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Most European Rugby Champions Cup titles

The European Rugby Champions Cup is rugby union's elite club competition contested between European and South African teams.

First played in 1995 as the Heineken Cup, the tournament was replaced in 2014 by the European Champions Cup, which has existed in its current guise ever since.

Below, we look at the most successful teams in the competition's history.

Toulouse - six titles

Winning the inaugural competition in 1996, Toulouse have established themselves as European rugby union's most successful team with six titles in 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2021 and 2024, finishing as runners-up in 2004 and 2008.

Leinster - four titles

Led by the great Johnny Sexton, with the likes of Cian Healy for company, Leinster remain Europe's second most successful club with four titles.

Going through a period of dominance at the end of the 2010s, Leinster won the European Cup in 2009, 2011 and 2012, winning three titles in four years and adding a fourth in 2018.

Despite making four finals since, in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024, the Irish side are yet to win a fifth title.

Saracens - three titles

Although they trail Leicester Tigers in terms of Premiership wins, Saracens are England's most successful side in Europe with three wins.

Going through their best spell in the 2010s, Sarries won titles in 2016, 2017 and 2019 after being losing finalists in 2014.

Toulon - three titles

England legend Jonny Wilkinson made headlines in 2009 when he left Newcastle Falcons to join French side Toulon, winning back-to-back Heineken Cups in his final two seasons as a professional, with the club making it three in a row in 2014 following his departure.

Other winners

Leicester Tigers, Munster, La Rochelle, Wasps - two titles

Brive, Ulster, Northampton Saints, Bath, Exeter Chiefs - one title

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