Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 on Saturday at Wembley Stadium to win their 15th Champions League title. The Spanish club further extended their lead as the competition’s biggest winner, now with eight more trophies than Milan, who have seven Champions League titles.
With this achievement, Brazilians Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Éder Militão join the list of two-time Champions League champions, keeping Brazil at the top of European football. This is the 19th consecutive season in which at least one Brazilian player has won the competition, showing the presence of the country’s athletes on the international stage.
Had Borussia Dortmund won, it would have broken a streak of 19 consecutive years in which at least one Brazilian player was in the Champions League-winning team, as the German team’s squad has no Brazilians.
Since the 2004-2005 season, when Liverpool beat Milan, with Cafu, Serginho, Kaká and Dida, there has always been at least one Brazilian in the Champions League-winning team. Among the Brazilians with the most titles in the competition are Casemiro and Marcelo, who together have lifted the trophy on five occasions: 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2021-22.
List of Brazilians who have won the Champions League since 1956:
• 2023/24 – Éder Militão, Vini Jr and Rodrygo (Real Madrid)
• 2022/23 – Ederson (Manchester City)
• 2021/22 – Éder Militão, Marcelo, Casemiro, Vini Jr and Rodrygo (Real Madrid)
• 2020/21 – Thiago Silva (Chelsea)
• 2019/20 – Philippe Coutinho (Bayern Munich)
• 2018/19 – Alisson, Fabinho and Firmino (Liverpool)
• 2017/18 – Marcelo and Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• 2016/17 – Danilo, Marcelo and Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• 2015/16 – Danilo, Marcelo and Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• 2014/15 – Daniel Alves, Douglas, Adriano, Rafinha Alcântara and Neymar (Barcelona)
• 2013/14 – Marcelo and Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• 2012/13 – Rafinha, Dante and Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich)
• 2011/12 – David Luiz and Ramires (Chelsea)
• 2010/11 – Daniel Alves, Maxwell and Adriano (Barcelona)
• 2009/10 – Júlio César, Maicon and Lúcio (Inter Milan)
• 2008/09 – Daniel Alves and Sylvinho (Barcelona)
• 2007/08 – Anderson (Manchester United)
• 2006/07 – Dida, Cafu, Serginho, Kaká and Ricardo Oliveira (Milan)
• 2005/06 – Belletti, Edmílson, Sylvinho and Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Barcelona)
• 2003/04 – Carlos Alberto, Bruno Moraes and Derlei (Porto)
• 2002/03 – Dida, Roque Júnior, Serginho and Rivaldo (Milan)
• 2001/02 – Roberto Carlos, Flávio Conceição and Sávio (Real Madrid)
• 2000/01 – Élber and Paulo Sérgio (Bayern Munich)
• 1999/00 – Júlio César, Roberto Carlos and Sávio (Real Madrid)
• 1997/98 – Roberto Carlos and Sávio (Real Madrid)
• 1996/97 – Júlio César (Borussia Dortmund)
• 1986/87 – Celso, Elói, Juary and Casagrande (Porto)
• 1964/65 – Jair da Costa (Inter Milan)
• 1963/64 – Jair da Costa (Inter Milan)
• 1962/63 – Dino Sani (Milan)
• 1959/60 – Canary Islands (Real Madrid)
The last time a team won the Champions League without Brazilians in the squad was Liverpool, in the 2004-2005 season.
