Trivia on Winning Domestic Championships

  • Consecutive National Championships
  • Total Number of Championships
  • Unbeaten Champions (link to other file)
  • Triple-Doubles (link to other file)
  • English Energy and Nordic Nonsense (link to other file)
  • Negative Champions
  • New Names on the Trophy

  • Please note that actual numbers of championships may be disputed, due to controversies over what consitituted a national league or whether a club remained the same under name changes or mergers. In the notes, several remarks are made; these may not be exhaustive for all countries or clubs. Clubs which won titles in more than one country (e.g. due to occupation or dissolution) have those added together in the overviews.

    Consecutive National Championships

    NB: running series in italics.
    
    Tafea FC             [Vanuatu]      15  (1994-07,09)  [21]
    
    Lincoln              [Gibraltar]    14  (2003-16)
    Skonto Riga          [Latvia]       14  (1991-04)
    
    BATE Barysau         [Belarus]      13  (2006-18)
    Al-Faysali           [Jordan]       13  (1959-66,70-74)
    Rosenborg BK         [Norway]       13  (1992-04)
    
    Ludogorets Razgrad   [Bulgaria]     12* (2012-23..)
    
    Al-Ansar             [Lebanon]      11  (1988,90-99)
    Bayern München       [Germany]      11* (2013-23..)
    Dinamo Zagreb        [Croatia]      11  (2006-16)
    Loto Ha'apai FC      [Tonga]        11  (1998-08)
    Nauti                [Tuvalu]       11  (1980-90)
    
    BFC Dynamo           [East Germany] 10  (1979-88)
    Darul Ta'zim FC      [Malaysia]     10* (2014-23..)
    Dinamo Tbilisi       [Georgia]      10  (1990-99)
    Istiqlol Dushanbe    [Tajikistan]   10* (2014-23..)
    MTK                  [Hungary]      10  (1914,17-25)
    Nauti                [Tuvalu]       10  (2007-16)
    Pyunik Yerevan       [Armenia]      10  (2001-10)
    RB Salzburg          [Austria]      10* (2014-23..)
    Sheriff Tiraspol     [Moldova]      10  (2001-10)
    Taipower             [Taiwan]       10  (1995-04)
    
    Al-Ahly              [Egypt]         9  (1949-51,53-54,56-59)
    CDNA Sofia           [Bulgaria]      9  (1954-62)      [now known as CSKA Sofia] 
    Celtic               [Scotland]      9  (1966-74)
    Celtic               [Scotland]      9  (2012-20)
    Club Franciscain     [Martinique]    9  (1999-07)
    Dinamo Kyiv          [Ukraine]       9  (1993-01)
    Juventus             [Italy]         9  (2012-20)
    Rangers              [Scotland]      9  (1989-97)
    Saint Louis          [Seychelles]    9  (1985-92,94)
    Titikaveka           [Cook Islands]  9  (1971-79)
    
    Al-Ahly              [Egypt]         8  (2005-11,14)
    Altyn Asyr           [Turkmenistan]  8  (2014-21)
    FC Basel             [Switzerland]   8  (2010-17)
    Central Sport        [Tahiti]        8  (1972-79)
    CD Elá Nguema        [Eq. Guinea]    8  (1984-91)
    Hekari United        [Papua New G.]  8  (2006-14)
    Horoya AC            [Guinea]        8  (2015-22)
    Muharraq             [Bahrain]       8  (1960-67)
    New South Wales      [Barbados]      8  (1969-76)
    Real Estelí          [Nicaragua]     8  (2007-14)
    SS Saint-Louisienne  [Réunion]       8  (1963-70)
    Sheriff Tiraspol     [Moldova]       8* (2016-23..)
    The New Saints       [Wales]         8  (2012-19)
    
    Al-Ahly              [Egypt]         7  (1994-00)
    APOEL Nicosia        [Cyprus]        7  (2013-19)
    ASEC Abidjan         [Ivory Coast]   7  (2000-06)
    Bohemian Club        [Philippines]   7  (1915-18,20-22)
    Bullets              [Malawi]        7  (1999-05)
    Centro Barber        [D. Antilles]   7  (2002-08)
    Defence Force        [Trinidad/T.]   7  (1972-78)
    Espérance ST         [Tunisia]       7  (1998-04)
    Guangzhou Evergrande [China]         7  (2011-17)
    Lae City             [Papua New G.]  7  (2015-20,22)
    Olympiakos           [Greece]        7  (2011-17)
    Olympique Lyon       [France]        7  (2002-08)
    Maribor Branik       [Slovenia]      7  (1997-03)
    Olympiakos           [Greece]        7  (1997-03)
    Qarabag Agdam        [Azerbaijan]    7  (2014-20)
    Robinhood            [Surinam]       7  (1983-89)
    Royal Thai Air Force [Thailand]      7  (1957-63)
    Seiko                [Hongkong]      7  (1979-85)
    Silures              [Burkina Faso]  7  (1974-80)
    Újpesti Dózsa        [Hungary]       7  (1969-75)
    SC Villa             [Uganda]        7  (1998-04)
    
    AS Ali Sabieh        [Djibouti]      6  (2013-18)
    ASEC Abidjan         [Ivory Coast]   6  (1990-95)
    FK Astana            [Kazakhstan]    6  (2014-19)
    Ba                   [Fiji]          6  (2001-06)
    Belfast Celtic       [N. Ireland]    6  (1936-40,48)
    Celtic               [Scotland]      6  (1905-10)
    Central Sport        [Tahiti]        6  (1962-67)
    Chinezul Timisoara   [Romania]       6  (1922-27)
    CNaPS Sports         [Madagascar]    6  (2013-18)
    Comunicaciones       [Guatemala]     6  (2012 Ap.-15 Cl.)
    Cotonsport de Garoua [Cameroon]      6  (2003-08)
    Crvena zvezda        [Serbia]        6* (2018-23..)
    Deportivo Saprissa   [Costa Rica]    6  (1972-77)
    Dinamo Zagreb        [Croatia]       6* (2018-23..)
    Diriangén            [Nicaragua]     6  (1940-45)
    Dordoy-Dinamo Naryn  [Kyrgyzstan]    6  (2004-09)
    Empire (Gray's Farm) [Antigua/Bar.]  6  (1969-74)
    Espérance Tunis      [Tunisia]       6  (2017-22)
    FNS (1999: FNP)      [Djibouti]      6  (1994-99)
    Fram Reykjavík       [Iceland]       6  (1913-18)
    Geylang Intern'l     [Singapore]     6  (1988-93)
    Hearts of Oak        [Ghana]         6  (1997-02)
    HJK                  [Finland]       6  (2009-14)
    Islanders            [Br. Virgin I.] 6  (2010-14,17)
    Al-Ittihad (Tripoli) [Libya]         6  (2005-10)
    FBK Kaunas           [Lithuania]     6  (1999-04)
    Linfield             [N. Ireland]    6  (1982-87)
    Mamelodi Sundowns    [South Africa]  6* (2018-23..)
    FC Nouadhibou        [Mauritania]    6* (2018-23..)
    Olimpia Asunción     [Paraguay]      6  (1978-83)
    Olympiakos           [Greece]        6  (1954-59)
    Omonoia Nicosia      [Cyprus]        6  (1974-79)
    AS Otôho             [Congo-Brazz.]  6* (2018-23..)
    Pakhtakor Toshkent   [Uzbekistan]    6  (2002-07)
    Partizan Beograd     [Serbia]        6  (2008-13)
    Quequeisque          [El Salvador]   6  (1941-46)
    Racing Club          [Argentina]     6  (1913-18)
    Raja Casablanca      [Morocco]       6  (1996-01)
    Red Sea              [Eritrea]       6  (2009-14)
    Rovers               [Guam]          6  (2014-19)
    FC Santa Coloma      [Andorra]       6  (2014-19)
    Skënderbeu Korçë     [Albania]       6  (2011-16)
    Slavia Praha         [Bohemia]       6  (1897-01)      [2 championships 1897]
    South China          [Hongkong]      6  (1957-62)
    Spartak Moskva       [Russia]        6  (1996-01)
    Stade Dudelange      [Luxembourg]    6  (1939-40,45-48)
    Stade Malien         [Mali]          6  (2013-21)      [no title 2017-19]
    Steaua Bucuresti     [Romania]       6  (1993-98)
    Transvaal            [Surinam]       6  (1965-70)
    
    Africa Sports        [Ivory Coast]   5  (1985-89)
    Al-Ahly              [Egypt]         5  (2016-20)
    Alpha United         [Guyana]        5  (2010-14)
    América Cali         [Colombia]      5  (1982-86)
    Anderlecht           [Belgium]       5  (1964-68)
    APOEL Nicosia        [Cyprus]        5  (1936-40)
    ASFA-Yennenga        [Burkina Faso]  5  (2009-13)
    B-67                 [Greenland]     5  (2012-16)
    Bears                [Bahamas]       5  (2009-13)
    Bullets              [Malawi]        5* (2018-23..)    [no title 2020]
    CSL Benfica          [Macao]         5  (2014-18)
    CFR Cluj             [Romania]       5  (2018-22)
    Club Colonial        [Martinique]    5  (1920-24)
    Dinamo Minsk         [Belarus]       5  (1992-95/2)
    Dinamo Zagreb        [Croatia]       5  (1996-00)
    Djoliba AC           [Mali]          5  (1973-76,79)
    Ekranas Panevezys    [Lithuania]     5  (2008-12)
    Estonia Tallinn      [Estonia]       5  (1934-36,38-39)
    Etoile Filante       [Burkina Faso]  5  (1990-94)
    F91 Dudelange        [Luxembourg]    5  (2005-09)
    Al-Faisaly           [Jordan]        5  (1999-01,03-04)
    Ferencváros          [Hungary]       5  (1909-13)
    Ferencváros          [Hungary]       5* (2019-23..)
    Finance and Revenue  [Myanmar]       5  (2002-06
    Górnik Zabrze        [Poland]        5  (1963-67)
    Guam Shipyard        [Guam]          5  (1999-03)
    Hapoel Petah Tiqva   [Israel]        5  (1959-63)
    Al-Hilal (Omdurman)  [Sudan]         5  (2003-07)
    US Hollerich         [Luxembourg]    5  (1912,14-17)
    Horoya AC            [Guinea]        5  (1988-92)
    Horsed FC            [Somalia]       5  (1976-80)
    Inter Moengotapoe    [Surinam]       5  (2013-17)
    Internazionale       [Italy]         5  (2006-10)
    Invincible Eleven    [Liberia]       5  (1980-81,83-85)
    Al-Jaish             [Syria]         5  (2015-19)
    Jeonbuk H. Motors    [South Korea]   5  (2017-21)
    Jeunesse d'Esch      [Luxembourg]    5  (1973-77)
    Jeunesse d'Esch      [Luxembourg]    5  (1995-99)
    Juventus             [Italy]         5  (1931-35)
    KÍ                   [Faroe Isl.]    5  (1966-70)
    Kigwancha            [North Korea]   5  (1996-00)
    Lincoln              [Gibraltar]     5* (2018-19,21-23..)
    Maribor              [Slovenia]      5  (2011-15)
    Municipal            [Guatemala]     5  (2004-06)      [Apertura 2004/05-Apertura 2006/07] 
    Nacional             [Uruguay]       5  (1939-43)
    Nakivubo Villa SC    [Uganda]        5  (1986-90)
    Olimpia Asunción     [Paraguay]      5  (1956-60)
    Olympiakos           [Greece]        5  (1933-34,36-38)
    Olympiakos           [Greece]        5  (2005-09)
    Omonoia Nicosia      [Cyprus]        5  (1981-85)
    Al-Oruba             [Qatar]         5  (1967-71)
    Pakhtakor Tashkent   [Uzbekistan]    5* (2019-23..)
    Peńarol              [Uruguay]       5  (1958-62)
    Peńarol              [Uruguay]       5  (1993-97)
    Perspolis            [Iran]          5  (2017-21)
    Petro Atlético       [Angola]        5  (1986-90)
    AS Police            [Mauritania]    5  (1986-88,90-91)
    FC Porto             [Portugal]      5  (1995-99)
    Rangers              [Scotland]      5  (1927-31)
    R.C.A.               [Aruba]         5  (1938-42)
    Real Madrid          [Spain]         5  (1961-65)
    Real Madrid          [Spain]         5  (1986-90)
    JS Saint-Pierroise   [Réunion]       5  (2015-19)
    Dep. San Francisco   [Cuba]          5  (1951-55)
    Deportivo Saprissa   [Costa Rica]    5  (2006-08)      [2005/06-Apertura 2008/09]
    Santos               [Brazil]        5  (1961-65)      [Taça do Brasil] 
    Secteur 6            [Niger]         5  (1966-70)
    Shahtar Donetsk      [Ukraine]       5  (2010-14)
    SC Simba             [Tanzania]      5  (1976-80)
    Slovan Bratislava    [Slovakia]      5* (2019-23..)
    Sobou                [Pap.N.Guinea]  5  (2001-05)
    Sparta Praha         [CSSR/CSFR]     5  (1987-91)
    Sparta Praha         [Czech Rep.]    5  (1997-01)
    Steaua Bucuresti     [Romania]       5  (1985-89)
    Torino               [Italy]         5  (1943,46-49)
    US Marocaine         [Morocco]       5  (1938-42)
    US Stade Tamponnaise [Réunion]       5  (2003-07)
    Young Africans       [Tanzania]      5  (1968-72)
    Zenit St. Peterburg  [Russia]        5* (2019-23..)
    Zimbru Chisinau      [Moldova]       5  (1992-96)
    
    NB: many teams won 4 domestic championships in a row; below we only
        list ongoing series:
    
    APR                  [Rwanda]        4* (2020-23..)
    ASKO Kara            [Togo]          4* (2020-23..)
    Bashundara Kings     [Bangladesh]    4* (2019,21-23..)
    CR Belouizdad        [Algeria]       4* (2020-23..)
    Chao Pak Kei         [Macao]         4* (2019,21-23..)
    HJK                  [Finland]       4* (2020-23..)
    Magusa Türk Gücü     [North Cyprus]  4* (2019-20,22-23..)
    Maziya               [Maldives]      4* (2020-23..)
    Shamrock Rovers      [Ireland]       4* (2020-23..)
    Shan United          [Myanmar]       4* (2019-20,22-23..)
    Taiwan Steel         [Taiwan]        4* (2020-23..)
    Veitongo             [Tonga]         4* (2019,21-23..)
    

    Total Number of Championships

    NB: teams in bold face are record champions for their country;
        teams in italics share the record number of championships in their country.
    
    Linfield FC          [N. Ireland]   56
    
    Rangers FC           [Scotland]     55  [33]
    
    Celtic FC            [Scotland]     53
    Peńarol              [Uruguay]      53  [1]
    ´
    Nacional             [Uruguay]      49  [1]   
    
    Olympiakos           [Greece]       47
    
    Olimpia (Asunción)   [Paraguay]     46
    
    Olimpia              [Honduras]     44
    
    Al-Ahly              [Egypt]        43
    
    South China          [Hongkong]     41  [13]
    
    Deportivo Saprissa   [Costa Rica]   39
    
    SL Benfica           [Portugal]     38  [12]
    River Plate          [Argentina]    38  [4]
    
    Ajax                 [Netherlands]  36
    Juventus             [Italy]        36 
    
    Boca Juniors         [Argentina]    35  [4]
    Al-Faysali           [Jordan]       35
    Real Madrid          [Spain]        35
    
    Anderlecht           [Belgium]      34
    Cerro Porteńo        [Paraguay]     34
    Crvena zvezda        [Yugosl/Serb]  34  [27]
    Ferencváros          [Hungary]      34
    Muharraq             [Bahrain]      34
    AC Sparta Praha      [CSSR/CSFR/CR] 34  [2]
    
    Bayern München       [(W) Germany]  33
    Colo Colo            [Chile]        33
    HJK                  [Finland]      33
    SK Rapid (Wien)      [Austria/Ger.] 33  [3]
    R.C.A.               [Aruba]        33
    
    Comunicaciones       [Guatemala]    32
    Espérance Tunis      [Tunisia]      32  [28]
    Al-Hilal             [Sudan]        32
    
    CSKA Sofia           [Bulgaria]     31
    Diriangén            [Nicaragua]    31
    Municipal            [Guatemala]    31
    Saint George         [Ethiopia]     31  [includes Brewery]
    
    LD Alajuelense       [Costa Rica]   30
    FC Porto             [Portugal]     30  [12]
    
    ASEC Abidjan         [Ivory Coast]  29
    Dinamo Kyiv          [SU/Ukraine]   29  [6]
    CS Herediano         [Costa Rica]   29
    
    APOEL Nicosia        [Cyprus]       28
    Dinamo Zagreb        [Yug./Croatia] 28  [14]
    Fenerbahçe           [Turkey]       28  [23]
    Jeunesse d'Esch      [Luxembourg]   28
    
    FC Barcelona         [Spain]        27
    Bolívar              [Bolivia]      27  [30]
    Defence Force        [Trinidad/T.]  27
    KR                   [Iceland]      27
    Lincoln              [Gibraltar]    27
    Partizan Beograd     [Yugosl/Serb]  27
    Universitario        [Peru]         27
    
    Asante Kotoko        [Ghana]        26
    Floriana             [Malta]        26
    Grasshopper Club     [Switzerland]  26
    Levski Sofia         [Bulgaria]     26  [5]
    Nauti                [Tuvalu]       26
    Robinhood            [Surinam]      26
    Rosenborg BK         [Norway]       26
    Sliema Wanderers     [Malta]        26
    Steaua Bucuresti     [Romania]      26
    KF Tirana            [Albania]      26
    
    Alianza Lima         [Peru]         25  [8]
    Slovan Bratislava    [CSSR/CSFR/SR] 25  [2]
    Valletta             [Malta]        25
    
    FK Austria (Wien)    [Austria]      24
    Galatasaray          [Turkey]       24  [23]
    HB                   [Faroe Isl.]   24
    Libertad             [Paraguay]     24
    PSV                  [Netherlands]  24
    Scholars Int'l       [Cayman Isl.]  24
    Young Africans       [Tanzania]     24
    
    Djoliba AC           [Mali]         23
    Glentoran            [N. Ireland]   23
    Maccabi Tel-Aviv     [Israel]       23
    Malmö FF             [Sweden]       23
    Al-Merreikh          [Sudan]        23
    MTK                  [Hungary]      23
    Valur                [Iceland]      23
    
    SC Simba             [Tanzania]     22  [17]
    Spartak Moskva       [SU/Russia]    22
    Stade Malien         [Mali]         22
    WAC Casablanca       [Morocco]      22  [29]
    
    APR                  [Rwanda]       21
    ASIA                 [St.Pierre-M.] 21
    Ba                   [Fiji]         21
    Besiktas             [Turkey]       21  [23]
    Central Sport        [Tahiti]       21
    Dinamo Tbilisi       [SU/Georgia]   21
    Dynamos              [Zimbabwe]     21  [includes Rhodesia]
    KÍ                   [Faroe Isl.]   21
    Omonoia Nicosia      [Cyprus]       21
    Real Estelí          [Nicaragua]    21
    JS Saint-Pierroise   [Réunion]      21
    Shamrock Rovers      [Ireland]      21
    Sheriff Tiraspol     [Moldova]      21
    
    FC Basel             [Switzerland]  20
    GOR Mahia            [Kenya]        20
    Hearts of Oak        [Ghana]        20
    Horoya AC            [Guinea]       20
    Loto Ha'apai FC      [Tonga]        20
    Manchester United    [England]      20
    Mohammedan SC        [Bangladesh]   20  [7]
    Motagua              [Honduras]     20
    Panathinaďkos        [Greece]       20
    Slavia Praha         [CSSR/CSFR/CR] 20  [2]
    Sporting Cristal     [Peru]         20
    Taipower             [Taiwan]       20
    Újpesti TE           [Hungary]      20
    Vital'ô              [Burundi]      20
    
    Club Colonial        [Martinique]   19
    Club Franciscain     [Martinique]   19
    Deportivo FAS        [El Salvador]  19
    Harlem United        [Dominica]     19
    Internazionale       [Italy]        19
    Liverpool            [England]      19
    Milan                [Italy]        19
    Sporting CP          [Portugal]     19  [12]
    TP Mazembe           [Congo-Kinsh.] 19  [25]
    V.B.O. (Batavia)     [D.E. Indies]  19  [26]
    Victory              [Maldives]     19
    Wales                [Barbados]     19
    
    América              [Mexico]       18  [10]
    April 25             [North Korea]  18
    FC Brugge            [Belgium]      18
    Cotonsport de Garoua [Cameroon]     18
    Dinamo Bucuresti     [Romania]      18
    Dinamo Tiranë        [Albania]      18
    Fram                 [Iceland]      18
    Al-Hilal             [Saudi Arabia] 18
    ÍA (Akranes)         [Iceland]      18
    IFK Göteborg         [Sweden]       18
    Al-Ittihad (Tripoli) [Libya]        18
    Al-Kuwait SC         [Kuwait]       18
    Racing Club          [Argentina]    18  [4]
    S.U.B.T.             [Curaçao]      18
    Tupapa Maraerenga    [Cook Islands] 18
    Universidad de Chile [Chile]        18
    
    Africa Sports        [Ivory Coast]  17
    CD Águila            [El Salvador]  17
    Al-Arabi             [Kuwait]       17
    Atlético Nacional    [Colombia]     17
    Bullets              [Malawi]       17
    Dakota               [Aruba]        17
    Glacis United        [Gibraltar]    17
    Al-Jaish             [Syria]        17
    Jong Holland         [Curaçao]      17
    Partizani Tiranë     [Albania]      17
    Petro Atlético (L)   [Angola]       17
    Al-Qadisiya          [Kuwait]       17
    Servette             [Switzerland]  17
    Transvaal            [Surinam]      17
    Al-Wahdat            [Jordan]       17
    
    Alianza              [El Salvador]  16
    Barcelona            [Ecuador]      16
    CD Elá Nguema        [Eq. Guinea]   16
    F91 Dudelange        [Luxembourg]   16
    Feyenoord            [Netherlands]  16
    Golden Star          [Martinique]   16
    Independiente        [Argentina]    16  [4]
    Mamelodi Sundowns    [South Africa] 16  [19]
    Maribor              [Slovenia]     16
    Millonarios          [Colombia]     16
    Newtown United FC    [St.Kitts/N.]  16
    Pakhtakor Tashkent   [Uzbekistan]   16
    RB Salzburg          [Austria]      16  [includes Austria]
    Al-Sadd              [Qatar]        16
    SS Saint-Louisienne  [Réunion]      16
    Tauro                [Panama]       16
    The New Saints       [Wales]        16  [includes TNS Llansantffraid]
    Township Rollers     [Botswana]     16
    US Marocaine (Casablanca)   [Morocco]      16  [29]
    Universidad Católica [Chile]        16
    SC Villa             [Uganda]       16  [includes Nakivubo Villa SC]
    Wallidan             [Gambia]       16
    Young Boys           [Switzerland]  16
    
    América (Cali)       [Colombia]     15
    Árabe Unido          [Panama]       15  [22]
    BATE Barysau         [Belarus]      15
    Çetinkaya TSK        [North Cyprus] 15  [18]
    Flora Tallinn        [Estonia]      14
    Hajduk Split         [Yug./Croatia] 15  [14]
    Legia Warszawa       [Poland]       15
    KB                   [Denmark]      15
    FC Křbenhavn         [Denmark]      15
    Maccabi Haifa        [Israel]       15
    Perspolis            [Iran]         15
    Prince of Wales      [Gibraltar]    15
    San Lorenzo          [Argentina]    15  [4]
    Tafea FC             [Vanuatu]      15  [21]
    The Strongest        [Bolivia]      15  [30]
    AS Vita Club         [Congo-Kinsh.] 15  [25]
    
    Al-Ain               [UAE]          14
    Al-Ansar             [Lebanon]      14
    B-67                 [Greenland]    14
    Belfast Celtic       [N. Ireland]   14
    Britannia            [Gibraltar]    14
    Dundalk              [Ireland]      14
    Emelec               [Ecuador]      14
    Górnik Zabrze        [Poland]       14
    Honvéd               [Hungary]      14
    Jorge Wilstermann    [Bolivia]      14  [30]
    JS Kabylie           [Algeria]      14
    Nart Sukhum          [Abkhazia]     14
    Örgryte IS           [Sweden]       14
    Riffa                [Bahrain]      14
    Ruch Chorzów         [Poland]       14  [9]
    Shahtar Donetsk      [Ukraine]      14
    Skonto Riga          [Latvia]       14
    Sporting CB          [Guin.-Bissau] 14
    Titikaveka           [Cook Islands] 14
    Villa Clara          [Cuba]         14
    Zamalek              [Egypt]        14
    Al-Zawraa            [Iraq]         14
    
    AEK                  [Greece]       13
    Al-Ahly (Tripoli)    [Libya]        13
    Anorthosis Famagusta [Cyprus]       13
    Arsenal              [England]      13
    ASFA-Yennenga        [Burkina Faso] 13
    ASSP                 [St.Pierre-M.] 13
    SB Benfica           [Guin.-Bissau] 13
    Club Africain        [Tunisia]      13  [28]
    CSKA Moskva          [SU/Russia]    13
    FC Dodo              [Mauritius]    13
    Dordoy Bishkek       [Kyrgyzstan]   13
    El Nacional          [Ecuador]      13
    Empire (Gray's Farm) [Antigua/Bar.] 13
    Etoile Filante       [Burkina Faso] 13
    FAR Rabat            [Morocco]      13
    Fire Brigade SC      [Mauritius]    13
    Hibernians           [Malta]        13
    Invincible XI        [Liberia]      13
    Kampala City Council [Uganda]       13
    Khaan Khuns-Erchim   [Mongolia]     13
    Maple                [Trinidad/T.]  13
    Mighty Barolle       [Liberia]      13
    CS Mindelense        [Cape Verde]   13  [32]
    FC M'tsapéré         [Mayotte]      13
    Nkana FC             [Zambia]       13
    IFK Norrköping       [Sweden]       13
    Primeiro de Agosto   [Angola]       13
    Real de Banjul       [Gambia]       13
    Royal Thai Air Force [Thailand]     13  [20]
    Sahel SC             [Niger]        13  [16]
    Saint Louis          [Seychelles]   13
    Saint Michel United  [Seychelles]   13
    FC Santa Coloma      [Andorra]      13
    Shelbourne           [Ireland]      13
    Wisla Kraków         [Poland]       13
    FC Zürich            [Switzerland]  13
    
    AFC Leopards         [Kenya]        12
    AIK                  [Sweden]       12
    Bangkok Bank         [Thailand]     12
    Caracas FC           [Venezuela]    12
    Djurgĺrdens IF       [Sweden]       12
    Dragons de l'Ouémé   [Benin]        12
    East End Lions       [Sierra Leone] 12
    Espańa               [Mexico]       12
    Estrella             [Aruba]        12
    Guadalajara          [Mexico]       12
    Istiqlol Dushanbe    [Tajikistan]   12
    Jaraaf               [Senegal]      12
    Junior Stars         [Saint-Martin] 12
    Kaizer Chiefs        [South Africa] 12  [19]
    Kitchee              [Hongkong]     12
    LDU de Quito         [Ecuador]      12
    Ludogorets Razgrad   [Bulgaria]     12
    AS Magenta           [N. Caledonia] 12
    Magusa Türk Gücü     [North Cyprus] 12
    Mbabane Highlanders  [Swaziland]    12
    Nagdlúnguaq-48       [Greenland]    12
    Olympic FC           [Niger]        12  [16]
    Palmeiras            [Brazil]       12
    PHC Zebras           [Bermuda]      12
    Pyunik Yerevan       [Armenia]      12
    Raja Casablanca      [Morocco]      12
    Real Espańa          [Honduras]     12
    Red Sea              [Eritrea]      12
    Saunders SC          [Sri Lanka]    12
    S.V.B. (Soerabaja)   [D.E. Indies]  12  [26]
    Tusker FC            [Kenya]        12  [includes Kenya Breweries]
    
    Abahani KC           [Bangladesh]   11  [7]
    Atlético de Madrid   [Spain]        11
    B36                  [Faroe Isl.]   11
    Bohemians            [Ireland]      11
    Brřndby IF           [Denmark]      11
    Casual               [Trinidad/T.]  11
    Dhofar               [Oman]         11
    Dinamo Moskva        [SU]           11
    Dukla Praha          [CSSR]         11
    Etoile du Congo      [Congo]        11
    Etoile du Sahel      [Tunisia]      11  [28]
    Geylang United       [Singapore]    11  [includes Geylang International]
    Gibraltar United     [Gibraltar]    11
    Guaraní              [Paraguay]     11
    Hafia FC             [Guinea]       11
    Hapoel Tel-Aviv      [Israel]       11
    Jong Colombia        [D. Antilles]  11
    Jong Colombia        [Curaçao]      11
    AS Kaloum Star       [Guinea]       11
    Matlama              [Lesotho]      11
    Mechal               [Ethiopia]     11  [includes Army]
    DC Motema Pembe      [Congo-Kinsh.] 11  [25]
    FC Nouadhibou        [Mauritania]   11
    Paris Saint-Germain  [France]       11 
    AS Pirae             [Tahiti]       11
    Prishtina FK         [Kosovo]       11
    Racing Club Haďtien  [Haiti]        11 [15]
    SAFFC                [Singapore]    11
    Spora Luxembourg     [Luxembourg]   11  [11]
    Union Luxembourg     [Luxembourg]   11  [includes US Hollerich]
    Union St.-Gilles     [Belgium]      11
    AS Vénus             [Tahiti]       11
    
    Alumni               [Argentina]    10  [4]
    Atlético Junior      [Colombia]     10
    CR Belouizdad        [Algeria]      10
    Black Africa         [Namibia]      10  [24]
    Bohemian Club        [Philippines]  10
    Canon de Yaoundé     [Cameroon]     10
    Costa do Sol         [Mozambique]   10
    Darul Ta'zim FC      [Malaysia]     10
    Deportivo Cali       [Colombia]     10
    Deportivo Táchira    [Venezuela]    10
    BFC Dynamo           [East Germany] 10
    Fanja                [Oman]         10
    FC 105               [Gabon]        10
    Ferroviário (Maputo) [Mozambique]   10
    ASC Le Geldar        [Fr. Guyana]   10
    Inter Moengotapoe    [Surinam]      10
    Isidro-Metapán       [El Salvador]  10
    Jeanne d'Arc         [Senegal]      10
    LDF                  [Lesotho]      10
    Levadia Tallinn      [Estonia]      10
    Luis Ángel Firpo     [El Salvador]  10
    Notre Dame           [Barbados]     10
    Pachuca              [Mexico]       10
    Qarabag Agdam        [Azerbaijan]   10
    Roaring Lions        [Anguilla]     10
    AS Saint-Etienne     [France]       10 
    Sčmassi de Sokodé    [Togo]         10 
    Somerset Trojans     [Bermuda]      10
    Sporting Clube Praia [Cape Verde]   10  [32]
    Stade Dudelange      [Luxembourg]   10
    US Stade Tamponnaise [Réunion]      10
    Standard (Ličge)     [Belgium]      10
    FC Tirol Innsbruck   [Austria]      10  [includes Wacker]
    Toluca               [Mexico]       10
    Vardar Skopje        [Macedonia]    10
    Vélez Sarsfield      [Argentina]    10  [4]
    Zalgiris Vilnius     [Lithuania]    10
    Zenit St. Peterburg  [SU/Russia]    10
    
    

    Notes

    
     [1] In 1986, Nacional won the league one point ahead of Peńarol.  Because
         of a conflict with the Uruguayan FA, Peńarol had lost two points in the
         beginning of the championship; Nacional and Peńarol thereupon played a
         deciding match for the championship, won by Peńarol on penalties.  That
         championship is here counted for Peńarol.  Around the introduction of
         professionalism, Uruguayan football was split into two federations, the
         AUF and FUF, for two seasons before the two were unified.  As in similar
         cases for Argentina (see [4]) we include all relevant championships.  The
         total for Peńarol includes titles won by C.U.R.C.C..
         For more detailed info, check the file on Uruguayan champions.
    
     [2] These totals include Czechoslovak, Czech and Slovak titles since 1925. 
         Sparta won 19 Czechoslovak and 15 Czech titles; Slavia won 9 Czechoslovak
         and 11 Czech titles (they also claim an additional title for the unfinished
         1948 season); Slovan won 8 Czechoslovak and 17 Slovak titles.
    
     [3] This includes Rapid's German title of 1941, along with their 32 Austrian
         titles.
    
     [4] Also includes titles won in the Campeonato Nacional 1967-1985.
         (Of those, River Plate, Boca Juniors and Independiente all won 3, Racing 
         none, and San Lorenzo 2.)
         Argentine football went through several schisms.  From 1912 to 1914 teams
         were divided in the Asociación and the Federación; from 1919 to 1926 in the
         Asociación Argentina and the Asociación Amateur; and from 1931 to 1934
         in the Asociación and the Liga.  These are all included.  Alumni's total 
         includes the title won as English High School.
         For more detailed info, check the file on Argentine champions.
    
     [5] Includes the 1984/85 title originally awarded to Trakija (now Botev)
         Plovdiv but returned to Levski in 1990.
    
     [6] Dinamo Kyiv won 13 Soviet Union championships and 16 Ukrainian ones.
    
     [7] Bangladesh totals include Dhaka League wins (prior to the existence
         of a national championship).
    
     [8] This includes the two titles Alianza won in 1918 and 1919 under their
         former name of Sport Alianza in the Liga Peruana.
    
     [9] Includes the 1951 title, which was won by virtue of the win of the
         inaugural Polish Cup, and in spite of the fact that Wisla Kraków won
         the league, in which Ruch only finished sixth.
    
    [10] Includes Prode 85 title.
    
    [11] Spora is the result of a merger between Sporting Club and Racing Club;
         in addition to the 11 championships of the merger club, Sporting won 2
         and Racing 1.
    
    [12] Portuguese championship includes the experimental Campeonato de Liga 
         1934-1938 and the official Campeonato de Liga from 1938/39 onwards but not 
         the Campeonato de Portugal 1921-1938 which as a knock-out tournament can be
         considered a predecessor of the current Taça de Portugal (since 1938).
    
    [13] Note that the Hongkong FA only recognises the 32 titles South China won
         after the reconstruction of the FA in 1945; 'our' total includes the
         9 pre-war titles, including that of 1938 won by South China 'B'. 
    
    [14] Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split now are in the Croatian league after 
         Yugoslavia broke up.  Dinamo Zagreb won 4 Yugoslav and 24 Croatian 
         championships; the championships of Gradjanski Zagreb (5 in Yugoslavia 
         before World War II and 1 in Croatia during the war) and HASK Zagreb
         (1 in Yugoslavia before World War II) are not added to their record
         as the actual connection of either club to the current one (officially
         formed in 1945, when both Gradjanski and HASK had already been dissolved)
         is debatable. Hajduk Split won 9 Yugoslav and 6 Croatian championships
         (not including 2 Croatian championships in 1941 and 1946, which were  
         won in a regional league serving to qualify clubs for the Yugoslav
         championship, which eventually did not take place in either season).
    
    [15] Includes Clôture 2002 as apparently no play-off took place.
    
    [16] Olympic's record includes Secteur 6, Sahel's includes Secteur 7.
    
    [17] Simba's record includes Dar Sunderland; the 21 titles include 13 won in
         Tanzania's Union League (between Mainland and Island leagues) and 8 in
         the Mainland League since 2003 (as no Union League champions have been
         crowned after 2002).
    
    [18] Çetinkaya's record includes one title won in Cyprus before split.
    
    [19] South African records include the NPSL 1971-1984 and the NSL/PSL 
         since the 1985 season.  The 1996 league stage of the Coca Cola League
         Cup, won by Kaizer Chiefs, is not included, as it consisted of a single
         round robin only and was not considered a "proper" league at the time,
         although as its winners Kaizer Chiefs qualified for the 1997 CAF Champions
         Cup (only to withdraw from the tournament).
    
    [20] This includes their title shared with Bangkok Bank in 1967.
    
    [21] Tafea FC's titles were all won in the Port Vila Lik; in 2008 a
         'national' competition called VFF Bred Cup Tournament was introduced to
         determine Vanuatu's participants in the OFC Champions Cup but most
         teams entering in that competition appear to be regional selections
         set up on an ad hoc basis rather than traditional club teams.
    
    [22] This includes their two titles won in the rebel LINFUNA league
         in 1995 and 1996; the LINFUNA was officially recognised by FIFA.
    
    [23] This includes titles won before the inauguration of the nationwide
         league in 1959; since then, Fenerbahçe won 19 of their 28 titles, 
         Galatasaray 23 (a record) of their 24 and Besiktas 14 of their 21.
    
    [24] This includes the two titles won in the Namibia National Soccer
         League, played between 1985 and 1990, before independence.
    
    [25] This includes titles won in the national league (LINAFOOT) in
         1990, 1991, and since 1998, and those in the knock-out tournaments 
         organised in other years (Coupe du Zaïre; known as Coupe du Congo
         1964-1971 and Challenge Papa Kalala 1982-1989); TP Mazembe won the
         LINAFOOT title 14 times (and 5 cup tournaments), AS Vita Club won
         the LINAFOOT 5 times (and 10 cup tournaments) and DC Motema Pembe
         the LINAFOOT 5 times (and 6 cup tournaments); the titles of 1969
         (Mazembe) and 1970 (Vita Club) are included although the relevant
         tournaments were not completed (like that of 2019/20 won by Mazembe).
    
    [26] Championships in the Dutch East Indies refer to wins in the Java
         city competitions held between 1914 and 1950; the V.B.O. was known
         as W.J.V.B. until 1928 and was dissolved in 1951, while the S.V.B.
         merged into Persibaja in the summer of 1950 (with all first level
         clubs in the S.V.B. keeping their place under the new name); they
         thus might be considered a predecessor of Persebaya, winners of 4
         amateur and 2 professional championships in independent Indonesia.
    
    [27] The total for Crvena zvezda includes their 18 championships of
         former Yugoslavia until 1991, their 15 league titles in Serbia (and
         Montenegro) won since the 1991/92 season, and the 1945/46 title of
         Serbia won in a regional qualification tournament for the Yugoslav
         championship and recognised by the FA of Serbia in May 2019 (!).
    
    [28] Totals for Tunisia include titles won before independence from
         France; Espérance won 1 of their 32 titles during the colonial era,
         Club Africain 2 of their 13, Etoile du Sahel 1 of their 11.
    
    [29] Totals for Morocco include titles won before independence from
         France; WAC Casablanca won 5 of their 22 titles during the colonial era,
         US Marocaine (dissolved after independence) all their 16 titles.
    
    [30] Totals for Bolivia only includes titles won since 1958 in the
         Torneo Nacional; Bolívar also won 2 titles in the semiprofessional
         league of La Paz (1950-1953) and 1 title in the Torneo Integrado
         (1954-1957), The Strongest 1 in the league of La Paz (1950-1953) 
         and Jorge Wilstermann the Certamen Nacional Mixto 1957/58; these
         are not included in the totals here.
    
    [31] Totals for Brazil include Taça do Brasil, Taça Roberto Gomes
          de Pedrosa, and official CBF/CBD championships since 1971.
    
    [32] Mindelense won 13 titles since independence (1975) and 6 before;
          Sporting Praia won 10 titles since independence and 2 before; the
          federation of Cape Verde only considers the titles won since 1975
          as official.
    
    [33] While the company owning Rangers FC was liquidated in 2012, it had
          previously sold the club to another company, thus enabling the
          club, which had to restart at the fourth domestic league level,
          to retain its old records.
    

    Negative Champions

    In the Swedish Championship of 1998, the champions, AIK scored fewer goals than all other 13 teams: 25 in 26 matches (average 0.962).

    While this was, as far as is known, unique up to the 2009/10 season (see the story on Aduana Stars below), it is not the lowest number of goals per game for a championship winning side. In Europe, that 'honour' probably goes to Trabzonspor K, who won the 1979/80 Turkish championship by scoring a mere 25 goals in 30 matches (an average of 0.833; only 3 of the other 16 clubs did worse).

    While Trabzonspor may hold the European record, the world record was probably set by Aduana Stars, who won the 2009/10 Ghanaian league by scoring only 19 goals in 30 matches, an average of 0.633 - by far the worst scoring record of any side in the 16-team league (the next lowest scoring club were Bechem Chelsea with 26; relegated side Eleven Wise scored twice as many as the champions). Another curiosity of Aduana's title was that they were a newly promoted club, making their debut season; they were the first such club to win the championship in Ghana.

    Trabzonspor's record was marginally worse than that of 2000/01 Senegal champions Jeanne d'Arc, who scored 22 goals in 26 matches (an average of 0.846). However, unlike AIK, Trabzonspor and Aduana Stars, they were among the most prolific sides in the league; only ASC Ndiambour scored one more goal (and ASC Diaraf also had 22) in a league in which all clubs scored less than one goal a match and all clubs conceded less than one goal per match (the worst defence being that of relegated Casa Sport who conceded 25 goals in their 26 outings). With only 221 goals scored in 182 matches, an average of 1.214 goals per match, presumed to be a world record low for a truly national league, the 2000/01 edition of the Senegalese championship set rather unenviable standards in negative football, although the 1991/92 season (in which 301 goals were scored in 240 matches, an average of 1.254) saw a champion, ASC Ndiambour, with an even lower number of goals (20, and that in 30 matches, an average of 0.667 (presumably the world record low for a championship winning team until Aduana Stars came along) - 6 from the 15 other clubs scored more, but only Diaraf (31 goals) managed an average above one).
    However, it should be mentioned that the 1991 Calcutta League, with 107 goals in 90 matches (an average of 1.189 goals per match) did even better defensively (seventy percent of the clubs scored less than half a goal per match and the top-2 teams together conceded only 1 goal in their 36 matches); as there was no national league championship in India at the time and the Calcutta league traditionally was considered to be the strongest of the country, one might discharge the West Africans.

    Due to the rather irrational format of the competition, Coritiba FC won the Brazilian championship of 1985 by scoring 25 goals in 29 matches, and conceding 27 - one of only six known cases of a national champion with a negative goal difference. They did win more matches than they lost (12 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses) but the number of goals they scored per match (0.862) was worse than that of all but 5 of the 43 other participating clubs.

    Al-Rayyan is another known team to win its national championship with a negative goal difference: in the 1983/84 Qatar league, they managed to win 7 (and draw 2) of their 12 matches by scoring 15 goals - and conceding 18, most of those undoubtedly in their 3 defeats.

    Walter Ferreti won the 2000/01 Nicaraguan championship, which was played in three stages. The first was a double round robin between 10 teams, of which the top-5 qualified for the second stage. Walter Ferreti finished 5th with 7 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses and a goal record of 30 scored and 27 conceded. The top-5 then played another double round robin, in which Walter Ferreti only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, scoring 7 goals and conceding 17. However, that gave them 4th place (FC San Marcos doing even worse), which was enough to enter the knock-out semi-finals - in spite of their overall record (by then) of 9 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses, 37 goals scored and 44 conceded. There they eliminated second stage winners Jalapa with a 3-1 home win after drawing 0-0 away, and in the final they managed two 0-0 draws against first stage winners (and second stage runners-up) Diriangén before winning the necessary penalty shoot-out 5-3 and crowning themselves national champions - with a total record of 10 wins, 10 draws, 10 losses, 40 goals scored and 45 conceded!

    However, the worst ever national league champions must be POSCO Atoms, champions of South Korea 1986. After winning the first stage with 3 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss from 10 matches (9 goals scored, 5 conceded), they finished 5th from 6 in the second stage with 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses (9 goals scored, 18 conceded). They nevertheless had qualified for the championship play-off against second stage winners Lucky Goldstar Hwangso (who had been close runners-up in the first stage), won the first leg 1-0 and drew the second 1-1 to claim the league title with an overall record of 22 matches, 6 wins, 9 draws, 7 losses, 20 goals scored and 24 conceded!

    But POSCO were run close by CD Plaza Amador in Panama 2005, where they won the Torneo ANAPROF with an overall season record of 13 wins, 11 draws and 14 losses, 51 goals scored and 55 conceded. Plaza Amador had won the Apertura after finishing fourth in its regular stage (8 wins, 6 draws, 4 losses, 28-19 goals) and then winning their semifinal against Tauro (1-0 on aggregate) and the final against Árabe Unido 3-1. In the Clausura they completely lost the plot, finishing 9th and last with 2 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses (17-35 goals). But Clausura champions San Francisco, who had also been the best team overall, succumbed 0-2 in the Superfinal... (To illustrate their 'negative' season, Plaza Amador received 9 yellow cards (two players receiving two and so a red) and 1 direct red card during the championship final.)

    Finally, Taipower won the championship of Taiwan 2007 conceding 11 goals and scoring only 9 in their six matches: they lost only once, but then heavily, 0-5 to Fubon, while all their three wins were by a single goal.

    To summarise the 6 'negative' champions:

    Outscored Champions
    
    Country     Season   Champions      Pd  W  D  L  F-A Pts
    
    Qatar       1983/84  Al-Rayyan      12  7  2  3 15-18 16
    Brazil      1985     Coritiba       29 12  7 10 25-27 31
    South Korea 1986     POSCO Atoms    22  6  9  7 20-24 21
    Nicaragua   2000/01  Walter Ferreti 30 10 10 10 40-45 40
    Panama      2005     Plaza Amador   38 13 11 14 51-55 50
    Taiwan      2007     Taipower        6  3  2  1  9-11 11
    
    Outmatched Champions
    
    Country     Season   Champions      Pd  W  D  L  F-A Pts
    
    South Korea 1986     POSCO Atoms    22  6  9  7 20-24 21
    Panama      2005     Plaza Amador   38 13 11 14 51-55 50
    

    At the other end of the table, Manchester City managed something remarkably dual to AIK's and Aduana's achievement: while scoring most goals (80) of all 22 teams in the 1937/38 English Championship, they finished 21st and were relegated with a positive goal difference (80-77). What made this even more striking was that they were defending champions when relegated.

    See for the best defensive performances in European leagues.


    New Names on the Trophy

    In many countries, the same old teams keep winning championships, often several on a string, as documented above.

    It is less often that every year another team wins the title. The longest series of seasons in which no club won the title twice are listed below. Series with the seasons indicated in italics involved no two teams from the same town; series with the country in italics are running.

    11 Indonesia    1991/92-2003     (1991/92 Arseto, 1992/93 Arema, 1993/94 Pelita 
                                      Jaya, 1994/95 Persib, 1995/96 Mastrans Bandung
                                      Raya, 1996/97 Persebaya, 1997/98 not awarded,
                                      1998/99 PSIS, 1999/00 PSM, 2001 Persija, 2002
                                      Petrokimia Putra, 2003 Persik)
     
    11 Netherlands  1942/43-1953/54  (1942/43 ADO, 1943/44 De Voleweijckers, 1944/45
                                      not held, 1945/46 Haarlem, 1946/47 Ajax,
                                      1947/48 BVV, 1948/49 SVV, 1949/50 Limburgia,
                                      1950/51 PSV, 1951/52 Willem II, 1952/53 RCH,
                                      1953/54 Eindhoven)
    
    10 Laos         2006   -2016     (2006 Vientiane FC, 2007 Lao-American College FC,
                                      2008 Lao Army FC, 2009 not held, 2010 Banks,
                                      2011 Ministry of Public Works and Transport,
                                      2012 Lao Police FC, 2013 SHB Champasak FC,
                                      2014 Hoang Anh Attapeu FC, 2015 Lao Toyota FC.
                                      2016 Lanexang United FC)
    
    10 N. Caledonia 1971   -1980     (1971 Stade Français Tadine, 1972 Saint Jean-Baptiste Nathalo,
                                      1973 Groupement Sportif Ouvéa, 1974 Gaïtcha FCN,
                                      1975 UAC Yaté, 1976 AS Le Nickel, 1977 Kehdek de Koumac,
                                      1978 USL Gélima, 1979 JS Baco, 1980 RS Koumac)
    
     9 Comoros      2008   -2016     (2008 Etoile d'Or, 2009 Apaches Club,
                                      2010 Elan Club, 2011 Coin Nord, 2012 Djabal FC,
                                      2013 Komorozine, 2014 Fomboni Club, 2015 Volcan Club,
                                      2016 Ngaya Club)
    
     9 Ethiopia     1973-   1981     (1973 Asmara, 1974 Embassoyra, 1975 St. George,
                                      1976 Mechal, 1977 Medr Babur, 1978 Ogaden
                                      Anbassa, 1979 Omedla, 1980 Tegl Fre, 1981
                                      Ermejachen)
    
     9 Netherlands  1918/19-1926/27  (1918/19 Ajax, 1919/20 Be Quick (Groningen),
                                      1920/21 NAC, 1921/22 Go Ahead, 1922/23 RCH,
                                      1923/24 Feijenoord, 1924/25 HBS, 1925/26
                                      SC Enschede, 1926/27 Heracles)
    
     9 Senegal      2009   -2016/17  (2009 ASC La Lingučre, 2010 ASC Jaraaf,
                                      2011 Ouakam, 2011/12 Casa Sports, 2012/13 Diambars,
                                      2013/14 Pikine, 2014/15 Douanes, 2015/16 Gorée,
                                      2016/17 Génération Foot)
    
     9 Switzerland  1912/13-1920/21  (1912/13 Montriond Lausanne, 1913/14 FC Aarau,
                                      1914/15 Brühl Sankt Gallen, 1915/16 Cantonal
                                      Neuchâtel, 1916/17 FC Winterthur, 1917/18
                                      Servette FC, 1918/19 Etoile La Chaux-de-Fonds,
                                      1919/20 BSC Young Boys, 1920/21 Grasshoppers)
    
     8 Algeria      1992/93-1999/00  (1992/93 MC Oran, 1993/94 US Chaouia, 1994/95
                                      JS Kabylie, 1995/96 USM Alger, 1996/97 CS
                                      Constantine, 1997/98 USM El Harrach, 1998/99
                                      MC Alger, 1999/00 CR Belouizdad)
    
     8 Argentina    2006 Ap-2010 Cl  (2006 Ap Estudiantes, 2007 Cl San Lorenzo, 2007 Ap
                                      Lanús, 2008 Cl River Plate, 2008 Ap Boca Juniors,
                                      2009 Cl Vélez Sarsfield, 2009 Ap Banfield, 2010 Cl
                                      Argentinos Juniors)
                                    
     8 Argentina    2007 Cl-2010 Ap  (2007 Cl San Lorenzo, 2007 Ap Lanús, 2008 Cl River
                                      Plate, 2008 Ap Boca Juniors, 2009 Cl Vélez Sarsfield,
                                      2009 Ap Banfield, 2010 Cl Argentinos Juniors, 
                                      2010 Ap Estudiantes)
                                    
     8 Brazil       1983   -1990     (1983 Flamengo, 1984 Fluminense, 1985 Coritiba,
                                      1986 São Paulo, 1987 Sport Recife [1], 1988
                                      Bahia, 1989 Vasco da Gama, 1990 Corinthians)
    
     8 Colombia     2003 Ap-2006 Fi  (2003 Ap Once Caldas, 2003 Fi Tolima, 2004 Ap
                                      Medellín, 2004 Fi Junior, 2005 Ap Nacional,
                                      2005 Fi Cali, 2006 Ap Pasto, 2006 Fi Cúcuta)
    
     8 Guatemala    2019 Cl-2023 Cl  (2019 Cl Antigua, 2019 Ap Municipal, 2020 Cl
                                      abandoned, 2020 Ap Guastatoya, 2021 Cl Santa Lucía,
                                      2021 Ap Malacateco, 2022 Cl Comunicaciones,
                                      2022 Ap Cobán Imperial, 2023 Cl Xelajú)
    
     8 Mexico       2010 Cl-2013 Ap  (2010 Cl Toluca, 2010 Ap Monterrey, 2011 Cl Pumas,
                                      2011 Ap Tigres, 2012 Cl Santos, 2012 Ap Tijuana,
                                      2013 Cl América, 2013 Ap León)
    
     8 Senegal      2011   -2017/18  (2011 Ouakam, 2011/12 Casa Sports, 2012/13 Diambars,
                                      2013/14 Pikine, 2014/15 Douanes, 2015/16 Gorée,
                                      2016/17 Génération Foot, 2017/18 ASC Jaraaf)
    
     8 Togo         2006/07-2018/19  (2006/07 ASKO Kara, 2009 Maranatha, 2011/12
                                      Dynamic Togolais, 2013 Anges, 2014 Sčmassi,
                                      2016/17 Togo-Port, 2017/18 Koroki, 2018/19 ASC Kara)
    
     8 Togo         2009   -2019/20  (2009 Maranatha, 2011/12 Dynamic Togolais, 2013 Anges,
                                      2014 Sčmassi, 2016/17 Togo-Port, 2017/18 Koroki,
                                      2018/19 ASC Kara, 2019/20 ASKO Kara)
    
     8 West Germany 1962/63-1969/70  (1962/63 Borussia Dortmund, 1963/64 1.FC Köln,
                                      1964/65 Werder Bremen, 1965/66 1860 München,
                                      1966/67 Eintracht Braunschweig, 1967/68 1.FC
                                      Nürnberg, 1968/69 Bayern München, 1969/70
                                      Borussia Mönchengladbach)
    
     7 Bolivia      2005 Ap-2008 Cl  (2005 Ap Blooming, 2006 Ap Bolívar,
                                      2006 Cl Jorge Wilstermann, 2007 Ap Real Potosí,
                                      2007 Cl San José, 2008 Ap Universitario Sucre,
                                      2008 Cl Aurora)
    
     7 Botswana     2003   -2008/09  (2003 Mogoditshane Fighters, 2003/04 BDF XI,
                                      2004/05 Township Rollers, 2005/06 Police XI,
                                      2006/07 ECCO City Greens, 2007/08 Mochudi Centre
                                      Chiefs, 2008/09 Gaborone United)
    
     7 Brazil       1987   -1993     (1987 Sport Recife [1], 1988 Bahia, 1989 Vasco 
                                      da Gama, 1990 Corinthians, 1991 São Paulo,
                                      1992 Flamengo, 1993 Palmeiras)
    
     7 Denmark      1973   -1979     (1973 Hvidovre IF, 1974 KB, 1975 Køge Boldklub,
                                      1976 B 1903, 1977 OB, 1978 Vejle B, 1979
                                      Esbjerg fB)
    
     7 England      1958/59-1964/65  (1958/59 Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1959/60
                                      Burnley, 1960/61 Tottenham Hotspur, 1961/62
                                      Ipswich Town, 1962/63 Everton, 1963/64
                                      Liverpool, 1964/65 Manchester United)
    
     7 England      1966/67-1972/73  (1966/67 Manchester United, 1967/68 Manchester
                                      City, 1968/69 Leeds United, 1969/70 Everton,
                                      1970/71 Arsenal, 1971/72 Derby County, 
                                      1972/73 Liverpool)
    
     7 France       1991/92-1998/99  (1991/92 Olympique Marseille, 1992/93 not
                                      awarded, 1993/94 Paris SG, 1994/95 Nantes,
                                      1995/96 Auxerre, 1996/97 Monaco, 1997/98 Lens,
                                      1998/99 Girondins de Bordeaux)
    
     7 Gambia       2015/16-2023     (2015/16 Ports Authoriry, 2016/17 Armed Forces,
                                      2017/18 Gamtel, 2018/19 Brikama United,
                                      2019/20 abandoned, 2021 Fortuna, 2021/22 Hawks,
                                      2023 Real Banjul)
    
     7 Guadeloupe   2002/03-2008/09  (2002/03 Phare, 2003/04 Racing Club, 2004/05
                                      AS Gosier, 2005/06 JSVH, 2006/07 Etoile,
                                      2007/08 Evolucas, 2008/09 CS Moulien)
    
     7 Indonesia    1998/99-2005     (1998/99 PSIS, 1999/00 PSM, 2001 Persija,
                                      2002 Petrokimia Putra, 2003 Persik,
                                      2004 Persebaya, 2005 Persipura)
    
     7 Jamaica      1994/95-2000/01  (1994/95 Reno, 1995/96 Violet Kickers, 
                                      1996/97 Seba United, 1997/98 Waterhouse,
                                      1998/99 Tivoli Gardens, 1999/00 Harbour View,
                                      2000/01 Arnett Gardens)
    
     7 Mexico       1988/89-1994/95  (1988/89 América, 1989/90 Puebla, 1990/91 UNAM,
                                      1991/92 León, 1992/93 Atlante, 1993/94 UAG,
                                      1994/95 Necaxa)
    
     7 Morocco      1968/69-1974/75  (1968/69 WAC Casablanca, 1969/70 FAR Rabat,
                                      1970/71 RS Settat, 1971/72 ASM Casablanca,
                                      1972/73 KAC Kénitra, 1973/74 Raja Béni Mellal,
                                      1974/75 MC Oujda)
    
     7 Namibia      1990   -1996     (1990 Orlando Pirates, 1991 Eleven Arrows,
                                      1992 Ramblers, 1993 Chief Santos, 1994 African
                                      Stars, 1995 Black Africa, 1996 Blue Waters)
    
     7 N. Caledonia 1980   -1986     (1980 RS Koumac, 1981 USL Gélima, 1982 JS Baco,
                                      1983 CA Saint-Louis, 1984 AS Frégate,
                                      1985 AS Kunié, 1986 AS 6e km)
    
     7 Nigeria      1991   -1997     (1991 Julius Berger, 1992 Stationery Stores,
                                      1993 Iwuanyanwu, 1994 BCC Lions, 1995 Shooting
                                      Stars, 1996 Udoji United, 1997 Eagle Cement)
    
     7 Senegal      2008   -2013/14  (2008 AS Douanes, 2009 ASC La Lingučre,
                                      2010 ASC Jaraaf, 2011 US Ouakam, 2011/12 Casa
                                      Sports, 2012/13 Diambars, 2013/14 AS Pikine)
    
     7 Sri Lanka    2008/09-2015     (2008/09 Army SC, 2009/10 Renown SC, 2010/11
                                      Don Bosco SC, 2011/12 Ratnams SC, 2013 Air Force SC,
                                      2014/15 Solid SC, 2015 Colombo FC)
    
     7 Sweden       2005   -2011     (2005 Djurgĺrdens IF, 2006 IF Elfsborg, 
                                      2007 IFK Göteborg, 2008 Kalmar FF, 2009 AIK,
                                      2010 Malmö FF, 2011 Helsingborgs IF)
    
     7 Turks/Caicos 2005/06-2011/12  (2005/06 Cost Right FC, 2006/07 Beaches FC,
                                      2007/08 PWC Athletic, 2008/09 Digi FC, 2009/10
                                      AFC Academy, 2010/11 Provopool FC, 2011/12
                                      Cheshire Hall) [PWC Athletic won 2004/05 under
                                      their former name KPMG United]
    
     7 Vietnam      1985   -1992     (1985 Cong Nghiep Ham Nam Ninh, 1986 Cang
                                      Saigon, 1987 Cau Lac Bo Quan Doi, 1988 Cong
                                      An Hanoi, 1989 Dong Thap, 1990 not awarded,
                                      1991 Hai Quan Than Po Ho Chi Minh, 1992 Quang
                                      Nam Danang)
    
    [1] Sport Recife were officially declared champions in 1987, though most
        Brazilian publications consider Flamengo to be the "actual" champions;
        see the file on Brazilian champions.
    
    

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