Beyond Trebles


Forget about trebles as won by for instance PSV (1988, European Champions' Cup, Dutch League, Dutch Cup) and Manchester United (1999, Champions' League, English League, FA Cup) or quintuples as those of Celtic (1967, Champions Cup, Scottish League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, and the Glasgow Cup), Ajax (1972, Champions Cup, Dutch League, Dutch Cup, Intercontinental Cup, and European Super Cup) and Bayern München (2013, Champions League, German League, German Cup, European Super Cup, and FIFA World Club Cup), or even the sixtuple of Barcelona (2009, Champions League, Spanish League, Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup, and FIFA World Club Cup).

Just after World War I, Linfield FC won seven out of seven possible prizes:

Northern Ireland 1921/22

Champions:                   Linfield FC
Irish Cup:                   Linfield FC  (2-0 Glenavon)
Co. Antrim Shield:           Linfield FC  (4-1 Distillery)
Intermediate Cup:            Linfield FC
New Charity Cup:             Linfield FC
Gold Cup:                    Linfield FC
City Cup:                    Linfield FC

In the 1961/62 season, Linfield again won 7 trophies but missed out on an
eighth one; they won the league championship, the Irish Cup, the Co. Antrim
Shield, the Gold Cup, the City Cup, the Ulster Cup and the North-South Cup
(a cross-border competition with teams from the Republic) but failed to win 
the Intermediate Cup (which went to Glentoran). 

In 2000/01, Valletta FC came very close in Malta - they could only enter six domestic competitions but won the lot:

Malta 2000/01

Champions:                   Valletta FC
Rothmans Trophy:             Valletta FC  (3-0 Birkirkara)
Super Cup:                   Valletta FC  (2-1 Sliema Wanderers)
Löwenbrau Cup:               Valletta FC
Air Malta Centenary Cup:     Valletta FC  (3-1 Floriana)
Super 5 Cup:                 Valletta FC  (4-1 Sliema Wanderers)

In 2006, Ba district in Fiji won all five domestic competitions open to them:

Fiji 2006

Champions:                   Ba
Inter-District Championship: Ba (3-0 Suva)
Battle of the Giants:        Ba (2-1 Suva)
Champions of Champions:      Ba (1-0 1-1 Lautoka)
Fiji FA Club Tournament:     Ba (3-0 Labasa)

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Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 23 Dec 2013

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