winners<br />UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
|-
! Season !! style="width:210px"| Winning club
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup|1960–61]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup|1961–62]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[Atlético Madrid]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup|1962–63]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup|1963–64]]
| {{fbaicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|1964–65]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup|1965–66]]
| {{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup|1966–67]]
| {{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup|1967–68]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup|1968–69]]
| {{fbaicon|TCH}} [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup|1969–70]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup|1970–71]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup|1971–72]]
| {{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup|1972–73]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]&nbsp;{{small|(2)}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup|1973–74]]
| {{fbaicon|GDR}} [[1. FC Magdeburg]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup|1974–75]]
| {{fbaicon|URS|1955}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup|1975–76]]
| {{fbaicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup|1976–77]]
| {{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup|1977–78]]
| {{fbaicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]&nbsp;{{small|(2)}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup|1978–79]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup|1979–80]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup|1980–81]]
| {{fbaicon|URS}} [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]&nbsp;{{small|(2)}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|1982–83]]
| {{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup|1983–84]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup|1984–85]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1985–86]]
| {{fbaicon|URS}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]&nbsp;{{small|(2)}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|1986–87]]
| {{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax Amsterdam]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup|1987–88]]
| {{fbaicon|BEL}} [[K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup|1988–89]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]&nbsp;{{small|(3)}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup|1989–90]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup|1990–91]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup|1991–92]]
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup|1992–93]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993–94]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1994–95]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1995–96]]
| {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1996–97]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]&nbsp;{{small|(4)}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1997–98]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]&nbsp;{{small|(2)}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998–99]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[SS Lazio|Lazio]]
|}
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 renamed the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in [[1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1994]]. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by [[UEFA]]. 

The first tournament was held in [[1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup|1960–61]], but it was organised by the [[Mitropa Cup]]'s Organising Committee and not recognised by the governing body of European football until 1963, when it was accepted as a [[UEFA]] competition on the initiative of the [[Italian Football Federation]] (FIGC).<ref name=UEFADIRECT>{{cite magazine |url=http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/uefadirect/uefadirect-100-2010-08.pdf |magazine=uefadirect |issue=100 |date=August 2010 |page=15 |title=European Cup Winners' Cup makes its debut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812101315/http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/uefadirect/uefadirect-100-2010-08.pdf |archive-date=12 August 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1972 onwards, the winner of the tournament progressed to play the winner of the European Cup (later the [[UEFA Champions League]]) in the [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]].

The tournament ran for 39 seasons, with the final edition held in [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998–99]], after which it was discontinued. Since the abolition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Super Cup place previously reserved for the Cup Winners' Cup winner has been taken by the winner of the UEFA Cup, now the [[UEFA Europa League]]. 

==Format==
Throughout its 39-year history, the Cup Winners' Cup was always a straight 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. In common with other UEFA club tournaments, the [[away goals rule]] was applied when [[aggregate score]]s were tied. The format was identical to the original European Champions' Cup with 32 teams contesting four knock-out rounds prior to the showpiece final, with the tournament usually running from September to May each year. Following the influx of new UEFA member nations during the 1990s, a regular August preliminary round was added to reduce the number of entrants to 32.

Entry was restricted to one club from each UEFA member association, the only exception being to allow the current Cup Winners' Cup holders to enter alongside their nation's new domestic cup winners in order to allow them a chance to defend their Cup Winners' Cup title (although no club ever managed to do this). However, if this team also qualified for the European Champions' Cup, then they would default on their place in the Cup Winners' Cup and no other team would replace them. If a domestic cup holder also wins the Cup Winners' Cup in the same season, the domestic cup runner-up will take that association's berth.

On occasions when a club completed a domestic league and cup 'double' that club would enter the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and their place in the Cup Winners' Cup would be taken by the domestic cup runners-up. In 1998–99, the competition's final year, [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]] of the Netherlands entered the Cup Winners' Cup despite only reaching the semi-final of the previous season's KNVB Cup. This was due to both KNVB Cup finalists [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] and [[PSV Eindhoven]] qualifying for the recently expanded Champions League.

==History==
===Early tournaments===
The earliest events where cup holders from different countries met were the friendly games nicknamed "[[Football World Championship|world championships]]" at the end of the 19th century between English and Scottish cup holders. The respective leagues were yet established, and therefore, the first two editions involved meetings between cup holders – the fourth edition involved cup holders as well (won by [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], [[Renton F.C.|Renton]], and [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]], respectively) – exception being the [[1895 World Championship (football)|1895]] edition, where English champions [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] beat Scottish champions Heart of Midlothian.<ref name = "Roker Roar">{{cite web|url=http://www.roker-roar.com/navbar/worldchampions.html|title=World Champions!|website=roker-roar.com|access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cfbfootball.com/2020/09/07/the-unique-history-of-british-cup-competitions/|title=The unique history of British Cup Competitions|date=7 September 2020|access-date=27 September 2020|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228064705/https://cfbfootball.com/2020/09/07/the-unique-history-of-british-cup-competitions/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Inauguration and prestige===
Mirroring the circumstances behind the creation of the European Cup five years earlier, the idea for a pan-European cup competition contested by all of Europe's domestic cup winners came from prominent European sports journalists. The European Cup had proven to be a great success and the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|Fairs Cup]] had also proven popular – as a result, other ideas for new European football tournaments were being aired. One proposal was for a tournament based upon the format of the European Cup, but with national cup winners rather than league champions taking part, which could run alongside that competition.

{| style="float:right;"
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| [[File:Recopa de Europa de 1961.JPG|thumb|150px|The trophy awarded to [[Atlético Madrid]] in 1962]]
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The [[1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup|inaugural Cup Winners' Cup]] was held in the 1960–61 season and was a semi-official pilot tournament. However, the initial reaction to the competition's creation was unenthusiastic on the part of many of Europe's top clubs – many European associations did not have domestic cup competitions at the time and in those countries that did, the cup competition was generally held in low esteem and often not taken seriously by the bigger clubs. It was essentially only in England, Scotland and to a lesser extent Germany and Spain that the domestic cup was considered especially prestigious. Many were sceptical about the viability of a European tournament for cup winners and many of the bigger clubs eligible to contest the first CWC turned down the chance to enter, such as [[Atlético Madrid]] of [[Spain]] and [[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]] of [[France]].

Ultimately the inaugural CWC was contested by just 10 clubs (with [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] of [[Italy]] winning the two-legged final against the [[Scotland|Scottish]] team [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]) but the games were generally well attended and the response from the public and the media to the new tournament was positive and enthusiastic. For the tournament's second season in 1961–62, UEFA took over the running of all aspects of the competition and this time all the clubs eligible to enter accepted the opportunity.

{| style="float:left;"
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| [[File:Finale Europa Cup II AC Milan tegen HSV Hamburg 2-0. Spelers van Milan maken ro…, Bestanddeelnr 921-3776.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The trophy awarded to [[AC Milan]] in 1968]]
|}
By 1968, all UEFA member nations had set up domestic cup competitions due to the success of the Cup Winners' Cup. UEFA regarded it as the second most prestigious competition, behind the European Cup (later the UEFA Champions League) and ahead of the Fairs Cup (later the UEFA Cup). Therefore, a team qualified for both the European Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup would play in the European Cup, whereas a team qualified for both the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup would play in the Cup Winners' Cup. Nevertheless, many commentators and fans regarded the Cup Winners' Cup as weaker than the UEFA Cup, which had more and better teams from the stronger European leagues.<ref name="Weaver2012">{{cite book|last=Weaver|first=Graham|title=Gunners' Glory: 14 Milestones in Arsenal's History|quote=The Cup-Winners' Cup is traditionally the weakest of the three European competitions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myAPqaPSdkwC&pg=PT159|date=2012|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|isbn=9781780575186|page=159}}</ref><ref name="Hesse-Lichtenberger2003">{{cite book|last=Hesse-Lichtenberger|first=Ulrich|title=Tor!: The Story of German Football|quote=Only three East German clubs ever reached a European final ... and they were all in the Cup-Winners Cup, the weakest of the three European competitions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQfNyLM5svIC&pg=PA222|year=2003|publisher=WSC Books Limited|isbn=9780954013455|page=222}}</ref><ref name="Spurling2014">{{cite book|last=Spurling|first=Jon|title=Red Letter Days: Fourteen Dramatic Events That Shook Arsenal Football Club|quote=The European Cup Winners' Cup had always been regarded as the weakest of the three continental competitions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsubBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT189|date=2014|publisher=Pitch Publishing|isbn=9781909626935|page=189}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kassimeris|first=Christos|title=European football in black and white: tackling racism in football|quote=Only three East German clubs ever reached a European final – all in the Cup-Winners' Cup, the weakest of the three European competitions|year=2008|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739119600|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-driven-to-distraction-by-the-cup-1277796.html|title=Football: Driven to distraction by the Cup|first=Ian |last=Ridley|date=9 February 1997|work=[[Independent on Sunday]]|access-date=2 October 2015 |quote=the Cup-winners' Cup ... is also the weakest and least regarded of the European competitions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003182928/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-driven-to-distraction-by-the-cup-1277796.html|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Donald2011">{{cite book|last=Donald|first=Stuart|title=On Fire with Fergie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6p8DKuxK4oC&pg=PT134|date=2011|publisher=Headline|isbn=978-0755319817|page=Chapter 12, footnote 2|no-pp=y}}</ref>

In the 1985–86 season, English clubs were banned from European competition as a result of [[Heysel Stadium disaster]]. Consequently, [[Manchester United F.C|Manchester United]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]], [[Wimbledon F.C|Wimbledon]] and [[Liverpool F.C|Liverpool]] were prevented from competing in the Cup Winners' Cup until the beginning of the 1990–91 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_2481000/2481723.stm|title=1985: English teams banned after Heysel|date=31 May 1985|via=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030215142732/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_2481000/2481723.stm|archive-date=15 February 2003|url-status=live}}</ref>

No club managed to retain the Cup Winners' Cup, although eight times a winning side followed up their victories with a losing appearance in the following season's final.

===Decline===
After the establishment of the UEFA Champions League (formerly called the European Champion Clubs' Cup) in the early 1990s, the standing and prestige of the Cup Winners' Cup began to decline. With the expansion of the Champions League in 1997 to allow more than one team from the highest-ranked member associations to enter, the Cup Winners' Cup began to look noticeably inferior. Many of the bigger teams who would previously have entered the Cup Winners' Cup were now gaining entry to the Champions League instead by finishing second in their domestic league – such as Cup Winners' Cup holders Barcelona in 1997–98 and [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] and PSV Eindhoven in 1998–99 – and this greatly weakened the Cup Winners' Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/these-football-times/2019/apr/11/cup-winners-cup-competition-retained|title=In praise of the Cup Winners' Cup, the competition that was never retained|author=Sam Carney|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=11 April 2019|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411175137/https://www.theguardian.com/football/these-football-times/2019/apr/11/cup-winners-cup-competition-retained|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the time of the Champions League expansion, UEFA also considered expanding the Cup Winners' Cup from 32 teams to 64 by allowing a second team to enter from many countries, although by what qualification criteria the second entrants would be determined were never settled upon – ultimately UEFA did not make any of these changes to the Cup Winners' Cup.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

By the late 1990s, the Cup Winners' Cup had come to be seen as a second-rate competition with only one or two big name teams available to enter each year and the interest in the tournament from both major clubs and the public dropped. Finally, with the further expansion of the UEFA Champions League to include as many as three or four teams from the top footballing nations, the decision was taken to abolish the competition after the end of the 1998–99 tournament and merge it into the UEFA Cup (now the [[UEFA Europa League]]). Since then, domestic cup winners who do not otherwise qualify for the Champions League are given a place in the Europa League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/6-things-we-loved-and-miss-about-cup-winners-cup|title=6 things we loved – and miss – about the Cup Winners' Cup|author=Joe Marshall|publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]|date=22 May 2019|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522145656/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/6-things-we-loved-and-miss-about-cup-winners-cup|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| style="float:left;"
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| [[File:Close up of the European Cup Winners' Cup trophy.JPG|thumb|left|150px|The trophy awarded to [[Sporting CP]] in 1964]]
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{| style="float:right;"
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| [[File:Recopa de Europa Real Zaragoza.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The trophy awarded to [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]] in 1995]]
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===The trophy===
The Cup Winners' Cup trophy itself is a property of UEFA and it is not assigned to any club, though clubs were allowed to have replicas made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/visit/room/uefa-cup-winners-cup/|title=UEFA Zone – National Football Museum, Manchester|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140917070844/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/visit/room/uefa-cup-winners-cup/|archive-date=17 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There were various versions of the trophy awarded throughout its history. The first was only awarded in its maiden season to [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]. The appearance of the second trophy differed significantly from the successor versions.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The third and the fourth trophy differed only in the type of base. The wooden-based trophy was awarded to the winners during the 1990s, with exception of 1993 when the special version with a metal base was awarded to [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]].{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

==Records and statistics==
{{Main|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup records and statistics}}

===Winners===
{{Main|List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Performance in Finals by club
|-
!scope=col|Club
!scope=col|Titles
!scope=col|Runners-up
!scope=col class="unsortable"|Years won
!scope=col class="unsortable"|Years runner-up
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|[[1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup|1979]], [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1982]], [[1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup|1989]], [[1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1997]]
|[[1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup|1969]], [[1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup|1991]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|[[1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup|1976]], [[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup|1978]]
|[[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup|1977]], [[1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup|1990]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup|1968]], [[1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup|1973]]
|[[1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup|1974]]
|-
! scope="row" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |0
|[[1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup|1971]], [[1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998]]
| align="center" |—
|-
! scope="row" |{{fbaicon|URS}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]{{ref label|USSR|B|^}}
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |0
|[[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup|1975]], [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1986]]
| align="center" |—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Atlético Madrid]]
|align=center|1||align=center|2
|[[1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup|1962]]
|[[1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup|1963]], [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1986]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup|1972]]
|[[1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup|1961]], [[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup|1967]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1994]]
|[[1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup|1980]], [[1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1995]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup|1961]]
|[[1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup|1962]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|1965]]
|[[1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup|1976]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup|1977]]
|[[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup|1968]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|1987]]
|[[1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup|1988]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup|1990]]
|[[1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup|1989]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993]]
|[[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1994]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1996]]
|[[1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1997]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup|1963]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup|1964]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup|1966]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup|1967]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]{{ref label|Czechoslovakia|C|^}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup|1969]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup|1970]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|East Germany}} [[1. FC Magdeburg]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup|1974]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup|1980]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|URS}} [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]{{ref label|USSR|B|^}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|1983]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup|1984]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup|1985]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup|1988]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup|1991]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup|1992]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1995]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|[[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1999]]
|align=center|—
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|—
|[[1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup|1971]], [[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|1983]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|AUT}} [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|—
|[[1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup|1985]], [[1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1996]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|HUN}} [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Hungária]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup|1964]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|1965]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup|1966]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|POL}} [[Górnik Zabrze]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup|1970]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|URS}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]{{ref label|USSR|B|^}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup|1972]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup|1973]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|HUN}} [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup|1975]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|AUT}} [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup|1978]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup|1979]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|East Germany}} [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[Standard Liège]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1982]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup|1984]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|East Germany}} [[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig|Lokomotive Leipzig]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|1987]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup|1992]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[Royal Antwerp F.C.|Antwerp]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[VfB Stuttgart]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998]]
|-
!scope=row|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1999]]
|}

===By nation===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Performance in finals by nation
|-
!scope=col| Nation
!scope=col| Titles
!scope=col| Runners-up
!scope=col| Total
|-
!scope=row|{{ENG}}
|align=center| 8
|align=center| 5
|align=center| 13
|-
!scope=row|{{ESP}}
|align=center| 7
|align=center| 7
|align=center| 14
|-
!scope=row|{{ITA}}
|align=center| 7
|align=center| 4
|align=center| 11
|-
!scope=row|{{FRG}}/[[Germany]]{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center| 4
|align=center| 4
|align=center| 8
|-
!scope=row|{{BEL}}
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 4
|align=center| 7
|-
!scope=row|{{URS}}{{ref label|USSR|B|^}}
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 4
|-
!scope=row|{{SCO}}
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 4
|-
!scope=row|{{GDR}}{{ref label|Germany|A|^}}
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|{{FRA}}
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|{{NED}}
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|{{POR}}
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|{{TCH}}{{ref label|Czechoslovakia|C|^}}
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0
|align=center| 1
|-
!scope=row|{{AUT}}
|align=center| 0
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 3
|-
!scope=row|{{HUN}}
|align=center| 0
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 2
|-
!scope=row|{{POL}}
|align=center| 0
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1
|}
;Notes
<references group="nb"/>
*A.&nbsp;{{note label|Germany|A|^}} [[West Germany|West German]] clubs were 3–3 in 6 appearances; former West German clubs earned a 1–1 record in 2 appearances after [[German reunification|reunification with East Germany in 1990]].
*B.&nbsp;{{note label|USSR|B|^}} The four [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] appearances were by clubs from the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] (2–0), [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]] (1–0), and [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] (0–1). 
*C.&nbsp;{{note label|Czechoslovakia|C|^}} No appearances by clubs from the former [[Czechoslovakia]] after its [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia|dissolution in 1993]].

===By manager===
{{main|List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning managers}}
*Four managers hold the record of winning the competition on two occasions:
** [[Nereo Rocco]]: [[1968 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1968]] and [[1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1973]] ([[A.C. Milan|Milan]])
** [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] in [[1975 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1975]] and [[1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1986]] ([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]])
** [[Johan Cruyff]]: [[1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1987]] ([[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]) and [[1989 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1989]] ([[FCBarcelona|Barcelona]])
** [[Alex Ferguson]]: [[1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1983]] ([[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]) and [[1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1991]] ([[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]])

===By player===
*Most UEFA Cup Winners' Cup titles: [[Lobo Carrasco]] (3) 
** [[FC Barcelona]] (3): ([[1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup|1978–79]], [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]], [[1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup|1988–89]])<ref name="UEFA CC – Player Records – Titles">{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/022d-0e9458554d19-9e9caf57a328-1000--reyes-s-fifth-win-top-uefa-club-cup-winners/|title=Reyes's fifth win: top UEFA club cup winners|publisher=UEFA|date=18 May 2016|access-date=19 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519160410/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2363877.html|archive-date=19 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup records and statistics]]
* [[List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers]]
* [[List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals]]
* [[List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning managers]]
* [[UEFA competition records]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec2tops.html UEFA Cup Winners' Cup topscorers] at [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110131062024/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/index.html UEFA website] (archived 31 January 2011)

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