IFFHS WORLD'S MOST CHAMPION TITLES IN XXIst CENTURY
Picture : FC Sheriff Tiraspol (up in yellow), Lincoln Red Imps FC (down right), FC Real Esteli (down, left), CD Olimpia Tegucigalpa (down, right in white)
Most champion titles in XXIst Century: FC Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)
The most dominant club on national scene in XXIst Century is Sheriff Tiraspol. It accumulated 18 champion titles in Moldovan league out of 20 disputed so far, i.e. 90 percent!
In the ranking of domestically most successful clubs, Sheriff is followed by threesome which were crowned 17 times since 2001. Lincoln Red Imps in Gibraltar also is super-dominant in its league: 17 titles from 19 contests (in 2020, Gibraltar season was abandoned due to coronavirus). 5 of those titles were achieved when the club performed under different name, Newcastle FC.
Two other clubs with 17 titles represent Central American countries, Honduras (Olimpia Tegucigalpa) and Nicaragua (Real Estelí). But they were in more favorable situation: in top division of Nicaragua, 25 champion titles have been in contest in XXIst Century so far and in Panama 40 titles.
FC Bayern München, the best in the World's Top Level with 14 titles !
This is common practice in Latin American football: “binary season” with Apertura (Opening) and Clausura (Closing) as two independent championships during a year. In the table, these cases are marked with letters “a” and “c”.
In few other cases worldwide, the cases of two championships in a single calendar year are marked (1) and (2). In 2017, there were even 3 independent championships in Chile; so-called “Transition” apart from Apertura and Clausura; it’s marked “t” for the case of winner Colo Colo.
Olympiakos (Greece) is the most dominant club from the top-30 leagues (according to IFFHS league ranking); it won 16 titles in XXIst Century and Bayern (Germany) is the most dominant from top-5 (14 titles).
Overall, 61 clubs won domestic leagues at least 10 times in XXIst Century at the moment.
MOST NATIONAL CHAMPION TITLES IN XXIst CENTURY
| Club | Titles | Country | Years of titles | |
| 1 | Sheriff | 18 | Moldova | 01-10, 12-14, 16, 17(1), 17(2), 18, 19 |
| 2 | Lincoln Red Imps | 17 | Gibraltar | 01, 03-16, 18, 19 |
| Olimpia Tegucigalpa | 17 | Honduras | 01a, 03a, 04c, 05c, 06a, 06c, 08c, 09c, 10c, 12a, 12c, 13a, 13c, 14c, 15c, 16c, 20a | |
| Real Estelí | 17 | Nicaragua | 03(1), 03(2), 04, 07-14, 16-17, 19c, 19a, 20c, 20a | |
| 5 | Olympiakos | 16 | Greece | 01-03, 05-09, 11-17, 20 |
| 6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 15 | Croatia | 03, 06-16, 18-20 |
| Municipal | 15 | Guatemala | 01a, 02a, 02c, 04a, 05a, 05c, 06a, 06c, 07a, 08c, 10a, 10c, 12a, 17c, 20a | |
| Celtic | 15 | Scotland | 01, 02, 04, 06-08, 12-20 | |
| 9 | BATE | 14 | Belarus | 02, 06-18 |
| Bayern München | 14 | Germany | 01, 03, 05, 06, 08, 10, 13-20 | |
| F91 Dudelange | 14 | Luxembourg | 01, 02, 05-09, 11, 12, 14, 16-19 | |
| APR | 14 | Rwanda | 01, 03, 05-07, 09-12, 14-16, 18, 20 | |
| Espérance | 14 | Tunisia | 01-04, 06, 09-12, 14, 17-20 | |
| 14 | Cotonsport | 13 | Cameroon | 01, 03-08, 10, 11, 13-15, 18 |
| Tupapa Maraerenga | 13 | Cook Islands | 01-03, 07, 10-12, 14, 15, 17-20 | |
| Saprissa | 13 | Costa Rica | 04, 06, 07, 08a, 08c, 09a, 10c, 14c, 15a, 16a, 17a, 18c, 20c | |
| Al Ahly | 13 | Egypt | 05-11, 14, 16-20 | |
| Ba | 13 | Fiji | 01-06, 08, 10-13, 16, 19 | |
| Stade Malien | 13 | Mali | 01-03, 05-07, 10, 11, 13-16, 20 | |
| Club Franciscain | 13 | Martinique | 01-07, 09, 13, 14, 17-19 | |
| Loto Ha'apai | 13 | Tonga | 01-08, 11-14, 18 | |
| Shakhtar | 13 | Ukraine | 02, 05, 06, 08, 10-14, 17-20 | |
| 23 | Santa Coloma | 12 | Andorra | 01, 03, 04, 08, 10, 11, 14-19 |
| Bolívar | 12 | Bolivia | 02, 04a, 05a, 06a, 09a, 11, 13c, 15a, 15c, 17aa, 17c, 19a | |
| Scholars International | 12 | Cayman Islands | 01, 03, 06-08, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21 | |
| TP Mazembe | 12 | Congo DR | 01, 06, 07, 09, 11-14, 16, 17, 19, 20 | |
| APOEL | 12 | Cyprus | 02, 04, 07, 09, 11, 13-19 | |
| København | 12 | Denmark | 01, 03, 04, 06, 07, 09-11, 13, 16, 17, 19 | |
| Kedus Giorgis | 12 | Ethiopia | 02, 03, 05, 06, 08-10, 12, 14-17 | |
| Comunicaciones | 12 | Guatemala | 01c, 03a, 03c, 09a, 11a, 11c, 13a, 13c, 14a, 14c, 15a, 15c | |
| Dordoy Bishkek | 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 04-09, 11, 12, 14, 18-20 | |
| Árabe Unido | 12 | Panama | 01a, 01c, 02a, 04a, 04c, 08c, 10a, 10c, 13a, 15c, 16a, 17a | |
| Libertad | 12 | Paraguay | 02, 03, 06, 07, 08a, 08c, 10c, 12c, 14a, 14c, 16a, 17a | |
| Al Hilal Omdurman | 12 | Sudan | 03-07, 09, 10, 12, 14, 16-18 | |
| Basel | 12 | Switzerland | 02, 04, 05, 08, 10, 11-17 | |
| 36 | Pyunik | 11 | Armenia | 01-10, 15 |
| Salzburg | 11 | Austria | 07, 09, 10, 12, 14-20 | |
| HJK Helsinki | 11 | Finland | 02, 03, 09-14, 17, 18, 20 | |
| Juventus | 11 | Italy | 02, 03, 12-20 | |
| Magenta | 11 | New Caledonia | 03-05, 08-10, 12, 14-16, 18 | |
| Linfield | 11 | Northern Ireland | 01, 04, 06-08, 10-12, 17, 19, 20 | |
| Rosenborg | 11 | Norway | 01-04, 06, 09, 10, 15-18 | |
| Porto | 11 | Portugal | 03, 04, 06-09, 11-13, 18, 20 | |
| Partizan Beograd | 11 | Serbia | 02, 03, 05, 08-13, 15, 17 | |
| Maribor | 11 | Slovenia | 01-03, 09, 11-15, 17, 19 | |
| Pakhtakor | 11 | Uzbekistan | 02-07, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20 | |
| 47 | Boca Juniors | 10 | Argentina | 01a, 04a, 06a, 06c, 09a, 12a, 15, 17, 18, 20 |
| Muharraq | 10 | Bahrain | 01, 02, 04, 06-09, 11, 15, 18 | |
| Montréal Impact | 10 | Canada | 02-08, 13, 14, 19 | |
| Colo Colo | 10 | Chile | 02c, 06a, 06c, 07a, 07c, 08c, 09c, 14c, 16a, 17t | |
| Alajuelense | 10 | Costa Rica | 01-03, 05, 11a, 11c, 12a, 13a, 14a, 21a | |
| Isidro Metapán | 10 | El Salvador | 07c, 09a, 09c, 10c, 11a, 12a, 13a, 14a, 14c, 15a | |
| Al Wihdat | 10 | Jordan | 05, 07-09, 11, 14-16, 18, 21 | |
| Al Kuwait | 10 | Kuwait | 01, 06-08, 13, 15, 17-20 | |
| Tauro | 10 | Panama | 03a, 03c, 06c, 07a, 11a, 12c, 14a, 17c, 18a, 19a | |
| Barcelona | 10 | Spain | 05, 06, 09-11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19 | |
| Inter Moengotapoe | 10 | Surinam | 07, 08, 10, 11, 13-17, 19 | |
| Al Jaish | 10 | Syria | 01-03, 10, 13, 15-19 | |
| Taipower | 10 | Taiwan | 01-04, 07, 08, 11, 12, 14, 16 | |
| Nacional | 10 | Uruguay | 01, 02, 05, 06, 09, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19 | |
| The New Saints | 10 | Wales | 07, 10, 12-19 |