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REAL MADRID capped off a sensational 2021/22 season by beating Liverpool in the Champions League final.

A 59th-minute close-range effort from Vincius Jr. was enough to see Los Blancos get over the line.

Many feel that it was nothing less than they deserved having knocked out Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City on the way to Paris.

But which team holds the record for the most Champions League titles won and which player has earned the highest amount of winners medals?

Who has won the most Champions League titles?

Real Madrid have been a dominant force in clubs football's biggest competition, having lifted the trophy a record-breaking 14 times.

Los Blancos specifically rubber-stamped their authority in the Champions League when their club legend Zinedine Zidane guided them to THREE consecutive triumphs – 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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Chelsea were the previous holders of the tournament but Liverpool have been the most successful English team to participate.

The Reds have won the Champions League a total of six times and they could go joint second with Italian giants AC Milan who have succeeded on seven occasions.

  1. Real Madrid – 14
  2. AC Milan – 7
  3. Liverpool – 6
  4. Bayern Munich – 6
  5. Barcelona – 5
  6. Ajax – 4
  7. Manchester United and Inter Milan – 3
  8. Benfica, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Porto – 2

Which player has won the most winners medals?

Iconic superstar Real Madrid attacker Paco Gento has earned the most European winners medals.

The Spaniard spent 18 years at the Bernabeu, where he won the trophy with the big ears a staggering six times.

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However, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to win FIVE Champions League medals since its name change in 1992.


Ronaldo's 2008 success with Manchester United was followed by four more with Real Madrid had initially put him as the out-and-out player to have won so much individually.

But the Portuguese legend will have to watch another season go by where he fails to get on par with Gento as Manchester United failed to qualify for next season's edition.

Which players matched Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally?

NINE of Ronaldo’s former teammates equaled his tally as Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the final.

Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Luka Modric, Marcelo, Dani Carvajal, Isco, Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Nacho all obtained their fifth Champions League medal in Paris.

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