A loss that hurts for life Reaching the Champions League final is a difficult task and few teams can boast of having achieved it. Reaching t...
A loss that hurts for life
Reaching the Champions League final is a difficult task and few teams can boast of having achieved it. Reaching the final and suffering defeat is a dagger that remains forever stuck in the hearts of players and fans.
Teams that lost the most Champions League finals
When this happens more than once, it starts to generate a bit of hoodoo around the side, and shake the foundations of the club, regardless of how impressive the roster might be. We've compiled a list of teams that have lost a Champions League final on most occasions.
Juventus - 7/9 lost finals
Juventus Turin have lost many more finals than they have won, with a record of 2 wins and 7 losses. The last, in Cardiff (Wales), in 2017, when Real Madrid won 4-1.
Juventus - 7/9 lost finals
You have to go back to 1973 to find Juve's first defeat in a Champions League final. It was against Ajax 1-0. The same result would occur 10 years later, this time against Hamburg.
Juventus - 7/9 lost finals
Borussia Dortmund (3-1) and Real Madrid (1-0) would win the 1997 and 1998 finals, respectively, against 'Le Zebre'. Milan (by penalties) in 2003, Barcelona (3-1) in 2015 and the aforementioned Real Madrid in 2017 complete the list of defeats in Juventus finals.
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