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


ClubTitlesCountryYears of titles
1Sheriff18Moldova01-10, 12-14, 16, 17(1), 17(2), 18, 19
2Lincoln Red Imps17Gibraltar01, 03-16, 18, 19
Olimpia Tegucigalpa17Honduras01a, 03a, 04c, 05c, 06a, 06c, 08c, 09c, 10c, 12a, 12c, 13a, 13c, 14c, 15c, 16c, 20a
Real Estelí17Nicaragua 03(1), 03(2), 04, 07-14, 16-17, 19c, 19a, 20c, 20a
5Olympiakos16Greece 01-03, 05-09, 11-17, 20
6Dinamo Zagreb15Croatia03, 06-16, 18-20
Municipal 15Guatemala01a, 02a, 02c, 04a, 05a, 05c, 06a, 06c, 07a, 08c, 10a, 10c, 12a, 17c, 20a
Celtic15Scotland01, 02, 04, 06-08, 12-20
9BATE14Belarus02, 06-18
Bayern München14Germany01, 03, 05, 06, 08, 10, 13-20
F91 Dudelange 14Luxembourg01, 02, 05-09, 11, 12, 14, 16-19
APR14Rwanda01, 03, 05-07, 09-12, 14-16, 18, 20
Espérance14Tunisia01-04, 06, 09-12, 14, 17-20
14Cotonsport13Cameroon01, 03-08, 10, 11, 13-15, 18
Tupapa Maraerenga13Cook Islands01-03, 07, 10-12, 14, 15, 17-20
Saprissa13Costa Rica04, 06, 07, 08a, 08c, 09a, 10c, 14c, 15a, 16a, 17a, 18c, 20c
Al Ahly13Egypt 05-11, 14, 16-20
Ba13Fiji 01-06, 08, 10-13, 16, 19
Stade Malien13Mali01-03, 05-07, 10, 11, 13-16, 20
Club Franciscain13Martinique01-07, 09, 13, 14, 17-19
Loto Ha'apai 13Tonga01-08, 11-14, 18
Shakhtar13Ukraine02, 05, 06, 08, 10-14, 17-20
23Santa Coloma12Andorra 01, 03, 04, 08, 10, 11, 14-19
Bolívar12Bolivia 02, 04a, 05a, 06a, 09a, 11, 13c, 15a, 15c, 17aa, 17c, 19a
Scholars International12Cayman Islands01, 03, 06-08, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21
TP Mazembe12Congo DR 01, 06, 07, 09, 11-14, 16, 17, 19, 20
APOEL12Cyprus02, 04, 07, 09, 11, 13-19
København12Denmark 01, 03, 04, 06, 07, 09-11, 13, 16, 17, 19
Kedus Giorgis12Ethiopia 02, 03, 05, 06, 08-10, 12, 14-17
Comunicaciones12Guatemala01c, 03a, 03c, 09a, 11a, 11c, 13a, 13c, 14a, 14c, 15a, 15c
Dordoy Bishkek 12Kyrgyzstan04-09, 11, 12, 14, 18-20
Árabe Unido12Panama 01a, 01c, 02a, 04a, 04c, 08c, 10a, 10c, 13a, 15c, 16a, 17a
Libertad 12Paraguay 02, 03, 06, 07, 08a, 08c, 10c, 12c, 14a, 14c, 16a, 17a
Al Hilal Omdurman12Sudan03-07, 09, 10, 12, 14, 16-18
Basel12Switzerland 02, 04, 05, 08, 10, 11-17
36Pyunik11Armenia01-10, 15
Salzburg11Austria07, 09, 10, 12, 14-20
HJK Helsinki11Finland 02, 03, 09-14, 17, 18, 20
Juventus11Italy02, 03, 12-20
Magenta11New Caledonia03-05, 08-10, 12, 14-16, 18
Linfield 11Northern Ireland01, 04, 06-08, 10-12, 17, 19, 20
Rosenborg11Norway01-04, 06, 09, 10, 15-18
Porto 11Portugal03, 04, 06-09, 11-13, 18, 20
Partizan Beograd11Serbia02, 03, 05, 08-13, 15, 17
Maribor11Slovenia01-03, 09, 11-15, 17, 19
Pakhtakor11Uzbekistan02-07, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20
47Boca Juniors10Argentina 01a, 04a, 06a, 06c, 09a, 12a, 15, 17, 18, 20
Muharraq10Bahrain01, 02, 04, 06-09, 11, 15, 18
Montréal Impact 10Canada02-08, 13, 14, 19
Colo Colo 10Chile02c, 06a, 06c, 07a, 07c, 08c, 09c, 14c, 16a, 17t
Alajuelense 10Costa Rica01-03, 05, 11a, 11c, 12a, 13a, 14a, 21a
Isidro Metapán10El Salvador 07c, 09a, 09c, 10c, 11a, 12a, 13a, 14a, 14c, 15a
Al Wihdat10Jordan05, 07-09, 11, 14-16, 18, 21
Al Kuwait 10Kuwait 01, 06-08, 13, 15, 17-20
Tauro 10Panama 03a, 03c, 06c, 07a, 11a, 12c, 14a, 17c, 18a, 19a
Barcelona 10Spain05, 06, 09-11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19
Inter Moengotapoe 10Surinam07, 08, 10, 11, 13-17, 19
Al Jaish10Syria01-03, 10, 13, 15-19
Taipower 10Taiwan01-04, 07, 08, 11, 12, 14, 16
Nacional10Uruguay 01, 02, 05, 06, 09, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19
The New Saints10Wales07, 10, 12-19