Tottenham eye singular European purify sweep
Tottenham won’t miss inducement when they face Liverpool in a UEFA Champions League final in Madrid on 1 Jun yet did we know that feat would put them in an chosen rope of teams to win all 3 of UEFA’s vital bar competitions?
Only 5 sides have carried any of a European Champion Clubs’ Cup, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League and European Cup Winners’ Cup. Spurs could make it six.
European Cup: 1985, 1996
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: 1977, 1990, 1993
Cup Winners’ Cup: 1984
The initial bar to explain all 3 titles, Juve’s name was initial engraved on a European prize in 1977 and within a decade they had finished a set.
European Cup: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: 1992
Cup Winners’ Cup: 1987
Inspired by Johan Cruyff, Ajax’s code of ‘total football’ brought European Cup in a 1970s and Cruyff was during a helm when a Amsterdam outfit ticked off a Cup Winners’ Cup in 1987. Louis outpost Gaal directed Ajax to a UEFA Cup pretension in 1992.
European Cup: 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: 1996
Cup Winners’ Cup: 1967
Cup Winners’ Cup victors in 1967, Bayern carried on from where Ajax left off with a hat-trick of European Cups in a 1970s cementing their place among continental football aristocracy. A two-legged better of Bordeaux in 1996 finished a set.
European Cup: 2012
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: 2013
Cup Winners’ Cup: 1971, 1998
Chelsea’s 2012 chastisement glory
Chelsea clinched their three-way by winning a UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in back-to-back seasons progressing this decade.
European Cup: 1968, 1999, 2008
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: 2017
Cup Winners’ Cup: 1991
Highlights: Manchester United’s European set
The latest members of a club, 49 years distant United’s initial European pretension and a UEFA Europa League prize that finished a set. The Cup Winners’ Cup feat over Barcelona came flattering most slap crash in between.
European Cup: –
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: 1972, 1984
Cup Winners’ Cup: 1963
Spurs were early adopters in Europe, a initial to print their names on a UEFA Cup prize and a third to lift a Cup Winners’ Cup. A initial gash during a UEFA Champions League final has been a prolonged time coming, though.
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