The 100 Greatest Soccer Clubs in the World

Jo-Ryan SalazarSenior Analyst IDecember 20, 2010

The 100 Greatest Soccer Clubs in the World

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    YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 17:  Sport Club Internaciona players celebrate with the cup after winning the final of the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 between Sport Club Internacional and FC Barcelona at the International Stadium Yokohama on December 17, 20
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    What constitutes greatness? Is it the championships won? Is it the players? Is it the fans and its stadium?

    Well, it's all of that...and some.

    And this is why we have compiled for you the 100 Greatest Football Clubs of All Time. We used the IFFHS's Club World Rankings from Dec. 1 2009-Nov. 29, 2010 to give you our list of 100 of the best teams out there. 100 examples of greatness.

    Now you might question where they stand in this table. You can approach this list in no particular order; we'll stick to how they are listed here. Regardless of whether or not they are out of order, they are still the 100 Greatest Football Clubs of All Time. So let's begin.

100. Newell's Old Boys

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    Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys, known simply as Newell's Old Boys or Newell's, is a sports club from Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The club was founded on November 3, 1903 and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. Newell's is best known for their association football team, playing in the Argentine Primera División (top level of the Argentine league system).

    They have won the Primera División five times throughout their history, the first being in the 1974 Metropolitano and the last in the 2004 Clausura. Newell's has also been twice Copa Libertadores runner-up (in 1988 and 1992).

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores de América:

            Runners-up (2): 1988, 1992

    Domestic honours

        * Argentine First Division: 5

            Metropolitano 1974, 1987/88, 1990/91, Clausura 1992, Apertura 2004


99. PAOK

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    PAOK F.C. (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών – Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinoupolitón, the Pan-Thessalonikian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans) is a Greek association football club based in the capital of Macedonia, Thessaloniki.

    PAOK has spent its entire history playing in the top division, winning two league championships (1976, 1985) and four cups (1972, 1974, 2001, 2003). PAOK also holds the record as a runner-up in the Greek cup (12 times).

    Domestic honours

        * Greek Championships

        Winners (2): 1976, 1985
        Runners-up (5): 1937, 1940, 1973, 1978, 2009

        * Greek Cup

        Winners (4): 1972, 1974, 2001, 2003
        Runners-up (12)*: 1939, 1951, 1955, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1992

    (*) Record

98. CA Lanús

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    Club Atlético Lanús, known simply as Lanús, is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in the Argentine top divisions: Primera División (football) and Liga Nacional de Básquet (basketball). In football, Lanús has won two major championships in its history: the Copa CONMEBOL in 1996 and the 2007 Apertura.

    International honours

        * CONMEBOL Cup: 1

            1996

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División de Argentina: 1

            Apertura 2007

        * Second Division Championship: 1

            1992

        * Third Division Championship: 1

            1981

        * Second Division Championship: 1

            1971

        * Second Division Championship: 1

            1964

        * Second Division Championship: 1

            1950

97. CD Universidad Católica

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    Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is one of Chile's most popular football clubs, based in the countries capital, Santiago. It is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams".

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores de América:

            Runners-up (1): 1993

        * Copa Interamericana: 1

            1993

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División de Chile: 10

            1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997-A, 2002-A, 2005-C, 2010

        * Copa Chile: 4

            1983-PG, 1983-R, 1991, 1995

        * Liguilla Pre-Libertadores: 8

            1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998

        * Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana: 1

            2003

        * Pre-Liguilla: 1

            1992

        * Apertura Consolation Tournament: 1

            1949

        * Segunda División de Chile: 2

            1956, 1975

96. Gamba Osaka

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    Gamba Osaka (ガンバ大阪, Ganba Ōsaka) is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese ganbaru (頑張る), meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Gamba are one of only five teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception in 1993.

    International honours

        * AFC Champions League
              o Winners (1) : 2008

        * FIFA Club World Cup
              o Third Place : 2008

    Domestic honours

    Matsushita (Amateur era)

        * All Japan Senior Football Championship
              o Winners (1) : 1983
        * Japan Soccer League Division 2
              o Winners (1) : 1985–86
        * Emperor's Cup:
              o Winners (1) : 1990

    Gamba Osaka (Professional era)

        * J. League Division 1
              o Champions (1) : 2005
              o Runners-up (1) : 2010
        * Emperor's Cup
              o Winners (2) : 2008, 2009
              o Runners-up (1) : 2006
        * J. League Cup
              o Winners (1) : 2007
              o Runners-up (1) : 2005
        * Super Cup
              o Winners (1) : 2007
              o Runners-up (2) : 2006, 2009

95. CSD Colo-Colo

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    Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is the most popular team in Chilean football.[2] Colo-Colo has won a record number of national titles and is the only Chilean team to have won the Copa Libertadores de América.

    Colo-Colo has won a combined total of 46 titles, encompassing four amateur titles, 39 national tournaments in the professional era and three international championships. Since the creation of the Primera División of Chile in 1933, Colo-Colo is the only club to have played in every season, never having been relegated. The club has won a record 29 Primera División de Chile championships.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores de América
              o Champion (1): 1991
              o Runners-up (1): 1973

        * Recopa Sudamericana
              o Champion (1): 1992

        * Copa Interamericana
              o Champion (1): 1991

        * Intercontinental Cup
              o Runners-up (1): 1991

        * Copa Sudamericana
              o Runners-up (1): 2006


    Domestic honours

        * Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División
              o Champion (29): 1937 (unbeaten), 1939, 1941 (unbeaten), 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998, 2002 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura
              o Runners-up (17): 1933, 1943, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010

        * Copa Chile
              o Champion (10): 1958, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996
              o Runners-up (4): 1979, 1980, 1987, 1992


    Regional honours

        * Campeonato Liga Central de Football de Santiago
              o Champion (3): 1925, 1928, 1929

        * Campeonato Asociación de Football de Santiago
              o Champion (1): 1930

94. BSC Young Boys

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    Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sports club based in the capital city of Bern. The club is best known for its football teams. The first team played in the Swiss Axpo Super League and has won 11 Swiss league championships and six Swiss Cups. In 1957, YB was named the Swiss team of the year. YB is one of the most successful Swiss football clubs internationally, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in the 1958–59 season.

    International honours

        * Coppa delle Alpi
              o Winners (1): 1974

    Domestic honours

        * Swiss Super League:
              o Winners (11): 1903, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1920, 1929, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1986

        * Schweizer Cup:
              o Winners (6): 1930, 1945, 1953, 1958, 1977, 1987

        * Swiss League Cup:
              o Winners (1): 1976

93. CA Independiente

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    Club Atlético Independiente is a popular Argentine sports club based in Avellaneda that is best known for its professional football team.

    Independiente is one of the most successful teams in Argentina. Domestically, it is one of the big three teams having won 14 Primera División titles in the professional era, third behind River Plate and Boca Juniors. The club has had even greater international success, having won 16 international titles, which is currently the third most behind A.C. Milan and Boca Juniors.

    Their international trophy haul includes a record seven Copa Libertadores (including a record four straight from 1972–1975), two Intercontinental Cups, two Supercopa Sudamericanas, one Copa Sudamericana, one Recopa Sudamericana, and three Copa Interamericanas. It is one of eight team to have won CONMEBOL's three most important competitions (the others being Boca Juniors, Olimpia, São Paulo, Vélez Sársfield, Cruzeiro, Internacional and LDU Quito).

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores
              o Champion (7): 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984

        * Intercontinental Cup
              o Champion (2): 1973, 1984
              o Runner-up (4): 1964, 1965, 1972, 1974

        * Interamerican Cup
              o Champion (3): 1973, 1974, 1975

        * Copa Sudamericana
              o Champion (1): 2010

        * Recopa Sudamericana
              o Champion (1): 1995
              o Runner-up (1): 1996

        * Supercopa Sudamericana
              o Champion (2): 1994, 1995
              o Runner-up (1): 1989

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División
              o Champion (14): 1938, 1939,1948, 1960, 1963, 1967 Nacional, 1970 Metropolitano, 1971 Metropolitano, 1977 Nacional, 1978 Nacional, 1983 Metropolitano, 1988-1989, 1994 Clausura, 2002 Apertura
              o Runner-up (14): 1932, 1934,1935, 1937, 1940, 1954, 1964, 1977 Metropolitano, 1982 Metropolitano, 1983 Nacional,1989-1990, 1993 Clausura,1996 Apertura, 2000 Clausura

    Regional honours

        * Amateur Era
              o Champion (2): AAm 1922, AAm 1926
              o Runner-up (2): AAm 1912, AAm 1923

        * Copa Río de La Plata
              o Champion (2):1938, 1939

92. UC Sampdoria

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    Unione Calcio Sampdoria is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. Sampdoria have won the scudetto only once in their history, in the 1991 season. However, the club has also won the Coppa Italia four times (1985, 1988, 1989, and 1994) and one Italian Super Cup. Their biggest European success came when they won the Winners' Cup in 1990. They also reached the European Cup final in 1992 only to lose against the Spanish side FC Barcelona with an 1–0 score after extra time.

    International honours

    European Cup/Champions League

        * Runners-up (1): 1991–92

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1

        * Winners: 1989–90
        * Runners-up (1): 1988–89

    Domestic honours

    Serie A: 1

        * Winners: 1990–91
        * Runners-up (1): 1921–22 (F.I.G.C. as Sampierdarenese)

    Serie B: 2

        * Winners: 1933–34, 1966–67
        * Runners-up (2): 1981–82, 2002–03

    Coppa Italia: 4

        * Winners: 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94
        * Runners-up (3): 1985–86, 1990–91, 2008–09

    Supercoppa Italiana: 1

        * Winners: 1991
        * Runners-up (3): 1988, 1989, 1994

91. NK Maribor

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    Nogometni Klub Maribor, commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor is a professional football club based in Maribor, Slovenia. It was founded on 12 December 1960 and is one of only three football clubs that has spent all seasons in the Slovenian League since its foundation in 1991.

    They are the most successful Slovenian club with eight Slovenian League, six Slovenian Cup and one Slovenian Supercup titles. The club's most successful period was in the late 1990s and early 2000s when they won seven consecutive Slovenian League titles, three Slovenian Cups and as the first Slovenian team played in the UEFA Champions League under the guidance of head coach Bojan Prašnikar.

    They are the only Slovenian club to participate in the UEFA Champions League and one of only four clubs from the SFR Yugoslavia region that participated in UEFA Champions League since the breakup of the country in 1991.

    Domestic honours

    League

        * Slovenian Championships:

            Winners (8): 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2008/09
            Runners-up (4): 1991/92, 1992/93, 1994/95, 2009/10

    Cup

        * Slovenian Cup:

            Winners (6): 1991/92, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1998/99, 2003/04, 2009/10
            Runners-up (2): 2006/07, 2007/08

        * Slovenian Supercup:

            Winners (1): 2009
            Runners-up (1): 2010

    Other

        * The Double (League and Cup):

            Winners (2): 1996/97, 1998/99

90. Juan Aurich

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    Juan Aurich is a Peruvian football club located in Chiclayo, Peru. They play their home games at the Estadio Elías Aguirre and currently play in the Primera División Peruana.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

            1969: First Round
            2010: Second Round

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División Peruana:

            Runner-up (1): 1968

        * Copa Perú: 2

            1997, 2007

        * Campeonato Región I: 2

            2006, 2007

        * Campeonato Departamental de Lambayeque: 3

            1967, 1997, 2007

        * Campeonato de Chiclayo: 1

            1933

89. Club Nacional De Football

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    Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División.

    They have won the Primera División 42 times (including 31 in the professional era) and another 78 official national titles, which makes Nacional the most successful team in Uruguay. Internationally, the have won the Copa Libertadores three times, ranking them fifth overall. Nacional has also won the Intercontinental Cup three times, a joint record they share with Boca Juniors, Peñarol, Milan, and Real Madrid. They are also the only Uruguayan team that has won the Recopa Sudamericana and Copa Interamericana.

    Many important players that played for Uruguay came from Nacional, such as Héctor Scarone, Rodolfo Rodríguez, Aníbal Paz, Luis Suárez, Sebastián Abreu, among many others. In fact, Nacional is the only team that has been present in all Uruguay's achievements.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores (3): 1971, 1980, 1988
        * Intercontinental Cup (3): 1971, 1980, 1988
        * Copa Interamericana (2): 1972, 1989
        * Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1989
        * Copa Aldao (Copa Río de la Plata) (6): 1916, 1919, 1920, 1940, 1942, 1946
        * Copa de Honor Cousenier (4): 1905, 1915, 1916, 1917
        * Cup Tie Competition (2): 1913, 1915
        * Copa de Confraternidad Escobar - Gerona (1): 1945

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División (42)
              o Amateur Era (11): 1902, 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924.
              o Professional Era (31): 1933, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2005-06, 2008-09.

    Other domestic honours

        * Copa Competencia (8): 1903, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1921, 1923
        * Copa de Honor (7): 1905, 1906, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
        * Torneo de Honor (17): 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 (shared), 1960 (shared), 1961, 1962 (shared), 1963
        * Torneo Competencia (13): 1934, 1942 (shared), 1945, 1948, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 (shared), 1967 (shared), 1989
        * Torneo Cuadrangular (8): 1952, 1954, 1955 (Shared), 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967
        * Torneo Apertura (9): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
        * Torneo Clausura (5): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2006
        * Liguilla (8): 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2007, 2008
        * Liga Mayor (3): 1975, 1976, 1977
        * Campeonato Nacional General Artigas (2): 1961, 1962
        * Torneo Fermín Garicoits (1): 1965
        * Torneo Ciudad de Montevideo (1): 1973
        * Torneo 50º Aniversario de Colombes (1): 1974
        * Torneo Campeones Olímpicos (1): 1974
        * Campeonato Estadio Centenario (1): 1983


88. PFC Levski Sofia

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    PFC Levski Sofia, (Bulgarian: ПФК Левски София) otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

    Since its establishment, Levski Sofia has won a record 55 major domestic trophies including 26 A PFG titles, 26 national cups and three super cups. They are the only Bulgarian club to have spent its entire history playing in the first division, from 1924 to 1944 in the State Championship, from 1945 to 1948 in the Republic Championship and from 1949 on in the A PFG. The club also has a positive balance against all other Bulgarian teams in all national competitions and is a member of the European Club Association.

    Internationally, Levski has reached three Winners' Cup quarterfinals and two UEFA Cup quarterfinals. In 2006, it became the first and so far the only Bulgarian club to make it to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.

    International honours

    UEFA Europa League:

        * Quarter-finalists: 1975-76 vs. FC Barcelona (Agg. 5 - 8)
        * Quarter-finalists: 2005-06 vs. Schalke 04 (Agg. 2 - 4)

        * Group Stage: 2005-06 UEFA Cup vs. Olympique de Marseille, CSKA Moscow, Heerenveen S.C., FC Dinamo Bucharest
        * Group Stage: 2009-10 UEFA Europa League vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg, SS Lazio, Villarreal CF
        * Group Stage: 2010-11 UEFA Europa League vs. Sporting Lisboa, Lille OSC, KAA Gent

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

        * Quarter-finalists: 1969-70 vs. Gornik Zabrze (Agg. 4 - 4)
        * Quarter-finalists: 1976-77 vs. Atletico Madrid (Agg. 2 - 3)
        * Quarter-finalists: 1986-87 vs. Real Zaragoza (Agg. 0 - 4)

    UEFA Champions League:

        * Group Stage: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League vs. FC Barcelona, Chelsea F.C. , Werder Bremen
        * 1/8 final: 1965-66, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1993-94

    Domestic honours

    Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

        * Champions (26 times): 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009

    Bulgarian Cup

        * Winners (26 times): 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

    Bulgarian Supercup

        * Winners (3 times): 2005, 2007, 2009

    Cup of the Soviet Army

        * Winners (3 times): 1984, 1987, 1988

    Ulpia Serdika Cup

        * Winners (4 times): 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932

    Sofia Championship

        * Winners (11 times): 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948

    Tsar's cup

        * Winners (2 times): 1933, 1937

        * Levski have completed a domestic double 13 times(record): 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2007 and a treble twice: 1984 and 2007

87. Espérance Sportive De Tunis

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    Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Arabic: الترجي الرياضي التونسي‎, also known as EST, taraji, or Espérance) is a sports club based in Tunis, Tunisia. It fields several sport teams in football, handball, volleyball, etc.

    It is one of the four most popular and successful teams in Tunisia and was founded on January 15, 1919.

    International honours

        * CAF Champions League: 8 appearances

            1999 - Finalist
            2000 - Finalist
            2001 - Semi-Finals
            2002 - Group Stage
            2003 - Semi-Finals
            2004 - Semi-Finals
            2005 - Group Stage
            2010 - Finalist

        * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 6 appearances

            1971: withdrew in Second Round
            1986: Quarter-Finals
            1989: Second Round
            1990: Quarter-Finals
            1992: First Round
            1994: Champion

        * CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

            2006 - Group Stage
            2008 - Second Round of 16

        * CAF Cup: 1 appearance

            1997 - Champion

        * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

            1980 - Second Round
            1981 - First Round
            1987 - Finalist
            1998 - Champion

        * Arab Club Champions Cup: 2

            1993, 2009

        * Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1

            1995

        * North African Cup Winners Cup: 1

            2009


    Domestic honours

        * Tunisian League: 22

            1959, 1960, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010

        * Tunisian President Cup: 12

            1957, 1964, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008

86. Red Bull Salzburg

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    FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian football club based in Wals-Siezenheim. The club has won the Austrian Bundesliga six times, and reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1994. They also played in the 94/95 edition of the UEFA Champions League as Casino Salzburg, being the only team to play against and never lose to eventual champions Ajax Amsterdam.

    International honours


    UEFA Cup

        * Runners-up: 1994

    UEFA Europa League

        * 2009/2010 Group stage: 6 6W 0D 0L



    Domestic honours

    Austrian Bundesliga

        * Champions: 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10

    Austrian Cup

        * Runners-up: 1974, 1980, 1981, 2002

    Austrian Supercup

        * Winners: 1994, 1995, 1997

85. Rosenborg BK

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    Rosenborg Ballklub (RBK) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. With 22 league titles and nine Norwegian Cup (Norwegian Championship) titles, the club is the most successful in Norway and has dominated Norwegian football since the start of the 1990s.

    Domestic honours

        * Norwegian Premier League:
              o Winners (22): 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
              o Runners-up (5): 1968, 1970, 1973, 1989, 1991

        * Norwegian Football Cup:
              o Winners (9): 1960, 1964, 1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003
              o Runners-up (5): 1967, 1972, 1973, 1991, 1998

        * Superfinalen:
              o Winners (1): 2010

84. FC Karpaty Lviv

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    FC Karpaty Lviv (Ukrainian: ФК «Карпати» Львів) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of the perennial mid-table clubs in the Ukraine.

    Domestic honours

        * USSR Cup: 1

            1969

    Runner-Up

        * Ukrainian Cup: 2

            1993, 1999

        * Ukrainian First League: 1

            2004/05

83. Getafe FC

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    Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.

    In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.

    Domestic honours

        * Copa del Rey

        Runners-up (2): 2006-2007, 2007-2008

        * Segunda División B - Group 1

        Winners: 1998-1999

        * Zamora Trophy for Roberto Abbondanzieri in 2006-2007

82. Fenerbahçe SK

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    Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [feneɾbahtʃe]; English: Fenerbahçe Sports Club) is a professional sports club based in the district of Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The sports club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Kadıköy. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey, holding the joint record for most Turkish League titles, and highest number of Turkish Super Cups.

    International honours

    UEFA Champions League

        * Quarter-finalists: 2007–08

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

        * Quarter-finalists: 1963–64

    UEFA Cup

        * Round of 32: 2004–05, 2006–07

    Europa League

        * Round of 32: 2009–10

    Balkans Cup:

        * Winners: 1966–67

    Domestic honours

    Turkish Football Championship (record)

        * Winners (3): 1933, 1935, 1944
        * Runners-up (2): 1940, 1947

    National League (record)

        * Winners (6): 1936–37, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50
        * Runners-up (2): 1943–44, 1946–47

    Süper Lig (shared-record)

        * Winners (17): 1959, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
        * Runners-up (17): 1959–60, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10


    Türkiye Kupası

        * Winners (4): 1967–68, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1982–83
        * Runners-up (9): 1962–63, 1964–65, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10

    Turkish Super Cup (known as the Turkish Presidents Cup from 1966–1998)

        * Winners (8): 1968, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2007, 2009
        * Runners-up (7): 1970, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1996

    Chancellor Cup (record)

        * Winners (8): 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1997–98
        * Runners-up (7): 1943–44, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95

    TSYD Cup (shared record)

        * Winners (12): 1969–70, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1995–96

    Istanbul Football League (record)

        * Winners (16): 1911–12, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59
        * Runners-up (18): 1915–16, 1917–18, 1921–22, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1955–56, 1957–58

    Istanbul Shield (record)

        * Winners (4): 1930, 1934, 1938, 1939

    Istanbul Cup

        * Winners (1): 1945

    Atatürk Cup (record)

        * Winners (2): 1963–1964, 1998

    Spor-Toto Cup:

        * Winners (1): 1967

    Fleet Cup: (record)

        * Winners (4): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

81. Rangers FC

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    Rangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland,  currently playing in the Scottish Premier League. The club is nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears (from the rhyming slang for the same) and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses.

    Rangers have won 53 League Championships, more than any other club in the world. They have won the Scottish League Cup 26 times — more than any other Scottish club — and the Scottish Cup 33 times. In 1961, Rangers reached the final of the European Winners' Cup, becoming the first British club to reach the final of a UEFA club competition. They won the European Winners' Cup in 1972, having been the runners-up in 1961 and 1967, and were runners-up in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

        Winners (1): 1972
        Runners-up (2): 1961, 1967

        * UEFA Cup

        Runners-up (1): 2008

        * UEFA Super Cup

        Runners-up (1): 1972

    Domestic honours

    League

    Scottish League championships (53)
        1891, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911[125], 1912, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010

    Cups

    Cup Winners' Cup winners (1)
        1972
    Scottish Cup winners (33)
        1894, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009
    League Cup winners (26)
         1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010

80. Once Caldas

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    Corporación Deportiva Once Caldas, usually known simply as Once Caldas, is a Colombian football (soccer) team based in Manizales. They were the surprise winners of Copa Libertadores de América in 2004, mainly due to the performances of Juan Carlos Henao and Jhon Viáfara.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores
              o Champion (1): 2004

    Domestic honours

        * Primera A
              o Champion (3): 1950, 2003-I, 2009-I
              o Runner-up (1): 1998

79. FC Schalke 04

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    Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke, is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major successes have been rare since the club's heyday in the 1930s and early 1940s.

    International honours

    UEFA Cup

        * Winners – 1997

    UEFA Intertoto Cup

        * Winners – 2003, 2004

    Domestic honours

    German championship

        * Winners – 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958
        * Runners-up – 1933, 1938, 1941, 1972, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010

    DFB-Pokal

        * Winners – 1937, 1972, 2001, 2002
        * Runners-up – 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1969, 2005

    German Supercup

        * Runners-up - 2010

    Ligapokal

        * Winners – 2005
        * Runners-up – 2001, 2002, 2007

    Regional honours


    2. Fußball-Bundesliga

        * Winners – 1982, 1991

    Fuji-Cup (unofficial tournament)

        * Winners – 1996

    Coppa delle Alpi (Tournament of the Italian Association)

        * Winners – 1968

    Oberliga West

        * Winners – 1951, 1958

    Western German football championship

        * Winners – 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933
        * Runners-up – 1927

    Ruhrbezirk

        * Winners – 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933

    Gauliga Westfalen

        * Winners – 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944

    Westphalia Cup

        * Winners – 1943, 1944

    Emscherkreis

        * Champions – 1924, 1925

    Westdeutscher Kreisliga

        * Champions – 1925

    Ruhrgau Champion of the Kreisligen

        * 1925

    Emscherkreisliga

        * Champions – 1924, 1926

    Gelsenkirchen Gauliga

        * Champions – 1926

    A-Klasse

        * Champions – 1921

    B-Klasse

        * Champions – 1920

78. SSC Napoli

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    Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is an Italian professional football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. Napoli has won Serie A twice, in 1986–87 and 1989–90. They have also won the Italian Cup in their home country three times and one Italian Super Cup, and on the European stage has won the UEFA Cup once in 1988–89. Napoli is also the most successful club in Southern Italy and the fourth most supported football club in Italy.

    International honours

    UEFA Cup: 1

            * Winners: 1988–89

    Coppa delle Alpi: 1

            * Winners: 1966

    Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1

            * Winners: 1976

    Domestic honours

    Serie A: 2

            * Champions: 1986–87; 1989–90

    Serie B: 1

            * Champions: 1949–50

    Serie C1: 1

            * Southern Champions: 2005–06

    Coppa Italia: 3

            * Winners: 1961–62; 1975–76; 1986–87

    Supercoppa Italiana: 1

            * Winners: 1990–91

77. Al-Hilal Omdurman

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    Al-Hilal Omdurman (Arabic: نادي الهلال السوداني‎) is a Sudanese football club founded on February 13, 1930 in the city of Omdurman. The team has been crowned champion of the Sudan Premier League in six of the past seven seasons, and throughout its history has won the championship 26 times during the league's 45 seasons - thus making it Sudan's most successful football team.

    International honours

        * African Cup of Champion Clubs:

            Runners-up: 1987, 1992

        * Arabic Cup of Champion Clubs:

            Runners-up: 2003
            Semi-Finals: 1990, 2005

        * CAF Champions League: 9 appearances

            1997 - Second Round
            1999 - Second Round
            2000 - First Round
            2004 - Third Round
            2005 - First Round
            2006 - Second Round
            2007 - Semi-Finals
            2008 - Quarter-Finals
            2009 - Semi-Finals
            2010 - Second Round

        * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 14 appearances

            1966: Semi-Finals
            1967: First Round
            1970: Second Round
            1974: Second Round
            1982: Second Round
            1984: First Round
            1985: Second Round
            1987: Finalist
            1988: Quarter-Finals
            1990: Quarter-Finals
            1992: Finalist
            1993: First Round
            1995: First Round
            1996: First Round

        * CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

            2004 - Group Stage
            2006 - Intermediate Round
            2010 - Semi-Finals

        * CAF Cup: 2 appearances

            1998 - Quarter-Finals
            2002 - First Round

        * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

            1994 - First Round
            2001 - First Round
            2003 - Second Round

    Domestic honours

        * Sudan Premier League: 26

            1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

        * Sudan Cup: 5

            1977, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2009

76. Hamburger SV

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    Hamburger Sport-Verein is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department. The football team is one of the country's oldest, most well known and best performing clubs, with the unique distinction of having played continuously in top-flight German football since the end of World War I; the team has never been relegated from any top-flight league and is the only team that has always played in the 1. Bundesliga since its foundation in 1963.

    International honours

    European Cup / UEFA Champions League:

            * Winners (1): 1982–83
            * Runners-up (1): 1979–80

    European Cup Winners' Cup:

            * Winners (1): 1976–77
            * Runners-up (1): 1967–68

    UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League:

            * Runners-up (1): 1982

    European Super Cup:

            * Runners-up (2): 1977, 1983

    UEFA Intertoto Cup:

            * Winners (2): 2005, 2007

    Intercontinental Cup:

            * Runners-up (1): 1983

    Other international honours

        * Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu:
              o
                    + Winners (1): 1982

        * Dubai Challenge Cup:
              o Winners (2): 2007, 2008

        * Emirates Cup:
              o Winners (1): 2008

        * T-Home Cup
              o Winners (1): 2009

    Domestic honours

    German Champions:

            * Winners (6): 1922 (Hamburg "renounced"), 1923, 1928, 1959–60, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
            * Runners-up (8): 1924, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1986–87

    German Cup:

            * Winners (3): 1962–63, 1975–76, 1986–87
            * Runners-up (3): 1955–56, 1966–67, 1973–74

    German Supercup:

            * Runners-up (3): 1977, 1982, 1987

    German League Cup:

            * Winners (2): 1972–73, 2003


    Regional honours

        * Northern German football championship
              o Winners (10): 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933
              o Runners-up (2): 1926, 1927

        * Gauliga Nordmark
              o Winners (4): 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941
              o Runners-up (4): 1934, 1935, 1940, 1942

        * Gauliga Hamburg
              o Winners (1): 1945
              o Runners-up (2): 1943, 1944

        * Stadtliga Hamburg
              o Winners (1): 1946
              o Runners-up (1): 1947

        * Championship of the British occupation zone
              o Winners (2): 1947, 1948

        * Oberliga Nord
              o Winners (15): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963

75. JS Kabylie

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    Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle: Ilmezyen n addal n Leqbayel), (Arabic: شبيبة القبائل) known as JS Kabylie or JSK (transliterated ⵊⵙⴽ in Tifinagh), is a professional association football club based in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. It is one of the richest and most successful clubs in Africa.

    International honours

        * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2

            1981, 1990

        * African Cup Winners' Cup: 1

            1995

        * CAF Cup: 3

            2000, 2001, 2002


        * CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

            2005 - First Round
            2006 - Group Stage
            2007 - Group Stage
            2008 - Third Round
            2009 - First Round
            2010 - Semi-Finals

        * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearance

            1978 - Quarter-Finals
            1981 - Champion
            1982 - First Round
            1983 - Second Round
            1984 - Semi-Finals
            1986 - Second Round
            1990 - Champion
            1991 - Second Round
            1996 - Semi-Finals

        * CAF Cup: 4 appearances

            2000 - Champion
            2001 - Champion
            2002 - Champion
            2003 - Quarter-Finals

        * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearance

            1993 - Quarter-Final
            1995 - Champion

        * CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

            2008 - Group Stage

    Domestic honours

        * Algerian Championnat National: 14

            1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2008

        * Algerian Cup: 4

            Winner: 1977, 1986, 1992, 1994
            Runner-up: 1979, 1991, 1999, 2004

        * Algerian Super Cup: 1

            Winner: 1992
            Runner-up: 1994, 1995, 2006

        * CAF Super Cup: 0

            Runner-up: 1995

74. Santos Laguna

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    Club Santos Laguna is a Mexican professional football club, representing Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreón, Gomez Palacio and Lerdo. They have won the league championship three times.

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División de México: 3

            Invierno 1996, Verano 2001, Clausura 2008
            Runner-up (3): 1993-94, Verano 2000, Bicentenario 2010

        * Interliga: 1

            2004

        * Copa Independencia: 1

            2007

73. Santos FC

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    Santos Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Santos, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Santos, São Paulo. Santos FC holds the record for most goals made by a football team in history: more than 11,500 goals. One of its most famous players? Pelé.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores: 2

            1962, 1963
            Runners-up (1): 2003

        * Copa CONMEBOL: 1

            1998

        * Intercontinental Cup: 2

            1962, 1963

        * Recopa Intercontinental: 1

            1968

    Domestic honours

        * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2

            2002, 2004.
            Runners-up (3): 1983, 1995, 2003, 2007.

        * Copa do Brasil: 1

            2010

        * Taça Brasil: 5

            1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
            Runners-up (2): 1959, 1966

        * Robertão: 1

            1968

    Regional honours

        * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 5

            1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1997
            Runners-up (2): 1964, 1999

        * Copa dos Campeões Estaduais Rio-São Paulo: 1

            1957
            Runners-up (1): 1956

        * Campeonato Paulista: 18

            1935, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961,
            1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1978,
            1984, 2006, 2007, 2010
            Runners-up (11): 1927 APEA, 1928 APEA, 1929 APEA,
            1931 APEA, 1948, 1950, 1957, 1959, 1980, 2000, 2009

        * Copa Paulista de Futebol: 1

            2004

        * Taça Cidade de São Paulo: 1

            1949, 1970

        * Torneio Início da FPF: 1

            1984

        * Torneio FPF: 1

            1952

        * Torneio LPF: 1

            1937

        * Campeonato Santista: 1

            1913, 1915

        * Torneio Início da APEA: 1

            1

72. AJ Auxerre

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    Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise, commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre, is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and plays its home games at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the Yonne River. Auxerre, alongside Arles-Avignon, are the only clubs from the top flight in France to have never been relegated.

    International honours


    Intertoto Cup

        * Winners: 1997, 2006
        * Runners-up: 2000

    Coppa delle Alpi

        * Winners: 1985, 1987


    Domestic honours

    Ligue 1

        * Champions: 1995-96

    Ligue 2

        * Champions: 1979-80

    Coupe de France

        * Winners: 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005
        * Finalists: 1979

    France DH Bourgogne

        * Champions: 1908-09, 1969-70

    France FGSPF:

        * Champions:1908-09

    Bourgogne FGSPF

        * Champions: 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-1910, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1913-14

    Coupe Gambardella

        * Winners: 1982, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1999, 2000
        * Finalists: 1991, 2007

71. Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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    Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.

    International honours

    UEFA Cup:

            * Winners (1): 1988

    UEFA Champions League:

            * Runners-up (1): 2002

    Domestic honours

    Bundesliga:

            * Runners-up (4): 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02

    DFB-Pokal:

            * Winners (1): 1992-93
            * Runners-up (2): 2001-02, 2008-09

    2nd Bundesliga North:

            * Winners (1): 1978-79

70. FC Girondins De Bordeaux

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    Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux, commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux or simply Bordeaux, is a French football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club plays in France's highest football division, Ligue 1, and won their last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season.

    The club was founded in 1881 as a multi-sports club. Bordeaux is one of the successful football clubs in France. The club has won six Ligue 1 titles, which places them tied for fourth in titles won. Bordeaux has also won three Coupe de France titles, three Coupe de la Ligue titles and three Trophée des champions. The club has the honor of having appeared in the most finals in the Coupe de la Ligue, having appeared in six of the 16 finals contested.

    Bordeaux is one of the popular football clubs in France. About 10 percent of the country's population supports the club. Bordeaux trails only Marseille (20 percent of the population), Lyon (11 percent) and Paris Saint-Germain (11 percent).

    International honours

        * Latin Cup

            Runners-up (1): 1950

        * Coppa delle Alpi

            Runners-up (1): 1972

            Winners: 1980

        * European Cup

            Semi-finalists: 1985

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup

            Winners:1995

        * UEFA Cup

            Runners-up (1): 1995–96

    Domestic honours

        * Ligue 1 Championship 6:

            1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09.

        * Ligue 2 Championship 1:

            1991–92.

        * Coupe de France 3:

            1941, 1986, 1987.

        * Coupe de la Ligue 3:

            2002, 2007, 2009

        * Trophée des champions 3:

            1986, 2008, 2009

69. Al-Ahly

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    Al-Ahly Sports Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي‎) is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo. Founded in April 1907 by an elite group of Egyptian nationalists, Al-Ahly, which means "The National" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Africa, having won the Egyptian League 35 times and the Egyptian Cup 35 times. Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century". Al-Ahly is estimated to have more than 50 million fans in Egypt (a country with an overall population of approximately 80 million).
     

    International honours

        * FIFA Club World Cup
              o Bronze Medalist, 2006
        * CAF Champions League
              o Winners (6) 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008 (Most successful team)
        * African Cup Winners' Cup
              o Winners (4) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993 (Most successful team)
        * CAF Super Cup
              o Winners (4) 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 (Most successful team)
        * Afro-Asian Cup
              o Winners (1) 1988
        * Arab Champions Cup
              o Winners (1) 1996
        * Arab Super Cup
              o Winners (2) 1997–1998,1998–1999 (Most successful team)
        * Arab Cup Winners' Cup
              o Winners (1) 1994–1995

    Domestic honours


        * Egyptian Premier League (35)
              o Winners 1948–1949, 1949–1950, 1950–1951, 1952–1953, 1953–1954, 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1957–1958, 1958–1959, 1960–1961, 1961–1962, 1974–75, 1975–1976, 1976–1977, 1978–1979, 1979–1980, 1980–1981, 1981–1982, 1984–1985, 1985–1986, 1986–1987, 1988–1989, 1993–1994, 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2004–2005, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–2010. (Most successful team)
        * Egypt Cup (35)
              o Winners 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007. (Most successful team)
        * Egyptian Super Cup (6)
              o Winners 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010. (Most successful team)
        * Sultan Hussein Cup
              o Winners (7) 1923,1925,1926,1927,1929,1931,1938 (Most successful team)
        * Cairo League
              o Winners (5) 1938–1939,1941–1942,1942–1943,1947–1948,1949–1950
        * United Arab Republic Cup(played once when EGYPT and SYRIA were only one republic country)
              o Winners (1) 1961
        * Confederation Cup refresher
              o Winners (1) 1989

68. Sociedad Deportivo Quito

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    Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league.

    Deportivo Quito has won four Serie A titles in 1964, 1968, 2008, and 2009. This places them fifth overall. The club also has four Interandean Tournament titles in 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1963. Additionally, the club was runner-up in 1985, 1988, and 1997. Based on its style of play, sports journalists and fans nicknamed the club La Academia de los Ecuatorianos desde 1940 (English: The Academy of the Ecuadorians since 1940).

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores: 7 participations (1965, 1969, 1986, 1989, 1998, 2009, 2010)
              o Best performance: Round of 16 (1989)
        * Copa Sudamericana: 2 participations (2008, 2010)
              o Best performance: First round (2008) and (2010)

    Domestic honours

        * Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
              o Champion (4): 1964, 1968, 2008, 2009
              o Runner-up (3): 1985, 1988, 1997
        * Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B
              o Winner (1): 1980 E1
              o Runner-up (4): 1972 E1, 1974 E2, 1976 E1, 1977 E2
        * Campeonato Professional Interandino
              o Champion (4): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963
              o Runner-up (1): 1960

67. FC Twente

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    FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. They are the current holders of Eredivisie and Johan Cruijff Schaal trophies, the first time the new club has won both titles. Twente has also finished as Eredivisie runners-up twice, were runners-up in the UEFA Cup 1974–75 and have won the KNVB Cup twice.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup
              o Runners-up (1): 1975

    Domestic honours

        * Eredivisie
              o Winners (1): 2010
              o Runners-up (2): 1974, 2009
        * KNVB Cup
              o Winners (2): 1977, 2001
              o Runners-up (4): 1975, 1979, 2004, 2009
        * Johan Cruijff Shield
              o Winners (1): 2010
              o Runners-up (1): 2001

66. Universitario De Deportes

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    Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. Universitario has won 25 first division titles, more than any other club in Peru, and was the first Peruvian club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores. The club won its first Peruvian title in 1929, one year after its debut in the first division. The club won its first Bicampeonato in the seasons of 1945 and 1946 and won its only Tricampeonato after conquering the 2000 season.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores: 27 appearances
              o Runner-up (1): 1972

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División:
              o Winners (25): 1929, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009.
              o Runner-up (15): 1928, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2002, 2008.
        * Campeonato Apertura:
              o Winners (5): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008.
              o Runner-up (1): 2005.
        * Campeonato Clausura:
              o Winners (1): 2000.
              o Runner-ups (4): 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007.
        * Campeonatos Regionales:
              o Región Metropolitana Winners (6): 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989-2, 1990-1, 1991-2.
              o Finales del Torneo Regional Winners (4): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990-2.

65. Club Brugge KV

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    Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium.

    Throughout its long history, Club Brugge has enjoyed much European football success, reaching two European finals and two European semifinals. Club Brugge is the only Belgian club to have played in the final of the European Cup (forerunner of the current UEFA Champions League) so far. The club also holds the record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup (14).

    International honours

        * European Champion Clubs' Cup finalist: 1

            1977-78

        * UEFA Cup finalist: 1

            1975-76

        * Kirin Cup winners: 1

            1981

    Domestic honours

        * Belgian First Division champions: 13

            1919-20, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2004-05

        * Belgian Cup winners: 10

            1967-68, 1969-70, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07

        * Belgian Supercup winners: 13

            1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

        * Bruges Matins winners: 16

            1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

64. Alianza Lima

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    Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru.

    The club is considered one of the top teams in Peruvian football, along with its archrival Universitario de Deportes and powerhouse Sporting Cristal. It has won a total of 22 League titles, three less than Universitario and seven more than Cristal. The club is one of the most popular sides in Peru, a distinction shared with Universitario.

    International honours
     
       * Copa Libertadores: 22 appearances

        Semi-Finals(2): 1976, 1978

            1963, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011

        * Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

            2002: Quarter-Finals
            2003: Preliminary Round

        * Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

            1996: First Round

        * Copa Merconorte: 4 appearances

            1998: Group Stage
            1999: Semi-Finals
            2000: Group Stage
            2001: Group Stage


    Domestic honours

        * Peruvian First Division: 22

            1918, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
            Runner-up (20): 1914, 1917, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2009

        * Apertura: 4

            1997, 2001, 2004, 2006
            Runner-up (3): 1999, 2002, 2003

        * Clausura: 3

            1997, 1999, 2003
            Runner-up (2): 1998, 2002

        * Torneo Descentralizado «B»: 1

            1988

        * Peruvian Second Division: 1

            1939

    Regional Honours

        * Campeonato Regional:

            Runner-up (2): 1986, 1990-II

        * Campeonato Regional – Zona Metropolitana: 3

            1985, 1989-I, 1990-II

        * Campeonato Interregional: 1

            1977

        * Campeonato Plácido Galindo – Zona Metropolitana: 1

            1989


63. FK Partizan

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    Fudbalski klub Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Football Club) is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. It holds records such as playing in the first European Champions' Cup match in 1955,[1] becoming the first Eastern European club to play in the European Champions' Cup final in 1966, and becoming the first club from Serbia to take part in the UEFA Champions League group stages.

    International honours   

    Mitropa Cup: 1978
    European Cup Runner-up: 1966

    Domestic honours

    National Championships - 22

    Champion of SFR Yugoslavia (11): 1946–47, 1948–49, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87
    Champion of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (8): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
    Champion of Serbia (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

    National Cups - 11

    Yugoslav Cup (5): 1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1989
    Cup of FR Yugoslavia (4): 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001
    Serbian Cup (2): 2008, 2009

62. Borussia Dortmund

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    Ballspielverein Borussia (BVB) Dortmund is a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and is best known as one of the most successful clubs in German football. In addition to six German football championships and two German Cup victories, Dortmund won the Winners' Cup in 1966 (becoming the first German team to win a European title) and the UEFA Champions League in 1997.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League: 1

            1997

        * European Cup Winners' Cup: 1

            1966

        * Intercontinental Cup: 1

            1997

    Domestic honours

        * List of German football champions: 6

            1955–56, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02

        * DFB-Pokal: 2

            1964–65, 1988–89

        * DFB-Supercup: 4

            1989, 1995, 1996, 2008

61. Clube De Regatas Do Flamengo

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    Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club located in Rio de Janeiro.

    Despite not being the club's official name, Flamengo has become the term used by most to refer not just to the football team, but also the entire sporting association.

    Flamengo's football team—the most popular club in Brazil with an estimated 35 million supporters—placed ninth in FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century.

    International honours

        * Intercontinental Cup:
              o Winners: 1981

        * Copa Libertadores:
              o Winners: 1981

        * Conmebol Gold Cup:
              o Winners: 1996

        * Copa Mercosur:
              o Winners: 1999
              o Runners-up: 2001

        * Supercopa Sudamericana:
              o Runners-up: 1993, 1995

    Domestic honours

        * Brazilian National Championship:
              o Winners (6): 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987(1), 1992, 2009

        * Copa do Brasil:
              o Winners: 1990, 2006
              o Runners-up: 1997, 2003, 2004

        * Taça Brasil:
              o Runners-up: 1964

        * Brazilian Champions' Cup:
              o Winners: 2001

    Regional honours

        * Rio State Championship (31):

            1914, 1915 (undefeated), 1920 (undefeated), 1921, 1925, 1927, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944,
            1953, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979 (undefeated), 1979 (special) (2),
            1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 (undefeated), 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009

        * Rio-São Paulo Tournament:
              o Winners: 1961
              o Runners-up: 1958, 1997

        * Taça Guanabara (1st round of State Championship) (18):

            1970, 1972, 1973 (undefeated), 1978, 1979, 1980 (undefeated), 1981, 1982, 1984,
            1988, 1989 (undefeated), 1995, 1996 (undefeated), 1999 (undefeated), 2001, 2004,
            2007, 2008

        * Taça Rio (2nd round of State Championship) (8):

            1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996 (undefeated), 2000, 2009

        * Torneio Início of the Carioca Championship: 1920, 1922, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1959
        * Rio´s Cup: 1991

    Other tournaments

        * Int'l Lima Tournament (Peru) : 1952, 1959
        * Juan Perón Trophy (Argentina): 1953
        * Tel Aviv Tournament (Israel) : 1958
        * Int'l Summer Tournament (Argentina, Uruguay) : 1961
        * Naranja Trophy (Spain) : 1964, 1986
        * Mohammed V Trophy (Morocco) : 1968
        * Rio de Janeiro International Summer Tournament :1970, 1972
        * Tournament of the People: 1972
        * Palma de Mallorca Trophy (Spain): 1978
        * Ramón de Carranza Trophy (Spain): 1979, 1980
        * Prince of Astúrias & Algarve Trophy (Spain):1980
        * Napoli Tournament (Italy) : 1981
        * Punta del Este Tournament (Uruguay) : 1981
        * Colombino Trophy (Spain) : 1988
        * Kirin Cup (Japan): 1988
        * Hamburg Tournament (Germany): 1989
        * Sharp Cup (Japan): 1990
        * Pepsi Cup (Malaysia) : 1990
        * Marlboro Cup (USA): 1990
        * Kuala Lumpur Tournament (Malaysia): 1994
        * SEE Tournament (Japan): 1994
        * Brazilian World Champions Cup: 1997 (undefeated)

60. KAA Gent

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    Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (Royal Athletic Association Ghent), often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname De Buffalo's (English: The Buffalo), is a Belgian football, track and field and field hockey club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders.

    Gent enjoyed a first spell at the highest level in Belgian football between 1913-14 and 1928-29, and a second one from 1936-37 to 1966-67. In the 1970s and 1980s, the club had several promotions and relegations between the first and second divisions, to come back at the highest level in 1989. The club reached the 1991-92 UEFA Cup quarterfinals, which is their best achievement in European competitions.

    International honours

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup:
              o Runners-up (2): 2006, 2007

    Domestic honours

        * Belgian First Division:
              o Runners-up (2): 1954–55, 2009–10
        * Belgian Second Division:
              o Winners (4): 1912–13, 1935–36, 1967–68, 1979–80
        * Belgian Second Division Final Round:
              o Winners (1): 1988–89
              o Runners-up (1): 1978–79
        * Belgian Cup:
              o Winners (3): 1963–64, 1983–84, 2009–10
              o Runners-up (1): 2007–08
        * Belgian Supercup:
              o Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 2009–10

59. Celtic FC

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    The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887 and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, the Scottish Cup 34 times and the Scottish League Cup 14 times.

    In 1967, Celtic became the first British team, and only Scottish team, to win the European Cup. Celtic won every competition they entered that season: the Scottish League Championship, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the European Cup and the Glasgow Cup. In April 2003 the club was estimated to have a fan base of nine million people, including one million in North America.

    International honours

        * European Cup: 1

            1967

    Domestic honours

        * Scottish League Championships: 42

            1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

        * Scottish Cup: 34

            1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007

        * Scottish League Cup: 14

            1956–57, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09

58. Panathinaikos FC

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    Panathinaikos Football Club (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Παναθηναϊκός), is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek championship titles and 17 Greek Cups.

    Panathinaikos is the most successful Greek club in terms of achievements in European competitions. They reached the Champions League final in 1971 (former European champions' club cup), the semifinals twice (1985,1996) and in 1971, they lost to Nacional for the Intercontinental Cup (1-1 in Greece, 1-2 in Uruguay), in which they played due to Ajax's absence.

    International honours

        * European Cup: Runners-Up
              o 1971
        * Intercontinental Cup: Runners-Up
              o 1971
        * Balkans Cup: (1)
              o 1978

    Domestic honours

        * Greek Championship: (20)
              o 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2010

        * Greek Cup: (17)
              o 1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2010

        * Greek Super Cup: (4)
              o 1970, 1988, 1993, 1994

        * SEGAS Panhellenic Championship: (2)
              o 1911, 1916

        * Athens F.C.A. Championship: (17)
              o 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959

57. NK Dinamo Zagreb

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    NK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb, or by their nickname The Blues (Croatian: Modri) are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at the 37,168-capacity Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won 12 Croatian championship titles, 10 Croatian Cups and four Croatian Supercups. The club has spent its entire existence in top flight, having been members of the Yugoslav First League from 1946 to 1991, and then the Prva HNL since its foundation in 1992. Dinamo is also a founding member of the European Club Association.

    International honours


    Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Winners (1): 1967
    Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Runners-up (1): 1963
    Balkans Cup Winners (1): 1976

    Domestic honours

    League

    Prva HNL Champions (12): 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
    Prva HNL Runners-up (3): 1995, 2001, 2004
    Yugoslav First League Champions (4): 1948, 1954, 1958, 1982
    Yugoslav First League Runners-up (11): 1947, 1951, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1990, 1991

    Domestic cups
    Croatian Cup Winners (10): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
    Croatian Cup Runners-up (4): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000
    Yugoslav Cup Winners (7): 1951, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1983
    Yugoslav Cup Runners-up (7): 1950, 1964, 1966, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1986
    Croatian Supercup Winners (4)     2002, 2003, 2006, 2010
    Croatian Supercup Runners-up  (3): 1993, 1994, 2004

56. Liga Deportiva Universitaria De Quito

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    Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito—often referred to as LDU Quito, or Liga de Quito, or simply la Liga—is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league.

    Their national title count is at 10 trophies which places them third overall. Other domestic titles include two Serie B titles, a record six professional Inter-Andean titles and three amateur Pichincha titles. They are the two-time current holder Recopa Sudamericana, having won the competition in 2009 and 2010.

    LDU Quito was the first Ecuadorian club to win the Copa Libertadores (where it became the first Ecuadorian club to win an international tournament) and the first Ecuadorian club to the win the Copa Sudamericana.

    They are the most successful team on the Pacific coast in international competition and one of only three teams —Boca Juniors and Internacional being the other two— to have achieved the CONMEBOL treble, winning all three continental club tournaments. LDU Quito was additionally the runner-up at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores
              o Champion (1): 2008
        * Copa Sudamericana
              o Champion (1): 2009
        * Recopa Sudamericana
              o Champion (2): 2009, 2010
        * FIFA Club World Cup
              o Runner-up (1): 2008
        * Suruga Bank Championship
              o Runner-up (1): 2010

    Domestic honours

        * Serie A
              o Champion (10): 1969, 1974, 1975, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005 Apertura, 2007, 2010
              o Runner-up (3): 1977, 1981, 2008
        * Serie B
              o Winner (2): 1974 E1, 2001
              o Runner-up (1): 1978 E2

    Regional honours

        * Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol de Pichincha
              o Champion (3): 1932, 1952, 1953
        * Campeonato Professional Interandino
              o Champion (6): 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967
              o Runner-up (5): 1955, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1965

55. Manchester City FC

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    Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club playing at the City of Manchester Stadium.

    The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, the FA Cup, the League Cup and European Winners' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison and with players including Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Francis Lee.


    International honors

        * European Cup Winners' Cup
              o Winners (1): 1970


    Domestic honours

    League

        * Football League First Division (first tier)[76][77]
              o Winners (2): 1936–37, 1967–68
              o Runners-up (3): 1903–04, 1920–21, 1976–77

        * Football League Second Division / Football League First Division (second tier)
              o Winners (7, record): 1898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1965–66, 2001–02
              o Runners-up (4): 1895–96, 1950–51, 1936–37, 1999–2000

        * Football League Third Division / Football League Second Division (third tier)
              o Play-off winners: 1998–99

    Cup

        * FA Cup
              o Winners (4): 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969
              o Runners-up (4): 1926, 1933, 1955, 1981

        * League Cup
              o Winners (2): 1970, 1976
              o Runners-up (1): 1974

        * Charity Shield
              o Winners (3): 1937, 1968, 1972.
              o Runners-up (4): 1934, 1956, 1969, 1973.

        * Full Members Cup
              o Runners-up (1): 1986

54. AC Sparta Prague

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    AC Sparta Prague (Czech: AC Sparta Praha) is a Czech football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in Central Europe, having reached the semifinals of the European Cup in 1992.

    International honours

        * Mitropa Cup: 1927, 1935, 1964
        * Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes: 1969

    Domestic honours

        * Czechoslovak First League: 1912, 1919, 1922, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1931-32, 1935-36, 1937-38, 1938-39, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1947-48, 1952, 1954, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93
        * Czechoslovak Football Cup: 1909, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1992
        * Gambrinus liga: 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2009-10
        * Czech Football Cup: 1996, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
        * Czech Republic Football Supercup: 2010

53. SC Braga

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    Sporting Clube de Braga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ˈklub(ɨ) dɨ ˈbɾaɡɐ]) (Euronext: SCB), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga.

    In the 2000s, the club gradually became one of Portugal's most successful clubs after the Big Three and they have also competed with relative success in European competitions, winning the last ever UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2008. After finishing second in the 2009-10 Portuguese Liga, Sporting Braga achieved a place in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history by eliminating Celtic FC and Sevilla FC.

    International honours

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup:
              o Winners (1): 2008

    Domestic honours

        * Portuguese Liga
              o Runners-up (1): 2009–10
        * Portuguese Cup:
              o Winners (1): 1966
              o Runners-up (3): 1977, 1982, 1998
        * Portuguese SuperCup:
              o Runners-up (2): 1982, 1998
        * Portuguese Second Division:
              o Winners (2): 1947, 1964
              o Runners-up (2): 1957, 1975
        * "FPF" Cup:
              o Winners (1): 1976-77

52. FC Dinamo Kyiv

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    FC Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: ФК Динамо Київ) is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football. Dynamo Kyiv has won 12 league titles, nine Ukrainian Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and two UEFA Winners' Cups.

    As part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in December 1991, the club has also won 13 USSR Championships, nine USSR Cups and three USSR Super Cups, making Dynamo the most successful club in the history of the Soviet Top League.

    International honours

    Europe
        * UEFA Cup Winners Cup
              o Winners(2): 1975, 1986
        * UEFA Super Cup
              o Winners(1): 1975
              o Runners-Up: 1986
        * UEFA Champions League
              o Semifinalist: 1977, 1987, 1999;
              o Quarterfinalist: 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1998

    Commonwealth of Independent States
        * Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
              o Winners: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002


    Domestic honours

    Soviet Union
        * Soviet Top League
              o Winners: (13 record) 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
        * Soviet Cup
              o Winners: (9) 1954, 1964 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
        * USSR Super Cup:
              o Winners: (3 record) 1980, 1985, 1986

    Ukraine
        * Ukrainian Premier League
              o Winners: (13 record) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009
        * Ukrainian Cup
              o Winners: (9 record) 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
        * Ukrainian Super Cup
              o Winners: (4 record) 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009

51. Club Sport Emelec

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    Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. Emelec competes in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country.

    The club has won 10 Serie A titles, placing them third overall. In addition, they also have won seven regional titles with a record tying five in the professional era. They were also the second Ecuadorian team to make it to the finals of an international tournament, finishing as runner-up of the 2001 Copa Merconorte.

    International honours

        * Copa Merconorte
              o Runner-up (1): 2001

    Domestic honours

        * Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
              o Champion (10): 1957, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002
              o Runner-up (10): 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2010
        * Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie B
              o Winner (1): 1981 E1
        * Campeonato Profesional de Guayaquil
              o Champion (5): 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1966
              o Runner-up (6): 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967
        * Campeonato Amateur del Fútbol del Guayas
              o Champion (2): 1945, 1948

50. Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

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    Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo. The team was founded on August 26, 1914, as Società Sportiva Palestra Italia but changed to its current name on September 14, 1942. It is one of the most popular, traditional and successful Brazilian clubs with almost 17 million supporters, including the majority of the Italian immigrants in Brazil. Palmeiras has won 10 national competitions, a record in the country.

    The most important titles have been six national league titles (4 Campeonato Brasileiros and 2 Torneios Roberto Gomes Pedrosa) and four national cups (1 Brazil Cup, 2 Taças Brasil and 1 Brazilian Champion's Cup). Their international trophy hall includes one Libertadores Cup. The team won the competition in 1999 after beating Deportivo Cali from Colombia.

    International honours

    World Competitions (1)

        * Copa Rio: 1

            1951

    Continental Competitions (CONMEBOL) (2)

        * Libertadores Cup: 1

            1999

        * Mercosul Cup: 1

            1998

    Domestic honours

    National Competitions (CBD/CBF) (10)

        * Campeonato Brasileiro First Division: 4

            1972, 1973, 1993, 1994

        * Brazil Cup: 1

            1998

        * Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa: 2

            1967, 1969

        * Taça Brasil: 2

            1960, 1967

        * Champions' Cup: 1

            2000

    Other National Competitions (CBF) (1)

        * Campeonato Brasileiro Second Division: 1

            2003

    Regional honours

    Inter-state competitions (FPF and FFERJ) (9)

        * Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 5

            1933, 1951, 1965, 1993, 2000

        * Champion Cup Rio-São Paulo State Tournament: 4

            1926, 1934, 1942, 1947

    State of São Paulo Competitions (FPF) (24)

        * Campeonato Paulista: 22

            1920, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2008

        * Campeonato Paulista Extra: 2

            1926, 1938

        * São Paulo City Cup: 4

            1945, 1946, 1950, 1951

49. Cruz Azul

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    Club Deportivo, Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional football club.

    Cruz Azul have been the Primera División champions eight times and trail only Toluca with 10, Club América with 10 and Guadalajara with 11. Cruz Azul was also the first Mexican or CONCACAF team to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores where they lost on penalties to Argentine football giants Boca Juniors.

    It has won the CONCACAF Champions League five times and is, according to several polls published, the third most popular team in Mexico.

    International honours

        * CONCACAF Champions' Cup / CONCACAF Champions League: 5

            1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997

        * Copa Libertadores:

            Runners-up (1): 2001

        * Copa Interamericana:

            Runners-up (1): 1972

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División de México: 8

            1968-69, México 1970, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1978-79, 1979-80, Invierno 1997
            Runners-up (9): 1969-70, 1980-81, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1994-95, Invierno 1999, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2008, Apertura 2009

        * Segunda División de México: 1

            1963-64

        * Copa México: 2

            1968-69, 1996-97
            Runners-up (2): 1973-74, 1987-88

        * Campeón de Campeones: 2

            1968-69, 1972-73
            Runners-up (1): 1972

48. Beşiktaş JK

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    Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (English: Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club), or simply Beşiktaş (Turkish pronunciation: [beˈʃiktaʃ]), is Turkey's first sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. Aside from football, the club competes in numerous branches including basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, boxing, wrestling, chess, bridge, gymnastics (true to its namesake), rowing, table tennis, and paralympic sports.

    Beşiktaş last won the Turkish Süper Lig championship during the 2008–2009 season, also achieving the double after winning the Turkish Cup.

    International honours

        * European Cup Quarter Final: 1987
        * UEFA Cup Quarter Final: 2003

    Domestic honours

        * Turkish First Football League and Süper Lig:
              o Winners (13): 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2008–09
        * Turkish Cup:
              o Winners (8): 1975, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009
        * Turkish Super Cup / President Cup:
              o Winners (8): 1967, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2006

    Other domestic honours

        * Turkish Football Championship:
              o Winners (2): 1934, 1951
        * National League:
              o Winners (3): 1940–41, 1943–44, 1946–1947
        * Turkish Federation Cup:
              o Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58
        * Chancellor Cup:
              o Winners (6): 1943–44, 1946–47, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1996–97
        * TSYD Cup: (shared-record)
              o Winners (12): 1964–65, 1965–66, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1996–97
        * Atatürk Cup:
              o Winners (1): 2000
        * Istanbul Football League: (record)
              o Winners (13): 1923–24, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54
        * Istanbul Cup: (shared-record)
              o Winners (2): 1944, 1946
        * Istanbul Shield:
              o Winners (1): 1935
        * Spor-Toto Cup: (record)
              o Winners (4): 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970
        * Fleet Cup:
              o Winners (1): 1986

47. AC Milan

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    Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy.

    Milan has won 18 officially recognized UEFA and FIFA international titles, and remains tied with Boca Juniors as having won the most in the world. Milan has won four world titles, more than any other club in the world, having won the Intercontinental Cup three times and the FIFA Club World Cup once. Milan has won the European Cup/Champions League on seven occasions; only Real Madrid has exceeded this total. The club has also won the UEFA Super Cup a record five times and the Winners' Cup twice.

    Domestically, Milan has won 17 league titles, making the club the third most successful in Serie A behind local rivals Internazionale (18 titles) and record-holder Juventus (27 titles). The club has also won the Coppa Italia five times, in addition to five Supercoppa Italiana triumphs.

    Milan was a founding member of the G-14 group and the European Club Association that was formed following the first organization's dissolution. They are one of the wealthiest clubs in Italian and world football.


    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League: 7

            1962–63, 1968–69, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2006–07

        * Runners-up (4): 1957–58, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2004–05

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 2

            1968, 1973

        * Runners-up (1): 1973–74

        * UEFA Super Cup: 5

            1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007

        * Runners-up (2): 1973, 1993

    UEFA/CONMEBOL World titles

        * Intercontinental Cup: 3

            1969, 1989, 1990

        * Runners-up (4): 1963, 1993, 1994, 2003

    FIFA World titles

        * FIFA Club World Cup: 1

            2007

    Other international titles

        * Latin Cup: 2

            1951, 1956

        * Runners-up (1): 1953

        * Mitropa Cup: 1

            1981–82

    Domestic honours

        * Serie A / Italian Football Championship: 17

            1901, 1906, 1907, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04

        * Runners-up (15): 1902, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2004–05

        * Serie B: 2

            1980–81, 1982–83

        * Coppa Italia: 5

            1966–67, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 2002–03

        * Runners-up (7): 1941–42, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1997–98

        * Supercoppa Italiana: 5

            1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004

        * Runners-up (3): 1996, 1999, 2003

46. Sporting Clube De Portugal

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    Sporting Clube de Portugal, also known as Sporting or Sporting CP, and in English often unofficially referred to as Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese sports club based in Portugal's capital city of Lisbon. The club is particularly renowned for its football department.

    During the first century of the club's existence, the teams and the athletes of Sporting won 50 Olympic gold medals (Continental and Global), as well as many silver and gold medals and thousands of national and district titles; more than most clubs in the world.

    Sporting Clube de Portugal has won many titles and has more than three million fans on all continents: with up to 300 Supporters' clubs, offices and delegations, as well as more than 150,000 affiliates.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

            * Winners (1): 1963–1964

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup

            * Winners (1): 1967-1968

        * Iberian Cup

            * Winners (1): 2000-2001

        * Latin Cup

            * Runners-up (1): 1948-1949

        * UEFA Cup

            * Runners-up (1): 2004-2005

    Domestic honours

        * The National Championship

            * Winners (4): 1922–1923, 1933–1934, 1935–1936, 1937–1938
            * Runners-up (6): 1922, 1924–1925, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1934–1935, 1936–1937

        * Portuguese Liga

            * Winners (18): 1940–1941, 1943–1944, 1946–1947, 1947–1948, 1948–1949, 1950–1951, 1951–1952, 1952–1953, 1953–1954, 1957–1958, 1961–1962, 1965–1966, 1969–1970, 1973–1974, 1979–1980, 1981–1982, 1999–2000, 2001–2002
            * Runners-up (19):

        * Cup of Portugal

            * Winners (15): 1940–41 1944–45 1945–46 1947–48 1953–54 1962–63 1970–71 1972–73 1973–74 1977–78 1981–82 1994–95 2001–02 2006–07 2007–08
            * Runners-up (16):

        * Portuguese League Cup

            * Winners (-)
            * Runners-up (2): 2007–2008, 2008–2009

        * SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira

            * Winners (7): 1982, 1987, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008
            * Runners-up (1): 1980

        * Lisbon Championship

            * Winners (19): 1914–1915, 1918–1919, 1921–1922, 1922–1923, 1924–1925, 1927–1928, 1930–1931, 1933–1934, 1934–1935, 1935–1936, 1936–1937, 1937–1938, 1938–1939, 1940–1941, 1941–1942, 1942–1943, 1944–1945, 1946–1947
            * Runners-up (10): 1907–1908, 1912–1913, 1916–1917, 1917–1918, 1920–1921, 1923–1924, 1925–1926, 1931–1932, 1939–1940, 1945–1946

        * Taça de Honra

            * Winners (29): 1914–1915, 1915–1916, 1916–1917, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1927/28, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1935/36,1936/37, 1937/38,1940/41, 1941/42,1943/44, 1944/45 1946–1947, 1948–1949, 1960–1961, 1962–1963, 1964–1965, 1983–1984, 1990–1991
            * Runners-up (-):

        * Championship of Reserves

            * Winners (42): : 1911/12, 1916/17, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1924/25, 1925/26, 1927/28, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1932/33, 1932/1933, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1936/37, 1937/38, 1939/40, 1941/42, 1943/44, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1947/48, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1952/53, 1954/55, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1972/73, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94

        * Taça Império (*inauguration of Estádio Nacional)

            * Winner (1): 1943–1944

        * Copa BES (Unnoficial)

            * Winners (1): 2005–2006
            * Runners-up (3): 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2007–2008

45. Villareal CF

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    Greatness can also come from beating those who are already in the mold of greatness. This club is one example of that.

    Villareal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villareal CF or just Villareal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Villareal, a city in the province of Castellón. The team earned its nickname of Yellow Submarine due to its full yellow home uniform and being a low-profile team in mass media terms that often "emerges" to score unexpected wins against the "big ships" of the league, mainly Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and regional rival Valencia FC.

    International honours

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2

            2003, 2004

44. Paris Saint-Germain FC

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    Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, also known simply as Paris Saint-Germain and familiarly as Paris SG or PSG, is a professional football club based in Paris, France.

    PSG has been playing in the Ligue 1 since 1974, the current championship record and is one of the most prestigious outfits in French football having won two League titles, seven French Cups, three League Cups and two Champions Trophies. The capital side is, along with Olympique de Marseille, one of only two French clubs to have won a European competition, claiming the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996 and the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2001.

    Paris Saint-Germain enjoys a considerable amount of popularity; about 11 percent of the French population support the club. PSG is the second most popular football club in France after Olympique de Marseille and is the third richest club in France after Olympique Lyonnais and Marseille.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1)
              o Winners : 1996
              o Runners-up (1) : 1997

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup (1) : 2001

        * UEFA Super Cup
              o Runners-up (1) : 1996

    Domestic honours    

        * Ligue 1 (2)
              o Winners : 1986, 1994
              o Runners-up (6) : 1989, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004

        * Ligue 2 (1) : 1971

        * Coupe de France (8)
              o Winners : 1982, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010
              o Runners-up (3) : 1985, 2003, 2008

        * Coupe de la Ligue (3)
              o Winners : 1995, 1998, 2008
              o Runners-up (1) : 2000

        * Trophée des Champions (2)
              o Winners : 1995, 1998
              o Runners-up (4) : 1986, 2004, 2006, 2010

    Regional honours

        * Championnat DH Paris (1) : 1991

    Reserves

        * Coupe de Paris (3)
              o Winners : 1972, 1973, 1980
              o Runners-up (1) : 2010

43. FC BATE Borisov

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    FC BATE Barysaw is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Barysaw. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. BATE are the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (2008–09) and for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League (2009–10 and 2010–11).

    Domestic honours

        * Belarusian Premier League:7

            1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

        * Belarusian Cup: 2

            2006, 2010

        * SSR Belarusian League: 3

            1974, 1976, 1979

42. Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

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    Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, usually called Vélez Sársfield or simply Vélez, is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Vélez has won the Argentine Primera División seven times and has also won five international cups (including both the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup). The club clinched its last league title in 2009, when they won the Clausura.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores
              o Champion (1): 1994

        * Intercontinental Cup
              o Champion (1): 1994

        * Supercopa Sudamericana
              o Champion (1): 1996

        * Copa Interamericana
              o Champion (1): 1994 (played in 1996)

        * Recopa Sudamericana
              o Champion (1): 1997
              o Runner-up (1): 1995

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División
              o Champion (7): 1968 Nacional, 1993 Clausura, 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura, 2005 Clausura, 2009 Clausura
              o Runner-up (8): 1953 Primera División, 1971 Metropolitano, 1979 Metropolitano, 1985 Nacional, 1992 Clausura, 1993 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2010 Apertura

        * Second Division
              o Champion (1): 1943

41. CF Monterrey

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    Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican soccer club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and is the current champion of the Mexican professional division. The club has enjoyed success in recent years, winning four league titles in 1986, 2003, 2009 and 2010 and managed to win its only Copa Mexico in 1991.


    International honours

        * CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup: 1

            1993

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División de México: 4

            México 86, Clausura 2003, Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010
            Runner-up (3): 1992-93, Apertura 2004, Apertura 2005

        * Segunda División de México: 2

            1956, 1960

        * Second Division Super Cup: 1

            1956

        * Copa México: 1

            1991
            Runner-up (2): 1964, 1969

        * Campeón de Campeones: 0

            Runner-up (1): 2003

        * InterLiga: 1

            2010

40. PFC CSKA Moscow

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    CSKA (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб - ЦСКА, or English: Professional Football Club — Central Sports Club of Army (Moscow)) is a Russian professional football club based in the Russian capital city of Moscow.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup
              o Winners: 2005

    Domestic honours

    Russia

        * Russian Premier League
              o Winners: 2003, 2005, 2006
              o Runners-Up: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010

        * Russian Cup
              o Winners: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008 2009
              o Runners-Up: 1993, 1994, 2000

        * Russian Super Cup
              o Winners: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
              o Runners-Up: 2003, 2010

    Soviet Union

        * Soviet Top League
              o Winners: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991
              o Runners-Up: 1938, 1945, 1949, 1990

        * Soviet Cup
              o Winners: 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991
              o Runners-Up: 1944, 1967, 1992

39. Arsenal FC

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    Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club in North London that plays in the Premier League. One of the most successful clubs in English football, they have won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups. They hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight and are the only side to have completed a Premier League season unbeaten.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League

        Runners-up (1): 2006

        * European Cup Winners' Cup

        Winners (1): 1994
        Runners-up (2): 1980, 1995

        * Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

        Winners (1): 1970

        * UEFA Cup

        Runners-up (1): 2000

        * UEFA Super Cup

        Runners-up (1): 1994

    Domestic honours

        * First Division (until 1992) and Premier League

        Winners (13): 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1947–48, 1952–53, 1970–71, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04
        Runners-up (8): 1925–26, 1931–32, 1972–73, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05

        * Second Division

        Runners-up (1): 1903–04

        * FA Cup

        Winners (10): 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
        Runners-up (7): 1927, 1932, 1952, 1972, 1978, 1980, 2001

        * League Cup

        Winners (2): 1987, 1993
        Runners-up (4): 1968, 1969, 1988, 2007

        * FA Community Shield (FA Charity Shield before 2002)

        Winners (12): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
        Runners-up (7): 1935, 1936, 1979, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005

38. Fulham FC

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    Fulham Football Club (pronounced /ˈfʊləm/) is an English professional football club based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, the club plays in the Premier League and are in their 10th season. Fulham is the oldest professional football team in London. The club has produced many British greats including Johnny Haynes, George Cohen, Bobby Robson, Rodney Marsh and Alan Mullery.

    International honours

    UEFA Europa League

        * Runners Up: 2009–10

    Anglo-Scottish Cup

        * Runners Up: 1975

    Intertoto Cup

        * Winners: 2002-03

    Domestic honours

    Domestic Leagues

    Second Division/First Division (now known as the Championship, the second tier of English football)

        * Champions: 1948–49, 2000–01
        * Runners-up: 1958–59

    Third Division (South)/Third Division/Second Division (now known as League One, the third tier of English football)

        * Champions: 1931–32, 1998–99
        * Runners-up: 1970–71

    Fourth Division/Third Division (now Known as League Two, the fourth tier of English football)

        * Runners-up 1996–97

    Southern League First Division Champions

        * 1905–06, 1906–07

    Southern League Second Division Champions

        * 1901–02, 1902–03

    Domestic Cups

    FA Cup

        * Runners-up: 1975
        * Semi-finals: 1908, 1936, 1958, 1962, 2002

    League Cup

        * Quarter-finals: 1968, 1971, 2000, 2001, 2005

37. SV Werder Bremen

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    SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name.

    Bremen has been a mainstay in the Bundesliga, top flight of German football. Bremen has been crowned champions on four occasions and has won the DFB-Pokal on six occasions.

    Their most recent achievements in these competitions came in 2004, when they won an historic double. Bremen has also tasted European success, beating AS Monaco in the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, 2–0. Bremen also reached the final edition of the UEFA Cup in 2009 before it was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.

    International honours

    UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup

            * Runners-up (1) 2008-09

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

            * Winners (1) - 1991-92

    UEFA Intertoto Cup

            * Winners (1) - 1998

    Other international honours

    Kirin Cup

            * Winners (2) - 1982, 1986


    Domestic honours

    Bundesliga

            * Winners (4) - 1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04
            * Runners-up (7) - 1967-68, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1994-95, 2005-06, 2007-08

    2. Bundesliga

            * Winners (1) - 1980–81

    DFB-Pokal

            * Winners (6) - 1960–61, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09
            * Runners-up (4) - 1988-89, 1989-90, 1999-00, 2009-10

    DFB-Ligapokal

            * Winners (1) - 2006
            * Runners-up (2) - 1999, 2004

    DFB-Supercup

            * Winners (4) - 1988, 1993, 1994, 2009 (unofficial)
            * Runners-up (1) - 1991

36. SL Benfica

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    Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as simply Benfica or SLB and, occasionally, as Benfica Lisbon, is a multi-sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team.

    Domestically, Benfica has won a total of 32 Portuguese Liga titles, 24 Portuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal, Portugal Millennium Cup) titles, two Portuguese League Cup (Taça da Liga, Carlsberg Cup) titles and four Portuguese SuperCup (Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira) titles. Internationally, Benfica has won two European Cup (currently UEFA Champions League) titles, one Latin Cup title and one Iberian Cup title. In addition, the football club has seven UEFA Champions League final appearances and one UEFA Cup (currently UEFA Europa League) final appearance.

    Due to the success and popularity of the football club, Benfica has built the biggest fan base among os três grandes (Benfica, Porto, and Sporting) in Portugal. Benfica also has one of the biggest fan bases in the world, with many supporters outside of Portugal in countries like Andorra, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, United Kingdom, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, Switzerland and the United States. Currently, Benfica has the largest number of supporters worldwide for a Portuguese club, with a total number around 14 million.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League (formerly European Cup): 2
              o Winners: 1960–61; 1961–62

        * Latin Cup: 1
              o Winners: 1950

        * Iberian Cup: 1
              o Winners: 1983

    Domestic honours

        * Lisbon Championship: 10
              o Winners: 1909/10, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1913/14, 1915/16, 1916/17, 1917/18, 1919/20, 1932/33, 1939/40

        * Lisbon Championship - 2nd Category\Reserves: 42
              o Winners: 1909/10, 1910/11, 1912/13, 1913/14, 1914/15, 1915/16, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1919/20, 1920/21, 1921/22, 1926/27, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1935/36, 1938/39, 1940/41, 1942/43, 1944/45, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1952/53, 1953/54, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1986/87, 1992/93

    National titles (68)

        * Primeira Liga (I Divisão, I Liga, Superliga, Liga): 32
              o Winners: 1935/36, 1936/37, 1937/38, 1941/42, 1942/43, 1944/45, 1949/50, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1993/94, 2004/05, 2009/10

        * Portuguese Cup: 24
              o Winners: 1939/40, 1942/43, 1943/44, 1948/49, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1952/53, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1961/62, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1992/93, 1995/96, 2003/04

        * Portuguese League Cup: 2
              o Winners: 2008/09, 2009/10

        * SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira: 4
              o Winners: 1980/81, 1985/86, 1989/90, 2005/06

        * Portuguese Championship: 3
              o Winners: 1929/30, 1930/31, 1934/35

        * Cup Ribeiro dos Reis (between 1961-1962 and 1970-1971): 3
              o Winners: 1963/64, 1965/66, 1970/71

35. CF Universidad De Chile

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    Club de Fútbol Profesional de la Universidad de Chile is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.

    Universidad de Chile are the second most successful club in the Chilean first division, having won the league title 13 times. In the last 10 years, the team has been crowned champion three times.

    International honours

        * 16 Participations in Copa Libertadores
        * 2 Participations in Copa Conmebol
        * 2 Participations in Copa Sudamericana

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División: 13

            1940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004-A, 2009-A

        * Copa Chile: 3

            1979, 1998, 2000

        * Primera B: 1

            1989

        * 71 seasons in Primera División
        * 1 season in Primera B

34. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

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    34. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

    Football Club Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Зенит», English: Zenith) is a Russian football club from the city of Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is one of the strongest in the country. Zenit were the 2007 and 2010 champions of the Russian Premier League and the winners of both the 2008 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup
              o Winners: 2008
        * UEFA Super Cup
              o Winners: 2008

    Domestic honours

    Russia

        * Russian Premier League
              o Winners: 2007, 2010
        * Russian Cup
              o Winners: 1999, 2010
        * Russian Premier League Cup
              o Winners: 2003
        * Russian Super Cup
              o Winners: 2008

    Soviet Union

        * Soviet Top League
              o Winners: 1984
        * Soviet Cup
              o Winners: 1944
        * Soviet Super Cup
              o Winners: 1984

33. PSV Eindhoven

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    Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department.

    PSV is one of three European Cup winning football clubs in the Netherlands, the other two being AFC Ajax Amsterdam, their arch rivals, and Feyenoord Rotterdam. The club won the European Cup in 1988 (against Benfica) – making them the second Dutch club after Ajax to win The Treble – and the UEFA Cup in 1978 (against SC Bastia). PSV have won the national league 21 times.

    International honours

        * European Cup: 1

            1987–88

        * UEFA Cup: 1

            1977–78

        * Peace Cup: 1

            2003

        * Russian Railways Cup: 1

            2007

        * Phillips Tournament (Netherlands): 3

            1982, 1984, 1985

        * Torneo Internacional de Fútbol de Maspalomas (Spain): 3

            1984, 1985, 2000

        * President's Cup (Korea): 1

            1983

        * Trofeo Villa de Madrid (Spain) : 1

            1984

    Domestic honours

        * Eredivisie: 21

            1928–29, 1934–35, 1950–51, 1962–63, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

        * KNVB Cup: 8

            1949–50, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96, 2004–05

        * Johan Cruijff schaal: 8

            1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2008–09

32. FC Copenhagen

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    F.C. Copenhagen (Danish: F.C. København, or FCK in short) is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment.

    FCK plays in the Danish Superliga and is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football. F.C. Copenhagen has won eight Danish Superliga championships, four Danish Cup trophies and the Scandinavian tournament Royal League twice.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League
              o 2nd qualifying round: 2004–05
              o 2nd/3rd qualifying/Play-off round: 1993–94, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10
              o Fourth in group: 2006–07
        * UEFA Cup
              o First round: 1994–95, 2002–03, 2005–06
              o Second round: 1992–93, 2003–04
              o Third round: 2001–02
              o Fourth in group: 2007–08
              o Round of 32: 2008–09
        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
              o First round: 1995–96
              o Second round: 1997–98, 1998–99
        * UEFA Intertoto Cup
              o Fifth in group: 1993
              o Second in group: 1996
              o Group winners: 1992
              o Second round: 1999
        * Royal League
              o Winners (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
              o Runner-up: 2006–07

    Domestic honours

        * Danish Superliga
              o Champions (8): 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
              o Runner-up (3): 1994, 2002, 2005
              o 3rd placed (2): 1998, 2008
        * Danish Cup
              o Winners (4): 1995, 1997, 2004, 2009
              o Runner-up (3): 1998, 2002, 2007
        * Danish League Cup
              o Winners: 1996
              o Runner-up (2): 2005, 2006
        * Danish Super Cup
              o Winners (3): 1995, 2001, 2004
        * Ørestad Cup
              o Winners (2): 2000, 2002
        * Kings Cup
              o Winners: 1994

31. Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC

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    Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון הכדורגל הפועל תל אביב‎, Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Tel Aviv) is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. Hapoel has won thirteen championships and thirteen State Cups, making them the countries second most successful club after city rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 1967, they became the first club to win the Asian Club Championships.

    International honours

        * Asian Club Championship
              o Winners 1967


    Domestic honours

        * Israeli Championships
              o Winners (13): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1981, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2010
        * State Cup
              o Winners (13): 1928, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1961, 1972, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2010
        * Toto Cup
              o Winners (1): 2002

30. TP Mazembe

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    Here's another example of greatness that comes from beating greatness.

    Tout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, is a Congolese football (soccer) club based in Lubumbashi. In 2010, the club made FIFA Club World Cup history by becoming the first club team from outside the traditional continental powerhouses of Europe and South America to enter the final after beating CONMEBOL's Internacional of Brazil 2-0.



    International honours

        * FIFA Club World Cup:
              o Runner-up (1): 2010

        * African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League: 4
              o Winner : 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010
              o Finalist : 1969, 1970

        * African Cup Winners' Cup: 1
              o Winner : 1980

    Domestic honours

        * Linafoot: 10
              o Champion  : 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009

        * Coupe du Congo: 5
              o Winner : 1966, 1967, 1976, 1979, 2000
              o Finalist : 2003

    Performance in CAF competitions

        * CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

            2001 - Group Stage
            2002 - Semi-Finals
            2005 - Preliminary Round
            2007 - Second Round
            2008 - Group Stage
            2009 - Champion
            2010 - Champion

        * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 7 appearances

            1967: Champion
            1968: Champion
            1969: Finalist
            1970: Finalist
            1972: Semi-Finals
            1977: First Round
            1988: First Round

        * CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances

            2004 - First Round
            2006 - disqualified in First Round
            2007 - Group Stage

        * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

            1980 - Champion
            1981 - Second Round

        * CAF Cup: 1 appearance

            2000 - Second Round

        * CAF Super Cup: 1 appearance

            2010 - Champion

29. FC Shakhtar Donetsk

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    FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Шахтар Донецьк) is a Ukrainian professional association football club playing in the city of Donetsk. The club has won numerous domestic honors and appeared in several European competitions. They are best known for having won the final UEFA Cup in 2009.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup
              o Winners: 2009

        * UEFA Super Cup
              o Runners-Up: 2009

    Domestic honours

    Soviet Union

        * Soviet Top League
              o Runners-Up: 1975, 1979
        * Soviet Cup
              o Winners: 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983
              o Runners-Up: 1963, 1978, 1985, 1986
        * Soviet Super Cup
              o Winners: 1983
              o Runners-Up: 1980, 1985

    Ukraine

        * Ukrainian Championship
              o Winners: 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10
              o Runners-Up: 1993-94, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2008-09
        * Ukrainian Cup
              o Winners: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008
              o Runners-Up: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
        * Ukrainian Super Cup
              o Winners: 2005, 2008, 2010
              o Runners-Up: 2004, 2006, 2007

28. VfB Stuttgart

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    Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons.

    The team has won the national championship five times total—most recently in the 2006–07 season—and the DFB-Pokal (German cup) three times.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup:
              o Runners-up (1): 1988-89
        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
              o Runners-up (1): 1997–98
        * UEFA Intertoto Cup:
              o Winners (2): 2000, 2002

    Domestic honours

        * German championship:
              o Winners (5): 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992, 2007
              o Runners-up (4): 1935, 1953, 1979, 2003
        * German Cup:
              o Winners (3): 1954, 1958, 1997
              o Runners-up (2): 1986, 2007
        * German Super Cup:
              o Winners (1): 1992
        * German League Cup:
              o Runners-up (3): 1997, 1998, 2005

    Regional honours

        * Oberliga Süd I:
              o Winners (3): 1945-46, 1951–52, 1953–54
              o Runners-up (3): 1949-50, 1952–53, 1955–56
        * 2nd Bundesliga Süd II:
              o Winners (1): 1977
        * Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden:
              o Winners (2): 1926-27, 1929–30
              o Runners-up (1): 1925-26
        * Gauliga Württemberg:
              o Winners (4): 1934-35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1942–43
              o Runners-up (4): 1938-39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42

27. Olympique De Marseille

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    Olympique de Marseille, also known as l'OM, is a French professional football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, they play in Ligue 1 and have spent most of their history in the top tier of French football. Marseille has been French champions nine times, has won the Coupe de France 10 times (a record) and became the first and only French club to win the UEFA Champions League in 1993. In 2010, Marseille became French champions again, under the stewardship of former winner of the UEFA Champions League's captain Didier Deschamps.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League
              o Winners (1) : 1992–93
              o Runners-up (1) : 1990–91

        * UEFA Cup/Europa League
              o Runners-up (2) : 1998–99, 2003–04

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup
              o Winners (1) : 2005

    Domestic honours

        * Division 1/Ligue 1
              o Winners (9) : 1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10

        * Division 2
              o Winners (1) : 1994–95

        * Coupe de France
              o Winners (10 – record) : 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1942–43, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1988–89

        * Coupe de la Ligue
              o Winners (1) : 2009–10

        * Challenge des champions/Trophée des Champions
              o Winners (2) : 1971, 2010

        * Coupe Charles Drago
              o Winners (1) : 1957
        * Championnat de France Amateurs
              o Winners (1) : 1929
        * Championnat de France USFSA
              o Runners-up (1) : 1919

    Regional honours

        * South-East DH Championship
              o Winners (4) : 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931
              o Runners-up (4) : 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925
        * Coastline USFSA Championship
              o Winners (7) : 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1919
              o Runners-up (6) : 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914

26. Tottenham Hotspur FC

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    Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (locally /ˈtɒʔnəm/), commonly referred to as Spurs, are an English professional football club based in Tottenham, North London, which currently plays in the Premier League.

    Tottenham Hotspur was the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960–61 season. In 1963, they became the first British club to win a major European trophy—the European Winners' Cup. In the 1970s, they won the League Cup on two occasions and were the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972 (becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies). In the 1980s, the Spurs won several trophies: the FA Cup twice, FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup in 1983–84. In the 1990s, they won the FA Cup and the League Cup. In 2008 they won the League Cup once more, meaning they have won a trophy in each of the last six decades—an achievement only matched by Manchester United.

    International honours

    UEFA Cup (winners) (2): 1972 (inaugural winners), 1984
    UEFA Cup (runners-up) (1): 1974
    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (winners) (1): 1963
    Anglo-Italian League Cup (winners) (1): 1970–71

    Domestic honours

    League
    Football League First Division (champions) (2): 1950–51, 1960–61
    Football League First Division (runners-up) (4): 1921–22, 1951–52, 1956–57, 1962–63
    Football League Second Division (champions) (2): 1919–20, 1949–50
    Football League Second Division (runners-up)  (2): 1908–09, 1932–33
    Southern League (champions) (1): 1899–1900
    Western League (champions) (1): 1903–04

    Domestic cups
    FA Cup (winners) (8): 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991
    FA Cup (runners-up) (1): 1987
    League Cup (winners) (4): 1971, 1973, 1999, 2008
    League Cup (runners-up) (3): 1982, 2002, 2009
    FA Charity Shield (winners) (7, 3 shared): 1921, 1951, 1961, 1962, (1967, 1981, 1991)
    FA Charity Shield (runners-up) (2): 1920, 1982

25. Club Atlético Banfield

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    Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. The club's greatest sporting achievement was obtained in 2009 when it became champion of the Apertura, the first official national championship won by the club in the professional era of Argentine football. In the First Division the club has also achieved two runners-up places, in 1951 and 2005.

    Domestic honours

    League

        * Primera División Argentina champions (1): Apertura 2009
        * Primera División Argentina Runner-up (2): 1951, 2005
        * Primera B Nacional Argentina champions (6): 1939, 1946, 1962, 1973, 1992–92, 2000–01

    Cups

        * Buenos Aires Municipality Honour Cup (1): 1920
        * Tandil City Cup (1): 2007

24. Sevilla FC

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    Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship. Before the Spanish national competitions started, Sevilla also won 17 Andalusian Championships and were crowned twice as Champions of Seville.

    International honours

        * UEFA Cup (2) 2005–06, 2006–07

        * UEFA Super Cup (1) 2006

    Domestic honours

        * La Liga (1) 1945–46

        * Copa del Rey (5) 1934–35, 1938–39, 1947–48, 2006–07, 2009–10

        * Spanish Super Cup (1) 2007

        * Segunda División (4) 1928–1929, 1933–34, 1968–69, 2000–01

23. FC Basel

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    Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel.

    Basel is one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football having won the Swiss Super League 13 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the title a total of seven times between 1967 and 1980.

    They have competed in European competition every season since 1999–2000. In the 2001–02 season the club reached the UEFA Intertoto Cup final, losing to Aston Villa. In the 2002/03 season they qualified for the Second Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League and in the 2005/06 season they reached the Quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League
              o 2nd Group Stage: 2002

    Domestic honours

        * Swiss Super League
              o Winners (13): 1953, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010
        * Swiss Cup
              o Winners (10): 1933, 1947, 1963, 1967, 1975, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010
        * Swiss League Cup
              o Winners (1): 1972
        * Coppa delle Alpi
              o Winners (3): 1969, 1970, 1981
        * Uhren Cup
              o Winners (11): 1969, 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2003, 2006, 2008
        * Nissan Cup
              o Winners (1): 1985
        * Basel Tournament
              o Winners (1): 1985 (Shared with Bayern Munich & FK Partizan)

22. AFC Ajax

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    Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax (after the mythological Greek hero), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club is historically one of the three clubs that dominates the Dutch national football league (Eredivisie), the others being PSV and Feyenoord.

    The club is one of five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge; they won consecutively in 1971–1973. In 1972, they completed the European treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup and the European Cup; to date, they are the only team to keep the European Cup and accomplish the European treble. Ajax's last international trophies were the 1995 Intercontinental Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final.

    They are also one of three teams to win the treble and the Intercontinental Cup in the same season/calendar year. This was achieved in the 1971–72 season. This was achieved in the 1971–72 season. Ajax, Juventus and Bayern Munich are the three clubs to have won all three major UEFA club competitions. They have also won the Intercontinental Cup twice, the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, as well as the Karl Rappan Cup, a predecessor of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1962.

    International honours

        * Intercontinental Cup: 2

            1972, 1995

        * European Champion Club's Cup / Champions League: 4

            1971, 1972, 1973, 1995

        * European Cup Winners' Cup: 1

            1987

        * UEFA Cup: 1

            1992

        * UEFA Super Cup: 2

            1973, 1995

    Domestic honours

        * Eredivisie: 29

            1917–18, 1918–19, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04

        * KNVB Cup: 18

            1916–17, 1942–43, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009-10

        * Johan Cruijff Shield: 7

            1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

21. Juventus FC

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    Juventus Football Club, commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. The club is the third oldest of its kind in the country and has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, in the top flight First Division (known as Serie A since 1929).

    Juventus is historically the most successful team in Italian football and one of the most successful and recognized in the world.

    The club currently ranks third in Europe and sixth in the world with the most international titles won, officially recognized by their respective association football confederation and FIFA. In 1985, Juventus became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA competitions, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the (now-defunct) UEFA Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup (first Italian and Southern European side to win the competition). After their triumph in the Intercontinental Cup the same year, Juventus also became the first football team ever—remain the only one—to have won all possible confederation competitions and the club world title.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League (former European Cup): 2

            1984–85, 1995–96

            * Runners-up (5): 1972–73; 1982–83; 1996–97; 1997–98; 2002–03

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1

            1983–84

        * UEFA Cup: 3

            1976–77, 1989–90, 1992–93

            * Runner-up (1): 1994–95

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1

            1999

        * UEFA Super Cup: 2

            1984, 1996

        * Intercontinental Cup: 2

            1985, 1996

            * Runners-up (1): 1973


    Domestic honours

        * Italian Football Championship / Serie A: 27

            1905, 1925–26,[68] 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1966–67; 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03

            * Runners-up (20): 1903; 1904; 1906; 1937–38; 1945–46; 1946–47; 1952–53; 1953–54; 1962–63; 1973–74; 1975–76; 1979–80; 1982–83; 1986–87; 1991–92; 1993–94; 1995–96; 1999–00; 2000–01; 2008–09

        * Coppa Italia: 9

            1937–38, 1941–42, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1994–95

            * Runners-up (4): 1972–73; 1991–92; 2001–02; 2003–04

        * Supercoppa Italiana: 4

            1995, 1997, 2002, 2003

            * Runners-up (3): 1990; 1998; 2005

        * Serie B: 1

            2006–07

20. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

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    Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, or simply Corinthians, is a Brazilian sports club based in São Paulo, Brazil known mostly for its association football team.

    Corinthians won the first edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, the Brazilian Série A four times, the Brazilian Cup three times, the São Paulo State Championship a record 26 times (five of them unbeaten) and a number of other titles. Approximately 30,000,000 fans support Corinthians.

    International honours
     
       * FIFA Club World Championship: 1

            2000

    Domestic honours

        * Brazil Brazilian Championship Serie A: 4

            1990, 1998, 1999, 2005

        * Brazil Brazilian Championship Serie B: 1

            2008

        * Brazil Brazilian Cup: 3

            1995, 2002, 2009

        * Brazil Brazilian Supercup: 1

            1991

    Regional honours

        * São Paulo (state)Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 5

            1950, 1953, 1954, 1966, 2002

        * São Paulo (state) São Paulo State Championship: 26

            1914, 1916, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009

19. Olympique Lyonnais

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    Olympique Lyonnais, commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon, Lyon, or simply OL, is a French association football club based in Lyon. Lyon have also won a record seven Trophée des Champions, four Coupe de France titles and three Ligue 2 Championships. They have appeared in the UEFA Champions League eleven times and, during the 2009–10 season, reached the semifinals of the competition for the first time after three previous quarterfinal appearances.

    Olympique Lyonnais is one of the most popular clubs in France. About 11 percent of the country's population supports the club. Lyon shares this number with Paris Saint-Germain and only trails Olympique de Marseille. Lyon do, however, hold the honor of being the richest club in the country, having generated an annual revenue stream of €139.6 million for the 2008–09 season, according to accountants Deloitte.


    International honours

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup

        Winners (1): 1997

    Domestic honours

    League

        * Ligue 1 (Champions of France) (level 1)

        Winners (7): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

        * Ligue 2 (level 2)

        Winners (3): 1950–51, 1953–54, 1988–89

        * USFSA Lyonnaise French Championship

        Winners (4): 1906, 1907, 1910, 1913

        * French Championship (Southern Pool)

        Winners (1): 1944–45

    Cups

        * Coupe de France

        Winners (4): 1964, 1967, 1973, 2008

        * Coupe de la Ligue

        Winners (1): 2001

        * Trophée des Champions

        Winners (7): 1973, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

18. Lille OSC

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    Lille Olympique Sporting Club Lille Métropole; commonly referred to as Lille OSC, LOSC Lille, or simply Lille, is a French football club based in Lille.

    International honours

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup
              o Winners: 2004
        * Latin Cup
              o Runner-up: 1951

    Domestic honours

        * Ligue 1
              o Champions: 1945-46, 1953-54
        * Coupe de France
              o Winners: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955
        * Ligue 2
              o Champions: 1963-64, 1973-74, 1977-78, 1999-2000

17. FC Porto

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    Futebol Clube do Porto, commonly known as FC Porto, Porto or FCP, is a Portuguese football team from the city of Porto, in the northern region of the country. Founded in Porto in 1893, it is one of the Três Grandes, or Big Three, football clubs in Portugal, with Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal being the other two clubs, FC Porto's two biggest rivals.

    FC Porto is an internationally lauded team, with a national record of six international titles, becoming European and World Champions twice each in the 1987 and 2004 seasons. In 1987, FC Porto also gained the UEFA Supercup (another first for Portugal) and, in 2004, it brought Portugal its first UEFA Champions League trophy. In 1987, FC Porto became one of a few teams in the World to hold in its possession three major international titles simultaneously (the only one in Portugal). Domestically they hold the best record of five titles in a row, having won the Portuguese Liga 19 times. Other titles won by the club include the Portuguese Cup 15 times and Portuguese Supercup 17 times (51 national titles).


    International honours

        * European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 2
              o 1986–87, 2003–04

        * UEFA Cup: 1
              o 2002–03

        * European Super Cup: 1
              o 1986–87

        * Intercontinental Cup: 2
              o 1987, 2004

        * Iberian Cup: 1
              o 1935

    Domestic honours

    League

        * Portuguese Liga: 24
        * League Championship (Campeonato da Liga)
              o 1934–35
        * First Division National Championship (Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão)
              o 1938–39, 1939–40, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
        * Premier League (Primeira Liga)
              o 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
        * Liga Intercalar: 1
              o 2009
        * Oporto Championship: 30
              o 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
        * Oporto Championship/Reserves: 32
              o 1914, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

    Cups

        * Portuguese Championship (Campeonato de Portugal): 4
              o 1921–22, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1936–37
        * Portuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal): 15
              o 1955–56, 1957–58, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
        * Portuguese Supercup (Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira): 17
              o 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
        * Cup Jose Monteiro da Costa: 5
              o 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915
        * Cup BES: 5
              o 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
        * Cup José Maria Pedroto: 2
              o 1989, 1990
        * Cup North of Portugal: 3
              o 1967, 1970, 1971
        * Cup Beginning: 8
              o 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974
        * Cup of Honour of Oporto (Taça de Honra do Porto): 14
              o 1915, 1916, 1947, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1980, 1981

16. São Paulo FC

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    São Paulo Futebol Clube, usually called São Paulo FC or just São Paulo, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo. They are the most successful and the third most popular football club in Brazil, with over 17 million supporters.

    São Paulo is the most successful club in Brazil, holding more international titles than any other Brazilian club. They won the Série A six times, and in addition have won the Campeonato Paulista 21 times. They have won 11 international titles, placing them sixth for the most international titles won by a club, along with AC Milan, Liverpool and Barcelona. Their international trophy hall includes three World Club titles (two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Championship), three Copa Libertadores, two Recopa Sudamericanas, one Copa Conmebol, one Supercopa Sudamericana and one Copa Masters Conmebol.

    International honours

    FIFA Club World Cup

            * Winners (1): 2005

    Intercontinental Cup

            * Winners (2): 1992, 1993

    Copa Libertadores

            * Winners (3): 1992, 1993, 2005
            * Runners-up (3): 1974, 1994, 2006

    Copa Conmebol

            * Winners (1): 1994

    Recopa Sudamericana

            * Winners (2): 1993, 1994
            * Runners-up (1): 2006

    Supercopa Sudamericana

            * Winners (1): 1993
            * Runners-up (1): 1997

    Copa Masters Conmebol

            * Winners (1): 1996

    Domestic honours

    Brazilian Championship

            * Winners (6): 1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008
            * Runners-up (5): 1971, 1973, 1981, 1989, 1990

    Brazilian Cup

            * Runners-up (1): 2000

    Champions Cup

            * Runners-up (1): 2001

    Regional honours

    Rio-São Paulo Tournament

            * Winners (1): 2001
            * Runners-up (5): 1933, 1962, 1966, 1998, 2002

    São Paulo State Championship

            * Winners (21): 1931, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2005
            * Runners-up (19): 1938, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2006

    São Paulo State Super Championship

            * Winners (1): 2002

15. Club Libertad

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    Club Libertad is a sports club based in the Tuyucuá district of Asuncion. Libertad is the third most victorious paraguayan football club, having won 14 national titles. They also participated in several editions of the Copa Libertadores de America and the Copa Sudamericana, reaching the semifinals of the Libertadores de America on two occasions (1977 and 2006).

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores de América: Nine appearances

            Semi-Finals (2): 1977, 2006

        * Copa Sudamericana: Five appearances

            Quarter-Finals (1): 2003

    Domestic honours

        * Paraguayan First Division: 14

            1910, 1917, 1920, 1930, 1943, 1945, 1955, 1976, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 (A), 2008 (C)

        * Paraguayan Second Division: 1

            2000

14. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

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    Cruzeiro has been Brazilian champions twice, domestic cup champions four times (a record shared with Gremio), and Mineiro champions 35 times. They are the only Brazilian team to have won the domestic triple crown of Brazilian football or treble, for winning the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Mineiro in the same year, accomplishing this feat in 2003. Internationally they are the second most successful team in Brazil with seven international championships, including two Copa Libertadores.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores de América

        Winners (2): 1976, 1997
        Runners-up (2): 1977, 2009

        * Supercopa Sudamericana

        Winners (2): 1991, 1992

        * Recopa

        Winners (1): 1998

        * Copa Oro

        Winners (1): 1995

        * Supercopa Masters

        Winners (1): 1995

    Domestic honours

        * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

        Winners (2): 1966, 2003
        Runners-up (4): 1974, 1975, 1998, 2010
        Third place (6): 1967, 1973, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2008
        Fourth place (3): 1968, 1987, 2009

        * Copa do Brasil

        Winners (4): 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003
        Runners-up (1): 1998
        Semi-finalist (1): 2005

    Regional honours

        * Campeonato Mineiro

        Winners (36): 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959,1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002[note 1], 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009

        * Copa Sul-Minas

        Winners (2): 2001, 2002

        * Copa Centro-Oeste

        Winners (1): 1999

13. Valencia CF

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    Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish football and Europe.

    Valencia has won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Winners' Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. They also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and then to German club Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 2001. Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs. In total, Valencia has reached seven major European finals, winning four of them.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League
              o Runners-up (2): 1999-00, 2000-01

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
              o Winners (1): 1979-80

        * UEFA Cup
              o Winners (1): 2003-04

        * Fairs Cup (Predecessor to the UEFA Cup)
              o Winners (2): 1961-62, 1962-63
              o Runners-up (1): 1963-64

        * UEFA Super Cup
              o Winners (2): 1980, 2004

        * UEFA Intertoto Cup
              o Winners (1): 1998

    Domestic honours

        * La Liga
              o Winners (6): 1941-42, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1970-71, 2001-02, 2003-04
              o Runners-up (6): 1947-48, 1948-49, 1952-53, 1971-72, 1989-90, 1995-96

        * Copa del Rey
              o Winners (7): 1940-41, 1948–49, 1953–54, 1966–67, 1978–79, 1998-99, 2007-08
              o Runners-up (10): 1933-34, 1936–37, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1951–52, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1994-95

        * Supercopa de España
              o Winners (1): 1999
              o Runners-up (3): 2002, 2004, 2008

        * Copa Eva Duarte (Predecessor to the Supercopa de España)
              o Winners (1): 1949
              o Runners-up (1): 1947

        * Segunda División
              o Winners (2): 1930-31, 1986-87

12. RSC Anderlecht

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    Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA, is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions (with five trophies) as well as in the Belgian Pro League (30 championship wins). They also have won nine Belgian Cups.

    Anderlecht holds the record of the most consecutive Belgian championship titles, as they are the only side to have won five consecutive Belgian championships between 1963-64 and 1967-68.

    International honours

        * European Cup Winners' Cup:
              o Winners (2): 1976, 1978
              o Runners-up (2): 1977, 1990

        * UEFA Cup:
              o Winners (1): 1983
              o Runners-up (1): 1984

        * Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:
              o Runners-up (1): 1970

        * European Super Cup:
              o Winners (2): 1976, 1978

    Domestic honours

        * Belgian First Division:
              o Winners (30): 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10

        * Belgian Second Division:
              o Winners (2): 1923-24, 1934-35

        * Belgian Cup:
              o Winners (9): 1964-65, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1993-94, 2007-08

        * Belgian League Cup:
              o Winners (1): 1999-2000
        * Belgian Supercup:
              o Winners (9): 1985, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010

        * Bruges Matins:
              o Winners (2): 1985, 1988

11. AS Roma

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    Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence minus one season in the early 50s (1951–52).

    Roma has won Serie A three times, first in 1941–42 then in 1982–83 and again in 2000–01, as well as winning nine Copa Italia titles and two Supercopa Italiana titles.

    International honours

    Fairs Cup (Predecessor to the UEFA Cup)

            * Winners (1): 1960–61

    European Cup / Champions League:

            * Runners-up (1): 1983–84

    UEFA Cup / Europa League:

            * Runners-up (1): 1990–91

    Domestic honours

    Serie A:

            * Winners (3): 1941–42; 1982–83; 2000–01
            * Runners-up (11): 1930–31; 1935–36; 1980–81; 1983–84; 1985–86; 2001–02; 2003–04; 2005–06; 2006–07; 2007–08; 2009–10

    Coppa Italia:

            * Winners (9): 1963–64; 1968–69; 1979–80; 1980–81; 1983–84; 1985–86; 1990–91; 2006–07; 2007–08

            * Runners-up (7): 1936–37; 1940–41; 1992–93; 2002–03; 2004–05; 2005–06; 2009–10

    Supercoppa Italiana:

            * Winners (2): 2001; 2007
            * Runners-up (4): 1991; 2006; 2008; 2010

10. Sport Club Internacional

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    Sport Club Internacional, known simply as Internacional or Inter, is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.

    The club is one of only three teams that competed in all Brazilian National League's first division championships since its inception in 1971. Internacional is ranked first in America and sixth in the World in number of paying members, with more than 104,000 members. Internacional is the reigning South American champions, having won the 2010 Copa Libertadores title.

    The year 2006 was the most successful year in Inter's history as they won the Copa Libertadores final when they defeated the defending champions São Paulo and also won the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup defeating Barcelona. Other international titles include the 2007 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.

    International honours

        * FIFA Club World Cup
              o Winners (1): 2006

        * Copa Libertadores
              o Winners (2): 2006, 2010
              o Runners-up (1): 1980

        * Copa Sudamericana
              o Winners (1): 2008

        * Recopa Sudamericana
              o Winners (1): 2007
              o Runners-up (1): 2009

        * Suruga Bank Championship
              o Winner (1): 2009

    Domestic honours

    Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 3

            1975, 1976, 1979
            Runner-up (5): 1987, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2009

        * Copa do Brasil: 1

            1992
            Runner-up (1): 2009

        * Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa: 0

            Runner-up (2): 1967, 1968

    Regional honours

        * Campeonato Gaúcho: 39

            1927, 1934, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009

9. Real Madrid CF

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    Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record 31 La Liga titles, 17 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, eight Spanish Super Cups, a record nine UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Cups, one UEFA Supercup and three Intercontinental Cups.

    The club is the world's richest football club (€401m) in terms of revenue and the second most valuable worth over €950m in 2008.

    International honours

        * European Cup/ UEFA Champions League

        Winners (9): 1955–56*, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02
        Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1963–64, 1980–81
        (* First ever winners)

        * UEFA Cup/ UEFA Europa League

        Winners (2): 1984–85, 1985–86

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

        Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 1982–83

        * UEFA Super Cup

        Winners (1): 2002
        Runners-up (2): 1998, 2000

        * Latin Cup

        Winners (2): 1955, 1957

        * Copa Iberoamericana

        Winners (1): 1994

        * Intercontinental Cup/ FIFA Club World Cup

        Winners (3): 1960, 1998, 2002
        Runners-up (2): 1966, 2000

    Domestic honours

        * La Liga

        Winners (31): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
        Runners-up (19): 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10

        * Copa del Rey

        Winners (17): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1992–93
        Runners-up (19): 1903, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1940, 1943, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04

        * Supercopa de España

        Winners (8): 1988, 1989*, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008
        Runners-up (3): 1982, 1995, 2007
        (* Won Copa del Rey and La Liga)

        * Copa de la Liga

        Winners (1): 1984–85
        Runners-up (1): 1982–83

8. Liverpool FC

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    Liverpool Football Club is an English professional football club from Liverpool, England that plays in the Premier League.

    One of the most successful clubs in the history of English football, Liverpool has won a joint-record 18 league titles, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups. Liverpool is the most successful English club in European competition having won five European Cups, the last in 2005, and three UEFA Cups. The club currently ranks third in Europe and sixth in the world with the most international titles won.

    International honours

        * European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 5
              o 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005

        * UEFA Cup: 3
              o 1973, 1976, 2001

        * UEFA Super Cup: 3
              o 1977, 2001, 2005


    Domestic honours

    League

        * Football League First Division (English football champions):[note 2] 18
              o 1900–01, 1905–06, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1946–47, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90

        * Second Division:[note 2] 4
              o 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62

        * Lancashire League: 1
              o 1892–93

    Cups

        * FA Cup: 7
              o 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006

        * League Cup: 7
              o 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003

        * FA Charity Shield/FA Community Shield: 15 (10 outright, 5 shared)
              o 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 2001, 2006

    Doubles and Trebles

        * Doubles:
              o League and FA Cup: 1
                    + 1985–86
              o League and League Cup: 2
                    + 1981–82, 1982–83
              o European Double (League and European Cup): 1
                    + 1976–77
              o League and UEFA Cup: 2
                    + 1972–73, 1975–76
              o League Cup and European Cup: 1
                    + 1980–81
        * Trebles
              o League, League Cup and European Cup: 1
                    + 1983–84
              o FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup: 1
                    + 2000–01

7. Chelsea FC

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    Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in west London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea has been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four times. They have also been successful in Europe, winning the UEFA Winners' Cup twice.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League
              o Runners-up: 2007–08

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
              o Winners: 1970–71, 1997–98

        * UEFA Super Cup
              o Winners: 1998


    Domestic honours

        * First Division/Premier League
              o Winners: 1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10
              o Runners-up: 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08

        * Second Division
              o Winners: 1983–84, 1988–89
              o Runners-up: 1906–07, 1911–12, 1929–30, 1962–63, 1976–77

        * FA Cup
              o Winners: 1969–70, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
              o Runners-up: 1914–15, 1966–67, 1993–94, 2001–02

        * Football League Cup
              o Winners: 1964–65, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2006–07
              o Runners-up: 1971–72, 2007–08

        * FA Charity Shield/FA Community Shield
              o Winners: 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
              o Runners-up: 1970, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2010

        * Full Members Cup
              o Winners: 1985-86, 1989-90

6. Manchester United FC

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    Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League.

    Having won 18 league titles, four League Cups and a record 11 FA Cups, Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football. The club has also won three European Cups and is unique in having won a Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League Treble in the 1998–99 season.

    Manchester United is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in the world.The club is said to be worth £1.19 billion, making it the most valuable football club in the world.

    International honours

        * European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 3
              o 1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08
        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
              o 1990–91
        * UEFA Super Cup: 1
              o 1991
        * Intercontinental Cup: 1
              o 1999
        * FIFA Club World Cup: 1
              o 2008

    Domestic honours

    League

        * First Division (until 1992) and Premier League: 18
              o 1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
        * Second Division: 2
              o 1935–36, 1974–75

    Cups

        * FA Cup: 11
              o 1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
        * League Cup: 4
              o 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
        * FA Charity/Community Shield: 18 (14 outright, 4 shared)
              o 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 (* shared)

    Doubles and Trebles

        * Doubles:
              o League and FA Cup: 3
                    + 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99 (as part of the Treble)
              o League and League Cup: 1
                    + 2008–09
              o European Double (League and European Cup): 2
                    + 1998–99 (as part of the Treble), 2007–08
        * "The Treble" (League, FA Cup and European Cup): 1
              o 1998–99

5. Club Atlético De Madrid

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    Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D., commonly known as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who participates in the Primera División of La Liga. Atlético has won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey on nine occasions, including a double in 1996; in Europe, they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962, were European Cup runners-up in 1974, won the Intercontinental Cup in 1975 and won the Europa League in 2010.

    International honours

        * European Cup/UEFA Champions League
              o Runners-up (1): 1973–74
        * UEFA Europa League
              o Winners (1): 2009–10
        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
              o Winners (1): 1961–62
              o Runners-up (2): 1962–63, 1985–86
        * UEFA Super Cup
              o Winners (1): 2010
        * UEFA Intertoto Cup
              o Winners (1): 2007
              o Runners-up (1): 2004
        * Iberian Cup
              o Winners (1): 1991
        * Intercontinental Cup
              o Winners (1): 1974

    Domestic honours

        * La Liga
              o Winners (9): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1995–96
              o Runners-up (8): 1943–44, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91
        * Copa del Rey
              o Winners (9): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96
              o Runners-up (9): 1921, 1926, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1974–75, 1986–87, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2009–10
        * Supercopa de España
              o Winners (3): 1940, 1951, 1985
              o Runners-up (4): 1950, 1991, 1992, 1996
        * Segunda Division
              o Winners (1): 2001–02
              o Runners-up (2): 1932–33, 1933–34

    Regional honours

        * Campeonato Regional Centro
              o Winners (4): 1920–21, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1939–40

4. Estudiantes De La Plata

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    Club Estudiantes de La Plata, also referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine football club based in La Plata. The club is amongst the most successful teams in Argentina and is the current league champion. Their international silverware consists of four Copa Libertadores (including three straight from 1968-70), an Intercontinental Cup and an Interamerican Cup.

    International honours

        * Copa Libertadores
              o Champion (4): 1968, 1969, 1970, 2009
              o Runner-up (1): 1971

        * Copa Sudamericana
              o Runner-up (1): 2008

        * Intercontinental Cup
              o Champion (1): 1968
              o Runner-up (2): 1969, 1970

        * FIFA Club World Cup
              o Runner-up (1): 2009

        * Interamerican Cup
              o Champion (1): 1969

    Domestic honours

        * Primera División
              o Champion (5): Metropolitano 1967, Metropolitano 1982, Nacional 1983, Apertura 2006, Apertura 2010
              o Runner-up (4): Nacional 1967, Metropolitano 1968, Nacional 1975, Clausura 2010

3. FC Bayern Munich

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    FC Bayern Munich (German: Fußball-Club Bayern München, IPA: [ˈbaɪ.ɐn ˈmʏnçən]) is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 German titles and 15 cups.

    International honours

        * UEFA Champions League/European Cup
              o Winner (4): 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001
              o Runners-up (4): 1982, 1987, 1999, 2010

        * European Cup Winners' Cup
              o Winner (1): 1967

        * UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
              o Winner (1): 1996

        * Intercontinental Cup
              o Winner (2): 1976, 2001

    Domestic honours

        * German Champions
              o Winner (22) (record): 1931–32, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10

        * DFB-Pokal
              o Winner (15) (record): 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010

        * DFB Liga-Pokal
              o Winner (6) (record): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007

        * DFB-Supercup
              o Winner (4) (record shared with two other clubs): 1982, 1987, 1990, 2010

2. FC Internazionale Milano

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    Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly known as Internazionale or Inter, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. Inter are the champions of Italy, their win in 2009–10 being a fifth successive title, equaling the all-time record. Inter is also the reigning European champions.

    Wearing black and blue stripes, they have played in the Italian first division since 1908. The club has won 29 national trophies including 18 Italian league titles, six Italian Cups and five Italian Super Cups. At the international level, they have won three European Cup/Champions League; first two back-to-back European Cups in 1964 and 1965 and then, after 45 years, in 2010, completing an unprecedented (for an Italian team) treble after winning in the same season the Copa Italia and the Scudetto. The club also won three UEFA Cups in 1991, 1994 and 1998, two Intercontinental Cups in 1964 and 1965 and a Club World Cup in 2010.

    International honours

    Intercontinental Cup:

            * Winners (2): 1964, 1965

    FIFA Club World Cup:

            * Winners (1): 2010

    European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

            * Winners (3): 1963–64, 1964–65, 2009–10
            * Runners-up (2): 1966–67, 1971–72

    UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

            * Winners (3): 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98
            * Runners-up (1): 1996–97

    UEFA Super Cup:

            * Runners-up (1): 2010

    Domestic honours

    Serie A:

            * Winners (18): 1909–10, 1919–20, 1929–30, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1988–89, 2005–06[24], 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
            * Runners-up (13): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1992–93, 2002–03

    Coppa Italia:

            * Winners (6): 1938–39, 1977–78, 1981–82, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10
            * Runners-up (6): 1958–59, 1964–65, 1976–77, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08

    Supercoppa Italiana:

            * Winners (5): 1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
            * Runners-up (3): 2000, 2007, 2009

1. FC Barcelona

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    At the top of our list of the 100 greatest clubs...is this team.

    Fútbol Club Barcelona, often known simply as Barcelona and informally as Barça, is a Spanish professional football club based in Barcelona, Spain. FC Barcelona is the world's second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turn-over of €366 million.

    They are the most successful club in Spanish football in terms of overall trophies, having won 20 La Liga titles, a record 25 Spanish Cups, nine Spanish Super Cups and two League Cups. It is also one of the most successful clubs in the World, having won 14 official trophies, including 10 UEFA competitions.

    Barcelona is the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955. In 2009, Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League. That same year, they also became the first football club ever to win six out of six competitions in a single year, thus completing the sextuple, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

    Not bad stuff. And that's why they are at the top of our list of the 100 greatest football clubs.

    International honours

        * European Cup / UEFA Champions League

        Winners (3): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09
        Runners-up (3): 1960–61, 1985–86, 1993–94

        * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

        Winners (4): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1996–97
        Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 1990–91

        * Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

        Winners (3): 1955–58, 1958–60, 1965–66
        Runners-up (1): 1961–62

        * UEFA Super Cup

        Winners (3): 1992, 1997, 2009
        Runners-up (4): 1979, 1982, 1989, 2006

        * Latin Cup

        Winners (2): 1949, 1952

        * Intercontinental Cup

        Runners-up (1): 1992

        * FIFA Club World Cup

        Winners (1): 2009
        Runners-up (1): 2006

    Domestic honours

        * La Liga

        Winners (20): 1928–29, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10

        Runners-up (22): 1929–30, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2006–07

        * Copa del Rey

        Winners (25): 1909–10, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1919–, 1921–22, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1941–42, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2008–09

        Runners-up (9): 1902–03, 1918–19, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1953–54, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1995–96

        * Spanish League Cup

        Winners (2): 1982–83, 1985–86

        * Spanish Super Cup

        Winners (9): 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010

        Runners-up (7): 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999

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