Throughout the history of European football, there have been many teams that marked eras and became legendary, with feats and victories that, despite the years that have passed, have not and will not be forgotten. Within this privileged group there is an even smaller one: that of those who won the treble, i.e. in the same season they lifted the Champions League together with the league and the national cup. Which achieved only nine times.
In this campaign the City of Manchester – Premier League and FA Cup champion – seeks to be among the distinguished. What clubs can you join?
Who won the treble in Europe?
Although we mentioned that there were 9 teams that achieved the treble in Europe, it is actually 7 clubs that achieved the mark. Namely, Barcelona (Spain) and Bayern Munich (Germany) have done it twice, while Celtic (Scotland), Ajax and PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Manchester United (England) and Inter Milan (Italy) have won it once .
The teams that achieved the treble
- 1966-1967: Celtic
- 1971-1972: Ajax
- 1987-1988: PSV Eindhoven
- 1998-1999: Manchester United
- 2008-2009: Barcelona
- 2009-2010: Inter
- 2012-2013: Bayern Munich
- 2014-2015: Barcelona
- 2019-2020: Bayern Munich
It should be mentioned that Celtic of 1966–67 are the only club to date to have taken a quadruplet (Won four titles)since they also added to that campaign at League Cup Scottish. Although it is worth clarifying that it is a tournament that is played in a few countries, such as England and Portugal, while in France it stopped being played in 2019-2020.
Samuel Eto’o, the only one to win two trebles
If scoring a hat trick is considered a supreme achievement, then what about someone who does it twice. Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o is the only footballer in history to win two trebles and he achieved it successively too, after reaching it in the campaign 2008-2009 with BarcelonaMeanwhile inside 2009-2010 he did it with Inter.
