IFFHS NEWS OF THE WEEK 9 - RANGERS WORLD RECORD , HAALAND, ATHLETIC BILBAO
Picture : Glasgow Rangers FC , new World Record !
RANGERS ADVANCED WORLD RECORD TO 55 TITLES !
On 7 March, Glasgow Rangers became the Scottish champion for the 55th time. Now Rangers is a solitary leader in the historical ranking of the clubs most successful on domestic scene. It is also the first title for coach Steven Gerrard, the first for Rangers since 10 years. Gerrard is an IFFHS Legend and winner of the IFFHS Popular Award !
Prior to this, Linfield was the World record co-holder with 54 titles.
Peñarol and Celtic are two other clubs which reached the 50 title mark.
| ALL-TIME RANKING: MOST CHAMPION TITLES | |||||
| Club | Titles | Country | First titles | Last title | |
| 1 | Rangers | 55 | Scotland | 1891 | 2021 |
| 2 | Linfield | 54 | Ireland, Northern Ireland | 1891 | 2020 |
| 3 | Peñarol | 52 | Uruguay | 1900 | 2018 |
| 4 | Celtic | 51 | Scotland | 1893 | 2020 |
| 5 | Nacional | 47 | Uruguay | 1902 | 2019 |
| 6 | Olimpia Asunción | 45 | Paraguay | 1912 | 2020 |
| Olympiakos | 45 | Greece | 1931 | 2020 | |
| 8 | Al-Ahly | 42 | Egypt | 1949 | 2020 |
| 9 | South China | 41 | Hongkong | 1924 | 2013 |
| 10 | Benfica | 37 | Portugal | 1936 | 2019 |
| 11 | Juventus | 36 | Italy | 1905 | 2020 |
| 12 | Saprissa | 35 | Costa Rica | 1952 | 2020 |
RECORD FOR HAALAND
Last week, Erling Braut Haaland has scored his 100th career goal in his 146th match ( 45 with Borussia Dortmund, 28 with RB Salzburg, 20 with Molde and 6 with Norway’s National Team). At 20, he breaks all World Records for the first 100 career goals. Kylian MBappe needed 180 games, Lionel Messi 210, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 245 and Cristiano Ronaldo 301 !
HISTORY FOR ATHLETIC BILBAO
Athletic Club Bilbao (Spain) is the first team in the HISTORY to play 2 COPA DEL REY Finals in the same month :
- April 3 : 2020 Final against Real Sociedad
- April 17 : 2021 Final against FC Barcelona
With 2 victories, Athletic Bilbao would again enter in the HISTORY.