List of European Rugby Champions Cup Past Winners since 1996

European Rugby champions cup final winners list, runners-up, scores, history 1996-2020.

The  European Rugby Champions Cup is an annual rugby union tournament organized by EPCR.
 It is the top-tier competition for clubs.
Clubs qualify for the Champions Cup via their final positions in their respective national/regional leagues (Premiership, Top 14, and Pro14) or via winning the second-tier Challenge Cup.

The Rugby Champions Cup was started in 2015, previously it is known as the Heineken Cup.
Leinster (FR) and Toulouse (IRE) have won the title the Most,  record four times.



 Exeter Chiefs are the current winners of the title, having won their first title by beating Racing 92 in the 2020 final. Leinster Rugby and Toulouse have both won the competition a record four times.

Leinster Rugby and Toulouse have both won the competition a record four times.

Here are the complete finals of Rugby’s European Cup winners list, since the competition started in the 1995-96 to 2020 season knows as Heineken Cup winners list:



Season  -   Winners  -   Runners-up  -   Score

1995-96 - Toulouse     Cardiff 21-18 aet

1996-97 -  Brive     Leicester 28-9

1997-98 -  Bath     Brive 19-18

1998-99 -  Ulster     Colomiers 21-6

1999-00 -  Northampton     Munster 9-8

2000-01 -  Leicester      Stade Francais 34-30

2001-02 -  Leicester     Munster 15-9

2002-03 -  Toulouse     Perpignan 22-17

2003-04 -  Wasps      Toulouse 27-20

2004-05 -  Toulouse     Stade Francais 18-12 aet

2005-06 -  Munster     Biarritz 23-19

2006-07 -  Wasps     Leicester 25-9

2007-08 -  Munster      Toulouse 16-13

2008-09  - Leinster     Leicester 19-16

2009-10  - Toulouse     Biarritz 21-19

2010-11 -  Leinster     Northampton 33-22

2011-12 -  Leinster     Ulster 42-14

2012-13 -  Toulon       Clermont Auvergne 16-15

2013-14 -  Toulon      Saracens 23-6

2014-15 -  Toulon      Clermont Auvergne 24-18

2015-16  -  Saracens      Racing 92 21 - 9

2026-17 -  Saracens      ASM Clermont Auvergne 28 - 17

2017-18 - Leinster    15  - 12    Racing 92.

2018-19  - Saracens    20  -  10   Leinster   

2019-20  -- Exter Chiefs  31   -  27  Racing 92. 

2020-21




 European Rugby Champions Cup final Wins by the nation


Country         Winners     Runners-up 

France          8        15
England      10       5
Ireland       7        4
Wales        0        1

Rugby European Player of the Year Award Winners List.

The European Player of the Year award was started by ERC in 2010. Ronan O'Gara received the inaugural award.


Here is the ERC European Rugby Player of the Year award winners list since 2010-2018

2010 —  Ronan O'Gara   (Ireland  - Munster)
2011 —  Sean O'Brien   (Ireland -  Leinster)
2012 —  Rob Kearney   (Ireland  -  Leinster)
2013 —  Jonny Wilkinson   (France  -  Toulon)
2014 —  Steffon Armitage   (France  -  Toulon)
2015 —  Nick Abendanon   (France  -  Clermont Auvergne)
2016 —  Maro Itoje   (England  -  Saracens)
2017 —  Owen Farrell  (England  -  Saracens)
2018 —  Leone Nakarawa  (France  -  Racing 92)
2019 —   Alex Goode    ( England - Saracens)
2020 —   Sam Simmonds    (England Exeter)
2021 —
2022 —