List of European Champions Cup winners
Rugby's Champions Cup winners since the competition began in the 1995-96 season:
2024-25 Bordeaux-Begles
2023-24 Toulouse
2022-23 La Rochelle
2021-22 La Rochelle
2020-21 Toulouse
2019-20 Exeter Chiefs
2018-19 Saracens
2017-18 Leinster
2016-17 Saracens
2015-16 Saracens
2014-15 Toulon
2013-14 Toulon
2012-13 Toulon
2011-12 Leinster
2010-11 Leinster
2009-10 Toulouse
2008-09 Leinster
2007-08 Munster
2006-07 Wasps
2005-06 Munster
2004-05 Toulouse
2003-04 Wasps
2002-03 Toulouse
2001-02 Leicester
2000-01 Leicester
1999-00 Northampton
1998-99 Ulster
1997-98 Bath
1996-97 Brive
1995-96 Toulouse REUTERS
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