Italian football clubs in international competitions
Year Team Progress Aggregate Opponents Results
1955-56 Milan Semi-finals 4-5 Real Madrid 2-1 at home , 2-4 away
1956-57 Fiorentina Final 0-2 Real Madrid
1957-58 Milan Final 2-3 ( a.e.t . ) Real Madrid
1958-59 Juventus Preliminary round 3-8 Wiener Sport-Club 3-1 at home , 0-7 away
1959-60 Milan Round of 16 1-7 Barcelona 0-2 at home , 1-5 away
1960-61 Juventus Preliminary round 3-4 CSKA Sofia 2-0 at home , 1-4 away
1961-62 Juventus Quarter-finals 1-1 Real Madrid 1-0 at home , 0-1 away , 1-3 neutral
1962-63 Milan Winners 2-1 Benfica
1963-64 Milan Quarter-finals 3-4 Real Madrid 2-0 at home , 1-4 away
1963-64 Internazionale Winners 3-1 Real Madrid
1964-65 Bologna Preliminary round 2-2 Anderlecht 2-1 at home , 0-1 away
1964-65 Internazionale Winners 1-0 Benfica
1965-66 Internazionale Semi-finals 2-1 Real Madrid 1-1 at home , 0-1 away
1966-67 Internazionale Final 0-1 Celtic
1967-68 Juventus Semi-finals 0-3 Benfica 0-1 at home , 0-2 away
1968-69 Milan Winners 4-1 Ajax
1969-70 Milan Second round 1-2 Feyenoord 1-0 at home , 0-2 away
1969-70 Fiorentina Quarter-finals 1-3 Celtic 1-0 at home , 0-3 away
1970-71 Cagliari Second round 2-4 Atlético Madrid 2-1 at home , 0-3 away
1971-72 Internazionale Final 0-2 Ajax
Full European record -- UEFA Champions League/European Cup
The competition was named European Cup until 1991–92 , until it switched its name to UEFA Champions League .
Italian football clubs have entered European association football competitions (UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the now defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) since season 1955-56, when Milan took part in European Cup competition. Nowadays, Italian football is the fourth force in Europe according to UEFA ranking, following the Spanish, English and German football. Italian clubs have also entered several times worldwide football competitions since the 1963 Intercontinental Cup. The golden age of Italian football was mostly the decade of 1990s, when Italian clubs dominated in UEFA competitions, winning the most titles and holding steady the first place in UEFA ranking. The last years, the force of Italian football has decreased, mainly after the Calciopoli scandal. So far, the Italian clubs have won 12 times the Champions League/European Cup (Milan, Internazionale and Juventus), 9 times the Europa League/UEFA Cup (Internazionale, Juventus, Parma and Napoli), 7 times the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Milan, Fiorentina, Juventus, Lazio, Parma and Sampdoria), 9 times the UEFA Super Cup (Milan, Juventus, Lazio and Parma), 4 times the UEFA Intertoto Cup (Bologna, Juventus, Perugia and Udinese), 1 time the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Roma), 7 times the Intercontinental Cup (Internazionale, Milan and Juventus), and 2 times the FIFA Club World Cup (Internazionale and Milan).