NorthernLights Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Auxerre in France back in 1995/96. Their only title and have been in the 2nd tier since 2012/13 and little sign of them making a return anytime soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Another just came to mind. Herfølge in Denmark in 2000. Remarkably the very next season they were relegated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Bump.Sporting Lisbon ended the Porto/Benfica dominance in Portugal by winning their first title since 2002. Inter have ended 9 years of Juve dominance.Lille have just won Ligue 1 which is their first title in a decade and the 4th in their history.Atletico Madrid have pipped Real and Barcelona to the La Liga crown.It’s been a brilliant season for the underdogs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 This is the exact opposite of what you're looking for but I read this story the other day about Schalke's last game in their old stadium where they almost won their first title since before the Bundesliga was a thing: Schalke's Bundesliga agony: Champions for four minutes & 38 seconds - BBC Sport 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, jamamafegan said: Bump. Sporting Lisbon ended the Porto/Benfica dominance in Portugal by winning their first title since 2002. Inter have ended 9 years of Juve dominance. Lille have just won Ligue 1 which is their first title in a decade and the 4th in their history. Atletico Madrid have pipped Real and Barcelona to the La Liga crown. It’s been a brilliant season for the underdogs. It’s been a wild season across Europe. Going into this past year the 8 longest streaks of consecutive title wins were: Celtic, Juventus, Ludogorets (9) Bayern (8) APOEL, Qarabag, Salzburg (7) Astana (6) 5/8 of these were ended this year with Celtic, Juve, APOEL, Qarabag and Astana all failing to win their leagues. In addition to the aforementioned long run of Porto/Benfica dominance in Portugal and not-so-long run of RM/Barca in Spain. It’s also good (and very funny) when anyone other than PSG win in France. Great stuff all round, although unfortunately in most cases no fans able to experience any of it. I wonder how much the absence of atmosphere, pressure on the refs, etc for the “bigger” clubs has had an impact, or if it’s just been a fluke of a season. Edited May 23, 2021 by Nightmare 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Another unusual winner I haven’t seen mentioned in this thread is Piast Gliwice, who came from nowhere to win Poland’s Ekstraklasa in 2018/19. Their first season in the top flight in their history was in 2008/9 and they’ve never won the cup either, so this is their only major honour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 NS Mura won the Slovenian League. Not going to pretend I know anything about them but it seems they're the "phoenix club" of NK Mura, a 1. SNL stalwart, who went bust in 2005 and have since went through two risings. They don't share any previous trophies or achievements with the previous club, nor should they, but the previous incarnation never managed to win the top division. This is after Celje won the league for the first time last season too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Nightmare said: It’s been a wild season across Europe. Going into this past year the 8 longest streaks of consecutive title wins were: Celtic, Juventus, Ludogorets (9) Bayern (8) APOEL, Qarabag, Salzburg (7) Astana (6) 5/8 of these were ended this year with Celtic, Juve, APOEL, Qarabag and Astana all failing to win their leagues. In addition to the aforementioned long run of Porto/Benfica dominance in Portugal and not-so-long run of RM/Barca in Spain. It’s also good (and very funny) when anyone other than PSG win in France. Great stuff all round, although unfortunately in most cases no fans able to experience any of it. I wonder how much the absence of atmosphere, pressure on the refs, etc for the “bigger” clubs has had an impact, or if it’s just been a fluke of a season. I think it must have had an effect. Home advantage was nullified, or at the very least, reduced, imo. I enjoyed seeing PSG 'fail' but they will still go straight into the group stage of the CL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Brondby seal their first Danish Superliga title since 04/05 with a 2-0 win today. It shouldn’t be surprising that one of the biggest clubs in Denmark won the league, but given how long it’s been for them I suppose it fits in this thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 20 hours ago, Nightmare said: I wonder how much the absence of atmosphere, pressure on the refs, etc for the “bigger” clubs has had an impact, or if it’s just been a fluke of a season. Can't comment much on other leagues but I think Sevco certainly benefited from no fans and it harmed Celtic. Rangers shat the bed last year when a sense of expectation (or hope) came over their fans and wilted under the pressure whereas Celtic fed on it. Without the pressure (positive or negative) coming from the stands Rangers looked more comfortable and Celtic seemed to lack motivation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Hernan Crespo is rapidly becoming a class manager Won a Sudamericana with Defensa y Justicia, and shortly after - a Paulista title with São Paulo (after a 9 years draught). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheJTS98 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Kaiserslautern won the Bundesliga in 98 as a newly-promoted side. They had a four-season run of: 95/96: Cup winner and relegation 96/97: Promoted 97/98 Champions 98/99: Champions League quarter finals. They then had a UEFA Cup semi-final in 2001. Now in 3. Liga. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 4 hours ago, TheJTS98 said: Kaiserslautern won the Bundesliga in 98 as a newly-promoted side. They had a four-season run of: 95/96: Cup winner and relegation 96/97: Promoted 97/98 Champions 98/99: Champions League quarter finals. They then had a UEFA Cup semi-final in 2001. Now in 3. Liga. Almost relegated from the 3.Liga this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger29 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I wonder how much the absence of atmosphere, pressure on the refs, etc for the “bigger” clubs has had an impact, or if it’s just been a fluke of a season.Uefa released a report a few days ago owhich had details on this. Away wins have increased 2% and home wins have decreased 3% from pre-pandemic results. 30 leagues had an increase in away wins, 10 had a decrease.Pre-pandemic, away teams got 16% more yellow cards and 30% more red. The last year has seen those numbers reduce to reduce to 3% and 12% respectively. The total numbers of cards are very slightly up but not a noticeable amount.France has the biggest swing in both away wins and cards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 03/01/2020 at 10:08, Jacksgranda said: Aberdeen in 54/55 Spurs in 50/51 Everton in 31/32 Third Lanark in 03/04 If you want to go back that far I have to mention my own team Motherwell. When they won the league in 1931 they were the first team out side of the Old Firm to win the league since Third Lanark in 1903-04. Overall they were the only team to win the league outside the Old Firm between 1903-04 and 1947-48 when Hibs won it - a span of 44 years. Whether it was a surprise or not is open to debate as they were probably the best performing team in the country over a 10 year period, it's they just seemed to like finishing 2nd or 3rd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said: If you want to go back that far I have to mention my own team Motherwell. When they won the league in 1931 they were the first team out side of the Old Firm to win the league since Third Lanark in 1903-04. Overall they were the only team to win the league outside the Old Firm between 1903-04 and 1947-48 when Hibs won it - a span of 44 years. Whether it was a surprise or not is open to debate as they were probably the best performing team in the country over a 10 year period, it's they just seemed to like finishing 2nd or 3rd. At least they won it once - Airdrie just finished runners up, although they did win the cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Not Europe granted.... Colon champions of Argentina. May be a first ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 9 hours ago, Robin.Hood said: Not Europe granted.... Colon champions of Argentina. May be a first ? id expect them to be near the bottom of the table.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 05/06/2021 at 22:15, Robin.Hood said: Not Europe granted.... Colon champions of Argentina. May be a first ? Yep. They’ve never won the Primera Division or Copa Argentina, so this is their first major honour. Seems these “Copa de la Liga” seasons won’t count as a league title, though. The competition was set up as a contingency in place of both the regular league and cup campaigns, so this won’t count as a league title for Colon (nor did it for Boca last year). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahemps Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 24/05/2021 at 00:24, Nightmare said: It’s been a wild season across Europe. Going into this past year the 8 longest streaks of consecutive title wins were: Celtic, Juventus, Ludogorets (9) Bayern (8) APOEL, Qarabag, Salzburg (7) Astana (6) 5/8 of these were ended this year with Celtic, Juve, APOEL, Qarabag and Astana all failing to win their leagues. In addition to the aforementioned long run of Porto/Benfica dominance in Portugal and not-so-long run of RM/Barca in Spain. It’s also good (and very funny) when anyone other than PSG win in France. Great stuff all round, although unfortunately in most cases no fans able to experience any of it. I wonder how much the absence of atmosphere, pressure on the refs, etc for the “bigger” clubs has had an impact, or if it’s just been a fluke of a season. Does the SPFL have the longest period that the league has not been won by one of the so called 'domestic elite' teams? We are now in to the 36th year since Aberdeen in 1985. I know Portugal and the Netherlands are dominated by the same 2-3 teams but it has been mentioned in this thread Boavista (2001) plus AZ and Twente (2009 &10) have disrupted that. Can anywhere top 36yrs of the same teams winning the league????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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