| Season | UEL winners | Runner-up |
| 2017-18 | Atl. Madrid | Marseille |
| 2016-17 | Man Utd | Ajax |
| 2015-16 | Sevilla | Liverpool |
| 2014-15 | Sevilla | Dnipro |
| 2013-14 | Sevilla | Benfica |
| 2012-13 | Chelsea | Benfica |
| 2011-12 | Atletico Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
| 2010-11 | FC Porto | SC Braga |
| 2009-10 | Atletico Madrid | Fulham |
| 2008-09 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Werder Bremen |
| 2007-08 | Zenit | Rangers |
| 2006-07 | Sevilla | Espanyol |
| 2005-06 | Sevilla | Middlesbrough |
| 2004-05 | CSKA Moscow | Sporting CP |
| 2003-04 | Valencia | Marseille |
| 2002-03 | FC Porto | Celtic |
| 2001-02 | Feyenoord | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2000-01 | Liverpool | Alaves |
| 1999-00 | Galatasaray | Arsenal |
| 1998-99 | Parma | Marseille |
| 1997-98 | Inter Milan | Lazio |
| 1996-97 | Schalke | Inter Milan |
| 1995-96 | Bayern Munich | Bordeaux |
| 1994-95 | Parma | Juventus |
| 1993-94 | Inter Milan | Salzburg |
| 1992-93 | Juventus | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1991-92 | Ajax | Torino |
| 1990-91 | Inter Milan | Roma |
| 1989-90 | Juventus | Fiorentina |
| 1988-89 | Napoli | Vfb Stuttgart |
| 1987-88 | Bayer Leverkusen | Espanyol |
| 1986-87 | Goteborg | Dundee United |
| 1985-86 | Real Madrid | Koln (Cologne) |
| 1984-85 | Real Madrid | Videoton |
| 1983-84 | Tottenham Hotspur | Anderlecht |
| 1982-83 | Anderlecht | Benfica |
| 1981-82 | Goteborg | Hamburg |
| 1980-81 | AZ | Ipswich |
| 1979-80 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1978-79 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Crvena Zvezda |
| 1977-78 | PSV Eindhoven | Bastia |
| 1976-77 | Juventus | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1975-76 | Liverpool | Club Brugge |
| 1974-75 | Borussia Monchengladbach | FC Twente |
| 1973-74 | Feyenoord | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1972-73 | Liverpool | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1971-72 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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Liverpool (3)
Atletico Madrid (2)
Feyenoord (2)
Goteborg (2)
Borussia Monchengladbach (2)
Parma (2)
Real Madrid (2)
Tottenham Hotspur (2)