Glasgow Celtic are the first team in Europe to complete a “Champions League” treble. This feat happened way back in 1967 managed by Jock Stein, Ajax Amsterdam Achieved same five years later in led by Ștefan Kovács in 1972 but the Football world had to wait sixteen years before the next treble happened when PSV Eindhoven under the guidance of Guus Hiddink Completed the treble in 1988.
Manchester United Became the first and only English Side to Complete the “treble” In 1999 managed by Alex Ferguson who’s later knighted by the Queen of England for his service to British Football. 2009 was the year Barcelona won what was termed an historic treble under the watchful eyes of Pep Guardiola, then this was followed by Italian Giants Inter Milan a year after in 2010 Led By Jose Mourinho.
2013 saw Bayern Munich join this elite group of clubs with “trebles” when the German team also pulled of the treble with Jupp Heynckes at the helm of affairs in the dug-out.
But No team has ever won the treble twice until last night in Berlin when the Catalan Side managed by Luis Enrique defeated the “Old Lady of Turin” by 3 goals to one to complete the “Treble”.
Juventus were also gunning for their first treble but this was not to be as a Superb performance by Barca ensured that the Spanish Giants Win their 5th Champions League trophy.
Treble winning teams:
The teams to have won the continental title and their domestic league and cup double in the same season are:
· Glasgow Celtic (1967) – managed by Jock Stein
· Ajax Amsterdam (1972) – managed by Ștefan Kovács.
· PSV Eindhoven (1988) – managed by Guus Hiddink
· Manchester United (1999) – managed by Alex Ferguson
. FC Barcelona (2009) – managed by Pep Guardiola
· Inter Milan (2010) – managed by Jose Mourinho
· Bayern Munich (2013) – managed by Jupp Heynckes
. FC Barcelona (2015) – managed by Luis Enrique
Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Leo Messi, Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets and Pedro Rodríguez will also go into the history books as the first players to be part of this unprecedented “Double Treble” the above listed players were part of Guardiola’s treble winning team and were also an integral role in Luis Enrique’s treble last night at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany.
Xavi Hernández as also set a new UEFA Champions League appearance record, his half appearance makes it a total of 151 matches that he has played in the Champions League.
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