Liverpool Become Fourth Club To Reach 10 European Cup Finals

Liverpool have become the fourth club in history to reach 10 European Cup finals after beating Villarreal in their Champions League semi-final.

Robert Summerscales | May 3, 2022

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Liverpool have become the fourth club in history to reach 10 European Cup finals.

They will join fellow European giants Real Madrid, AC Milan and Bayern Munich in the 10-finals club on May 28.

Tuesday's 3-2 win over Villarreal in Spain sealed a 5-2 aggregate victory to book a place in this season's final at the Stade de France.

That will be Liverpool's 10th appearance in European soccer's most prestigious fixture - their fifth since the tournament was rebranded as the Champions League in 1992.

Liverpool have won six of their previous nine finals, beating Borussia Monchengladbach, Club Brugge, Roma, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Tottenham.

Liverpool's First Nine European Cup Finals

Year	Venue	Opponent	Result
1977	Rome	Gladbach	Won 3-1
1978	London	Club Brugge	Won 1-0
1981	Paris	Real Madrid	Won 1-0
1984	Rome	Roma	Won on pens after 1-1 draw
1985	Brussels	Juventus	Lost 1-0
2005	Istanbul	AC Milan	Won on pens after 3-3 draw
2007	Athens	AC Milan	Lost 2-1
2018	Kyiv	Real Madrid	Lost 3-1
2019	Madrid	Tottenham	Won 2-0

10 - Liverpool have become just the fourth team to reach as many as 10 European Cup/Champions League finals, after Real Madrid (16), AC Milan (11) and Bayern Munich (11). Elite. #VILLIV pic.twitter.com/C53NsZPqSV
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 3, 2022

Only Real Madrid and AC Milan have won more European Cups than Liverpool.

Like Liverpool, Bayern Munich have won six titles.

Bayern have been to more finals than Liverpool though.

Most European Cup Final Appearances Before 2022

Real Madrid - 16 (13 wins)
AC Milan - 11 (7 wins)
Bayern Munich - 11 (6 wins)
Liverpool - 9 (6 wins)
Juventus - 9 (2 wins)
Barcelona - 8 (5 wins)
Benfica - 7 (2 wins)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp pictured celebrating with his team after winning the 2019 Champions League final against Tottenham :: IMAGO/Sportfoto Rudel

Manchester City will be hoping to reach their first ever European Cup final this season.

They lead Real Madrid 4-3 going into Wednesday's semi-final second leg in Spain.

Published May 3, 2022

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.