The first win came under legendary manager Bob Paisley when his side, inspired by Kevin Keegan, defeated German champions Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1 in Rome.

Paisley went on the record further successes over Club Brugge in 1978 and Real Madrid in 1981 before Joe Fagan won the club's fourth European Cup in 1984.

The fifth win came this season in Istanbul, the side winning on penalties after a pulsating 3-3 draw against Milan in the Ataturk Stadium.

1977 - Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Moenchengladbach, Olympic Stadium, Rome

Liverpool came back from the disappointment of losing The FA Cup Final to Manchester United just four days earlier to claim the European Cup for the first time.

Bob Paisley's side thus became only the second English side to lift the trophy, nine years after United's win at Wembley against Benfica.

Midfielder Terry McDermott scored in the first half, finishing off a well-worked Liverpool move but the German champions were level six minutes after the break when Danish international Allan Simonsen equalised.

Liverpool rallied and ten minutes later they went back in front from an unlikely source - veteran defender Tommy Smith heading in a very rare goal which proved to be the match-winner.

The icing on the cake came from a Phil Neal penalty on 82 minutes which was won after a wonderful run from Kevin Keegan was only stopped thanks to a foul by Berti Vogts.

Liverpool: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Joey Jones, Tommy Smith, Ray Kennedy, Emlyn Hughes (c), Kevin Keegan, Jimmy Case, Steve Heighway, Terry McDermott, Ian Callaghan.

1978 - Liverpool 1-0 Brugge, Wembley Stadium, London

Liverpool became the first English side to retain the European Cup, as they edged Club Brugge in passionate final played at the old Wembley Stadium.

In front of a partisan home crowd, Scottish maestro Kenny Dalglish, bought from Celtic to replace the mercurial Keegan, scored the winner on 64 minutes.

Graeme Souness played the ball through the Belgian side's defence and Dalglish reacted quickest to chip over the advancing Jensen. 

Liverpool: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Phil Thompson, Alan Hansen, Ray Kennedy, Emlyn Hughes (c), Kenny Dalglish, Jimmy Case (Steve Heighway, 63), David Fairclough, Terry McDermott, Graeme Souness

1981 - Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid, Parc des Princes, Paris

Liverpool's third European Cup came against a Real Madrid side that was seeking an elusive seventh win in the competition.

In a match that few would describe as a classic, Bob Paisley became the first, and to date only, manager to win the trophy three times.

Liverpool had endured a gruelling season but in losing the League Championship to Aston Villa, had only won the League Cup and were desperate to take the European Cup back to Anfield.

Paisley's side was far from fully fit and a dour match in Paris saw neither side create all that many chances.

It seemed that it would take one moment of inspiration to break the deadlock and that proved to be true when Alan Kennedy raced on to Ray Kennedy's throw-in to fire past Agustín with only eight minutes remaining.

Liverpool: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Alan Kennedy, Phil Thompson (c), Ray Kennedy, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish (Jimmy Case, 85), Sammy Lee, David Johnson, Terry McDermott, Graeme Souness.

1984 - Liverpool 1-1 Roma, Olympic Stadium, Rome

Liverpool won the European Cup against Roma in the Italian club's home ground - the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

After the match had finished goalless, Liverpool won 4-2 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, the first in European Cup final history.

Phil Neal, the only man to feature in all three of Liverpool's wins so far, put his side ahead on 15 minutes with a simple finish from inside the penalty box.

The home side came back though, and seven minutes before half-time equalised through Roberto Pruzzo.

In the shoot-out, Liverpool got off to an awful start when Steve Nicol fired over but then came the Bruce Grobbelaar show and his 'spaghetti-legs' on the touchline.

Bruno Conti and Francesco Graziani missed, leaving Alan Kennedy to convert the winning spot-kick for Joe Fagan's side.

Liverpool: Bruce Grobbelaar, Phil Neal, Alan Kennedy, Mark Lawrenson, Ronnie Whelan, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish (Michael Robinson, 94), Sammy Lee, Ian Rush, Craig Johnston (Steve Nicol, 69), Graeme Souness (c).

2005 - Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan, Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul

In the greatest Champions League final of recent times, Liverpool won their fifth European Cup in Istanbul against all the odds.

Rafael Benitez's side found themselves 3-0 down to Milan at half-time and looked to be dead and buried but an amazing second half fightback saw the Anfield club win in remarkable circumstances.

Steven Gerrard got one goal back and then Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso got Liverpool on level terms.

The game drifted towards an extra half-an-hour after a pulsating, end-to-end match. In the final minute of extra-time, Jerzy Dudek pulled off a sensational double save from Andriy Shevchenko to take the game to penalties.

In the shoot-out, Liverpool won 3-2 as Serginho missed and Dudek saved from Andrea Pirlo and Shevchenko.

Liverpool: Jerzy Dudek, Steve Finnan (Dietmar Hamann, 46), Djimi Traore, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Jon Arne Riise, Steven Gerrard, Luis Garcia, Xabi Alonso, Harry Kewell (Vladimir Smicer, 23), Milan Baros (Djibril Cisse, 85)