Teams with the Most Finals Lost in the European Cup Winners' Cup
Full list of soccer teams that played finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup, ordered from those who lost the most to those who didn't lost any finals.
Which team has lost the most finals?
In the history of the European Cup Winners' Cup, 7 teams are tied for the most finals lost, having been the lossers twice each in definitions with final game format: Rapid Wien, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Rangers, Anderlecht and Barcelona. That means that each of them have been the team that lost in the 5.1% of a total of 39 finals.
Most Finals Lost
2 finals
7 teams
A total of 51 teams played at least once in one of the 39 finals disputed in the European Cup Winners' Cup. Most of them (32), lost at least once and 7 of them lost 2 finals or more. Here you can see the full list of these teams ordered by finals lost.
Teams with the Most Finals Lost - Full List
| Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 1. |  | Rapid Wien | 2 | 1985, 1996 | 5.1% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
 | Real Madrid | 2 | 1971, 1983 | 5.1% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Arsenal | 2 | 1980, 1995 | 5.1% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
 | Atlético Madrid | 2 | 1963, 1986 | 5.1% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
 | Rangers | 2 | 1961, 1967 | 5.1% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
 | Anderlecht | 2 | 1977, 1990 | 5.1% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
 | Barcelona | 2 | 1969, 1991 | 5.1% | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | |
| 8. |  | Austria Vienna | 1 | 1978 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 1 | 1981 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | 1972 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Ferencváros | 1 | 1975 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 1 | 1979 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Górnik Zabrze | 1 | 1970 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Leeds United | 1 | 1973 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Liverpool | 1 | 1966 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 1 | 1987 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Mallorca | 1 | 1999 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | AS Monaco FC | 1 | 1992 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | MTK | 1 | 1964 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | TSV 1860 Munich | 1 | 1965 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Porto | 1 | 1984 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Royal Antwerp F.C. | 1 | 1993 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Standard Liège | 1 | 1982 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Stuttgart | 1 | 1998 | 2.6% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Ajax | 1 | 1988 | 2.6% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Fiorentina | 1 | 1962 | 2.6% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Hamburger SV | 1 | 1968 | 2.6% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Parma | 1 | 1994 | 2.6% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | PSG | 1 | 1997 | 2.6% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Sampdoria | 1 | 1989 | 2.6% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | West Ham United | 1 | 1976 | 2.6% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Milan | 1 | 1974 | 2.6% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 33. |  | Aberdeen | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
 | Bayern Munich | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Everton | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Juventus | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Lazio | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Magdeburg | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Manchester City | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Manchester United | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | KV Mechelen | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Real Zaragoza | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Sporting CP | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Tottenham | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Valencia | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Werder Bremen | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
 | Chelsea | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |