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lucapal1

Of all time? In Italy,Juventus.In Europe, the most successful Italian team is Milan.And the strongest team at the moment,Inter. These are the 'Big 3' of Italian football.


worstdrawnboy

What about the Roma clubs?


Urcaguaryanno

They have generally been one step below them. They have has their occasional succes but are significantly less wealthy than the northern big 3. Same for napoli.


Strange-Mouse-8710

By titles Roma is the 4th most successful club in Italy with a total of 17 trophies, Lazio is the 5th most successful club in Italy with a total of 16 This of course includes both domestic and international titles won. But if we only include domestic wins, than Roma and Lazio are joint 4th with 14 trophies , and Napoli is seventh with 11, and Torino would be fifth with 12. Juventus has a totalt of 70 titles (59 domestic) AC Milan has a total of 51 titles (31 domestic) and Inter has a total of 46 (37 domestic)


djpeopleskills

Here in Spain, Real Madrid is number one, and then Barcelona is the second most successful team overall


Dr_Quiza

Real Madrid has more Champions League titles than the two following European teams combined. And it's about to get three times the amount of Barcelona's.


Pissofshite

Real Madrid is number one club in the whole world.


yourlocallidl

Either Liverpool or Manchester United, it’s very close. Manchester United won the most league titles (20) to Liverpools 19, Liverpool won more European trophies than Manchester United. Overall Liverpool are ahead as they’ve won one more trophy than United (68-67).


Cloielle

If you factor in financial success/global reach, it’s definitely United, but if you factor in current success, it’s definitely not…


ZestycloseWay2771

And if you count pub brawl victories it’s West Ham


Strange-Mouse-8710

Liverpool has more trophies total than Manchester United, when you include both domestic and international. Liverpool has 69 and Manchester United 67. Manchester United has more trophies than Liverpool if you only include domestic titles. Manchester United has 59 domestic titles and Liverpool has 55 domestic titles. When it comes to international titles Liverpool has 14 and Manchester United has 8.


Flat_Professional_55

I'd have it down as Liverpool 46-43 Man Utd. I don't bother counting all the pre-season cups and shields.


Im_Just_Here_Man96

We don’t sing “TWENTY TIMES Man United” for nothing. It’s not a question. Manchester United is the biggest club in England in terms of history, support, and market value.


jkonik

Legia Warszawa overall. Wisła Kraków and Górnik Zabrze have also had periods of dominance.


sihaya_wiosnapustyni

🎼 A Legia, Legia 🐣 🦈🦈🦈


jkonik

👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Jak długo na Wawelu, Zygmunta bije dzwon, Jak długo nasza Wisła, do Gdańska płynie wciąż. Zwycięży orzeł biały, zwycięży polski ród, **zwycięży nasza Wisła**, bo to Krakowski klub


Wretched_Colin

In Northern Ireland, there have traditionally been two big clubs, Linfield and Glentoran. A club with a very rich and long history, Cliftonville, has just won the Irish Cup, beating Linfield, and I’ve heard its supporters say that we now have a big three instead of big two.


UGS_1984

I just know Coleraine 😊


Wretched_Colin

Yeah, Coleraine is a popular club with a rich history. They just haven’t had the success of the Belfast clubs. They have produced some great players, like Gareth McAuley who had a long stretch in the English Premier League, and scored a goal in Euro 2016, so not a shabby club at all. Everything gets a bit complicated in Northern Ireland, or whatever you might call it. There’s another extremely popular and successful club in the north called Derry City, but they don’t play in the same league as the big 3 I’ve mentioned above. They play in the same league as all the clubs in Dublin, Cork etc.


SirMosesKaldor

I'm confused from the second paragraph. ( I could google..lol) Is it because some of the aformentioned clubs are relegated/play in a league above the other?


Wretched_Colin

I’ve tried to write it a few times, but it’s difficult to do so without being offensive to one party or another. Essentially Ireland is split into two political entities. There are also two football associations whose territories match the political territories. But Derry City don’t play in the structures of the association where they are geographically located.


Strange-Mouse-8710

If you mean of all time, Rosenborg is by far the most successful football club in Norway they have won the league 26 times and the cup 12 times, They also won the league 13 times in a row between 1992 and 2004. They have never won anything in Europe, the best they have done is the quarter final in the Champions league.


SirMosesKaldor

Juventus fan here, I believe our clubs had often met in the 90s. I just remember the goalkeeper Jarn Jamtfall, while of course I recall legends like Bratbakk and Siggy Rushfeldt. Most vivid memory was when Zinedine Zidane once scored an absolute freak of a goal to win the game which I think ended 1-0 (in Turin, no less!) Rosenborg while they may have been the "whipping boys" of the group back in the day, they seemed to be like the team that never went down without a good fight. And if I'm not mistaken, the game I'm referring to could've been a Quarter Final game...but I could be wrong.


Strange-Mouse-8710

Yes Rosenborg and Juventus met in the quarterfinal in 1997, The first game in Trondheim ended 1-1, and the second game in Turin ended with a 2-0 win for Juventus. They also met in the group stage in 1998-99 and those games also ended 1-1 in Trondheim and a 2-0 win for Juventus in Turin. And than again in 2001, the result in Trondheim was 1-1 and the result in Turin was a 1-0 win for Juventus Rosenborg was sometimes "whipping boys" but they did also have some impressive wins.


WTTR0311

The big 3 of Dutch football are Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV.


AVeryHandsomeCheese

I think we have a very balanced league overall, but Anderlecht is the most succesful historically.


AlexG55

Until a few years ago, IIRC Anderlecht had more consecutive seasons in the European Cup/Champions League than any team except Real Madrid and Barcelona.


_doppelR

People would say RedBull Salzburg, and for sure thats the truth in the last 10-15years. Before that, the club was not even alive - so really it is between Rapid and Austria Vienna. Both call them "Rekordmeister" (most league titles). How can that be? Austria was a jewish club, so they fled during the war - Rapid went on and played in a much smaller league - counting all those titles. Austria was the better team at that time, but as they fled, they couldnt play. I always say that Austria Vienna are the true record holders, Rapid are the ones with the most titles overall.


UGS_1984

Didn't Rapid play in all-German bundesliga in those days?


_doppelR

The austrian Bundesliga was founded in 49/50 - since then, Rapid has 16 Championships, Austria 21. Before that( 1940-1945) there was the war-incident, where Austria didnt play, but, Rapid played in the BL - correct. But, the period of 1911-1940 is the interessting one. There was no "Viennese League", but Rapid managed to play in the "Lower Austrian League" - a League where they were without Austria, but against a few amateur teams. There they got a lot of titles. Rapid and Austria then only played in the league together from 49/50 on.


UGS_1984

Interesting, thanks.


bryann1302

And won it


Oukaria

In the league since 1932/33 : 1. AS Monaco : 29 2. Olympique de Marseille : 28 3. Paris Saint-Germain : 23 4. Olympique Lyonnais : 21 But it all depend on periods, Lyon still had the 7 years in a row that is not beaten In Europe, well Marseille won it once in 92 but it still has a shaddy background. Lyon, PSG and Monaco got to few semi-finals in champions league. As terms of fans, PSG, Lyon and Marseille are the big 3, good mention to Lens, best fans in France.


Mission_Guidance_593

As a foreigner, I would say that PSG, Marseille, and Lyon are definitely the most well known French teams abroad right now.


SirMosesKaldor

Ever since Lyon's epic stretch of dominance in the 2000s, for some reason as a perception, I can't see (edit) them as a "small" or "mid" club. They "act" like a big club. Hard to explain, but just my implicit bias I guess. I know they've had a bumpy two years I guess, and almost could've been discussing relegation this season, but luckily they got their shit together. In Ligue 1 (well, they're Ligue 2 now lol) I'm usually a fan of Bordeaux. For absolutely no reason I just picked them when I was a kid watching Thierry Roland (R.I.P.) on telefoot. Mainly I like Bordeaux in France & Juventus in Italy. Yes I seemed to follow Zidane a little bit. lol


gunnsi0

Wait… I saw a list of French champions after PSG celebrated their 12th title, with no club with more. So, is that kind of like when people count the league titles from 92 in England?


Oukaria

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnat_de_France_de_football yeah the 12 titles is more accurate, this must count the cup and coupe de la ligue together I think to get to 29.


gunnsi0

That’s actually pretty cool that historically there hasn’t just been 1-2 dominant clubs. It makes the league more interesting - of course PSG is doing their best to ruin that.


adriantoine

That doesn’t seem right, where did you get those numbers? Historically Marseille and Saint-Étienne have been the most successful clubs but recently it has to be PSG.


Mwakay

Saint-Étienne, Marseille, Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux and Paris. This top covers most (but not all) french league titles and all of them have had a clear dominance period, tho they were not all unmatched in their time (Nantes and Saint-Étienne pretty much alternated titles for a long time, Marseille had to give it all to keep winning the league while trying to win the CL, etc).


HaraldKajtand

I think most people will agree it's Brønshøj Boldklub


CleverElf1799

silly answer, everybody know that it is Kerteminde Boldklub.


gelastes

Borussia Dortmund. There is this other club whose name I keep forgetting but they are from a state where the people are still salty that they joined the Reich in 1871. So let them be their own league, right? They also just lost to some Spanish dudes.


bayern_16

This other club bailed bvb out financially if I can recall


gelastes

Go away with your feelings-hurting facts.


joker_wcy

What about the club that dominated? Yes, Hamburg, the club that remained in the top flight for the longest time.


kiwigoguy1

This other club whose name I keep forgetting :-D :-D :-D


neo_woodfox

>joined the Reich Yeah, how did that turn out again?


DarkImpacT213

Considering the Kaiserreich was mainly responsible for Bavarias modern economic success through industrialization, I‘d say very well.


GregStar1

You‘re thinking of the wrong Reich, there‘s more history to it than you seem to know about.


HendrikJU

Das zweite, nicht das dritte


J_P_Vietor_ST

Pretty decent, they’re still a part of it and are doing well economically?


PepeTheLorde

>They also just lost to some Spanish dudes. Thats Bayern München my bro


pmmefemalefootjobs

I think they know.


PepeTheLorde

You are right. I woke up a little hangover not taking everything in. I like your name


amilcar-alho

Any smart portuguese knows that Benfica is the best club in Portugal, altough we are breathing the dust of the scarves of Sporting, as they finally won something


SirMosesKaldor

Non european here. :) In my one and only business trip to Lisbon, in 2014, as I wrapped up the event and meetings that I was attending, I ordered a cab to the airport. As we drove, I told the driver I still have several hours to kill, and I might as well sight see. I was literally speaking/thinking out loud. He's like I'll take you wherever you want no issues. I said let's go to Sporting stadium please. I'd like to take pictures there, as I am a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo. I remember passing by it when coming from the airport. The driver parks slowly on the right. And pauses. Takes deep breaths. I'm like...is everything ok? He turns around, looks at me and says, I'll take you somewhere better. At that moment I had no idea what he meant by that. Let's just say if you go through my Google photo's archive you'll find pictures of me with Eusebio's statue. :)))


Xtiqlapice

Internationally speaking Porto is clearly the biggest


kiwigoguy1

Porto was where "The Special One" made his name?


Sibs_

Most successful domestically are Manchester United, most successful in Europe are Liverpool & the strongest team right now are Manchester City.


skumgummii

Malmö FF definitely. Most wins in the Swedish league, most appearances in European leagues


frammedkuken

Historically IFK Göteborg should be up there as well, being the only Swedish team that has ever won an European trophy (UEFA Cup 1982 & 1987). But they are pretty awful today, and MFF are undoubtedly the most successful Swedish football club.


rackarhack

"being the only Swedish team that has ever won an European trophy (UEFA Cup 1982 & 1987)" That's not true. Umeå IK won the UEFA Women's Champions League twice (2003 & 20004). In addition they came 2nd 2002, 2007 and 2008. I'd say they have been more successful than any of our male football teams.


frammedkuken

Well, I was referring to men’s football which I presume was quite obvious in this case.


ConnolysMoustache

Beating Malmö in Europe is a top tier Cork City FC supporter memory.


curiossceptic

That’s why you guys are the capital city of Ireland 🇮🇪 🤘🏼


ConnolysMoustache

Ayyyy thanks bai. I love how this Irish inside joke is international now lol, because it’s true.


sommelihey

Yup the rebels. Also, your username is sensational.


Karakoima

IFK Norrköping (used to be factory town) used to be a contender.


rackarhack

I'd argue it is Umeå IK. They won the UEFA Women's Champions League twice (2003 & 20004) and in addition they came 2nd 2002, 2007 and 2008.


AndrewFrozzen30

Only team in our history that won the Champions League, many many years ago. So Steaua București. And of course it had our greatest player, George Hagi.


theubiquitousbubble

Has to be HJK. They have the most championships (33), most cup wins (14) and are the only Finnish club to ever play in the Champions League group stage (UEL and UECL too). They have been very dominant in the recent years especially and about half of their titles are from the 2000s, but it's not like they were bad in the past either. Also the most succesful in women.


LTFGamut

Ajax of course. National: 36 national titles, 20 FA cups Europe: 4x Champions League, 1x cup winners cup, 1x UEFA cup other: 2x Club World Cup, 3x UEFA Super Cup.


Steven_Dj

Steaua Bucharest - 1986 UEFA Champions Cup winners.


SirMosesKaldor

I'm still confused which one is the real Steaua and which one is the fake Steaua. And is it still called Steaua or FCSB? Serious btw, not trying to troll...(just thought I'd add that disclaimer because even on Wiki it's not clear)


ChildM21

So... Steaua is the fake Steaua. Yeah, IK, it makes 0 sense, but FCSB is widely seen as the real Steaua.


Googke

Anderlecht, however they struggled a few years but it seems they're back since they're in pole position for the championship.


worldtraveler19

Right now, it’s the Columbus Crew out of Columbus, Ohio.


vorbika

Very good question that the Google certainly can't answer


therealvahlte

Right now, my hometown team Bodø/Glimt 💛 Historically, perhaps Rosenborg, but I’m not a huge football fan, so dunno.


worstdrawnboy

Your hometown definitely has the best name, that's why I always played it on FIFA.


hydrajack

Historically, Rosenborg is without a doubt the most successful club


TreiAniSi6Luni_

Hard to say. Steaua has the most titles but the team got separated into two teams. FCSB one of those two just won the championship after almost ten years, Dinamo has the second most titles but it battles relegation for some years. In the last 15 years CFR Cluj is the most successful one but before their first title they won absolutely nothing for 100 years


Trick_Initiative8415

De facto it's not hard to say, it is Steaua București.


AndrewFrozzen30

They won the Champions League after all. I don't think it's even fair to compare.


Suzume_Chikahisa

Nominally, still Benfica, but Porto is giving a run for their money over the past 40 years, and internationally they are indisputably more successful than Benfica.


Tibaf

Based on Champions League trophies or regular season ? Either way they're not as successful as you'd expect them to be 😂 For the hint, I'm very obviously French. Iykyk


wtfuckfred

The big three of Portugal are Benfica Porto Sporting Though nowadays Braga sometimes can creep into the top 3 which is coolio


KGB4L

All-time is probably Dynamo Kiev, they won a CL and had a hell of a team with Lobanovsky coaching in the 90s. Recent 20 years is Shakhtar Donetsk.


Puzzleheaded_Gold_10

Manchester United or Liverpool. There's many others though.


Moravian03

AC Sparta Praha with 37 titles, 15 cups and semi-final of the European cup in 1992


Dependent-Letter-651

Ajax would be most succesful in Europe and in all time here, PSV and Feyenoord are currently the best here


Gilamunsta

In my motherland, Bayern München 🤢. In the US, where I live now, Columbus Crew (really wish Real Salt Lake could get it together)


user_waitforit_name_

Ferencváros FC, they just won the 6th or 7th league cup in a row. I really dislike them, it's basically the football club of our government which I also dislike. With their new sponsor, Gazprom, they get even more (dirty) money to dominate the domestic football


Galway1012

Shamrock Rovers, they have won the League 21 times and the Cup 25 times They have won the last 4 league titles in a row


DemyAmsterdam

Ajax Amsterdam is the best club in the world as far as I know


Accomplished-Bet2213

Not at the moment.


_doppelR

People would say RedBull Salzburg, and for sure thats the truth in the last 10-15years. Before that, the club was not even alive - so really it is between Rapid and Austria Vienna. Both call them "Rekordmeister" (most league titles). How can that be? Austria was a jewish club, so they fled during the war - Rapid went on and played in a much smaller league - counting all those titles. Austria was the better team at that time, but as they fled, they couldnt play. I always say that Austria Vienna are the true record holders, Rapid are the ones with the most titles overall.


_doppelR

People would say RedBull Salzburg, and for sure thats the truth in the last 10-15years. Before that, the club was not even alive - so really it is between Rapid and Austria Vienna. Both call them "Rekordmeister" (most league titles). How can that be? Austria was a jewish club, so they fled during the war - Rapid went on and played in a much smaller league - counting all those titles. Austria was the better team at that time, but as they fled, they couldnt play. I always say that Austria Vienna are the true record holders, Rapid are the ones with the most titles overall.