Double (association football)
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season. It can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as doing the double over a particular side.
[edit] List of Doubles in Europe
The list includes clubs from England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France. These are the top five in UEFA coefficient as of 24 May 2010
[edit] List of Doubles in South America
The list includes clubs from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela as of 30 May 2010. The other countries in South America do not have a cup competition and cannot complete a domestic double.
| Country | Club | Year | League | Cup | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 COL |
Millonarios | 1953 | Primera A | Copa Colombia | |
| COL |
Millonarios (2) | 1963 | Primera A | Copa Colombia | |
 VEN |
Deportivo Galicia | 1969 | Primera División | Copa Venezuela | |
 ARG |
Boca Juniors | 1969 | Campeonato Metropolitan | 1969 Copa Argentina | |
 CHI |
Colo-Colo | 1981 | Primera División | Copa Chile | |
| VEN |
Marítimo | 1986–1987 | Primera División | Copa Venezuela | |
| CHI |
Colo-Colo (2) | 1989 | Primera División | Copa Chile | |
| CHI |
Colo-Colo (3) | 1990 | Primera División | Copa Chile | |
| VEN |
Caracas | 1994–1995 | Primera División | Copa Venezuela | |
| CHI |
Colo-Colo (4) | 1996 | Primera División | Copa Chile | |
| CHI |
Universidad de Chile | 2000 | Primera División | Copa Chile | |
 BRA |
Cruzeiro (2) | 2003 | Série A | 2003 Copa do Brasil | Won Campeonato Mineiro in the same season |
 BOL |
Bolivar | 2009 | La Liga | Copa Aerosur | |
| VEN |
Caracas (2) | 2009–2010 | Primera División | Copa Venezuela |
[edit] History of The Double
[edit] 
Belgium
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Anderlecht |
|
1965, 1972, 1994 |
| Club Brugge |
|
1977, 1996 |
| Cercle Brugge |
|
1927 |
| Union Saint-Gilloise |
|
1913 |
[edit] 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Only one team managed to obtain the double in Bosnia and Herzegovina (winning the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bosnian Cup) and only once:
- Željezničar (1) in 2000/2001
[edit] 
Croatia
Two teams have won the Croatian Double (The Prva HNL and the Croatian Cup):
- Dinamo Zagreb (7) in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011
- Hajduk Split (1) in 1995 (Hajduk also won the Yugoslav Double in 1974, winning both the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Cup)
[edit] 
Denmark
Only four teams have won the Danish Double (The Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup):
- Aarhus GF in 1955, 1957 and 1960
- Vejle Boldklub in 1958 and 1972
- Brøndby IF in 1998 and 2005
- FC Copenhagen in 2004 and 2009
[edit] 
East Germany (defunct)
The DDR-Oberliga ran from seasons 1947-48 to 1990-91 (not held 1960-61), and the FDGB-Pokal from seasons 1948-49 to 1990-91 (not held 1950-51, 1952–53 and 1960–61). There were five occasions when a club won both in the same season:
- Dynamo Dresden in 1971, 1977 & 1990
- Dynamo Berlin in 1988
- F.C. Hansa Rostock in 1991
Since reunification no club formerly of the DDR-Oberliga has won either the Bundesliga or DFB Pokal, indeed, as of 2012, none of the above mentioned clubs are competing in the top tier.
[edit] 
England
In England winning the Double involves finishing first in the League – Division One prior to 1992, and since then, the Premier League – and winning the FA Cup.
List of teams who have won the Double in England:
- Preston North End in 1889
- Aston Villa in 1897
- Tottenham Hotspur in 1961
- Arsenal in 1971, 1998 and 2002 (the only club to win the double both before and subsequent to the start of the Premier League era)
- Liverpool in 1986
- Manchester United in 1994, 1996, 1999 (as part of The Treble)
- Chelsea in 2010
[edit] 
Finland
Doubles in Finland have been possible since 1955, when the Finnish Cup was inaugurated.
Multiple doubles in Finland, consisting of the Finnish Championship and the Finnish Cup, have been achieved by two clubs, FC Haka of Valkeakoski (1960 and 1977), and HJK Helsinki (1981, 2003, and 2011). Tampere United from Tampere has won one double, in 2007.
[edit] 
France
Several clubs have realised the French Double : FC Sète (1934), RC Paris (1936), Lille (1946, 2011), OGC Nice (1952), Stade de Reims (1958), AS Monaco (1963), Saint-Étienne (1968, 1970, 1974, 1975), Marseille (1972, 1989), Girondins de Bordeaux (1987), Auxerre (1996) and Lyon (2008).
[edit] 
Greece
In Greece, only the big three of Athens have managed to win The Double, meaning Super League Greece and the Greek Cup.
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Olympiacos |
|
1947, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959*, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
| Panathinaikos |
|
1969, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1995, 2004, 2010 |
| AEK Athens |
|
1939, 1978 |
- In 1959, Olympiacos won the double (Greek Championship and Greek Cup) and also four unofficial cups, winning six (6) trophies in a season.
[edit] 
Italy
Seven times an Italian club won both Serie A and Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) in the same season.
- 1943: Torino
- 1960: Juventus
- 1987: Napoli
- 1995: Juventus
- 2000: Lazio
- 2006: Internazionale
- 2010: Internazionale as part of the Treble
[edit] 
Japan
The Japanese Double is generally considered to be winning the League championship (the Japan Soccer League Division 1 until 1991-92 and the J. League Division 1 since then) and the Emperor's Cup. Winning the League and the League Cup (the Japan Soccer League Cup and its successor the J. League Cup) is rare, and even rarer is winning the Emperor's Cup and the second division title.
First Division and Emperor's Cup
| Club | Doubles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 | 1973, 1978, 2006 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 | 1965, 1967 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 1977, 1979 |
| Tokyo Verdy | 2 | 1984, 1986–87 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | 1988-89, 1989–90 |
| Kashima Antlers | 2 | 2000, 2007 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 1972 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 1974 |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba | 1 | 1976 |
First Division and League Cup
| Club | Doubles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Verdy | 3 | 1991-92, 1993, 1994 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | 1988-89, 1989–90 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 1 | 1978 |
| Kashima Antlers | 1 | 2000 |
(NOTE: Except for Verdy, every other club won the achievement as part of a Treble. No First Division was held in 1992 and no League Cup was held in 1974, 1975, and 1995.)
Emperor's Cup and Second Division
| Club | Doubles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| NKK S.C. | 1 | 1981 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 1 | 1982 |
| F.C. Tokyo | 1 | 2011 |
[edit] 
Luxembourg
In Luxembourgian football, the Double is a single club's victory in both the National Division and the Luxembourg Cup in the same season. As there are no other senior football competitions in Luxembourg, and Luxembourgian clubs have never come close to winning any European tournament, the Double is the ultimate achievement for a Luxembourgian club in one season.
It has been accomplished twenty-three times in the eighty-four years in which the Luxembourg Cup has been contested (and, therefore, the Double has been possible). By far the most successful club in terms of winning Doubles has been Jeunesse Esch, who have completed eight of the twenty-two Doubles.
| Club | Doubles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Jeunesse Esch | 8 | 1937, 1954, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1997, 1999 |
| FA Red Boys Differdange | 3 | 1926, 1931, 1979 |
| FC Avenir Beggen | 3 | 1984, 1993, 1994 |
| F91 Dudelange | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2009 |
| CS Fola Esch | 1 | 1923 |
| CA Spora Luxembourg | 1 | 1928 |
| Stade Dudelange | 1 | 1948 |
| FC Progrès Niedercorn | 1 | 1978 |
| Union Luxembourg | 1 | 1991 |
| CS Grevenmacher | 1 | 2003 |
[edit] 
Moldova
Sheriff Tiraspol were only founded in 1997, but have come to dominate the Moldovan game, winning every title from 2001 to 2010 inclusive. Five of these were double wins: 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2010. However Sheriff have never won the Moldovan Super Cup in any of their Double-winning years, though one reason for this was the Super Cup was not played in 2009 and 2010. One other club has won the double, Zimbru Chişinău in 1998.
[edit] 
Netherlands
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ajax |
|
1966/1967, 1969/1970, 1971/1972, 1978/1979, 1982/1983, 1997/1998, 2001/2002 |
| PSV |
|
1975/1976, 1987/1988, 1988/1989, 2004/2005 |
| Feyenoord |
|
1964/1965, 1968/1969, 1983/1984 |
| AZ (then AZ '67) |
|
1980/1981 |
| HVV |
|
1902/1903 |
| RAP Amsterdam |
|
1898/1899 |
[edit] 
Norway
Six teams have won the Norwegian Double (Norwegian Football Cup and Norwegian Premier League)
| Club | Doubles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Rosenborg BK |
|
1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003 |
| Fredrikstad FK |
|
1938, 1950 |
| Lyn Football |
|
1968 |
| Strømsgodset IF |
|
1970 |
| Lillestrøm SK |
|
1977 |
| Viking FK |
|
1979 |
[edit] 
Portugal
In Portugal, the Double is called "Dobradinha" and is achieved by winning the top tier league and the Portuguese Cup. Without surprise, only the Big Three have done it since the nationwide round-robin league competition was introduced in 1934.
On account of the League Cup having been introduced in 2007 only, a Treble has been considered since the Super Cup was introduced in 1979. Winning it after achieving the Double (contested between the League champion and the Cup runner-up when Doubles happen) was attained only by Sporting (1982 and 2002) and F.C. Porto (1998, 2003, 2006 and 2009).
Two Quadruples are considered for F.C. Porto in 2003 when José Mourinho lead them to win the domestic Treble and the UEFA Cup and in 2004 when they won the domestic League, the Champions League, the domestic Supercup and the Intercontinental Cup.
Sporting was the first side to achieve the Double (1941) as well as the first domestic Treble (1982). Benfica never achieved any type of Treble, but holds the record for Doubles (9). Benfica also became the first (and so far the only) side to complete the double of League and League Cup in 2009-10.
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Benfica1 |
|
1943, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1987 |
| Porto |
|
1956, 1988, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011 |
| Sporting CP2 |
|
1941, 1948, 1954, 1974, 1982, 2002 |
1Benfica also Doubled F.C. Porto in 1981 and 1983, and could have made it Treble, since the Supercup was already existent (since 1979): Porto not only saved a triple horror by winning the 1981 and 1983 Supercups, but filling the slot for European Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 as 1983 Portuguese Cup runners-up, they even managed to reach the final, failing their first Quadruple in 1984 by a close margin.
2In 1974, Sporting was the first team to win the Double over the same team, making Benfica running up in both League and Cup. Almost winning a European Treble, Sporting saw 1. FC Magdeburg win 1974 Cup Winners' Cup after being eliminated by them in the semi-finals by one goal and after a series of misfortunes (two injuries, an own-goal at home, a missed penalty and a shot on the post). That year, Hector Yazalde established a record of goals scored in one Portuguese football season which still lasts to this day.
[edit] 
Republic of Ireland
In Ireland, The Double is achieved by winning the League of Ireland and FAI Cup. A clean sweep can be achieved by also winning the League of Ireland Cup and the Setanta Cup. Although no team as yet has done this, Bohemians managed a similar feat in 1928 season by winning the League, FAI Cup, the League of Ireland Shield, Leinster Senior Cup. Derry City FC completed 'The Treble' in 1988/'89 by also winning the League of Ireland Cup.
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Shamrock Rovers |
|
1925, 1932, 1964, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
| Bohemians |
|
1928, 2001, 2008 |
| Dundalk |
|
1979, 1988 |
| St James's Gate |
|
1922 |
| Cork United |
|
1942 |
| Cork Athletic |
|
1951 |
| Derry City |
|
1989 |
| Shelbourne |
|
2000 |
[edit] 
Romania
In Romania, The Double is named "Event" and can be achieved by winning the Liga I and the Cupa României. The team that won most doubles until now is Steaua Bucureşti, with nine wins, followed by their city rivals, Dinamo Bucureşti with six wins. In the recent times, CFR Cluj won The Double twice, being the fourth non-Bucharest team to do so, after Universitatea Craiova, UT Arad and, the now defunct team, Ripensia Timişoara.
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Steaua Bucureşti |
|
1951, 1952, 1976, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997 |
| Dinamo Bucureşti |
|
1964, 1982, 1984, 1990, 2000, 2004 |
| CFR Cluj |
|
2008, 2010 |
| Universitatea Craiova |
|
1981, 1991 |
| UT Arad |
|
1948 |
| Ripensia Timişoara |
|
1936 |
[edit] 
Soviet Union, 
Russia and 
Ukraine
Six teams achieved the Double in the Soviet Top League and the USSR Cup in the same season. Most double winners came from either Soviet Russia (RSFSR) or the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1992, each Soviet Republic organised its own league, though UEFA considers the Russian Premier League the main successor to the Soviet League. Most, though not all, of the former Soviet double winners have since won the double in their post-independent leagues. In addition other clubs who never won the Soviet Double, have won their current domestic double.
| Club | Soviet Union | modern Russia | modern Ukraine | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dinamo Moscow |
1937 | N/A |
|
|
 Spartak Moscow |
1938, 1939, 1958 | 1992[s], 1994, 1998 | N/A |
|
| CSKA Moscow |
1948, 1951, 1991[u] | 2006 | N/A |
|
| Torpedo Moscow |
1960 | N/A |
|
|
  Dynamo Kyiv |
1966, 1974, 1985, 1990 | N/A | 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007 |
|
| Shakhtar Donetsk |
N/A | 2002, 2008, 2011 |
|
|
| Zenit St. Petersburg |
2010 | N/A |
|
- u The last Soviet Championship
- s Spartak's 1992 Double was unique because Spartak Moscow won the 1992 Russian Championship and the 1991/1992 USSR Cup, competitions technically belonging to different countries.
The only other club to win the Soviet Double was 
Ararat Yerevan in 1973, with Nikita Simonian at the helm. They also won the post-independence
Armenian Double once in 1993.
[edit] 
Serbia
In the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia period (i.e. clubs from today's Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro and FYR of Macedonia. See above for Croatian clubs winning the double in this period) FK Partizan won the Yugoslav Double, doing so in 1947. Red Star Belgrade achieved this double on five occasions 1958-59, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1989–90.
By the mid 1990s the league only consisted of clubs from Serbia and Montenegro, due to the independence of the other states, and setting up of separate leagues in those states. During this period, Partizan won the Double in 1993-94 and Red Star in 1994-95, 2000–01, 2003-04 & 2005-06.
In 2006 Montenegro seceded, and ran its own league from the season 2006-07 onwards, thus ushering in the current era of the Serbian Superliga. So far only Partizan have won the Double in this period 2007-08, 2008–09 and 2010-11.
[edit] 
Turkey
In Turkey, only four teams have managed to win The Double, meaning Süper Lig and the Turkish Cup.
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray |
|
1963, 1973, 1993, 1999, 2000 |
| Fenerbahçe |
|
1968, 1974, 1983 |
| Beşiktaş |
|
1990, 2009 |
| Trabzonspor |
|
1977, 1984 |
[edit] 
United States
Currently, in the United States, "The Double" may either mean the MLS Double, which is achieved by winning both the league premiership, the MLS Supporters Shield; as well as the league championship, the MLS Cup; in the same season.[1] The double may also be any variation of winning the MLS Cup, MLS Supporters' Shield, the U.S. Open Cup, the Canadian Championship or the CONCACAF Champions League.
The following is a list of doubles in the United States in the MLS era:
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| D.C. United |
|
1996 (MLS Cup, US Open Cup), 1997 (Supporters Shield, MLS Cup), 1999 (Supporters Shield, MLS Cup) |
| Los Angeles Galaxy |
|
2002 (Supporters Shield, MLS Cup), 2005 (MLS Cup, US Open Cup), 2011 ( Supporters' Shield, MLS Cup) |
| Chicago Fire |
|
1998 (MLS Cup, US Open Cup), 2003 (Supporters Shield, US Open Cup) |
| Sporting Kansas City |
|
2000 (Supporters Shield, MLS Cup) |
| Columbus Crew |
|
2008 (Supporters Shield, MLS Cup) |
[edit] 
Wales
In Wales, The Double is achieved by winning the Welsh Premier League and Welsh Cup. Achieveing this and also winning the Welsh League Cup would achieve 'The Treble'. To date only two teams have achieved The Treble and only three have achieved The Double.
| Club | Number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Barry Town |
|
1997, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| Rhyl |
|
2004 |
| The New Saints |
|
2005 |
[edit] Other countries
One notable double-winning team in 2006 was Bayern Munich in Germany, which became the first team in the country's history to successfully defend a double. Inter Milan in Italy earned the double in an unusual manner in the same season, being awarded the Serie A title to go along with their on-field win in the Coppa Italia after initial league champions Juventus were stripped of the title in the aftermath of the 2006 Serie A scandal.
In the United States and Canada, the double consists of winning two of either the Supporters' Shield (league premiership), the MLS Cup (league championship), and the U.S. Open Cup or Canadian Championship (national championship). In league/cup doubles, five times has the Supporters' Shield winner gone on to win the MLS Cup that same year: D.C. United in 1997 and 1999, Kansas City Wizards in 2000, Los Angeles Galaxy in 2002, and Columbus Crew in 2008. In 2003, Chicago Fire became the first, and thus far only, Supporters' Shield winner to win the US Open Cup the same season. Three times has the domestic cup double been accomplished, with both the MLS Cup and US Open Cup being won by DC United in the inaugural 1996 season, by then-expansion Chicago Fire in 1998, and by Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005. No treble (or, Americanized, 'triple crown') has been accomplished in the modern era. However, five teams have come close, finishing no worse than runner-up in three domestic competitions or two domestic competitions and a continental competition in one season: DC United in 1997 and 1998, Chicago Fire in 2000 and 2003, and Los Angeles Galaxy in 2002. This paragraph does not include regular season premiership/postseason championship doubles won by North American Soccer League teams.
In 1999, Icelandic club KR Reykjavik men's and women's teams won both league and cup, and the club celebrated its centenary year with a double-double.
In 2007 and 2008, Singapore club Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) won a double-double through winning the S-league and Singapore Cup consecutively. Tampines Rovers and Home United have also won doubles.
The all-time leader for domestic doubles is Linfield, from Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — with 20 as of May 2008, after completing an unprecedented Treble Double.
[edit] League & League Cup Double
A rarer, and less coveted, domestic double is that of winning the league championship and the League Cup. In many leagues this can not be done as there is no second domestic cup competition (as in Italy and the Netherlands) or it has been disbanded (such as in Spain and Denmark). The format of league cups and the number of participating teams can vary enormously from one country to another. In the case of Germany, it should be noted that the DFB-Ligapokal was played in the summer months prior to the Bundesliga and therefore was won in the preceding calendar year to the title win.
| Club | Country | Number won |
Year(s) won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangers |  Scotland |
17 | 1947, 1948, 1961, 1964, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011 | |
| Celtic | Scotland |
8 | 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1998, 2001, 2006 | As part of the Quadruple with the European Cup and Scottish Cup in 1966-67 |
| Hearts | Scotland |
1 | 1960 | |
| Nottingham Forest |  England |
1 | 1978 | |
| Liverpool | England |
3 | 1982, 1983, 1984 | As part of the Treble with the European Cup in 1983-84 |
| Chelsea | England |
1 | 2005 | |
| Manchester United | England |
1 | 2009 | |
| Bayern Munich |  Germany |
5 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 | |
| Anderlecht |  Belgium |
1 | 2001 | |
| Wisła Kraków |  Poland |
1 | 2001 | |
| Legia Warsaw | Poland |
1 | 2002 | |
| Brøndby IF |  Denmark |
1 | 2005 | part of a domestic treble |
| Bordeaux |  France |
1 | 2009 | |
| Marseille | France |
1 | 2010 | |
| Benfica |  Portugal |
1 | 2010 |
[edit] Doubles in Lower Divisions
In many countries, knock-out competitions exclusive to clubs outside the top division(s) also exist. This gives lower ranked clubs to win a double, though considerably less prestigous. It is a rare achievement as clubs aspiring for promotion generally put little emphasis on these cups. Examples include:
- Cagliari Calcio won Serie C1 (third tier) and the Coppa Italia Serie C in 1988-89
- Wycombe Wanderers won the Conference (fifth tier) and the FA Trophy in 1992-93
- Birmingham won Division Two (third tier) and the Football League Trophy in 1994-95
- MIlton Keynes Dons won League Two (fourth tier) and Football League Trophy in 2007-08
[edit] European Doubles
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[edit] The European Double (Double champions)
In the same spirit as the European Treble, the European Double consists of winning the top tier European tournament (currently the UEFA Champions League) and domestic league title in a single season or calendar year. This has been achieved on 23 occasions by 15 clubs from 54 European competitions. FC Barcelona has achieved this on the most number of occasions (4). Ajax Amsterdam and Real Madrid are the only teams that have successfully defended a European Double. Jose Mourinho has the unique distinction of being the only manager to achieve this double with two different clubs, having done so with Porto (2004) and Internazionale (2010).
| Club | Country | Number won |
Year(s) won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona |  Spain |
|
1992, 2006, 2009 (as part of The Treble), 2011 |
| Ajax |  Netherlands |
|
1972 (as part of The Treble), 1973, 1995 |
| Real Madrid | Spain |
|
1957, 1958 |
| Internazionale |  Italy |
|
1965, 2010 (as part of The Treble) |
| Liverpool | England |
|
1977, 1984 |
| Bayern Munich | Germany |
|
1974, 2001 |
| Manchester United | England |
|
1999 (as part of The Treble), 2008 |
| Benfica | Portugal |
|
1961 |
| Celtic | Scotland |
|
1967 (as part of The Quadruple) |
| Hamburg | Germany |
|
1983 |
| Steaua Bucureşti |  Romania |
|
1986 |
| PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands |
|
1988 (as part of The Treble) |
| Red Star Belgrade |  Serbia |
|
1991 |
| Milan | Italy |
|
1994 |
| Porto | Portugal |
|
2004 |
[edit] The Unbeaten Double
In 1994–95, Louis Van Gaal's Ajax succeeded an unbeaten double, winning the Dutch Eredivisie with a 27–7–0 record, and the UEFA Champions League with a 7–4–0 record. Van Gaal's dream team was the only club to achieve a European Double with no defeat.
[edit] League & Europa League Double
The UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), with a domestc league title win, offers the chance for a club to win a lesser European double; but arguably a more prestigious achievement than a domestic double. This has been completed on fourteen occasions.
| Club | Country | Number won |
Year(s) won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | England |
|
1973, 1976 |
| Feyenoord | Netherlands |
|
1974 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Germany |
|
1975 |
| Juventus | Italy |
|
1977 |
| PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands |
|
1978 |
| Gōteborg |  Sweden |
|
1982 (part of The Treble), 1987[g] |
| Real Madrid | Spain |
|
1986 |
| Galatasaray |  Turkey |
|
2000 (part of The Treble) |
| Porto | Portugal |
|
2003, 2011, (both part of The Treble) |
| Valencia | Spain |
|
2004 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | Russia |
|
2008 |
g In 1987, Gothenburg finished third in the Allsvenskan. At this time, the title was decided by a play-off between the top four teams. They defeated first placed Malmo FF in the play-off final.
[edit] League & Cup Winners' Cup
Simlarly, there were six occasions of clubs winning their League and the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (CWC). No club ever won the CWC as part of a recognised treble, though Everton came close in 1985, but lost the FA Cup final to Manchester United. In the case of FC Mageburg and Dynamo Kiev, it is also worth noting that the domestic Championships they won are also now disbanded, due to German reunification and the disintegration of the Soviet Union respectively.
| Club | Country | League | Number won |
Year(s) won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Milan | Italy |
Serie A |
|
1968 |
| Magdeburg |  East Germany |
DDR-Oberliga |
|
1974 |
| Dynamo Kyiv |  Soviet Union |
Soviet Top League |
|
1975 & 1976 |
| Juventus | Italy |
Serie A |
|
1984 |
| Everton | England |
Division One |
|
1985 |
[edit] Continental Double
A Continental Double is identical to the European Double, but for sides outside the UEFA confederation winning the primary continental cup competition and the domestic league title. For example, the Copa Libertadores and top tier domestic league title in the CONMEBOL confederation would form a Continental Double. The Continental Double may be won in a calendar year, rather than a single season.
[edit] Cup Double
There are various possible combinations of winning two knock-out competitions.
[edit] Domestic Cup Double
A Domestic Cup Double consists of winning both domestic cup competitions in a single season or calendar year (for seasons when this double was won in conjunction with the league title see The Treble). Examples include:
| Club | Country | Association Cup | Secondary Cup | Year(s) won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Spain |
Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | 1983 | Beat Real Madrid in both finals |
| Arsenal | England |
FA Cup | Football League Cup | 1993 | Beat Sheffield Wednesday in both finals |
| Paris Saint-Germain | France |
Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | 1995 & 1998 | |
| Bayern Munich | Germany |
DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal | 1997/98 | |
| Liverpool | England |
FA Cup | League Cup | 2001 | Also won the UEFA Cup |
| Chelsea | England |
FA Cup | League Cup | 2007 |
[edit] European Cup Double
There have been several occasions when a club has won its Association's cup or League Cup and a UEFA trophy but not its League title. For European cup doubles won in conjunction with the League title, see The Treble.
R Both honours were trophies Real Madrid hadn't previously won.
L A unique Cup Treble.
[edit] Other
A combination of domestic league or cup and a lesser domestic or continental trophy may be won in the same season or calendar year. Examples include (this list does not include doubles achieved as part of a treble):
- Rapid Vienna won an unusual double of Austrian League Champion and German Cup in 1938. This was as a result of the Anschluss, Austrian teams were, for the first time competing in the German cup. The following season, the Austrian League was disbanded, and its clubs integrated into the German league, at that time called the NSRL.
- Real Zaragoza won a Fairs Cup and Copa del Rey double in the 1963–64 season.
- Leeds United were the first English team to win a double involving European and domestic trophies. It was in 1968 when Leeds won the Football League Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[2]
- Chicago Fire won the MLS Supporters' Shield and U.S. Open Cup in 2003.
- Dinamo Tbilisi won the Georgian Cup and CIS Cup in 2004
- CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup in May 2005 and the won the Russian Premier League in December 2005; this can be considered as a double even though it was not in the same season, it was in the same calendar year.
- Copenhagen won the Danish Superliga and the pan-Scandinavian Royal League in 2006.
[edit] International Double
A national team cannot usually win a FIFA World Cup and their continental championship in the same year because they are usually not held in the same year (except for the Africa Cup of Nations), but one which wins both titles consecutively could be said to have "done the double".
Uruguay won the gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1924 South American Championship. (Prior to the FIFA World Cup's foundation in 1930, the Olympic champions were considered to be the world champions.)
West Germany won the UEFA Euro 1972 and the 1974 FIFA World Cup.- France won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2000.
Brazil won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 Copa América.
Spain won the UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Total Number of Doubles
| Club | Nation | Number of doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Linfield |  Northern Ireland |
22 |
| Rangers | Scotland |
18 |
| Olympiacos |  Greece |
14 |
| Al-Ahly |  Egypt |
13 |
| Levski Sofia |  Bulgaria |
13 |
| Celtic | Scotland |
13 |
| HB |  Faroe Islands |
12 |
| Muharraq Club |  Bahrain |
12 |
| FK Austria Wien |  Austria |
10 |
| CSKA Sofia | Bulgaria |
10 |
| Dinamo Kyiv | Ukraine |
10 |
| Benfica | Portugal |
9 |
| Red Star Belgrade | Serbia |
9 |
| Steaua Bucureşti | Romania |
9 |
| Bayern Munich | Germany |
8 |
| Jeunesse Esch |  Luxembourg |
8 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Israel |
7 |
| AFC Ajax | Netherlands |
7 |
| Rosenborg BK |  Norway |
7 |
| Partizani Tirana |  Albania |
7 |
| Malmö FF | Sweden |
7 |
| Dinamo Bucureşti | Romania |
6 |
| Dinamo Zagreb |  Croatia |
6 |
| Ferencváros |  Hungary |
6 |
| Shamrock Rovers |  Ireland |
6 |
| Rapid Vienna | Austria |
6 |
| Partizan Belgrade | Serbia |
4 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Israel |
4 |
[edit] Notable Double Winning Managers
- William Sudell, as manager of Preston North End won the First Division going unbeaten in the league (22 games) and without conceding a goal in the FA Cup in 1888-89.
- Jock Stein won the double on seven occasions with Celtic between 1967 and 1974.
- Sir Alex Ferguson has won the double on four occasions; with Aberdeen in 1983-84, and with Manchester United in 1993-94, 1995–96 and 1998-99. This achievement makes him the only manager to win the double on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border.
- Sven-Göran Eriksson is the only manager to win a domestic double in three different countries, having done so in Sweden, Portugal and Italy with Göteborg (1981–82), Benfica (1982–83) and Lazio in (1999-00) respectively. Note that this included back-to-back double wins in separate countries.
- Louis Van Gaal won the double with Barcelona in 1997-98 and Bayern Munich in 2009-10; subsequent to his undefeated European Double with Ajax in 1994-95.
- Jose Mourinho won the double in Portugal with Porto (2002–03) and in Italy with Inter Milan (2009–10). On both occasions, he also delivered a European trophy (the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League respectively) to complete unprecedented trebles.
- Felix Magath won back-to-back doubles in 2004-05 and 2005-06 with Bayern Munich.
- André Villas-Boas won the 2010–11 Primeira Liga undefeated with FC Porto. In the Taça de Portugal, Porto suffered one defeat in the two-legged semi final, but progressed on aggregate to win the competition. They also won Europa League that season.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Doyle, Matt. "Armchair Analyst: Cup, Shield a perfect combo". MLSSoccer.com. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/armchair-analyst-cup-shield-perfect-combo. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Chelsea also won the League Cup and the FA cup in 2007. "Football : Season Details: 1968" krysstal.com (accessed 17 October 2006)
