List of unbeaten football club seasons

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This is a list of unbeaten football club seasons.

Unbeaten seasons

(National top division only, minimum 18 matches in league calendar)

Africa

Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes[1]
1975-76 Egypt Al Ahly Sporting Club 23 No
1978-79 Egypt Al Ahly Sporting Club 22 No
1980-81 Egypt Zamalek Sporting Club 26 No Finished in second place
1985-86 Egypt Al Ahly Sporting Club 22 No
1991 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 29 No
1991 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 30 No
1991 Uganda Kampala Capital City Authority FC 19 No
1998-99 Egypt Al Ahly Sporting Club 26 No
1998 Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis 28 No
1999–2000 Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis 22 No
1999–2000 Eswatini Mbabane Highlanders F.C. 22 No
2001-02 Egypt Ismaily SC 26 No
2003–04 Ghana Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. 30 No Finished in second place
2004 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 26 No
2003–04 Egypt Zamalek Sporting Club 26 No
2004–05 Egypt Al Ahly Sporting Club 26 No
2005–06 Egypt Al Ahly Sporting Club 26 No
2006 Gabon AS Mangasport 26 No
2006 Guinea-Bissau CF Os Balantas 22 No
2007 Sudan Al Hilal Educational Club 22 No
2007–08 Botswana Mochudi Centre Chiefs FC 30 No
2007–08 Ethiopia Saint George S.C. 24 No
2007–08 Libya Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club 30 No
2008-09 Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga 26 No
2009 Senegal ASC Linguère 18 No
2010-11 Burundi Atlético Olympic FC 22 No
2012 Republic of the Congo CSMD Diables Noirs 29 No Lost in the play-off final (penalties)
2013 São Tomé and Príncipe Sporting Praia Cruz 18 No
2014-15 Gabon AS Mangasport 24 No
2015 Kenya Gor Mahia F.C. 30 No
2015-16 Democratic Republic of the Congo Tout Puissant Mazembe 32 No
2015-16 Somalia Mogadishu City Club 18 No
2016-17 Egypt Al Ahly Sporting Club 34 No
2016-17 Liberia LISCR FC 22 No
2016-17 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows F.C. 22 No
2017 Réunion JS Saint-Pierroise 26 No
2017 Sudan Al Hilal Educational Club 34 No
2017-18 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows F.C. 26 No
2018-19 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC 21 No
2018-19 Angola Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto 30 No
2019 Sierra Leone East End Lions 24 No
2019 Liberia LPRC Oilers 22 No
2019-20 Republic of the Congo AS Otohô 22 No

Asia

Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes[1]
1904 Singapore Band & Drums 26 No
1973–74 Iran Persepolis 22 No
1974–75 Lebanon Nejmeh 22 No
1977–78 Hong Kong South China 22 No
1978–79 Hong Kong Seiko 22 No
1982–83 Iraq Salahaddin 22 No
1982–83 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 18 No
1983–84 Iraq Al-Jaish 24 No
1984–85 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 26 No Did not win league title
1985 Jordan Al-Faisaly 22 No
1985–86 Hong Kong South China 18 No
1985–86 Hong Kong Happy Valley 18 No Did not win league title
1987–88 Japan Yamaha Motors 22 No
1991–92 Lebanon Al-Ansar 18 No
1993 Kyrgyzstan Alga Bishkek 32 No
1994 Singapore Perth Kangaroos 18 No
1996 China Dalian Wanda 22 No
1998 Tajikistan Varzob Dushanbe 22 No
1998–99 Syria Al-Jaish 26 No
1999 Sri Lanka Jupiter S.C. 19 No Did not win league title
2000 Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 20 No
2000 Jordan Al-Faisaly 18 No
2001 Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ 18 No
2003–04 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 18 No
2004 Brunei DPMM FC 18 No
2004–05 Oman Dhofar 24 No
2004–05 Jordan Al-Wehdat 18 No
2005–06 Macau Lam Pak 18 No
2005–06 Iraq Al-Zawraa 19 No
2006–07 Syria Al-Karamah 26 No
2006–07 Jordan Al-Wehdat 18 No
2007 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 30 No
2007–08 Pakistan WAPDA F.C. 26 No
2009 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 30 Yes
2009–10 Guam Quality Distributors 20 No Won all 20 matches
2009–10 Lebanon Al-Ahed 22 No
2009–10 Bangladesh Mohammedan 24 No Did not win league title
2010 Nepal Nepal Police Club 22 No
2010 Maldives VB Sports Club 21 No
2010 Tajikistan Istiklol 32 No
2010–11 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 26 Yes
2011 Laos MPWT FC 18 No
2011 Myanmar Ayeyawady United 22 No Did not win league title
2011–12 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 26 No
2012 Maldives New Radiant 19 Yes
2012 Thailand Muangthong United 34 No
2012–13 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 21 No
2013 Maldives New Radiant 19 Yes
2013 Thailand Buriram United 32 No
2013 Tajikistan Ravshan Kulob 18 No
2013–14 Kuwait Al-Qadsia 26 No
2013–14 Hong Kong Kitchee 18 Yes
2014 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 26 No
2014 Tajikistan Istiklol 18 Yes
2014–15 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 26 No
2014–15 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 26 No Did not win league title
2015 Tajikistan Istiklol 18 Yes
2015 Thailand Buriram United 34 Yes
2015–16 Bahrain Al-Hidd 18 No
2015–16 Iraq Al-Zawraa 24 No
2016 Macau Benfica de Macau 18 No
2016 Malaysia Johor D.T. 22 Yes Also won 2016 Malaysia FA Cup and 2016 Piala Sumbangsih
2016 Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 22 No
2017 Tajikistan Istiklol 21 Yes
2017–18 Qatar Al-Duhail 22 No
2017–18 Lebanon Al-Ahed 22 No
2017–18 Hong Kong Kitchee 18 Yes
2018 Macau Benfica de Macau 18 No
2018 Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore 24 Yes
2018–19 Guam NAPA Rovers 21 No
2018–19 Oman Dhofar 26 No
2019 Philippines Ceres–Negros 24 Yes Also won and went undefeated in the domestic cup, the 2019 Copa Paulino Alcantara.

Europe

Milan
Under manager Fabio Capello, Milan went undefeated throughout all of their 34 matches in the league to capture the 1991–92 Serie A, and went unbeaten between 1991 and 1993, an Italian record of 58 league matches in total.[2]

Arsenal
Arsenal won the 2003-04 Premier League title, finishing undefeated under manager Arsene Wenger, and went unbeaten for a total of 49 consecutive matches in the league between 2003 and 2004.[3][4][5]

Celtic
Celtic completed the domestic 2016–17 season unbeaten in 47 league and cup games, winning the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup for an unprecedented unbeaten domestic Treble under manager Brendan Rodgers.[6][7] Their domestic unbeaten run continued into the 2017–18 season and eventually reached 69 games, before they lost 4–0 to Hearts on 17 December 2017.[8]

Table

(National top division only, minimum 18 matches in league calendar)

Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes[1][9][10][11][12]
1888–89 England Preston North End 22 Yes Also won 1888–89 FA Cup
Became known as The Invincibles
1897–98 Scotland Celtic 18 Yes
1898–99 Scotland Rangers 18 Yes Won all 18 matches ('perfect season')
1913–14 Hungary MTK 18 No Also won 1913–14 Magyar Kupa
1917–18 Hungary MTK 22 No
1926–27 Northern Ireland Belfast Celtic 22 No
1928–29 Northern Ireland Belfast Celtic 26 No
1929–30 Spain Athletic Bilbao 18 No Also won 1930 Copa del Rey
1931–32 Spain Real Madrid 18 No
1931–32 Hungary Ferencváros 22 No Won all 22 matches ('perfect season')
1933–34 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 26 No
1937 Albania Tirana 18 No
1942–43 Nazi Germany Dresdner SC 23 No Won all 18 matches in the regional Gauliga Sachsen and 5 in the 1943 German football championship
1948–49 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 18 No Also won 1949 Bulgarian Cup
1949–50 Sweden Malmö 22 No
1950 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 18 Yes
1951 Albania Dinamo Tirana 26 No Also won 1951 Albanian Cup
1952 Hungary Honved 26 No
1954 Albania Partizani Tirana 22 No
1955 Albania Dinamo Tirana 30 No
1958–59 Austria Wiener Sport-Club 26 No
1963–64 Greece Panathinaikos 30 No
1963–64 Albania Partizani Tirana 22 No Also won 1963–64 Albanian Cup
1966 Hungarian People's Republic Vasas 26 No
1972–73 Portugal Benfica 30 Yes
1977–78 Portugal Benfica 30 Yes Did not win league title
1978–79 Italy Perugia 30 No Did not win league title
1980–81 Northern Ireland Glentoran 22 No
1984–85 Cyprus Omonia 26 No
1985–86 Turkey Galatasaray 36 Yes Did not win league title
1986–87 Romania Steaua București 34 No Also won 1986–87 Cupa României
1987–88 Romania Steaua București 34 No Also won 1987–88 Cupa României
1988–89 Romania Steaua București 34 No Also won 1988–89 Cupa României
1991–92 Romania Dinamo București 34 Yes
1991–92 Italy Milan 34 Yes
1991–92 Turkey Beşiktaş 30 Yes
1992–93 North Macedonia Vardar 34 Yes Also won 1992–93 Macedonian Football Cup
1992–93 Estonia Norma 22 No
1993 Armenia Ararat Yerevan 28 No Also won 1993 Armenian Cup
1993–94 Israel Maccabi Haifa 39 Yes
1994 Armenia Shirak 28 No
1994 Latvia Skonto 22 No
1994–95 Netherlands Ajax 34 Yes Also won 1994–95 UEFA Champions League (undefeated in 11 matches)
1994–95 North Macedonia Vardar 30 Yes Also won 1994–95 Macedonian Football Cup
1994–95 Estonia Flora 24 No Also won 1994–95 Estonian Cup
1995 Latvia Skonto 18 No
1995–96 Armenia Pyunik 22 No Also won 1995–96 Armenian Cup
1995–96 North Macedonia Sileks 28 No
1995–96 Cyprus APOEL 26 No Also won 1995–96 Cypriot Cup
1995–96 Poland Widzew Łódź 34 No
1997 Latvia Skonto 24 No
1997–98 Andorra Principat 20 No Also won the 1998 Copa Constitució
1998–99 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 24 Yes
1998–99 Andorra Principat 22 No Also won the 1999 Copa Constitució
1999–2000 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 30 No Also won 1999–2000 Ukrainian Cup
2001–02 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 26 No Also won 2001–02 Ukrainian Cup
2003 Estonia Flora 28 No
2003–04 England Arsenal 38 Yes Became known as The Invincibles
2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 30 Yes
2005–06 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 26 No
2006–07 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 30 No Also won 2006–07 Ukrainian Cup
2006–07 Moldova FC Sheriff 36 No
2007–08 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 33 No Did not win league title
2007–08 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 30 Yes
2007–08 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 32 No
2009–10 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 30 No
2009–10 Serbia Partizan 30 Yes
2009–10 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 20 No
2009–10 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 18 No Also won Rock Cup
2010 Norway Rosenborg 30 No
2010–11 Portugal Porto 30 Yes Also won 2010–11 UEFA Europa League (2 losses in 17 matches)
Also won 2010–11 Taça de Portugal
2010–11 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 20 No Also won Rock Cup
2010–11 Malta Valletta 28 No
2011–12 Italy Juventus 38 Yes
2011–12 Hungary Debrecen 30 No Also won 2011–12 Magyar Kupa
2011–12 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 20 No
2012–13 Portugal Porto 30 Yes
2014–15 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 36 No Also won 2014–15 Croatian Cup
2014 Iceland Stjarnan 22 No
2016–17 Scotland Celtic 38 Yes Also won 2016–17 Scottish Cup
Also won 2016–17 Scottish League Cup
2018 Estonia Nõmme Kalju 36 No
2018–19 Greece PAOK 30 Yes Also won 2018–19 Greek Football Cup

South America

Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes
1907 Argentina Alumni 20 No
1915 Argentina Racing Club 24 No
1917 Uruguay Nacional 18 No
1918 Argentina Racing Club 19 No
1925 Argentina Racing Club 24 No
1926 Argentina Independiente 25 No
1949 Uruguay Peñarol 18 No
1954 Uruguay Peñarol 18 No
1964 Uruguay Peñarol 18 No
1967 Uruguay Peñarol 18 No
1968 Uruguay Peñarol 18 No
1975 Uruguay Peñarol 22 No
1977 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 21 No Did not win league title
1978 Uruguay Peñarol 22 No
1979 Brazil Internacional 23 No

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes
1969–70 Honduras Club Deportivo Olimpia 27 No
1987 Cuba Sports Club Villa 22 No
2003 El Salvador Club Deportivo Olimpia 27 No
2003 El Salvador Club Deportivo Olimpia 27 No
2013–14 Antigua and Barbuda Spirit, Attitude, Performance 18 No
2015 Curaçao Rooms Katholieke Sport Vereiniging Centro Dominguito 27 No
2017 Cuba Fútbol Club Santiago de Cuba 22 No

Oceania

Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes
2004 Samoa Strickland Brothers Lepea 9 No
2010 Papua New Guinea Hekari United Football Club 13 No
2013 Papua New Guinea Hekari United Football Club 16 No
2014 New Caledonia L'Association Sportive Magenta 22 No
2014 Papua New Guinea Hekari United Football Club 14 No
2015–16 French Polynesia Association Sportive Tefana Football 23 No
2016 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga Soccer Club 11 No
2016 Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star Football Club 19 No
2017 Papua New Guinea Lae City Football Club 11 No
2017 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga Soccer Club 9 No
2018 Papua New Guinea Lae City Football Club 14 No
2019 Tonga Veitongo Football Club 21 No

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Unbeaten during a League Season". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Longest unbeaten runs in European league football". UEFA.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Champions Juventus finish season unbeaten". UEFA.com. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ^ G.B. Olivero (9 October 2012). "L'invincibile Juve è a quota 46 Il record del Milan si avvicina" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ Paolo Bandini (4 November 2012). "Juventus lose at last - but how significant will this defeat prove?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  6. ^ Forsyth, Roddy (21 May 2017). "Brendan Rodgers salutes Celtic's 'Invincibles' after they dig deep against Hearts". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  7. ^ Pattullo, Alan (23 May 2017). "Gordon Strachan: Celtic "invincibles" will boost Scotland". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Manager: Celts will look forward and return to winning ways". Celtic. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Seven teams other than Celtic who have had impressive unbeaten runs". Sky Sports. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Longest unbeaten runs in European league football". UEFA. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  11. ^ Joel del Río (21 April 2018). "Wenger's 'Invincibles' and other teams to win the league unbeaten". Marca. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  12. ^ Mark Doyle (29 April 2018). "Messi's Barcelona, Arsenal's Invincibles & the teams who went a whole season unbeaten". Goal. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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