Saudi Pro League facet Al-Hilal created historical past on March 12 by setting a brand new world file for essentially the most consecutive wins in soccer historical past. Al-Hilal received their twenty eighth consecutive recreation this season after defeating Al-Ittihad 2-0 within the second leg of the AFC Champions League to achieve the semi-finals of the competitors after edging out their fellow Saudi rivals 4-0 on mixture.
The earlier file was held by Welsh outfit The New Saints FC, who had a 27-match profitable streak within the 2016-17 season. Al-Hilal are on track to win a treble as they lead the Saudi Pro League and are within the semi-finals of each the Saudi Super Cup and AFC Champions League.
Let’s check out the highest ten longest-winning streaks in soccer historical past:
Al-Hilal* (28 matches, 2023-24)
Al-Hilal have received each recreation since their 1-1 draw in opposition to Damac in September. Al-Hilal, who’re coached by former Benfica and Flamengo supervisor Jorge Jesus, lead Al-Nassr by 12 factors within the Saudi Pro League. Of his workforce’s 81 objectives through the profitable streak, 26 have been scored by Aleksandar Mitrovic. The profitable run consists of 9 Asian Champions League video games, three home cup matches, and sixteen league video games.
The New Saints FC (27 matches, 2016-17)
The earlier file holders had been Welsh outfit The New Saints FC. They received 27 straight video games within the Cymru Premier League (Welsh Domestic League) in 2016–17, shattering Ajax’s 44-year file. August 2016 marked the start of the run, which concluded on January 14, 2017, with a 3-3 draw. The New Saints received their eleventh championship because of this excellent run.
Ajax (26 matches, 1971-72)
Ajax dominated Europe with Johan Cruyff as their talisman. Their excellent group went on to win 26 straight video games, finishing an unprecedented trifecta of profitable the European Cup, the KNVB Cup, and the Eredivisie.
Ajax (25 matches, 1994-95)
The Dutch powerhouses assembled one other excellent squad for the 1994–95 marketing campaign. Along with Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Edwin van der Sar and Marc Overmars, who had graduated from Ajax Academy, Jari Litmanen, Nwankwo Kanu, and Finidi George fashioned the pillars of the workforce. Ajax received the Eredivisie in addition to the Champions League, the place they defeated AC Milan within the last.
Coritiba (24 matches, 2011)
Coritiba of Brazil received 24 straight video games within the Campeonato Paranaense and Copa do Brasil in 2011. The Guinness World Records acknowledges this stretch as the best profitable streak. This is because of the truth that the groups above Coritiba misplaced or drew video games in different competitions regardless of happening profitable streaks in a single event.
Bayern Munich (23 matches, 2019-20)
In 2019–20, Bayern Munich, the sextuple-winning machine constructed by Hansi Flick, loved certainly one of their greatest seasons thus far. They received the FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, and DFL-Supercup all below Flick’s management. Under Flick’s teaching, Bayern produced a robust exhibiting in 2020 and ended up with 4 titles earlier than their profitable run broke seven months after it started.
Real Madrid (22 matches, 2014-15)
Real Madrid had an unbelievable begin to the subsequent season after capturing their tenth Champions League title in 2013-14. With the likes of Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, and James Rodriguez, coach Carlo Ancelotti oversaw a 22-match profitable streak. This gave the squad a robust probability to retain their Champions League title and win La Liga. As luck would have it, Los Blancos would end the season trophyless.
Manchester City (21 matches, 2020-21)
Following their defeat by Liverpool within the earlier marketing campaign, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City had been wanting to reclaim the Premier League title. But Jurgen Klopp’s workforce had been ready for something. It required a Herculean effort from Manchester City as they received 21 video games in a row, solely to beat the Reds to the title by a solitary level. They additionally made it to the Champions League last, the place they misplaced to fellow Premier League heavyweights Chelsea.
Manchester City (18 matches, 2017-18)
After ending 15 factors behind Antonio Conte’s Chelsea, there have been doubts about Pep Guardiola’s probabilities of success within the Premier League earlier than the 2017–18 season. But the next season, Manchester City would shatter each file. Manchester City completed with 100 factors after scoring 106 objectives, which is the very best factors complete within the Premier League. The workforce had an 18-game profitable streak throughout that season.
Liverpool (18 matches, 2019-20)
Prior to the 2019–20 marketing campaign, Liverpool had no league titles within the Premier League period. They would, nonetheless, go on to win their first within the 2019-20 season. Only one season after Manchester City’s 100-point haul, Liverpool bagged 99 factors to win the league. The Reds received 18 straight video games from October 27, 2019, to February 29, 2020.
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