I am just giving some examples. French 1. Olympique de Marseille (late 1980s-1992) 2. Olympique de Lyon (current) 3. Saint-Etienne 1960s -1970s??? 4. ? 5. ? Serie A(I lgeared toward European results so the older clubs did not figure much) 1. Ac Milan late 1980s 2. Juventus mid-1980s 3. Inter Milan early 1960s 4. AC Milan early 1990s 5. Torino 1940s English league 1. Liverpool 1970s 2. Man Utd 1990s. 3. Man Utd(Busby babes) Bundesliga 1. Bayern Munich (1970s) 2. Bayern Munich 1980s 3. ???????? La Liga 1. Real Madrid 1950s 2. Barcelona Dream team 3. Real Madrid 1998 to 2003(pre-Beckham) 4. Barcelona current 5. Real Madrid 1960s
Eredivisie 1. Ajax early 1970s 2. Ajax mid 1990s 3. Feyenoord early 1970s 4. PSV late 1980s 5. Ajax late 1980s
Italian Serie A: 1. Milan late 80s 2. Torino late 40s 3. Juve 80s 4. Milan early-mid 90s 5. Inter 60s German Bundesliga (that means 1964-present): 1. Bayern 70s 2. Borussia Moenchengladbach 70s 3. Borussia Dortmund 90s 4. Bayern late 80s 5. Bayern late 90s-early 00s French Ligue 1: 1. Olympique Marseille late 80s-early 90s 2. Reims 50s 3. Saint-Etienne 60s - 70s 4. Olympique de Lyon 00s 5. Bordeaux 80s English League: 1. Liverpool 70s 2. Liverpool 80s 3. Man Utd 90s. 4. Arsenal 30s 5. Busby Babes Portuguese Superliga: 1. Benfica 60s 2. Porto late 80s 3. Porto early 00s 4. Sporting 50s 5. Porto 90s Belgian League: 1. Anderlecht 80s 2. Club Brugge 70s 3. Anderlecht 60s 4. Standard 80s 5. Mechelen 1989 Is this just for European Leagues?
They actually did a feature in The Times on the best ever English sides based on attacking and defensive strengths relative to the league average. The results were: 1 Arsenal 1991 2 Liverpool 1988 3 Chelsea 2006 4 Liverpool 1979/1980 5 Everton 1988 6 Leeds 1969 7 Liverpool 1991 8 Liverpool 1969
I like this list a lot, though, I'd change it slightly. 1. Bayern 70's 2. Borussia Mönchengladbach 70's 3. Bayern late 80's 4. HSV late 70's-early 80's 5. Bayern late 90's-early 00's The BVB side of the mid 90's would come in next.
German Bundesliga: 1. Bayern 1968-1974 (4 times champion, twice runner-up) 2. Borussia M'Gladbach 1969-1978 (5 times champion, twice runner-up) 3. Hamburg SV 1978-1984 (3 times champion, 3 times runner-up) 4. Bayern 1998-2001 (3 times champion) 5. Bayern 1984-1991 (5 times champion, twice runner-up)
GREECE: 1)OLYMPIAKOS 1996-2006 2)OLYMPIAKOS 1954-1959 3)AEK early 90's 4)PAOK mid70's 5)PANATHINAIKOS 1971
Even though they had a great team in the 1970s, Anderlecht only won two titles, in 1972 and 1974. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/belgchamp.html Don't like this list. The Chelsea team of 2006, the Liverpool teams of 1979, 80 and 88 and Leeds squad of 1969 were quality sides but the other teams shouldn't be on the Top 10 of a list regarding great teams. Greek League: 1. Olympiakos 1997-present 2. Panathinaikos 1970 3. Panathinaikos 1995-96 4. AEK Athens 1992-94 5. PAOK Salonika 1985
They won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1976 and 1978. They were a great side but I had based my list mostly on league titles. Here's some stats on Anderlecht's wins: http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~mirad/Archive/CWC1976.HTM http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~mirad/Archive/CWC1978.HTM My list would be thus if I didn't focused on league titles: 1. Anderlecht 80s 2. Anderlecht 70s 3. Club Brugge 70s 4. Mechelen late 80s-early 90s 5. Club Brugge late 80s-early 90s
It's simply based on goals scored and goals conceded against league average - it does not take into account the manner in which they played or success on the European stage. For what it's worth, I too don't like the list.
Argentina Championship: 1. River Plate 40s 2. Boca 30s 3. Independiente 70s 4. River 50s 5. River 90s Brazilian League (1971 onwards): 1. Sao Paulo early 90s 2. Flamengo early 80s 3. Santos 00s 4. Palmeiras 90s 5. Internacional 70s NSL (Australian League from 1977-2004): 1. South Melbourne 90s 2. Melbourne Knights 90s 3. Adelaide City 92-94 4. Sydney City Hakoah 1977-82 5. Marconi 88-89
But they were exactly the reason we didn't join the year before, or the year after. Gremio in '95 wasn't too nice either. And then they say Italians are cheats. Fun, though. They kick our best player out of the match and then get beaten by a youthplayer.
They were good, but PSV and Ajax of the late 1980s were a bit better, I think. Mainly individual class does it for me there. PSV had Koeman, Lerby, Arnesen, Vanenburg, first Gullit and later Romario. Ajax had Van Basten, Rijkaard, Wouters, Van 't Schip, a very young Bergkamp, also had Koeman and Vanenburg for a while and ofcourse De Wit.
When you have those individuals, why would you place the AZ team of 1981 ahead of them? I've never heard of De Wit. Was he suppose to be the next "big" thing or something like that?
Rob de Wit was a very talented left winger, who also scored quite a bit of (beautiful!) goals. In '86 (I think) during his vacation he had a cerebral hemorrhage (damn, I had to look that up ) and he never played football again. While in the hospital his teammates send him a card with "We didn't know you had any brains". It turned out worse then they thought. I believe he's in a wheelchair now, but pretty healthy.
Yeah, well, De Wit was quite a bit better. De Wit was a starter for the NT at a young age and formed a formidable trio with Van Basten and Vanenburg upfront. It rained goals those days.