Hamburger SV 4–4 Juventus in the 2000–01 first group stage Chelsea 4–4 Liverpool in the 2008–09 quarter-finals Bayer Leverkusen 4–4 Roma in the 2015–16 group stage Chelsea 4–4 Ajax in the 2019–20 group stage More European Cups than domestic league titles Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times (twice) than they have won their own domestic league (once). Forest won the Football League in 1978, before winning the European Cup in 1979 and defending it in 1980. Nottingham Forest are also the only previous winners of the European Cup to be later relegated to the third tier of their national league (in 2005). Not winning the domestic league The competition format was changed in 1997–98 to allow teams that were not champions of their domestic league nor reigning title holders to compete in the tournament. Since then there have been European Champions who had neither been domestic nor continental champions: Manchester United's treble-winners of 1998–99 were the first winners of the tournament to have won neither their domestic title nor the European Cup/Champions League the previous season. Since then: Real Madrid (1999–2000, 2013–14, 2015–16 and 2021–22) Milan (2002–03 and 2006–07) Liverpool (2004–05 and 2018–19) Liverpool's 2018–19 triumph came 29 years after their previous domestic league title (1989–90). This was the longest time any Champions League winner had gone since previously winning their league, breaking the record Liverpool set in 2004–05, which was fifteen years after their last league title. Barcelona (2008–09 and 2014–15) Chelsea (2011–12 and 2020–21) Bayern Munich (2012–13) Bayer Leverkusen (in 2002) is the only club to play in the final having never won their domestic league. There have been nine finals contested where both sides did not win their national league in the previous season: 1999 – Manchester United (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (2nd) 2000 – Real Madrid (2nd) vs Valencia (4th) 2007 – Milan (3rd) vs Liverpool (3rd) 2012 – Chelsea (2nd) vs Bayern Munich (3rd) 2014 – Real Madrid (2nd) vs Atlético Madrid (3rd) 2016 – Real Madrid (2nd) vs Atlético Madrid (3rd) 2019 – Tottenham Hotspur (3rd) vs Liverpool (4th) 2021 – Manchester City (2nd) vs Chelsea (4th) 2022 – Liverpool (3rd) vs Real Madrid (2nd) Comebacks Group stage Only two teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games: Newcastle United in 2002–03: In Newcastle's final game against Feyenoord, Craig Bellamy's goal