Results of defending champions on opening weekends
| Season |
Champions |
Opponent |
Result |
| 1992/93 |
LEE |
WIM (H) |
W 2-1 |
| 1993/94 |
MUN |
NOR (A) |
W 0-2 |
| 1994/95 |
MUN |
QPR (H) |
W 2-0 |
| 1995/96 |
BLB |
QPR (H) |
W 1-0 |
| 1996/97 |
MUN |
WIM (A) |
W 0-3 |
| 1997/98 |
MUN |
TOT (A) |
W 0-2 |
| 1998/99 |
ARS |
NFO (H) |
W 2-1 |
| 1999/00 |
MUN |
EVE (A) |
D 1-1 |
| 2000/01 |
MUN |
NEW (H) |
W 2-0 |
| 2001/02 |
MUN |
FUL (H) |
W 3-2 |
| 2002/03 |
ARS |
BIR (H) |
W 2-0 |
| 2003/04 |
MUN |
BOL (H) |
W 4-0 |
| 2004/05 |
ARS |
EVE (A) |
W 1-4 |
| 2005/06 |
CHE |
WIG (A) |
W 0-1 |
| 2006/07 |
CHE |
MCI (H) |
W 3-0 |
| 2007/08 |
MUN |
RDG (H) |
D 0-0 |
| 2008/09 |
MUN |
NEW (H) |
D 1-1 |
| 2009/10 |
MUN |
BIR (H) |
W 1-0 |
| 2010/11 |
CHE |
WBA (H) |
W 6-0 |
| 2011/12 |
MUN |
WBA (A) |
W 1-2 |
| 2012/13 |
MCI |
SOU (H) |
W 3-2 |
| 2013/14 |
MUN |
SWA (A) |
W 1-4 |
| 2014/15 |
MCI |
NEW (A) |
W 0-2 |
| 2015/16 |
CHE |
SWA (H) |
D 2-2 |
| 2016/17 |
LEI |
HUL (A) |
L 2-1 |
| 2017/18 |
CHE |
BUR (H) |
L 2-3 |
| 2018/19 |
MCI |
ARS (A) |
W 0-2 |
| 2019/20 |
MCI |
WHU (A) |
W 0-5 |
| 2020/21 |
LIV |
LEE (H) |
W 4-3 |
| 2021/22 |
MCI |
TOT (A) |
L 1-0 |
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