the first english team to play in european cup was 1968.
first english team to play in european cup?
1968
as of the end of the 2018–19 uefa champions league season, english clubs have thirteen european cup wins. the most recent english win came in 2019 when liverpool defeated tottenham hotspur 2–0 at the wanda metropolitano. a record five teams have won europe's premier club competition: liverpool six times, the first english team to retain the cup (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019), manchester united three times and the first english team to win the european cup (1968, 1999, 2008), nottingham forest twice, being the second english team to retain the european cup (1979, 1980), aston villa once (1982) and chelsea once (2012). english clubs also hold the records for the most consecutive tournament victories by clubs from one country (six wins between 1977 and 1982 by liverpool, forest, and villa) as well as the most consecutive defeats in the final (four teams were runners-up once each between 2006 and 2009).
english clubs in the european cup and uefa champions league
the seventh season of the fa premier league saw manchester united finish champions for the fifth time, one point ahead of the previous season's champions arsenal. united also ended arsenal's defence of the fa cup, going on to defeat newcastle united in the final to become the first english team to win the league title and fa cup double on three occasions, having already won the double in 1994 and 1996. they then went on to win the european cup to become only the second english club to win three major trophies in the same season. this made them the first english club to win the european cup in 15 years, and manager alex ferguson was knighted.
1998–99 in english football