List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season
The quadruple is a term sometimes used in football that refers to a club winning four tournaments in a single season, usually their country's top-tier league and the two most highly-regarded domestic cup competitions, as well as the top-level continental cup competition - in European football, the UEFA Champions League.
Until 2000 the quadruple was practically impossible in some countries, such as Spain, the Netherlands and Italy, where there is only one major domestic cup competition. In 2000 FIFA introduced the FIFA Club World Cup making a quadruple possible in most countries. The tournament also made it possible to win a quintuple in some countries. Trophies which consist of a single match or two-leg competition (e.g. the FA Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup) are generally not seen as part of a quadruple. However as can be seen below regarding the Sextuple, FIFA regard this achievement as being possible in a single calendar year - but one year that spans two domestic football seasons, and includes a two-leg competition (2009 Supercopa de España) that is normally disregarded as mentioned above.
History
Continental quadruples
Celtic are the first men's club to have accomplished the feat,[1] doing so in the 1966-67 season, winning the:
Domestic quadruple
In Hong Kong, Sun Hei achieved their first domestic quadruple in the 2004-05 season, winning the following:
- Hong Kong First Division League
- Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
- Hong Kong League Cup
- Hong Kong FA Cup
In Northern Ireland, Linfield won their most recent domestic quadruple in the 2005-06 season, winning the following:
Women's football
Arsenal Ladies are the only team in women's football to have won a quadruple, winning the FA Women's Premier League, the FA Women's Cup, the FA Women's Premier League Cup and the UEFA Women's Cup in the 2006-07 season.[2]
The Quintuple
Quintuple is a term in football that refers to a club winning five tournaments all within a single season or year. It is formed by analogy with similar terms such as Triple and Quadruple.
Liverpool FC was the first team to achieve this feat[citation needed], winning five titles in 2001:
- 2000–01 UEFA Cup
- 2001 UEFA Super Cup
- 2000–01 FA Cup
- 2001 FA Community Shield
- 2000–01 Football League Cup
- Three other teams have won the Quintuple since then:
Al-Ahly in 2006, 
FC Barcelona in 2009 (as part of its Sextuple) and 
F.C. Internazionale Milano in 2010.
The Sextuple
Sextuple is a term in football that refers to a club winning six tournaments all within a single season or year. It is formed by analogy with similar terms such as Triple, Quadruple and Quintuple.[3]
- FC Barcelona is the only club which won the sextuple by winning six titles in a single year, including the:
- 2008–09 La Liga
- 2008–09 Copa del Rey
- 2009 Supercopa de España
- 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
- 2009 UEFA Super Cup
- 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.[4]
References
- ^ "Celtic History". Celticfc.net. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ "Arsenal clinch quadruple". TheFA.com.
- ^ Top ten successful seasons. Sky Sports. 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Kings, queens and a young prince". FIFA.com. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
Valletta FC, a maltese football club also won a sextuple in the year 2000 winning the league the F.A trophy the Lowernbrau cup Super 5 cup Centenary cup Super cup