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[AbrantesHistory12]

UEFA CUP WINNERS CUP finals history


1961: Fiorentina (1) over rangers
1962: Fiorentina (2) over atletico madrid

The firdt editions of the cup winners cup were won by the great Fiorentina side of Nandor Hidegkuti, with players like Aurelio Milani, Miguel Montuori and Kurt Hamrin leading the attack for La Viola as they defeated Rangers and Atletico Madrid.

1963: tottenham (1) over Hamburg
1964: man Utd (1) over MTK Budapest
1965: west ham (1) over 1860 munich
1966: Chelsea (1) over Dortmund

an extensive peripd of english and german presence in the final soon followed, with only MTK Budapest breaking the norm. Alas, none of the german sides or Budapest could stop the mighty english squads of that period, with the Man Utd squad of sir matt busby, Bobby Charlton and Duncan Edwards showing their potential that would be fulfilled later with england in the world cup and the 1968 european cup win.

1967: Rangers (1) over Bayern

1967 was the year of the old firm, with Celtic upsetting the triple european champiosn Inter Milan and Rangers also upsetting the upstart Bayern Munich of Maier and Gerd Muller.

1968: AC Milan (1) over Cardiff City

Nereo Rocco and Gianni Rivera's AC Milan completes the Serie A-CWC double, with Georgi Asparuhov scoring a brace against Welsh Cup champions Cardiff City.

1969: Dumferline Athletic (1) over Koln

in one of the biggest upsets in tournament history, Dumferline Athletic wins their only european trophy against a strong Koln squad.

1970: Manchester City (1) over Gornik Zabrze
The great city side of the late 60s wins its sole european trophy.


1971: Leeds United (1) over Valencia
Leeds United and Don Revie accomplishes a historic treble, as Peter Lorimer and Billy Bremner scores with Mick Jones scoring a brace as they overcome the great double winning Valencia coached by Alfredo Di Stefano in a 4-3 thriller


1972: rangers (1) over Dresdner SC

The young Dresden side was tough and talented, but their lack of experience proved fatal against an experienced Rangers side that retained many players from the 1967 triumph.

1973: AC Milan (2) over leeds united

The controversial match as OTL.

1974: Leeds United (2) over BMG
Leeds would have their reveng the following year, with the youngster Gordon McQueen and Norman Hunter shuttign down Jupp Heynckes and Gunther Nietze and Lorimer feeding Joe Jordan for the only goal in the game.


1975: Dynamo Kiev (1) over Ferencvaros

A surprise eastern europe final sees Lobokhin's Dynamo Kiev show off their space age football against a hopeless Ferencvaros

1976: anderlecht (1) over West Ham

Rob Rensenbrick and Morten Olsen are the heroes for Anderlecht, as Olsen contained Trevor Brooking in his pocket while Rensenbrinck ate Frank Lampard Sr. For breakfast, scoring a goal and providing another for a statement 4-2 ein over West Ham

1977: Dresdner SC (1) over Anderlecht

The now more battle hardened Dresdner SC completes a historic bundesliga-CWC double defesting the reigning champions Anderlecht, with Jurgen Dorner and Jurgen Kreische scoring the two goals in a 2-0 shutout.

1978: Hajduk Split (1) over Anderlecht

Tomislav Ivic and his Hajduk showed their potential, with Slavisa Zungul, nicknamed Steve Jungle by the american media after his exploits against the US in Yugoslavia's 2-0 comeback win at that year's world cup, showing the extend of his talent with a hat trick, including a brilliant feint that made Morten Olsen fall on his ass on the second goal.

1979: Ipsiwch Town (1) over Fortuna Dusseldorf

Bobby Robson and Ipswich Town wins againsd the surprising Fortuna Dusseldorf

1980: Valencia (1) over Swansea City

defeating Ron Atkinsson's West Brom in the semis, Valencia wins the cup winners cup for the first time, with the duo of Mario Kempes and Johnny Rep ending Alfredo Di Stefano's decade-long stint at Mesatlla with a high, the argentine Barcona legend going on to coach both River Plate and Real Madrid and their succesful Quinta Del Buitre in the 80s, which brnaded him a traitor by Boca Juniors and Barcelona faithfuls.


1981: Sporting Gijon (1) over roma

Vujadin Boskov, high on achieving a la liga title in his first season with Gijon in 1978-1979, proceeds with the signing of Allan Simonsen to partner club icon Quini up front, while Radomir Antic, a revelation in defense in that 78-79 season, leading the defense as Gijon proceeded with a hat trick of copa del reys from 1980 to 1982, always reaching the final 4 of that tournament during Boskov's stay. The crowning achievement of that squad is here, in 1981. Defeating Don Revie's rebuild Leeds United in the semis, EuroSporting faced the reigning double winners of Serie A FC Roma, looking for an historic treble. In a dmvery defensive game that ended in extra time, Quini managed to flick it to Simonsen who cmacored the winning goal past Tancredi.

1982: Swansea City (1) over Standard de Liege

In a massive year of upsets, John Toshack brings home Wales's only european trophy as they defeated Standard de Liege.

1983: Tottenham (2) over Sporting Gijon

Terry Venables, who bult a strong Spurs side with the like sof goalkeeper Ray Clemence, midfield maestro Glenn Hoddle, forwards John Falco and Steve Archibald and the argentine trio of Alberto Tarantini, Ricky Villa and Osvaldo Ardilles, defeats Boskov's eurosporting to win the club's 2nd european trophy, 20 years after their first CWC triumph

1984: Barcelona (1) over Porto

Diego Maradona bring shome Barcelona's firdt european trophy since the 1960 european cup. However, his rocky relationshipw ith Josep Nunez and the catalan media led to a move to Napoli in 1984.

1985: everton (1) over rapid wien

Everton confirms their european ambitions with that CWC win

1986: dynamo Kiev (2) over Bayer Uerdingen

Dynamo Kiev comes back with a vengeance.

1987: ajax (1) over Liverpool

Johan Cruyff, Dennis Bergkamp and Marco Van Basten stuns the great Liverpool with a total football lesson

1988: Real Sociedad (1) over Ajax
1989: Real Sociedad (2) over Sampdoria

John Toshack's sublime Real Sociedad side, With a mic of homegrown talents like Bakero, Beguiristain, Goikotxea and Lopez Rekarte, the controversial transfer of Bilabo striker Julio Salinas and the club's first ever foreing signings in John Aldridge and Kevin Richardson, would dominate the competition in the late 80s and early 90s, winnig three out of four.

1990: Sampdoria (1) over Anderlecht

same as OTL

1991: Real Sociedad (3) over Montpellier

Despite the brilliance of Eric Cantona, Laurent Blanc and Carlos Valderama, Montpellier couldn't stop Tocshack and Real Sociedad's dominance of the competition.

1992: Nottingham Forrest (1) over Club Brugges

Brian Clough finally wins every single trophy imaginable, with Teddy Sheringham and Roy Keane revealing themselves as future stars.

1993: AS Monaco (1) over royal antwerp

Arsene Wenger and Monaco plays their part in france's clean sweep of the three major european competitions

1994: Parma (1) over RC Paris

Parma, only a few years removed from being promoted into Serie A, reaches a whole newwwith this cup win over RC Paris, with Asprilla and Dino Baggio scoring.


1995: Real Zaragosa (1) over Arsenal

same as OTL.


1996: Paris (1) over Liverpool

Same as OTL

1997: Paris (2) over Barcelona

Paris gets their revenge the next year, upsetting Ronaldo and Barcelona.


1998: Napoli (1) over Stuttgart

Gianfranco Zola, with his late goal, achieves what Maradona couldn't with Napoli: win a european trophy. This Napoli squad of Marcello Lippi was supremely talented, sadly lost in the stacked peak Serie A of the 90s.

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1999: Lazio (1) over Mallorca

The surprising Mallorca may have won the hearts of the neutrals, but Sven-Goran Eriksson's Lazio was simply way too strong.

2000: Valencia (2) over Monaco

Hector Cuper's Valencia, led by Baraja, Albelda, Claudio Lopez and Gaizka Mendieta, wins their secodn european cup, 20 years after their first, against Wenger's great Monaco.

2001: Bayern (1) over Rangers

Oliver Khan delivers the performance of his life against Guus Hiddink's Rangers.

2002: Liverpool (1) over RC Paris

Ronaldinho may have been the star of this tournament, but Jupp Heynckes's Liverpool, carried by a young core of Carragher, Gerrard and Michael Owen, brings the club its first european trophy since the back to back european cups of 89 and 90.

2003: Deportivo La Coruna (1) over Leeds United

Super Depor, led by Fran, Roy Makaay and Rivaldo, upsets Fergie's Leeds to win their only european title

2004: West Ham United (2) over Bayer Leverkusen

The West Ham golden generation means business, defeatign Ballack and Bayer Leverkusen, the 2001 champions league finalists.

2005: sochaux (1) over middlesbrough

French club Sochaux and its brilliant golden generation, featuring the likes of Jéremy Matthieu, Mickael Pagis, Souleymane Diawara and goalie Teddy Rochert, defeats Middlesbrough to win their only european trophy

2006: Arsenal (1) over Udinese

Johan Cruyff finally wins a european trophyw ith Arsenal. Robin Van Persie, Sol Campbell and David Bentley were the heroes as they defeated Di Natale's Udinese. Considering the near misses in many euroepan competitions in the past, especially in the champions league, Cruyff's managerial career could be considered a big what if.

2007: Manchester United (2) over Marseille

Boosted by the arrivals of Wayne Rooney and the argentines Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano and the bench warriorsPark Ji-Sung and Darren Fletcher, Man Utd and its class of 92 defeats Deschamps, Galas, Van Buyten, Flamini, Ribery and Drogba's strong Marseille squad

2008: Marseille (1) over tottenham

Marseille would bounce back the next year, with Ribery and youth graduate Samir Nasri mesmerising the Tottenham defense.

2009: Valencia (3) over Lyon

Rafa Benitez's Valencia, the best team in la liga during the 2000s, gets their crowning moment. David Silva, David Villa and Juan Mata shows why they are one of the best trios in europe, while the defense of Marchena, Raul Albiol, Arbeloa and Fabio Aurelio held down Lyon's potent attack of Govou, Ben Arfa and Benzema.

2010: Bordeaux (1) over Everton

Laurent Blanc and Yoan Gourcuff's spectacular Bordeaux side wins agaisnt David Moyes's Everton.

2011: FC Porto (1) over Ajax

Andre-Villas Boas, a young man with no footballing experience, shocks europe by taking Porto to their first european cup since the legendary Mourinho champions league win against Ajax.

2012: Bayern Munich (2) over Real Madrid

Bayern and Jupp Heynckes outsmart Mourinho's record-breaking Real Madrid

2013: West Ham (3) over Lyon

the golden gwneration of West Ham wisn its last european trophy as Carlo Ancelotti brings West Ham to a treble


2014: Atletico Madrid (2) over Spartak

Diego Simeone and Atletico's dominance starts right here, with Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa running roughsod against an overmatched Spartak Moscow

2015: Real Madrid (1) over Lyon

Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez brign the trophy to Madrid for the first time ever despite Karim Benzema and Lacazette's efforts.

2016: Athletic Bilbao (1) over Saint-Étienne

Marcelo Bielsa's great Bilbao side manages to defeat Aubameyang's Saint-Étienne. Fernando Llorente scores a brace.


2017: Stoke City (1) over Dortmund

On cold, rainy nights, Mark Hughes's Stoke City, nicknamed Stokelona, cause a big schock by outright winning the Cup Winners Cup

2018: Southampton (1) over Paris

Ronald Koeman, with the kepd of a great team filled with players like Virgik Van Dijk, Fraser Forster, Luke Shaw, Nathaniel Clyne, James-Ward Prowse, Lallana, Oxlade Chamberlain and Gareth Bale, overcomes the odds and defeats Paris in the final to win Osuthampton's only european trophy

2019: Eintracht Frankfurt (1) over Aberdeen

Carried by Sebastien Haller and Luka Jovic, Frankfurt wisn their first euroepan trophy since 1980 against a strong Aberdeen.

2020: Stade Rennais (1) over Fiorentina

Carried by their midfield generals Abdoulaye Doucouré, the wing threats Raphael Guerreiro and Moussa Dembelé, goalie Rui Patricio and the attacking duo of Ben Arfa and Vincent Aboubakar, Stande Rennais wins their sole europeam trophy ti date, defeating Stefano Pioli, Bernardeschi and Chieda's Fiorentina.

2021: Lyon (1) over Chelsea

With its deepest squad ever full of academy players, Benzema and Lyon thrashes the young Chelsea squad of Eddie Howe and pucnh their ticket to their eventual 2022 champions league triumph

2022: Dortmund (1) over Leicester City

Erling Haaland is his usual superhero self, while Illay Gundogan has his best game as Dortmund overcomes a spirited Leicester

2023: Chelsea (2) over FC Nantes

Chelsea and its fiery youngsters comes back to win the Cup Winners Cup, only the club's second ever wuropean trophy, against Patrick Vieira's young Nantes squad

so anyways is there any chances for Alternate Timeline of Portuguese Football

 

[ArupinumMaivista]

so anyways is there any chances for Alternate Timeline of Portuguese Football

I might do one, but nothing to say thus far

 

[AbrantesHistory12]

I might do one, but nothing to say thus far

well i would do an format for portuguese Football

Here is my formats of Portuguese Football

Liga Portugal - Similar to Premier League
Liga Portugal 2 - Similar to Championship
Liga 3 - Similar to League One
Liga 4 - Similar to League Two
Campeonato INATEL - similar to Portuguese Second Division
Campeonato INATEL 2 - similar to Portuguese Third Division

 

[Mildtryth]

Now, for Aragon, on the same TL:

The thing about the semifinalists is because while Aragon, Castille and Navarra all have their own "national" leagues, their clubs all compete in the same cup tournament, and for Cup Winners' Cup qualification purposes, the best team from each nation is chosen.

 

[carlosperezesp]

Now, for Aragon, on the same TL:

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The thing about the semifinalists is because while Aragon, Castille and Navarra all have their own "national" leagues, their clubs all compete in the same cup tournament, and for Cup Winners' Cup qualification purposes, the best team from each nation is chosen.

Love to see Elche there. So in that TL the three kingdoms are three separate countries but they have one common king, right?

 

[Mildtryth]

Love to see Elche there. So in that TL the three kingdoms are three separate countries but they have one common king, right?

Pretty much.

 

[kinnikuniverse]

I've been thinking about doing a welsh football thing, but i don't know how to adjust the real life performances of Swansea, Cardiff, Wrexham and Newport into this new reality, however...all i know is that Newport would've made the semi-finals of the 1980-1981 cup winners cup and Swansea would win it in 1982, along with making the quarters in 2013-2014 before being eliminated by semi-finalists Napoli.

 

[MatthewFirth]

I've been thinking about doing a welsh football thing, but i don't know how to adjust the real life performances of Swansea, Cardiff, Wrexham and Newport into this new reality, however...all i know is that Newport would've made the semi-finals of the 1980-1981 cup winners cup and Swansea would win it in 1982, along with making the quarters in 2013-2014 before being eliminated by semi-finalists Napoli.

It would be nice to see Welsh football separate from English football (in that all the Welsh teams stay out of England).

 

[kinnikuniverse]

It would be nice to see Welsh football separate from English football (in that all the Welsh teams stay out of England).

That's what i had in mind. While it would most likely be mainly Cardiff and Swansea winning league titles with Newport and Wrexham occasionally challenging, it's their results in europe that i'm mot sure about.

 

[Mildtryth]

Alright, now, for Germany (the Reichsliga i mentioned in Chapter 43, though on a more recent edition), complete with second level:

 

[ArupinumMaivista]

Alright, now, for Germany (the Reichsliga i mentioned in Chapter 43, though on a more recent edition), complete with second level:

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That's absolutely amazing. Nice to see Dresden and Leipzig doing well!

 

[MatthewFirth]

@kinnikuniverse Any chance we can see your champions in the English league and FA Cup?

 

[kinnikuniverse]

@kinnikuniverse Any chance we can see your champions in the English league and FA Cup?

Yup

English first divsion

1889: preston north end (1)
1890: everton (1)
1891: Everton (2)
1892: sunderland (1)
1893: sunderland (2)
1894: aston villa (1)
1895: sunderland (3)
1896: Aston Villa (2)
1897: aston villa (3)
1898: sheffield united (1)
1899: liverpool (1)
1900: sheffield united (2)
1901: sunderland (4)
1902: everton (3)
1903: sheffield wednesday (1)
1904: manchester city (1)
1905: newcastle united (1)
1906: liverpool (2)
1907: bristol city (1)
1908: manchester united (1)
1909: newcastle united (2)
1910: aston villa (4)
1911: manchester united (2)
1912: blackburn (1)
1913: sunderland (5)
1914: blackburn (2)
1915: oldham (1)
1920: west brom (1)
1921: burnley (1)
1922: liverpool (3)
1923: liverpool (4)
1924: huddersfield (1)
1925: bolton (1)
1926: huddersfield (2)
1927: newcastle (3)
1928: everton (4)
1929: leicester city (1)
1930: sheffield wednesday (2)
1931: arsenal (1)
1932: everton (5)
1933: arsenal (2)
1934: huddersfield (3)
1935: arsenal (3)
1936: sunderland (6)
1937: charlton (1)
1938: arsenal (4)
1939: everton (6)
1940: arsenal (5)
1941: preston north end (2)
1942: arsenal (6)
1943: arsenal (7)
1944: brentford (1)
1945: tottenham (1)
1946: aston villa (5)
1947: stoke city (1)
1948: arsenal (8)
1949: portsmouth (1)
1950: sunderland (7)
1951: tottenham (2)
1952: arsenal (9)
1953: preston north end (3)
1954: wolves (1)
1955: chelsea (1)
1956: manchester united (3)
1957: manchester united (4)
1958: manchester united (5)
1959: Manchester united (6)
1960: burnley (2)
1961: tottenham (3)
1962: ipswich town (1)
1963: everton (7)
1964: liverpool (5)
1965: leeds united (1)
1966: liverpool (6)
1967: manchester united (7)
1968: Manchester city (2)
1969: leeds united (2)
1970: everton (8)
1971: leeds united (3)
1972: derby county (2)
1973: liverpool (7)
1974: leeds united (4)
1975: Derby County (3)
1976: QPR (1)
1977: manchester city (3)
1978: Nottingham Forrest (1)
1979: Leeds United (5)
1980: liverpool (8)
1981: Aston villa (6)
1982: ipswich town (2)
1983: Liverpool (9)
1984: Southampton (1)
1985: everton (9)
1986: West Ham United (1)
1987: everton (10)
1988: liverpool (10)
1989: arsenal (10)
1990: Liverpool (11)
1991: arsenal (11)
1992: leeds united (6)
1993: norwich city (1)
1994: manchester united (8)
1995: Southampton (2)
1996: newcastle (4)
1997: manchester united (9)
1998: arsenal (12)
1999: Chelsea (2)
2000: leeds united (7)
2001: Manchester United (10)
2002: Arsenal (13)
2003: Leeds united (8)
2004: arsenal (14)
2005: west ham united (2)
2006: west ham united (3)
2007: Manchester United (11)
2008: Everton (11)
2009: Leeds United (9)
2010: West ham united (4)
2011: Aston villa (7)
2012: Manchester city (4)
2013: West Ham United (5)
2014: Man City (5)
2015: Southampton (3)
2016: leicester city (2)
2017: tottenham (4)
2018: Tottenham (5)
2019: Liverpool (12)
2020: Liverpool (13)
2021: Liverpool (14)
2022: Liverpool (15)
2023: Arsenal (15)


FA CUP
1872: Wanderers (1)
1873: Wanderers (2)
1874: clapham rovers (1)
1875: royal engineers (1)
1876: wanderers (3)
1877: Oxford university (1)
1878: Wanderers (4)
1879: Nottingham Forrest (1)
1880: Nottingham Forest (2)
1881: old carthusians (1)
1882: blackburn rovers (1)
1883: Notts county (1)
1884: blackburn rovers (2)
1885: Blackburn rovers (3)
1886: west brom (1)
1887: aston villa (1)
1888: west brom (2)
1889: preston north end (1)
1890: balckburn rovers (4)
1891: balckbufn rovers (5)
1892: Aston Villa (2)
1893: wolves (1)
1894: Bolton (1)
1895: aston villa (3)
1896: sheffield wednesday (1)
1897: Aston Villa (4)
1898: Southampton (1)
1899: Derby County (1)
1900: Bury (1)
1901: tottenham (1)
1902: southampton (2)
1903: bury (1)
1904: man city (1)
1905: newcastle united (1)
1906: everton (1)
1907: Arsenal (1)
1908: wolves (2)
1909: manchester united (1)
1910: barnsley (1)
1911: bradford city (1)
1912: barnsley (2)
1913: aston villa (5)
1914: burnley (1)
1915: sheffield united (1)
1920: huddersfield town (1)
1921: tottenham (2)
1922: huddersfield (2)
1923: bolton (2)
1924: newcastle (2)
1925: sheffield united (2)
1926: bolton (3)
1927: arsenal (2)
1928: balckburn rovers (6)
1929: bolton (4)
1930: arsenal (3)
1931: west brom (3)
1932: arsenal (3)
1933: everton (2)
1934: Arsenal (4)
1935: Arsenal (5)
1936: Arsenal (6)
1937: sunderland (1)
1938: arsenal (7)
1939: portsmouth (1)
1940: arsenal (8)
1941: sunderland (2)
1942: brentford (1)
1943: manchester united (2)
1944: arsenal (9)
1945: everton (3)
1946: derby county (2)
1947: liverpool (1)
1948: manchester united (3)
1949: wolves (3)
1950: chelsea (1)
1951: newcastle (3)
1952: newcastle (4)
1953: blackpool (1)
1954: west brom (4)
1955: newcastle (5)
1956: man city (2)
1957: manchester united (4)
1958: manchester united (5)
1959: nottingham forrest (3)
1960: wolves (4)
1961: tottenham (3)
1962: tottenham (4)
1963: manchester united (6)
1964: west ham united (1)
1965: liverpool (2)
1966: everton (4)
1967: tottenham (5)
1968: leeds united (1)
1969: man city (3)
1970: Leeds United (2)
1971: Arsenal (10)
1972: leeds united (3)
1973: Leeds United (4)
1974: liverpool (3)
1975: west ham (2)
1976: leeds (5)
1977: Leeds (6)
1978: ipswich town (1)
1979: Nottingham Forrest (4)
1980: West Brom (5)
1981: sheffield united (3)
1982: tottenham (6)
1983: Brighton (1)
1984: everton (5)
1985: Liverpool (5)
1986: liverpool (6)
1987: coventry city (1)
1988: wimbledon (1)
1989: West Ham (3)
1990: crystal palace (1)
1991: nottingham forrest (5)
1992: Manchester United (7)
1993: sheffield Wednesday (2)
1994: Chelsea (2)
1995: everton (6)
1996: manchester united (8)
1997: middlesbrough (1)
1998: arsenal (11)
1999: manchester united (9)
2000: Leeds United (7)
2001: Liverpool (8)
2002: leeds united (8)
2003: West Ham United (4)
2004: arsenal (12)
2005: arsenal (13)
2006: West ham united (4)
2007: West Ham United (5)
2008: portsmouth (3)
2009: everton (7)
2010: west ham (6)
2011: Man City (4)
2012: west ham (7)
2013: wigan (1)
2014: hull city (1)
2015: arsenal (14)
2016: crystal palace (2)
2017: Tottenham (7)
2018: Southampton (1)
2019: Brighton (2)
2020: Chelsea (3)
2021: leicester city (1)
2022: Chelsea (4)
2023: Brentford (2)


LEAGUE CUP
1961: rotherham united (1)
1962: norwich city (1)
1963: birmingham city (1)
1964: leicester city (1)
1965: chelsea (1)
1966: west ham (1)
1967: QPR (1)
1968: leeds united (1)
1969: swindon town (1)
1970: manchester city (1)
1971: tottenham (1)
1972: stoke city (1)
1973: tottenham (2)
1974: wolves (1)
1975: norwich (2)
1976: man city (2)
1977: liverpool (1)
1978: nottingham forrest (1)
1979: leeds united (2)
1980: leeds united (3)
1981: liverpool (2)
1982: Tottenham (2)
1983: liverpool (4)
1984: leeds united (4)
1985: norwich city (3)
1986: oxford united (1)
1987: West Ham (2)
1988: luton town (1)
1989: nottingham forrest (2)
1990: West Ham (3)
1991: sheffield wednesday (1)
1992: manchester united (1)
1993: Sheffield Wednesday (2)
1994: arsenal (1)
1995: liverpool (5)
1996: aston villa (1)
1997: middlesbrough (1)
1998: Leeds United (5)
1999: leeds united (6)
2000: Tranmere Rovers (1)
2001: Birmingham City (2)
2002: blackburn rovers (1)
2003: leeds united (7)
2004: middlesbrough (2)
2005: west ham united (4)
2006: manchester united (2)
2007: west ham united (5)
2008: tottenham (3)
2009: Tottenham (4)
2010: Aston Villa (2)
2011: birmingham city (3)
2012: crystal Palace (1)
2013: west ham (6)
2014: Manchester City (3)
2015: west ham (7)
2016: stoke city (1)
2017: southampton (1)
2018: leicester city (2)
2019: tottenham (4)
2020: manchester city (4)
2021: Tottenham (5)
2022: Liverpool (7)
2023: Manchester United (3)

 

[ArupinumMaivista]

Yup

Heh, I guess I should start working on that myself.

 

[MatthewFirth]

Yup

English first divsion

1889: preston north end (1)
1890: everton (1)
1891: Everton (2)
1892: sunderland (1)
1893: sunderland (2)
1894: aston villa (1)
1895: sunderland (3)
1896: Aston Villa (2)
1897: aston villa (3)
1898: sheffield united (1)
1899: liverpool (1)
1900: sheffield united (2)
1901: sunderland (4)
1902: everton (3)
1903: sheffield wednesday (1)
1904: manchester city (1)
1905: newcastle united (1)
1906: liverpool (2)
1907: bristol city (1)
1908: manchester united (1)
1909: newcastle united (2)
1910: aston villa (4)
1911: manchester united (2)
1912: blackburn (1)
1913: sunderland (5)
1914: blackburn (2)
1915: oldham (1)
1920: west brom (1)
1921: burnley (1)
1922: liverpool (3)
1923: liverpool (4)
1924: huddersfield (1)
1925: bolton (1)
1926: huddersfield (2)
1927: newcastle (3)
1928: everton (4)
1929: leicester city (1)
1930: sheffield wednesday (2)
1931: arsenal (1)
1932: everton (5)
1933: arsenal (2)
1934: huddersfield (3)
1935: arsenal (3)
1936: sunderland (6)
1937: charlton (1)
1938: arsenal (4)
1939: everton (6)
1940: arsenal (5)
1941: preston north end (2)
1942: arsenal (6)
1943: arsenal (7)
1944: brentford (1)
1945: tottenham (1)
1946: aston villa (5)
1947: stoke city (1)
1948: arsenal (8)
1949: portsmouth (1)
1950: sunderland (7)
1951: tottenham (2)
1952: arsenal (9)
1953: preston north end (3)
1954: wolves (1)
1955: chelsea (1)
1956: manchester united (3)
1957: manchester united (4)
1958: manchester united (5)
1959: Manchester united (6)
1960: burnley (2)
1961: tottenham (3)
1962: ipswich town (1)
1963: everton (7)
1964: liverpool (5)
1965: leeds united (1)
1966: liverpool (6)
1967: manchester united (7)
1968: Manchester city (2)
1969: leeds united (2)
1970: everton (8)
1971: leeds united (3)
1972: derby county (2)
1973: liverpool (7)
1974: leeds united (4)
1975: Derby County (3)
1976: QPR (1)
1977: manchester city (3)
1978: Nottingham Forrest (1)
1979: Leeds United (5)
1980: liverpool (8)
1981: Aston villa (6)
1982: ipswich town (2)
1983: Liverpool (9)
1984: Southampton (1)
1985: everton (9)
1986: West Ham United (1)
1987: everton (10)
1988: liverpool (10)
1989: arsenal (10)
1990: Liverpool (11)
1991: arsenal (11)
1992: leeds united (6)
1993: norwich city (1)
1994: manchester united (8)
1995: Southampton (2)
1996: newcastle (4)
1997: manchester united (9)
1998: arsenal (12)
1999: Chelsea (2)
2000: leeds united (7)
2001: Manchester United (10)
2002: Arsenal (13)
2003: Leeds united (8)
2004: arsenal (14)
2005: west ham united (2)
2006: west ham united (3)
2007: Manchester United (11)
2008: Everton (11)
2009: Leeds United (9)
2010: West ham united (4)
2011: Aston villa (7)
2012: Manchester city (4)
2013: West Ham United (5)
2014: Man City (5)
2015: Southampton (3)
2016: leicester city (2)
2017: tottenham (4)
2018: Tottenham (5)
2019: Liverpool (12)
2020: Liverpool (13)
2021: Liverpool (14)
2022: Liverpool (15)
2023: Arsenal (15)


FA CUP
1872: Wanderers (1)
1873: Wanderers (2)
1874: clapham rovers (1)
1875: royal engineers (1)
1876: wanderers (3)
1877: Oxford university (1)
1878: Wanderers (4)
1879: Nottingham Forrest (1)
1880: Nottingham Forest (2)
1881: old carthusians (1)
1882: blackburn rovers (1)
1883: Notts county (1)
1884: blackburn rovers (2)
1885: Blackburn rovers (3)
1886: west brom (1)
1887: aston villa (1)
1888: west brom (2)
1889: preston north end (1)
1890: balckburn rovers (4)
1891: balckbufn rovers (5)
1892: Aston Villa (2)
1893: wolves (1)
1894: Bolton (1)
1895: aston villa (3)
1896: sheffield wednesday (1)
1897: Aston Villa (4)
1898: Southampton (1)
1899: Derby County (1)
1900: Bury (1)
1901: tottenham (1)
1902: southampton (2)
1903: bury (1)
1904: man city (1)
1905: newcastle united (1)
1906: everton (1)
1907: Arsenal (1)
1908: wolves (2)
1909: manchester united (1)
1910: barnsley (1)
1911: bradford city (1)
1912: barnsley (2)
1913: aston villa (5)
1914: burnley (1)
1915: sheffield united (1)
1920: huddersfield town (1)
1921: tottenham (2)
1922: huddersfield (2)
1923: bolton (2)
1924: newcastle (2)
1925: sheffield united (2)
1926: bolton (3)
1927: arsenal (2)
1928: balckburn rovers (6)
1929: bolton (4)
1930: arsenal (3)
1931: west brom (3)
1932: arsenal (3)
1933: everton (2)
1934: Arsenal (4)
1935: Arsenal (5)
1936: Arsenal (6)
1937: sunderland (1)
1938: arsenal (7)
1939: portsmouth (1)
1940: arsenal (8)
1941: sunderland (2)
1942: brentford (1)
1943: manchester united (2)
1944: arsenal (9)
1945: everton (3)
1946: derby county (2)
1947: liverpool (1)
1948: manchester united (3)
1949: wolves (3)
1950: chelsea (1)
1951: newcastle (3)
1952: newcastle (4)
1953: blackpool (1)
1954: west brom (4)
1955: newcastle (5)
1956: man city (2)
1957: manchester united (4)
1958: manchester united (5)
1959: nottingham forrest (3)
1960: wolves (4)
1961: tottenham (3)
1962: tottenham (4)
1963: manchester united (6)
1964: west ham united (1)
1965: liverpool (2)
1966: everton (4)
1967: tottenham (5)
1968: leeds united (1)
1969: man city (3)
1970: Leeds United (2)
1971: Arsenal (10)
1972: leeds united (3)
1973: Leeds United (4)
1974: liverpool (3)
1975: west ham (2)
1976: leeds (5)
1977: Leeds (6)
1978: ipswich town (1)
1979: Nottingham Forrest (4)
1980: West Brom (5)
1981: sheffield united (3)
1982: tottenham (6)
1983: Brighton (1)
1984: everton (5)
1985: Liverpool (5)
1986: liverpool (6)
1987: coventry city (1)
1988: wimbledon (1)
1989: West Ham (3)
1990: crystal palace (1)
1991: nottingham forrest (5)
1992: Manchester United (7)
1993: sheffield Wednesday (2)
1994: Chelsea (2)
1995: everton (6)
1996: manchester united (8)
1997: middlesbrough (1)
1998: arsenal (11)
1999: manchester united (9)
2000: Leeds United (7)
2001: Liverpool (8)
2002: leeds united (8)
2003: West Ham United (4)
2004: arsenal (12)
2005: arsenal (13)
2006: West ham united (4)
2007: West Ham United (5)
2008: portsmouth (3)
2009: everton (7)
2010: west ham (6)
2011: Man City (4)
2012: west ham (7)
2013: wigan (1)
2014: hull city (1)
2015: arsenal (14)
2016: crystal palace (2)
2017: Tottenham (7)
2018: Southampton (1)
2019: Brighton (2)
2020: Chelsea (3)
2021: leicester city (1)
2022: Chelsea (4)
2023: Brentford (2)


LEAGUE CUP
1961: rotherham united (1)
1962: norwich city (1)
1963: birmingham city (1)
1964: leicester city (1)
1965: chelsea (1)
1966: west ham (1)
1967: QPR (1)
1968: leeds united (1)
1969: swindon town (1)
1970: manchester city (1)
1971: tottenham (1)
1972: stoke city (1)
1973: tottenham (2)
1974: wolves (1)
1975: norwich (2)
1976: man city (2)
1977: liverpool (1)
1978: nottingham forrest (1)
1979: leeds united (2)
1980: leeds united (3)
1981: liverpool (2)
1982: Tottenham (2)
1983: liverpool (4)
1984: leeds united (4)
1985: norwich city (3)
1986: oxford united (1)
1987: West Ham (2)
1988: luton town (1)
1989: nottingham forrest (2)
1990: West Ham (3)
1991: sheffield wednesday (1)
1992: manchester united (1)
1993: Sheffield Wednesday (2)
1994: arsenal (1)
1995: liverpool (5)
1996: aston villa (1)
1997: middlesbrough (1)
1998: Leeds United (5)
1999: leeds united (6)
2000: Tranmere Rovers (1)
2001: Birmingham City (2)
2002: blackburn rovers (1)
2003: leeds united (7)
2004: middlesbrough (2)
2005: west ham united (4)
2006: manchester united (2)
2007: west ham united (5)
2008: tottenham (3)
2009: Tottenham (4)
2010: Aston Villa (2)
2011: birmingham city (3)
2012: crystal Palace (1)
2013: west ham (6)
2014: Manchester City (3)
2015: west ham (7)
2016: stoke city (1)
2017: southampton (1)
2018: leicester city (2)
2019: tottenham (4)
2020: manchester city (4)
2021: Tottenham (5)
2022: Liverpool (7)
2023: Manchester United (3)

Good list. No need to rush this next request, but I do like to see those FA Cup finals and see who was runners-up?

 

[Mildtryth]

Now, for Pomerania-Prussia:

 

[Mildtryth]

So, since I had already shown you how the national championship works, I figure it's time to show you how the average state championship works ITTL, using Bahia as a example:

 

[Mildtryth]

Alright, now for the way teams go into the Reichspokal - i think i may have said it before, but Austria, Swabia and Pomerania hold independent leagues, but still participate in the Reichspokal:

 

[ArupinumMaivista]

Alright, now for the way teams go into the Reichspokal - i think i may have said it before, but Austria, Swabia and Pomerania hold independent leagues, but still participate in the Reichspokal:

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I might make something new soon

 

[ArupinumMaivista]

Here is something I have been working on for the past month, including plenty of research, self-debates and studying, as prior to this post, I had next to no knowledge about Napoli. With that said, I firmly believe this is my best work yet. The finished article was already sitting ready for the past few days until I had food poisoning last saturday, though I am slowly recovering from that. With that said, here is the least likely club that I'd ever cover that isn't French. I hope you'll enjoy.

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Full Name: Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli
Short Name: SSC Napoli
Nicknames: I Blucelesti (The blue-and-sky blues), The Parthenopes, the Little Donkeys, The Foals
Founded: December 10th 1904 (As Naples Foot-ball and Cricket club)
City: Naples, Italy
Home Ground: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Capacity: 54,725
League: Serie A

Honours:

National (17):

Prima divizione/Serie A (8): 1927/28, 1974/75, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1989/90, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2022/23

Prima Categoria: Runners-up (1912/13)

Coppa Italia (7): 1961/62, 1975/76, 1986/87, 1996/97, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2016/17

Supercoppa Italiana (2): 1990, 2014

Europe (2):

European Cup/Champions League:
Round of 16 (1975/76, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1990/91)

European Cup Winners Cup (2):
Winners (1997/98, 2014/15)

UEFA Cup/Europa League:
Quarter-finals (1969/70)

European Super-cup:
Runners-up (1998, 2015)

Regional (3):

Divisione Nazionale Sud (1): 1945/46

Lipton Challenge Cup (2): 1909, 1911

Football club Naples (1904-1914)

Early days

The original crest of FBC Naples

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Napoli’s history as a football club began in the end of 1904 as the “Foot-ball and Cricket club Naples”, when the club was founded by Italian engineer Amadeo Salsi and English sailor William Poths, along with the help of fellow engineer Emilio Anatra and Hector Bayon. It was the football section of the Royal rowing club of Naples, though the “Cricket” part of the name was soon dropped, leading to it simply becoming Foot-ball Club Naples.

In 1906, the club became the first from the Italian south to join the FIF (Precursor to the FIGC), but the travel expenses it brought made it difficult for Naples to compete in any sort of national league. Thus, Naples would compete in the southern competitions for the initial years of its history. Most notably, it competed in the Lipton Challenge Cup - a cup championship set in the Italian South. Naples won that competition twice, both times against the dominant side of that region - Palermo.

Slowly, Naples became the strongest club in its city, beating the local clubs of the city and establishing itself as one of the most competitive in the region. In 1912 the Valvassori-Faroppa project revolutionized the Italian league system, allowing teams from southern and central Italy to compete for the Prima Categoria title for the first time. This year coincided with the team moving to a new stadium, the Campo del Poligano. In line with the club moving to a new venue, Naples managed to take the top of the Prima Categoria Sud, beating out Lazio to reach the national final. Unfortunately, the Blucelesti ran into the greatest Italian club of the decade - Pro Vercelli. The lions went on to beat the horses 6-0.

The following season saw Naples reach the semi-finals of the Prima Categoria, but they were bashed 9-0 on aggregate by Lazio. This would be the Parthenopes’ greatest successes by this point, before the Great War took over Europe and Italy.

The Lipton Cup-winning squad of 1909

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Fascist era and birth of “Associazione Calcio Napoli” (1919-1945)

After the war, Naples was one of many clubs in the country that were financially devastated, and thus entered a period of recovery during the 1920. It was in this period when the Fascist Party of Italy, led by Benito Mussolini, took over the kingdom, leading to a push by the fascists to “Italianize” the clubs, and forcing others to merge (Andrea Doria and Sambenedettese as examples). Naples was among these. On the 25th of August 1926, FBC Naples was renamed to “Associazione Calcio Napoli”, and was readmitted to the Divisione Nazionale, Italy’s top flight during this period.

Despite a bad start, in which the club just barely avoided relegation in its inaugural season at the top flight of Italy, the following season saw the Napolitans push for an unexpected title challenge, finishing third in the qualifying round of the championship behind Torino and Genoa to qualify for the national play-offs. Despite battling the far stronger team of Torino, Napoli slowly carved its way match to match, lifting a heavy draw with Casale, before managing to pull off a surprising 4-3 win at Stadio Filadelfia to overtake the reigning champions Torino. This was enough for Napoli to become the champions of Italy, with combined 50 goals scored by Giovanni Ferrari and Paraguayan talisman Attila Sallustro. The duo, consisting of a striker and midfielder, made for one of the deadliest attacks in Italy during this period. Sallustro in particular was the darling of the fans, as the talented scorer never wanted any money from the club, deciding to in return give all his love to the club via his uncanny ability to score goals.

Atilla Sallustro - Napoli's talismanic goalscorer

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This was enough for them to qualify for the brand new Serie A, and the club started out strong, finishing 3rd in the first season of the league. 1930 though coincided with Ferrari’s famous departure for Juventus, in which the great midfielder began the Torinese clubs’ Five years period as one of their greatest men. In return though, Napoli brought in the Croatian duo from the Istrian region that had become part of Italy after the war - Antonio Vojak and Marcelo Mihalić. Under the leadership of William Garbutt, Napoli continued to be a strong side in Serie A, though constantly lagging behind the far richer northern clubs like Ambrosiana-Inter and Juventus, which dominated the country. Nevertheless, Napoli was an established part of the then big clubs of Italy, even bringing in Argentine World Cup star Guillermo Stabile.

The Neapolitan club was set to go into a decline in the years leading up to World War II, with up and down results in Serie A. They flirted with relegation in 1937 and again in 1940, where they stayed up on a goal difference of four over Liguria. Just one season before this, they had finished in fifth. 1942 saw Napoli finally going down to Serie B, just four points separating them from the next six teams. Down in Serie B, in 1943 Napoli missed out on a promotion straight back up by two points, finishing in third place just behind Brescia. At the end of the season, left their Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli stadium and moved into the Campo Vomero, following the former’s destruction during bombing of the city.

The Giorgio Ascarelli stadium

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Post-War Napoli (1945-1963)

When the championship was contested on a regional basis for the 1946 season, Napoli proved themselves the best team in the Centro-Sud region, and it ensured the Neapolitans a place in Serie A the following year.
However, Napoli entered a period in the 50s where it became a yo-yo club, constantly jumping from division to division, which did not help when the club switched to the massive San Paolo Stadium. During the remainder of the 1950s, their league finishes were up and down: two lower key seasons were followed by a fourth-place finish in 1957–58, thanks to the goalscoring magic of Luis Vinicio, who would become one of the club’s greatest icons. The Brazilian, while never playing for his national team, was characteristically flamboyant, and made a name for himself as a highly-efficient goalscorer, earning the nickname O Leone.

Nevertheless, Napoli’s period in the 1960s was relatively average, continuing the club’s mediocrity, bar a surprise 1962 Coppa Italia triumph, which signaled the club’s first opportunity to play in Europe. Napoli would reach the round of 16 in the Cup Winners’ Cup of that year, only to be knocked out by Yugoslav minnows OFK Belgrade.

Rise to prominence and “Total Football” (1964-1984)

Following the renaming to “Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli” in 1964, the club would begin its steady rise by coming back to Serie A in 1964, now led by Bruno Pesaola. The following years saw Napoli challenge for the league title for the first time in almost 30 years, led by defender Antonio Juliano, striker duo Jose Alfatini and Giorgio Chinaglia, and the unbreakable goalkeeper Dino Zoff.

Dino Zoff, Antonio Juliano and Kurt Hamrin

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Then in 1973, Luis Vinicio became the Foals’ new coach, having led minnows Brindisi to Serie B a year prior. Under the management of their iconic player, the Brazilian established a style of play not yet seen within Serie A - Total football. Inspired by the successes of Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, which were dominating the continent during the 1970s, Napoli became the most exciting footballing team in the league known for its highly-defensive nature. Ruud Krol also became one of the club’s greatest foreign players once coming in 1974, and the Blucelesti entered a mad dash for the Scudetto in the 1974-75 season, battling with Juventus throughout the season. In the end, with the scoring of “Mad Horse” Giorgio Bragila and Brazilian trio Sergio Clerici, Rivellino and Jose Alfatini, Napoli became Italian champions by outscoring Juventus by one point, thus bringing the scudetto to Naples for the first time in over 40 years.

Napoli did not go far in the European Cup though, only reaching the round of 16 before being soundly beaten by Borussia Monchengladbach. The very same season though, Napoli won the Coppa Italia, thus qualifying for the Cup Winners’ Cup once again. This time, Napoli breezed through the early stages, before reaching the semi-finals. There, Napoli would face off against reigning champions Anderlecht, beating the Belgian team 1-0 on Stadio San Paolo, before conceding to them in Brussels. It would remain Napoli’s most successful run in Europe for some time. In 1980, O Leone Vinicio was leaving as manager, having become the Blucelesti’s greatest leader and creating a strong and highly-entertaining side in Serie A. Then in 1984, the news echoed like a volcano, as the world was rocked by the single greatest transfer in footballing history.

Luis Vinicio's Napoli

Maradona - O Re (1984-1994)

On a sunny 5th of July in 1984, 75 thousand people gathered on the San Paolo stadium to await a phenomenon that had just left Barcelona, before greeting the temperamental citizens of South Italy - “Buona Sera, Napolitani!”. The crowd roared in ecstasy - Maradona-Mania had arrived. Diego Armando Maradona, who had just come from a turbulent period in a struggling Barcelona, was entering Napoli as an unlikely hero, to a club that had just a season prior barely avoided relegation. Despite offers from the biggest clubs in Italy, Maradona chose the working class city in the south as his home, and he was welcomed as a Messiah. Nevertheless, the initial few years with Maradona did not see major success. The club, having spent a record fee to bring in their star, entered a financial crisis, and the results were still mediocre. Even then, Maradona was their glimmer of hope, with moments like his flick from the far left side of the pitch against Lazio standing as one of his greatest goals, in a match that saw Maradona play against his European counterpart - Vasillis Hatzipanagis (more on him some other day).

The arrival of Diego Maradona

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Finally, 1986-87 was Napoli’s year. Under the leadership of Ottavio Biancho, Napoli outran Juventus once again to become champions of Italy for the third time, along with achieving a double by lifting the Coppa Italia by demolishing Atalanta. With this success, Napoli qualified for the European Cup, where the first round saw the Blucelesti face off against Maradona’s former club - Barcelona. Tensions were high, as both matches finished 1-1 thanks to Fernando de Napoli’s own goal. However, the subsequent penalty shootout saw Napoli prevail, thus entering the round of 16 once again. However, Vasillis Hatzipanagis would have his last laugh, as he inspired the reigning Portuguese champions Porto to knock the Parthenopes out of the European Cup. Another round of 16 exit occurred a year later, this time by the eventual runners-up Red Star Belgrade. Following two consecutive scudettos in the late 80s, 1990s began with Napoli crashing out of the UEFA Cup after being slammed 8-3 on aggregate by Werder Bremen, but winning the Serie A once again. Third time was not the charm though. Napoli came close to finally going past the round of 16 once reaching penalties against Spartak Moscow, but the latter prevailed. Nevertheless, 1990 would see another piece of glory for Napoli, as they demolished the freefalling Juventus side 5-1 in the Italian Supercup. The 90s saw departures of Daniel Fonseca, Careca, Alemao, Andrea Silenzi and Massimo Crippa, leaving Maradona as the sole leader of Napoli in the 1993-94 season of Serie A. Another round of 16 exit occurred, this time in the UEFA Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt, and it coincided with the departure of Diego Maradona. The great Argentine left the city as a hero, having given the club its most successful period after Vinicio’s tenure.

Diego Maradona - Napoli's king

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Cup Winners’ Cup success and decline (1994-2004)

Following the exit of Maradona, Napoli brought in great Yugoslav coach Vujadin Boškov to lead the Foals for the rest of the decade, with players like Freddy Rincon, Paolo di Canio, Daniel Fonseca and Roberto Ayala. Napoli’s initial seasons without Maradona were difficult, with the club barely escaping relegation in 1996, but the Blucelesti recovered to win the 1997 Coppa Italia against Vicenza. With that, Napoli entered the Cup Winners’ Cup. After scraping past Boavista in the round of 16, they ran into Red Star Belgrade, some 10 years since their encounter in the European Cup. The Yugoslav side had players like Elvir Bolić, Darko Kovačević, Mitko Stojkovski, Dejan Petković and Ilija Ivić. However, after a 3-2 victory at San Paolo, Napoli had won and carried on to the semis, now meeting Real Betis. In a tight encounter, Napoli won 3-2 on aggregate, thus qualifying for the final of the Cup Winners’ Cup. There, the Neapolitans played against VfB Stuttgart. In a prime example of a catenaccio match, Napoli played defensively throughout the entire final, resisting every attempt by Stuttgart. Then finally, on the 70th minute, Daniel Fonseca volleyed the ball past Franz Wohlfarht to send Napoli 1-0 up on Stuttgart. It would be Napoli’s first ever European triumph, and another on in Vujadin Boškov’s long and incredible career.

However, Napoli’s CWC achievement was overshadowed by increasingly poor showcases on the pitch. A semi-final in the following years’ CWC saw Napoli exit against Mallorca was followed by Napoli battling relegation season after season. From 1998 to 2001, Dino Zoff was the Naepolitans’ coach, and he helped the club stay up during its most difficult period. 2001 saw some improvement though, as the Foals brought in Brazilian journeyman Edmundo for the next six seasons until his departure in 2006. By this point, Antonio di Natale and Edmundo was the attacking duo that helped Napoli remain a relatively competitive side during the early 2000s, with their best finish being 7th.

Edmundo during his time in Napoli

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Resurgence and golden generation (2004-present)

2005 saw another low-key season by Napoli, as the club only finished 9th. This year would coincide with the club being taken over by successful film producer Aurelio de Laurentiis, who helped clean the clubs from all of its debts.

From 2005 to 2010, Napoli would be led by Istrian native Edoardo Reja, a lifelong friend of Fabio Capello. The journeyman coach stabilized Napoli, and the bringing of Marek Hamšik as its goalscorer helped the club reach 6th in the 2009-10 season, thus qualifying for Europe for the first time in 12 years. The Blucelesti’s rise continued in the very next season, finishing third under the leadership of Walter Mazzari, with Edinson Cavani proving to be the club’s talismanic scorer. 2012 would finally see Napoli end its trophyless journey, as the Foals beat their bitter rivals Juventus 2-0 to lift the trophy. However, the Naepolitans did not go far, being beaten out by Lokeren in penalties in the round of 16 once again. Cavani’s departure for Valencia was followed by Napoli bringing in Spaniards Gonzalo Higuain, Raul Albiol and Jose Callejon. This saw an immediate effect, as Napoli won the 2014 Coppa Italia, this time against Fiorentina, before beating Roma in the 2014 Supercoppa Italiana.

Napoli's 2012 squad

Also in the 2014-15, Napoli played an inspired campaign to reach the finals of the European Cup Winners’ Cup, where the Parthenopeans met with Real Madrid in the very final. In a tense game, in which Higuain converted a late penalty, the game went into extra time, and then even to penalties, where Pepe Reina proved to be the hero of the squad, before Jorginho famously “did not forgive” and scored the winning penalty kick, thus making Napoli the European Champions of the Cup Winners’ Cup.

The very next season, Napoli would enter a tough race with Juventus for the next two scudettos. Led by Maurizio Sarri, the goalscoring trio of Higuain, Hamšik and Lorenzo Insigne accumulated 54 goals out of Napoli’s eventual 80 in the 2015-16 season, but it still wasn’t enough, as Juve outran the foals by 9 points. Then in 2016-17, Napoli was finally able to beat out Juve and Roma to win the Scudetto, ending a 37 year long wait. The Blucelesti, with the magic of Higuain, Hamšik and Insigne helping the club achieve the title with over 90 goals, and repeating that achievement a year later, in spite of Juve being inspired by Luis Suarez.

During this period, Napoli’s incredible attack was paired with a solid midfield consisting of Jorginho and Arkadiusz Milik, and defenders like Ivan Strinić and Vlad Chiriches. With this, Napoli truly had a strong squad that was capable of achieving great things during the 2010s. The 2020s began with Luciano Spalletti as manager, following underwhelming results by Carlo Ancelotti and Gennaro Gattuso. With him, Napoli brought fresh new players after the bulk of the 2010s generation faded away. Most importantly, the club brought in Khvicha Khvarachelia and Victor Osimhen. With their capabilities and Spalletti’s tactics, Napoli dominated the 2022-23 season, achieving its first scudetto since the death of Diego Maradona , who died in 2020.

Celebrations as Napoli became champions in 2023

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