No other stadium has staged as many as its five finals, all of which were played at the original Wembley with Saturday's the first there since it reopened after being rebuilt in 2007.
The previous finals were:
MAY 22 1963: AC MILAN 2 BENFICA 1
AC Milan became the first Italian club to lift the European Cup and ended Benfica's hopes of a hat-trick of trophies in front of 45,000 in a match played on a Wednesday afternoon.
Eusebio, who had scored Benfica's last two goals in their 5-3 win over Real Madrid, gave his side the lead after 18 minutes but Jose Altafini struck twice in the second half to give Milan victory. The Italians were skippered by Cesare Maldini, the father of future Milan legend Paolo.
MAY 29 1968: MANCHESTER UNITED 4 BENFICA 1
Ten years after his team were decimated by the Munich air disaster, Matt Busby led Manchester United to their first European Cup success and again Benfica lost at Wembley.
Munich survivor Bobby Charlton scored twice, George Best slotted home a superb solo effort and Brian Kidd claimed the other goal on his 19th birthday as United, in an all-blue strip, earned a memorable extra-time success.
JUNE 2 1971: AJAX AMSTERDAM 2 PANATHINAIKOS 0
Ajax's domination of Europe under Johan Cruyff began when they won the first of their hat-trick of titles against Panathinaikos. the unlikely finalists from Greece whose manager Ferenc Puskas was at the heart of Real Madrid's domination of the competition more than a decade earlier.
Dick Van Dijk scored after five minutes and Arie Haan struck three minutes from time as Rinus Michels guided Ajax to victory.
MAY 10 1978: LIVERPOOL 1 CLUB BRUGES 0
Kenny Dalglish, who had made his debut for Liverpool at Wembley in the Charity Shield against Manchester United the previous August, sealed a glorious first season at the club with the winner against Bruges as Bob Paisley coached Liverpool to successive European Cup triumphs.
Dalglish had a tough act to follow, succeeding fans' favourite Kevin Keegan who had inspired Liverpool to their first European Cup success the previous year before leaving for SV Hamburg. Thirty-three years on, Dalglish is still at the Merseyside club, in his second spell as manager.
May 20 1992: BARCELONA 1 SAMPDORIA 0
Unlike arch-rivals Real Madrid, Barcelona failed to make a real impact on the European Cup with defeats in 1961 and 1986 all they had for their efforts until Ronald Koeman blasted home an unstoppable extra-time shot after a quick Hristo Stoichkov freekick against Sampdoria to send the Barca fans into ecstasy.
Cruyff, who lifted the European Cup as an Ajax player at Wembley in 1971, managed the Barcelona side, which included current manager Pep Guardiola, to victory. Roberto Mancini, who managed Manchester City to victory in the FA Cup final at Wembley this month, captained the losing Sampdoria team.
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