10 European countries and their football teams. The best football team

Football is the number one sport in the world, whose popularity extends to all corners of the planet. Among all the football clubs, identifying the most popular ones is not as easy as it seems at first glance. And all because popularity is not always measured by trophies and cups won. It is influenced by both the history of the club (including the history of the region), as well as the philosophy of the game, management and other important factors.

1. Barcelona– founded in 1899 in the city of the same name in Spain.

A four-time winner of the Champions League, moreover, since 2006, Barcelona has won the most prestigious trophy in Europe three times and regularly participated in the semi-finals. In addition to the four-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, the incredibly popular player now shines in the Blaugranas squad Brazilian footballer- Neymar. But Barça is loved around the world not for its trophies or its players, but for its unique playing style.

2. "Manchester United"– founded in 1878 in the city of the same name in England.

Manchester United won the Champions League Cup three times and participated in the finals 5 times in total. Although David Moyes's team is now in a game crisis, and the team does not aspire to anything else (except the Champions League), there are still a lot of Red Devils fans around the world who are still alive that glorious era of Sir Alex Ferguson.

3. "Real"– founded in 1902 in the capital of Spain – Madrid.

Real Madrid have won the Champions League 9 times, which is a world record. Madrid world 2017. In addition, the Royal Club is the most popular in Spain (approximately 23.8% of Spaniards support Los Blancos). And the presence of stars of such caliber as Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Sergio Ramos, Iker Casillas and others only increases the popularity of Real Madrid around the world.

4. Bayern– founded in 1900 in the south of Germany in the city of Munich.

The German grandee is often called the “Star of the South”. Bayern has always been and is considered one of the most strong teams in Europe. In the 2012/2013 season, the Bavarians, led by Jupp Heynckes, won every possible trophy in the domestic and international arenas. Thanks to such successes, as well as successful performances already with Pep Guardiola (UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup), the Munich team further increased their popularity in the world.

5. "Arsenal"– founded in 1886 in London.

For more than 8 years, the Gunners have not been able to win a single title, but thanks to financial profitability and popularity in the world, head coach Arsene Wenger is not fired. And the reason for the unique popularity of the club lies in the philosophy of Arsene Wenger, who builds his team’s game on the principle of entertainment and efficiency. Arsenal's game is a pleasure to watch for any football fan. The club often tours Asia, where it is incredibly popular.

6. Chelsea– founded in 1905 in London (like Arsenal).

The popularity of this London club has increased significantly under Roman Abramovich, who spares no expense on Chelsea. And after signing a contract with Jose Mourinho in 2004, the whole world started talking about Chelsea. On this moment Chelsea are again coached by the “special” seu Jose, who is building new team of talented young players (Oscar, Andre Schürrle, Willian and others).

7. Juventus– founded in 1897 in Turin.

The two-time Italian champion of the last two seasons is confidently moving towards the next Scudetto, which further increases the popularity of this club in the country (Juve is considered the most popular in Italy). And in other countries there are still a huge number of fans who remember the glorious history of the great club of the era of Michel Platini, as well as Roberto Baggio, Zinedine Zidane, Pavel Nedved, Alessandro Del Piero and other famous football players.

8. "Liverpool"– founded in 1892 in the city of the same name in Great Britain.

By the way, this is the second team in terms of titles in England (and the best in terms of the number of Champions League cups won among other English teams). Liverpool fans from the whole world has finally waited for the time when their favorite club will again fight for a place in the Champions League (and perhaps an even more long-awaited championship) and delight with its play.

9. "Milan"– founded in 1899, in the city of the same name, the fashion capital of Italy.

The Rossoneri are very worried right now. difficult period(they may not even get into the Europa League). The only bright spot this season was the return of Kaka and Clarence Seedorf (the latter became the head coach of the red-blacks). Despite everything, Silvio Berlusconi's club still remains popular in other countries due to its previous achievements.

10. "Sao Paulo"– founded in 1930 in the city of the same name in Brazil.

Three-time winner of the Copa Libertadores (similar to the Champions League in South America). They may not be the most popular club in Brazil, but Sao Paulo have a huge following around the world.

As you can see, almost the absolute majority of the most popular clubs on the planet are located in Europe. Therefore, players from Brazil and other countries are trying to get into one of the European championships in order to be visible to the best football clubs in the world.

Determine the most titled football club world history can be achieved by counting all the team's trophies won in all tournaments. However, there is one nuance here, namely the level of competition in which this or that trophy was won. This article will present a list of the 10 football teams with the most titles won. Only trophies won in the following competitions will be taken into account:

National League;
Country Cups;
National Super Cup;
International tournaments (Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup).

Rangers (Scotland) – 115 trophies;
Celtic (Scotland) – 108;
Real Madrid (Spain) - 84;
Barcelona (Spain) – 83;
Benfica (Portugal) – 82;
Porto (Portugal) – 75;
Ajax (Netherlands) – 72;
Manchester United (England) – 65;
Bavaria (Germany) – 65;
Liverpool (England) – 60.

Detailed information for each command. Let's start from the bottom up.

10. Liverpool

The Merseysiders have collected 60 official trophies and continue to be a super club in Europe. IN last years Liverpool have become less likely to win big competitions, but history has allowed the club to break into our top 10.

English Championship – 18;
FA Cup – 7;
Cup football league – 8;
English Super Cup – 15;
Champions League – 6;
Europa League – 3;
UEFA Super Cup – 3;
Total – 60.

9. Bavaria

The most successful German team took 9th place in this list. Bayern was a mega popular club with enormous talent at its disposal. The Bavarians have dominated the Bundesliga for many years and show no signs of slowing down.

German Championship – 28;
German Cup – 18;
German Super Cup – 5;
German League Cup – 6;
Champions League – 5;
Cup Winners' Cup – 1;
UEFA Cup – 1;
UEFA Super Cup – 1;
Total – 64.

8. Manchester United

One of the most expensive clubs planets highest altitudes achieved under Alex Ferguson. Not long ago, the Red Devils were a fearsome force in Europe, but after the departure of the legendary Scottish coach, their power faded significantly. And yet, Manchester United remains the most titled football club in England, several awards ahead of Liverpool.

English Championship – 20;
FA Cup – 12;
Football League Cup – 5;
English Super Cup - 21;
Champions League – 3;
Europa League – 1;
Cup Winners' Cup – 1;
UEFA Super Cup – 1;
Intercontinental Cup – 1;
Total – 65.

7. Ajax

Ajax is famous throughout the world for its football academy. They groom young talents who later become superstars. The team achieved its greatest heights with the legendary Johan Cruyff, when between 1971 and 1973 the Amsterdam team won the UEFA Champions League 3 times.

Championship Netherlands – 34;
Cup Netherlands – 19;
Dutch Super Cup – 8;
Champions League – 4;
Europa League – 2;
UEFA Super Cup – 3;
Cup Winners' Cup – 1;
Intercontinental Cup – 2;
Total - 72.

6. Porto

Since its founding, Porto has had virtually no equal in its home country. This club is the author of many records in Portugal, including the number of titles won.

Portuguese Championship – 28;
Portuguese Cup – 20;
Portuguese Super Cup – 20;
Champions League – 2;
Europa League – 2;
UEFA Super Cup – 1;
Intercontinental Cup – 2;
Total – 74.

5. Benfica

In recent years, Benfica has taken away the title of “the most successful club in Portugal” from Porto. In 2014, the Eagles managed to win all 4 trophies in the country, which allowed them to jump above their eternal competitors.

Portuguese Championship – 37;
Portuguese Cup – 29;
Portuguese Super Cup -7;
Portuguese League Cup – 7;
Champions League – 2;
Total – 82.

4. Barcelona

The Catalan club has achieved success on the European and world stage, both thanks to its students raised at the La Masia academy, and by signing stars from other clubs. If there were no Real Madrid in the Spanish Championship, then Barca would completely dominate and win all tournaments in the country.

Spanish Championship – 26;
Spanish Cup – 30;
Spanish Super Cup – 13;
Champions League – 5;
Cup Winners' Cup – 4;
UEFA Super Cup – 5;
Total – 83.

3. Real Madrid

Real Madrid's exploits are known throughout the world. This legendary team has won the largest number of international titles. As many as 13 UEFA Champions League Cups have been won by the club over its long history, which still remains an unsurpassed record. The Royal Club is the most titled football club in terms of the number of international cups won.

Spanish Championship – 33;
Spanish Cup – 19;
Spanish Super Cup – 10;
Champions League – 13;
UEFA Super Cup – 4;
Europa League – 2;
Intercontinental Cup – 3;
Total – 84.

2. Celtic

It may have been strange for many readers to see Celtic in 2nd place in our rankings, but this is true. Celts have managed to collect many trophies domestically and are also the only Scottish club to have won the European Cup.

Scottish Championship – 50;
Scottish Cup – 39;
Scottish League Cup – 18;
European Champions Cup – 1;
Total - 108.

1.Rangers

Surprisingly, the most titled club in the world is Rangers from Glasgow. The Rangers collected all their trophies and awards in Scotland, and the only international trophy is the Cup Winners' Cup, won in 1972. Thus, 114 titles allowed Rangers to climb to the top of our list.

Scottish Championship – 54;
Scottish Cup – 33;
Scottish League Cup – 27;
Cup Winners' Cup – 1;
Total – 115.

Last data update 06/01/2019

Conclusion

From today's article you learned that Rangers are the most titled football club in the world, with 115 titles. Also in the top 10 are the giants of world football, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Manchester United.

Modern football clubs increasingly resemble professional media companies. In addition to “faster, higher, stronger,” the commercial side is also important for the club. Sports, including football, are part of the entertainment industry, and there is a lot of money circulating there. With what better club works with the public, the more fans it has, the easier it is to monetize them, the more money the club has and the better the footballers playing there.

Which football teams are the most beloved, who are watched most willingly, and who have the largest audience of loyal fans? IN popularity rating of the best Russian football clubs in 2019 We have collected the most beloved teams by Russians, who regularly participate in championships and most often appear on silver screens.

10. Ural

The list of the most popular football clubs in Russia opens with one of the “patriarchs”, whose yellow and black colors have been appearing on the football field for more than 80 years. Ural fans are conservative people and try not to change their preferences. After all, for a true fan, cheating on your football team is worse than cheating on the woman you love. So they continue to watch Ural matches in the Premier League, hoping for a miracle.

However, in the last few years, things have not been going well for Ural, and the club may even be relegated from the 2018-2019 Russian Championship standings.

9. Anji

Anzhi fans are unhappy - according to the results of the Russian Football Championship, Makhachkala residents are in danger of being eliminated from the tournament. The club is also experiencing financial difficulties, since Suleiman Kerimov, for a long time who paid for Anzhi, chose to step aside.

The club cannot hire new players - the RFU Chamber has banned Anzhi from buying new players until the old ones are paid. And the fans, although they swear at bad results teams in the current championship, however, continue to watch and believe in the best.

8. Ruby

Now the Kazan club is in sixth place in the Russian Premier League, but the path to the European league is closed to it. By decision of the UEFA investigative chamber, it was decided to exclude Rubin from the standings for violating the rules of fair play.

Rubin's situation is not brilliant - due to the scarcity of funding, it continues to lose players. At the beginning of March, five people had already left the “dragons”, and the club’s management is going to cut the salaries of the remaining ones. Time will tell how this will affect the club’s popularity.

7. Rostov

Many football teams post clips from their “test matches” on YouTube, earning popularity among fans, but not Rostov. The stern Rostovites prefer to keep their strategic and tactical developments secret.

Currently, Rostov is in sixth place in terms of total points in the Russian Championship.

6. Dynamo

Alas, things have not been going well for the Blue and Whites for many years, but the fans are a loyal audience. Moreover, Dynamo’s history of victories is impressive: it was practically the only club before perestroika that took part in all national championships and won a huge number of titles. Lev Yashin once played for Dynamo Moscow.

But since the mid-90s, Dynamo’s luck changed, and its last victory(Russian Cup) the Blues won in 1995, and just ten years later they dropped out of the Premier League. How long will the fans bask in the light of the faded star and how many will still be there in ten years?

5. Krasnodar

Although Krasnodar is one of the newcomers among Russian football clubs (it began its existence only 11 years ago), its fans love and appreciate it. Especially after the new team managed to win the Russian Cup in 2013-2014.

Before the winter break, Krasnodar was closely behind the current leader, Zenit, only one point behind. However, then a series of failures began: Krasnodar not only flew out of the Europa League, losing to Valencia, but also lost 11 matches in a row.

However, the “bulls” are not discouraged, because, as the club president said, the main thing for them is a spectacular game, and not the result. Currently in standings In the Russian Championship, Krasnodar is neck and neck with Lokomotiv, taking fourth place.

4. Locomotive

Top four leading sports clubs Lokomotiv opens the most popular stadium in Russia in 2019. Its matches, like those of Spartak, Zenit and CSKA, are usually watched by about 5 million viewers across the country.

And after last year’s leadership of Lokomotiv in the Russian Championship, when the club, despite the loss of several high-quality players, managed to win first place for the third time, its audience increased by several percent.

3. CSKA

It is paradoxical that the age composition of fans of CSKA - one of the oldest football clubs in the country, tracing its ancestry to pre-revolutionary Russia - is the youngest. Most often, the matches of this team are watched by young men under 25 years old, and according to survey results, in this age segment, CSKA’s popularity even surpasses the first place in the ratings. The reason may be that the main audience grew up during the “golden” era of the club, when the “CSKA” team won victory after victory in the early 2000s. To this it is worth adding a change in the direction of the club’s development: since last year, its management has set a course for the younger generation, inviting many young football players to the team.

As for world fame, the picture is less favorable. At the beginning of 2019, the Spanish agency Deportes&Finanzaz analyzed the number of comments, links and reviews on the pages of football clubs on Twitter and compiled a list of the most popular clubs among fans. In the ranking of 100 teams (which, in addition to CSKA, included only one other Russian team), the club took 73rd place.

2. Zenit

Although football clubs in Russia are financed by the state, it prefers to keep its subjects on meager rations. Therefore, advanced Russian clubs they begin to look at their Western colleagues and try to learn from their experience. Zenit was one of the first (together with Spartak and Lokomotiv) to begin working directly with fans through social networks popular among Russian users.

Perhaps it was thanks to this that Zenit managed to increase the number of its viewers by one and a half times - from 1.1 million to 1.6 million people. And in the world ranking from Deportes & Finanzaz, Zenit is in 44th place, ahead of CSKA by 29 positions.

More Russian teams not in the rating. And the results of the current Russian Football Championship in 2019 only confirm Zenit’s primacy in the Spanish rankings. So far, he is leading the standings, exceeding CSKA's result by 5 points.

By the way, at one time there was a football player in the Zenit team.

1. Spartak

The first place in the number of loyal fans, and therefore in popularity among Russian football clubs, is occupied by the famous Spartak. This is the most titled of the domestic clubs.

Every fifth viewer Russian Premier League watches matches with Spartak. However, if we compare the current popularity with the number of fans Russian football at the beginning of this century, the picture emerges sadder. Then the Premier League matches were watched by one and a half times more spectators, and the number of Spartak fans exceeded 2.5 million people. Now there are half a million fewer of them.

However, Spartak is still the leading football club in terms of popularity in Russia. Even the number of views of training matches on YouTube shows this. There, the audience of one single sparring match from Spartak is almost equal to the total number of people who watched recordings from other clubs in the Premier League. And this despite the fact that the results of the current Russian Football Championship for Spartak are disappointing - in terms of the total number of points it ranks fifth.

The level of popularity of football clubs is mainly determined by the number of titles won. Of course, there are times when the number of fans of one team increases sharply, despite the fact that it has not won anything. But, basically, it is the titles that determine how many people will support the club.

Famous Spanish football clubs

Barcelona is a prime example of this. Over the past few years, she has won the Champions League more than once and became the winner of the Spanish Championship. Today she has accumulated 5 first cups and 24 second cups.

Barcelona's main rival in the domestic championship has long been considered Real Madrid, which has collected the largest number of Champions Cups: its captains have lifted them over their heads 11 times. And in Spain, the Royal Club is still ahead of its rivals from Catalonia: to date, it has become champion 32 times.

Famous German football clubs

In the German championship, Bayern stands apart from everyone else. The Munich club has long collected best players Bundesliga, due to which it collected domestic trophies more often than other teams: 26 championships, 18 national cups. And in Europe, Bayern is annually one of the main contenders for the Champions Cup. Now the club owns five trophies of the main championship of the Old World.

Bayern's closest rival is Borussia Dortmund. However, to this day this team has only been able to win the domestic championship 8 times and lift the European Cup only once.

Famous Italian football clubs

Italian teams deserve special consideration. They have put Serie A above foreign competitions throughout their history. This partly explains why Juventus, which has won 32 Scudettos (with two more taken away from them), has about 1.5 more fans than Milan, which is the most titled club in the world. The Rossoneri have 18 Scudettos in their collection. As for the Champions League, Juventus has won the cup only 2 times, and Milan 7 (only Real Madrid has more).

The second club from the fashion capital Inter has a similar number of victories in the home championship: 18. This is the third most polar club in Italy. He, like Juventus, has few European titles: only 3 Champions Cups.

Famous English football clubs

The most popular club in England, Manchester United, won the main championship of the Old World the same number of times. The Mancunians have become national champions 20 times. It is worth noting that in England there are several titles for which all teams compete during the season. And Manchester United was not the best in this regard. Its competition is from Arsenal and Liverpool. And if the London club was more often successful in domestic championships (13 championships, 12 FA Cups), then the port team emerged victorious in European competitions much more often: 0 versus 5 Champions Cups. As for the English championship, Liverpool is better than Arsenal in this indicator: it has become the winner 18 times.

In the first paragraph it was said that the popularity of clubs does not always depend on the number of titles. Chelsea is an example of this. In the history of their existence, the aristocrats have won the English championship only 5 times and taken the Champions Cup once.

Famous Russian football clubs

In Russia, since the times of the USSR, the most popular club has been Spartak. His confrontation with Dynamo from Kyiv could be called a classic of the Soviet championship. During its existence, the red and white won the USSR championship 12 times and the Russian championship 9 times. However, the club did not find success in Europe. Against this background, Zenit St. Petersburg, which won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup, and CSKA Moscow, which also won the UEFA Cup, look better.