The triumph of Bayer 04 in Germany in the just ended season is historic in many respects, but one piece of information particularly highlights the champion crowning of the “pharmacists”, and that is the fact that the club from Leverkusen won one of the strongest championships in Europe without a single defeat, which has never happened before. succeeded since the Bundesliga has been played since the 1963/64 season.
Such a feat – to win the national championship without a single defeat – has happened three times in Europe’s strongest football leagues: once in the Premier League, and twice in Serie A.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Milan was the strongest team in Europe, in the period from 1988 to 1996, Milan won the Cup/Champions League three times, and was the best team in Serie A five times. One of those five “scudettos”, the one from the 1991/92 season, Milan won without a single defeat. recording a record of 22 wins and 12 draws in 34 championship rounds.
Another interesting fact – this was also the last season in the playing career of Carlo Ancelotti, who said goodbye to playing football in a friendly match between Milan and the Brazilian national team played in May 1992 at the San Siro stadium.
Fabio Capello on the hands of Milan footballers after winning the title of Italian champion in the 1991/92 season Photo: AP
Exactly two decades later, Italy again saw the winning of the “scudetto” without defeat, this time it followed Juventus, who in that championship season 2011/12 recorded a performance of 23 wins and 15 draws in 38 rounds.
Before the start of that season, the “Old Lady” from Turin was not predicted to reach the championship, especially under the influence of the previous edition of Serie A in which Juventus took 7th place and did not qualify for Europe. That poor placement led to the dismissal of coach Luigi Del Neri, who was replaced by Antonio Conte, whose inexhaustible energy and fighting temperament made Juventus a machine for trampling opponents, which laid the foundation for dominance and winning 9 Italian championship titles in a row.
Captain Alessandro Del Piero with the 2011/12 Italian Champions Cup – the Juventus team that won the Scudetto without defeat Photo: juventus.com
Exactly 20 years ago, in the 2003/04 season, Arsenal won the last championship title for now. The “gunners” won that Premier League champion’s cup very dominantly without a single defeat and with an 11-point advantage over the second-placed Chelsea, the score achieved by Arsenal that season was 26 wins and 12 draws in 38 rounds played and since then to this day, that Arsenal team is known by the nickname “The Invincibles”.