List of UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup Finals - wikipedia List of UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup Finals List of UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup finals Founded 1960 Abolished 1999 Region Europe ( UEFA ) Number of teams 32 ( first round ) 2 ( finalists ) Last champions Lazio ( 1st title ) Most successful team ( s ) Barcelona ( 4 titles ) The UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup was a seasonal association football competition contested between member associations of European football 's governing body, the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). It was open to winners of domestic cup winners, such as the English FA Cup 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 Fiorentina, 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 Lazio were the last team to win the competition when they beat Mallorca 2 -- 1. Barcelona are the most successful club in the competition 's history, having won it on four occasions, followed by Anderlecht ( Belgium ), Milan ( Italy ), Chelsea ( England ) and Dynamo Kyiv ( USSR / Ukraine ) with two victories each. Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid ( all from Spain ), Anderlecht, Fiorentina ( Italy ), Rangers ( Scotland ), Arsenal ( 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 have won the competition the most, with teams from the country winning the competition eight times. Contents 1 Winners 2 Performances 2.1 By teams 2.2 By country 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links Winners Key Match was won during extra time * Match was won on a penalty shoot - out & Match was won after a replay 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. UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup winners Season Country Winner Score Runners - up Country Venue Attendance 1960 -- 61 Italy Fiorentina 2 -- 0 Rangers Scotland Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 80,000 Italy Fiorentina 2 -- 1 Rangers Scotland Comunale Stadium, Florence 50,000 Fiorentina won 4 -- 1 on aggregate 1961 -- 62 Spain Atlético Madrid 3 -- 0 Fiorentina Italy Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 67,186 1962 -- 63 England Tottenham Hotspur 5 -- 1 Atlético Madrid Spain De Kuip, Rotterdam 49,143 1963 -- 64 Portugal Sporting CP 1 -- 0 MTK Hungária Hungary Bosuil Stadium, Antwerp 17,132 1964 -- 65 England West Ham United 2 -- 0 1860 Munich West Germany Wembley Stadium, London 97,974 1965 -- 66 West Germany Borussia Dortmund 2 -- 1 Liverpool England Hampden Park, Glasgow 41,657 1966 -- 67 West Germany Bayern Munich 1 -- 0 Rangers Scotland Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg 69,480 1967 -- 68 Italy Milan 2 -- 0 Hamburg West Germany De Kuip, Rotterdam 53,276 1968 -- 69 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 3 -- 2 Barcelona Spain St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 19,478 1969 -- 70 England Manchester City 2 -- 1 Górnik Zabrze Poland Prater Stadium, Vienna 07 ! 7,968 1970 -- 71 England Chelsea 2 -- 1 Real Madrid Spain Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 66,000 1971 -- 72 Scotland Rangers 3 -- 2 Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union Camp Nou, Barcelona 24,701 1972 -- 73 Italy Milan 1 -- 0 Leeds United England Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki 40,154 1973 -- 74 East Germany Magdeburg 2 -- 0 Milan Italy De Kuip, Rotterdam 04 ! 6,461 1974 -- 75 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 3 -- 0 Ferencváros Hungary St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 10,897 1975 -- 76 Belgium Anderlecht 4 -- 2 West Ham United England Heysel Stadium, Brussels 58,000 1976 -- 77 West Germany Hamburg 2 -- 0 Anderlecht Belgium Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 66,000 1977 -- 78 Belgium Anderlecht 4 -- 0 Austria Wien Austria Parc des Princes, Paris 48,769 1978 -- 79 Spain Barcelona 4 -- 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 58,000 1979 -- 80 Spain Valencia 0 -- 0 * Arsenal England Heysel Stadium, Brussels 40,000 1980 -- 81 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 2 -- 1 Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 04 ! 8,000 1981 -- 82 Spain Barcelona 2 -- 1 Standard Liège Belgium Camp Nou, Barcelona 100,000 1982 -- 83 Scotland Aberdeen 2 -- 1 Real Madrid Spain Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg 17,804 1983 -- 84 Italy Juventus 2 -- 1 Porto Portugal St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 60,000 1984 -- 85 England Everton 3 -- 1 Rapid Wien Austria De Kuip, Rotterdam 38,500 1985 -- 86 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 3 -- 0 Atlético Madrid Spain Stade de Gerland, Lyon 39,300 1986 -- 87 Netherlands Ajax 1 -- 0 Lokomotive Leipzig East Germany Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens 35,000 1987 -- 88 Belgium Mechelen 1 -- 0 Ajax Netherlands Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg 39,446 1988 -- 89 Spain Barcelona 2 -- 0 Sampdoria Italy Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 45,000 1989 -- 90 Italy Sampdoria 2 -- 0 Anderlecht Belgium Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg 20,103 1990 -- 91 England Manchester United 2 -- 1 Barcelona Spain De Kuip, Rotterdam 45,000 1991 -- 92 Germany Werder Bremen 2 -- 0 Monaco France Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 16,000 1992 -- 93 Italy Parma 3 -- 1 Royal Antwerp Belgium Wembley Stadium, London 37,393 1993 -- 94 England Arsenal 1 -- 0 Parma Italy Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 33,765 1994 -- 95 Spain Real Zaragoza 2 -- 1 Arsenal England Parc des Princes, Paris 42,424 1995 -- 96 France Paris Saint - Germain 1 -- 0 Rapid Wien Austria King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 37,500 1996 -- 97 Spain Barcelona 1 -- 0 Paris Saint - Germain France De Kuip, Rotterdam 36,802 1997 -- 98 England Chelsea 1 -- 0 Stuttgart Germany Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 30,216 1998 -- 99 Italy Lazio 2 -- 1 Mallorca Spain Villa Park, Birmingham 33,000 Performances By teams UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup performances by team Team Winners Runners - up Years won Years runner - up Barcelona 1979, 1982, 1989, 1997 1969, 1991 Anderlecht 1976, 1978 1977, 1990 Milan 1968, 1973 Chelsea 0 1971, 1998 -- Dynamo Kyiv 0 1975, 1986 -- Atlético Madrid 1962 1963, 1986 Rangers 1972 1961, 1967 Arsenal 1994 1980, 1995 Fiorentina 1961 1962 West Ham United 1965 1976 Hamburg 1977 1968 Ajax 1988 Sampdoria 1990 1989 Parma 1993 1994 Paris Saint - Germain 1997 Tottenham Hotspur 0 1963 -- Sporting CP 0 1964 -- Borussia Dortmund 0 1966 -- Bayern Munich 0 1967 -- Slovan Bratislava 0 1969 -- Manchester City 0 1970 -- Magdeburg 0 -- Valencia 0 1980 -- Dinamo Tbilisi 0 1981 -- Aberdeen 0 -- Juventus 0 1984 -- Everton 0 1985 -- Mechelen 0 1988 -- Manchester United 0 1991 -- Werder Bremen 0 1992 -- Real Zaragoza 0 1995 -- Lazio 0 1999 -- Real Madrid 0 -- 1971, 1983 Rapid Wien 0 -- 1985, 1996 MTK Hungária 0 -- 1964 1860 Munich 0 -- 1965 Liverpool 0 -- 1966 Górnik Zabrze 0 -- 1970 Dynamo Moscow 0 -- 1972 Leeds United 0 -- 1973 Ferencváros 0 -- Austria Wien 0 -- 1978 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 -- 1979 Carl Zeiss Jena 0 -- 1981 Standard Liège 0 -- 1982 Porto 0 -- 1984 Lokomotive Leipzig 0 -- Monaco 0 -- 1992 Royal Antwerp 0 -- 1993 Stuttgart 0 -- 1998 Mallorca 0 -- 1999 By country UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup performances by country Nation Winners Runners - up England 8 5 Spain 7 7 Italy 7 West Germany / Germany Belgium Soviet Union Scotland East Germany France Netherlands Portugal Czechoslovakia 0 Austria 0 Hungary 0 Poland 0 Notes A. The first final, played at Hampden Park in Glasgow, finished 1 -- 1. B. The first final played two days earlier, finished 3 -- 3. C. The first final played two days earlier, finished 1 -- 1. D. Score was 0 -- 0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Valencia won the penalty - shootout 5 -- 4. References General Stokkermans, Karel ( 26 January 2000 ). `` European Cup Winners ' Cup ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation ( RSSSF ). Retrieved 8 July 2010. `` UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup ''. Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010. Specific ^ Jump up to : `` History ''. Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012. ^ Jump up to : Ross, James M. ( 31 May 1999 ). `` European Cup Winners ' Cup Finals 1961 -- 99 ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation ( RSSSF ). Retrieved 8 July 2010. ^ Jump up to : Stokkermans, Karel ( 26 January 2000 ). `` European Cup Winners ' Cup ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation ( RSSSF ). Retrieved 8 July 2010. Jump up ^ `` UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup : All - time finals ''. Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). 30 June 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` 1961 / 62 : Atletico break Fiorentina 's grip ''. Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). 1 June 1962. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2012. Jump up ^ `` 1963 / 64 : Sporting at the second attempt ''. Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). 1 June 1964. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2012. Jump up ^ `` 1970 / 71 : Replay joy for Chelsea ''. Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). 1 June 1971. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2012. Jump up ^ Stokkermans, Karel ( 9 January 2008 ). `` Cup Winners ' Cup 1979 -- 80 ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation ( RSSSF ). Retrieved 28 February 2012. External links UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup official history UEFA club competitions winners Men 's Champions League Cup Winners ' Cup Europa League Intertoto Cup Super Cup Intercontinental Cup Women 's Champions League UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup Seasons 1960 -- 61 1961 -- 62 1962 -- 63 1963 -- 64 1964 -- 65 1965 -- 66 1966 -- 67 1967 -- 68 1968 -- 69 1969 -- 70 1970 -- 71 1971 -- 72 1972 -- 73 1973 -- 74 1974 -- 75 1975 -- 76 1976 -- 77 1977 -- 78 1978 -- 79 1979 -- 80 1980 -- 81 1981 -- 82 1982 -- 83 1983 -- 84 1984 -- 85 1985 -- 86 1986 -- 87 1987 -- 88 1988 -- 89 1989 -- 90 1990 -- 91 1991 -- 92 1992 -- 93 1993 -- 94 1994 -- 95 1995 -- 96 1996 -- 97 1997 -- 98 1998 -- 99 Finals 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 Records and statistics Top scorers Winning managers Winning teams UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup winners Winners 1960 -- 61 : Fiorentina 1961 -- 62 : Atlético Madrid 1962 -- 63 : Tottenham Hotspur 1963 -- 64 : Sporting CP 1964 -- 65 : West Ham United 1965 -- 66 : Borussia Dortmund 1966 -- 67 : Bayern Munich 1967 -- 68 : Milan 1968 -- 69 : Slovan Bratislava 1969 -- 70 : Manchester City 1970 -- 71 : Chelsea 1971 -- 72 : Rangers 1972 -- 73 : Milan 1973 -- 74 : Magdeburg 1974 -- 75 : Dynamo Kyiv 1975 -- 76 : Anderlecht 1976 -- 77 : Hamburg 1977 -- 78 : Anderlecht 1978 -- 79 : Barcelona 1979 -- 80 : Valencia 1980 -- 81 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1981 -- 82 : Barcelona 1982 -- 83 : Aberdeen 1983 -- 84 : Juventus 1984 -- 85 : Everton 1985 -- 86 : Dynamo Kyiv 1986 -- 87 : Ajax 1987 -- 88 : Mechelen 1988 -- 89 : Barcelona 1989 -- 90 : Sampdoria 1990 -- 91 : Manchester United 1991 -- 92 : Werder Bremen 1992 -- 93 : Parma 1993 -- 94 : Arsenal 1994 -- 95 : Real Zaragoza 1995 -- 96 : Paris Saint - Germain 1996 -- 97 : Barcelona 1997 -- 98 : Chelsea 1998 -- 99 : Lazio Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup_finals&oldid=806162594 '' Categories : UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup Finals Lists of association football matches Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from September 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Pages using deprecated image syntax Featured lists Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Bosanski Deutsch Español فارسی Italiano Русский Türkçe Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 20 October 2017, at 03 : 18. 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