Champions League Brackets

PSG go back-to-back — beating Arsenal on penalties in Budapest, after a 9-goal semi-final classic with Bayern.

PSG's first-ever crown — a record 5-0 final rout, and Inter's 7-6 semi-final epic with Barcelona.

Real Madrid's 15th — Bellingham's debut season, a wild Bayern semi, and Dortmund undone at Wembley.

City finally conquer Europe — Haaland's record haul and the treble sealed against Inter in Istanbul.

Real Madrid's comeback fairytale — PSG, Chelsea and City all slain late on the road to a 14th title.

Tuchel's Chelsea peaking at the perfect time — beating Manchester City in an all-English final in Porto.

Bayern's flawless COVID run in Lisbon — the 8-2 demolition of Barcelona and a single-leg 'Final 8'.

Liverpool's sixth crown — Origi and the Anfield miracle over Barcelona, and Spurs' first final via Ajax heartbreak.

The three-peat — Bale's overhead kick in Kyiv, Roma's miracle comeback against Barça, and Liverpool's 7-6 semi.

Back-to-back for the first time in the Champions League era — Cardiff, Mandžukić's volley, and teenage Mbappé's Monaco.

La Undécima — the all-Madrid final settled on penalties, after Ronaldo's hat-trick rescue against Wolfsburg.

MSN's treble — Messi torches Bayern, and Berlin belongs to Barça.

La Décima — Ramos in 92:48, then Real run riot in extra time in Lisbon.

Robben's 89th-minute redemption — the first all-German final, after the 7-0 semi.

Drogba's Munich miracle — Chelsea win the final in Bayern's own stadium.

Barcelona's Wembley masterclass — Pedro, Messi, Villa, and maybe the greatest club side ever.

Mourinho's treble — Inter defy Barça with ten men, then crush Bayern in Madrid.

Guardiola's first masterpiece — Iniesta's stoppage-time stunner at Chelsea, then Eto'o and Messi undo United in Rome.

Ronaldo scores, Terry slips, Van der Sar saves from Anelka — United win the all-English final in the Moscow rain.

Milan's revenge for Istanbul — Kaká's brilliance all spring, and Pippo Inzaghi's double in Athens.

Ronaldinho's Barça — ten-man Arsenal lead in Paris until Eto'o and Belletti strike late.

The Miracle of Istanbul — three down at half-time, Liverpool score three in six minutes and win the shootout.

The Porto Run — Mourinho's outsiders knock out Manchester United and Deportivo, then rout Monaco to win it all.

The first all-Italian final — Šev­čenko's decisive penalty at Old Trafford, Milan past Juventus.

Zidane's left-foot volley at Hampden — maybe the greatest goal a final has seen.

Kahn's saves in Milan — Bayern beat Valencia on penalties, redemption for 1999.

The first single-nation final — Real beat Valencia in Paris for La Octava.

Sheringham 91', Solskjær 93' — football, bloody hell. United's treble, completed in stoppage time.

Mijatović ends the 32-year wait — Real's seventh, against Juventus in Amsterdam.

Riedle twice, then 20-year-old Ricken's first-touch chip — Dortmund shock Juventus.

Juventus on penalties in Rome — Peruzzi denies Ajax's repeat.

Kluivert, 18, off the bench — Ajax's golden generation beat Capello's unbeaten Milan.

Red Star on penalties in Bari — Prosinečki, Savićević, Pančev, and the last cup before the war.

Rijkaard settles a dour final — Milan retain, the last back-to-back for three decades.

Gullit and van Basten twice each — Sacchi's Milan give Steaua a 4-0 masterclass.

Kieft's shootout winner — PSV take a treble on six draws, Guus Hiddink's masterpiece of pragmatism.

Madjer's backheel — Porto come from behind against Bayern in Vienna.

Duckadam saves all four — Steaua, the first Eastern European champions, stun Barcelona in Seville.

Platini's penalty on the saddest night — Juventus win as Heysel's tragedy overshadows everything.

Grobbelaar's spaghetti legs — Liverpool win Rome's final on penalties, in Roma's own stadium.

Magath's curler in Athens — Hamburg upset Platini's Juventus.

Withe's shin in Rotterdam — Aston Villa, and English clubs' sixth straight cup.

Alan Kennedy in Paris — Liverpool's third, past a Real Madrid in transition.

Robertson's strike in Madrid — Clough's Forest retain it against Keegan's Hamburg.

Francis, the million-pound man, heads Forest past Malmö — provincial England conquers Europe.

Dalglish chips Wembley — Liverpool retain against Brugge.

Keegan's farewell — Liverpool's first cup, past Gladbach in Rome.

Roth again — Bayern's third straight, holding off Saint-Étienne's famous square posts.

Müller and Roth in Paris — Bayern retain amid Leeds fury and flying seats.

The only replayed final — Bayern flatten Atlético 4-0 two days after Schwarzenbeck's last-second equaliser.

Rep's early header in Belgrade — three straight for Ajax, the total-football dynasty complete.

Cruyff twice in Rotterdam — Ajax retain against Herrera's Inter.

Total football arrives — Cruyff's Ajax beat Panathinaikos at Wembley.

Feyenoord take the cup to the Netherlands — Kindvall in extra time against Celtic.

Prati's hat-trick in Madrid — Milan crush Cruyff's young Ajax.

Ten years after Munich — Best, Charlton twice, and Manchester United's night at Wembley.

The Lisbon Lions — Celtic, eleven men born within 30 miles of Glasgow, dismantle Herrera's Inter.

The yé-yé Real — a sixth cup, won by a side of homegrown Madrileños against Partizan.

Inter retain at their own San Siro — Jair settles it against Benfica on a quagmire.

Herrera's Grande Inter — Mazzola twice against a fading Real in Vienna.

Altafini twice at Wembley — Milan take the cup past Eusébio's Benfica.

Eusébio arrives — two in the final as Benfica beat Di Stéfano and Puskás's five-goal Real.

Bela Guttmann's Benfica end Real's reign — five straight cups, then the fall in the semis to Barcelona, who fall in Bern.

Hampden Park, 127,621 people, Real 7-3 Frankfurt — Puskás four, Di Stéfano three. The greatest final ever played.

Real beat Reims again — four straight, and the Di Stéfano era rolls on.

Real's third, in extra time against Milan — weeks after Munich took the Busby Babes.

Di Stéfano and Gento at a packed Bernabéu — Real retain against Fiorentina.

The first European Cup — Di Stéfano's Real Madrid come from behind twice to beat Reims in Paris.