Real Madrid, 15-time kings of Europe, more than double Milan's seven

📰 Real Madrid are the only club to have been crowned champions of Europe 15 times. 📌 Key points 🏆 Madrid have won the European Cup/Champions League a record 15 times. 🔁 They won the first five editions, from 1956 to 1960. 📈 From 2016 to 2018 they completed the Champions League era's first three-peat. 🥈 Second-placed AC Milan have seven titles. 🗓️ Their most recent triumph came in 2024. 📝 What happened 🏟️ The European Cup began in 1955 and was rebranded the Champions League in 1992-93. Madrid won the first five editions, still the record for consecutive titles. 🔁 In the modern era they won three in a row in 2016, 2017 and 2018 under Zinedine Zidane — the first hat-trick of the Champions League era. 🏆 Further wins in 2022 and 2024 took them to 15. PSG won in 2025 and again in 2026, beating Arsenal on penalties in Budapest to retain the trophy. 🥈 AC Milan remain second on seven, eight behind Madrid. 📊 By the numbers • Real Madrid: 15 titles (record) • Most consecutive: five (1956–1960) • AC Milan: seven titles (second) • Most recent: 2022, 2024 🔭 Why it matters Fifteen is more than double the next-best total. PSG have emerged as Europe's new force, but catching Madrid would take decades.