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European Countries and Their Most Successful Football Clubs ⚽

Edumaps Wissen

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🇩🇪 Germany – Bundesliga (since 1963)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FC Bayern Munich: Record champion with 33 league titles and six Champions League victories.
    • Borussia Dortmund: Eight German championships, Champions League winner in 1997.
    • Hamburger SV: Six championships, European Cup winner in 1983.
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🇫🇷 France – Ligue 1 (since 1932)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Paris Saint-Germain: Multiple French championships and dominant since the 2010s.
    • AS Saint-Étienne: Record champion with ten titles, very strong in the 1960s/70s.
    • Olympique Marseille: Nine championships, Champions League winner in 1993.
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🇮🇹 Italy – Serie A (since 1898)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Juventus Turin: Record champion with 36 titles, three-time Champions League winner.
    • AC Milan: 19 times champion, seven European titles.
    • Inter Milan: 19 times champion, three-time Champions League winner.
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🇪🇸 Spain – La Liga (since 1929)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Real Madrid: Record champion, 14-time Champions League winner (record).
    • FC Barcelona: Over 25 league titles, multiple Champions League victories.
    • Atlético Madrid: Eleven championships, several Europa League wins.
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🇦🇹 Austria – Bundesliga (since 1974)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Rapid Vienna: 32 championships – record in Austria.
    • Austria Vienna: 24 championships.
    • RB Salzburg: Dominant in the 2010s and 2020s, over a dozen titles.
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🇨🇭 Switzerland – Super League (since 1897)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Grasshopper Club Zurich: 27 league titles – record holder.
    • FC Basel: Most successful club of recent times, 20 titles.
    • FC Zurich: Multiple Swiss championships, numerous cup wins.
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🇬🇧 England – Premier League (since 1888, as 'Football League')

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Manchester United: 20 league titles, three times Champions League winner.
    • Liverpool FC: 19 championships, six Champions League victories.
    • Arsenal FC: 13 league titles, long-lasting consistency at the top.
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🇳🇱 Netherlands – Eredivisie (since 1956)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Ajax Amsterdam: 36 championships, four-time European Cup winner.
    • PSV Eindhoven: 24 championships, one Champions League win.
    • Feyenoord Rotterdam: 16 championships, one European Cup win.
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🇧🇪 Belgium – Jupiler Pro League (since 1895)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • RSC Anderlecht: 34 championships.
    • Club Brugge: 18 titles, regular international competitor.
    • Standard Liège: 10 championships.
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🇵🇹 Portugal – Primeira Liga (since 1934)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • SL Benfica: 38 championships, multiple European Cup winners.
    • FC Porto: 30 league titles, two times Champions League winner.
    • Sporting Lisbon: 19 championships.
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🇷🇸 Serbia – SuperLiga (since 2006, successor of Yugoslav league since 1923)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Red Star Belgrade: Record champion, Champions League winner in 1991.
    • Partizan Belgrade: Multiple champion and cup winner.
    • Vojvodina Novi Sad: Two championships, traditional club.
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🇹🇷 Turkey – Süper Lig (since 1959)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Galatasaray Istanbul: Holds most championships, UEFA Cup winner in 2000.
    • Fenerbahçe Istanbul: 28 league titles.
    • Beşiktaş Istanbul: 16 national league titles.
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🇬🇷 Greece – Super League (since 1959)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Olympiakos Piraeus: 47 championships – record in Greece.
    • Panathinaikos Athens: 20 league titles, European Cup finalist in 1971.
    • AEK Athens: 13 league titles.
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🇳🇴 Norway – Eliteserien (since 1937)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Rosenborg BK: 26 league titles – dominant since the 1990s.
    • Fredrikstad FK: 9 league titles, especially successful historically.
    • Vålerenga IF: Several championships, especially in recent times.
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🇸🇪 Sweden – Allsvenskan (since 1924)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Malmö FF: 25 league titles – Sweden's record holder.
    • IFK Göteborg: 18 championships, UEFA Cup winner.
    • AIK Solna: Twelve league titles.
  • ⚙ se

🇩🇰 Denmark – Superligaen (since 1991, earlier 1. Division since 1913)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FC Copenhagen: 15 league titles since 1992.
    • Brøndby IF: 11 titles, especially dominant in the 1980s/90s.
    • Aalborg BK: Multiple league titles, traditional club.
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🇫🇮 Finland – Veikkausliiga (since 1990, predecessor since 1930)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • HJK Helsinki: Record champion with over 30 titles.
    • FC Haka: Several championships, especially successful in the 1960s-80s.
    • TPS Turku: 8 league titles.
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🇨🇿 Czech Republic – 1. Liga (since 1993, successor of Czechoslovak league from 1925)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Sparta Prague: Record champion in Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia.
    • Slavia Prague: Regular champion and cup winner.
    • Viktoria Plzen: Successful club in the last 15 years.
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🇵🇱 Poland – Ekstraklasa (since 1927)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Legia Warsaw: Over 15 league titles, dominant since 1990s.
    • Wisła Kraków: 13-times champion.
    • Ruch Chorzów: 14 league titles, especially historically significant.
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🇭🇺 Hungary – Nemzeti Bajnokság I (since 1901)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Ferencvárosi TC: Record champion with over 30 titles.
    • MTK Budapest: 23 league titles.
    • Újpest FC: 20 championships.
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🇭🇷 Croatia – Prva HNL (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Dinamo Zagreb: Well over 20 championships, dominant for decades.
    • Hajduk Split: Multiple league titles, especially historically significant.
    • Rijeka: Two-time champion, regular European Cup participant.
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🇷🇴 Romania – Liga I (since 1909)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Steaua Bucharest (FCSB): Over 25 league titles, European Cup winner in 1986.
    • Dinamo Bucharest: 18 league titles.
    • CFR Cluj: Recently dominant club with over 8 championships.
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🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Parva Liga (since 1924)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • CSKA Sofia: Record champion with 31 titles.
    • Levski Sofia: Over 25 league titles.
    • Ludogorets Razgrad: Serial champion since 2011.
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🇺🇦 Ukraine – Premjer-Liha (since 1991)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Dynamo Kyiv: 29 Ukrainian league titles, outstanding Soviet era.
    • Shakhtar Donetsk: Over 13 league titles since 2000.
    • Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: Cup winner, Europa League finalist in 2015.
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🇷🇺 Russia – Premjer-Liga (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Spartak Moscow: Record champion with 10 Russian titles.
    • CSKA Moscow: Multiple league titles and UEFA Cup winner in 2005.
    • Zenit St. Petersburg: 9 Russian championships, UEFA Cup winner in 2008.
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🇸🇰 Slovakia – Fortuna Liga (since 1993)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Slovan Bratislava: Over 13 league titles, also successful in Czechoslovakia times.
    • MŠK Žilina: 7 league titles.
    • Spartak Trnava: 6 league titles.
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🇸🇮 Slovenia – PrvaLiga (since 1991)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • NK Maribor: Over 15 league titles, regular Champions League participant.
    • Olimpija Ljubljana: Several league titles, traditional club from the capital.
    • ND Gorica: Four-time league champion.
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🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina – Premijer Liga (since 2000)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FK Sarajevo: Multiple league and cup titles.
    • Željezničar Sarajevo: 6 league titles, frequently successful since the 2000s.
    • Zrinjski Mostar: Over 7 championships.
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🇲🇪 Montenegro – Prva Crnogorska Liga (since 2006)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FK Budućnost Podgorica: Multiple league titles since the league's foundation.
    • Sutjeska Nikšić: Numerous league titles.
    • FK Mogren: Former three-time champion, now lower divisions.
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🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Prva Liga (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Vardar Skopje: Record champion with over ten titles.
    • Shkëndija Tetovo: Multiple champion and cup winner.
    • Rabotnički Skopje: Often in the top three.
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🇦🇱 Albania – Kategoria Superiore (since 1930)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • KF Tirana: Record champion with over 25 titles.
    • Partizani Tirana: 16 championships.
    • Vllaznia Shkodër: Eight-time league champion.
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🇽🇰 Kosovo – Superliga (since 1945, official FIFA/league since 2016)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FC Prishtina: Record champion in Kosovo.
    • KF Drita: Multiple league titles in recent years.
    • KF Feronikeli: Several championships in the young league.
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🇱🇹 Lithuania – A Lyga (since 1991)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FK Žalgiris Vilnius: Over ten league titles.
    • FK Ekranas Panevėžys: Seven league titles.
    • Sūduva Marijampolė: Three-time champion.
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🇱🇻 Latvia – Virslīga (since 1991)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Skonto Riga: 14-time champion from the start of the league.
    • FK Ventspils: Multiple league titles and cup wins.
    • Riga FC: Newer club, multiple recent championships.
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🇪🇪 Estonia – Meistriliiga (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FC Flora Tallinn: Over 15 league titles.
    • FC Levadia Tallinn: Ten league titles.
    • Nõmme Kalju: Multiple national championships.
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🇬🇪 Georgia – Erovnuli Liga (since 1990)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Dinamo Tbilisi: Over 18 national championships.
    • Torpedo Kutaisi: Multiple championships.
    • FC Saburtalo: First league title in recent years.
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🇦🇲 Armenia – Premier League (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FC Pyunik: Over 15 national championships.
    • FC Shirak: Four-time champion.
    • Ararat Yerevan: Historically most important club, especially Soviet era.
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🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Premyer Liqası (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Qarabağ FK: Several consecutive league titles in recent years.
    • Neftchi Baku: Seven-time national champion.
    • FK Baku: Two league titles in the 2000s.
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🇧🇾 Belarus – Wyschejschaja Liha (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • BATE Borisov: Over 15 league titles, serial champion since 2000.
    • Dinamo Minsk: Record champion from the capital, especially in the 1990s.
    • Shakhtyor Soligorsk: Three league titles.
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🇲🇩 Moldova – Divizia Națională (since 1992)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Sheriff Tiraspol: Dominant serial champion since 2000.
    • Zimbru Chișinău: Multiple championships, traditional club.
    • Milsami Orhei: Single league title (2015).
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🇮🇪 Ireland – Premier Division (since 1985, predecessor as League of Ireland since 1921)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Shamrock Rovers: Record champion with over 20 titles.
    • Dundalk FC: 15 league championships.
    • Bohemians Dublin: Over ten national championships.
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🇮🇸 Iceland – Úrvalsdeild karla (since 1912)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • KR Reykjavík: Record champion with over 20 titles.
    • Valur Reykjavík: 23 league championships.
    • FH Hafnarfjörður: Ten-time champion.
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🇲🇹 Malta – Premier League (since 1909)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Valletta FC: Over 25 league titles.
    • Floriana FC: 26 championships.
    • Sliema Wanderers: 26-time champion, particularly early era success.
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🇨🇾 Cyprus – First Division (since 1934)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • APOEL Nicosia: 28 league titles – record in Cyprus.
    • Omonia Nicosia: 21-time champion.
    • Anorthosis Famagusta: 13 league titles.
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🇱🇮 Liechtenstein – No national league

  • Note: Liechtenstein does not have its own league; the seven clubs play in the Swiss league system. The most successful club is FC Vaduz, multiple winner of the Liechtenstein Cup and occasionally in the Swiss Super League.
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🇱🇺 Luxembourg – National Division (since 1910)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • Jeunesse Esch: Record champion with over 20 titles.
    • F91 Dudelange: Serial champion in recent years.
    • CS Grevenmacher: Three league titles.
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🇸🇲 San Marino – Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (since 1985)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • SP Tre Fiori: Nine championships, record holder.
    • SP La Fiorita: Multiple league titles.
    • SS Folgore/Falciano: Five-time champion.
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🇦🇩 Andorra – Primera Divisió (since 1995)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • FC Santa Coloma: Over ten league titles.
    • UE Sant Julià: Two-time champion.
    • FC Lusitans: Two-time champion.

🇲🇨 Monaco – No national league

  • Note: Monaco features AS Monaco, a traditional club that plays in the French Ligue 1 and has won eight French championships.
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🇻🇦 Vatican City – Campionato della Città del Vaticano (since 1972)

  • Three of the most successful football clubs:
    • SS Hermes: Multiple national titles.
    • FC Guardia: Frequent champion in the amateur league.
    • Società Sportiva Lazio (Vatican): Traditional club, not to be confused with Lazio Rome.
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