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Manchester City have become just the eighth European club to win a continental treble by beating Inter Milan. What kind of company are they keeping? Barcelona and Bayern Munich both won their first trebles this century but each have since gone onto repeat the feat more recently, contributing to the fact that five of the nine clean sweeps across the continent have come since 2009.
Prior to that, Sir Alex Ferguson’s famous Manchester United side of 1999 had been the only team since Guus Hiddink’s PSV some 11 years earlier to have won all three trophies in the same season.
Here’s the full roll call of teams Manchester City have joined – and how those previous history makers managed it.
- 2012/13 and 2019/20 – Bayern Munich
- 2009/10 – Inter Milan
- 2008/09 and 2014/15 – Barcelona
- 1998/99 – Manchester United
- 1987/88 – PSV
- 1971/72 – Ajax
- 1966/67 – Celtic
Of the nine trebles in history, five have come since 2009. Manchester City join Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, PSV, Ajax, Celtic and Inter as the only treble winners across Europe.