ALL TIME LONGEST WINNING SERIES
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All-time club longest winning series
Between 7 June and 29 October this year, Fenerbahçe managed to win 21 matches in a row in all official top-level competitions, domestic and international.
This series included 11 Turkish League games, 9 Conference League games (6 in the qualifying stage and 3 in the group stage) and 1 National Cup match. The home defeat from Trabzonspor (2-3) on 4 November put an end to it.
Only 6 clubs in the XXI century have achieved winning streaks of no less duration; the latest of them Manchester City in 2020-21 (also 21 games).
In the history of football overall there are 14 such series. They are ranked below according to the length of a streak. A tie-breaker: more international games within the series in consideration.
The World record belongs to The New Saints (Wales); it was established in 2016-17 and consists of 27 consecutive games: 21 in the Welsh league, 1 in Welsh Cup, 3 in Welsh League Cup and 2 in Scottish Challenge Cup.
| LONGEST | WINNING | STREAKS | OF CLUBS | |||||||||||
| Club | Country | Wins | NL | RL | NC | LC | OC | CL | CO | SC | WC | From | To | |
| 1 | The New Saints | Wales | 27 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14/08/2016 | 30/12/2016 | |||||
| 2 | Ajax | Netherlands | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 03/10/1971 | 29/03/1972 | ||||||
| 3 | Dresdner SC | Germany | 26 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 29/08/1942 | 03/10/1943 | ||||||
| 4 | Ajax | Netherlands | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 08/04/1995 | 28/10/1995 | ||||||
| 5 | Shakhtar | Ukraine | 25 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10/03/2012 | 28/09/2012 | |||||
| 6 | Ferencváros | Hungary | 25 | 22 | 3 | 31/05/1931 | 31/05/1932 | |||||||
| 7 | Coritiba | Brazil | 24 | 17 | 7 | 03/02/2011 | 05/05/2011 | |||||||
| 8 | Bayern | Germany | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16/02/2020 | 24/09/2020 | |||||
| 9 | Crvena Zvezda | Yugoslavia | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 01/03/2000 | 26/07/2000 | ||||||
| 10 | Real Madrid | Spain | 22 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16/09/2014 | 20/12/2014 | |||||
| 11 | Nacional | Uruguay | 22 | 20 | 2 | 29/06/1941 | 14/12/1941 | |||||||
| 12 | Fenerbahçe | Turkey | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 07/06/2023 | 29/10/2023 | ||||||
| 13 | Manchester City | England | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19/12/2020 | 02/03/2021 | |||||
| 14 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 21 | 18 | 3 | 11/02/1996 | 01/05/1996 |
Abbreviatures:
NL = National League (top divisions)
RL = Regional League (top divisions)
NC = National Cup
LC = League Cup
OC = other (relevant) national Cups (Scottish Challenge Cup for The New Saints, Copa Competencia for Nacional, National Super Cup for others)
CL = Champions’ League (including Champions’ Cup era)
CO = Conference League
SC = UEFA Super Cup
WC = Club World Cup