European Rugby Champions Cup Previous Winners

Take a look at every winner of the European Rugby Champions Cup since the inaugural edition in 1995/96.

Toulouse are the most successful club in the history of the Champions Cup with six titles, which includes their triumph in 2023/24 following a thrilling 31-22 victory over Leinster.

They're trailed by Leinster who have four successes to their name, though the Irish side have endured three consecutive final defeats from 2022 to 2024. They suffered yet more heartache in 2026, losing to Bordeaux Bègles 41-19.

There have been three Irish winners with Munster taking the title twice and Ulster reigning supreme in 1999.

Saracens are the most decorated English side in the competition having emerged victorious in three of the four seasons between 2016 and 2019. Other English clubs to win the Champions Cup include Leicester Tigers, London Wasps, Northampton Saints, Bath and most recently, the Exeter Chiefs.

French clubs have amassed the most number of titles of any other nation with Toulon, La Rochelle, Bordeaux Bègles and Brive adding to Toulouse's tally to take it to 14. There's also been six French teams that have reached a final but never triumphed, with Clermont and Racing 92 forced to accept the runner-up spot on three occasions each.

European Rugby Champions Cup winners list

Heineken Cup era
Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
1995/96	Toulouse	Cardiff
1996/97	Brive	Leicester Tigers
1997/98	Bath	Brive
1998/99	Ulster	Colomiers
1999/00	Northampton Saints	Munster
2000/01	Leicester Tigers	Stade Français
2001/02	Leicester Tigers	Munster
2002/03	Toulouse	Perpignan
2003/04	London Wasps	Toulouse
2004/05	Toulouse	Stade Français
2005/06	Munster	Biarritz
2006/07	London Wasps	Leicester Tigers
2007/08	Munster	Toulouse
2008/09	Leinster	Leicester Tigers
2009/10	Toulouse	Biarritz
2010/11	Leinster	Northampton Saints
2011/12	Leinster	Ulster
2012/13	Toulon	Clermont
2013/14	Toulon	Saracens
Champions Cup era
2014/15	Toulon	Clermont
2015/16	Saracens	Racing 92
2016/17	Saracens	Clermont
2017/18	Leinster	Racing 92
2018/19	Saracens	Leinster
2019/20	Exeter Chiefs	Racing 92
2020/21	Toulouse	La Rochelle
2021/22	La Rochelle	Leinster
2022/23	La Rochelle	Leinster
2023/24	Toulouse	Leinster
2024/25	Bordeaux Bègles	Northampton Saints
2025/26	Bordeaux Bègles	Leinster