History of Italian teams in UEFA Champions League finals

Italy is the third-most successful nation in Europe's top club competition, with a combined 12 wins in European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals.

Inter will be hoping to add their own fourth triumph when they take on Paris Saint-Germain in Saturday's final in Munich, which would move them within three of city rivals AC Milan, who have won seven times.

Fans of the Serie A side will not be pleased to hear that Italian teams have lost in European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals more times than clubs from any other nation, with 17 final defeats - six more than any other country.

Inter themselves have lost three finals, including their 1-0 defeat by Manchester City just two years ago.

Since the competition was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in the 1992/93 season, 14 Italian teams have appeared in finals, including an all-Serie A affair between Milan and Juventus in 2002/03, but they have won only five of those games and are on a current losing run of three finals since the last Italian success, which was by Inter themselves in 2009/10.

Here we look back at the Serie A teams who have featured in UEFA Champions League finals.

Marseille 1-0 AC Milan - 1993 UEFA Champions League final

Basile Boli scored the only goal of the game for Marseille when the first UEFA Champions League final took place in Munich. Italian teams went on to feature in the first six finals of the rebranded competition, but won only two of them.

AC Milan 4-0 Barcelona - 1994 UEFA Champions League final

Fabio Capello's AC Milan side were back the following season and made no mistake this time with a thumping 4-0 win over Johan Cruyff's Barcelona in Athens, with two first-half goals by Daniele Massaro and second-half strikes from Dejan Savicevic and Marcel Desailly.

Ajax 1-0 AC Milan - 1995 UEFA Champions League final

AC Milan's third successive final saw them come up short against Louis van Gaal's Ajax team, with teenage sensation Patrick Kluivert scoring the only goal of the game with five minutes left in Vienna.

Juventus 1-1 Ajax 1 aet (Juventus won 4-2 on penalties) - 1996 UEFA Champions League final

Juventus were the Italian team in the 1996 final and they did what AC Milan had not and overcame Ajax in the final. It was a close-run affair in Rome, though, as Fabrizio Ravanelli's early goal for Juve was cancelled out before half-time by Jari Litmanen. Ajax missed two of their four penalties while Juve had a perfect record in the shootout.

Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus - 1997 UEFA Champions League final

Having played in their own nation the previous year, Juve found that the boot was on the other foot in 1997 as they had to take on Borussia Dortmund in Munich. Two first-half goals from Karl-Heinz Riedle made it an uphill battle and while Alessandro Del Piero got Marcello Lippi's team back in it, a third goal from Lars Ricken sealed it for the German side.

Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus - 1998 UEFA Champions League final

Italy's run of seven consecutive finals (Sampdoria lost to Barcelona in the last European Cup final) came to an end with another Juventus defeat, this time against Real Madrid in Amsterdam. A Predrag Mijatovic goal after 66 minutes separated the sides in a close contest.

AC Milan 0-0 Juventus aet (AC Milan won 3-2 on penalties) - 2003 UEFA Champions League final

There was a gap of five years before the next Italian involvement in the final, but success was guaranteed as AC Milan met Juventus in 2003. Fans of both sides travelled to Old Trafford for the game, but did not see a goal until the penalty shootout, which Milan won 3-2 after Juve missed three of their first four kicks.

Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan aet (Liverpool won 3-2 on penalties) - 2005 UEFA Champions League final

Penalties were again required two years later when AC Milan lost to Liverpool, but this was one of the most memorable finals in the competition. The Serie A side raced into a 3-0 half-time lead through a first-minute Paolo Maldini goal and a Hernan Crespo double.

However, the Reds did not accept defeat and scored three goals in the space of seven minutes through Steven Gerrard, Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso to be level after an hour. Jerzy Dudek saved the decisive penalty from Andriy Shevchenko in Istanbul.

AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool - 2007 UEFA Champions League final

AC Milan got their revenge for that defeat in Athens two years later. Pippo Inzaghi scored twice for the Italian side before Dirk Kuyt netted a late consolation for the Premier League team.

Inter Milan 2-0 Bayern Munich - 2010 UEFA Champions League final

This season's finalists Inter Milan made the final for the first time since 1972 in 2010 and made the most of it. Diego Milito was the hero for Jose Mourinho's team, scoring both goals in the final against a strong Bayern Munich side in Madrid. It remains the most recent Italian success in the competition.

Barcelona 3-1 Juventus - 2015 UEFA Champions League final

The 2015 final was closer than the final score suggests, as while Ivan Rakitic put Barcelona into an early lead, Alvaro Morata levelled for Juventus in the second half. Barca edged ahead again through Luis Suarez before Neymar added a third goal deep into added time in Berlin.

Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus - 2017 UEFA Champions League final

Two years later Juve were back but they suffered another defeat to a Spanish giant, this time Real Madrid. The game in Cardiff was level at half-time after Mario Mandzukic replied to Cristiano Ronaldo's opener, but further Madrid strikes from Casemiro, Ronaldo again and sub Marco Asensio settled it.

Manchester City 1-0 Inter Milan - 2023 UEFA Champions League final

Inter's most recent attempt to rule Europe came against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City team at the peak of their powers in Istanbul two years ago. Kevin De Bruyne went off injured after only 36 minutes, but Rodri scored the only goal of the game from a Bernardo Silva assist.

Around half of the Inter side from that match, including Denzel Dumfries, Lautaro Martinez and Hakan Calhanoglu, are likely to feature in Saturday's final against PSG.

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