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10 Unexpected League Winners In Football History by emilo26(m): 9:00pm On Sep 12, 2016
This clubs against all odds have done the impossible and unexpected going more than 28 league games both home and away to win the league title in their different countries. In writing this article certain factors/parameters were considered such as financial base, quality of players, previous form, book makers odd, etc.
1 LEICESTER CITY 2015-16: they were champion of England in 15/16. Leicester were a team railing against a vertiginous financial hierarchy; a new manager looking to rescue his reputation after a calamity against the 187th worst country in the world; a group of players ignored or cast aside by big clubs; a 5,000-1 title shot. Their story is that of a humble origins and the overwhelming power of unity and the collective strength to win. It is the ultimate underdog story, albeit with some notable blemishes. The first of which acted as a catalyst for what was to unfold across the most astonishing Premier League season of all. They not only stunned England, they stunned the world in a country dominated by clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool etc. Leceister were not even fancied at all considering that they managed to escape relegation. But yet they proved people wrong by going on to win the league.
2 KAA GENT 2014-2015: The season took the Belgian league by surprise as Gent went ahead to win their first league club after 115years of waiting. They do not have rich players like Anderlecht, nor were they popular as club brugge, but yet they still went ahead and won the league proving critics wrong
3 ATLECTICO MADRID 2013-2014: They had no star players such as Messi, Ronaldo, Iniesta, Benzema etc. But yet they were able to lift the Spanish league In what was seen as a winner-takes-all match, there was no winner after all, as a draw proved enough for Atletico Madrid to walk away with the league title, becoming the first team to take the Spanish League away from the monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona in more than a decade. It is impossible to judge, but this may have been the hardest Spanish league title to win. Yes, ever. Logic suggested that a decade of dominance would be extended. As Simeone put it, there is "only a €400m difference" between their budget and that of the big two; each year Madrid and Barcelona take three times more in TV money alone. Atlético's income is still embargoed by the tax man; this is no model club. The 11 players on the pitch had cost under €40m. Less than Cesc Fábregas. Or Asier Illarramendi.
4 MONTEPELLIER 2011-2012: [b]After all, Montpellier had finished just three points above the relegation zone and scored a paltry 32 goals in 2010-11. They also set out with a budget of 36 million euros ($46.5m), barely a quarter of that of Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain. Against the financial might of the men from the capital, not to mention Marseille, Lyon and Lille, Montpellier are small fry. The football club compete with their rugby and handball counterparts for attention in a city with a population of 250,000, and the average attendance at the Stade de la Mosson is barely 17,000. Theirs is a triumph of David versus the Goliath that is PSG and one that will probably never be repeated, especially with the capital side well-placed to dominate in the years ahead. It is hard to imagine a club of such means ever winning the title in any of Europe’s other leading leagues in an era when financial power counts for so much.[/b]
5 TWENTE FC 2009-2010: Steve McClaren has felt the heat from intense dislike and been hurt by indifference but on a rainy afternoon in the southern Netherlands he finally basked in wholesale adoration today. "McClarenism" is all the rage in this corner of Europe after the Yorkshireman led FC Twente to the Dutch title for the first time in their modern history. nly one Steve McClaren," chanted the away support following his side's 2-0 win at NAC Breda which meant Twente finished a point ahead of Martin Jol's richly resourced Ajax. As the victorious manager faced suffocation by bear hug at the final whistle a giant banner proclaiming "What we do today echoes in eternity" was unfurled at the away end.
6[b]WOLFBURG 2008-2009:[/b] Wolfsburg sparked wild celebrations when they clinched their first German Bundesliga crown after thrashing beaten UEFA Cup finalists Werder Bremen 5-1. In a league that is dominated by the likes of Bayern, Weder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund this relatively unknown club under the tutorship of Felix Magath were able to lift the crown. What an unbelievable achievement.
7 BOAVISTA 2001-2002: Tradition was against them but Boavista refused to stay with tradition as they went ahead to lift their first Portuguese league title. Not only would it be the first time that the Oporto club, the poor relations of city neighbours Porto, had taken the title but they would also become the first team outside Portugal's 'Big Three' to win the trophy in 55 years. Current champions Sporting, Porto or Benfica have won the league every year bar one - 1946 when Lisbon's Belenenses slipped in and stole it. Marshalled by wily coach Jaime Pacheco, a former Portuguese international blessed with the knack of getting the best out of players, Boavista showed a remarkable composure as they made history. The club's performance is even more remarkable as their spending on new players this season was only a fraction of the £4.5 million that Benfica paid Vitesse Arnhem for Dutch international striker Pierre van Hooijdonk.
8 DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 1999-2000: It’s easy to be cynical about Spanish football these days. Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate the division year in and year out, such is their talent pool and financial might. Atletico Madrid‘s triumph in 2013/14 seems like one of those rare anomalies in everyday life which is unlikely to occur for another millennium.
If we cast our minds back just 15 years though, the landscape of Spanish football was flipped on its head, thrown in a blender, turned into an omelette, eaten and then forgotten about like tears lost in the rain.
In the 1999/00 season, Deportivo La Coruna did the unthinkable and managed to win La Liga, in what was one of the weirdest seasons in the country’s prestigious history. The constant power struggle outside of Spain’s top two clubs varies year-on-year as a selection of teams mount challenges to break the dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona. The hope of claiming the accolade of Spanish Champions all the incentive needed, but sustained success has never been achieved. The quest to conquer La Liga seems to hold a biblical aura similar to that of the Holy Grail for the rest of the league.
However, you can count the number of clubs to win the Spanish top division since 1985 on one hand; Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and RC Deportivo de La Coruña. Competing with the financial might of The Galacticos of Real Madrid or Barcelona’s modern mix of tika-taka and talent development has proved close to impossible.
9 LEEDS UNITED 1991-1992: Back in 1991, English football witnessed the start of a spectacular and exciting league campaign. Despite Arsenal and Liverpool having shared the tag of Champions in the four years prior, it was Leeds United and Manchester United that ended up slugging it out for the 1991/1992 title. Refreshingly for the neutral, neither team had the so-called nous and experience to call upon from previous title challenges, and it thus culminated into a fascinating story of bravery, belief and even a calamitous own goal. Afterwards, a joyous Wilkinson admitted his team had never claimed to be one of the greatest League champions, but they would enjoy it nonetheless. At their worst, Leeds were a scrappy, physical team, but at their best they were a dynamic and irresistible force, tight at the back and capable of hitting goals both home and away. Such overachievement deserves to be hailed rather than belittled, yet Wilkinson is often damned for having such players in the first place. We forget why: only two years earlier Leeds had been in the second tier of English football, so Wilkinson had not had time to develop his squad for a crack at the title. They were miles ahead of schedule. Blackburn are remembered as the overnight success of modern-day English football, but they won the title in their third year in the top flight, and on a greater budget. Leeds won the title in their second season after promotion. That is a remarkable achievement – arguably the worthiest title victory since Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest did it at the first attempt in 1977-78 – and entirely inconceivable in the current climate. When we consider the "englobingly extensive prolongation" of Leeds' title victory, we should not lose sight of that
10 [/b][b]SAMPDORIA 1991-1992: A domestic league has surely never been as superior as Serie A in the late 80s and early 90s. It was so seductively chic and suffused with gravitas that the world's best players were drawn to Italy like VIPs to the coolest afterparty. Goals may have been at a premium but the entertainment was of a subtler kind. Serie Awowed its disciples with an intimidatingly high technical and tactical quality. It is in this context that we must understand Sampdoria's first and only scudettoin 1990-91, one of football's great modern fairytales. It was a gloriously improbable triumph dripping with enough charm and romance to melt the hardest heart; as incongruous as a love story in a gangster movie, only in a good way. They were the feelgood hit of the spring.
Sampdoria were far from greenhorns, but they had never before finished above fourth in Serie A. That should not suggest that their triumph was anything but richly deserved. They lost only three games, they were the top scorers and, by the time the title was won, they had conceded only five goals in 16 away games. They beat both Milan clubs and the champions, Napoli, home and away as well as taking a win and a draw off Juventus. The authoritative European Football Yearbook noted that their triumph "brooked no argument. [They] were far and away the classiest act in the league."
So guys there you have it. Which underdo success achievement inspires you a lot and why?
Re: 10 Unexpected League Winners In Football History by semasir: 9:38pm On Sep 12, 2016
Leicester city case was somehow weird though and Samdoria's bizzare too

emilo26:
This clubs against all odds have done the impossible and unexpected going more than 28 league games both home and away to win the league title in their different countries. In writing this article certain factors/parameters were considered such as financial base, quality of players, previous form, book makers odd, etc.
1 LEICESTER CITY 2015-16: they were champion of England in 15/16. Leicester were a team railing against a vertiginous financial hierarchy; a new manager looking to rescue his reputation after a calamity against the 187th worst country in the world; a group of players ignored or cast aside by big clubs; a 5,000-1 title shot. Their story is that of a humble origins and the overwhelming power of unity and the collective strength to win. It is the ultimate underdog story, albeit with some notable blemishes. The first of which acted as a catalyst for what was to unfold across the most astonishing Premier League season of all. They not only stunned England, they stunned the world in a country dominated by clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool etc. Leceister were not even fancied at all considering that they managed to escape relegation. But yet they proved people wrong by going on to win the league.
2 KAA GENT 2014-2015: The season took the Belgian league by surprise as Gent went ahead to win their first league club after 115years of waiting. They do not have rich players like Anderlecht, nor were they popular as club brugge, but yet they still went ahead and won the league proving critics wrong
3 ATLECTICO MADRID 2013-2014: They had no star players such as Messi, Ronaldo, Iniesta, Benzema etc. But yet they were able to lift the Spanish league In what was seen as a winner-takes-all match, there was no winner after all, as a draw proved enough for Atletico Madrid to walk away with the league title, becoming the first team to take the Spanish League away from the monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona in more than a decade. It is impossible to judge, but this may have been the hardest Spanish league title to win. Yes, ever. Logic suggested that a decade of dominance would be extended. As Simeone put it, there is "only a €400m difference" between their budget and that of the big two; each year Madrid and Barcelona take three times more in TV money alone. Atlético's income is still embargoed by the tax man; this is no model club. The 11 players on the pitch had cost under €40m. Less than Cesc Fábregas. Or Asier Illarramendi.
4 MONTEPELLIER 2011-2012: [b]After all, Montpellier had finished just three points above the relegation zone and scored a paltry 32 goals in 2010-11. They also set out with a budget of 36 million euros ($46.5m), barely a quarter of that of Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain. Against the financial might of the men from the capital, not to mention Marseille, Lyon and Lille, Montpellier are small fry. The football club compete with their rugby and handball counterparts for attention in a city with a population of 250,000, and the average attendance at the Stade de la Mosson is barely 17,000. Theirs is a triumph of David versus the Goliath that is PSG and one that will probably never be repeated, especially with the capital side well-placed to dominate in the years ahead. It is hard to imagine a club of such means ever winning the title in any of Europe’s other leading leagues in an era when financial power counts for so much.[/b]
5 TWENTE FC 2009-2010: Steve McClaren has felt the heat from intense dislike and been hurt by indifference but on a rainy afternoon in the southern Netherlands he finally basked in wholesale adoration today. "McClarenism" is all the rage in this corner of Europe after the Yorkshireman led FC Twente to the Dutch title for the first time in their modern history. nly one Steve McClaren," chanted the away support following his side's 2-0 win at NAC Breda which meant Twente finished a point ahead of Martin Jol's richly resourced Ajax. As the victorious manager faced suffocation by bear hug at the final whistle a giant banner proclaiming "What we do today echoes in eternity" was unfurled at the away end.
6[b]WOLFBURG 2008-2009:[/b] Wolfsburg sparked wild celebrations when they clinched their first German Bundesliga crown after thrashing beaten UEFA Cup finalists Werder Bremen 5-1. In a league that is dominated by the likes of Bayern, Weder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund this relatively unknown club under the tutorship of Felix Magath were able to lift the crown. What an unbelievable achievement.
7 BOAVISTA 2001-2002: Tradition was against them but Boavista refused to stay with tradition as they went ahead to lift their first Portuguese league title. Not only would it be the first time that the Oporto club, the poor relations of city neighbours Porto, had taken the title but they would also become the first team outside Portugal's 'Big Three' to win the trophy in 55 years. Current champions Sporting, Porto or Benfica have won the league every year bar one - 1946 when Lisbon's Belenenses slipped in and stole it. Marshalled by wily coach Jaime Pacheco, a former Portuguese international blessed with the knack of getting the best out of players, Boavista showed a remarkable composure as they made history. The club's performance is even more remarkable as their spending on new players this season was only a fraction of the £4.5 million that Benfica paid Vitesse Arnhem for Dutch international striker Pierre van Hooijdonk.
8 DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 1999-2000: It’s easy to be cynical about Spanish football these days. Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate the division year in and year out, such is their talent pool and financial might. Atletico Madrid‘s triumph in 2013/14 seems like one of those rare anomalies in everyday life which is unlikely to occur for another millennium.
If we cast our minds back just 15 years though, the landscape of Spanish football was flipped on its head, thrown in a blender, turned into an omelette, eaten and then forgotten about like tears lost in the rain.
In the 1999/00 season, Deportivo La Coruna did the unthinkable and managed to win La Liga, in what was one of the weirdest seasons in the country’s prestigious history. The constant power struggle outside of Spain’s top two clubs varies year-on-year as a selection of teams mount challenges to break the dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona. The hope of claiming the accolade of Spanish Champions all the incentive needed, but sustained success has never been achieved. The quest to conquer La Liga seems to hold a biblical aura similar to that of the Holy Grail for the rest of the league.
However, you can count the number of clubs to win the Spanish top division since 1985 on one hand; Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and RC Deportivo de La Coruña. Competing with the financial might of The Galacticos of Real Madrid or Barcelona’s modern mix of tika-taka and talent development has proved close to impossible.
9 LEEDS UNITED 1991-1992: Back in 1991, English football witnessed the start of a spectacular and exciting league campaign. Despite Arsenal and Liverpool having shared the tag of Champions in the four years prior, it was Leeds United and Manchester United that ended up slugging it out for the 1991/1992 title. Refreshingly for the neutral, neither team had the so-called nous and experience to call upon from previous title challenges, and it thus culminated into a fascinating story of bravery, belief and even a calamitous own goal. Afterwards, a joyous Wilkinson admitted his team had never claimed to be one of the greatest League champions, but they would enjoy it nonetheless. At their worst, Leeds were a scrappy, physical team, but at their best they were a dynamic and irresistible force, tight at the back and capable of hitting goals both home and away. Such overachievement deserves to be hailed rather than belittled, yet Wilkinson is often damned for having such players in the first place. We forget why: only two years earlier Leeds had been in the second tier of English football, so Wilkinson had not had time to develop his squad for a crack at the title. They were miles ahead of schedule. Blackburn are remembered as the overnight success of modern-day English football, but they won the title in their third year in the top flight, and on a greater budget. Leeds won the title in their second season after promotion. That is a remarkable achievement – arguably the worthiest title victory since Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest did it at the first attempt in 1977-78 – and entirely inconceivable in the current climate. When we consider the "englobingly extensive prolongation" of Leeds' title victory, we should not lose sight of that
10 [/b][b]SAMPDORIA 1991-1992: A domestic league has surely never been as superior as Serie A in the late 80s and early 90s. It was so seductively chic and suffused with gravitas that the world's best players were drawn to Italy like VIPs to the coolest afterparty. Goals may have been at a premium but the entertainment was of a subtler kind. Serie Awowed its disciples with an intimidatingly high technical and tactical quality. It is in this context that we must understand Sampdoria's first and only scudettoin 1990-91, one of football's great modern fairytales. It was a gloriously improbable triumph dripping with enough charm and romance to melt the hardest heart; as incongruous as a love story in a gangster movie, only in a good way. They were the feelgood hit of the spring.
Sampdoria were far from greenhorns, but they had never before finished above fourth in Serie A. That should not suggest that their triumph was anything but richly deserved. They lost only three games, they were the top scorers and, by the time the title was won, they had conceded only five goals in 16 away games. They beat both Milan clubs and the champions, Napoli, home and away as well as taking a win and a draw off Juventus. The authoritative European Football Yearbook noted that their triumph "brooked no argument. [They] were far and away the classiest act in the league."
So guys there you have it. Which underdo success achievement inspires you a lot and why?
Re: 10 Unexpected League Winners In Football History by feldido(m): 10:01pm On Sep 12, 2016
Things like this happens ones in 20-30 years in every league.
Re: 10 Unexpected League Winners In Football History by emilo26(m): 7:50am On Sep 13, 2016
feldido:
Things like this happens ones in 20-30 years in every league.
not in every league. There are some leagues that has refused small clubs of lifting the trophy. I was so stunned by the case of Leicester nobody saw that ever coming they never showed sign of it. And their manager was just a failure always missing it at the last minute after every good work. But here he had no money. Infact their mission was just to stay in the premier league and then they made history. The case of Montpelier is another shocking tale. Let's see if any low rated club will break any jinx this year
Re: 10 Unexpected League Winners In Football History by emilo26(m): 7:54am On Sep 13, 2016
semasir:
Leicester city case was somehow weird though and Samdoria's bizzare too

yes bro. The case of samdoria was just a fairy tale considering that season Italian clubs were so dominant both in Europe and in the league. Milan were really hot, juventus and the defending champions then Napoli with maradona on their team yet this guess stun Italian football

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