No club ever managed to defend the Cup Winners' Cup, although the
holders reached the next final on no fewer than 8 occasions - and
the teams that failed include some of the most prestigious of the
continent, as the following list shows:
Fiorentina: winners in 1960/61, lost 1961/62 final to Atlético Madrid;
Atlético Madrid: winners in 1961/62, lost 1962/63 final to Tottenham Hotspur;
Milan: winners in 1972/73, lost 1973/74 final to 1.FC Magdeburg;
Anderlecht: winners in 1975/76, lost 1976/77 final to Hamburger SV;
Ajax: winners in 1986/87, lost 1987/88 final to KV Mechelen;
Parma: winners in 1992/93, lost 1993/94 final to Arsenal;
Arsenal: winners in 1993/94, lost 1994/95 final to Real Zaragoza;
Paris St-Germain: winners in 1995/96, lost 1996/97 final to Barcelona.
Since the CWC was discontinued after the 1998/99 edition, the jinx will never
be broken. In fact, it seems to have been transferred to the
Champions League, where both Ajax and
Milan again fell victim to it.
Since the traditional Champions' Cup was transformed into the
Champions League, no winners have managed to
defend their title, a situation reminiscent of
the
Cup Winners' Cup Jinx: no club ever
managed to defend the Cup Winners' Cup. Since the 1991/92
season, when the Champions League was introduced, the holders
have reached the final on 4 occasions but always ended up on
the losing side:
Milan: winners in 1993/94, lost 1994/95 final to Ajax;
Ajax: winners in 1994/95, lost 1995/96 final to Juventus;
Juventus: winners in 1995/96, lost 1996/97 final to Borussia Dortmund;
Manchester United:winners in 2007/08, lost 2008/09 final to Barcelona.
Milan and Ajax also reached the Cup Winners' Cup final once as
holders, in which they faced rank outsiders (1.FC Magdeburg and
KV Mechelen respectively), but failed to defend their trophy.
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